People Pleaser with Austin Archer

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Cults of Deception - Trumpism & Zionism
#206
06/09/2025

The Trump cult isn't a cult of personality, it's a cult of deception. What do I mean by that? Well... let me tell you.


Converting the True Believers
#205
05/10/2025

Let's do this!


Due Process & The Present Reality of American Totalitarianism
#204
04/22/2025

This is where we are. It's not on the horizon, it's not close by, it's here.


Vibes Over Substance - A Cultural Examination
#203
04/16/2025

Frank Grimes was right about Homer Simpson, and he deserves our respect.


Bad Faith Framing & Reactionary Defensiveness
#202
02/25/2025

Why do we argue in bad faith? Why do we get defensive when we're wrong?


My Definitive Response to the Protest Vote Rationale
#201
02/11/2025

This is the last time I hope to talk about this for a while. 


THE DEATH OF SATIRE - INCREMENTALISM AND ESCALATION
#200
02/01/2025

A brief but pretty comprehensive history of Trump's nazi tactics over the last ten years. 


Sane-Washing, Willful Ignorance, and the Banality of Evil
#199
01/27/2025

How do otherwise good people support bad things? Let's discuss and strategize. 


THE TIKTOK BAN with Franchesca Ramsey
#198
01/21/2025

The ban that wasn't? And the possible future of social media. 


LIVE from the LA Wildfires
#197
01/15/2025

January 2025 is really giving January 2020 in the worst way. 


Biggest Gripes & Biggest Hypes of 2024
#196
01/04/2025

The good, the bad, the whole damn thing. 


Greed Will End Us All
#195
12/11/2024

In the wake of Brian Thompson's murder, maybe it's time we had a nice long chat about greed.


Oops! All Comments!
#194
11/23/2024

Letting the digital studio audience dictate the conversation.


Binary Options in a Spectral World
#193
11/14/2024

Well... fuck. 


ACCOUNTABILITY with Jack aka @WatchfulCoyote
#192
11/04/2024

What does it mean to be accountable? And are we inviting men to find safety and community while being accountable and attempting to grow?


MINISODE #64: the terrible endgame of justified resentments
#191
10/18/2024

Just because your anger is justifiable and righteous, doesn't mean that acting out in the name of your anger will be useful.


REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM with Dr. Stacy De-Lin
#190
10/13/2024

Breaking down abortion from a medical, ethical, and moral perspective. Dr. Stacy De-Lin is a board-certified physician and the Associate Medical Director at Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic in New York. She maintains dual licensure in Florida and New York and has served as a director at Planned Parenthood for 11 years as an abortion provider, gynecologist and provider of full-spectrum reproductive health care.


MINISODE #63: Heading into the final stretch of the 2024 election
#189
10/04/2024

Chappell Roan, mormon housewives, and some thoughts on the election.


THE ONER PODCAST with Cramer England
#188
09/02/2024

Chatting with my life long best friend Cramer England about our new Podcast "The Oner with Austin and Cramer" available now wherever you get your podcasts and available on my personal YouTube channel!


MINISODE #62: why "weird" works
#187
08/02/2024

Of all the derogatory things we've said about conservatives over the years in some foolish hope that they might hear us, somehow the word "weird" has finally struck a nerve. So why is that?


MINISODE #61: The Long Term Power of Working as a Coalition
#186
07/23/2024

The political Overton window in America is weighted heavily to the far right. So much so that voters on the left typically have to settle for candidate who are barely left of center. So what would a long term strategy look like to shift that window back to the left and provide leftist voters with actually viable progressive candidates?


MINISODE #60: Holding Space for Joy
#185
06/26/2024

We hold space for the pain of those we love, we ask them to hold space for our pain as well. But how comfortable are we asking them to hold space for our joy? How good are we at holding space for theirs?


GETTING EMOTIONAL with Anthony Archer
#184
06/07/2024

My brother Anthony and I talk about what makes us cry and the different ways that people express their emotions. 


MINISODE #59: Why is AI taking all the creative jobs first?
#183
05/25/2024

Looking at the future of AI art, and exploring the psychology of the artificially intelligent brain.


MINISODE #58: The Bad Take Brigade Rides Again
#182
05/07/2024

Kristi Noem and her puppy murder, college campus protests, and why it's fine if you take a little time to text someone back. 


MINISODE #57: Pros & Cons of Staring at a Mirror
#181
04/26/2024

Self-reflection is important. But like all things it requires balance. Also the bad take brigade is back. So... yeah. 


RIDDLE OF FIRE with Weston Razooli
#180
04/12/2024

Writer/Director Weston Razooli talks about the process for creating his first feature length film Riddle of Fire. 


ATTACHMENT with Rikki Cloos
#179
04/06/2024

Breaking down attachment theories and attachment styles with someone who literally wrote a book on the subject. 


THE FUTURE with Lia
#178
03/05/2024

Doing some optimistic projections of what a post-capitalist utopia could look like with Lia. Follow her @socialistsloots on IG and @ptite_lia on TikTok


MINISODE #56: How to Avoid Becoming a Cynical Mess
#177
02/26/2024

This week I'll be discussing what the movie "Poor Things" taught me about avoiding the magnetic pull of cynicism.


MINISODE #55 the moving power of reconciliation
#176
02/16/2024

Sometimes finding the desire to forgive and to enter the process of reconciliation is one of the hardest things imaginable. But it is precisely that difficulty that makes it one of the most transformative and healing things in the human experience. 


BIPOLAR DISORDER with Alyson Donaldson
#175
01/19/2024

When I was 9 years old my big sister was hospitalized as the result of a manic episode. This was how I first learned about mental illness and the ways an untreated brain can turn on a person and distort their reality. Today my sister is a beautiful success story and she shares her journey with us!


MINISODE #54 the best & worst of 2023
#174
01/02/2024

A subjective year-end recap, People Pleaser style.


MINISODE #53: Cheering for Catastrophe
#173
12/18/2023

It's about to be an election year. We need to have a tough chat about that. 


MINISODE #52: moving beyond the first thought
#172
12/10/2023

Trying to move beyond our first, often defensive and instinctive thoughts, so that we can find the humanity in our discourse and hear each other better.


MINISODE #51: Carl Jung, Mother God, and the reliably destructive nature of the human ego
#171
12/01/2023

Anybody else watch that mother god doc? We're gonna talk about it. And more specifically we're gonna talk about why humans have such a hard time understanding what god is and how to use the concept of god for good. 


MINISODE #50: the power of rituals
#170
11/24/2023

We're back!! And my mustache is gone! And we're getting back into a philosophical chat like the good ole days. This time we'll be talking about rituals. Welcome back to the show!


MINISODE #49: LIVE from the Toronto International Film Festival
#169
09/14/2023

I'm at TIFF to watch a movie that I'm in. How cool is that??


OBSESSION with David Allred
#168
09/01/2023

In memory of Joseph Muchlinsky aka VonViddy. Examining the cost of passion and an obsessively relentless creative output. 


SERVICE with Julie Archer
#167
08/11/2023

I mean... what else is there to say? The guest is my favorite woman in the world. One of the best people alive. A massive 'get'. You're welcome.