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What’s the deal with the Anti-Psychiatry Movement?
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"How do you feel about medication?" As a therapist, this question often opens up a deep conversation about the role of psychiatry and psychotherapy in our lives. Are we medicalizing our humanity away, or are we finding paths to true healing?
Let’s take a deep dive into the roots and resurgence of the anti-psychiatry movement—a movement that challenges the mental health field from multiple angles. To do that, we’ll explore the radical ideas of pioneers like R.D. Laing and Thomas Szasz, whose work questioned traditional psychiatric practices and the very nature of mental illness. But I’ll also talk about how the anti-psychiatry movement lives on today through the internet and the modern con...
published: 29 May 2024
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Thomas Szasz on The Myth of Mental Illness
Get the full video at: https://www.psychotherapy.net/video/szasz-myth-of-mental-illness
Psychiatrist and social critic Thomas Szasz unsettled the psychiatric establishment in the 1960’s, challenging its foundational notions around normalcy, mental illness and treatment. By watching this pair of riveting interviews, Dr. Szasz will challenge you to explore and question your own cherished beliefs around diagnosis, psychotherapy and freedom; deepening your empathy for even the most challenging clients.'
#mentalhealth #mentalillness #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters
published: 08 Jan 2020
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Anti-psychiatry, thoughts of a psychiatrist
Dr. Peter Goertz discusses.
published: 04 May 2024
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Against Psychiatric Diagnoses | Full Talk | Dr Lucy Johnstone
Watch the full talk at https://iai.tv/video/against-psychiatric-diagnoses?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description
Two-thirds of Britons suffer mental health problems, says the Mental Health Foundation.
Lucy Johnstone argues that we need to abandon diagnostic labels if we are to make progress in this contested field and understand what is really going on.
#mentalhealth #mentalillness #psychiatry
Visit IAI.tv for our full library of debates, talks, articles and podcasts from international thought leaders and world-class academics. The Institute of Art and Ideas features videos and articles from cutting edge thinkers discussing the ideas that are shaping the world, from metaphysics to string theory, technology to democracy, aesthetics to genetics.
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published: 21 Mar 2019
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I'm not anti anti-psychiatry
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published: 12 Dec 2023
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The “Anti-Psychiatrist”, PSSD Expert & Hero! | Who is Dr. David Healy?
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published: 29 Jan 2024
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E236 - Pediatric Psychopharmacology Series: Deprescribing in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with...
In the first episode of a special pediatric psychopharmacology series hosted by Dr. Jeffrey Strawn, Dr. John Walkup joins the podcast to discuss deprescribing in pediatric patients. The conversation delves into the situations that warrant deprescribing from antidepressants, selecting the right time to do so, and dealing with relapse, as well as much more!
Jeffrey R. Strawn, MD is a Professor and Associate Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine, the Assistant Director of Clinical and Translational Research in the Center for Clinical & Translational Science and Training at UC, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UC and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Cen...
published: 16 Oct 2024
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Anti-Psychiatry
My brother wanted to be in one of my videos and as you can see he's a great actor
Also this video marks me learning how to do quick & fluid animations while editing (notice that clean bob up and down) wow big strides
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published: 01 Jul 2021
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Psychiatrists and the pharma industry are to blame for the current ‘epidemic’ of mental disorders
Want to join the debate? Check out the Intelligence Squared website to hear about future live events and podcasts: http://www.intelligencesquared.com
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Filmed at the Emmanuel Centre on 12th november 2014.
Drug pushers. We tend to associate them with the bleak underworld of criminality. But some would argue that there’s another class of drug pushers, just as unscrupulous, who work in the highly respectable fields of psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry. And they deserve the same moral scrutiny that we apply to the drug pedlar on the street corner. Within the medical profession labels are increasingly being attached to everyday conditions previously thought to be beyond the remit of medical help. So sadness is rebranded as depression, shyness as social phob...
published: 11 May 2015
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What If Psychiatry Is Fake? | Mia Mulder
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published: 13 Oct 2021
50:20
What’s the deal with the Anti-Psychiatry Movement?
Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/neurotransmissions
"How do you feel about medication?" As a therapist, this q...
Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/neurotransmissions
"How do you feel about medication?" As a therapist, this question often opens up a deep conversation about the role of psychiatry and psychotherapy in our lives. Are we medicalizing our humanity away, or are we finding paths to true healing?
Let’s take a deep dive into the roots and resurgence of the anti-psychiatry movement—a movement that challenges the mental health field from multiple angles. To do that, we’ll explore the radical ideas of pioneers like R.D. Laing and Thomas Szasz, whose work questioned traditional psychiatric practices and the very nature of mental illness. But I’ll also talk about how the anti-psychiatry movement lives on today through the internet and the modern consumer, survivor, and ex-patient movement. And honestly, no anti-psychiatry video would be complete without talking about Scientologists and the…strange bedfellows they make.
My hope is to present a balanced and nuanced exploration of this controversial movement. The anti-psychiatry sentiment permeates our culture and so this is a conversation we can no longer ignore.
Here's my companion video about my professional experiences and reflections on compulsory (or forced) mental health treatment: https://nebula.tv/videos/neurotransmissions-my-professional-experience-with-compulsory-mental-health-care
Chapters:
0:00 - We can’t ignore this anymore
2:42 - Defining “anti-psychiatry”
5:11 - Historical underpinnings of the movement
7:44 - The rise of psychiatric drugs
10:59 - Abuses, harms, and criticisms of psychiatry
13:17 - Overlap with other movements
15:28 - R.D. Laing and Kingsley Hall
19:35 - Thomas Szasz and "The Myth of Mental Illness"
25:10 - Scientology's role in anti-psychiatry
29:31 - Decline of the Anti-Psychiatry Movement
32:20 - The online revival with modern critiques
35:26 - Why criticism is important and good
38:03 - Britney Spears and my own experiences
42:02 - Extremism in the ranks
45:55 - Criticisms of the Anti-Psychiatry Movement
47:13 - How we move forward
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Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/neurotransmissions
"How do you feel about medication?" As a therapist, this question often opens up a deep conversation about the role of psychiatry and psychotherapy in our lives. Are we medicalizing our humanity away, or are we finding paths to true healing?
Let’s take a deep dive into the roots and resurgence of the anti-psychiatry movement—a movement that challenges the mental health field from multiple angles. To do that, we’ll explore the radical ideas of pioneers like R.D. Laing and Thomas Szasz, whose work questioned traditional psychiatric practices and the very nature of mental illness. But I’ll also talk about how the anti-psychiatry movement lives on today through the internet and the modern consumer, survivor, and ex-patient movement. And honestly, no anti-psychiatry video would be complete without talking about Scientologists and the…strange bedfellows they make.
My hope is to present a balanced and nuanced exploration of this controversial movement. The anti-psychiatry sentiment permeates our culture and so this is a conversation we can no longer ignore.
Here's my companion video about my professional experiences and reflections on compulsory (or forced) mental health treatment: https://nebula.tv/videos/neurotransmissions-my-professional-experience-with-compulsory-mental-health-care
Chapters:
0:00 - We can’t ignore this anymore
2:42 - Defining “anti-psychiatry”
5:11 - Historical underpinnings of the movement
7:44 - The rise of psychiatric drugs
10:59 - Abuses, harms, and criticisms of psychiatry
13:17 - Overlap with other movements
15:28 - R.D. Laing and Kingsley Hall
19:35 - Thomas Szasz and "The Myth of Mental Illness"
25:10 - Scientology's role in anti-psychiatry
29:31 - Decline of the Anti-Psychiatry Movement
32:20 - The online revival with modern critiques
35:26 - Why criticism is important and good
38:03 - Britney Spears and my own experiences
42:02 - Extremism in the ranks
45:55 - Criticisms of the Anti-Psychiatry Movement
47:13 - How we move forward
We published a book called Brains Explained. You can buy it! https://amzn.to/3hkmCdo
Join our mess of a Discord server: https://discord.gg/rD6wjQa7Vs
If you like what we do, support our work by becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/neurotransmissions
Alternatively, if you wanna support the channel and get some fun emojis to use in comments and a badge next to your name in the process, consider becoming a "member" of our channel right here on YT:
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We couldn’t do all of this without our awesome Patreon Producers, Ryan M. Shaver, Danny Van Hecke, Carrie McKenzie, and Jareth Arnold. You four are like warm sunshine on a cool day!
And thanks to our other high-level Patrons, including:
12tone
Marcelo Kenji
Linda L Schubert
Susan Jones
Ilsa Jerome
Chuck V
Robert Stuckey
k b
Raymond Chin
Marcel Ward
- published: 29 May 2024
- views: 112503
1:43
Thomas Szasz on The Myth of Mental Illness
Get the full video at: https://www.psychotherapy.net/video/szasz-myth-of-mental-illness
Psychiatrist and social critic Thomas Szasz unsettled the psychiatric e...
Get the full video at: https://www.psychotherapy.net/video/szasz-myth-of-mental-illness
Psychiatrist and social critic Thomas Szasz unsettled the psychiatric establishment in the 1960’s, challenging its foundational notions around normalcy, mental illness and treatment. By watching this pair of riveting interviews, Dr. Szasz will challenge you to explore and question your own cherished beliefs around diagnosis, psychotherapy and freedom; deepening your empathy for even the most challenging clients.'
#mentalhealth #mentalillness #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters
https://wn.com/Thomas_Szasz_On_The_Myth_Of_Mental_Illness
Get the full video at: https://www.psychotherapy.net/video/szasz-myth-of-mental-illness
Psychiatrist and social critic Thomas Szasz unsettled the psychiatric establishment in the 1960’s, challenging its foundational notions around normalcy, mental illness and treatment. By watching this pair of riveting interviews, Dr. Szasz will challenge you to explore and question your own cherished beliefs around diagnosis, psychotherapy and freedom; deepening your empathy for even the most challenging clients.'
#mentalhealth #mentalillness #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters
- published: 08 Jan 2020
- views: 97372
30:40
Against Psychiatric Diagnoses | Full Talk | Dr Lucy Johnstone
Watch the full talk at https://iai.tv/video/against-psychiatric-diagnoses?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description
Two-thirds of Britons suffer mental health ...
Watch the full talk at https://iai.tv/video/against-psychiatric-diagnoses?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description
Two-thirds of Britons suffer mental health problems, says the Mental Health Foundation.
Lucy Johnstone argues that we need to abandon diagnostic labels if we are to make progress in this contested field and understand what is really going on.
#mentalhealth #mentalillness #psychiatry
Visit IAI.tv for our full library of debates, talks, articles and podcasts from international thought leaders and world-class academics. The Institute of Art and Ideas features videos and articles from cutting edge thinkers discussing the ideas that are shaping the world, from metaphysics to string theory, technology to democracy, aesthetics to genetics.
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Watch the full talk at https://iai.tv/video/against-psychiatric-diagnoses?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description
Two-thirds of Britons suffer mental health problems, says the Mental Health Foundation.
Lucy Johnstone argues that we need to abandon diagnostic labels if we are to make progress in this contested field and understand what is really going on.
#mentalhealth #mentalillness #psychiatry
Visit IAI.tv for our full library of debates, talks, articles and podcasts from international thought leaders and world-class academics. The Institute of Art and Ideas features videos and articles from cutting edge thinkers discussing the ideas that are shaping the world, from metaphysics to string theory, technology to democracy, aesthetics to genetics.
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- published: 21 Mar 2019
- views: 14531
18:17
I'm not anti anti-psychiatry
I'm not anti anti-psychiatry. These are my opinions and subject to change.
Support the Channel by shouting me and my team a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.co...
I'm not anti anti-psychiatry. These are my opinions and subject to change.
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- published: 12 Dec 2023
- views: 3870
7:05
The “Anti-Psychiatrist”, PSSD Expert & Hero! | Who is Dr. David Healy?
We are accepting patients into our drug tapering program living in CA, NY, TX. Please watch the following webinar to learn more about our clinic and our drug ta...
We are accepting patients into our drug tapering program living in CA, NY, TX. Please watch the following webinar to learn more about our clinic and our drug tapering program: https://www.taperprogram.com/register-ig
All my Links: https://beacons.ai/drjosef
Please consider "liking" and subscribing to this content. It helps build awareness.
CONTENT DISCLAIMER: All of the information on this channel is for educational or entertainment purposes and not intended to be specific/personal medical advice from me to you. Watching the videos or getting answers to comments/question, does not establish a doctor-patient relationship. If you have your own doctor, perhaps these videos can help prepare you for your discussion with your doctor.
COMMENTS POLICY: We’re doing our best to help spread awareness with these videos, but for legal reasons we can’t answer health questions in the comments. So if you leave a questions we’ll try to make videos about common questions in the future! If we catch incorrect health information, hate speech, illegal solicitation of drugs in the comments we will remove those comments.
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Please consider "liking" and subscribing to this content. It helps build awareness.
CONTENT DISCLAIMER: All of the information on this channel is for educational or entertainment purposes and not intended to be specific/personal medical advice from me to you. Watching the videos or getting answers to comments/question, does not establish a doctor-patient relationship. If you have your own doctor, perhaps these videos can help prepare you for your discussion with your doctor.
COMMENTS POLICY: We’re doing our best to help spread awareness with these videos, but for legal reasons we can’t answer health questions in the comments. So if you leave a questions we’ll try to make videos about common questions in the future! If we catch incorrect health information, hate speech, illegal solicitation of drugs in the comments we will remove those comments.
WANT AN INTERVIEW?
We are always looking for unique stories of people who experience adverse reactions to psych meds to interview here on YouTube and on our Podcast. If this is you, please email me at
[email protected] and tell me what makes your story unique.
- published: 29 Jan 2024
- views: 4914
50:31
E236 - Pediatric Psychopharmacology Series: Deprescribing in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with...
In the first episode of a special pediatric psychopharmacology series hosted by Dr. Jeffrey Strawn, Dr. John Walkup joins the podcast to discuss deprescribing i...
In the first episode of a special pediatric psychopharmacology series hosted by Dr. Jeffrey Strawn, Dr. John Walkup joins the podcast to discuss deprescribing in pediatric patients. The conversation delves into the situations that warrant deprescribing from antidepressants, selecting the right time to do so, and dealing with relapse, as well as much more!
Jeffrey R. Strawn, MD is a Professor and Associate Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine, the Assistant Director of Clinical and Translational Research in the Center for Clinical & Translational Science and Training at UC, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UC and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
John T. Walkup, MD is Head of the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and a Margaret C. Osterman Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. He also serves as Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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In the first episode of a special pediatric psychopharmacology series hosted by Dr. Jeffrey Strawn, Dr. John Walkup joins the podcast to discuss deprescribing in pediatric patients. The conversation delves into the situations that warrant deprescribing from antidepressants, selecting the right time to do so, and dealing with relapse, as well as much more!
Jeffrey R. Strawn, MD is a Professor and Associate Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine, the Assistant Director of Clinical and Translational Research in the Center for Clinical & Translational Science and Training at UC, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UC and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
John T. Walkup, MD is Head of the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and a Margaret C. Osterman Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. He also serves as Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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- published: 16 Oct 2024
- views: 92
0:33
Anti-Psychiatry
My brother wanted to be in one of my videos and as you can see he's a great actor
Also this video marks me learning how to do quick & fluid animations while ed...
My brother wanted to be in one of my videos and as you can see he's a great actor
Also this video marks me learning how to do quick & fluid animations while editing (notice that clean bob up and down) wow big strides
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https://wn.com/Anti_Psychiatry
My brother wanted to be in one of my videos and as you can see he's a great actor
Also this video marks me learning how to do quick & fluid animations while editing (notice that clean bob up and down) wow big strides
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- published: 01 Jul 2021
- views: 98633
1:32:05
Psychiatrists and the pharma industry are to blame for the current ‘epidemic’ of mental disorders
Want to join the debate? Check out the Intelligence Squared website to hear about future live events and podcasts: http://www.intelligencesquared.com
_________...
Want to join the debate? Check out the Intelligence Squared website to hear about future live events and podcasts: http://www.intelligencesquared.com
__________________________
Filmed at the Emmanuel Centre on 12th november 2014.
Drug pushers. We tend to associate them with the bleak underworld of criminality. But some would argue that there’s another class of drug pushers, just as unscrupulous, who work in the highly respectable fields of psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry. And they deserve the same moral scrutiny that we apply to the drug pedlar on the street corner. Within the medical profession labels are increasingly being attached to everyday conditions previously thought to be beyond the remit of medical help. So sadness is rebranded as depression, shyness as social phobia, childhood naughtiness as hyperactivity or ADHD. And Big Pharma is only too happy to come up with profitable new drugs to treat these ‘disorders’, drugs which the psychiatrists and GPs then willingly prescribe, richly rewarded by the pharma companies for doing so. In the last decade the use of antidepressants in the UK has doubled and in 2012 50 million prescriptions had been written for them. It’s a similar story for hyperactivity: the use of Ritalin has tripled with 800,000 prescriptions written by 2012. Even worse, argue the critics, the scientific and ethical flaws in the research behind some of these drugs have purposefully not been published. Meanwhile the real underlying causes of behavioural problems and human misery are often left untreated.
That’s the view of those who object to the widespread use of the ‘chemical cosh’ to treat people with mental difficulties. But many psychiatrists, while acknowledging that overprescribing is a problem, would argue that the blame lies not with themselves. For example, parents and teachers often ramp up the pressure to have a medical label attached to a child’s problematic behaviour because that way there’s less stigma attached and allowances are made. And psychiatrists and the pharma companies also take issue with those who argue that the ‘chemical imbalance’ theory of mental disorder is a myth. ADHD is a real condition, they say, for which drugs work. Research shows that antidepressants really are more effective than just a placebo, especially in cases of severe depression. Scientists are now working on a completely new kind of antidepressant for people who have endured incurable depression and anxiety for decades – with promising results so far. Human suffering will never be eradicated but evidence shows that pharmaceutical drugs have improved the lives of millions around the world.
https://wn.com/Psychiatrists_And_The_Pharma_Industry_Are_To_Blame_For_The_Current_‘Epidemic’_Of_Mental_Disorders
Want to join the debate? Check out the Intelligence Squared website to hear about future live events and podcasts: http://www.intelligencesquared.com
__________________________
Filmed at the Emmanuel Centre on 12th november 2014.
Drug pushers. We tend to associate them with the bleak underworld of criminality. But some would argue that there’s another class of drug pushers, just as unscrupulous, who work in the highly respectable fields of psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry. And they deserve the same moral scrutiny that we apply to the drug pedlar on the street corner. Within the medical profession labels are increasingly being attached to everyday conditions previously thought to be beyond the remit of medical help. So sadness is rebranded as depression, shyness as social phobia, childhood naughtiness as hyperactivity or ADHD. And Big Pharma is only too happy to come up with profitable new drugs to treat these ‘disorders’, drugs which the psychiatrists and GPs then willingly prescribe, richly rewarded by the pharma companies for doing so. In the last decade the use of antidepressants in the UK has doubled and in 2012 50 million prescriptions had been written for them. It’s a similar story for hyperactivity: the use of Ritalin has tripled with 800,000 prescriptions written by 2012. Even worse, argue the critics, the scientific and ethical flaws in the research behind some of these drugs have purposefully not been published. Meanwhile the real underlying causes of behavioural problems and human misery are often left untreated.
That’s the view of those who object to the widespread use of the ‘chemical cosh’ to treat people with mental difficulties. But many psychiatrists, while acknowledging that overprescribing is a problem, would argue that the blame lies not with themselves. For example, parents and teachers often ramp up the pressure to have a medical label attached to a child’s problematic behaviour because that way there’s less stigma attached and allowances are made. And psychiatrists and the pharma companies also take issue with those who argue that the ‘chemical imbalance’ theory of mental disorder is a myth. ADHD is a real condition, they say, for which drugs work. Research shows that antidepressants really are more effective than just a placebo, especially in cases of severe depression. Scientists are now working on a completely new kind of antidepressant for people who have endured incurable depression and anxiety for decades – with promising results so far. Human suffering will never be eradicated but evidence shows that pharmaceutical drugs have improved the lives of millions around the world.
- published: 11 May 2015
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What If Psychiatry Is Fake? | Mia Mulder
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Mental health is a complicated topic. But what if the way we think about it is already flawed?
Watch some of my other videos!
How To Pass As A Woman | Mia Mulder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynYsMu14BrA
Why You Shouldn't Be A Nationalist | Mia Mulder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ce_nNAfVq0
Anti-intellectualism: "Facts vs Feelings | Mia Mulder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgoSUK54ETY
Sweden: Heaven And Hell | Mia Mulder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSLcedaIWzc
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