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Podcast: The Same Drugs
Episode: Lionel Shriver: "You're dealing with fanaticism"
Description: Lionel Shriver is an incredibly prolific, best-selling author. She is also a thought-criminal. Her recent book, Mania, imagines a world wherein calling someone stupid is a crime, and “discrimination based on intelligence is 'the last great civil rights fight.’” Her next book, available in January, takes on the topic of immigration. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with her about her recent health struggles, climate change hysteria, her views on Trump, the fanaticism of the left, the glorious return of “retard,” and more.The Same Drugs is on X @thesamedrugs_. Meghan Murphy is on X @meghanemurphy and on Instagram @meghanemilymurphy. Find The Same Drugs merch at Fourthwall.