Anthony Rispo came up on the progressive left — a gay man who found a home in an ideology that rewarded his grievance, teal hair and half-mohawk included. Then the pandemic, BLM, and the campus orthodoxy around him stopped adding up, and he read his way out. Now a writer, independent researcher, and Columbia psychology graduate studying cognitive neuroscience, he maps the wiring beneath our politics: identity fusion, moral conviction, selective empathy, and the resentment Nietzsche named. We get into why the left cancels hardest in the name of compassion, why “power and privilege” became a substitute for a self, how the same rigidity shows up on the right, and what common sense on borders and belonging really means.
(00:00) Palestinians Then Vs Now
(00:35) Opening Conversation
(04:20) Anthony's Origin Story
(11:35) From Woke to Doubt
(27:56) Losing Friends Finding Voice
(37:15) Psychology of Ideology
(54:54) Clarity Over Conformity
(58:33) Nuance Through Exposure
(01:02:44) Individualism Vs The Tribe
(01:08:18) Intersectionality Critique
(01:14:54) From 9/11 to Academia
(01:24:42) The Problem with No Borders
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Instagram: @anthonyrispo
Substack: rispo.substack.com
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