<p><strong>Origin Story</strong> is back. The critically-acclaimed podcast uncovering the hidden histories of concepts, people and events you thought you knew. </p><p><br></p><p>To kick off Series 4 <a href="https://twitter.com/IanDunt"><strong>Ian Dunt</strong> </a>and <a href="https://twitter.com/Dorianlynskey"><strong>Dorian Lynskey</strong></a> turn their sights on <strong>Jordan B Peterson</strong>, the bestselling author, diehard culture warrior and, allegedly, the most influential intellectual in the western world. In part one they discuss Peterson’s life up to the publication of 12 Rules for Life in 2018, from his childhood in rural Canada to his first book, Maps of Meaning, his role as a star professor at the University of Toronto and his first taste of public controversy. </p><p>How did an obscure academic come to the brink of global celebrity? Why did a young left-leaning activist grow into a ferocious conservative? And what ideas led him to his multi-million-dollar 12 rules? Featuring Nietzsche, Karl Jung, the absence of God and nightmares about the end of the world. Buckle up, bucko.</p><p><br></p><p>Support Origin Story on Patreon for exclusive benefits: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/originstorypod">www.Patreon.com/originstorypod</a> </p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Reading list:</u></strong></p><p>Books:</p><p>Ben Burgis, Conrad Hamilton, Matthew McManus and Marion Trejo — Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson, 2020</p><p>Jordan B Peterson — Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, 1999</p><p>Jordan B Peterson — 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, 2018</p><p>Jordan B Peterson — Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, 2021</p><p>Sandra Woien, ed. — Critical Responses to Jordan Peterson, 2022</p><p>Online:</p><p>Jason McBride — ‘The Pronoun Warrior’, Toronto Life, 2017</p><p><a href="https://torontolife.com/city/u-t-professor-sparked-vicious-battle-gender-neutral-pronouns/">https://torontolife.com/city/u-t-professor-sparked-vicious-battle-gender-neutral-pronouns/</a></p><p>David Brooks — ‘The Jordan Peterson Moment’, The New York Times, 2018</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/opinion/jordan-peterson-moment.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/opinion/jordan-peterson-moment.html</a></p><p>Dorian Lynskey — ‘How dangerous is Jordan Peterson, the rightwing professor who “hit a hornets’ nest”?’, The Guardian, 2018</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/07/how-dangerous-is-jordan-b-peterson-the-rightwing-professor-who-hit-a-hornets-nest">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/07/how-dangerous-is-jordan-b-peterson-the-rightwing-professor-who-hit-a-hornets-nest</a></p><p>Kelefa Sanneh — ‘Jordan Peterson’s Gospel of Masculinity’, The New Yorker, 2018</p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/jordan-petersons-gospel-of-masculinity">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/jordan-petersons-gospel-of-masculinity</a></p><p>Pankaj Mishra — ‘Jordan Peterson & Fascist Mysticism’, The New York Review of Books, 2018</p><p><a href="https://www.nybooks.com/online/2018/03/19/jordan-peterson-and-fascist-mysticism/">https://www.nybooks.com/online/2018/03/19/jordan-peterson-and-fascist-mysticism/</a></p><p>Nellie Bowles — ‘Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy’, The New York Times, 2018</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/style/jordan-peterson-12-rules-for-life.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/style/jordan-peterson-12-rules-for-life.html</a></p><p>Vinay Menon — ‘Jordan Peterson is trying to make sense of the world — including his own strange journey’, Toronto Star, 2018</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191219104703/https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/03/16/jordan-peterson-is-trying-to-make-sense-of-the-world-including-his-own-strange-journey.html">https://web.archive.org/web/20191219104703/https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/03/16/jordan-peterson-is-trying-to-make-sense-of-the-world-including-his-own-strange-journey.html</a></p><p>Bernard Schiff — ‘I was Jordan Peterson’s strongest supporter. Now I think he’s dangerous’, Toronto Star, 2018</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200115120600/https:/www.thestar.com/opinion/2018/05/25/i-was-jordan-petersons-strongest-supporter-now-i-think-hes-dangerous.html">https://web.archive.org/web/20200115120600/https:/www.thestar.com/opinion/2018/05/25/i-was-jordan-petersons-strongest-supporter-now-i-think-hes-dangerous.html</a></p><p>Johanna Thomas-Corr — ‘Jordan Peterson, Agent of Chaos’, The New Statesman, 2021</p><p><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2023/02/jordan-peterson-agent-chaos-psychology">https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2023/02/jordan-peterson-agent-chaos-psychology</a></p><p>James Marriott — ‘Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson review’, The Times, 2021</p><p><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/beyond-order-by-jordan-b-peterson-review-qnhtgs2zj">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/beyond-order-by-jordan-b-peterson-review-qnhtgs2zj</a></p><p>Helen Lewis — ‘What Happened to Jordan Peterson?’, The Atlantic, 2021</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/what-happened-to-jordan-peterson/618082/">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/what-happened-to-jordan-peterson/618082/</a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt. Audio production by Simon Williams. Music by Jade Bailey. Logo art by Mischa Welsh. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. </em><strong><em>Origin Story is a Podmasters production.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/OriginStorycast">https://twitter.com/OriginStorycast</a> </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a></p>