Subversive w/Alex Kaschuta

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 thinker is Ivan Illich and his book "Gender." You can also find her work on her Substack - https://reactionaryfeminist.substack.com/

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, which were turned into major movies. He has written for Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, GQ, New York, and Esquire. His chosen (anti-) subversive is H. G. Wells and his book "The Outline of History".

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 New York, and one of the world’s foremost experts in philosopher Augusto del Noce, whose works he has translated into English. Available currently are The Crisis of Modernity, The Age of Secularization, and the Problem of Atheism. His recommended subversive is catholic theologian Luigi Giussani and his book "The Religious Sense" You can find Carlo's work through his Twitter @_clancellotti and https://delnoceinenglish.org/

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 other outlets, and is the owner-operator of The Zone Substack. You can also find him on Twitter @BDSixsmith His recommended subversive thinker is philosopher John Gray and his books, "Straw Dogs" "Black Mass" and " Enlightenment's Wake"

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 his work and resources on his Linktree.

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 Twitter, on Substack, and most importantly on Youtube.   His book The Populist Delusion is also out now on Imperium Press.    His recommended subversives are Sam Francis and Julius Evola.

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/status/1414619671056297984 Ethnic cleansing in the Bronx: http://bronxhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/M.Roby_.pdf

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.life, the author of The Art of Being Free, and his most recent book: HUMAN, FOREVER - THE DIGITAL POLITICS OF SPIRITUAL WAR

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.