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The Auron MacIntyre Show

ByBlaze Podcast Network
465 episodes

Podcast Summary

So much of the political commentary out there is stale, boring, and unoriginal. Turn off the predictable and superficial talking points, and tune in to a show that is clinically proven to raise your IQ. The Auron MacIntyre Show offers thought-provoking and mold-breaking insights you won’t find anywhere else. Auron draws from the best political thinkers throughout history to make sense of our current political climate in a way that is easy to digest. Join Auron and his guests on a journey to dig below the surface to think more deeply about the politics of our day.

#1

The Glenn Greenwald Leaks | 6/2/25

Leaked video of journalist Glenn Greenwald engaging in demeaning sex acts recently surfaced online in advance of a major appearance on Tucker Carlson's show. Instead of expressing regret, Greenwald decided to double down and claim that any behavior between consenting adults is no one's business. Greenwald has built friendly relationships with conservatives over the years due to his willingness to criticize the Left, and many conservative leaders chose to defend his stand. We will discuss why conservatives fumbled the situation so badly and how to fix it. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-06-02•58mins
#2

Does Christianity Call for the End of Nations? | Guest: Stephen Wolfe | 5/30/5

Christianity is universal in the sense that it is the one true religion, but does that mean that it has to destroy the particularity of nations? Does Christianity really erase all borders and boundaries, or is there room for a Christian version of nationalism? Stephen Wolfe, the author of "The Case for Christian Nationalism," joins me to discuss. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Visit : Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-30•52mins
#3

That's Not Classical Liberalism | 5/29/25

Classical liberalism was a real political tradition — one that helped shape the American founding. It deserves serious treatment. Watching it get paraded around by people who reject its core values is exhausting. If Locke or Adams saw progressive atheists wearing classical liberalism like a skin suit, they’d spin in their graves. The secular liberalism of the 1990s and early 2000s is not classical liberalism. It isn’t even an ally of conservatism. The non-woke left served as useful co-belligerents against the radical fringe, but they were never true allies — and they should never be allowed to lead the conservative movement. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-29•8mins
#4

Rescuing the Southern Baptist Convention | Guest: William Wolfe | 5/28/25

The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest protestant Christian body in the United States, granting it a powerful influence over religious life in the country. The average churchgoers in the SBC are some of the most conservative people in the country, but organizational leadership often cuts against the beliefs of the average member. William Wolfe, executive director of the Center for Baptist Leadership, joins me to discuss the importance of the organization's upcoming meeting in Dallas and how to purge the influence of nefarious actors like George Soros. Also, sorry about the audio on this one, there was a microphone issue but everything is up and running now. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Visit : Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-28•50mins
#5

Curtis Yarvin Invades Harvard Yard | Guest: Curtis Yarvin | 5/23/25

Curtis Yarvin is a political theorist who was once so controversial that academics dared not speak his name, but now he is appearing in the New York Times and debating professors at Harvard University. Yarvin joins me to discuss his rise in elite circles and the best way to capture or dismantle institutions like Harvard. We also discuss the Trump administration's approach to foreign policy, deportations, civil rights law, and the administrative state. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Visit : Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-23•1hr 8mins
#6

Manufacturing Joe Rogan | 5/22/25

A recent New York Times report revealed that the Democratic Party is marshaling its donor class in an effort to return to cultural dominance. The popular progressive narrative after the 2024 election has been that Kamala Harris did not lose because she was a uniquely unlikeable candidate with deeply unpopular positions, but because Joe Rogan had a podcast. Leftists' obsession with the role of the podcast sphere in the last election has led them to consider 26 different projects that would cost tens of millions of dollars to buy back the cultural influence they lost. The problem with that strategy is that progressives cannot buy the one thing they lack most: authenticity. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Get 15% off at Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-22•9mins
#7

Adopting the Terms of the Enemy | Guest: Doug Wilson | 5/21/25

The debate over the future of the American Right continues to rage, and the Reformed Christian sphere is not an exception. Pastor and author Doug Wilson joins me to discuss the term "woke Right," online pagans, and the resurgence of New Atheism in conservative circles. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Visit: Visit : Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-21•1hr 19mins
#8

The Biden Cancer Coup | Guest: The Prudentialist | 5/19/25

The announcement of Joe Biden's terminal cancer diagnosis reveals a deeply cynical conspiracy by the Democratic Party. It has become clear that the party ran a dementia patient with terminal cancer in the hopes that he would die in office and the unelected Kamala Harris would become the first black female president. This incredible betrayal of the American people must come with serious consequences or the legitimacy of the entire electoral process will come crashing down. The Prudentialist joins me to discuss. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Visit : Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-19•1hr 1mins

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#9

Can Trump Remake US Foreign Policy? | Guest: Riley Lewis | 5/16/25

Along with closing the border, the most important issue for many Donald Trump supporters is putting an end to endless foreign wars. In his recent speech in the Middle East, Trump seemed to reinforce that commitment by decrying nation building and promising a new era of economic cooperation without meddling in foreign affairs. Riley Lewis, host of "The Real Story" on OANN, joins me to discuss the ups and downs of Trump's foreign policy so far. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-16•43mins
#10

Let’s Build a Statue Honoring Pat Buchanan | 5/15/25

The life of an unheeded prophet rarely ends in comfort and often courts danger. Pat Buchanan endured both with the resolve of a warrior. As the most prominent paleoconservative in American politics, Buchanan stood so far ahead of his time that today’s MAGA agenda looks like a photocopy of his 1992 presidential campaign platform. From the culture war to working-class economics and immigration, Buchanan served as the American Cassandra — right about nearly every major question yet scorned by Republican elites. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-15•8mins
#11

The Unhinged Leftist Hatred of White Refugees | Guest: Good Ol Boyz | 5/14/25

After years of insisting that the United States welcome every refugee from around the world, progressives have finally found one group of immigrants they do not approve of: white South African farmers. In South Africa, the government has explicitly anti-white laws, farmers are regularly murdered, and major political leaders lead songs about killing white citizens. The Episcopal Church has even stated that it will stop settling refugees because it refuses to help white South Africans. Bogbeef and Maarek of the "Good Ol Boyz Podcast" join me to discuss. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-14•1hr 21mins
#12

The National Question and the Destruction of Identity | 5/12/25

The Left's focus on crude racial politics has made everyone understandably weary of identity, but identity does not magically disappear. As a response, some are now pushing for the forced elimination of identity even up to the level of the nation, singling our nationalism itself as the enemy. Under Joseph Stalin the USSR also recognize the need to abolish tribal and even national identities in the service of international community. We will discuss why projects of scale, both liberal and communist, reliably seek to destroy national identity. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-12•58mins
#13

The Radical Foreign Policy of George Washington | 5/9/25

As the MAGA movement attempts to find its foreign policy footing, many establishment conservatives have derisively accused Trump supporters of isolationism. The neoconservatives believe that the New Right is somehow betraying the diplomatic tradition of the United States, but nothing could be further from the truth. We'll be reading George Washington's farewell address to see what our first president believed about the approach that America should have toward other nations. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-09•45mins
#14

German Authoritarianism Returns in the Name of Democracy | 5/8/25

On Friday, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency officially labeled Alternative for Germany — the country’s most popular conservative party — as a “right-wing extremist” organization. The nationalist party surged to second place in February’s federal election, winning 20.8% of the vote. This new designation grants the ruling government expanded powers to surveil Alternative for Germany leaders and supporters and sets the stage for an outright ban. Germany has now joined a growing list of Western governments that delay elections, disqualify candidates, and ban opposition parties — all in the name of defending democracy. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-08•8mins
#15

The Kids Are Woke Right! | 5/7/25

The term "woke Right" has been pushed in an effort by disaffected liberals to control the ways that conservatives and right-wingers think about politics. Recently, James Lindsay and Jordan Peterson filmed a baffling discussion in which they attempted to define the term but ended up raising more questions then answers. Lindsay then immediately began attacking Peterson's fellow Daily Wire host Matt Walsh as "woke Right," creating a huge backlash. We'll be reviewing clips from the discussion to better understand the nature of the arguments, or lack thereof. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-07•1hr 13mins
#16

Game Theory and the 'N-Word' | 5/5/25

Shiloh Hendrix, a mother in Minnesota, became the center of controversy after a viral video captured her using racial slurs toward a child who stole something out of her bag and the man filming her. Hendrix, who was forced to relocate due to the controversy, started a GiveSendGo fundraiser to cover the costs. The fundraiser exploded with over $600,000 in donations, as many people treated the effort as a rallying cry against the injustice displayed in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf. We'll be breaking down the strategic dynamic that made this backlash inevitable. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-05•1hr 2mins
#17

An Introduction to Phenomenology | Guest: Michael Millerman | 5/2/25

In the early 1900s, Edmund Husserl founded a new school of philosophy called phenomenology. This new approach attempted to discard previous philosophical assumptions and explore the direct conscious experience of the human being. Husserl's student, Martin Heidegger, furthered the project with his book "Being and Time," which had a massive impact on both left- and right-wing philosophy while influencing many other fields such as medicine and business. Heidegger scholar Michael Millerman joins me to give an overview of the movement and its impact. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-05-02•54mins
#18

The Rise and Fall of the Intellectual Dark Web | Guest: Dave Smith | 4/30/25

When a loosely connected group of disgruntled liberals burst onto the scene to tackle the problem of wokeness, it seemed like a big deal. Men like Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, and Eric Weinstein found huge audiences while stressing the importance of free speech and open dialogue. But now, a decade after they made their mark, many members of the "intellectual dark web" have changed their tune and are now calling for censorship and deplatforming. Comedian Dave Smith, who has found himself a target of these deplatforming efforts, joins me to discuss. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-30•1hr 5mins
#19

The Danger of Cultural Universalism | Guest: Wade Stotts | 4/28/25

If every culture shared a universal set of values, then immigration and integration would not be very big issues, but that just isn't the case. Surveys show that while every society lies, some are much more dishonest, which makes a high-trust society very difficult. With the internet allowing every culture to interact instantaneously, even traditional borders aren't enough to protect your culture. YouTuber Wade Stotts joins me to discuss the dangers of cultural universalism and why many may be retreating to a curated internet. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-28•1hr 1mins
#20

The Constitutional Crisis Is Already Here | Guest: Jesse Kelly | 4/25/25

In his first presidential term, Donald Trump had to battle the deep state and the unelected federal bureaucracy. During his second term, he faces a rogue judiciary. Judges have attempted to interfere with the armed forces, stop government spending cuts, and halt deportations. Now the Trump administration has fired its first shot across the bow by arresting a Wisconsin judge for allegedly helping an illegal alien evade arrest. Radio host and author Jesse Kelly joins me to discuss this ongoing battle over constitutional governance. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Get 15% off at Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-25•45mins
#21

Mass Deportations Are CRITICAL to America’s Future | 4/24/25

Federal judges have already blocked Trump administration efforts to reform the military, reduce spending, and rein in foreign aid. They act as though they — not the president — command the executive branch. Now, the Supreme Court has taken the absurd position that the due process rights of illegal alien gang members matter more than the rights of American citizens. If Biden can import millions without due process, but Trump can’t deport them without it, then the system has no future. Democrats get to flood the electorate with a new dependent voting class during their terms, while Republican presidents get bogged down in endless legal entanglements trying to undo the damage. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-24•8mins
#22

Can Christianity Revive the UK? | Guest: Calvin Robinson | 4/23/25

Modern secular Britain has slowly transformed into a soft tyranny that censors speech and persecutes Christians. As Islamic immigrants flood the country, a new religion has come to dominate the public square and challenged the identity of the United Kingdom. Father Calvin Robinson joins me to discuss the political and spiritual future of the U.K. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-23•45mins
#23

Christians Fight Trans Tyranny in Colorado | Guest: Chase Davis | 4/21/25

Reports of the demise of wokeness have been greatly exaggerated. Despite the victory of Donald Trump and Republicans in the last election, many Democrat state legislatures are pushing on with the radical progressive agenda. The latest legislation out of Colorado would strip parents of their rights if their child is declared transgender and criminalize the use of correct names and pronouns by businesses. Pastor and author Chase Davis, who recently led a protest against the bill, joins me to discuss. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-21•57mins

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#24

Foreign Gods Are Invading Texas | Guest: Ronald Dodson | 4/18/5

Texas is supposed to be one of the most fiercely American states in the union but has recently seen the construction of a massive Hindu idol and has plans for an explicitly Muslim city. Is this just freedom of religion at work, or do Americans have the right to prefer their religion and culture? Ronald Dodson, CEO of Dallas North Capital Partners and contributor to the American Reformer, joins me to discuss. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-18•1hr 4mins
#25

How America Became an Open-Air Prison | Guest: Kevin Dolan | 4/16/25

During a recent meeting with Donald Trump, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele pointed out a lesson that Americans have forgotten: Justice for the criminal is liberation for the average citizen. As Karmelo Anthony, the alleged murderer of high school athlete Austin Metcalf, raises hundreds of thousands of dollars while renting a new house and buying a new car, it is hard not to wonder what happened to justice in the United States. Convenience stores lock an increasingly absurd number of products behind glass while shoplifters, thieves, and even murderers receive comically light sentences. Kevin Dolan of the Exit Group joins me to discuss how empathy for criminals has turned the country into an open-air prison. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-17•55mins
#26

Liberalism's Epistemological Meltdown | 4/17/25

Our ruling class members have willingly torched the credibility of the very institutions they rely on for legitimacy — all in pursuit of temporary political advantage. That destruction has accelerated a collapse that now feels inevitable. Liberalism faced an epistemological crisis and failed to meet the challenge. Like every tradition that cannot defend its intellectual ground, it is watching its authority erode into dust. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-17•8mins
#27

Breaking Down Douglas Murray VS Dave Smith | 4/14/25

Journalist Douglas Murray and comedian Dave Smith recently appeared on an episode of Joe Rogan's podcast that set the internet ablaze. The two men debated their positions on the wars in Gaza and in Ukraine, but what was really striking was the position Murray took on expertise. Murray has spent the last decade arguing against the expert consensus on immigration in his country, but in the debate, he disqualified any opinion that he did not accept as expert. We'll be reviewing clips from the debate and getting to the core problem of expert consensus in the modern world. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-14•1hr 10mins
#28

Emotional Blackmail and the Sin of Empathy | Dr. Joe Rigney | 4/11/25

Modern Christians are regularly told that they must be empathetic and accommodating if they want to properly represent their faith, but is this really what God called us to? Pastor Joe Rigney joins me to discuss his new book, "The Sin of Empathy: Compassion and Its Counterfeits," and how emotional blackmail is being used to control Christians while driving them away from true biblical compassion. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-11•57mins
#29

‘I, Pencil’ Defined Free Trade — Trump’s Tariffs Are Writing the Sequel | 4/10/25

For decades, the global liberal economic order has operated on the assumption that nations could stretch supply chains across the world to maximize efficiency and profit — with little risk. A shocking share of goods essential to U.S. national security are produced almost entirely in China — including antibiotics and components used in American military hardware. The idea that a country would rely on semiconductors from its primary geopolitical rival to launch a missile defies basic strategic logic. Yet, that is exactly what the United States has done. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-10•8mins
#30

Trump Gets Supreme Court Win on Deportations | 4/9/25

The Trump administration secures a big win after a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling that confirmed the president's ability to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport violent gang members. It's an important victory, but in the aftermath, many have been debating whether or not illegal aliens should receive due process before being removed. We'll also be discussing the pace of deportations and whether the battle over tariffs has overshadowed the immigration issue. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-09•47mins
#31

Does a Christian Have to Forgive His Son's Murderer? | 4/7/25

A violent attack at a high school track meet has gained national attention after Karmelo Anthony allegedly stabbed fellow student Austin Metcalf to death. Metcalf's father, Jeff, issued a public statement of forgiveness for Anthony, despite the alleged murderer showing no remorse. Many people have also noted the racial dynamic between Anthony, who is black, and Austin, who was white, but Jeff Metcalf has encouraged the public to ignore this aspect of the attack. Do Christians have a duty to forgive someone who murders their child even if that person does not ask for forgiveness? Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-07•59mins
#32

You're a Target of Fifth Generation Warfare| Guest: Charlemagne | 4/4/25

In war the battlefield is always changing, but what happens when the mind of the average person becomes the battlefield. Military victories used to hinge on casualties inflicted and territory taken, now control of information can be just as important. YouTuber Charlemagne joins me to discuss the idea of fifth generation warfare and how it impacts conflicts like the one in Ukraine. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-04•53mins
#33

How Foreign Students Conquered American Universities| Guest: Adam Johnston | 4/2/25

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has courted controversy by deporting foreign students involved in protests on college campuses. But this begs a larger question: Why are so many American universities dominated by foreign students in the first place? Columnist Adam Johnston joins me to discuss the incentives that drive mass foreign enrollment and what can be done to make educating American citizens the top priority of American universities. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-04-02•45mins
#34

Wokeness Is Dead. Long Live Wokeness | Guest: The Aristocratic Utensil | 3/31/25

Marine Le Pen has become the most recent right-wing leader to be disqualified for election by judges in her own country, throwing the entire definition of Western liberal democracy into question. In addition, the post-Trump era should have led to massive political correction for the Left, but while some companies and politicians have adjusted their strategy, many others have doubled down on wokeness. YouTuber the Aristocratic Utensil joins me to discuss whether wokeness has been defeated or has only just begun. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-31•1hr 8mins
#35

Samuel Francis on How Nationalism Killed the Republic | 3/28/25

Does the process of building a larger centralized national identity destroy the virtues that enable the formation of a republic? Is nationalism the correct vehicle for the concerns of middle-class Americans despite its contradictions? We'll be reading Samuel Francis' essay "Nationalism, Old and New" and seeing how it applies to the modern-day America First movement. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-28•1hr 3mins
#36

How to Destroy High-Trust Societies | 3/27/25

In a better world, people would cultivate virtue and develop habits of right action, practicing them regardless of external pressures. But we don’t live in that world. For most, concepts like honor and morality emerge from community, not individual will. These vital, pro-social behaviors rely on constant reinforcement by others. When daily life consists of anonymous, disconnected interactions, it becomes easier to justify selfishness. But when people must live among and depend on those who observe and remember how they behave, accountability shapes conduct. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-27•8mins
#37

Universities Defy Supreme Court on Affirmative Action | Guest: Will Chamberlain | 3/26/25

A hacker recently breached the security of New York University and posted what the hacker claimed to be the admissions data for 2024. The alleged data reveals a wide disparity on SAT scores and GPA required based on race, with a clear preference against white and Asian students. This practice flies directly in the face of a recent Supreme Court ruling, which banned affirmative action in college admissions. Attorney Will Chamberlain joins me to discuss how universities are continuing to defy the Supreme Court. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-26•52mins
#38

MAGA Influencers Sell Out over Soda? | Guest: J. Burden | 3/24/25

The MAGA movement is culturally ascendant, but with victory comes temptation. Several large "MAGA-aligned" Twitter accounts began making a strange push over the weekend, advocating to maintain the ability of food-stamp recipients to purchase soda with government benefits. It was later revealed that these accounts may have been paid by a third party to advance the interests of large soda companies. Is this a betrayal of trust or just the normal cost of doing business in a successful political movement? J. Burden joins me to discuss. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-24•1hr 4mins
#39

Can Artistic Forms Become Obsolete? | Guest: John Dee | 3/21/25

The movie industry is in crisis, as blockbuster after blockbuster flops at the theater. Some art forms, like the novel, feel like they could be eternal, while others, like the radio drama, become artifacts of their time. Do art forms ever die due to cultural neglect or technological advancement, or are they always ready to emerge in new and interesting ways? Art aficionado John Dee joins me to discuss. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-21•1hr 16mins
#40

Tesla Attacks Reveal a Long History of Leftist Terrorism | 3/20/25

From 1960s riots to the 2020 destruction, the Left has always used violence to push its agenda. The recent attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships are part of a long history of leftist terrorism in the United States. A near-monopoly on media and education has allowed progressives to rewrite history, erasing their movement’s violent past. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-20•9mins
#41

Trump Defies Judicial Tyranny | Guest: Sean Davis | 3/19/25

Just a few months into Donald Trump's second term, activist judges have lined up to block key elements of the president's agenda. Unelected judges are making blatantly unconstitutional rulings in an attempt to stop the deportation of dangerous cartel members and restore funding to progressive patronage networks like USAID. Even Chief Justice John Roberts has outed himself as progressive activist, issuing statements to the press meant to derail President Trump. Federalist co-founder Sean Davis joins me to discuss. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-19•39mins
#42

Christ Is King ... Again | 3/17/25

Activists are once again warning about the dangers of saying "Christ is King" on the internet as a method of chilling speech. Several public figures who represent themselves as conservative have lined up behind an ADL-partnered "research institute" in an effort to stigmatize the religious declaration of truth. Why are so many theoretically conservative activists hostile to this basic statement of faith? We'll be diving into the details. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-17•49mins
#43

Consumer Nationalism | Guest: The Prudentialist | 3/14/25

As the global Left gears up to fight Donald Trump, consumerism has become the battlefield of choice. Canadians are renaming American food and products in a rehash of the "freedom fry" debacle after 9/11. Progressive terrorists are attacking Tesla cars and facilities as a proxy for Elon Musk and his Department of Government efficiency. Corporate brands have become symbols of modern national identity and created a sense of hyperreality in the culture wars. The Prudentialist joins me to discuss. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-14•1hr 3mins
#44

Progressive Elites' Downfall: Foxes Failed to Become Lions | 3/13/25

Political theorist and sociologist Vilfredo Pareto identified two main personality types among ruling elites: foxes and lions. In a healthy civilization, power circulates between these two types, allowing a balance that meets the needs of society at any given time. For decades, Western nations have been dominated by foxes, who favor manipulation over force. However, as populist movements began challenging their grip on power, the ruling class attempted to pivot to hard power. The American left responded with riots, imprisonment of political opponents, and even an assassination attempt on the populist presidential candidate. Yet these efforts failed, and Donald Trump won office with a decisive mandate. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-13•9mins
#45

Why Are Christians Being Killed in Syria? | Guest: Semiogogue | 3/12/25

Many leaders in the international community cheered when Bashar al-Assad's regime collapsed in Syria, ignoring the warnings that while the strongman was brutal, he was holding back an even worse disaster. Now that the former leader has been deposed, Syria has spiraled into ethnic and religious conflict, with the country's Christians suffering some of the most horrific violence. Oliver of the YouTube channel Semiogogue joins me to discuss the state of the conflict and why Western governments have a difficult time grasping the dynamics of the region. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Today's sponsors: Follow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-12•58mins
#46

Why Conservatives and Liberals Have RADICALLY Different Values | 3/10/25

Conservatives and liberals will often use similar language about values like freedom and community, but they mean radically different things. Every week it seems like a progressive politician is declaring that some foreign group, like soldiers in Ukraine or illegal immigrants, is actually more in line with American values than the people who actually make up America. We'll be diving into the ideas of proximity and particularity and why they are so critical to understanding the divide in values between the political Right and Left. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-10•1hr 7mins
#47

Was Nick Land the Real Winner of the Trump Election? | Guest: Patrick Casey | 3/7/25

With Donald Trump's election to a second term and the rise of the New Right, many mainstream publications have focused on Curtis Yarvin as the intellectual vanguard of the movement, but there is another neo-reactionary philosopher who may have had a bigger impact. Nick Land's theory of technological and political acceleration predicted the rise of the "tech bro" Right and the ascension of figures like Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen. Podcaster and columnist Patrick Casey joins me to discuss. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-07•43mins
#48

International Law Spells the End of Sovereignty | 3/6/25

Officially, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the president of an independent nation fighting a territorial war against a world power. In reality, the United States and its NATO allies are funding a proxy war with Russia. While Zelenskyy should hold significant authority, it’s clear that the real peace negotiations are happening between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. If the United States continues to provide financial and military aid, the war could drag on for years. If that support ends, the conflict would likely conclude swiftly. Follow on: Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-06•9mins
#49

The Failed Experiment of the Modern State | Guest: Darryl Cooper | 3/5/25

The modern state has attempted to discard the traditional bonds like family, faith, language, and religion that have held civilizations together for most of human history. In their place, our ruling elites have attempted to craft abstract identities centered around ideology and economics. Darryl Cooper, host of "The Martyr Made Podcast," joins me to discuss why this modern experiment is failing and whether it is unique to our period of history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-05•1hr 49mins
#50

Zelenskyy Thrown Out of White House, Media Goes Insane | Guest: Mark Hemingway | 3/3/25

Negations around the war in Ukraine teeter on a perilous edge after a disastrous performance by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House last week. Zelenskyy's brash tone and entitled expectation led to a breakdown in communication with Donald Trump and JD Vance. American news media reacted with their usual unhinged hyperbole, and foreign leaders like U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer pushed for World War III by increasing their commitment to the proxy war with Russia. Mark Hemingway, senior writer at RealClear Investigations, joins me to discuss. Apple: Spotify: Substack: Twitter: Gab: YouTube: Rumble: Odysee: Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025-03-03•1hr 15mins

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