So who ELSE works for Emil Kirkegaard and HDF (aka POLYGENIC SCORES LLC), the new Pioneer Fund?

In a previous post I discussed the findings of the Hope not Hate organization about who works for Emil Kirkegaard and his neo-Nazi organization, Human Diversity Foundation - which has recently been renamed Polygenic Scores LLC.

In this post we'll talk about all the rest of those who have worked for Kirkegaard via  Aporia and The Jolly Heretic.

After going through the content of both Aporia and the Jolly Heretic, I noticed two major differences: the Jolly Heretic is more obviously racist, and right from the jump, interviewing infamous ghouls like Peter Brimelow and Jared Taylor in its first year. And the second difference is that the Jolly Heretic is much more focused on one person, Edward Dutton, who loves to post images of himself on the site. I guess Dutton thinks this is some kind of selling point. At the same time, Dutton has concerns about other people's narcissism. 

When I say "work for" I don't claim to know what compensation arrangements these individuals made with Kirkegaard's organization, and whether their connection is current or in the past. But I assume all received money or other forms of compensation to associate their names with Aporia or Jolly Heretic - in many cases both. 

The 139 names listed below are those who have contributed to Aporia and Jolly Heretic before the exposé from Hope not hate that made it undeniable that the two websites are Emil Kirikegaard-controlled neo-Nazi media outlets. 

Undeniable because Aporia published an article about the exposé. As did the Jolly Heretic.

Abel Dean - apparently some rando writing for Aporia: "Abel Dean has studied the psychology of intelligence and other social sciences for over ten years. He has university degrees in completely-unrelated fields: land surveying and hydrographic science (he fully agrees that you should not simply accept his opinions)."

Adam Smeester - a right-winger, judging by his X/Twitter feed. So a good fit for Aporia.

Adrian Wooldridge - a business columnist at Bloomberg. Interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Aella - appears to be a "cam girl." Interviewed for Aporia podcast.

Agnes Callard - interviewed for the Aporia podcast

Aldo Rustichini - is an hereditarian, judging who he likes to write papers with: members of the International Society for Intelligence Research: Emily Willoughby, James J. Lee, Matt McGue, and William G. Iacono. Wrote a "Critical Race Theory is bad" article for Aporia. 

Alex Christoyannopoulos (Dr.) - interviewed for Aporia podcast,

Alex Kashuta -  Interviewed for Aporia.

"Alexander" - "date psychology" guy. His Aporia article is the usual evolutionary psychology bullshit. Also interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Amy Gallagher - interviewed on Jolly Heretic.

Amy Wax - infamous racist. Bari Weiss' "The Free Press" is a supporter. Interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Andrew Collingwood - a British podcaster wrote this article for Aporia.

Andrew Cutler - some guy with a Substack wrote this for Aporia. Interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Andrew Gold - basically a gossip columnist, obsessed with Meghan Markle. Interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Anthony Magnabosco - interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Auron Macintyre - MAGA fascist. Nutty conspiracy theorist. Interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Ben Winegard - Bo's twin brother. They are both the worst.

Bryan Caplan - Cato Institute. Interviewed for Aporia.

Catherine Salmon - "...is an evolutionary psychology professor..." - enough said. Was interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Charles Murray - racist who has not only appeared on the Aporia podcast along with Helmuth Nyborg, but, by his own admission donated money to Kirkegaard and Winegard, and, confirmed by Bryan Pesta's testimony, donated money to Kirkegaard's organization.

Charles Veitch - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Christopher Badcock - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Christopher Rufo - MAGA ghoul, appeared on the Aporia podcast.

Colin Wright - like Christopher Rufo, obsessed with trans people. Appeared on the Aporia podcast.

Cory J. Clark - ugh - will be participating in the next annual meeting of the International Society for Intelligence Research. Appeared on the Aporia podcast.

Craig Willy - some guy with a Substack who is apparently a proponent of evolutionary psychology - or perhaps a eugenicist. So why not write for Aporia?

Curmudgeon’s Corner - "is the pseudonym of a writer with interests in AI and human intelligence."  More right-wing obsession over intelligence.

Curtis Dunkel, also writes for OpenPsych and Mankind Quarterly. Wrote the article "Does IQ alone explain Jewish success? for Aporia.

Curtis Yarvin - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Daniella Pentsak - MAGA extremist, interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

David Goodhart - appeared on the Aporia podcast 

David Starkey (Dr) - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Dimitri van der Linden - co-authored papers with Curtis Dunkel and Edward Dutton. Published an article for Aporia in August 2023.

Dominick Frisby - interviewed at Jolly Heretic.

Douglas Murray - white supremacist, named member of the Intellectual Dark Web, interviewed for the Jolly Heretic.

Ed West - rightwing guy with a Substack appeared on the Aporia podcast.

Elizabeth Weiss - former wife of J. Philippe Rushton, published an article in Aporia related to her ongoing battle with Native Americans.

Eric Kaufmann - interviewed on Aporia podcast and on the Jolly Heretic

Eric Schwitzgebel - interviewed for the Aporia podcast

Eugene M. McCarthy - the Jolly Heretic.

Father Frank Gelly - I think it's spelled "Gelli" - in Jolly Heretic.

Garett Jones, is Associate Professor of Economics and BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University, has written for City Journal. Interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Gary N. Marx - from the University of Melbourne wrote this for Aporia.

Gavan Tredoux adores ultra-racist Francis Galton and was interviewed about his love on the Aporia podcast.

George Francis -  has also written for OpenPsych. His article for Aporia argues that black men have the biggest penis size and Africa needs to manufacturer larger condoms.

Godfree Roberts - published in Aporia.

Graham Cunningham - the "imaginative conservative" - wrote an article for Aporia, Are We Making Progress?

Graham Linehan - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Greg Johnson - white nationalist - in Jolly Heretic.

Gregory Clark - a self-described hereditarian and Quillette author, his seriously flawed work is essential to both the Adam Rutherford paper "Socio-economic status is a social construct with heritable components and genetic consequences" and to Kirkegaard's eugenics claims. Interviewed in Aporia, where he discusses the same claims cited by the Rutherford paper.

Gregory J. Feist - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Hannah Gal has also written for Quillette. Has written two articles for Aporia.

Heather Mac Donald - known to some as Heather "great replacement" Mac Donald was interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Helen Dale - interviewed for the Aporia podcast and wrote an article for Aporia. Also in Jolly Heretic.

Ichimoku Sanjin - I cannot discover anything about this person outside of his Aporia article. It says he has carried out research in evolutionary psychology. Enough said.

Ives Parr - an Arthur Jensen fan. He has written an article for Aporia titled "Hereditarian Hypotheses Aren't More Harmful."

J. Michael Bailey - anti-trans activitist, author of retracted work. Interviewed for the Aporia podcast and Jolly Heretic.

James Cussen - apparently a would-be philosopher with a Substack. The first to contribute to Aporia after Matthew Archer (Frost,) as far as I can tell.

James Thompson - ran the "London Conference on Intelligence" and has written for Mankind Quarterly. One of Thompson's articles for Aporia is titled "Why are black children 11 times more likely to be strip-searched?" In another article he argued that intelligence research is more important than combating climate change or curing cancer. Used a SLAPP lawsuit to get the article about him removed from Rational Wiki.

Jan Van Der Beek - interviewed for Aporia podcast.

Janne Miettinen - the Jolly Heretic.

Jared Taylor - infamous racist interviewed for the Jolly Heretic.

Jay Dyer - the Jolly Heretic.

Jeremy Carl - MAGA, appeared on the Aporia podcast.

Jess Gill -  interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

John Mac Ghlionn has written for the Daily Beast and for Aporia.

Jonatan Pallesen - co-authored an anti-Semitic paper with Emil Kirkegaard. Used a SLAPP suit to have the article about himself removed from Rational Wiki - seen celebrating on X/Twitter. Published an article wondering whether the Polio vaccine caused AIDS and appeared with Bo Winegard on the Aporia podcast. Also on the Jolly Heretic.

Jonathan Anomaly, a eugenicist who has written articles for Quillette and co-authored papers with Bo Winegard. For Aporia, he has co-authored an article with Diana Fleischman, Ives Parr, Stephen Hsu and Laurent Tellier defending embryo selection. Anomaly was a speaker at the far-right Natal Conference in 2023 and was exposed by Hope not Hate as the co-founder of a eugenics-biotech company PolygenX. Used a SLAPP lawsuit to get his information removed from the Rational Wiki.

Jonathan Rose (Prof) - interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Jonathan Keeperman - aka "Lomez" interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

John R. Hilles - co-authored a book with Edward Dutton and co-authored a paper with Dutton in Mankind Quarterly on the "demonic sexual fantasies" of witches. " He works with Dutton behind the scenes on his internet channel The Jolly Heretic" Known as J. O. A. Rayner-Hilles for his interview on Jolly Heretic.

John Zerzan - interviewed for Aporia podcast.

Joseph Renzulli - interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Julie Ponesse - anti-vaxxer crackpot wrote a book review for Aporia.

Katie Hopkins - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Kevin Dolan - on the Jolly Heretic.

Kurt Gray (Prof) - interviewed for Aporia podcast.

Laura Towler - AKA Laura Melia - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Leandra Ramm - interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Leo Kearse - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Leor Zmigrod - interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Lionel Shriver - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Lipton Matthews - a hereditarian and Holocaust denier, wrote "Myths about Black History." Also on The Jolly Heretic.

Macer Gifford - pseudonym - interviewed for Aporia podcast

Malcolm Collins - pro-natalist who attended the far-right Natal Conference in 2023. Wrote at least two articles - about natalism - for Aporia.

Mark Vicent - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Mark Weber - in The Jolly Heretic - Holocaust denier.

Mark Meechan - aka "Count Dankula" - interviewed on Jolly Heretic.

Mia Hughes - her entire life appears to be devoted to hating transgender people. Appeared on the Aporia podcast.

Michael Fritzell - some random stock trader, it seems. His Aporia article is about inflation.

Michael Huemer - interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Michael Rosen (Dr.) - appeared on the Aporia podcast.

Michael Rectenwald - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

N. S. Lyons - interviewed by Matthew Archer (Frost) - some random MAGA Substacker it appears. 

Nathan Cofnas - Appeared on the Aporia podcast several times.

Nicholas Agar - transhumanist, interviewed for Aporia podcast.

Nick Dixon - interviewed for the Jolly Heretic.

Nigel Biggar - has written for Quillette. Interviewed on Aporia and interviewed for the Jolly Heretic.

Parker Settecase - some guy with a Substack. Interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Paul Bloom - appeared on the Aporia podcast.

Paul Embery - appeared on the Aporia podcast.

Paul Moreland - appeared on the Jolly Heretic.

Peter Brimelow - infamous racist, interviewed on the Jolly Heretic.

Peter Frost - also authored articles for the The Unz Review and for OpenPsych. His Aporia article is a defense of the existence of biological races. 

Peter Saunders - a right-wing British academic. The second Aporia author after Matthew Archer (Frost).

Piers Corbyn - anti-vaxxer, interviewed on Jolly Heretic.

Phillip Schofield - at the Jolly Heretic.

Rachel Wilson - interviewed at Jolly Heretic.

Randy Thornhill - the "rape is natural" guy, interviewed for Aporia.

Razib Khan - career-long promoter of race pseudoscience, considers Abdel Abdellaoui, one of the co-authors of the Rutherford paper "Socio-economic status is a social construct with heritable components and genetic consequences" his friend. Appeared on the Aporia podcast and in May 2025,  promoted the neo-Nazi media outlet Aporia on his own podcast.

Renaud Camus - conspiracy theorist, interviewed for the Jolly Heretic.

Richard Grannon - Jolly Heretic.

Richard Haier - considers Arther Jensen one of his heroes. Interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Richard Hanania - infamous racist, interviewed for the Aporia podcast and Jolly Heretic.

Rob Henderson - rightwing hereditarian, writes for Quillette, interviewed by Aporia.

Robert Kurzban - evolutionary psychologist - enough said. Interviewed for Aporia.

Rudyard Lynch - some guy with a Youtube channel, interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Ryan Faulk - interviewed by Jolly Heretic.

Sascha Ivanov - "behavior geneticist" wrote for Aporia.

Sam Thiessen - interviewed in the Jolly Heretic.

Sam Vaknin - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Sander Van der Linden - appears to be an evolutionary psychology. Interviewed for Aporia podcast.

Simon Evans - interviewed for Jolly Heretic.

Simon Maass - right-winger who takes extremist racist J. Phillippe Rushton seriously. So he's a perfect fit for Aporia.

Simon Laird - said this about crazed anti-Semite Candace Owens: "...I think that Candace Owens is a positive development for the media landscape and the culture in general." So of course he writes for Aporia.

Simon Webb -  Webb was interviewed by Dutton for the Aporia podcast and for the Jolly Heretic.

Simon Wright - Some random "independent researcher" pushing twins studies bullshit on Aporia.

Simone Collins - interviewed for Aporia podcast about pro-natalism.

Stephen Hsu  - big fan of Kathryn Paige Harden, appeared on white supremacist Stefan Molyneux's podcast in 2017. In July 2020, Hsu resigned as senior vice president of research and innovation at Michigan State University after hundreds of academics and Michigan State professors signed a petition requesting for his removal. Interviewed for Aporia.

Steve Sailer - career-long racist, one-time public ally of Steven Pinker. Interviewed by Bo Winegard for the Aporia podcast. And interviewed for the Jolly Heretic.

Tania Reynolds - interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Theodore Dalrymple - interviewed for the Jolly Heretic.

Tom Rowsell -  has a profile on Hope not hate, interviewed for the Jolly Heretic.

Walter Veit - interviewed for the Aporia podcast

Wilfred Reilly - far right activist. Interviewed for the Aporia podcast. Also on The Jolly Heretic.

William Costello - evolutionary psychologist - enough said. Interviewed for Aporia podcast.

Zac Kriegman, a former director of data science at Thomson Reuters who expresses his far right-wing sentiments and support for the Trump administration on X/Twitter,  retweeting people like Christopher Rufo and Charlie Kirk. Interviewed for the Aporia podcast.

Zoltan Istvan - a transhumanist who wrote this for Aporia.

In the next post, I will look at those who contributed after the cat was out of the bag about neo-Nazi Aporia and Jolly Heretic.