The Rise and Fall of the Intellectual Dark Web | Ep 84 from Rufo & Lomez

The Rise and Fall of the Intellectual Dark Web | Ep 84

1 hour 16 minutes Posted Sep 19, 2026 at 9:00 pm.

– Bari Weiss, the NYT, & the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’

– Bari Weiss Predicts the Collapse

– From Free Speech Heroes to Cranks: The Fall of the IDW

– “Classical Liberal” Was Always Fake

– The Myth of Deplatforming Alex Jones & Milo

– How Peterson & the Weinsteins Went Off-Grid

– When Heterodoxy Became a Drug

– Charles Murray vs. the Weinsteins: Who Was Right All Along?

– Neocons Did It First (and Better)

– The Algorithm Fried Their Brains

– Was the IDW Just a Media Grift?

– NYT vs. IDW: Who Looks Sane Now?

– The IDW’s Kamikaze Mission Explained

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Bari Weiss and her 2018 New York Times article on the Intellectual Dark Web launched Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, and the Weinstein brothers into the mainstream. Nearly a decade later, we dissect how that moment imploded into conspiracy rabbit holes, algorithm addiction, and the collapse of a would‑be heterodox revolution.

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