Has woke culture gone too far?

Our podcast with Konstantin Kisin whose Oxford Union speech just went viral

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Unless you’ve been living in a different galaxy you’ll probably have heard about Konstantin Kisin’s recent speech at the Oxford Union on ‘has woke culture gone too far’. The speech has gone viral, having been watched by tens of millions of people around the globe and replayed on several television shows.

Konstantin is not only a long-time friend but is the co-founder and co-presenter of the widely popular online show Triggernometry, and author of An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the West. So, this week I asked him to join us on the podcast to discuss why he thinks woke culture has gone too far and a ‘post-woke’ world might look like.

We also discuss how Western societies might ease polarisation, why so many moderates feel unable to speak up, the growing divide between London and the rest of society and much more. Here’s a short preview for our free subscribers while the full hour-long discussion is available right now, below, for our active supporters.