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Sub Pop Cult with Michael McGruther

SubPopCult is a weekly podcast that examines how storytelling used in pop culture and political narrative merge together and produce desired political results for those already in power. Featuring interviews with indie artists of all stripes, SubPopCult leads the way in restoring culture from the bottom up.
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Episodes

Be Strong And Take Your Place

The Republican Party behaves like teenage social media influencers and always goes for the cheap and easy snark, when the people they claim to represent have stories and lives of their own that are ignored and forgotten by culture and that means they are ignored and forgotten by politicians. Consider the garbage man's life compared to the political garbage men's intentional strife. The song at the end is about suicide. Please don't skip it. The working class deserves to be heard.

Aug 31, 202320 minEp. 119

You Can't Unsee It

You can’t unsee it. The Right has no power and its proven true daily. The conservative American who lives far from power does have a way out and it’s found in culture.

Aug 25, 202326 minEp. 118

Roaring Back

The collapse of Hollywood is the collapse of the agent run system. The agent run system has had a negative effect on the culture in America by leveraging power behind the scenes to influence what films reach consumers. A better dynamic is emerging where a studio system maintains the integrity of Hollywood's purpose as the nation's storyteller and the creator economy is where the big bucks can be made for those who cultivate their own audiences. A new era has arrived.

Jul 20, 202322 minEp. 117

PUNDICRATS caught RED HANDED

The success of The Sound of Freedom is a clever and hard won culture war win for conservative Americans far from power. The reaction from the monetized pundits on the right exposes where they really stand and it's not with their fellow Americans who wish to change the conversation and change the culture.

Jul 10, 202322 minEp. 116

Find The Thing

Republicans must find the thing.

Jun 12, 202313 minEp. 115

Silence Of The System

When the beast is first defeated an odd silence fills the land because the terror is suddenly gone.

Jun 04, 202315 minEp. 114

Strangewave Art

AI will empower indie artists and frustrate corporate artists and for this reason alone you should fully embrace every tool that can help you reach your goals of seeding the culture with new narratives and fresh takes that restore Americanism.

May 25, 202319 minEp. 112

Get 2 Know Zo

Get to know indie artist Alphonso Rachel, who opens up about the uphill climb all artists have who want to influence the culture. He observers that the American imagination is dominated by a left wing fantasy that runs on pure emotion. Conservatives would do well to get out of the facts business and into the feelings industry.

May 11, 202357 minEp. 111

AGAPE LOVE

It's a new day in a new era with a new mindset. The artistic right is here and ready to play. The old ways have proven false and pundits have been called out and exposed as the frauds they are. It is time to do the hard work of rebuilding American culture from the ground up. Cherish this mission. Cherish this moment. It is a gift.

May 09, 202313 minEp. 110

Art Artillery

The very first independent artist round table on the SubPopCult podcast is proud to have author Robert Kroese, artist Cake (In a Crisis) and director Paul Roland spend over an hour and a half talking about culture, it's political significance, the power to change perceptions and the ultimate challenge of converting a politicized pop culture that inspires no one, into a fun and exciting sub pop culture that changes the entire game from the ground up and restores American unity.

Apr 28, 20231 hr 32 minEp. 109

Sunday Sermon

Americans far from power cherish stories that reveal God's presence in the lives of ordinary people. This does not mean movies and TV shows only about Jesus, but about those who encounter the fellowship and reveal the presence. The most beloved works contain this feature but it's missing from today's pop culture or is presented in an inauthentic way.

Apr 23, 202313 minEp. 108

Two Left Feet

The Democrat party rules both culture and politics, exploiting each for maximum effect and profit by people behind the scenes who have never changed their ways. Instead they have just become stronger and made their exploitation of people through storytelling systemic and more far reaching. The power of narrative belongs to We the People, not they/them the insiders who orchestrate our perceptions to suit their political needs.

Apr 13, 202318 minEp. 107

Where's The Culture?

The parasite and host relationship is true in nature and in human nature. Not all parasites kill their host and sometimes it can be mutually beneficial to be together. The right has to culture because there are no benefits for the political parasites who trap and drain their blue collar working-class hosts, and in doing so make sure they have no culture and no power.

Apr 05, 202314 minEp. 106

Confusion Illusion

Your confusion is an illusion put upon you by competing narratives that intend to mislead you every day. Reject the noise, embrace your locality and always look your neighbor directly in the eyes. This episode also begins a conversation about AI that I will continue in a future episode.

Mar 30, 202321 minEp. 105

WOKE Defined

What is WOKE? I tell you exactly what it is in just ten thought provoking minutes.

Mar 16, 202313 minEp. 104

EXEMPLUM

Indie Filmmaker Paul Roland talks about his fascinating feature film EXEMPLUM, which follows a Catholic Priest who catches the social media bug and begins to secretly record confessions to use as material to grow his on-line brand. This thrilling cautionary tale is a metaphor about why you should never engage in a dialogue with evil and how technology speeds up the corruption of souls.

Mar 10, 202351 minEp. 103

The Empty Catch

A fisherman without his own pole is merely a fish trapped by the net that is harvested for The System.

Mar 03, 202314 minEp. 102

Lords of the Sheep

The left defines freedom as the freedom to do whatever you want so long as you buy it from the left.

Feb 24, 202314 minEp. 101

Don't Hate. Create.

America is the promised land and you're wasting the greatest gift of all when you allow politics to break your relationships, inspire distrust and keep you from reaching your full potential in this life.

Feb 11, 202312 minEp. 100

American Horseshoe

American Horseshoe is an original TV series in development from author/screenwriter Ernie Mannix. It is inspired by and based upon a true story. This episode gives you a peek into a world of underground casinos in posh NYC neighborhoods and the guy who ran them before opening the first casino in the fallen Soviet Union in 1991.

Feb 03, 202348 minEp. 99

VFW

For the past 20 years conservatives have been sent to their cultural death in an un-winnable culture war battle for the heart and soul of the nation. Now is the time to learn from the past.

Jan 28, 202313 minEp. 98

Unity Of The American People

The unity of the American people is the one thing that prevents unity of government officials. The left has taken culture and the right has taken payments from the left. We citizens must un-divide and reclaim our power to define the American life from the ground up instead of the corporation down. This begins with eliminating Conservatism Inc. as the voice of conservatives. Ask yourself -- is your voice in the culture heard more now than it was 15 years ago?

Jan 20, 202322 minEp. 97

The System Vibe

Every morning you wake up and get to choose between two vibes -- the good and the bad. Connecting with the vibe that enables your success is always the best choice and also the right choice for conservatives without a voice in politics.

Jan 13, 202325 minEp. 96

A House With No Floor

The fear for conservatives is that Kevin McCarthy will be elected speaker and work towards the Left's goals. This is not just a fear, it's a guarantee because policy comes from culture and the right has none but politics. The town square is digital now and you, the indie artist, are the 21st Century George Bailey. Realize your power and influence as the glue that keeps everyone going and do you part - create indie art or support indie art that edifies American values and remind people of the sim...

Jan 05, 202322 minEp. 95

Dare To Begin

Dare to begin to retake the culture. We have every reason to be filled with optimism instead of dread.

Dec 17, 202218 minEp. 93

Wide Awake And Dreaming

The combination of Wide Awake and Dreaming is what defeats Woke and Demeaning. The truth is self evident. The System is corrupt. The right has no culture and therefore no power. We the People are all wide awake but are we all dreaming?

Dec 09, 202219 minEp. 92

The Geopolitics Star

Israel and all of its political needs have been central to American politics all of my life. At some point the American people have to accept that Israel is an extremely powerful nation and despite the narrative telling us otherwise, can navigate geopolitics and hold its own without co-opting the right wing American political platform in every election.

Dec 01, 202220 minEp. 91

The System Always Wins

The System Always Wins and cannot be defeated, only influenced by We the People when we take part in the great Restoration Americana Artist revolution. Visit subpopcult.com for more details coming soon.

Nov 22, 202221 minEp. 90
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