The whole political situation is quite silly, but I love it because the attempt to gag him in effect has backfired and given him a bigger platform than 100 universities put together. I'd recommend not to look too much into the political stuff as life is too short... That episode in itself is illustrating why universities are fast putting themselves out of business. Sadly he is one of a very few group of professors who refused to be cowed. Most of them are (even if they have tenure!) going out of their way not to make waves. Not exactly scientifically minded.
But Petersons series on psychology are mindblowing pieces of philosophy founded on the great thinkers! You don't have to agree with him, but it makes you think and it inspires a lot.
He puts his whole lectures online which are a bit much but a great channel edits them in bite sized chunks per theme: here is a selection on motivation:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_K7XH1AIG8wZtQSM56Tyc-CR9ypvCbrF the channel has others
He also has an outstanding podcast with Joe Rogan (more political starting out but throughout some amazing philosophical observations...
I agree, life is too short to get too wrapped up with politics, especially the immorality going on within it all around the world. See that is how I view science, they should be making waves in the system...its about making the human condition better and learning so its obvious to me to do that you would need to crack a few eggs and be ahead of the system a bit. Instead they let themselves be controlled which stifles the growth process of discovery. I am going to check out that link in few....curious to learn more always.