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Ep 42. The Colorado Teachers Union denounces capitalism

And I told you the teacher who led the charge was a Marxist two years ago.

Fox News reports that the Colorado Education Association has officially passed a resolution denouncing capitalism: https://www.foxnews.com/media/colorado-teachers-union-passes-resolution-declaring-capitalism-inherently-exploits-children-public-schools

But even funnier, I told you the teacher who led the charge was a Marxist two years ago. See the receipts: https://karlyn.substack.com/p/i-told-you-this-teacher-was-a-marxist

Ep 41. Schools OVERWHELMED with FOIA requests

This is a white pill moment

The Washington Post is reporting that schools are being forced to divert staff amid historic flood of records requests: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/03/27/school-district-foia-records-request/

 This is a massive white pill, a moment of hope that shows how many parents are demanding answers from the places causing most of the problems in the first place are held accountable.

You can access a free training on how to do FOIA requests here: https://www.activelyunwoke.com/ondemand/

Ep 40. 6,000 US public schools hide child’s gender status from parents

And that’s just the ones we know about.

I’ve brought you several stories in the last few weeks of school districts all over the country that are lying to parents about the name and pronouns their kids are using in school. You can find that reporting on my Substack: https://karlyn.substack.com

But I’m not the only one doing this research. Parents Defending Education has compiled information showing that withholding information from parents is school policy in 6,000 schools across the country.

Read the article in the New York Post, which also links to the list from Parents Defending Ed: https://nypost.com/2023/03/08/us-public-schools-conceal-childs-gender-status-from-parents/

Ep 39. Schools are secretly transitioning kids

And if the parents tell them to stop, they’re ignoring them.

We’re starting to see a tidal wave of stories about schools secretly transitioning students without telling the parents. 

In New York, parents are suing an elementary school and a fifth grade teacher over it: https://karlyn.substack.com/p/new-york-teacher-and-elementary-school

In Michigan, the department of education is training teachers that they don’t have to tell parents when students use different names/pronouns: https://karlyn.substack.com/p/michigan-department-of-education

In Colorado, they’re explicitly ignoring parental directives to secretly trans kids in elementary school, and they’re doing us because the state guidance tells them it’s ok: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11821421/Colorado-elementary-school-exposed-secretly-transitioning-student-internal-emails-leaked.html

Join my schools exposed program to find out if this is happening in your school district: https://schoolsexposed.com 

Ep 38. The Oompa Loompas are non-binary now.

They’re rewriting Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to remove gendered and offensive language

The publisher of Roald Dahl’s books is changing the language in the books to remove language that is gendered or could be considered offensive. 

Read the article I’m referencing in this podcast here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/roald-dahl-childrens-books-rewritten-delete-references-fat-characters-add-inclusive-gender-terms?intcmp=tw_fnc

Ep 37. Don’t become the monster you’re fighting.

Rule #1 of the Actively Unwoke is KNOW YOUR VALUES.

A little less than two years ago at this time, I was working my book Actively Unwoke: The Ultimate Guide for Fighting Back Against the Woke Insanity In Your Life. In chapter 4 of my book, I have a list of 11 Rules for the Actively Unwoke. It’s a play on Saul Alinsky’s rules for radicals. And the very first rule I write about is the most important: Know Your Values.

If you don’t know what you’re fighting for then it is inevitable that you will exist in a perpetual state of fighting AGAINST a political tribe rather than fighting TO CREATE a better world.

Here is the accompanying Substack article that articulates my values that I mentioned in the podcast: https://karlyn.substack.com/p/rule-1-for-the-actively-unwoke-know

Ep 36: Activists, Entertainers, and Grifters: Know the difference

The sources of your “anti-woke” information matters.

There are a lot of people doing so-called “anti-woke” commentary, and not all of them are created equal. When you get information from bad sources, you slow all of us down. Know the difference. This podcast accompanies this article on my substack: https://karlyn.substack.com/p/know-where-youre-getting-your-information

Ep 35. Cancel culture has taken over the online political right.

They are destroying themselves.

I’ve watched over the past two years as cancel culture has slowly but surely taken over the online political right. Now, they are turning on each other at a more rapid pace than before, slowly eating their own. If you support this, do not be surprised when no one is left to fight for you.

Read the article associated with this podcast on my substack: https://karlyn.substack.com/p/cancel-culture-has-taken-over-the

Ep 34. Anatomy of a woke cancel mob. Or, how Tim Pool was canceled by his own audience.

A warning for content creators of the future about audience cultivation: Your audience will reflect your values.

When you actively cultivate an audience with a minority segment of toxic and vocal people, it is inevitable that the inmates will one day run the asylum. 

Read the article on my Substack here, if you prefer: https://karlyn.substack.com/p/anatomy-of-a-woke-cancel-mob-or-how 

Ep 33. What we can learn from James O’Keefe and the hostile takeover of Project Veritas

We must make activism entrepreneurial.

Last night, James O’Keefe was removed as the head of Project Veritas by a hostile takeover of their board. There will be a ton of analysis on this, but what I want to focus on is why a non-profit business model could have led to his downfall.

You can read the article this podcast is based on here: https://karlyn.substack.com/p/what-we-can-learn-from-james-okeefe

Ep 32. 86 Democrats Just Voted For Socialism

They’re not even trying to hide it.

On February 2, 2023, Republicans in the US House of Representatives introduced a resolution condemning socialism. And 86 Democrats voted against it.

Find out how your representative voted – there’s a link to the list at the bottom of the article I’m reading from on my substack: https://karlyn.substack.com/p/86-democrats-just-voted-to-support

Ep 31. They are addicted to outrage

Yes, you can become addicted to emotions.

The major driver of the woke left’s behavior is an addiction to outrage. In this podcast, I’ll explain how the addiction works, and how you’ve seen it show up in real life.

Read the article on my Substack and let me know your thoughts: https://karlyn.substack.com/p/does-the-woke-left-believe-the-us

Ep 30. Do the woke believe taxes are systemic racism?

What is systemic racism, anyway?

In this episode, I’m answering a viewer question: Does the woke left consider the US Tax system to be systemically racist?

Of course they do. But make sure you understand why by understanding what systemic racism means.

Read the article on my Substack and let me know your thoughts: https://karlyn.substack.com/p/does-the-woke-left-believe-the-us

Ep 29. Protect Your Children From The Gender Cult

Schools are socially transitioning your kids.

In many school districts, anywhere from 30% to 60% of kids are identifying as trans, non-binary, gender queer, or gender non-confirming. Schools are putting policies in place to instruct staff to not tell you if your children are socially transitioning their gender. This is real, and it’s happening all over the country. In this episode, we discuss what you need to know to protect your children from the gender cult.

Here is the Fox News article I discussed in the podcast: https://www.foxnews.com/media/california-mom-sues-school-district-allegedly-counseled-daughter-transition-gender

Here is Gabrielle Clark’s parenting workshop, affirming reality

Ep 28. Why the woke left do not behave logically, and you should never expect them to.

The first article in the Woke Mind series on the Actively Unwoke Substack

Why don’t the woke left behave logically? Because they don’t value logic like you do. 

This is the first article in my series The Woke Mind, which you can find on my Substack, https://karlyn.substack.com. 

Here is the direct link to the article. 

Ep 27. A rant about conservative book banning. It has GOT to stop, or we need to disassociate from it.

This time, they banned a true story about two male penguins raising a baby.

Fox News is reporting that conservative groups got a book about a real life gay penguin couple banned from schools: 

This turns all of us and solves nothing. This podcast explains why.

Ep 26. The Four Goals of the Woke Left

You must know what they want to be effective in defeating them.

In this episode, I discuss the four primary goals of the woke left. Spoiler: They’re probably not what you think they are (unless you’ve listened to my content regularly). 

Find the article from this episode here: https://karlyn.substack.com/p/the-four-primary-goals-of-the-woke

Looking for older episodes of the podcast?

Visit the 2022 archive page here for additional episodes