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Nikos Sotirakopoulos

Active: 2017-2021

Speaker's Bio

Dr. Sotirakopoulos is a lecturer in sociology at York St John University. He is the author of The Rise of Lifestyle Activism: From New Left to Occupy (2016, Palgrave Macmillan). His forthcoming book, Identity Politics and the Culture Wars: Understanding the Tribalist Mind, will be published by Emerald Publishing in 2020. He is the academic adviser for the Ayn Rand Centre UK. 
(based on info from 2020 )

Presentations

Name
Presented
Media
Tribalism in Europe’s Political Culture
Feb 15, 2019
Feb 15, 2019
Psychology Panel
Aug 24, 2019
Aug 24, 2019
Postmodernism Panel
Aug 24, 2019
Aug 24, 2019
What Have the Americans Ever Done for Us?
Jul 04, 2019
Jul 04, 2019
Ayn Rand in Europe
Feb 16, 2020
Feb 16, 2020
Individualism & Tribalism
Feb 18, 2019
Feb 18, 2019
Individual and the State
Nov 21, 2017
Nov 21, 2017
The Market and the Individual
Nov 21, 2017
Nov 21, 2017
The Objectivist Values: Reason
Mar 19, 2020
Mar 19, 2020
Promoting Freedom in Europe
May 10, 2021
May 10, 2021
Is Tyranny Here?
Apr 01, 2020
Apr 01, 2020
Fighting for Ideas in Times of Crisis
Apr 08, 2020
Apr 08, 2020
Romance Under Lockdown
Apr 17, 2020
Apr 17, 2020
From Dissent to Conspiracy Theories
Apr 30, 2020
Apr 30, 2020
Q&A Session: Psychology
May 02, 2020
May 02, 2020
Q&A Session: COVID-19
May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020
What’s Next for Feminists?
May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020
What's Next for Conservatives?
May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020
The Riots
Jun 05, 2020
Jun 05, 2020
Is Atlas Shrugged Making You Undateable?
May 13, 2021
May 13, 2021
Political Poster Children
May 21, 2021
May 21, 2021
Bob Dylan and the 1960s
May 26, 2021
May 26, 2021
Dating Inequality
May 19, 2021
May 19, 2021
Handling Rejection
May 26, 2021
May 26, 2021
Academia: Institutionalised Bias
Jun 01, 2021
Jun 01, 2021
Why Smokers' Rights Matter
Jun 02, 2021
Jun 02, 2021
The Left's Bible Thumping
May 31, 2021
May 31, 2021
Tyler Durden Vs John Galt
Jun 11, 2021
Jun 11, 2021
We're Almost There--Until We're Not
Jun 15, 2021
Jun 15, 2021
The Crusade Against GB News
Jun 16, 2021
Jun 16, 2021
Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Jun 18, 2021
Jun 18, 2021
Pride: Living Virtue, Not Deadly Sin
Jun 14, 2021
Jun 14, 2021
Inequality
Jun 21, 2021
Jun 21, 2021
The Right's Worst Nightmare?
Jun 22, 2021
Jun 22, 2021
The Two Americas
Jun 08, 2020
Jun 08, 2020
On Productivity
May 07, 2020
May 07, 2020
Chaos in Search of Order: Jordan Peterson
Jun 10, 2020
Jun 10, 2020
A War on the Past
Jun 11, 2020
Jun 11, 2020
Conservative's Role in the Freedom Movement
Jun 12, 2020
Jun 12, 2020
BLM and the New ‘Struggle Sessions’
Jun 12, 2020
Jun 12, 2020
Woke Collective Responsibility
Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 2020
Media Coverage of the Protests and Riots
Jun 17, 2020
Jun 17, 2020
Gossip, Resentment, and Outrage
Jun 18, 2020
Jun 18, 2020
Libertarianism: Gateway to the Alt-Right?
Jun 19, 2020
Jun 19, 2020
Joe Rogan and the Politics of Common Sense
Jun 23, 2020
Jun 23, 2020
The Post-Covid Paradigm
Jun 22, 2020
Jun 22, 2020
The Silent Majority
Jun 25, 2020
Jun 25, 2020
Promoting Liberty in Hollywood
Jun 26, 2020
Jun 26, 2020
The Usual Suspects: Israel in Popular Culture
Jun 29, 2020
Jun 29, 2020
Q&A Session: Psychology 2
Jun 30, 2020
Jun 30, 2020
The Deplorables and Social Media Purges
Jun 30, 2020
Jun 30, 2020
Greed is Good (?)
Jul 02, 2020
Jul 02, 2020
What We Can Learn From America
Jul 03, 2020
Jul 03, 2020
Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW)
Jul 06, 2020
Jul 06, 2020
Personal Development and Individualism
Jul 07, 2020
Jul 07, 2020
Ayn Rand and Social Security
Jul 08, 2020
Jul 08, 2020
Americanism in the 2020 Elections
Jul 10, 2020
Jul 10, 2020
Lockdown and Mental Health
Jul 14, 2020
Jul 14, 2020
Diversity
Jul 13, 2020
Jul 13, 2020
The Transgender Movement
Jul 15, 2020
Jul 15, 2020
Borders and Boundaries
Jul 16, 2020
Jul 16, 2020
Corporate Culture and Individual Agency
Jul 20, 2020
Jul 20, 2020
What is the Real Left?
Jul 22, 2020
Jul 22, 2020
How Innovation Works
Jul 23, 2020
Jul 23, 2020
#NoSafeSpaceForJewHate
Jul 27, 2020
Jul 27, 2020
Respect & Judgement in Political Discourse
Jul 29, 2020
Jul 29, 2020
"Free" Stuff
Jul 09, 2020
Jul 09, 2020
Individuals With A Cervix
Aug 03, 2020
Aug 03, 2020
Two Plus Two Equals Five
Aug 05, 2020
Aug 05, 2020
Tomi Lahren: MGTOW's Top Recruiter?
Aug 06, 2020
Aug 06, 2020
Hiroshima, 75 Years Later
Aug 07, 2020
Aug 07, 2020
Race, Policing & Injustice
Aug 10, 2020
Aug 10, 2020
Extinction Rebellion's Pro-Human Protest
Aug 11, 2020
Aug 11, 2020
The Rise and Fall of the Alt-Right
Aug 12, 2020
Aug 12, 2020
Kamala Harris: Ticking All the Right Boxes?
Aug 13, 2020
Aug 13, 2020
Philosophy: Who Needs It
Aug 15, 2020
Aug 15, 2020
The Upcoming US Elections
Aug 18, 2020
Aug 18, 2020
The Psychology of "The Last Dance"
Aug 17, 2020
Aug 17, 2020
Biology, Values and Human Desire
Aug 19, 2020
Aug 19, 2020
The Revolt in Belarus
Aug 20, 2020
Aug 20, 2020
Lebanon's Oath
Aug 21, 2020
Aug 21, 2020
Why "Transgression" is Not Dissent
Aug 24, 2020
Aug 24, 2020
The Republican National Convention
Aug 25, 2020
Aug 25, 2020
What are Fair Wages
Aug 26, 2020
Aug 26, 2020
Psychology of the Film "300"
Aug 27, 2020
Aug 27, 2020
Black Power and Individualism
Aug 31, 2020
Aug 31, 2020
Trumpism Before Trump?
Sep 01, 2020
Sep 01, 2020
Happy Atlas Shrugged Day!
Sep 02, 2020
Sep 02, 2020
XR vs. The People
Sep 03, 2020
Sep 03, 2020
The Nanny State
Sep 04, 2020
Sep 04, 2020
Politics and Culture: Which Way to Victory?
Sep 09, 2020
Sep 09, 2020
9/11: Personal Recollections and Reflections
Sep 11, 2020
Sep 11, 2020
Is Fear the New Normal?
Sep 14, 2020
Sep 14, 2020
The Story of Human Progress
Sep 16, 2020
Sep 16, 2020
The Case Against Ofcom
Sep 17, 2020
Sep 17, 2020
The Latest from the US Election Campaign
Sep 22, 2020
Sep 22, 2020
Election Tuesday Debate Preview
Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 2020
Progressives Against Progress
Oct 02, 2020
Oct 02, 2020
Debate Recap
Sep 30, 2020
Sep 30, 2020
When to Speak Up?
Oct 01, 2020
Oct 01, 2020
The Pope vs Capitalism
Oct 05, 2020
Oct 05, 2020
Wishing Trump Well: For and Against
Oct 06, 2020
Oct 06, 2020
The Tories' War on Business
Oct 07, 2020
Oct 07, 2020
The Case Against the UN
Oct 09, 2020
Oct 09, 2020
The NBA's Disastrous Season
Oct 12, 2020
Oct 12, 2020
Ron Paul: The Revolution That Was Not
Oct 16, 2020
Oct 16, 2020
A Social Media - Political Complex?
Oct 20, 2020
Oct 20, 2020
Not Dying is Not Living
Oct 19, 2020
Oct 19, 2020
What's Wrong With The Libertarian Party?
Oct 21, 2020
Oct 21, 2020
How to REALLY End Poverty
Oct 23, 2020
Oct 23, 2020
Krugman and the Conscience of a Smearer
Oct 26, 2020
Oct 26, 2020
The Case for Not Voting
Oct 27, 2020
Oct 27, 2020
Halloween and Sense of Life
Oct 30, 2020
Oct 30, 2020
PUA: Self-Development or Self-Destruction
Oct 28, 2020
Oct 28, 2020
Lockdown 2.0
Nov 02, 2020
Nov 02, 2020
The Final #ElectionTuesday
Nov 03, 2020
Nov 03, 2020
The Day After Last Night
Nov 04, 2020
Nov 04, 2020
BBC Smears Ayn Rand
Nov 09, 2020
Nov 09, 2020
Why Everyone Loves to Hate "Big Pharma"
Nov 10, 2020
Nov 10, 2020
The BBC's Smear Against Ayn Rand
Nov 13, 2020
Nov 13, 2020
Incels and the Prison of Victimhood Culture
Nov 16, 2020
Nov 16, 2020
The Voter Fraud Debate
Nov 17, 2020
Nov 17, 2020
A Flight from Tyranny
Nov 18, 2020
Nov 18, 2020
Faith in Reason?
Nov 23, 2020
Nov 23, 2020
Transhumanism: "I'm Gonna Live Forever"?
Nov 24, 2020
Nov 24, 2020
Jordan Peterson and the Tears of Outrage
Nov 25, 2020
Nov 25, 2020
Thanksgiving Special
Nov 26, 2020
Nov 26, 2020
In Defence of Buying
Nov 27, 2020
Nov 27, 2020
The Poverty-Making Personality
Nov 30, 2020
Nov 30, 2020
Giving Vs "Giving Back"
Dec 01, 2020
Dec 01, 2020
Sleeping with the Enemy?
Nov 26, 2020
Nov 26, 2020
How Literature Can Enrich Your Love Life
Dec 03, 2020
Dec 03, 2020
Is Merit Tyrannical?
Dec 02, 2020
Dec 02, 2020
Bitcoin: The Currency to Freedom?
Dec 04, 2020
Dec 04, 2020
BLM, Millwall, and the Politics of Football
Dec 08, 2020
Dec 08, 2020
The Misrepresenters of Objectivism
Dec 12, 2020
Dec 12, 2020
The Threshold for Sex
Dec 10, 2020
Dec 10, 2020
The Good Premises of La La Land
Dec 16, 2020
Dec 16, 2020
Misrepresenters of Objectivism 2
Dec 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020
Millenials and Dating
Dec 17, 2020
Dec 17, 2020
We are all East Germans now
Dec 22, 2020
Dec 22, 2020
Was Ayn Rand Wrong About Native Americans?
Dec 21, 2020
Dec 21, 2020
Israel's Broken Political System
Dec 23, 2020
Dec 23, 2020
The Peikoff Guide to a Merry Christmas
Dec 24, 2020
Dec 24, 2020
Was Ayn Rand Wrong About Homosexuality?
Dec 30, 2020
Dec 30, 2020
Our Heroes for 2020
Dec 28, 2020
Dec 28, 2020
Objectivist Activism in 2021
Dec 30, 2020
Dec 30, 2020
My 3 Biggest Lessons from 2020
Dec 29, 2020
Dec 29, 2020
2020 Review & AMA
Dec 31, 2020
Dec 31, 2020
The Vaccine Rollout Fiasco
Jan 04, 2021
Jan 04, 2021
Perpetual Lockdown: Shut Up, Or Else…
Jan 05, 2021
Jan 05, 2021
The Georgia Senate Elections
Jan 06, 2021
Jan 06, 2021
Who Is the Final Authority in Ethics?
Jan 06, 2021
Jan 06, 2021
The Cashing-In: The Stupid Rebellion
Jan 07, 2021
Jan 07, 2021
Productivity: Dos and Don'ts
Jan 08, 2021
Jan 08, 2021
God or Reason: Which Way, Dave Rubin?
Feb 09, 2021
Feb 09, 2021
The Case Against Travel Bans
Feb 10, 2021
Feb 10, 2021
The Gina Carano Case
Feb 16, 2021
Feb 16, 2021
Remembering Rush Limbaugh
Feb 17, 2021
Feb 17, 2021
Rothbard's Attacks Against Rand
Feb 19, 2021
Feb 19, 2021
The Objectivist Ethics
Feb 10, 2021
Feb 10, 2021
To Our Mentors, With Love
Feb 23, 2021
Feb 23, 2021
Modernism and Madness
Feb 27, 2021
Feb 27, 2021
The Free Market Case Against Hayek
Feb 26, 2021
Feb 26, 2021
Discussing the Prager-Biddle Discussion
Mar 03, 2021
Mar 03, 2021
Living with Gender Dysphoria
Mar 05, 2021
Mar 05, 2021
A Year of Covid Lockdowns
Mar 08, 2021
Mar 08, 2021
Piers Morgan, Ofcom and Free Speech
Mar 10, 2021
Mar 10, 2021
Tribalism: The Root of Most Our Evils
Mar 12, 2021
Mar 12, 2021
Episode 200
Mar 15, 2021
Mar 15, 2021
Tim Pool & Rucka
Mar 17, 2021
Mar 17, 2021
UK’s New Travel Ban, and Its Significance
Mar 23, 2021
Mar 23, 2021
Doesn't Life Require Compromise?
Mar 23, 2021
Mar 23, 2021
Israel's Enemy Within?
May 14, 2021
May 14, 2021
Give Back to the Rich
Jun 07, 2021
Jun 07, 2021
1 Year Anniversary!
Jun 07, 2021
Jun 07, 2021
Trump and Authoritarians: BFFs
Jun 09, 2021
Jun 09, 2021
Watch Out for the Green Flags
Jun 09, 2021
Jun 09, 2021
Brexit: The Revolution Betrayed
Jun 23, 2021
Jun 23, 2021
The Matt Hancock Fiasco
Jun 28, 2021
Jun 28, 2021
The Star-Spangled Setup?
Jun 30, 2021
Jun 30, 2021
The Use and Misuse of Experts
Jun 28, 2021
Jun 28, 2021
Choice, Evolution, and Human Behaviour
Jun 29, 2021
Jun 29, 2021
Egalitarianism Vs Beauty
Jun 30, 2021
Jun 30, 2021
Married to the Friendzone
Jun 23, 2021
Jun 23, 2021
A Look Into Critical Race Theory
Mar 29, 2021
Mar 29, 2021
Jess Phillips: Adding Fuel to the Gender Wars
Mar 30, 2021
Mar 30, 2021
"Blasphemy" in the UK
Mar 31, 2021
Mar 31, 2021
Stoicism: Path to a Virtuous Life?
Apr 05, 2021
Apr 05, 2021
Understanding the BAP Phenomenon
Apr 06, 2021
Apr 06, 2021
Vaccine Passports: Yay or Nay?
Apr 07, 2021
Apr 07, 2021
Robert Nozick's Defence of Liberty
Apr 08, 2021
Apr 08, 2021
BLM Leader Gets Rich: Hypocrisy?
Apr 13, 2021
Apr 13, 2021
The Anti-rich Malthusianism
Apr 14, 2021
Apr 14, 2021
Why Bernie Madoff Was NOT Selfish
Apr 15, 2021
Apr 15, 2021
Finding The Zone
Apr 16, 2021
Apr 16, 2021
Football Shrugged
Apr 19, 2021
Apr 19, 2021
Football Shrugged: Part II
Apr 20, 2021
Apr 20, 2021
Earth Day: Time to Celebrate Humans
Apr 22, 2021
Apr 22, 2021
Defending Progress
Apr 26, 2021
Apr 26, 2021
"Human Rights" Organisations Vs Israel
Apr 27, 2021
Apr 27, 2021
Boris-Bashing and the Emptiness of Politics
Apr 28, 2021
Apr 28, 2021
Femcels
May 03, 2021
May 03, 2021
Karl Marx's Birthday Special
May 05, 2021
May 05, 2021
Don't Waive the Patents
May 06, 2021
May 06, 2021
Capitalism vs Marxism
May 18, 2021
May 18, 2021
Capitalism vs Marxism Debate Preview
May 18, 2021
May 18, 2021
Conservative Socialism
May 20, 2021
May 20, 2021
Self-Defence, Confidence, and Bullying
May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021
The Quicksand of the Friendzone
Jun 02, 2021
Jun 02, 2021
Population Control: From China to the West
Jun 04, 2021
Jun 04, 2021
The Forgotten Conservative Sociologist
Jul 02, 2021
Jul 02, 2021
Twitter is Wrong About Ayn Rand, AGAIN
Jul 05, 2021
Jul 05, 2021
Perfection: The Possible Dream
Jul 05, 2021
Jul 05, 2021
Wokeness Debate Preview
Jul 06, 2021
Jul 06, 2021
7/7 and the Lessons we Refuse to Learn
Jul 07, 2021
Jul 07, 2021
Stakeholder "Capitalism"
Jul 09, 2021
Jul 09, 2021
Global Balkanization
Jul 07, 2021
Jul 07, 2021
Nations Don't Compete
Jul 12, 2021
Jul 12, 2021
Collectivized "Rights"
Jul 14, 2021
Jul 14, 2021
Tribalism - A Special TDO on Nikos's Book
Jul 12, 2021
Jul 12, 2021
The Bitter Aftermath of Euro 2020
Jul 14, 2021
Jul 14, 2021
Biden's War on Facebook
Jul 19, 2021
Jul 19, 2021
Turning Point's Porn Problem
Jul 20, 2021
Jul 20, 2021
Ben & Jerry's Crusade Against Justice
Jul 21, 2021
Jul 21, 2021
Canada’s Totalitarian Response to COVID
Jul 19, 2021
Jul 19, 2021
How Tyranny Survives
Jul 27, 2021
Jul 27, 2021
Radical Individualism
Jul 26, 2021
Jul 26, 2021
Philip Morris CEO's War on His Customers
Jul 28, 2021
Jul 28, 2021
Episode 300!
Jul 30, 2021
Jul 30, 2021
Ask Harry
Aug 02, 2021
Aug 02, 2021
Tribalism in Politics
Aug 07, 2021
Aug 07, 2021
Three Objectivists Talk Casablanca
Aug 06, 2021
Aug 06, 2021
Teen Vogue's Socialism
Aug 09, 2021
Aug 09, 2021
Parenting Q&A
Aug 10, 2021
Aug 10, 2021
Parenting Q&A Part 2
Aug 11, 2021
Aug 11, 2021
Code Red for Humanity
Aug 12, 2021
Aug 12, 2021
Libertarianism: Good or Bad?
Aug 10, 2021
Aug 10, 2021
Vaccinate Yourself Intellectually
Aug 09, 2021
Aug 09, 2021
The “Self” in Self-Development
Aug 13, 2021
Aug 13, 2021
Something Less Than Victory
Aug 16, 2021
Aug 16, 2021
From Saigon to Kabul
Aug 17, 2021
Aug 17, 2021
Tribalism’s Kryptonite
Aug 18, 2021
Aug 18, 2021
Reverse Engineering Happiness
Aug 20, 2021
Aug 20, 2021
Jocko for President?
Aug 24, 2021
Aug 24, 2021
Warning: Health Regulations Can Kill You
Aug 23, 2021
Aug 23, 2021
Extinction Rebellion and Protest as Carnival
Aug 27, 2021
Aug 27, 2021
Australia's 21st Century Prison Colony
Aug 30, 2021
Aug 30, 2021
Re-Appreciating OPAR
Aug 31, 2021
Aug 31, 2021
Appeasing Islamic Fundamentalism
Sep 01, 2021
Sep 01, 2021
Prager's "Fact"-Based Approach to Politics
Sep 02, 2021
Sep 02, 2021
Dear White People
Sep 06, 2021
Sep 06, 2021
How to Read Rand
Sep 08, 2021
Sep 08, 2021
Biden Crosses the Rubicon
Sep 10, 2021
Sep 10, 2021
Libertarianism: Doomed to Fail
Sep 06, 2021
Sep 06, 2021
Don't Let It Go
Sep 08, 2021
Sep 08, 2021
The Evil of Preventive Law
Sep 13, 2021
Sep 13, 2021
California Dreamin?
Sep 13, 2021
Sep 13, 2021
AOC's Dress is Wrong
Sep 14, 2021
Sep 14, 2021
Recall Recap
Sep 15, 2021
Sep 15, 2021
Recovering From Religion
Sep 16, 2021
Sep 16, 2021
Canada's Groundhog Day
Sep 21, 2021
Sep 21, 2021
Labour Party Conference: Hopeless
Sep 27, 2021
Sep 27, 2021
Take the Money and Run
Sep 30, 2021
Sep 30, 2021
American "Imperialism"
Sep 27, 2021
Sep 27, 2021
The Daily Trumpertantrum
Oct 04, 2021
Oct 04, 2021
Doom, Gloom, and the "Cynics Who Care"
Oct 05, 2021
Oct 05, 2021
The Tory Party Conference Aftermath
Oct 07, 2021
Oct 07, 2021
Yaron Brook on Peikoff
Oct 11, 2021
Oct 11, 2021
Greg Salmieri on Peikoff
Oct 12, 2021
Oct 12, 2021
Faith: An Icepick to the Brain
Oct 04, 2021
Oct 04, 2021
Religion vs Morality
Oct 11, 2021
Oct 11, 2021
James Valliant on Peikoff
Oct 13, 2021
Oct 13, 2021
Richard Wolff - Yaron Brook Debate Recap
Oct 18, 2021
Oct 18, 2021