Counterflow with Buck Johnson

One of my favorite guests is back with us this week. That would be Father Turbo Qualls. Fr. Turbo is an Orthodox Priest at St. Mary of Egypt Serbian Orthodox Church in Kansas City and part of the excellent "Royal Path" podcast. On this episode, Fr. Turbo and I discuss the spiritual warfare not only in the outside world, but within each of us. Sometimes, getting closer to the Light of Christ is a scary thing as the proverbial fat burns away. The demons play on our lust for comfort especially, and it can feel good in the moment to give into their call. We also dive into Fr. Turbo's punk rock days, and he details how being an "outsider" of sorts prepared him for Orthodoxy. Fr. Turbo drops a lot of wonderful wisdom in this episode, and I have no doubt that you will learn some things. Fr. Turbo's podcast with Cyprian and Andrew: Fr. Turbo's parish website: Sponsors: Lions of Liberty: Paloma Verde CBD ( ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website: Donate to the show here: Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest on this week's episode is Father John Valadez. Fr. John is the current head man in charge at the Death to the World magazine and website. Death to the World seeks to inspire truth-seeking and soul-searching amidst the modern age of nihilism and despair, promoting the ancient principles of the last true rebellion: to be dead to this world and alive to the other world. We discuss the nature of punk rock and metal subcultures and the rebellion against the fake American Dream and modern society that they promise. But what solutions do punk and alternative counter-cultural movements offer? Many times, people within those groups find themselves in a dark, empty world of nihilism. Orthodoxy offers people a true counter-cultural rebellion against a fake, empty world, yet also offers a transcendent, spiritual, and mystical solution. For more about Death to the World, go here: For their Patreon, go here: Father John suggested this book in our discussion:  Sponsors: Lions of Liberty: Paloma Verde CBD ( ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website: Donate to the show here: Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest to start us off in 2023 is Father John Peck, who puts on the tremendous weekly class called "Ecclesioclasm: The Church, The Virus, and the Vaccine". In this weekly class, he breaks down the constant barrage of propaganda that is thrown at us on an almost minute-by-minute basis. The globalists and the evil powers behind the push for one world government and religion are ultimately out to end the Orthodox Church, as they've said multiple times and as you're seeing play out in Ukraine right now. Why is this? What can be done about it? Is there optimism for 2023 and beyond? We discuss all of this and more in the episode of the Counterflow Podcast. Get more from Fr. John Peck here: Get his classes here: Get his books here:  Sponsors: Paloma Verde CBD ( ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website: Donate to the show here: Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

This week, Dr. Mark McDonald is back on the show, and as per usual, we aren't shying away from spicy topics. Mark has a wonderful Substack where I found two pieces recently that we dive into. "The Disappearance of the American Man" and "Why American Women Are Undatable". Broadly, men have become lazy, apathetic, unhealthy, and unwilling to go out and date. Why is this? Why are testosterone levels so low? Does it have anything to do with the feminization of the United States? How did what happened in 2020 impact this? Does the fact that many women are mentally unstable, narcissistic, angry, and undateable? When did this phenomenon happen? How is it all related? We get into ALL of this. Towards the end, we discuss the depression that many people feel in December and how that can be conquered. For more information on Dr Mark McDonald, go here: For his great substack, go here: Sponsors: The Marc Clair Show: ...on Rokfin: ...on Apple Podcasts: ...on YouTube: FoxNSons Coffee ( ): Enter code BUCK25 at checkout for 25% off your order! Paloma Verde CBD ( ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website: Donate to the show here: Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest on this episode is the host of the Marc Clair Show, none other than Marc Clair himself! Formerly of Lions of Liberty, Marc has launched his new show and wants to cover more than just politics. He wants to dive into matters of spirituality, conspiracy, entrepreneurship, and more. We discuss his journey into and then out of libertarian politics and what events have lead him down his current path. For more on Marc and his show, go to:  Sponsors: FoxNSons Coffee ( ): Enter code BUCK25 at checkout for 25% off your order! Paloma Verde CBD ( ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website: Donate to the show here: Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest this week is Orthodox Priest and writer, Father John Downie. Fr. John wrote some very compelling pieces for the Brownstone Institute, where he discusses many of the problems with the Covid regime from an Orhtodox perspective. One hospital tried to deny Fr. John from taking Holy Communion to a dying patient -- he wouldn't allow them to block him. That is because he answers to something bigger than the fear of unknowing hospital staffers. Many people caved during 2020 and closed not only businesses but even some churches. Many were pro-jab despite knowing nothing about it. Who stood up to this evil? We discuss this and more. Find Fr. John's writings here:  Sponsors: The Marc Clair Show: ...on Rokfin: ...on Apple Podcasts: ...on YouTube: FoxNSons Coffee ( ): Enter code BUCK25 at checkout for 25% off your order! Paloma Verde CBD ( ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website: Donate to the show here: Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest today is a man with experience in the fields of military intelligence, space operations, and military consulting, and he's writing a book on prepping from a Christian standpoint. Today we discuss what has happened the last few years, what prepping looks like to him, what we should be prepping for, the dangers of being a Christian in the future America, the dangers of being impacted by a nuclear bomb, and A LOT more. This one is packed full of knowledge and very helpful information. Sponsors: The Marc Clair Show: ...on Rokfin: ...on Apple Podcasts: ...on YouTube: FoxNSons Coffee ( ): Enter code BUCK25 at checkout for 25% off your order! Visit my website: Donate to the show here: Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest this week is Jonah Martin, a former ship captain in the Pacific NW, former libertarian, former secularist, and NOW Orthodox Christian, farmer in Iowa, and manager of St. Nicholas Press. His goal was to escape the nihilism of modernity. We all know what states like Washington were like over 2020 and 2021. Jonah says moving to a big farm in Iowa was like realizing none of that insanity even existed. How did his views on culture change? Did becoming Orthodox give him a different worldview than the one he had as a libertarian? What about his views on rights, liberty, and individualism--did those change? Can we have liberty without a moral society? These are the issues we dive into in this episode of the Counterflow Podcast. Here are the many links we discuss in this episode: Amazon smile for Holy Archangel Michael and All Angels Skete Monastery: GoFundMe for helping monastery rebuild: Monastery: Road to Emmaus Journal: St. Nicholas Press: Jonah's farm, Holdfast Farmstead: Holdfastfarmstead.com is under construction. Kendra Martin's business: Sponsors: The Marc Clair Show: ...on Rokfin: ...on Apple Podcasts: ...on YouTube: Paloma Verde CBD ( ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website: Donate to the show here: Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest this week is Vin Armani, also known as Cyprian. We are discussing the theme in an article written by Emily Oster in the Atlantic. In the article, she pleads for amnesty on behalf of the Covid regime, for all of the evil they pushed onto society. Masks, jabs, lockdowns, firings, ostracization, a caste system, apartheid, death, and more were all from these people in the name of "safety". Should forgiveness even be considered for these people? If so, under what parameters should we consider granting them forgiveness? Do they deserve prison time? Death? Love? We discuss all of this, and it really is a nice lesson on repentance. We also get into what exactly is going on with this FTX scandal. Here's the article we discuss: For Cyprian's podcast, go here:  Sponsors: FoxNSons Coffee ( ): Enter code BUCK25 at checkout for 25% off your order! Paloma Verde CBD ( ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website: Donate to the show here: Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

My guest on this episode of Counterflow is Adam Patrick. Adam was the host of the now defunct "Y'er Talkin Over Me" podcast and is now launching "The Age of Information" podcast. His goal is to move the discussions past just "government bad, freedom good" and start to look at the larger battle taking place. In this chat, we discuss the way we view religion and spirituality in the Western world vs. how it was viewed in the East for thousands of years. The Western mindset often informs our thinking, but is it the way the Church Fathers looked at things? What is the difference? Was the Covid Cult of the last few years rooted in spirituality? We discuss all of this and more in this episode. For more about Adam's new show, go here: Sponsors: FoxNSons Coffee ( ): Enter code BUCK25 at checkout for 25% off your order! Paloma Verde CBD ( ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website: Donate to the show here: Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!