Replacing The West's Population: Author Lionel Shriver Video

Lionel Shriver is a bestselling novelist (We Need to Talk About Kevin) who did something no one else has dared to do: she wrote a novel about immigration from the perspective of the native population. Her new book, "A Better Life," tells the story of a progressive Brooklyn mother who volunteers to house a migrant - and what happens when hospitality is requisitioned without consent. Get Lionel's book: "A Better Life".

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For this, the media called her novel "Keep America White." The New York Times despised it. The I newspaper ran a headline suggesting her book should be titled "Keep America White." But Lionel doesn't back down. In this conversation, we discuss why no novelist has ever written from this perspective before, the nuanced portrayal of both sides of the immigration debate, the rise of white ethno-nationalism as a response to years of anti-white rhetoric, the loss of culture that natives experience (just like colonized peoples did), and why the progressive establishment is terrified of this book. Lionel also shares her thoughts on Douglas Murray, the state of woke culture in 2026, cancel culture, the violence of the left, and what happens when a society loses its moral plot. This is one of the most important conversations about immigration, culture, and literature you'll hear this year.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
1:11 Welcome - First Novelist to Write From Native Perspective
2:37 Eric Adams Program - The Inspiration for the Book
3:16 The Plot - Progressive Mother Invites Migrant Into Her Home
4:46 Nico - The Conservative Son With No Ambition
8:00 The Backlash - Keep America White Headline
9:04 Loss of Culture - What Happens to Natives
13:11 White Ethno-Nationalism Was Inevitable
15:24 The Mystery - Why Is The West Letting This Happen?
18:45 Literature Only Tells Immigration Stories From Immigrant Perspective
25:00 JK Rowling - Writers Who Push Back
26:11 The Elite Think Most People Are Despicable
27:04 Somalia Example - Some Groups More Beneficial Than Others
29:40 Immigration As Charity - A Better Life For Whom?
31:25 Immigrants Who Oppose Mass Immigration
34:00 How To Get Through To The Mainstream
38:20 The Publishing Industry's Reaction
43:10 Douglas Murray - The Heretic Lionel Admires
46:55 The Strange Death of Europe - The Book That Said What No One Would Say
50:30 Why Douglas Murray Travels With Bodyguards
52:45 Is Woke Dead in 2026?
58:07 Where to Get the Book
58:28 Douglas Murray Event in New York
1:00:05 Douglas Murray's Generosity
1:01:39 Will Woke Disappear Entirely?