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Episode 71: American Jihad from 2022-03-29T22:13:03
Cable news and social media have incited the American people into a hatred for Russia and a clamor for war. Rather than looking at the real world, pundits and politicians engage in increasingly unh...
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Livestream 22: Mean Girls Diplomacy from 2022-03-09T22:00:01
Today I discuss how discourse is different in a feminine space versus a masculine space, and how the 2004 film Mean Girls actually explains what is going on with modern geopolitics. Watch here, lis...
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Livestream 21: Canada, Substack, and Mike Pence from 2022-02-09T23:58:32
In my first livestream of 2022 I discuss the Canadian trucker protest, my new Substack focused on local politics, and my latest post at Decline & Fall. New Substack: https://gemstate.substack.c...
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Episode 70: Ukraine, NATO, and the End of the Postwar Order from 2022-01-27T13:00
Russia is massing troops on the Ukrainian border. America is threatening sanctions or worse. Britain warns of war, while Germany wants peace. Is the post-WWII geopolitical order crumbling? Will Rus...
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Episode 69: History Never Ends from 2021-12-13T19:25:50
If America was a movie, the lights would come on after our victory in World War II, or perhaps after we won the Cold War in 1991. But real life does not stop, and the American people must decide ho...
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Remembering Bob Dole from 2021-12-06T21:52:16
Today I recorded a short video remembering former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas who died yesterday at the age of 98. I look at the man, his times, and the worldview that animated his generation as com...
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Episode 68: The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse from 2021-11-20T12:00
Kyle Rittenhouse did nothing wrong, but both the Marxist left and establishment right have spent the last year attacking him. Yet it is not just Kyle that is under attack, but you and me, our right...
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Livestream 20: Veterans Day, the Great War, American heroes, and a little poetry. from 2021-11-11T21:45:12
In this Thursday afternoon stream I discuss the ramifications of World War I on history, the chaos that is engulfing our country and how we can overcome it, and I read several poems that have relev...
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Livestream 19: Why We Will Win from 2021-11-06T15:54:36
In this Friday afternoon stream I talk about how the conservative worldview better reflects reality than leftist fantasy, and what happens when the narrative diverges too far from what people can s...
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Livestream 18: Friday Afternoon Rain from 2021-10-22T23:30:49
I am back at my desk for the first time in quite a while to talk about new developments with the blog and podcast, conservative sacred cows, the 2020 election, supply chains, and what might happen ...
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Episode 4x: Learning From History from 2021-10-10T22:17:35
At long last, here is the fourth of five eventual re-recordings I plan to do. Episode 4 was the worst of the early episodes, as I used my low-quality laptop microphone to record, and I did not prep...
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Episode 67: Endless War from 2021-08-27T20:56:55
(The essay version of this podcast can be found here.) This episode has been a long time coming. I have had a draft waiting for more than two years, but the events in Kabul this month convinced me ...
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Livestream 17: What Happened to Afghanistan? from 2021-08-14T17:40:58
In this Saturday morning livestream I talk about the impending fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, and what that means for America going forward. I discuss the history of United States in war, espe...
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Episode 66: Cuba from 2021-07-19T12:00
As protests erupt this month in Cuba, many Americans are wondering how we should respond. Should we intervene, oust the Communists, and restore democratic rule? Or should we leave them alone? How s...
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Livestream 16: Dispossession, Plymouth Rock, and Chaos in the World from 2021-07-15T22:41:54
In this Thursday afternoon livestream I talk about my latest podcast and essay, why I do not focus on the minute details of politics, Malcolm X and nationalism, Christopher Caldwell’s essay o...
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Episode 65: Dispossession from 2021-07-12T11:00
(The essay version of this podcast can be found here.) Nearly two hundred and fifty years ago, the Founding Fathers of the United States created a Constitution to protect the hard-won freedoms for ...
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A Short Note from 2021-07-11T20:13:57
I will have a new episode up soon, but in the meantime here is a short note to thank you for listening, and to give you information on how to contact me, or to converse with other fans of the podca...
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Episode 64: It’s For Your Own Good from 2021-07-05T11:00
America is supposed to be a republic, ruled by the people. But our elected leaders and cultural elites look for ways to push us toward the choices they think best. How can we reclaim our sovereignt...
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Livestream 15: Constitutional Crises, Racial Equity, and the Down Slope of History from 2021-06-29T03:36:52
After a short hiatus, I return with a new livestream discussion recent news as it related to the ongoing decline and fall of our nation. Watch here, or listen to the audio below or in your favorite...
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Episode 63: Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste from 2021-06-17T21:48:31
Not only do would-be dictators take advantage of social crises; they often create the very problems that their dictatorships aim to solve. The Democratic Party is using crisis after crisis to incre...
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Episode 62: Israel from 2021-06-02T12:00
More than any other foreign nation, the relationship of the United States to Israel dominates our foreign policy discourse. Should American patriots support the nation of Israel? Listen here, or li...
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Episode 61: Short-Term Thinking from 2021-05-24T18:14:09
Everything in our culture is geared toward short-term thinking, but that is exactly the perspective that leads to decline. How can we fight the current and adopt a long-term view of society? Listen...
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Livestream 14: Realignment from 2021-05-16T04:33:01
In my 14th livestream I talk about the political realignment that is occurring before our eyes, the need for the nationalist right to confront hard truths, and talk about what we can do to stay saf...
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Livestream 13–Saturday Afternoon Tea from 2021-04-24T19:16:58
In this rare afternoon livestream I discuss the breakdown of the rule of law, the futility of the presidency, our country’s obsession with race, and what we can do to prosper in the years ahe...
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Livestream 12 – The Constitution is dead, and other unpopular opinions from 2021-03-28T06:48:19
In my twelfth livestream video, I chatted about the failure of conservatism, the end of the Constitution, and how we will only save the American nation through local activism. Watch it here, or lis...
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Episode 60: Nixon and Trump from 2021-03-27T12:00
The same media that tells us that Donald Trump is a fascist told us that Richard Nixon was a crook. Yet that media had a vested interest in seeing both men destroyed. What happened to Richard Nixon...
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Episode 59: The Failure of Conservatism from 2021-02-19T13:00
The lesson of the Trump Era is that one man cannot save this country, not after the globalist left has completely taken over every institution. But where was the conservative movement when that tak...
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Livestream 11 – Live Not By Lies from 2021-01-25T06:15:42
For my eleventh livestream I switched over to YouTube, as Periscope is on the chopping block soon. I talk about truth, discernment, and how we can move forward in this uncertain age. Watch the vide...
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Episode 58: The Second American Revolution from 2021-01-21T14:00
In the wake of the coup of 2020, the remnants of the historic American nation find ourselves in the same position as our forefathers two hundred and fifty years ago. How far will we go to reclaim o...
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Episode 57: The Coup of 2020 from 2021-01-11T13:30
President Trump’s victory in 2016 was an unexpected setback on the road to globalist technocracy, so they used every means to remove him in 2020. What happened? How can we respond? Where do we go f...
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Livestream 10: The Coup of 2020, and What Should We Do Now? from 2021-01-08T06:52:15
In my tenth livestream, I talk about the events of the last two days, the coup of 2020, and what we can do going forward as we prepare to be dissidents in the country our ancestors created. Watch t...
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Episode 56: Who Will Write Our History? from 2021-01-05T14:00
They say that history is written by the victors, but our history is being rewritten by people who have neither won nor built anything. How can we be sure that the history, literature, and art of We...
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Episode 55: The End of the Nation-State and the Coming Global Technocracy from 2020-12-28T15:30
The Great Reset is on the horizon. Big Tech censors independent thought. Communist China is rising. How do these things relate? What can we do to safeguard our freedom in a technocratic future? Lis...
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Episode 54: The Great Reset from 2020-11-10T14:00
While the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns of 2020 have been miserable for most people, globalist organizations such as the World Economic Forum are excited about the opportunity to re...
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Livestream 9: Heritage, Greed, the Deep State, and the Meaning of MAGA from 2020-10-26T04:13:13
In my ninth livestream I chat about the ongoing decline of America, the need to remember your heritage, the rise of the permanent bureaucracy, and engage with folks in the Periscope chat. Watch the...
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Episode 53: A Figurehead President from 2020-10-13T14:30
The Democrats’ proposal for a 25th Amendment commission is troubling, as they are clearly planning to use Joe Biden as a figurehead for the power behind the throne. Yet rule by bureaucracy has beco...
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Livestream 7: Mendacity, Censorship, and Democracy from 2020-10-09T05:39:51
In a livestream recorded Thursday October 8 I talk about Rome, local politics, the candidates debates, our shamelessly lying media, social media censorship, and Mike Lee’s tweet about democracy. Wa...
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Livestream 6: The Supreme Court, Lyin’ Biden, and More from 2020-09-20T05:00:33
I recorded my sixth livestream on Saturday September 19, 2020. Apologies for anyone watching live this evening, as I think my audio malfunctioned. I have the whole thing here in audio format though.
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Programming Note from 2020-09-04T01:03:47
Just a quick note to let you all know of my future plans for the blog and podcast. Starting this month I will be taking on some additional responsibilities, which will reduce the amount of time I h...
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Episode 52: Two Plus Two Equals Four from 2020-09-01T13:30:09
Fake news and propaganda are more than just lies, rather they are an assault on reason itself. Chesteron, Kipling, and Orwell all warned us against those who would try to convince us that two plus ...
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Episode 51: Dystopia from 2020-08-19T16:49:33
Imagine it is 1955. America is at the height of its prosperity. You sit down to read a chilling dystopian tale of the year 2020… Listen here, or listen, subscribe, and review on iTunes. You can als...
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Episode 50: God Bless America from 2020-07-29T23:00:24
When the sky grows dark, and storm clouds appear on the horizon, we naturally call upon our God to bless America. Yet does America in 2020 deserve God’s blessings? It is more likely that God is jud...
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Episode 49: A Conversation from 2020-07-23T22:13:59
The left is constantly demanding we have a conversation about race in America. Though they do not act in good faith, today I present a conversation about race, ethnicity, and the blank slate. Liste...
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Episode 48: Tarantino and Trump from 2020-07-15T14:00:10
What do the films of Quentin Tarantino have to do with the politics of President Donald Trump? Both of them hearken back to an age of rose-colored nostalgia. Listen here, or listen, subscribe, and ...
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Episode 47: All Politics Is Local from 2020-07-08T08:30:54
While we were paying attention to national politics, the left has been quietly taking over local political positions that give them enormous power to influence and even ruin our lives. It is time t...
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Livestream 5: The Great Twitter Exodus from 2020-06-25T06:44:14
Since am still locked out of Twitter, which is where Periscope naturally connects to, I tried streaming on DLive tonight. EDIT: The video quality from the DLive stream was terrible, so I decided t...
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Episode 46: The American Caesar from 2020-06-24T09:00:27
We are watching the fall of the American Republic before our eyes. Just as the rise of Caesar heralded the end of the Roman Republic, so too is America due for a Caesar of our own. Listen here, or ...
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Episode 45: A House Divided from 2020-06-17T09:30:51
America is a house divided, more than any time since the Civil War. How can we go on together when half the country wants to erase our heritage and brainwash our children? Listen here, or listen, s...
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Episode 44: Unprecedented from 2020-06-10T09:00:51
Many people complain that President Donald Trump has broken the norms of the office of President. However, I believe that those norms were already broken, and that is partly why we elected Trump in...
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Livestream 4: The End of Law and Order from 2020-06-08T06:27:43
In my fourth livestream I discuss the ongoing breakdown of law and order and look at how our worldview informs how we see current events. Watch on Periscope, or listen to the audio through iTunes o...
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Episode 43: Who Owns America? from 2020-06-03T15:41:52
At the heart of so many of our disputes today is the question of who owns America. Who has the best claim on this country, this nation? What makes someone an American? As rioters storm our streets ...
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Livestream 3: The Cold Civil War Turns Hot from 2020-06-02T06:47:11
In my third livestream I discuss the chaotic week that was, as riots have engulfed most of our major cities. The division in our country has never been greater, and this could be just the beginning...
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Episode 42: Tribalism from 2020-05-13T14:30:12
If truth no longer matters in America, what does? People today interpret the news and current events based upon their tribal affiliation, and every tribe acts in its own interests, except for one. ...
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Episode 41: The Empire of Lies from 2020-05-06T14:30:47
Truth is treason in the empire of lies. We live in that empire today, where news media and politicians are working to convince us that up is down, right is wrong, and two plus two equals five. Figh...
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Livestream 2: Merle, Flynn, Amash, and “Don’t Give Money to People Who Hate You.” from 2020-05-02T05:49:23
Friday night I recorded my second livestream, this time with a better camera. In this stream I ask if the good times are over for good, talk a bit more about Justin Amash, look at the way the FBI f...
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Episode 40: The Off-Ramp from 2020-04-29T14:00:54
Our society is like a runaway truck headed for a cliff. Our brakes have been cut, and the precipice approaches. When did we miss the last off-ramp before annihilation? Listen here, or listen, subsc...
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Livestream 1: China, Libertarians, and Blasphemy from 2020-04-22T14:00:24
My first ever livestream, recorded Tuesday evening April 21, 2020. I share my thoughts on the state of the world, with specific attention to China, libertarian idealism, and de facto American blasp...
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Episode 39: Petty Tyranny from 2020-04-15T14:00:19
The coronavirus pandemic has provided an excuse for tyranny from all levels of our society – from governors and mayors down to the nosy neighbor across the street. How should we respond to the grow...
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Episode 38: Reckoning from 2020-04-01T14:00:05
America is due for a reckoning. We have forsaken the traditions and wisdom of our ancestors in favor of novelty, throwing out generations of knowledge in our effort to remake society and remake man...
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Episode 37: The End of America (As We Know It) from 2020-03-25T13:00:46
The coronavirus pandemic will surely be the end of America as we know it. But what is America? Our country has been radically transformed from the nation created by our Founding Fathers, and we are...
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Episode 36: Normalcy from 2020-03-18T12:30:09
We tend to think that the way we live now is how it always was and how it always will be. But society is always changing; sometimes gradually, and sometimes suddenly. This pandemic is going to chan...
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Episode 35: The American Diseconomy from 2020-03-10T00:44:07
Our nation is run by a bloated bureaucracy that has become so inefficient it cannot carry out its basic functions. That has been on display this week, as our government has been unable to test for ...
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Episode 34: The Return of Kings from 2020-03-04T13:00:50
At the core of the decline of our once-great nation is the loss of masculine virtues such as courage, strength, and discernment. The American man has gone from being a king of his castle to chattel...
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Episode 33: The War of Ideas from 2020-02-26T22:36:12
The way in which younger generations communicate might seem crazy to their elders. However, there is a traditional and conservative counterculture growing in the shadows of social media today. The ...
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Episode 32: The Common Law from 2020-02-19T14:00:55
Recent events have shown clearly that we have a two-tiered justice system in America. Justice today depends less upon truth and more upon how politically-connected you are. People will not stand th...
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Episode 31: The Hitler Lens from 2020-02-13T05:47:19
Half the country believes that President Donald Trump is literally Hitler. How might that affect their rhetoric and their actions going forward? This is a dangerous game the left is playing, and it...
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Episode 30: The Cult of Democracy from 2020-02-05T22:28:59
We are taught from grade school that democracy and the right to vote are the highest American values. Is that true? What does democracy actually mean? “Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on...
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Episode 29: Who Runs the Country? from 2020-01-29T15:00:22
At the heart of our current political conflict is the fundamental question of who runs our country, specifically our foreign policy. Is it our elected representatives, or is it a deep state of care...
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Episode 3x: Submission from 2020-01-27T22:06:50
Here is the third of five eventual re-recordings I plan to make, fixing the audio issues and general roughness of my early podcasts. This one had the worst audio quality of them all, so I am please...
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Episode 28: Gaslighting from 2020-01-22T14:00:08
Mainstream media does their best to gaslight us every day. They try and make us believe that what we see and known just is not so. How can we fight these insidious lies and maintain our hold on the...
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Episode 27: The Christmas Truce from 2019-12-24T03:47:37
On December 24, 1914, soldiers in the trenches of the Great War put down their guns and celebrated Christmas together. Despite their differences, these men shared common beliefs and a common herita...
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Episode 26: Is it OK to be White? from 2019-12-18T21:23:10
Is it OK to be white? If you listen to the mainstream media, the answer is a resounding “no!” When the outspoken minority activists who dominate modern discourse look at us they do not see our fait...
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Episode 25: Impeachment from 2019-12-09T23:25:09
This week, Democrats in the House of Representatives are expected to formally impeach President Donald Trump. Rather than being a solemn and serious action for high crimes and misdemeanors, this ap...
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Episode 24: Founding Mythology from 2019-12-05T05:15:43
America is a country consisting of many diverse groups, and each group has its own founding myth. These different origin stories create the context in which each group interacts with our country an...
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Episode 23: Nostalgia from 2019-10-30T16:10:33
We all know that America is in decline. But which institutions and traditions must be brought back if America is to be revived? What is America really all about? Is it a flag? Is it an anthem? Is i...
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Episode 2x: Civil War from 2019-10-09T20:06:32
This week I have another re-recorded episode with improved audio quality. This is the second episode of the podcast, originally released last March. Despite being more than six months old, the them...
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Episode 22: The End of the World from 2019-09-26T00:24:12
Many people believe that we are in the end times. Whether it is a biblical Rapture, global warming, or renegade AI, stories of the coming apocalypse abound. What is it about human nature that cause...
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Episode 1x: The Last Days of the American Republic from 2019-09-24T21:36:48
I have a special bonus episode today. The first four or five episodes I recorded did not have very good audio quality, as I was still figuring out the process of producing this podcast. I am sure m...
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Episode 21: The Perversion of Language from 2019-09-11T19:28:04
Words mean things. Rational discourse is impossible when both sides do not agree on the definitions of words. Yet the American left has been perverting the meanings of words to serve their goal of ...
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Episode 20: What is Truth from 2019-09-04T17:00:26
Two thousand years ago, Pontius Pilate asked “What is truth?” Today we still confront that question as America seems to be moving into a post-truth era where facts no longer govern our discourse or...
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Episode 19: The Long March from 2019-08-21T18:13:40
The left has systematically taken over and destroyed the institutions of Western Civilization. How do we go about rebuilding, and how do we prevent their long march from happening again? Listen her...
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Episode 18: The Virtue of Firearms from 2019-08-14T18:46:32
The debate over gun control is once again raging in our country. Many people want to restrict civilian ownership of guns, or even ban them entirely. Contrary to popular conception, however, the gun...
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Episode 17: There Will Be War from 2019-08-07T17:41:52
The decline of America is evident, and the end of America is imminent. Nobody knows how the next few decades will play out, but based on the escalation of rhetoric over the last few years we can sa...
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Episode 16: It Didn’t Have To Be This Way from 2019-07-24T17:18:46
American society often feels like a dystopian nightmare, as the moral fabric of our country is being torn to shreds all around us. But it didn’t have to be this way. Our ancestors made specific cho...
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Episode 15: The Eagle Has Landed from 2019-07-16T20:25:12
Today I present a special early edition of the podcast to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. On this day fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins set forth on t...
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Episode 14: The End of the Constitution from 2019-07-10T23:59:07
No matter how bad things get in our country, most conservatives still retain a sense of pride and optimism in the United States because of our history, tradition, and especially our Constitution. P...
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Episode 13: There’s No Going Back from 2019-07-03T17:33:11
A lot of people on both left and right believe that the nationalist and populist uprising in the United States, as exemplified by President Trump, is an aberration. History, however, suggests other...
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Episode 12: The Family Structure from 2019-06-13T21:27:01
The family structure is the result of ten thousand years of trial-and-error as mankind figured out what worked. Today, however, the family is under heavy assault. The family is the foundation of we...
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Episode 11: Magic Dirt from 2019-05-22T18:42:34
America is not simply the land in which we live. It is a unique group of people that have grown together over four centuries and which has a unique culture and heritage. The land does not create th...
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Episode 10: Cultural Poison from 2019-05-15T18:35:20
Popular culture is worse than useless. It is poisonous propaganda that is stealing entire generations from Western Civilization. If we are to have any hope of reclaiming and rebuilding our culture ...
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Episode 9: A Province of the World from 2019-05-08T16:09:26
Is America a sovereign nation, whose government and resources should serve its people? Or is it merely a province of the world to be exploited by its neighbors? In episode 9 of the podcast I argue ...
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Episode 8: The Importance of Heritage from 2019-05-01T17:24:23
No matter who you are, you have the right to be proud of your heritage. The memories of Western Civilization are being deliberately erased, so it is up to us to remember them. Listen here, or liste...
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Episode 7: Descent From Glory from 2019-04-24T22:09:46
Did Western Civilization reach its peak in the victory of World War II? What has happened to America and the West since then? How can we honor the memory of those who fought in World War II when th...
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Episode 6: Notre-Dame from 2019-04-17T17:11:10
On Monday I watched in sorrow as Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris burned. It seemed that the fire was a metaphor for the destruction that has already been wrought upon Western Civilization. Listen her...
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Episode 5: Liberal Hypocrisy from 2019-04-10T20:46:14
Episode 5 of the Decline & Fall podcast. Conservatives love to point out liberal hypocrisy as if they are scoring rhetorical points. But does it matter? Are liberals really hypocrites if their only...
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Episode 4: Learning From History from 2019-04-03T18:07:41
After a week’s hiatus, I have recorded episode 4 of the Decline & Fall podcast. In this episode I talk about how a study of history can give us an idea of how things will play out over the next few...
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Episode 3: Submission from 2019-03-20T15:54:21
In episode 3 of the weekly Decline & Fall podcast I talk about Houllebecq’s “Submission”, the slow death of western civilization, and what you can do in your family and community to start reversing...
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Episode 2: Civil War from 2019-03-13T17:13:09
Episode 2 of the podcast is now available. In this one I discuss the development of the Cold Civil War in light of recent events. Listen now, or click here to subscribe at iTunes!
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Episode 1: The Last Days of the American Republic from 2019-03-06T20:06:48
I am proud to present the first episode of this blog’s companion podcast. I still had a slightly stuffy nose but I think it came out all right. In this episode I go over the basics of why I believe...
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