

The Carousel Podcast
Isaac Simpson
Writer Isaac Simpson explores the world through modern propaganda. thecarousel.substack.com
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Sep 9, 2025 • 1h 19min
Healthcare is the New Nike
Chatting with John Goldman about all things healthcare. Why aren’t healthcare companies cool lifestyle brands that take pride in not only sponsoring, but creating great athletes? John’s startup Rebel Health Alliance seeks to answer that, while providing a solution to many of the woes of the completely destroyed American health system. PS check out the Rebel Health brand and website, all created by WILL. And this brand video: The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecarousel.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 28, 2025 • 1h 42min
Hard R
Fascinating and intense former marine Danny Wolf (Danny Wolf) is launching a new literary fiction magazine called Hard Reset. He joins me to talk about writing, reading, and what it means to sell out.The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecarousel.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 25, 2025 • 1h 25min
100 Best Movies of the 21st Century
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comHanging out with my friend Titus Techera, former guest of one of my all time most popular episodes:(man who remembers that old intro music/video!)Titus this time is here to talk about movies, his list of the best movies of the 21st Century for RW men, in response to the New York Times absurd list of the same. First 45 minutes free!! Subscribe to hear th…

Aug 21, 2025 • 47min
Crack Her Barrel
First there was Bud Light, then there was Jaguar, and now there is Cracker Barrel.Cracker Barrel’s disastrous rebrand led by yet another clueless commissar, CEO Julie Felss Massino, and her three merry agencies has become yet another grievous flashpoint in the descent of mainstream marketing into complete lolcow. Except this time there wasn’t a gay agenda attached. How did this occur, and why? I break it down.(Here’s one of my pieces on Bud Light from the time): The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecarousel.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 20, 2025 • 1h 18min
BORDER HAWK - Dan Lyman
Chatting with intrepid border journalist Dan Lyman of Border Hawk, quite literally the only news source on the planet focused solely on the American border. Our agency WILL just helped Dan with a little rebrand, so check it out on his site! Also check out this schizo cut fresh out of the factory for another client, Chariot Defense.The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecarousel.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 12, 2025 • 45min
Rambo van Halen - THE FACEDOXX
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comFriend of the show Rambo van Halen’s new book Hollywood Samizdat finally came out today, and it’s ready for order!! He comes on to chat about crazy on-set stories and his even crazier family…and to show his face once and for all!First 45 mins free. Become paid subscriber for full episode.The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new pos…

Aug 7, 2025 • 1h 17min
Is Woke Over?
Hanging with a good friend of mine, Peter Gietl, Editor in Chief of the notorious culture glossy Frontier Magazine, which just released its third edition. The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecarousel.substack.com/subscribe

Jul 31, 2025 • 1h 4min
Call Us Daddies
I have been extremely busy being a based advertising mogul, so in lieu of a Carousel episode this week, please enjoy my appearance on good friend Yuri Bezmenov’s podcast to talk about being fathers in the age of gay Disney propaganda!Here is a prior episode we did. Subscribe to him here. He’s one of the best on understanding demoralization and public perception. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecarousel.substack.com/subscribe

Jul 27, 2025 • 1h 41min
213. Australians are the Real Jews
Talking about Australia, Zionism, and Jewishness through history with Russell Walter, YouTuber and writer on many different topics including this extremely interesting and fact-filled piece on Herzl and the history of Jews who wanted to escape the typical “Yid” path.The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecarousel.substack.com/subscribe

Jul 24, 2025 • 1h 26min
212. Heterofatalism
Discussing the joyously ridiculous and eye poppingly appalling New York Times article “The Trouble with Wanting Men” by Jean Garrett. Really an unmissable read—is it just the latest version of post-wall academicized female complaining? Or is there a real vibe shift here? We discuss. The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecarousel.substack.com/subscribe