The Carousel Podcast

Chatting with Dave Green about two big lacks: 1) a cultural ecosystem capable of producing art that isn’t enslaved by the algorithm and 2) the lack of blood and soil consciousness in the state of California. And how we’re in the business of maybe attempting to change both of these things!YOUTUBE VERSION (PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE)PLEASE BECOME PAID SUBSCRIBER NOW 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

My understanding of USAID was my original red pill, and came as a result of reading Confessions of an Economic Hitman while working as a legal intern at a M&A law firm in Vietnam. This is a solo episode of The Carousel discussing USAID, patronage networks, and the new Government NGO Tracker, which is being widely misinterpreted and mis-used to falsely accuse people like Richard Hanania and Christopher Rufo of being USAID recipients (certainly not defending Hanania, and I think he probably is compromised in some way, but still I’m going to be loyal to the truth). Ultimately, I believe the greatest evil of USAID-style patronage is the vast astroturfing, and thus destruction, of art, as seen on display in this viral video involving comic Natalie Cuomo. Listen to episode for full discussion!Also, I’ve paywalled many past episodes. Please become a paid subscriber so I can get the orange check, and also please subscribe on YouTube! You can also watch and follow me on X.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

Chatting about movies, feminism, anti-capitalism, and techno-feudalism with the incisive and refreshing Nina Power!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

On the longhousing of one of the most promising RW culture projects, Angel Studios, with the insightful Marcellino D’Ambrosio, who covered Angel’s steep decline towards on his Substack.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

Chatting with the journalist of our generation, James Pogue, about his two new pieces on the state of politics in the New York Times (“How Long Can the Alliance Between Tech Titans and the MAGA Faithful Last?”) and Vanity Fair (“Infighting. Panic. Blame. A Special Report From Inside the Democratic Party's Epic Hangover”).YOUTUBE VERSIONThe 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

Talking fires, Bass, Newsom, and all things California and Los Angeles with one of Substack’s best writers, Chris Bray! 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

Interviewing American’s answer to Adam Curtis, Pedro Gonzalez, about his interesting work on AI and The Century of the Slop.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

I’m joined by Martin Sellner, leader of Identitäre Bewegung Österreich (Identitarian Movement of Austrian). His movement supports remigration out of Europe, what we would call mass deportations. Eery similarities pervade the overwhelming flood of immigrants into both of our countries, both inexplicably borderless, and the reactions are also quite similar, although America has perhaps more excuses for it than Austria.Crazily, the symbol of his movement has been literally banned from public display in Austria; displaying it could get you arrested in Vienna. This despite it being outwardly anti-Nazi and ethnopluralistic (e.g. not racist in the sense hand wrung over by globalists). He describes the ridiculousness of the iconoclastic symbol ban and much else in our fantastic conversation. Also joining us is Constantin von Hoffmeister of Arktos Media.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

Why did Gavin Newsom lie about his promise to conduct one million acres of controlled burns, over-stating them by 690%? Why didn’t Rick Caruso’s properties burn while everything else did? What’s the primary cause of the LA fire? Arson? Empty reservoirs? Bad forest management?What does containment actually mean? Why don’t we do controlled burns like the Native Americans did? I speak with the Gabriel Kirkpatrick Mann, the incisive and trustworthy director of critically-acclaimed documentary Hotshot (2023), to get some answers. He embedded with firefighters for years, and he’s an expert on the topic of California wildfire, the absolute best guy to get real information from during this hectic time when bad information is everywhere. Rent and support Hotshot to discover the real truth behind the “fire industrial complex” as described by Mann.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

Chatting about how there has not been one good movie that came out all year with Last Things, Adem Luz Rienspects, and Erewhon Groyper.HAPPY NEW YEARThe 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