I speak with Lee about the meaning of patriotism under the rainbow flag. We also speak about a desire for wild places and the frontier, homeschooling, family culture, being at home in your hometown, and more. You can find Lafayette’s work on his Twitter page @Partisan_O and on his Substack https://ruins.substack.com/
I speak with Ed about the current state of UK politics and the failures of its post-war conservative movements, the population collapse and why it is happening, grooming gang scandals, Eastern European fashion trends that may or may not include mullets, and much more. Ed West is an author, journalist, blogger, owner/operator of a substack called Wrong Side Of Histo ry, and the author of many books, including The Diversity Illusion and Small Men On The Wrong Side Of History. His recommended subve...
I speak to Peter about our unprecedented information infrastructure and how it has captured the public discourse, and how we relate to others and ourselves. We also speak about Web 3, limbic capitalism, being powerless without common myths, and much more. Peter Wang is CEO and Co-founder of Anaconda, a software developer and former physicist, and an advocate for data literacy and the wider Python-based data science community. Peter's recommended subversive is Creon Levit...
In this special Subversive episode, I'm joined by one of the most influential and observant social critics of our age, a man who has seen it all and lived to tell the tale. We speak about crime, anarcho-tyranny, the allure of violence, the concept of evil, religion, liberalism, decadence, mental illness, identity, stigma, and much, much more. This was one of my favorite conversations on this podcast, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Anthony's recommended subversive is Simon Leys, an essayis...
I'm joined once again by Curtis to discuss and dissect what is closest to a declaration of the propositions of the Deep Right. We focus primarily on the five principles as laid out in his Substack post: Principles of the Deep Right : Timelessness, Neutrality, Vitalism, Realism & Absolutism, but as always with Curtis, exciting tangents abound. Curtis Yarvin is a writer, technologist, and dark lord of the dissident blogosphere. You can find his work at graymirror.substack.com...
speak with Yoram about what distinguishes British/American conservatism and how exportable it actually is, the liberal idea that politics can address itself to the public sphere alone, the possibility of democracy, the disenchantment of life downstream from technology, and much more. Yoram Hazony is an Israeli philosopher, a Bible scholar, and a political theorist. He is president of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem and serves as the chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation. He is also the author...
I speak with Helena about the incredible speed at which transgender ideology has captured the liberal mind, what is behind it, and how it feels to have been to hell and back as a female to male trans person and then as a detransitioner. Helena Kerschner is a 23-year-old girl who has believed herself to be transgender since she was a teen. She is now trying to educate people about "gender-affirming care" as an advisor for Genspect , through her Substack , her Twitter , and her many appearances on...
The lovely Louise is back on the show to speak about motherhood, "Cultural Deathgrip Syndrome," sexual disenchantment, sex education based on consent, the idea that sex is a skill, abortion, the inherent inequality of sex, the rough sex defense, and much, much more. Louise Perry is a writer, campaigner, a columnist at the New Statesman, and the author of the new book The Case Against The Sexual Revolution, A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century...
I speak with Luke about being an autonomous self in an overabundance of memetic and mimetic opportunity, about choosing unchosen bonds again, the positives of mimesis given that it is inescapable, metaphysical boredom, expertise, identity, and much more. Luke Burgis is Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Director of Programs at the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship at The Catholic University of America in Washington He is also the author of Wanting - The Power of Mimetic Desire In Everyday...
I speak with Matt about how living together is possible when two different religious systems clash, about voice vs exit, Elon buying Twitter as an act of statesmanship, the accelerating "Current Thing" ratchet, civil rights law, based captains of industry as modern saviors, how we find each other and how we converge on a positive vision. Matt Peterson is the Founder and President of New Founding and Align, founder of The American Mind, and Publisher of Return.life . His recommended subversive is...
Mary joins me once again to chat about her upcoming book, cyborg theocracy, modern feminism as class war, the power of the state in relationship to women, Bronze Age Mindset, the concept of "progress", prostitution, the devouring mother as the animating force behind liberalism, and much much more. Mary Harrington is a writer and contributing editor to UnHerd. Her work has been featured widely and she is the author of the upcoming book "Feminism Against Progress." Her recommended subversive think...
I speak to Walter about what makes one a dissident at the moment and what the nature of a coalition can be that unites a Romanian mom with a Hollywood chad-type, the necessity of free speech and freedom for the creative, what the true believer archetype looks like from the top and how many of them there are, what power looks like up close and much more. Walter Kirn is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist. He is the author of eight books, including Up in the Air and Thumbsucker , w...
I speak to Carlo about modernity as the elimination of the supernatural, atheism as the ultimate outcome of rationalism, the role of Marxism in the developments of recent history, transgender ideology as the next step in a gnostic unraveling, the convergence of the thought of Girard and Del Noce, asking questions as the first step and much more. Carlo Lancellotti is a Professor of Mathematics at the College of Staten Island, a Faculty in Physics at the Graduate Center of the City University of N...
I speak with Ben about life as an expat in Eastern Europe as storm clouds are gathering, the Zeitgeist of the last few decades under the shadow of all-encompassing technology, the new landscape of conservative magazines, identity as a product, navigating Twitter beefs, and his book "Noughties: Eleven Echoes of a Dismal Decade" Ben Sixsmith is a writer from the UK who currently lives in Poland, he's written for The Spectator, UnHerd, Quillette, The Critic, and American Conservative among many oth...
My friend Gio is back on the podcast as we engage in a sprawling discussion across very online spaces. We discuss his new project as a documentarian of the new right sphere, its warring factions, and memetic and mimetic dynamics, we also speak about beauty, the dating marketplace, dating archetypes, bronze age liberalism, "liminal spaces" and non-spaces, anonymity, being in the avant-garde and much much more. Gio Pennacchietti is an artist, a writer, podcaster and printmaker. You can find all hi...
I speak to Michael about his stance on Ukraine, on what it means to be contrarian under forced context collapse, on a possible escalation of the war, sanctions, the involvement of western NGOs, "do-something-ism" and much more. Michael Tracey is a journalist, a political commentator, and owner/operator of the Michael Tracey Substack . You can also follow him via Twitter @mtracey
I speak with AA about his political evolution and how it mirrors mine, about Libertarianism and its discontents, about the "current thing" as it manifests itself in the conflict in Ukraine, about blackpills and whitepills, and much more. Academic Agent is an internet renaissance man, one of the most prolific and successful content producers on the dissident right. You can find his work at the Academic Agency, where he offers courses on everything from economics to politics and research, on Twitt...
Covfefe Anon joins me to discuss the ongoing dysfunction of the West, the 54th Clause of the Magna Carta, the woman question, history entangled with technology and the market, "do-somethingism" and much more. Covfefe Anon is a Twitter poster offering commentary from an NRx perspective. The threads and resources referenced in our chat: 1-2% execution per generation: https://evoandproud.blogspot.com/2015/03/in-wrong-place-at-wrong-time.html Rosedale thread: https://twitter.com/GodCloseMyEyes/statu...
I'm joined for a second time by James as we discuss what it means to be human and why this is worth holding on to as the tide of technology threatens to sweep us away. We also speak about technology as both tool and master, the future of one religion or many, the religious wars of the future, the old gods and the new, anarchoprimitivism, the power of images, permanent hysteria, and much more. James Poulos is a writer, the founder, and editor of the American Mind, founder and publisher of Return....
I speak to Anatoly about the view from inside Russia, why he returned after decades in the West, what Putin's intentions and aspirations are, the mood in Russia, the outline of the nationalist forces that have emerged in the last decade, his correct and false predictions about the war. We also speak about fertility decline, murder rates and Scientism. Anatoly Karlin is a blogger, an intelligence researcher, a man with Powerful Takes, and a Russian repatriate.
I speak to Spencer about being a classicist in a post-modern world, hysteria as the baseline feeling, the longing for order and guidance, and how it manifests under a system where order is seen as fundamentally oppressive. We also speak about being gay and adjacent to the dissident right and BAP's perspective on the origin of homosexuality. Spencer Klavan is a classicist, writer and podcast host, he is also Associate Editor at the Claremont Review of Books @ClaremontIns, Features Editor at the A...
I chat with Ben about the escalating situation in Ukraine, the waning US empire, and the Covid truth regime, from origins to medications to side effects, animal reservoirs of the virus, and what you can do to strengthen yourself against its likely effects as Omicron comes for us all. Ben Braddock is an anonymous Twitter poster @GraduatedBen , a writer for various publications and on Substack , a beauty appreciator, raw egg slonker, environmentalist, and a human and animal rights activist....
The audio is a bit choppy as we had some connection issues, but it's mostly intelligible. I chat with Thomas about Ukraine and historical precedents, Chinese dominance vs. Western hegemony, technology as a motor of history, Liberalism, Religion as a vacuum that needs to be filled, scale, localism, having children and the global fertility decline, going mainstream, making the transition from obscure forums to Substack, his advice for young'uns, and much more. Thomas777 is a LEGENDARY POSTER, revi...
Zero returns to discuss fracturing factions on the dissident right, publishing a book through crypto sorcery, the 1000 pod stories submitted to the Passage prize, the war with rationalists, human rights, veganism, Covid as a guiding light to lost souls, and the things that make the liberal mind and much more. Zero HP Lovecraft is a writer, anonymous poster, and unofficial king of Twitter. He is the author of "They Had No Deepness Of Earth", published on canonic.xyz , you can find his spine-tingl...
I speak to Anacreon about confluent online spheres, about reaching the same conclusions about liberalism via different redpill flavors, about high trust societies, social capital and how hard this is to build and how easy to burn, believing in progress, talking to your neighbors, Liberal democracy, the nuclear family, hard work and equality of opportunity. Anacreon is a guest with a unique origin story and one of the few non-Twitter-derived guests on this podcast. I found his great account on In...
I speak to Pedro about his merciless attacks on neocons, being faced with accusations of antisemitism and surviving them, the "new right" candidates and political recalibration, the slow death of fusionism, "Trans" as a profound distortion of reality, Trump as necessary but not sufficient, castizo futurism and much more. Pedro Gonzalez is an associate editor at Chronicles Magazine, a Lincoln Fellow alum at the Claremont Institute, a Substack owner/operator , and a frequent guest on Tucker Carlso...
I speak with Blake about limbic capitalism, regulating technology, the dream of a one-income family, libertarianism and its discontents, the problems of scale, "CRT is anti-white", ultra-woke/uber-based Silicon Valley, Immigration and H1B visas, the rights of citizens, pointing out the elephant in the room, the GAE egregores, demons, and mind viruses, uncle Ted's genius and much more. Blake Masters is a venture capitalist, author, president of the Thiel Foundation, and co-author of probably the ...
I speak to Amanda about the role of women on the dissident right, making subversive art, difficult family life, growing up in Hollywood, therapy culture, trying to make right-wing movies, can republicans create change in the administrative state, the new threats on Ukraine, John McAfee and the archetype of the heroic outcast, masculinity and making documentaries. Amanda Milius is the founder of AMDC Films, Producer & Director of the documentary "The Plot Against The President", a former Stat...
I speak to illustrator Owen Cyclops @owenbroadcast about the meaning of creating "right-wing art", leaving the framing of the left and building our own perspective on reality, his evolution from psychedelic hermit to Christian family man, conspiracy theories, psychedelics as a portal to enlightenment or a trap, worldviews and cosmologies as a necessary frame, forbidden literature, rediscovering western mysticism, Mormonism as a religion of the family, growing a family, being a father and much mo...
I chat to rogue researcher Emil Kirkegaard about the fraught intersection between intelligence research and genetics. Which knowledge is allowed, which knowledge is ignored, and which knowledge is simply unacceptable. You can find Emil's work on his Substack https://kirkegaard.substack.com/ and he is on Twitter @kirkegaardemi
