{"podcast":{"title":"Based Camp | Simone & Malcolm Collins","slug":"based-camp-simone-malcolm-collins-6378161","podcast_index_feed_id":6378161,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1643534/s/64409.rss","website_url":"https://basedcamppodcast.substack.com/s/based-camp-simone-and-malcolm","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1643534/s/64409/a478854e7b409f02072d443b587bdd1d.jpg","author":"Based Camp | Simone & Malcolm Collins","episode_count":867,"summary":"We will try to have in depth conversations about intellectually engaging topics in a way that does not fall into simple left right pandering (and thus is both based and camp). This is the podcast by the creators of the Pragmatist Guide series and the Pronatalist movement, Simone Collins and Malcolm Collins.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T02:19:12.019878+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/based-camp-simone-malcolm-collins-6378161"},"episode":{"title":"Islam vs Cell Phones: Down 25% In 10 Years","slug":"islam-vs-cell-phones-down-25-in-10-years","published_at":"2026-08-19T12:01:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/based-camp-simone-malcolm-collins-6378161/islam-vs-cell-phones-down-25-in-10-years","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/based-camp-simone-malcolm-collins-6378161","url":"https://basedcamppodcast.substack.com/p/islam-vs-cell-phones-down-25-in-10","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211846747/ea8044c200b2b71d0e2e172b9e01c444.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Based Camp, Malcolm and Simone Collins examine the rapid secularization underway in many Muslim-majority countries—often at a faster proportional rate than Christianity’s decline in the West. They walk through Arab Barometer and related data showing sharp rises in secular identification from 2012–2019 in Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, and Egypt, followed by a partial rebound in the early 2020s. The conversation covers declining trust in Islamist parties (Muslim Brotherhood, Ennahda, Justice and Development Party), sub-replacement fertility across much of the region, and existential water scarcity in Egypt and Iran. They then dig into the drivers of deconversion: smartphone access to historical sources, the Islamic slave trade’s scale and character, Muhammad’s documented ownership of slaves (including Black slaves), Aisha’s age in the hadith literature, key Quranic verses on women, violence, sexual slavery, apostasy, and internal inconsistencies. Malcolm ranks the most common reasons people report leaving Islam, notes the heavy influence of modern egalitarian (“urban monoculture”) values, and offers a Techno-Puritan perspective on whether the tradition can be reconciled with reality-affirming religion. Simone adds her view on the ethical implications. The discussion is candid, data-driven, and frequently interrupted by family life. Based_Camp_-_Islam_Shiftsmp4 (1) [00:00:00] Malcolm Collins: Simone, I’m excited to be here with you today. Today we are gonna be talking about a fascinating phenomenon, which is the collapse of Islam- Hmm ... in the Muslim world. And a lot of people are unaware that Islam has had as, as bad of a time as Christianity has had in the West. [00:00:21] Simone Collins: Yeah, [00:00:21] Malcolm Collins: it’s taken a beating. […","meta_description":"In this episode of Based Camp, Malcolm and Simone Collins examine the rapid secularization underway in many Muslim-majority countries—often at a faster pr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3386,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/based-camp-simone-malcolm-collins-6378161/episodes/islam-vs-cell-phones-down-25-in-10-years/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/based-camp-simone-malcolm-collins-6378161/islam-vs-cell-phones-down-25-in-10-years.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}