The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

He uploaded lectures he gave to his students about the big five personality traits. It really helped me to learn more about myself which helped my relationships and find more meaningful employment. As much as I love how well he articulates himself and how easy he is to understand, he isn’t a very good interviewer. He tends to interrupt too often and take over the conversation. That is the only reason I won’t give him 5 stars. We need more people like him.

I have learned so much by listening to many of these interviews with fascinating and interesting people and the subject matter is always incredibly prescient for our times. The one thing that keeps me from giving this a five star rating is how the interviewees are consistently interrupted which takes away from their storytelling.

I’m excited for the upcoming courses by Dr. Hicks. So much to learn and contemplate. I really like his dedication to neutrality, in that, he presents the sides of philosophy without bias and lays them at the feet of listeners for their inspection and application when warranted. Very much needed today. Thank you for your time and energies and your dedication to the passing on of understanding.

I admire Dr Peterson’s intellectual prowess and wisdom on matters of the human condition. His words of wisdom are satiating and challenging for the mind. After listening to a podcast, I truly feel that my brain has had its own workout and led to a deeper understanding of the topic at hand.

I’ve listened for prob 6 years or more. The podcast used to be interesting years ago when it was about psychological and personality topics. He had on interesting guests. I think he then decided that he wanted this to be his full time job bc he got in trouble at the university he worked at in Canada. He also had a bad addiction and he’s been VERY different since then. Since then, he’s saturated the show with political commentary and seems to now be attempting to attract hyper religious listeners. I can’t do it anymore. He’s so far out of his depth when discussing anything political. He’ll interrupt guests to interject points that don’t add to the conversation and show his lack of understanding. It’s clear he has a personal affinity for the Russians and their culture to the point where he thinks they won’t always do what they’ve always done and can be trusted. Invade their neighbors while crying that their neighbors were going to invade them. He has very little understanding of political topics but talks with such surety and authority that it just gets embarrassing to listen to. The religious listeners should listen to his discussion with Dawkins. He full out admits that he doesn’t believe the stories of the Bible are true in the literal sense. It’s all narrative. It’s a grift. A marketing scheme to drum up devoted listeners. The most recent episode with the creator of The Chosen, a bad tv show lol, Jordan asks if the creator is a prophet. He clearly doesn’t understand Christianity or that you can’t just spin the Bible to fit your worldview. I say this as a Christian. I can’t make it through more than one podcast a month or every two months bc the guests all sound the same and Jordan’s arguments all sound the same. He’s trying to be the Canadian Joe Rogan. Don’t waste your time. Go read his earlier books if you want to hear psychology content. PS - the ads randomly while listening…who decided that was the best way? It interrupts the flow of the discussion.

This is branded, unoriginal conservative culture war commentary that lacks the unique qualities Peterson once possessed. If you remember the Peterson who demonstrated integrity and critical capacity in his thinking — the scholar of mythology, psychology, and comparative religion, with ethical standards and a genuinely curious mind — you will find yourself at a loss here. He has become intellectually unrecognizable and deeply resentful. It seems he lacked the emotional resilience to maintain his integrity through the cultural trials he faced and has now succumbed to a conservative niche that exploits his emotional instability. This niche offers him community and an audience but at the expense of what once made him so fascinating and insightful. It’s a shame. If this is the version of Peterson you’re celebrating, it’s likely you’re new to him and unaware of who he was before — appreciating only the way he now mirrors the toxic echo chamber he has joined. To me, this is a man deeply in pain, who has become the very villain he once encouraged us to recognize and distance ourselves from. He has become everything he once warned against, and I cannot support his descent.