King of Stuff: Recent Episodes
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Jon Gabriel is the undisputed king of stuff. He knows everything -- just ask him -- but is hungry to learn more. Jon chats with comedians, musicians, politicians, authors, professors and anyone else he can lure into his soundproofed bunker.
The King welcomes James Pethokoukis to discuss his new book, The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised. America used to be a land of big dreams and bigger accomplishments. But as we moved into the late 20th century, we grew cautious, even cynical, about the future and our ability to shape it. Too many of us saw only the threats from rapid change and not the many benefits. James argues we can turn things around—if we, the people, choose to dream and act.
Jim is a senior fellow and the DeWitt Wallace Chair at the American Enterprise Institute, writing on their website and in his "Faster, Please!" Substack newsletter. You'll also see him regularly on CNBC and elsewhere.
After the interview, Jon shares a few thoughts about Thanksgiving.
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The King welcomes Karol Markowicz to talk about the impact on Jews in America and around the world, not only to the Oct. 7 terror attacks but also the pro-Hamas protests and anti-semitic violence. Karol is a columnist at the New York Post and Fox News and co-author of the best-selling book, Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation. She also hosts a new podcast called The Karol Markowicz Show.
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The King welcomes Andrew Biggio, author of The Rifle 2: Back to the Battlefield. A veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan as a Marine infantry sergeant, Andrew bought a 1945 M1 Garand rifle and handed it to his neighbor, a World War II veteran. The rifle unlocked memories, not only for his neighbor, but more than 100 other vets who signed the rifle. Andrew recorded their stories and shared them in his first book, The Rifle, and now's back with the sequel.
Andrew now serves on the police force in Boston and as president of New England’s Wounded Veterans, Inc. You can find his website here.
Then Jon wraps up the news of the week, including the latest from Israel, Capitol Hill, and beyond.
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The King welcomes Alexandra Hudson, the author of The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves. Alexandra is an award-winning journalist, creator of “Storytelling and the Human Condition” for Wondrium (formerly known as The Great Courses), and an adjunct faculty member at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. She's also the founder of Civic Renaissance, an intellectual community and newsletter dedicated to personal and cultural renewal.
We talk about how civility is different from politeness, its effectiveness in making change, and in improving your own life. Then Jon wraps up the news of the week, including the latest from Israel and the Hamas insurrection on Capitol Hill.
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The King welcomes Liz Wheeler, author of the new book, Hide Your Children: Exposing the Marxists Behind the Attack on America's Kids. While complacent conservatives looked the other way, Marxists overthrew our cultural institutions. In Hide Your Children, Liz exposes their war on kids—from teachers unions to school counselors, from Planned Parenthood and “comprehensive sexuality education” to proponents of Critical Race Theory and Queer Theory, from the war against homeschooling to the propagandizing of the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics, from ESG guidelines to the woke corporations pushing politics and gender ideology on Americans and their kids.
Host of the popular Liz Wheeler Show, she distills the most complex issues of the day and exposes the Left’s murky motives, Liz looks beyond policy to find solutions to our underlying problems. Previously, she graduated high school at 16, earned a degree in Political Science and Homeland Security at Penn State, and hosted "Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler" on OAN for five years.
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The King welcomes Cvetin Chilimanov, a journalist living in Skopje, Macedonia, and co-host of the Macedonian Content Farmers podcast. In this Balkan nation, Cvetin lived through a U.S. State Department effort to force a so-called "color revolution" on the country, ousting the sitting government with a more progressive version. The story involves George Soros, Sen. Robert Menendez, Rod Blagojevich, shadowy NGOs, and corruption all around.
Then Jon discusses Wednesday's second GOP presidential primary debate, the dropping polls on Ukraine funding, and why he's the Best of Phoenix.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s song is "untitled #3" by Aphex Twin.For video versions of the interviews, subscribe to Jon’s YouTube or Rumble channel!
The King welcomes Dan McLaughlin, a.k.a. Baseball Crank, a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute. Before that, he was a contributing editor of RedState, a columnist at the Federalist, and always quick with some baseball analysis. Dan also spent 23 years as an attorney practicing securities and commercial litigation in New York City.
Jon and Dan discuss our aging political class, the rising group of 9/11-era politicians, and the state of the GOP primary. After that, Jon chats about the GOP House impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden and New Mexico's unconstitutional gun grab.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s song is “Patio” by Asia Menor.
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The King welcomes David Harsanyi to discuss the American gerontocracy and the state of the GOP primary. David is a senior editor at The Federalist, a nationally syndicated columnist, a Happy Warrior columnist at National Review, and author of five books—the most recent, Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent.
Jon finishes the show talking about Drowning Burning Man, Covid redux, and the growing deficit.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s song is "Tengoku No Ōkoku" by ESP Summer.
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The King welcomes Mark Hemingway to talk about the challenges for the GOP and the Democrats heading into 2024. Mark is a senior writer for RealClearInvestigations, reporting on the key institutions shaping public life, from lobbying groups to federal agencies to elections. His writing has appeared in The Federalist, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, MTV.com, and The Weekly Standard.
Jon finishes the show talking about the first GOP primary debate, Biden's growing troubles, and paper straws.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s song is "Exit Flagger" by Guided by Voices.
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The King welcomes Casey Mattox to discuss the conservative shift in the judiciary, especially as it affects the freedom of religion, free speech, and in pushing back the administrative state. Casey is vice president for legal and judicial strategy at Americans for Prosperity, advocating for individual liberty.
Before this role, he spent 15 years defending the First Amendment rights of students, faculty, families, healthcare workers, and religious organizations. He has litigated in 35 states and also testified three times before congressional committees. Casey has a J.D. from Boston College School of Law and a B.A. in Government and History from the University of Virginia. And he has strong views on Christmas music.
Jon finishes the show talking about the first GOP primary debate, Trump’s Thursday arraignment, and why you should never march halfway to Moscow.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week's song is"Scapa Flow" by Drop Nineteens.
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The King is humbled this week to welcome Fr. Josiah Trenham. He has served as pastor of St. Andrew Orthodox Church in Riverside, CA, since 1998. With a large following online, Fr. Josiah is also the founder and director of Patristic Nectar Publications, which is dedicated to “nourishing the spiritually thirsty with the sweet teachings of the Holy Fathers” in quality audio recordings. PNP produces both recordings of patristic works as well as recordings of lectures and homilies available in direct download formats Patristic Nectar Publications.
We talk about the appeal of Orthodoxy, the growth of the Church, and the role of men in the modern world. Father is a native Southern Californian, was ordained to the Holy Priesthood in 1993, and was awarded the Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Durham, England, in 2004. Father Josiah was married in 1988, and has ten children and five grandchildren.
Jon finishes the show talking about the problem with self-professed elites, the nightmare in Lahaina, Trump's third indictment, and why Javier Milei is not "Argentina's Trump."
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The King of Stuff welcomes Stephen Green, a.k.a. VodkaPundit, to talk about his storied blogging and vlogging career, a few choice cocktails, and the news of the week. Stephen launched VodkaPundit back in 2002, and has been with PJ Media since its launch in 2005. He's also served as a major host of PJTV, a pioneer in internet broadcasting. He now cohosts "Right Angle" with Bill Whittle and Scott Ott at BillWhittle.com.
After the award-winning interview, Jon wraps up the news of the week, including the breaking Trump indictment, DeSantis's challenge to Kamala, and why Phoenix gets hot.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s track is “Afternoon X” by Vanishing Twin.
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The cocktails mentioned on the show...
The CinCPac, created by Adm. Chester Nimitz while overseeing the War of the Pacific
1 sugar cube
1 dash Angostura bitters
Hot water
2 oz. Bourbon
1 oz. Rum
Add the sugar cube to a rocks glass.
Add the bitters on the cube, then pour just enough hot water to melt the cube.
Add cracked ice, bourbon and rum and stir. No garnish.
El Gavilan
2 parts Tres Agaves Reposado
½ part Grapefruit Juice
¾ parts Lime Juice
¾ parts Demarara Syrup
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Top with Mexican grapefruit soda (such as squirt or Jarritos)
Add all ingredients except soda in the shaker
Add ice, shake and strain over ice.
Top off with Mexican soda and garnish with lime wheel; serve in highball glass.
The King of Stuff welcomes Carol Roth to talk about her new book, You Will Own Nothing: Your War with a New Financial World Order and How to Fight Back. Carol is a “recovering” investment banker, an entrepreneur, a TV pundit and host, and a New York Times bestselling author. More importantly, a third-time guest on the King of Stuff!
When she first heard that one of the World Economic Forum’s predictions for 2030 was “You will own nothing, and be happy,” she thought it was an outlandish fantasy. Then, she researched it. What she found was that a number of businesses, governments, and global elites share a vision of a future that sounds utopian: Everyone will have everything they need, and no one will own anything.
In You Will Own Nothing¸ Roth reveals how the agendas of Wall Street, world governments, international organizations, socialist activists, and multinational corporations like Blackrock all work together to reduce the power of the dollar and prevent millions of Americans from taking control of their wealth.
After the award-winning interview, Jon wraps up the news of the week, including Tucker's weekend in Iowa, the Ukrainian stalemate, and why he enjoys living in hell.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s track is “Wondered” by The Hazmats.
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The King of Stuff welcomes Peachy Keenan to talk about her new book, Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide to Winning the Culture War. A contributing editor of The American Mind, Peachy argues that the only way we can save our families, ourselves, and the world—even California!—is by embracing our inner domestic extremists, and sweeping failed notions of third-wave feminism and identity politics nonsense into the garbage can of history.
Then Jon wraps up the news of the week, including Joe vs. Hunter, Prigozhin vs. Putin, Jon vs. Male-Pattern Baldness.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s track is “Claire's Not Real” by The Clientele.
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The King of Stuff welcomes the grand pooh-bah of Hot Air, Ed Morrissey, to discuss how blogging has changed since he hung up his shingle at Captain's Quarters, the evolution of political commentary and social media, as well as his decision to comment on matters of faith.
Then Jon wraps up the news of the week: A submariner's perspective on the Titanic submersible, Baier questions Trump, Riley Gaines and John Durham head for the Hill, and the effects of school lockouts.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s track is “Polacrilex Kid” by Protomartyr.
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The King of Stuff flies solo this episode wrapping up the news of the week. Jon talks about the Trump arraignment circus, the latest polls for GOP hopefuls, how the administrative state must be scattered and destroyed, the pride backlash, and the passing of Cormac McCarthy.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s track is “Fluorescences” by Stereolab.
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The King of Stuff welcomes the Pope of Ephemera, James Lileks, to hash out the battle that broke the internet: what's the deal with modern architecture? We also talk about the travails of his beloved Minneapolis and the perils of working from home.
Then Jon wraps up the news of the week: Armenian giga-chads! Quartering NYC migrants! West vs. Burghum! And much more...Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s track is “Tesla Girls” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
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The king welcomes Inez Feltscher Stepman to discuss the evolution of many conservatives from free markets to free nations. Inez is a senior policy analyst at IWF and host of High Noon with Inez Stepman, a Ricochet podcast that hosts conversations with heterodox thinkers on a variety of important cultural and political subjects. She has over a decade of experience in education policy, and also handles issues related to institutional capture and the definition of sex in law and culture.
Jon then rambles on about all the stuff in the news: Asa Hutchinson fever! Sununu-mentum! San Francisco vs. Spain! Stop hate! Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s track is “Faron Young” by Prefab Sprout.
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The king welcomes Tom Jenney, author of a new "choose your adventure" style book, American Futures. Here's the premise: For one decade, American government is transformed according to one of 14 political visions. You can then choose a random ending to discover how things turn out in America over the course of the next six decades. How would "progressive social democracy" shape up against "nationalist conservatism?" What about "anarcho-syndicalism" vs. "authoritarian mercantilism?" Choose your future, America!
Tom has worked as a think tanker, fundraiser, grassroots organizer, and lobbyist in DC and Arizona. He's taught Government, Economics, and Spanish to high schoolers, and earned degrees in Spanish and Latin American Studies from Georgetown University.
Jon then rambles on about all the stuff in the news: DeSantis and Tim Scott are in! The Dodgers hate Catholics! The FBI is bad! Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s track is “Slab” by Wombo.
The king welcomes history podcaster Rudyard Lynch, host of the WhatIfAltHist YouTube channel. He began it to ruminate about the big "what ifs" of history, but recently moved on to geopolitics, philosophy, demographics, and other issues focused on the big-picture trends changing our society and our world.
Jon then rambles on about all the stuff in the news: the end of Title 42, illegal immigration, Fox News's travails, and more. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s track is “Percy Faith” by Damien Jurado.
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The king welcomes history podcaster Jack Henneman, host of The History of the Americans podcast. This show covers all the people who inhabited the lands now constituting the United States, from the beginning to the present, without presentism. After departing from the corporate world, this son of a history professor took up microphone in January 2021 and is up to episode 117.
Jon then rambles on about all the stuff in the news: Trump’s indictment, elections in the Midwest, and Elon trolling NPR.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s track is “Bogus Operandi” by The Hives.
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The king welcomes journalist and commentator Amber Athey to discuss her new book, The Snowflakes' Revolt: How Woke Millennials Hijacked American Media. Amber is the Washington Editor for The Spectator; before that, she was the White House Correspondent for the Daily Caller. She also hosts "Unfit to Print" on Baltimore's WCBM 680, Sundays at 6 pm.
Jon then rambles on about all the stuff in the news: Trump's indictment, elections in the Midwest, and Elon trolling NPR.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s track is “Escape" by Tanukichan.
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The king welcomes Kira Davis, a writer, podcaster, filmmaker, and serves as the deputy editor of Red State. Her latest book is titled Drawing Lines: Why Conservatives Must Begin to Battle Fiercely in the Arena of Ideas.
Kira has built a brand on reaching out to the other side, on giving people space to be wrong, the space to discuss, the space to tolerate. Unfortunately, the people controlling the public conversations right now will have none of it. We’re seeing the lengths they will go to and the lies they let stand in service of crushing 50 percent of this nation. They seek unity through complete elimination of the other side. There are times for compromise and times to draw a line in the sand; the latter has arrived. Kira says it's time for Christians and Conservatives to draw our lines.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week’s track is “Sure Shot” by Beastie Boys.
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The king flies solo this week to discuss the recent shootings and the predictable media narrative about each. Jon also shares his thoughts on talking politics around the Thanksgiving table and outlines the history of this uniquely American holiday.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Gratitude” by the Beastie Boys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king flies solo this week, answering the big question: Does anyone in Arizona own a calculator? After reviewing the chaotic election in his home state, Jon responds to Trump’s presidential campaign announcement and how 2024 will play out for the GOP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Whither the Red Wave? I bring on former co-host and current friend Stephen L. Miller (aka, @RedSteeze) to talk about the midterm elections and we look toward 2024. What's up with the brewing Trump vs. DeSantis battle, why does it take so long for Arizona to count votes, and what can the GOP do with slim majorities in Congress? Stephen has a Patreon, hosts a popular show on CallIn, and writes for The Spectator and the Washington Examiner. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends indie anthem, “The Official Ironmen Rally Song” by Guided by Voices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes Michael Walsh, a ridiculously accomplished author, screenwriter, and novelist. His new book, Against the Great Reset: Eighteen Theses Contra the New World Order, features essays from a murderer's row of conservative intellectuals. His other work includes six novels, seven works of nonfiction, and a hit Disney movie. The former classical music critic of Time magazine, he is now a regular contributor of political and cultural commentary. After the interview, Jon talks about the curious attack on Paul Pelosi, the closing days of the midterm campaigns, and Chief Twit Elon Musk. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. Continuing the Brazilian theme, Jon recommends his favorite song of all time, “Over and Out” by Pile of Love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes Michael Walsh, a ridiculously accomplished author, screenwriter, and novelist. His new book, Against the Great Reset: Eighteen Theses Contra the New World Order, features essays from a murderer's row of conservative intellectuals. His other work includes six novels, seven works of nonfiction, and a hit Disney movie. The former classical music critic of Time magazine, he is now a regular contributor of political and cultural commentary. After the interview, Jon talks about the curious attack on Paul Pelosi, the closing days of the midterm campaigns, and Chief Twit Elon Musk. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. Continuing the Brazilian theme, Jon recommends his favorite song of all time, “Over and Out” by Pile of Love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes Michael Walsh, a ridiculously accomplished author, screenwriter, and novelist. His new book, Against the Great Reset: Eighteen Theses Contra the New World Order, features essays from a murderer's row of conservative intellectuals. His other work includes six novels, seven works of nonfiction, and a hit Disney movie. The former classical music critic of Time magazine, he is now a regular contributor of political and cultural commentary. After the interview, Jon talks about the curious attack on Paul Pelosi, the closing days of the midterm campaigns, and Chief Twit Elon Musk. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. Continuing the Brazilian theme, Jon recommends his favorite song of all time, “Over and Out” by Pile of Love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes Marc Morano, publisher of ClimateDepot.com, and author of The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown. While proponents of the Great Reset push slogans like “Build Back Better,” “The Fourth Industrial Revolution,” and “A New Normal,” the Reset is nothing short of a rebranded Soviet system, threatening to strip away property rights, restrict freedom of movement and association, and radically reshape our diets and way of life. Marc unveils the origins of the Great Reset, who is behind it, how it is being implemented, and how COVID-19 and the alleged “climate emergency” accelerated its imposition on the United States. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “(With Respect To) Loyal Serfs” by Disq. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes Marc Morano, publisher of ClimateDepot.com, and author of The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown. While proponents of the Great Reset push slogans like “Build Back Better,” “The Fourth Industrial Revolution,” and “A New Normal,” the Reset is nothing short of a rebranded Soviet system, threatening to strip away property rights, restrict freedom of movement and association, and radically reshape our diets and way of life. Marc unveils the origins of the Great Reset, who is behind it, how it is being implemented, and how COVID-19 and the alleged “climate emergency” accelerated its imposition on the United States. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “(With Respect To) Loyal Serfs” by Disq. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes Marc Morano, publisher of ClimateDepot.com, and author of The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown. While proponents of the Great Reset push slogans like “Build Back Better,” “The Fourth Industrial Revolution,” and “A New Normal,” the Reset is nothing short of a rebranded Soviet system, threatening to strip away property rights, restrict freedom of movement and association, and radically reshape our diets and way of life. Marc unveils the origins of the Great Reset, who is behind it, how it is being implemented, and how COVID-19 and the alleged “climate emergency” accelerated its imposition on the United States. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “(With Respect To) Loyal Serfs” by Disq. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes William A. Jacobson, the founder of Legal Insurrection, to discuss "special masters," the FBI's raid-not-raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, and the dark omens surrounding Biden's Philadelphia speech. William Jacobson is a law professor and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School. Professor Jacobson is frequently quoted in the media on political and legal topics, has authored many op-eds in major publications, and appears on television and radio to discuss politics and the law. Then Jon opines on the midterms, the energy crunch, and positive developments in Chile. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Tuesday” by S.C.A.B. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes William A. Jacobson, the founder of Legal Insurrection, to discuss "special masters," the FBI's raid-not-raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, and the dark omens surrounding Biden's Philadelphia speech. William Jacobson is a law professor and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School. Professor Jacobson is frequently quoted in the media on political and legal topics, has authored many op-eds in major publications, and appears on television and radio to discuss politics and the law. Then Jon opines on the midterms, the energy crunch, and positive developments in Chile. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Tuesday” by S.C.A.B. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes William A. Jacobson, the founder of Legal Insurrection, to discuss "special masters," the FBI's raid-not-raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, and the dark omens surrounding Biden's Philadelphia speech. William Jacobson is a law professor and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School. Professor Jacobson is frequently quoted in the media on political and legal topics, has authored many op-eds in major publications, and appears on television and radio to discuss politics and the law. Then Jon opines on the midterms, the energy crunch, and positive developments in Chile. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Tuesday” by S.C.A.B. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes David Limbaugh on this week's show to discuss his latest sure-to-be-bestseller, The Resurrected Jesus: The Church in the New Testament. Co-authored with his daughter, Christen Limbaugh Bloom, the book concludes his popular Jesus series, focusing on the testimony of early Christians. David is a lawyer, political commentator, and author of ten national bestsellers (so far). Then Jon unburdens himself on the latest news out of DC and the world. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “This Fractured Mind” by Nation of Language. (H/T: AnnaZ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes David Limbaugh on this week's show to discuss his latest sure-to-be-bestseller, The Resurrected Jesus: The Church in the New Testament. Co-authored with his daughter, Christen Limbaugh Bloom, the book concludes his popular Jesus series, focusing on the testimony of early Christians. David is a lawyer, political commentator, and author of ten national bestsellers (so far). Then Jon unburdens himself on the latest news out of DC and the world. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “This Fractured Mind” by Nation of Language. (H/T: AnnaZ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes David Limbaugh on this week's show to discuss his latest sure-to-be-bestseller, The Resurrected Jesus: The Church in the New Testament. Co-authored with his daughter, Christen Limbaugh Bloom, the book concludes his popular Jesus series, focusing on the testimony of early Christians. David is a lawyer, political commentator, and author of ten national bestsellers (so far). Then Jon unburdens himself on the latest news out of DC and the world. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “This Fractured Mind” by Nation of Language. (H/T: AnnaZ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes Stephen N. Limbaugh III, a fellow Lincoln Fellow and a composer and concert pianist. Limbaugh’s compositions have been recorded by the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and Valentina Lisitsa. His debut album, Pants, was the top-selling album of contemporary concert music on the Billboard Classical charts in 2014. As a solo pianist, his engagements include the Golden Globes, Emmys, the White House, and the Nashville Scoring Orchestra. Limbaugh parlayed his success as a performer and composer into writing the musical scores for films, the latest of which was directed by Amanda Milius. Stephen is the son of federal judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. of the 8th Circuit Eastern District, and cousin of the late talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. On Thursday, September 22, Jon is visiting Columbus, OH, to moderate a discussion on School Choice. Hosted by America’s Future, a nationwide network of liberty-minded young professionals, the talk will be a live King of Stuff podcast recording appearing here next week. Find all the details here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes Stephen N. Limbaugh III, a fellow Lincoln Fellow and a composer and concert pianist. Limbaugh’s compositions have been recorded by the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and Valentina Lisitsa. His debut album, Pants, was the top-selling album of contemporary concert music on the Billboard Classical charts in 2014. As a solo pianist, his engagements include the Golden Globes, Emmys, the White House, and the Nashville Scoring Orchestra. Limbaugh parlayed his success as a performer and composer into writing the musical scores for films, the latest of which was directed by Amanda Milius. Stephen is the son of federal judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. of the 8th Circuit Eastern District, and cousin of the late talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. On Thursday, September 22, Jon is visiting Columbus, OH, to moderate a discussion on School Choice. Hosted by America’s Future, a nationwide network of liberty-minded young professionals, the talk will be a live King of Stuff podcast recording appearing here next week. Find all the details here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes Stephen N. Limbaugh III, a fellow Lincoln Fellow and a composer and concert pianist. Limbaugh’s compositions have been recorded by the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and Valentina Lisitsa. His debut album, Pants, was the top-selling album of contemporary concert music on the Billboard Classical charts in 2014. As a solo pianist, his engagements include the Golden Globes, Emmys, the White House, and the Nashville Scoring Orchestra. Limbaugh parlayed his success as a performer and composer into writing the musical scores for films, the latest of which was directed by Amanda Milius. Stephen is the son of federal judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. of the 8th Circuit Eastern District, and cousin of the late talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. On Thursday, September 22, Jon is visiting Columbus, OH, to moderate a discussion on School Choice. Hosted by America’s Future, a nationwide network of liberty-minded young professionals, the talk will be a live King of Stuff podcast recording appearing here next week. Find all the details here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes Jessica Anderson, the President of Sentinel Action Fund and Executive Director of Heritage Action for America. Her group has made big buys supporting GOP candidates, especially Blake Masters, who's taking on Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly. Jessica leads Heritage Action’s two million grassroots activists and 20,000 Sentinels to engage directly with their state and federal lawmakers advocating for public policy solutions, which put American families, businesses and interests first. Jon then discusses the rest of the news, including Ron DeSantis's hurricane response, Herschel Walker's latest scandal, and OPEC shutting off the black taps. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends "I Hope I Never See Your Face Again" by Desmond Doom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes Jessica Anderson, the President of Sentinel Action Fund and Executive Director of Heritage Action for America. Her group has made big buys supporting GOP candidates, especially Blake Masters, who's taking on Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly. Jessica leads Heritage Action’s two million grassroots activists and 20,000 Sentinels to engage directly with their state and federal lawmakers advocating for public policy solutions, which put American families, businesses and interests first. Jon then discusses the rest of the news, including Ron DeSantis's hurricane response, Herschel Walker's latest scandal, and OPEC shutting off the black taps. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends "I Hope I Never See Your Face Again" by Desmond Doom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes Jessica Anderson, the President of Sentinel Action Fund and Executive Director of Heritage Action for America. Her group has made big buys supporting GOP candidates, especially Blake Masters, who's taking on Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly. Jessica leads Heritage Action’s two million grassroots activists and 20,000 Sentinels to engage directly with their state and federal lawmakers advocating for public policy solutions, which put American families, businesses and interests first. Jon then discusses the rest of the news, including Ron DeSantis's hurricane response, Herschel Walker's latest scandal, and OPEC shutting off the black taps. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends "I Hope I Never See Your Face Again" by Desmond Doom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king flies solo this week, breaking down all the latest news. Jon talks about the trend in polling showing GOP gains in midterm races, the independent voters shifting to the right, Elon Musk trolling Ukraine, and the very bad news for China in the form of semiconductor sanctions. He also recommends Peter Zeihan's latest book, The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization, and discusses the end of the former world order. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Chainsaw the Door” by The Garden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king flies solo this week, breaking down all the latest news. Jon talks about the trend in polling showing GOP gains in midterm races, the independent voters shifting to the right, Elon Musk trolling Ukraine, and the very bad news for China in the form of semiconductor sanctions. He also recommends Peter Zeihan's latest book, The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization, and discusses the end of the former world order. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Chainsaw the Door” by The Garden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king flies solo this week, breaking down all the latest news. Jon talks about the trend in polling showing GOP gains in midterm races, the independent voters shifting to the right, Elon Musk trolling Ukraine, and the very bad news for China in the form of semiconductor sanctions. He also recommends Peter Zeihan's latest book, The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization, and discusses the end of the former world order. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Chainsaw the Door” by The Garden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The king welcomes Ana Paula Henkel to discuss the tight presidential election in Brazil to be held Sunday. It pits incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro against leftist ex-con and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (a.k.a., Lula). This week, leftist judges shut down press freedoms for Bolsonaro supporters and the polling is very tight. Ana is a conservative Brazilian political analyst now...
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The king flies solo this week, breaking down all the latest news. Jon talks about the trend in polling showing GOP gains in midterm races, the independent voters shifting to the right, Elon Musk trolling Ukraine, and the very bad news for China in the form of semiconductor sanctions. He also recommends Peter Zeihan’s latest book, The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of...
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The king welcomes Troy Senik, author of A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland. Senik pulls Cleveland out of unjust obscurity, charting his dizzying rise from obscure lawyer to president in just three years, all thanks to honesty, principle, and an indefatigable work ethic. Troy is also co-founder of Kite & Key Media, former Vice President of Policy and...
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The king welcomes Jessica Anderson, the President of Sentinel Action Fund and Executive Director of Heritage Action for America. Her group has made big buys supporting GOP candidates, especially Blake Masters, who’s taking on Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly. Jessica leads Heritage Action’s two million grassroots activists and 20,000 Sentinels to engage directly with their state and federal lawmakers...
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The king welcomes Matthew Peterson, the cofounder of New Founding, a commercial and cultural union for the American people. Matt is also President of the Firebrand Super PAC, Publisher of RETURN, and has a great new podcast you can find here. Before all this, he founded The American Mind, which rapidly became influential among select political, tech, and media figures since its start in 2018.
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The king welcomes Stephen N. Limbaugh III, a fellow Lincoln Fellow and a composer and concert pianist. Limbaugh’s compositions have been recorded by the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and Valentina Lisitsa. His debut album, Pants, was the top-selling album of contemporary concert music on the Billboard Classical charts in 2014. As a solo pianist, his engagements include the Golden Globes, Emmys...
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The king welcomes David Limbaugh on this week’s show to discuss his latest sure-to-be-bestseller, The Resurrected Jesus: The Church in the New Testament. Co-authored with his daughter, Christen Limbaugh Bloom, the book concludes his popular Jesus series, focusing on the testimony of early Christians. David is a lawyer, political commentator, and author of ten national bestsellers (so far).
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The king welcomes William A. Jacobson, the founder of Legal Insurrection, to discuss “special masters,” the FBI’s raid-not-raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, and the dark omens surrounding Biden’s Philadelphia speech. William Jacobson is a law professor and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School. Professor Jacobson is frequently quoted in the media on political and legal topics...
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The king welcomes Marc Morano, publisher of ClimateDepot.com, and author of The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown. While proponents of the Great Reset push slogans like “Build Back Better,” “The Fourth Industrial Revolution,” and “A New Normal,” the Reset is nothing short of a rebranded Soviet system, threatening to strip away property rights, restrict freedom of movement and...
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The king welcomes Megan Basham, culture reporter for The Daily Wire, frequent contributor to Morning Wire, and Rotten Tomatoes-approved movie critic. We talk about Megan’s battle for the soul of American Evangelicalism and its growing embrace of wokeness. Megan previously served as entertainment editor and podcast co-host for World Magazine, and has been published in The Wall Street Journal...
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The king welcomes Megan Basham, culture reporter for The Daily Wire, frequent contributor to Morning Wire, and Rotten Tomatoes-approved movie critic. We talk about Megan’s battle for the soul of American Evangelicalism and its growing embrace of wokeness. Megan previously served as entertainment editor and podcast co-host for World Magazine, and has been published in The Wall Street Journal...
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The King welcomes Alvino-Mario Fantini, Editor-in-Chief of The European Conservative, Europe’s premier conservative English-language quarterly journal of philosophy, politics, and the arts. His work has appeared in such publications as The American Spectator, Crisis, The New Criterion, Far Eastern Economic Review, Catholic World Report, The American Conservative, and The Wall Street Journal.
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The King calls in an audible from the Claremont Institute’s Lincoln Fellowship somewhere in SoCal. Jon talks about the FBI’s raid recession kinetic investigative foray into Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago, the insanity of the political gamble, and the precedent for investigations into every ex-president going forward. Also, who’s ready for 87,000 new IRS agents?! Subscribe to the King of Stuff...
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The King calls in an audible from the Claremont Institute’s Lincoln Fellowship somewhere in SoCal. Jon talks about the FBI’s raid recession kinetic investigative foray into Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago, the insanity of the political gamble, and the precedent for investigations into every ex-president going forward. Also, who’s ready for 87,000 new IRS agents?! Subscribe to the King of Stuff...
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The King welcomes Peter Bonilla, Vice President of Programs for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). The organization’s mission is to “defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought—the most essential qualities of liberty.” FIRE not only educates Americans about the importance of these inalienable rights and promotes a culture of...
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The King welcomes Peter Bonilla, Vice President of Programs for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). The organization’s mission is to “defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought—the most essential qualities of liberty.” FIRE not only educates Americans about the importance of these inalienable rights and promotes a culture of...
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The King welcomes back Kurt Schlichter, who’s authored a new book, We’ll Be Back: The Fall and Rise of America. Kurt’s is a senior columnist for Townhall.com, an LA trial lawyer, and a retired Army Infantry colonel. We’ll Be Back tracks America’s 30-year journey from the defeat of Iraq in 1991 to the current day in 2022, walking through the causes and culprits of America’s decline while also...
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The King welcomes back Spencer Klavan, host of the Young Heretics podcast, Associate Editor for the Claremont Institute, and Features Editor of The American Mind. He just announced a new book to be released in February, How to Save the West: Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises, but I wanted to talk to him right now … and then again in February. We talk about the Left’s meltdown over the Supreme...
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Today, the King is joined by Mark Paoletta, co-author of the new book, Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words. In the follow-up to the wildly successful documentary by the same name, the book builds on dozens of hours of groundbreaking, one-on-one interviews with Thomas to share a new, expanded account of his powerful story for the first time. Mark Paoletta worked alongside Thomas during...
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Today, the King wraps up the big news of the week, starting with the start of the midterm Red Wave, Biden’s incoherence on oil, and why history doesn’t have “sides.” Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Ricochet” by Preoccupations.
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Today, the King wraps up the big news of the week, starting with an alleged assassination attempt on Justice Kavanaugh, the unfolding drama at the Wokington Post, and Democrats losing their minds over Biden and their doomed midterms. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Numb Bell” by Moderat.
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Today, the King is joined by Rev. Robert Sirico, to talk about his new book, The Economics of the Parables. In it, Fr. Sirico shares the timeless economic wisdom derived from the parables of the New Testament. He is a Catholic priest, the co-founder and President Emeritus of the Acton Institute, and has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the London Financial Times...
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Today, the King is joined by Abby Roth, better known as Classically Abby, to discuss her popular YouTube channel dedicated to classic living and traditional values. We discuss why it’s important to speak your mind (even if controversial), the importance of modesty, and how her message counters the negative impact of most social media on young women. Check out Abby’s Substack here.
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Yoram Hazony is the President of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem and Chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation. In 2018, Yoram wrote The Virtue of Nationalism, which caused quite a stir yet was selected as the Conservative Book of the Year. His latest is Conservatism: A Rediscovery, released today. In it, he argues that American conservatism isn’t identical to “classical” liberalism...
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The King of Stuff welcomes school-choice guru Dr. Matthew Ladner of the Arizona Charter School Association and Executive Editor of the weblog RedefinED. Previously Ladner served as a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Koch Institute and Senior Advisor for Research and Policy at Excel in Ed and Vice President of Research and Goldwater Institute. We talk about Arizona’s epic improvements in...
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Time for a news wrap-up with the King! We’re talking about the leaked Alito draft, how abortion will play as an issue in the midterms, Biden’s continuing polling trouble, updates from Ukraine, the Dave Chappelle case, and more! Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Blue” by Resplandor.
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The King of Stuff welcomes David DesRosiers, publisher of the invaluable RealClearPolitics.com and its many sister sites. RCP has just launched two state-based verticals, RealClearFlorida and RealClearPennsylvania. David is the Founder and President of Revere Advisors and formerly served for ten years as Executive Vice President at the Manhattan Institute. We talk about the importance of these two...
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The King flies solo this week, covering all the big news. CNN+ turns into CNN-! Ron DeSantis vs. Team Rat! Kamala’s staff fleeing her clutches! And more! Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Sonder” by Pet Shimmers.
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Does everything in the world feel off-kilter lately? The king flies solo this week with a news wrap-up, including Ukraine, ghost guns, inflation, Russia, Al Sharpton, CNN+, ethanol, food shortages, Shanghai, mining, green energy, dead comedians, and more! Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Wound Up Tight” by Tallies.
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The King of Stuff welcomes the great Andrew Klavan to discuss his latest book, The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England’s Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus. Andrew is an internationally bestselling novelist and two-time Edgar Award-winner, Klavan is also a contributing editor to City Journal, the magazine of the Manhattan Institute...
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The King of Stuff welcomes back Frank J. Fleming to discuss his latest novel, Superego: Betrayal, the third in the Superego series. Until recently, he was a contributor to the Babylon Bee, but now is a scripted creator for The Daily Wire. Just after this interview, DW Co-CEO Jeremy Boreing announced the launch of Daily Wire Kids — the project Frank’s been working on. Frank has also written...
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The King of Stuff welcomes Doug TenNapel, the creator of Earthworm Jim, The Neverhood, and Bigfoot Bill. He is the author and illustrator of more than 20 Graphic Novels which include Earthworm Jim The Comic, Bigfoot Bill, Nnewts, Creature Tech, Earthboy Jacobus, and Monster Zoo. He talks about being a conservative artist who speaks his mind and explains his wild success with NFTs.
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The financial world canceled Canadian truckers and now an entire country. Who’s next? The King of Stuff welcomes Kara Frederick to chat about Big Tech, Social Credit, and the tools to “cancel” people — and even countries — from the digital world. Kara is a Research Fellow in the Center for Technology Policy at The Heritage Foundation. She also helped create and lead Facebook’s Global Security...
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The King of Stuff welcomes Steven F. Hayward to discuss the continuing rifts on the right, Biden’s many failures, and GOP chances for the midterms. Steve is a senior resident scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley, and a visiting professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy. He writes daily on Powerline Blog, hosts the Power Line podcast, and will soon release his...
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The King of Stuff welcomes Mary Katharine Ham to discuss Justin Trudeau’s authoritarian response to protesting truckers, the continuing collapse of Covid mandates, and how to comment on politics without alienating all your friends. Mary Katharine Ham is a journalist, author, speaker, and co-author of End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters...
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Jon wraps up the news of the week, talking about Blue States fleeing Covid mandates, truckers terrorizing Canadian leaders, and Biden’s continuing poll plummet. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country” by Boards of Canada. You can listen to Jon’s new show on Callin, “The Nightcap,” here.
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The King of Stuff welcomes Gray Connolly to discuss the possible Russian invasion of Ukraine from an eastern European perspective. Gray is a Barrister in Sydney, Australia, focusing mainly on constitutional law, public law, and equity, corporations, and resources law. He served previously as a naval intelligence officer in the Royal Australian Navy in the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean...
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The King of Stuff is back after surviving Omicron. Jon does a news wrap-up chatting about the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, looks at the nomination battle ahead, then covers every other story in the news, including Russia moving in on Ukraine, Neil Young vs. Spotify, the Democrats vs. Themselves. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week...
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The King of Stuff welcomes Corey A. DeAngelis, Ph.D., an absolute bulldog fighting for educational freedom. Corey is the national director of research at the American Federation for Children, the executive director at Educational Freedom Institute, an adjunct scholar at Cato Institute, and a senior fellow at Reason Foundation. He was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for his work on education...
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The King of Stuff welcomes Miranda Devine, author, New York Post columnist, and Fox News contributor. She wrote Laptop from Hell, a bestseller with the inside story of Hunter Biden’s laptop. The story almost derailed his father’s presidential campaign before igniting one of the greatest media and big-tech coverups in American history. Then Jon talks about continuing Covid insanity and the pressing...
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The King of Stuff wraps up his interviews at the always smart ALEC conference in San Diego. ALEC, or the American Legislative Exchange Council, is America’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets, and federalism. And boy do we have interviews: Sen. Rick Santorum, Senior Advisor...
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The King of Stuff emerges from his cocoon to attend the always smart ALEC conference in San Diego. ALEC, or the American Legislative Exchange Council, is America’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets, and federalism. And boy do we have interviews: Winsome Sears, Lt. Gov. Elect of Virginia Jose...
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The King of Stuff welcomes Prof. Scott Yenor to discuss how Russian literature can help us oppose the woke hysteria of today. Scott is a professor of political science at Boise State University and a Washington Fellow at the Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life. His most recent book is The Recovery of Family Life: Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologies.
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The King of Stuff welcomes back Ethan Nicolle, author of the new book, Chesterton’s Gateway: 14 Essays To Get You Hooked On Chesterton. Jon and Ethan discuss the brilliance of G.K. Chesterton and cover Ethan’s work as creative director for the Babylon Bee. Ethan created the web comic Axe Cop with his little brother, and later became an animated series on FOX and FXX. His other books include Bears...
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The King of Stuff welcomes James Poulos, author of the soon-to-be-released Human, Forever: The Digital Politics of Spiritual War. In it, he reveals how the swarm of programs and devices unleashed by our leaders has transformed our lives and defied our dreams, throwing the future into doubt. But the first generation of the digital age can retake control of our technology by restoring our full...
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It’s episode 350! The King of Stuff welcomes Mark Hemingway, co-author of a new bestseller with his wife Mollie. Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections reveals how the media, big tech, and Democratic operatives manipulated coverage, Covid, and election laws to take the White House. Mark Hemingway is a senior writer at RealClearInvestigations and has been published...
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The King of Stuff welcomes Carol Roth, author of The War on Small Business: How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush the Backbone of America. Carol is a “recovering” investment banker, entrepreneur, TV pundit and host, and New York Times bestselling author of The Entrepreneur Equation. She has worked in a variety of capacities across industries, including currently as an outsourced CCO...
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The King of Stuff welcomes Donald T. Critchlow, the author of Revolutionary Monsters: Five Men Who Turned Liberation into Tyranny, just released today. Critchlow is the Katzin Family Professor at Arizona State University and the author of several other books, including In Defense of Populism: Protest and American Democracy (2020); and Republican Character: From Nixon to Reagan (2018).
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The King of Stuff welcomes Walter Kirn, the author of Blood Will Out, Up in the Air, and Thumbsucker (the last two have been made into feature films). He has also written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, GQ, New York, and Esquire, and many other publications. This year, he launched a Substack and continues to curate one of Twitter’s...
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The King of Stuff delivers his own State of the Union address covering Biden’s failed presidency. From the economy to foreign policy, and immigration to Covid, Biden is has made a mess of everything he’s touched. Jon also warns listeners to avoid late-night lectures and reveals the secret difference between reins and whips. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon chooses “Two Fingers” by Sea Power.
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Tech issues attacked The King of Stuff, scrapping the planned interview, so Jon flies solo, talking about Gen. Milley’s backchannel talks with the Chinese military, DC’s failed Covid response, and gives tribute to his favorite comedian, Norm Macdonald. Instead of recommending a song this week, Jon recommends the comic’s brilliant memoir-cum-novel, Based on a True Story.
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The King of Stuff talks with M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy and host of the “REFORM THIS!” podcast on Blaze Radio. Dr. Jasser is a former US Navy Lieutenant-Commander, founder of Take Back Islam, Co-Founder of the Muslim Reform Movement, and Author of A Battle for the Soul of Islam.
We talk about Biden’s terrible withdrawal from Afghanistan, US strategies to counter Islamism, and lessons learned 20 years after the 9/11 attacks. Then Jon talks about the blockbuster news on the Wuhan lab leak hypothesis.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. Jon’s song of the week is “Sunrise” by Starflyer 59.
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The King of Stuff talks with David Reaboi, Senior Fellow with the Claremont Institute, strategic communications consultant, and national security expert. He writes at his Substack, Late Republic Nonsense, where he often invokes the phrase “You need to know what time it is.” Jon and David discuss our current political moment and the stubborn resistance of the old guard to face it.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. David picks “My Song” by Keith Jarrett and Jon goes with “Better Git It in Your Soul” by Charles Mingus.
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The King of Stuff talks with Toby Harnden, author of First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11, available for pre-order now. The book tells the story of Team Alpha, eight CIA officers dropped into the mountains of northern Afghanistan a month after the 9/11 attacks, to track down Al-Qaeda and stop them from infiltrating the United States again.
A former foreign correspondent, Toby reported from 33 countries while based in London, Belfast, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Washington DC for The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times of London. He is a former officer in the Royal Navy, a graduate of Oxford, and also wrote Dead Men Risen, winner of the Orwell Prize, and Bandit Country, an acclaimed book about the Irish Troubles. Jon and Toby discuss how Biden grabbed defeat out of the jaws of victory with Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. Today’s song, “Waiting on a Friend” by the Rolling Stones. Rest in peace, Charlie.
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The King of Stuff talks with Amber Smith, a former OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter pilot-in-command and air mission commander who flew multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Amber served as Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Outreach), Special Assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and as an advisor on the Department of Veterans Affairs presidential transition team. She is also the best-selling author of Danger Close: My Epic Journey as a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jon and Amber discuss Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, the rapid fall of Kabul, and where the US military goes from here.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. Today’s song, “Trance Manual” by John Vanderslice, portrays the complicated relationship between the US and Middle East through metaphor-laden lyrics.
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The King of Stuff holds a news roundup talking the Brothers Cuomo, Biden’s unconstitutional eviction moratorium, Gov. Ron DeSantis’s fight against DC, and cratering Olympics viewship. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. Today’s pick is “All the While” by Hand Habits.
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The King of Stuff conducts a news roundup discussing the latest CDC face-plant, the Olympics, social media outrage, Pelosi’s January 6 kangaroo court, and a free-speech ruling in New Jersey. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. Today’s pick is “Superperfection” by Film School
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The King of Stuff talks with Alberto de la Cruz, a Cuban American living in Miami and Managing Editor of the invaluable Babalú Blog. Alberto and his writers have tirelessly documented the uprising in Cuba that began Sunday, July 11, and continues throughout the island nation. He talks about how it began, what’s happening now, and what it will take for the decrepit Castro regime to finally fall.
Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. Today’s pick is the song that helped spark the uprising, “Patria y Vida” (“Homeland and Life”) by Cuban musicians on the island (Maykel Osorbo and El Funky) and in exile (Yotuel, Gente De Zona, and Descemer Bueno).
Here are the lyrics translated into English:
And you are my siren song
Because with your voice go my sorrows
And this feeling is already old
You hurt me so, though you are far away
Today, I invite you to walk in my shoes
To show you what your ideals have created
We are human, though you and I do not think the same
Do not demean us and treat us like animals
This is my way of saying:
My people are crying, and I hear their voice
You, ’59; me, 2020
Sixty years of dominoes falling
As a fanfare plays for Havana’s 500 years
The long-empty dishes in our homes gather dust
What are we celebrating, as so many are so fast
To treat the names of Che Guevara and José Martí like currency?
Everything has changed; nothing is the same
Between you and me, there is an abyss
You advertise the paradise of Varadero
While mothers cry for their children who have died
It’s all over now!
You, ’59; me, 2020
It’s all over now!
Sixty years of dominoes falling, look
It’s all over now!
You, ’59; me, 2020
It’s all over
Sixty years of dominoes falling, look
We are artists; we stand for sensibility
We speak of true history, not of the lies they’ve told
We are the dignity of an entire people who have been trampled
At the point of a gun and of words that mean nothing
No more lies!
My people demand freedom! No more doctrines!
No longer shall we cry, “Fatherland or death”
But “Fatherland and life!”
And begin to build what we dreamed of
What they destroyed with their hands
No longer shall flow the blood
Of those who dare to think differently
Who told you Cuba is yours?
Indeed, Cuba is for all my people
It’s all over now!
It has long been time to break the silence
It’s all over now!
The laughter has stopped, and the tears are flowing
It’s all over now!
And we have no fear; the charade has ended
It’s all over!
We are the 62 years of suffering
There, we lived with the uncertainty of the past
Fifteen friends stood together, ready for our deaths
Still we raise the flag
Despite the repression of our daily lives
Anamelys Ramos, unwavering in her poetry
Omara Ruiz Urquiola, breathing life into us
They broke down our door, desecrated our temple
But the world will know that the San Isidro Movement is still on point!
We’re in the same spot, with Security forces boxing us in
These things enrage me
The confusion of your evil revolution has ended
I am Funky Style, and here, you have my signature
You have done enough
There is nothing left for you, and you are sinking
The people are done being tolerant
We await now a new dawn
It’s all over now!
You, ’59; me, 2020
It’s all over now!
Sixty years of dominoes falling, look
It’s all over now!
You, ’59; me, 2020
It’s all over
Sixty years of dominoes falling, look
Fatherland and life!
Fatherland and life!
Fatherland and life!
Sixty years of dominoes falling
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The King of Stuff blesses Florida with a visit and hears his first speech from Gov. Ron DeSantis live and in-person. Jon also chats about the protests in Cuba, compares our Afghanistan adventure with our 20-year occupation of Haiti, and discusses the miseries of travel.
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The King of Stuff welcomes long-time friend and gunblogger Kevin Creighton to discuss gun politics in the Biden era. Kevin blogs for Ammoman.com and, before that, led the marketing for a number of companies in the firearms world and has written for American Hunter, Shooting Illustrated, BearingArms.com, Beretta.com, and Downrange TV. He is an active competitor in USPSA, IDPA, and 3 Gun, and is an NRA-licensed firearms instructor.
Also, what did Jon do on his week off?
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It’s been over a year since the King of Stuff held a Q&A session, so it was time for a second Ask Me Anything episode. Politics, Music, Religion, War, Booze — you name it, Jon answers.
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