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Off the Menu

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Crazy, Classy, and Countercultural. This is a podcast with author and historian Charles Coulombe and his interlocutor Vincent Frankini who talk about a variety of topics on history, philosophy, and culture, offering opinions that you won't dare find in mainstream media. 

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Episodes

Trump's Presidency

0:00 Intro 0:10 Mars 10:00 Star Trek 20:00 Being Authentic 33:00 Grading Trump 1:13:00 Next Week: Greatest Catholic Novel 1:15:00 Canadian Connection 1:24:00 Flemish Traditions 1:31:00 Enclosure Movement Support the show

Mar 10, 20251 hr 38 minEp. 342

Young People Becoming Old People

0:00 Intro 0:10 What's New 16:45 MEMES OF PRODUCTION 27:00 Young People Becoming Old People 43:00 Gene Hackman 45:30 Will America Fragment? 53:00 Putin & Zelensky 58:00 King George Illegitimacy 1:00:00 Is Personal Government Possible Today? Support the show

Mar 03, 20251 hr 15 minEp. 341

Boomer Central

0:00 Intro 2:00 Beatles vs Stones 4:00 Boomer Central 8:00 Reaction Against Boomers 21:00 What's New with Charles 31:20 Private Property 38:00 "Embracing the Bad" 50:20 Enlightenment As A Cause Support the show

Feb 17, 20251 hr 4 minEp. 340

Balking and Mugging

0:00 Intro 0:10 Charles in Ireland 9:30 Trump News 26:00 Personal vs. Impersonal Govt 28:00 Greenland & Denmark 31:00 Mexican Revolution 40:30 Catholic Family Traditions Support the show

Feb 09, 20251 hr 6 minEp. 339

Trump & The Village People

0:00 Intro 1:00 Antiquated Spellings 11:00 What's New 28:30 Justin Trudeau Resigns 35:00 Canada & CANZUK 45:00 Bishop Williamson 47:30 Sin Eaters 50:30 Primitive Christianity 54:00 Capitalism Support the show

Jan 27, 20251 hr 6 minEp. 338

Episode 337 - King Lee Day 2025

0:00 Intro 2:30 King Lee Day 10:00 Eisenhower 16:00 Canonization Process 25:30 Decolonization of Africa 31:00 Wokeism vs 60s-70s Change 43:00 "Festival of Fools" 46:00 Futurism Support the show

Jan 20, 202550 minEp. 337

But Wait, There's More!

0:00 Intro 8:00 Liberal Censorship & the Conservative Response 27:30 King Henry VI 30:00 Economic Theory Books 33:00 Princess Josephine 37:00 Guild Social, Distributism, and Corporatism 54:00 Catholic History of Minnesota Support the show

Jan 07, 20251 hr 5 minEp. 336

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

0:00 Intro 25:00 Reactions to Pope Names 30:50 Most Important Election 33:00 Premier of Quebec Being Stupid 46:15 Top 10 Garbage People 55:00 Difference Between Duke, Earl, Baron 1:02:30 American Nobility Titles Support the show

Dec 30, 20241 hr 20 minEp. 335

Charles's Christmas Wish

0:00 Intro 10:00 Kipling Poem 16:00 Charles's Christmas Wish 28:00 Heresy of Modernism 35:00 Republican Saints 36:00 Hispanic Racial Group 38:00 Fighting Despair 50:00 Puritans, Christmas, & Catholicity Support the show

Dec 23, 20241 hr 3 minEp. 334

The High Seas

0:00 Intro 4:00 Krambambuli 13:00 Ceremonial Drinks 23:00 Vatican II Docs 27:40 Franz Joseph's Moral Character 31:30 Native American Catholic Monarchy? 34:00 Folklore Surrounding the Sea 52:00 Sailor Devotion 55:00 Pirate Stereotypes: Fact or Fiction Support the show

Dec 17, 20241 hr 10 minEp. 333

God Save the King! (Part 2)

0:00 Intro 4:00 Bratislava 7:40 Charles Coming Back 10:40 Thanksgiving Proclamation 19:00 Changing Godparents 21:30 Monarchist Apologetics 35:00 Heresy of Modernism 37:00 What If German Monarchy Wasn't Overthrown 40:00 Eastern vs Western Church: Apt Names? 42:00 Liturgical Recovery from Vatican II Support the show

Dec 09, 202449 minEp. 332

Japanese Monarchy & History

0:00 Intro 7:40 What's New With Charles 10:00 Tom and Jerry 20:00 Japanese Xenophobia 30:00 Mythology Around Monarchy 35:00 Meiji Restoration 49:00 Church in Japan Support the show

Nov 25, 202454 minEp. 331

Christ the King

0:00 Intro 14:00 Carp in the Bathtub 21:00 Christmas Talk 33:00 History as National Memory 37:00 Bl. Duns Scotus 39:50 African Catholic Monarchy 41:30 Living in Luxembourg 44:00 Christ the King & Monarchism Support the show

Nov 17, 20241 hr 1 min

President Charles Coulombe

0:00 Intro 11:00 What's New With Charles 15:20 Veteran's Day Poem 20:00 Words of Wisdom from Charles 24:30 More Poems 43:00 Politics 1:01:30 Impact Former Presidents 1:08:00 Abdicated Monarchs 1:11:00 Charles as President 1:40:00 Final Words Support the show

Nov 11, 20241 hr 46 minEp. 329

The Tooth Fairy: America's Last Hope

0:00 Intro 4:30 No More Kings 7:00 Charles's Halloween 20:30 Election Prediction 31:00 Melon Heads 38:20 Dudley Town 41:00 Vlad the Impaler 44:00 Jack the Ripper 46:30 Elizabeth Bathory 49:20 H. H. Holmes 52:00 Count of St. Germain 57:00 Vincent Price 59:00 Christopher Lee vs. Bela Lugosi 1:00:00 Stupid Horror Movies 1:13:00 Lovecraft & Darwinism Support the show...

Nov 04, 20241 hr 22 minEp. 328

A Conservative, Restrained Autumn

0:00 Intro 5:00 Charles's Upcoming Schedule 22:30 The Devil's Chord 23:40 Sword Legends 33:00 Monarch Dethronement 35:20 Longevity of Roman Republic 37:30 Living in an age of "Spectacle" Support the show

Oct 07, 202459 minEp. 327

Empty Words

0:00 Intro 27:30 HRE Border 33:00 Ukraine Border 35:30 Norwegian Monarchy Crisis 37:00 Political Abuse of Language 50:00 Blessed John Felton 52:00 Royal Marriage 54:00 Disfavored Son 1:07:00 Harper Valley PTA Support the show

Sep 29, 20241 hr 12 minEp. 326

Vienna Waits For You

0:00 Intro 11:50 Polish National Catholic Church 18:30 Catholic Church in Lithuania 23:10 South Korean Dictator & President 24:40 King Alexander Nevsky 29:30 California & Abortion Ban 33:10 Preborn Children 36:00 Mandate to Vote Support the show

Sep 15, 202454 minEp. 325

Send in the Clowns

0:00 Intro 13:30 Emil Kapaun Movie 14:00 Incoming Christian Persecution? 18:15 Samuel Shellabarger 18:45 Melkite Question 20:30 Trads, Monarchists, and Localism Support the show

Sep 08, 202433 minEp. 324

Edward G. Robinson and All the Fixins

0:00 Intro 15:00 Comments on Last Episode 34:00 Consumption of Eucharist 37:00 Social Kingship of Christ 45:00 Pro-Life Movement 58:00 Leading Parents Back to Faith Support the show

Sep 02, 20241 hr 14 minEp. 323

Hungry Ghosts

0:00 Intro 3:50 Presidential Election 7:00 Theatre & Misc 16:40 Calendar & Halloween 25:00 Catholicism in New England 28:00 Franco-Habsburg Rivalry 31:30 Henri Count de Chambord 34:40 Japanese Civil War 38:30 Political Machines Fading Away 48:24 Old Catholic Question Support the show

Aug 26, 20241 hr 9 minEp. 322

It's My Party

0:10 Intro 22:30 Illuminati 30:30 Black Tie Dinner 38: British Monarchy 43:30 Alfredo Covelli 44:40 Porfirio Diaz 47:30 Cretan School of Art Support the show

Aug 19, 202452 minEp. 321

Shell Shock

0:00 Intro 5:30 What's New 19:40 Was Pope Benedict XVI a Modernist? 30:40 Charles as Pope 40:20 Knights Templar and the Shroud 44:20 Evangelizing Indigenous Tribes 45:00 Religion is a Dirty Word 48:35 Heirs to the Roman Empire Support the show

Aug 05, 202457 minEp. 320

The Golden Age of Chinese Takeout

0:00 Intro 0:10 Viticultural 7:00 Chinese Takeout 16:00 Green Chili 20:00 Halloween 26:30 Biden 34:00 Olympics 39:00 Monarchist Pledge of Allegiance 45:30 Dante's de Monarchia 49:30 Royal Confessors 53:00 Anti-Israel Protests Support the show

Jul 29, 20241 hrEp. 319

Camacho in '24

0:00 Intro 20:00 Trump & Politics 39:00 Southern Gothic Song Lyrics 50:00 Rites of Summer 55:00 Frustration at Chesterton 58:00 Greater Idaho Movement 1:00:00 Cardinal Zen Support the show

Jul 22, 20241 hr 6 minEp. 318

Byzantine Empire History

0:00 Intro 14:00 Komnenos Dynasty 16:00 Fourth Crusade 20:30 Palaiologos Dynasty 21:00 Church in 1400s 25:00 Siege & Fall of Constantinople 27:00 Constantine XI 28:00 Phanariots 30:30 Prophecy of Constantinople 39:00 Closing Banter Support the show

Jul 15, 202444 minEp. 317

Weenies at the Final Judgment

0:00 Intro 2:00 Charles's Travels 5:00 News Items 11:20 Presidential Debate 14:30 Vigano 36:00 Crusader's Song 42:00 Calendar 53:00 Renaissance Faire 1:04:00 Pontius Pilate 1:08:00 Q Gospel 1:15:00 Byzantine Questions 1:30:00 Beauty & Squalor Support the show

Jul 08, 20241 hr 38 minEp. 316

Trieste

0:00 Intro 3:00 Charles's Travels 14:00 Trieste 20:00 Russian Civil War 21:00 Raising Devout Children 22:30 Teenage Rebellion 29:30 Catholic Church Anti Math? 31:00 Confession 40:00 Habsburgs, "Foreign Monarchs"? Support the show

Jun 17, 202459 minEp. 315

The Day the Music Died

0:00 Intro 7:30 The Day the Music Died 12:00 Trump Case 21:20 High Kingship of Ingwe 32:00 Anti-Poor Laws 35:30 "Imitation" Masses 39:00 Primogeniture Inheritance 41:30 Judeo-Christian Values 43:30 Integrally American Catholic Support the show

Jun 04, 202454 minEp. 314

The Unknown Solider

0:00 Intro 9:00 The Unknown Solider 16:00 Prot Revolt in Sweden 19:30 Spain's 19th Century History 25:00 Saintly Families 28:00 St. Menas Miracle 30:30 Canonization Candidates 33:00 Dark Ages 36:00 Still Illicit to Crossbow Duel? Support the show

May 27, 202448 minEp. 313
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