Continuum is a long-form podcast hosted by Keith Woods and Ryan Williams, exploring the deeper forces shaping modern life.
Rather than reacting to headlines, Continuum focuses on underlying structures—demography, incentives, cultural dynamics, and long-term trends that define the trajectory of nations and civilizations.
Keith and Ryan trace the intellectual history of the modern Left. From the rise of the New Left and the radical movements of the twentieth century to the collapse of Marxism as a serious political alternative after the Cold War, they look at how the Left adapted itself to a new world of globalisation.
What remains of the old Left, what replaced it, and how did a movement once defined by opposition to capitalism become so closely intertwined with the institutions of the modern global order?
19 Aug 2026
The Iran War
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.
8 Aug 2026
America's AI Gamble
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? And what warning signs would suggest the AI bubble is finally beginning to burst?
28 Jul 2026
Christopher Nolan's Therapeutic Odyssey
Keith and Ryan make ther long awaited return to discuss the current thing, and tell you why Chrisopher Nolan's Odyssey is even worse than you thought.
15 Jun 2026
Making Sense of the Manosphere
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 despair?
4 Jun 2026
The Open Society
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.
23 May 2026
Screening Ourselves to Death
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?
17 May 2026
Slopulism
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.
3 May 2026
The Real Origins of Woke
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?
18 Apr 2026
Why Is Ireland So Left Wing?
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.
10 Apr 2026
The Neurology of Modernity
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.
3 Apr 2026
The Fertility Crisis
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?
27 Mar 2026
Can Rupert Lowe Restore Britain?
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?
25 Mar 2026
Foundations
Keith and Ryan discuss their unconventional paths to their politics, the history of the online right, downsides of populism, and why nationalism needs a new intellectual core.
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
6 ratings
Spotify
4.9 / 5
105 ratings
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