The Odyssey Proves Woke Is a Feature, Not a Bug
From Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone by Sasha Stone
May 17, 2026 · 23 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the persistence of Woke culture in politics and Hollywood, arguing it is a fundamental aspect of the current Democratic identity.
[A crosspost with Hollywood Woketopia , my other Substack] Every so often, a moment in culture arrives, a Sydney Sweeney ad, or Project Hail Mary. Every time, we hear that the Woke fever has finally broken. Hollywood cares about the people again. Right? The same reason Kamala Harris is likely to be the nominee in 2028, the same reason the Democrats are still selling the lie that any kind of attempt by Republicans to even out the redistricting is “Jim Crow 2.0,” is proof enough that on the Left, Woke is not going anywhere. It is who they are now. Not all of them, but the most powerful among them. Early on, when Mark Halperin and others were insisting Gavin Newsom would be the nominee in 2028, I said there was no way the Democrats would get behind a white guy, no matter how passionately he genuflects to the Woke (“Anti-woke is anti-black!”). I know the Democrats. I was one. I helped build the modern-day party of the Great Feminization and the Great Awokening. I know what fires them up every day, and it isn’t just taking back power; it’s foisting their religion upon the rest of us. They think it’s the opposite, that it’s the Right that is foisting their “Christian Nationalism” upon…
People in this episode
Host: Sasha Stone
Topics covered
- Woke culture
- politics
- Hollywood
- Democratic Party
- cultural commentary
Keywords
- Woke
- Democrats
- Hollywood
- Kamala Harris
- Gavin Newsom
- politics
- cultural commentary
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Democrats, Hollywood Woketopia
Books & works: God and Country
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