Hey Benjamin, I did a quick scan thru your channel to find the interview you referenced with the med school student whose grandfather was killed in the cultural revolution, but was unable to find it. Could you provide a link? I'm very interested in watching it. Thanks man, keep up the great content

In my universe, Benjamin already won 2 Pulitzers.

Ben, this Evergreen project would be a shoe-in for a thesis in a communications program at a different university.

Benjamin is usually so self effacing it's very interesting to hear his opinions for a change. Bet it was like lancing a boil for him.

You truly are the Boyce of reason. Very grateful for your channel.

"I was done with experience, I wanted knowledge." Thanks for that. Starting college at 57(3 years ago) I was so excited to be engaged with life specifically to gain knowledge. I spent most of that time engaged in independent research trying to understand WTF was going on in college? (Microwhat? Goldie Locks and the OppressivePatriwhaty?)

George Bridges inspired a character in one of my novels....it should go without saying, not the hero

Hahaha “the strawberry Slurpee of struggles” 🤣

Bridges was a major enabler. Otherwise known as co-abuser.

You've done a fantastic job Benjamin. Evergreen is a microcosm of American society and the damage being done to it by woke zealotry. You told that story in detail.

Im gonna be gettin’ one of those mugs. PS I concur with the commenter who said this is a unique opportunity to hear some real opinion and emotion about the monumental lapful of shit you were handed, Benjamin. Your polishing skills are remarkable. That’s a compliment; I hope you take it as such.

This was awesome, Benjamin! Loved seeing you go off the cuff;)

Now THIS is classic Benjamin Benjamin Boyce. You have a lot of poetic and musical talent, buddy: but the Work that this video covers, is what you’re guaranteed to be remembered for.

Your shoutout to Megan Murphy was adorable.

My Gawd!! Talk about hiding your head in the sand. Those characters are so full of self denial it ain't funny. But you made me wanna play hacky-sack again. Curse you Benjamin!

Recommendations: 1.) the Century of the Self (2002) Adam Curtis documentary, 2.) the Complete Evergreen Story (all parts) Benjamin Boyce, 3.) Unmasked (Andy Ngo Book), 4.) Can't Get you Out of my Head (2021) Adam Curtis documentary. This forms a complete timeline to understand where we're at and how we got here.

THANK YOU!!!!

Technical note: Could you have someone say the questions? I listen to your interviews, and it was tough to do. Otherwise, terrific video as always!

Bravo.... on many, many levels.

Big fan of your work, Ben...and so thankful you are doing it. Would love to see/help expand your impact.

Really good advice on how to have conversations with someone who has a different viewpoint than you have. These conversations are almost impossible to have on social media and I often try to point that out when someone tries to do so with me. The main points you made are important. Be respectful, patient, kind, listen, and never call the person a name. Ask questions to gain knowledge but not to bait them and don't be demeaning of their views. It's amazing how much we have in common with others when we take the time to talk.

Great video. Love hearing more of your thoughts.

You should not apologize for the cat videos. We all need to be reminded of the non-human world, especially as a break from all the strife we are experiencing in our culture. In a society in which so many people suffer from depression, it would actually be wonderful if every "serious" program was punctuated with such breaks, to ground us and to refresh our spirits. Thank you, Benjamin!

I learned from a KZfaqr about evergreen back in 2018 or 19, he graduated in early 2010s. Little I knew that it was a template of things to come. There is a silver lining, I learned about this channel last year looking at things that were going on in previous years.

No bathrobe - no watchie, sorry Benny

You should do a whole session just on struggle sessions and how they motivate people to be victims (for the rest of their life).

I went to college in the 90's, and the climate didn't seem to be anything like what is discussed currently. I had hadn't heard of intersectional feminism, critical race theory, affirmative consent, that sort of thing, until roughly 15 years later. I think this is pretty common with gen Xers. I know these ideas were brewing somewhere during the 90's, but I don't think the majority of people were exposed to them.

Like you, Ben, I went to WWU to learn how to tell stories. I learned that nobody was interested when my student review groups would interject politics in places where it didn't belong.

Those were some good questions they posed!

Ralph Nader released the radio hour at the same time you released this video. It's about the first amendment vs cancel culture. I'm hearing much more discussion about this. It came up in a class I am in today, as well.

How should colleges deal with such events? Well, they could start by not fomenting them in the first place. Beyond that, I recommend refusing to hire anybody called "Naima."

Being forced to write an apology by a government is very different from an individual’s voluntary apology. Light years away in terms of difference.

Mr Boyce has something all should see/know here.

That Naima Lowe lady got a settlement? lolwut

Hey Benjamin, as a word of advice, next time you do something like this you might wanna read out loud the questions as well, most of us listen to your videos while doing other things! Thanks

If they made a movie about Evergreen, Daniel Clowes could write the script and Terry Zwigoff should direct it. It would be like Ghost World and Art School Confidential. 😂🤣😆

I got through the first part and a half and I couldn't take it anymore. The evergreen doc is so frustrating to watch, my blood pressure just kept going up

Benjamin: I'd love to see you on The Timcast IRL show. I think we need to get you to appear. They'd love to talk to you about all of this stuff and your perspective is approachable and interesting because you can go academic or just normal conversation style.

Those two guys probably wouldn't have gotten shot if they didn't attack the cops with a skateboard but what do I know

Aw, man, I ended up watching the ducks *again*!

I think the "geese" (38:20) are Indian Runner Ducks--a domesticated breed that can't fly, so they're helpless w/o a body of water for escape. Maybe got away from a farm (gr8 egg layers). RIP

32:36 I never thought I’d be envious of black youths from Oklahoma. I wish I could have witnessed it.

Having followed the Evergreen Saga as it happened and then watched your series I have to say that Aisha Harrison kinda flew under the radar and was/is a far more dangerous and destructive force than Naima Lowe ever could be. Naima is just incredibly loud and obnoxious.

The geese ducks had no idea where they were going, Benjamin, they just were. Much like the SJW's at Evergreen. But the geese ducks are waaaay more fun to watch...lol

How to approach a topic without being called a bigot: wear a shirt with bigot in big bold letters.

Wait, Jamile and his gang had some kind of gossipy falling out?

"Hacksakying"... lol....say no more

At 26:20 - a college on the east coast having a similar-ish meltdown, you're probably talking about the strikes/protest that happened at Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore in November (The two first stated ones being the most notable mentioned around the Twittersphere). I don't know about an N-word incident with Bryn Mawr happening during last fall (Wouldn't be surprised if it did occur at one point though) The simmering of the whole thing can be directly pointed back to what we saw in June, but the fall strikes initiation did mirror Evergreen in the 'gleaming racism from an email when there's none to be found'. Although in this case, Haverfords president said phrases that were perceived as highly insensitive and harmful about the killing of Walter Wallace Jr, which then led to a sit-in occurring that same night, which then led to the initiation of a 14 day "strike" against the institution (The Organizers demanded special protections and money from the college while striking against it so. .. I don't know how much of a strike it actually was). The biggest irony with the email being that the co-signer was one of the Deans who happens to be a Black Woman, though because she differed from them in belief, the supporters saw her as part of the problem. The whole thing is certainly a good post-evergreen college-protest-case-study. I would know :)

You know when I graduated high school a good friend of mine ended up going to Evergreen and lived in the dorms there. I was going to UWT at the time, but spent most of my nights hanging out with him at evergreen drinking and smoking weed. Back then the biggest things we had to worry about was getting chased by the greener cops and RAs for smoking weed (2008, before legalization) and one night I think the campus flipped a cop car at a Dead Prez concert. We had left before that because we didn't end up getting tickets.

In the "How should institutions handle it" section that SHOULD be common sense, if no one can state any specific wrongdoing or make any clear point as to what they want or are trying to do then the university admin should explain to the disrupters what is required of them at college and give them a warning. It's ok to get emotional, but you still need to have a point.

Amusing side note, "Super Cyan" was an early nickname for "Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan" …now better known as "Super Saiyan Blue."

I didn't think you necessarily put in the cat video as a metaphor, but it did work. A black and a white goose. Who was the cat stalking them?? I considered several candidates from the video.

Can you link to the video of your interview with the medical student mentioned at 6:57?

26:20 Bryn Mawr College outside Philadelphia. An exclusive all girls school.

R I P geese.

8:19 reminds me of the recent video I saw of a BLM founder gleefully referring to a book saying "It's like Mao's red book!" which was the bible of that inquisition.

Enjoyed the podcast, just one thing purely for reference. They are not geese, they are Indian runner ducks!!

RIP geese. Murdered by a racoon.

I f one doesn't believe in the value of logic and reason to bring us closer to Truth, chaos evolves.

Was this the class at York College Erec is sharing your series with?

RIP geeseducks...

You cannot argue with these people without being called a bigot or a racist so get over it and recognize they are just projecting their own bigotry and racism on to you

The geese got “aten”?

Benjamin: *nod nod nod nod nod nod*

I think it was Syracuse Univesity that has had several instances where student protests and manage to keep a lid on things. Probably not the school you were thinking about BUT it would be interesting to do a study on how to appease the woke while at the same time not have them overrun the organization.

After watching this video I became aware of the cats in Benjamin's videos and I love them now he should do more cat videos Benjamin Boyce intellectual dark web raconteur and cat video choreographer no that would be like herding cats

I love how we are now viewing wokeness as a public health problem whose participants we view as study subjects.

Do you think then, that Jamil was deliberately seeking attention to become some kind of social media star/Internet activist? It sounds like he had ambitions beyond being in charge of the student code of conduct.

Training$.

But of course you do know George Bridge's middle name? Burning 👽

Violence and hate are one and the same and I do not support it as part of a valid ideology no matter who endorses it. Hate is unacceptable , violence is unacceptable and I reject both and their advocates no matter what side of politics they might like to think that they are on.

Progressive mobs may start with understandable anger but "progresses" quickly to righteous anger and then performative anger. It's oddly similar to the people who show up at school board meetings and scream about teachers "grooming" kids.

So this isn't really a documentary? There really isn't a Q&A with college class? This is a guy talking? Hmm. That's clickbait from where I come from.

to the tune of the old Dr Pepper song: I drank the victim Kool-Aid, now I’m proud I used to feel alone in a crowd but now you look around these days and it seems there’s a victim craze I'm a victim he's a victim she's a victim we're all victims wouldn't you like to be a victim too? I'm a victim he's a victim she's a victim if you drink the victim Kool-aid you're a victim too! us victims are an interesting breed Emotional fragility is what we need Ask any victim and they'll say “I need trigger warnings and spaces that are safe" i'm a victim he's a victim she's a victim we're all victims wouldn't you like to be a victim too? i'm a victim he's a victim she's a victim we're all victims wouldn't you like to be a victim too?

Respectfully -- I couldn't disagree with you more on how colleges should handle such situations when a "racist" scream erupts on campus (28:00). Coddling the accusers to the point where you admit their lies are truth is exactly what has us where we are now. It seems you believe that this might be a way to push through until a better path can be found. What happens when an innocent, even a single individual, loses their career, is put in prison, or suffers in another way because the goal was to appease the evil rather than confront it head on? You get more of it, and we are, and people are actually dying because of it. Not a single cent should be spent on this, as you say, workshops and the like. Children are homeless as a result.

Bret Weinstein needs to be brought back to ESC as President.

Mmm. You need to work on this bit: 33:39. Comes off as concern trolling.

dont appologize for your cats

Benjamin, sorry, this is so mealy-mouthed.