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. Fo...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 4 min
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 r...
Mar 13, 2025•11 min
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...
Mar 12, 2025•59 min
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 b...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 10 min
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. Follo...
Mar 07, 2025•44 min
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 en...
Mar 06, 2025•10 min
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.f...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 51 min
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, sen...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 18 min
What is the nature of national identity? Can you replace the pieces that make up a nation but maintain the same identity? As the West wrestles with its crisis of meaning it becomes more and more important to understand who we are and what defines us. We'll be using the Ship of Theseus, a classic philosophical thought experiment, to investigate these questions. Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S6z...
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr
The Trump administration has only just begun its deportation efforts, and the media is already shaping a narrative of victimhood. Reporters highlight nervous parents, crying children, and desperate prayers, all designed to evoke guilt and pressure conservatives into abandoning border enforcement. This strategy has worked in the past, but the immigration crisis has escalated to a point where even Democratic politicians acknowledge the damage these policies have caused in their own districts. Foll...
Feb 27, 2025•9 min
A bombshell report from Christopher Rufo has revealed that the U.S. intelligence community has been allowing the operation of an explicit transsexual chat room that employees participated in while on government time. Members of the CIA, NSA, and DIA discussed sexual fantasies, the desire to groom children, and their intention to undermine the Trump administration. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has already announced the firing of 100 intelligence officers across 15 agencies in r...
Feb 26, 2025•59 min
After the funding fiasco at the U.S. Agency for International Development began to unfold, it was revealed that a number of Christian charities had taken federal funding to help facilitate mass immigration. Some leaders within America's largest evangelical denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, have dug in and defended the organization's role in refugee resettlement. This stance is out of step with the values of the average SBC member and raises serious questions about the way that funds...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Jordan Peterson has launched his Alliance for Responsible Citizenship Conference as an alternative to groups like the World Economic Forum. The project is a large tent meant to gather conservatives, centrists, and moderate leftists in an effort to oppose the progressive globalist project. The most recent conference serves as an interesting snapshot of the current political moment and what may be possible on both a domestic and international scale. After attending the event, I will be breaking do...
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr 1 min
The Roman Empire has one of the most enduring legacies of any civilization due to its ability to adapt to shifting circumstances. The emperor Trajan was famous for his aggressive expansion, extending Roman borders to their greatest extent. His successor Hadrian is famous for his wise decision to recognize the limits of Roman power and fortify the boundaries of the empire to a reasonable extent which the state could maintain. As Donald Trump explores both isolationist and expansionist options Ale...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Donald Trump has taken aim at the administrative state in his first term, but does government bureaucracy have to be a bad thing? Complex societies require complex organizations to manage their functions. Can right-wingers make the administrative state work for them or is there something inherently dangerous about its existence? Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, host of the "PolicySphere" podcast, joins me to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 3 min
In our modern age, Jesus has often been portrayed as weak, a doormat who called his followers to lose at every turn, but nothing could be further from the truth. The time has come for Christians to reclaim their long tradition of cultural and political dominance while setting a personal example that draws others to the truth of Christ. Pastor Chase Davis, host of the "Full Proof Theology" podcast, joins me to discuss. Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-sh...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Is America essentially a dream? An unattainable goal toward which the nation is always progressing? A set of ideas that anyone and everyone from around the world can adopt and join? The propositional nation, one built on an adherence to a series of assertions, is what conservatives have offered my entire life and the default identity they are now attempting to return to with the defeat of the multicultural globalist vision. The problem with this definition is that it cannot hold up to basic scru...
Feb 13, 2025•12 min
After the disastrous campaign of Kamala Harris, many political pundits predicted that the Democratic Party and its progressive media allies would abandon wokeness for a more classically leftist economic message. Instead, the Left has doubled down on the woke agenda, pushing even more trans madness and anti-white propaganda. We will be analyzing a recent New York Times piece to discover why progressives are so committed to this losing strategy. Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podc...
Feb 12, 2025•59 min
A young engineer was forced to resign from the Department of Government Efficiency after a Wall Street Journal reporter uncovered his controversial internet posts. In an amazing cultural shift, JD Vance stood up against the young man's cancellation, and Elon Musk reinstated the staff member. While this might seem like a small victory at first, it radically changes the way that the Right interacts with its younger vanguard. Jonathan Keeperman of Passage Publishing joins me to discuss. Follow on: ...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have uncovered a stunning amount of corruption at the U.S. Agency for International Development, but it is only the tip of the iceberg. A massive piece of the federal budget is dedicated to political patronage for the Left and ensuring that progressive propaganda is pushed through various organizations. Nate Hochman joins me to discuss what it would take to really defund the total state. Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Donald Trump placed a 90-day hold on foreign aid in one of his executive orders, and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has subsequently identified the U.S. Agency for International Development as a prime candidate for elimination. Democrats and their media allies hoped that by drawing attention to USAID, they could frame cuts to the program as an act by callous billionaires who do not care about poor Africans being denied AIDS medication. That plan has backfired, and as the public ...
Feb 06, 2025•10 min
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been fighting to advance his own version of progressive race communism inside the country for many years. Recently, a new law was passed making it easier for the South African government to expropriate land and redistribute it along racial lines. U.S. President Donald Trump drew attention to the issue when he promised on social media that he will deny aid to the country if the expropriation law stays in place. Ernst van Zyl of AfriForum joins me to dis...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Political theorist Curtis Yarvin has been very critical about the ability of Donald Trump to effect change in the United States government. But in his latest blog post, Yarvin apologized to both Trump and conservative activist Christopher Rufo for doubting their ability to make a significant impact. We'll be discussing what Yarvin got wrong about this political moment and reviewing his newest book. Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114 Spot...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Silicon Valley tech CEOs became a key part of Donald Trump's winning coalition during the election. As part of this alliance, Trump has signed an executive order mandating that the U.S. take a leading role in the development of technology like artificial intelligence. Author Joe Allen joins me to discuss whether this commitment to AI is critical for America's future or a threat to our political and spiritual sovereignty. Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Donald Trump has launched his second presidential term with a “flood the zone” strategy designed to overwhelm the Left before it can mount a response. In just seven days, Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted nationwide raids, arresting thousands of illegal immigrants. Authorities prioritized the most dangerous offenders, ensuring gang members, drug traffickers, and child predators were swiftly removed. The speed of these removals raises one clear question: Was the Biden administration a...
Jan 30, 2025•10 min
With Donald Trump's executive order attempting to clarify the nature of American citizenship, now is a good time to look at the 14th Amendment. While this important addition to the Constitution insured that freed slaves were treated as citizens, the confusing language used throughout the amendment has been abused to justify all kinds of strange rulings by the Supreme Court. Ryan Turnipseed joins me to discuss the origins of the 14th Amendment, its implementation, and its impact on American law. ...
Jan 29, 2025•59 min
As Trump attempts to strip the woke DEI regime out of the American government, many conservatives have celebrated the return of meritocracy as the default system for selecting and elevating people into places of authority. Merit serves a critical function in selecting for doctors and scientists, but should it be the only criteria considered? Nate Fischer, CEO of New Founding, joins me to discuss the dangers of falling into the managerial mindset. Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders in his first few days in office, with a particular focus on ending DEI, affirmative action, and other forms of anti-white racism. These actions are impressive, but lawsuits have already been filed to block them, and some executive agencies have taken action to circumvent them. Will the Trump administration have the discipline and dedication to follow through and ensure that these heinous policies are actually struck down? Jeremy Carl, author o...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Surviving assassination attempts and prosecutions, Trump returned to office lambasting Biden, pardoning 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, ending birthright citizenship, and vowing to halt needless foreign wars. And that was just day one. If Trump maintains this rapid pace, he is poised to become one of the most influential conservative presidents in American history. Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S6z4L...
Jan 23, 2025•8 min
The political thinker Gaetano Mosca is best known as one of the founders of elite theory, but a common misconception is that he believed the powerful could do whatever they want. In reality, Mosca believed that juridical defense, the guarantee that a citizen would be protected from arbitrary power, is central to a good society. We will discuss the nature of juridical defense and how it checks the power of the elite in a just society. Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-au...
Jan 22, 2025•57 min
