Made me start to understand the bible and christianity from a scientific perspective.
From there reading the bible understanding more about the roots of our culture and seing the constant propaganda against it in the media, the movies, etc.
It's been eye opening.
Then you can read Atlass shrugged and live not by lies.
I used to be very progressive, left leaning, not anymore.
Also: Tanakh commentary.
After 40 odd years avoiding such time wasters in AU, the UK, the US, Canada, etc. it was kind of odd to see a small part of the zeitgeist latch onto and elevate him.
Choose your adventure
JBP is an academic and yes he is a bit hard to understand, that doesn't mean that it's nonsense, just that it will take more time to grasp his positions.
You can start with his university class in psycology: personality and transformation, I think it's the easiest starting point.
Then map of meaning.
I much prefer his lectures, live talks and podcast to the writings that are contrived and a bit overworked to my taste.
Is there a section I should watch?
What are the arguments against him?
I have watched all his university class and most of his talk, 100's of hours of material. I am very familiar with his positions.
But when I first heard about him I had a strong reaction against his positions and his complicated language. I was primed by CBC to hate him and I was trying to find a good reason. At the same time my cursiosity was activated so I watch him more and understood more and more.
So yes, he is not easy to understand, it take a lot of effort but it's been worth it for me.
The Some More News is a bit unfair in that he's going on about something he doesn't understand - climate science. Whereas on his home turf of the Bible he's pretty good.
I mean if you'd interviewed Einstein on say salsa dancing you might have thought he's an idiot. It's not a good way to judge.