{"podcast":{"title":"The Current Thing","slug":"the-current-thing-6044590","podcast_index_feed_id":6044590,"rss_url":"https://currentthingpod.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://currentthingpod.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15865515/Current_Thing_Logo_white_2ixqzg.png","author":"Nick Dixon","episode_count":100,"summary":"Comedian and commentator Nick Dixon talks to fascinating guests about politics, the culture war, and anything else that comes up.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T16:18:43.673551+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590"},"episode":{"title":"The Secret Left Wing Group Destroying Our Society | Ed Dutton","slug":"the-secret-left-wing-group-destroying-our-society-ed-dutton","published_at":"2026-04-13T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590/the-secret-left-wing-group-destroying-our-society-ed-dutton","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590","url":"https://currentthingpod.podbean.com/e/the-secret-left-wing-group-destroying-our-society-ed-dutton/","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6uqacv9u9dr9dp9v/Ed_Quakers_Free_Audio7kub9.mp3","summary":"On this week’s episode of The Current Thing, I am joined by Ed Dutton, to discuss his new book The Quaker Question: Exposing the Sect That Really Rules the World. We discuss:-The many surprising links between Quakerism and Woke-Why only 5% of left wing people are actually kind-How far being left wing is genetic-The first non-binary preacher-The science and psychology behind peak religious experiences-Why pacifism is just virtue signalling-Whether Ed is too reductionist in his thinkingAnd lots more! Watch the full episode, with an extra half an hour of content not available anywhere else, here: https://www.nickdixon.net/p/the-secret-left-wing-group-destroying Subscribe here: www.nickdixon.net Support me with a donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonNick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Follow Nick on X: https://x.com/nickdixon Ed's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCMRs0Ml8RF0cWVAOeQeBxTwEd's Substack: https://www.jollyheretic.com Ed's new book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quaker-Question-Exposing-Really-Rules-ebook/dp/B0GNH3PLZX/ref=sr_1_1","meta_description":"On this week’s episode of The Current Thing, I am joined by Ed Dutton, to discuss his new book The Quaker Question: Exposing the Sect That Really Rules th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2599,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-current-thing-6044590/episodes/the-secret-left-wing-group-destroying-our-society-ed-dutton/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590/the-secret-left-wing-group-destroying-our-society-ed-dutton.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}