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Continuum

Continuum

Europa Media 12 Episodes Aug 19, 2026

Continuum is a long-form podcast hosted by Keith Woods and Ryan Williams. It examines the deeper forces shaping modern life, avoiding knee-jerk reactions to daily headline news. Instead, the show concentrates on underlying structures such as demography, incentives, cultural dynamics, and long-term trends. These themes help explain the broader trajectory of nations and civilizations.

Episodes

The Iran War
The Iran War Aug 19, 2026 3320 Keith and Ryan discuss America’s disastrous war with Iran: Israel’s role in the origins of the Purim War, the economic consequences still working their way through energy markets and the wider economy, and the difficult question of how the conflict can actually end.
America's AI Gamble
America's AI Gamble Aug 8, 2026 3268 Keith and Ryan discuss America’s enormous gamble on artificial intelligence. From record AI investment, data centres, and the growing weight of the sector in the US economy to China’s rapidly improving open-source models and the possibility that cheaper systems could erode America’s lead. How reliant has the US economy become on the AI boom? Can China catch up without matching American spending? A
Christopher Nolan's Therapeutic Odyssey
Christopher Nolan's Therapeutic Odyssey Jul 28, 2026 3478 Keith and Ryan make their long awaited return to discuss the current thing, and tell you why Christopher Nolan's Odyssey is even worse than you thought.
Making Sense of the Manosphere
Making Sense of the Manosphere Jun 15, 2026 3443 Ryan and Keith reflect on two decades of the manosphere. From early red pill forums and pickup culture to Andrew Tate, self-improvement influencers, black pill fatalism, and the wider online male advice economy. Why did so many young men turn to these spaces? What did the manosphere get right about masculinity and modern feminism? And where did it collapse into grift, resentment, narcissism, and d
The Open Society
The Open Society Jun 4, 2026 3596 Why does the modern West treat minority rights as more sacred than the collective interest of its own people? Keith and Ryan discuss Karl Popper’s The Open Society and Its Enemies, written in the mid-twentieth century in response to the totalitarianism of its age, and ask how Popper’s vision became the ruling ideal of the postwar West.
Screening Ourselves to Death
Screening Ourselves to Death May 23, 2026 3059 Ryan and Keith discuss the sociology of screen addiction. The smartphone revolution of the 2010s has upended social life and remade our world. What does the new world of ever-present social media and algorithmic manipulation mean for happiness, dating, and the future of civilisation?
Slopulism
Slopulism May 17, 2026 3936 Keith and Ryan discuss the age of slop and the rise of slopulism. How have algorithms and the growth of the attention economy changed politics on the right, and who are the winners and losers? Plus, an examination of the ways the establishment is now trying to co-opt the new right to serve old ends.
The Real Origins of Woke
The Real Origins of Woke May 3, 2026 4145 Keith explains the true origins of wokeism, looking at the emergence of "the equality thesis" in the 20th century and its effect on politics. How much are today's social justice movements the outgrowth of the West's Christian inheritance, how much is the fault of "Cultural Marxism," and why do conservative commentators so often misdiagnose the real origins of woke?
Why Is Ireland So Left Wing?
Why Is Ireland So Left Wing? Apr 18, 2026 3289 Keith explains the remarkable dominance of left wing politics in Ireland. Contrary to many of the explanations that Ireland's leftism is rooted in "third worldism" or Irish nationalism, the answer lies in Ireland's remarkable elite cohesion and their dominance over public life.
The Neurology of Modernity
The Neurology of Modernity Apr 10, 2026 3126 Keith and Ryan return to discuss The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist — a work exploring the “divided brain” and its consequences.They examine the distinct ways the left and right hemispheres interpret the world, and how an overdominance of the left hemisphere may help explain the pathologies of modern thought.
The Fertility Crisis
The Fertility Crisis Apr 3, 2026 4594 Keith and Ryan return to discuss modern civilization's biggest crisis: the fertility collapse. Entire nations face erasure within generations on current trends. Why is this problem so persistent, what are the factors driving it, and what can be done to rebirth the West?
Can Rupert Lowe Restore Britain?
Can Rupert Lowe Restore Britain? Mar 27, 2026 3930 Keith and Ryan return to discuss the rise of Rupert Lowe's new party, Restore Britain. Can a nationalist party win an election in modern Britain, how are changing demographics affecting election outcomes now, and how much worse can Nigel Farage and Reform Yookay get?

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