The Reformers Deep Dive
Extended Scenes, Written Commentary, and Exclusive Deleted Footage
The Reformers feature film is a highly compressed version of a much larger body of work, much of which was released as short videos in real-time as events unfolded. Take a deep dive and explore it all - extended scenes, written commentary, and additional content, organised here to unfold as coherently as possible.
The Reformers | Part One
Watch now (14 min) | As social media matured throughout the 2010s, I observed a dynamic interplay between the emerging technology and our socio-religious world. I watched as moral communities formed into competing networks that used media to reify their worldviews and proselytise with an escalating fervour. A particular moral community emerged as the dominant force and bega…
DELETED SCENE - "Is Social Justice Religious?" Class at PSU
DELETED SCENE - Student Protesters Disrupt James Damore Discussion at PSU
SPIN-OFF SERIES - The Devils of Evergreen State College
The Reformers | Part Two
Watch now (15 min) | When we left off, Peter and James were brashly workshopping papers I thought were too farfetched to make it through the peer-review process. For readers unfamiliar with academia, “peer review” is where professional academics critically analyse each other’s research. It’s designed to weed out low-quality work.
The Reformers - Deleted Scene
Watch now (4 min) | In the deleted scene above, Peter proposes a thought experiment to his philosophy class. He asks his students how they would have gone about discrediting the pseudoscience of phrenology at the height of its popularity. This not-so-subtle dig at the identity studies departments is an interesting way to think about how theories can flourish into fields wi…
The Reformers | Part Three
Watch now (13 min) | During a late-night conversation with Peter, he told me about his experiences with the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) bureaucracy of Portland State University. He told me that student activists had “weaponised institutional mechanisms against me”
The Reformers | Part Four
Watch now (19 min) | We ended part three with a montage of seven acceptance emails landing in the inboxes of the team's faux scholars. Amidst the flurry of success, James said to me, “I think we’ve figured them out, there’s no limit to what we can get published.” However, his optimism was short-lived. A Twitter account by the name of
RELEASE VIDEO - The Full Viral Video Created for the Hoax Media Reveal
EXTENDED SCENE - Full Pre-Release Discussion with Bret & Heather
EXTENDED SCENES - The Videos We Posted as PSU Came After Peter
*To read Peter Boghossian's Resignation Letter click HERE.
Brilliant work! You've started the Great Unraveling!
Thank you Mike, I only recently found your work thanks to Bret and I am glad you made these episodes to help shed light on this illness. I have been a fan of Bret's since 2017 and James and Peter ever since they went on Rogan. I am currently working my way through New discourses which I must admit is hard work as most of this is new to me but learning. The more I learn the more I see it all around me and how they are using it to manipulate the people esp here in OZ. I watched on during covid in total disbelief, thank God I was in NQ so no lockdown and I am self-employed so no Jabs. I am almost certain I got covid in Vietnam in Jan 2020 and flew back with in on the 17th Jan. When we landed in the GC people with hazmat suits boarded our plane, did some stuff up the front and got off without saying a world, at the time covid wasn't even in the news. Crazy times not sure how anyone could have done Victoria I would have been burning buildings. It's absolutely mental here atm and shows no signs of getting better, I'm not sure if you are following this Voice craziness or not but damm what a shit show. Anyway, keep up the good work and if you find a new country for a building designer and teacher (wife) let me know. I prob I have 2-5 years max here before I go insane.