Born in Germany and raised in New York City, Vesper Stamper writes and illustrates novels which tell, through both words and pictures, stories of history’s rhymes. Her debut illustrated YA novel, "What the Night Sings", about the aftermath of the Holocaust through the eyes of a young musician, was a National Book Award Nominee, a National Jewish Book Award Finalist, a Morris Award Finalist, Golden Kite Honor Book and Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner, and was named one of the Best YA Books of 2018...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 31
Gina Carano is a former professional fighter, as well as an actor in movies such as "Haywire" and "Deadpool", and series such as "The Mandalorian". She also has way too many nicknames. FOLLOW GINA ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/ginacarano FOLLOW HER ON INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/ginajcarano FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/cliftonaduncan SUBSCRIBE TO MY SUBSTACK: https://cliftonduncan.substack.com MY IMDB PAGE: https://www.imdb.me/cliftonduncan (MOST OF) MY THEATRICAL CRE...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 29
The self-described "Excellence of Elocution", @The Rageaholic is a commentator and writer whose YouTube channel centers on various aspects of pop culture, politics, and current events. HOLLYWOOD WAS ALWAYS RED: https://youtu.be/ZOtinTlx7yo FOLLOW RAZORFIST ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/RAZ0RFIST FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/cliftonaduncan SUBSCRIBE TO MY SUBSTACK: https://cliftonduncan.substack.com MY IMDB PAGE: https://www.imdb.me/cliftonduncan (MOST OF) MY THEATRICAL CRE...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 28
Pamela Everett Goodman is a 40-year veteran of the entertainment industry, whose family lived and breathed show business...until a gross industry-wide overreaction to the COVID-19 pandemic robbed her and her loved ones of their livelihoods -- and of much, much more. FOLLOW PAMELA ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/PamelaG62793303 FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/cliftonaduncan SUBSCRIBE TO MY SUBSTACK: https://cliftonduncan.substack.com MY IMDB PAGE: https://www.imdb.me/cliftondunc...
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 27
@Mister Metokur , aka "Jim", is a content creator with a gift for exploring (and savagely mocking) niche internet subcultures. In the summer of 2014, under the pseudonym "The Internet Aristocrat", Metokur posted a video called "Quinnspiracy Theory" that went viral and kicked off a strange and convoluted controversy that came to be known as #GamerGate. Living at the nexus of popular entertainment, internet culture, journalistic ethics, and "Progressive" Identity Politics, the kerfuffle ended up...
Jul 18, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 26
Zuby is an independent rapper, author, podcast host, public speaker and creative entrepreneur, with over 1.5 million followers on social media. He was born in England, raised in Saudi Arabia and is a graduate of Oxford University. He has sold tens of thousands of albums independently, performed in 8 countries, and gained 20 million+ online video views. His podcast 'Real Talk with Zuby' has surpassed 3 million downloads and reaches thousands of listeners every week. Zuby has featured on The Joe R...
Jul 11, 2022•56 min•Ep. 25
Will Jordan is best known as the author of the RYAN DRAKE series of action thrillers, and for his YouTube alter-ego, @The Critical Drinker , which has amassed well over a million followers and has quickly become one of the most popular movie critics on the internet. Having always enjoyed a passion for storytelling, he began writing short stories from a young age, eventually moving up to full-length novels and the publication of his first Ryan Drake novel in 2012. He currently splits his time bet...
Jun 29, 2022•55 min•Ep. 24
One of the best and most entertaining fight commentators and analysts alive, the irrepressible @Robin Black was originally a member of the Canadian rock band Ballroom Zombies, and later on went to form a band called Robin Black and the Intergalactic Rock Stars (later shortened to just "Robin Black"). After he decided to change gears and become a fight commentator, he made his MMA debut at age 39; now, his insightful and rich commentary -- including his popular "One Minute Breakdowns" -- can be s...
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 23
Ignat Solzhenitsyn is recognized as one of today's most gifted artists, and enjoys an active career as both a conductor and pianist. His lyrical and poignant interpretations have won him critical acclaim throughout the world. Principal Guest Conductor of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Laureate of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Ignat has recently led the symphonies of Baltimore, Cincinnati, Dallas, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Seattle, and Toronto, the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmon...
Jun 07, 2022•55 min•Ep. 22
Douglas Murray is an international best-selling author and political commentator. While he is associate editor of Britain's "The Spectator", he has also written columns for publications such as UnHerd magazine, Standpoint, National Review, The New York Post, and The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Murray's best-selling books include "The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam" (2017) and "The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity" (2019). His newest book, "The War on the West: How...
May 23, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 21
Heather Mac Donald is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and a New York Times bestselling author. She is a recipient of the 2005 Bradley Prize. Mac Donald’s work at City Journal has covered a range of topics, including higher education, immigration, policing, homelessness and homeless advocacy, criminal-justice reform, and race relations. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Ti...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 20
Gary Buechler, popularly known by his YouTube handle @Nerdrotic is a commentator on pop culture, often related to comic books and "geek media", and a prominent live streamer. Before starting Nerdrotic, Gary ran a comic book store in San Francisco, California, the United States from 2003 to 2013 called "The Comics Outpost". Buechler is a prominent live streamer, and has multiple series of live streams dedicated to discussion of pop culture, and has appeared in streams by other channels as well. H...
Mar 20, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 19
Victor Davis Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor of Classics Emeritus at California State University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. He's also the Wayne & Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History, Hillsdale College, where he teaches courses in military history and classical culture each fall semester. He has written for the...
Feb 21, 2022•32 min•Ep. 16
Ethan Van Sciver is a veteran comic book artist who became a lightning rod for controversy for his outspoken support of former President Donald Trump. Since his "cancellation", he has not only has his @ComicArtistPro Secrets YouTube channel continued to grow, but he's also launched a successful career as an independent publisher, with his crowdfunded "Cyber Frog 2: REKT Planet" raising over $1 million USD. FOLLOW ETHAN ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/EthanVanSciver BACK ONE (OR ALL!) OF ETHA...
Feb 07, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 15
Winston Marshall is one of the founding members of Mumford and Sons, one of the most popular bands in the world--handling banjo, bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar and also providing background vocals--and is credited with the band’s offbeat musical choices. In 2021, amid controversy, was he was forced to depart from the band, and wrote about his decision here: https://www.mrwinstonmarshall.medium.com/why-im-leaving-mumford-sons-e6e731bbc255 Winston is also the host of the new podcast...
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 14
Laurence Paul Fox is an English actor and political activist, who's been an outspoken critic of political correctness and ‘cancel culture’, both on national TV and social media. Born in 1978 in Leeds, the third of five children, he enrolled at Harrow School at the age of 13 before moving onto the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Laurence graduated in 2001. He is best known for playing DS James Hathaway in the British TV drama series Lewis from 2006 to 2015. He first appeared in The Hole (2001), an...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 10
Fred and Richard Fairbrass--better known as "Right Said Fred"--are multi-platinum award winning artists and songwriters, their global sales total 30 million and over 100 million plays on Spotify. They have writing credits on Taylor Swift’s ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ and Sofi Tukker’s ‘Batshit’, their music has been featured in over 50 films and TV Shows (Angry Birds 2, The Odd Couple,The Simpsons, West Wing, Family Guy etc etc) and in excess of 100 commercials. The boys have performed with Bob D...
Dec 17, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 6
In this explosive interview, author and playwright CJ Hopkins discusses the rise of Global Capitalism, the failures of the Arts community to confront overbearing Covidianism, and the stunning return of Totalitarianism in Germany under the guise of health and safety. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:25 -- Global Capitalism and the Political Left 0:18:58 -- The Surrender of Artists to Pandemania 0:27:40 -- The Resurrection of German Totalitarianism 0:45:55 -- What Can be Done to Resist? FIND/SUPPORT CJ: His websi...
Dec 10, 2021•57 min•Ep. 5
Clarinetist James Zimmermann joined the Nashville Symphony as Principal Clarinet in 2008, a principal position that he held until he was "cancelled" in 2020. I urge you to read about that here, as it serves as a backdrop for our conversation: https://freebeacon.com/culture/how-racial-anxiety-conquered-an-orchestra-and-crushed-a-career/ He holds a Bacje from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, a M.M. from the University of Minnesota and has served as a guest with the...
Nov 12, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 4
A unique voice in a town that runs on bullsh*t, Kamran Pasha is a screenwriter, director and novelist who's been working in Hollywood for over 20 years. His past projects include the Emmy & Golden Globe-nominated "Sleeper Cell" on Showtime Networks, "Kings" on NBC, and "Nikita", "Reign & Roswell", and "New Mexico" on THE CW. He's published novels such as "Mother of the Believers" and "Shadow of the Swords" at Simon & Schuster. He says that his goal is to "serve and entertain the audi...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 3
In many ways, this exciting discussion encapsulates why I started this podcast, living at the nexus of Art, Culture, and Society; it also serves as an example of the perils of ignoring Art and Artists in our ever-escalating "Culture Wars", as many have seen fit to do--unless they are complaining about how bad our Art has gotten. A Cuban-American whose mother experienced the ravages of Communism firsthand, the fiery and vivacious Salomé Sibonex deeply understands the corrosive effect of the autho...
Oct 11, 2021•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 2
A liberal who spent twenty years in “the SJW Cult,” Keri Smith offers firsthand experience on the Social Justice Left and its growing influence in mainstream culture. Smith is the co-founder and co-host of the Unsafe Space podcast, and the founder of Civility Dinners , which aims to bridge the political divide through conversation. A self-described “former SJW,” Smith is best known for her writing, lectures and podcasts addressing her old belief system. In this inaugural episode of "The Clifton ...
Oct 01, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 1
