

KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century
James Howard Kunstler & Duncan Crary
James Howard Kunstler, author of "The Geography of Nowhere" and "The Long Emergency," takes on suburban sprawl, disposable architecture and the end of the cheap oil era each week with program host Duncan Crary.
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Mar 17, 2024 • 1h 12min
KunstlerCast 397 -- Matt Bracken, Navy SEAL, Views the Field of Operations
Matt Bracken graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training class 105 in Coronado California. He served on east coast UDT and SEAL teams, taking a Naval Special Warfare detachment to Beirut in 1983. Mr. Bracken left active duty after Lebanon, upon completion of his obligated military service, but he remained in an active reserve status through the remainder of the 1980s. Since then he has lived in Florida, Virginia, South Carolina, Guam and California. Matt is a self-described freedomista who loves ocean sailing for the pure freedom it permits. He is a constitutionalist who believes in the original intent of the founding fathers of our country. He lives with his family in North Florida and longs for the wide blue ocean. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger

Mar 9, 2024 • 1h 22min
KunstlerCast 396 -- Jasun Horsley Explores the Uncanny Valley with "Big Mother"
Jason Horsley produces the Children of Job Blog and Podcast. He is the author most recently of Big Mother: the Technological Body of Evil, and many other books. He was born in Britain and has lived in Morocco, British Columbia, and now Spain. Jasun’s work is an excursion into the uncanny valley of philosophy where good and evil battle on a landscape of linguistics, technology, demonology, crime, transgenderism, liquid modernity, identity politics, the surveillance state, virtual reality, transhumanism, Satanism, medical totalitarianism, and a new world religion of scientism. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger

Feb 15, 2024 • 1h 11min
KunstlerCast_395 -- Art Berman on the US Oil Scene
With 45 years in petroleum geology, Art Berman describes himself as an energy realist who integrates energy, the economy, the environment, and human behavior into his view of the industry and society. He routinely gives keynote addresses for energy conferences, boards of directors and professional societies. Berman has published more than 100 articles on energy and the effect on earth systems including climate. He has more than 40,000 followers on Twitter (@aeberman12) and dozens of free posts on his website artberman.com. This chat was more contentious than I figured on going into it, but that’s okay. I don’t like to filibuster my podcast guests. Let’s just say there were a few times when we disagreed about some things. Listeners can take what they will from that. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unge

Feb 4, 2024 • 1h 3min
KunstlerCast 394 -- Tom Luongo on the Federal Reserve versus the World and other Current Events
Tom Luongo is a Former Research Chemist, Amateur Dairy Goat Farmer, Anarcho-Libertarian and Obstreperous Austrian Economist who blogs and podcasts at Gold, Goats and, Guns. His work can also be found on sites like Zerohedge, Lewrockwell.com, Bitcoin Magazine and Newsmax Media. His work focuses on the attempt to connect the false narratives of geopolitics to viable long-term investment theses. He built the house that he lives in and loves hockey, his family, the art of drumming, board games of all kinds, a logically consistent argument, and the beauty of spontaneous order…. not necessarily in that order. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger

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Jan 31, 2024 • 51min
KunstlerCast_393 -- Chatting with Jacob Dreizen about the Ukraine Situation
Chatting with Jacob Dreizen, an independent expert on the Ukraine conflict, about the war's ramifications, shifting narratives, disparity in casualties, and Russia's strategic objectives. Also explores the complex relationship between Ukraine and Russia and the challenges faced by both countries.

Jan 19, 2024 • 60min
KunstlerCast 392 — The Blogger Euygyppius on Trouble in Germany
"Eugyppius” is a former academic who blogs about the pandemic aftermath and the pathological politics of modern Germany. He recently returned from observing the farmer protest in Berlin. Eugyppius spent much of his life abroad and over a decade in American universities as a grad student and a teacher. He writes in English on Substack. He is very careful about revealing more of his identity given the extreme censorship and cancellation action in his country these days. You can find him at Eugyppius.com.

Dec 23, 2023 • 1h 3min
KunstlerCast 391 -- David Martin, Up Against the Covid-19 Genocide Machine
Dr. David E, Martin returns after delivering tough love about the Covid crime to governments in the UK and continental Europe. David is the Founder and Chairman of M·CAM Inc., the international leader in innovation finance, trade, and intangible asset finance. He’s been among a select band of international thought-leaders investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular the relationships between US public health officials, the pharmaceutical companies, and a number of shadowy organizations behind the development of hugely profitable vaccines with a poor record of safety and viability. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger

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Dec 16, 2023 • 1h 2min
KunstlerCast 390 — David Rogers Webb and The Great Taking
David Rogers Webb is the author of The Great Taking, which is about the insidious plan by central banks and international financial regulatory institutions to crash the unsustainable system and seize whatever assets the crash doesn’t vaporize — meaning, your savings, your wealth, and your supposedly freely-owned chattels. Much of this mischief was accomplished by surreptitious changes to the Uniform Commercial code and other rules for the transference of property. It’s a spooky story. David is a former investment banker and hedge fund manager. He’s produced his book as a free giveaway in pdf form which you can get here. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger

Nov 30, 2023 • 1h 9min
KunstlerCast 389 —Yakking with John Michael Greer about the Spiritual Condition of our Floundering Country
John Michael Greer blogs at Ecosophia, subtitle, Toward an Ecological Spirituality. JMG has been an astute observer of Western Civ’s arduous economic and cultural descent, and is the author of many books, both novels and non-fiction, including Green Wizardry, After Oil, The Wealth of Nature, and Not the Future We Ordered. Star’s Reach, is a novel set 400 years ahead in America’s neo-medieval future. The King in Orange, a meditation on the relationship between archetype psychology and the occult as acted out in politics and culture. Things are getting weird in America, wouldn’t you agree? Even a bit supernatural. We assess our country's spiritual condition as we turn the corner on a fateful year 2024. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger

Nov 10, 2023 • 40min
KunstlerCast 388 — Naomi Wolf on Medical Freedom and Facing the Beast
Naomi Wolf, author of 'Facing the Beast', discusses medical freedom, vaccine hesitancy, and the suppression of alternative scientific opinions. They also explore the benefits of investing in gold, debate the performance of colleges led by women, and delve into the risks doctors face for speaking out against the official narrative. The podcast emphasizes the importance of facing challenges and protecting the gifts of life, community, health, and love in the face of dark forces.