Isaac Simpson's podcast on branding, culture, and politics in the attention economy. Also a Substack newsletter.
With returning guest Constantin von Hoffmeister to talk about his new book MULTIPOLARITY! about the dawn of a new global power structure in the wake of Trump. We talk about ethnopluralism, Dasein's, and the globalist mindset. It's sort of a sequel to my episodes with Aleksandr Dugin and Martin Sellner, which you can see here: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
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comI'm joined by real life kulak descendant Daniella Pentsak for genuinely fantastic conversation about Slavs, religion, and genetics. She is host of the Culturama podcast.FIRST 30 MINUTES FREE. PLEASE BECOME A PAID SUBSCRIBER NOW NOW NOW TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN KULAK!The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work,…
I'm joined by budding talking head Nicole Kiprilov to discuss Alex Kaschuta's open betrayal of the online right in the New York Times. Previously, Kaschuta had been a sort of gateway drug to the dissident right, hosting various major figures on her podcast and cringe-ily spouting meme phrases in ways that she, and many simps, thought was very cute. Of course, it didn't last. As soon as she realized that she may have to actually live by some of the principles she received attention for flirting with, she quickly ran back to the warm embrace of girl boss feminism. Her recent “you need to work harder to include women” rhetoric, and podcast appearances fretting about tariffs made her the heroine of a NYT piece about the vibe shifting against the dissident right, nevermind that it is of course this very unwillingess to compromise that drew her to us in the first place.I'd been predicting this disturbing end to the her arc for quite some 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
Returning guest Brett Craig was Chief Creative Officer of Deutsch before being cancelled for absolute bullsh*t during the Summer of Floyd. A true veteran who reached actual real life Don Draper status, he's my all time favorite guy to talk about advertising with.After experimenting with many different paths, including working for Daily Wire and starting his own podcast, he's settled into a new role running creative for XX XY, a high end clothing brand in the vein of Lululemon that seeks preserve women's sports for actual women (not men pretending to be women). It was founded by Brett and former Levi's CMO Jennifer Sey. Riley Gaines is a spokesperson for the brand. She appears in their new commercial along with Sia Liilii, which got over 8 million combined views 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
Rob Henderson is author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, a clear-eyed look at the foster care and adoption systems in America from someone who actually experienced it. He later went to Yale, where he ran face first into what he calls “luxury beliefs.”As he says, “instability is worse than poverty,” and we should spend a lot more time in America trying to piece back together the institution of the family.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 returning guest Brian Chau, expert on all things AI, EA, and E/Acc, to discuss his work tracking the rise and fall of the Zizians, the trans vegan AI murder cult responsible for the deaths of at least 5 people. It reads like a true crime novel; absolutely fascinating, engaging, and not to be missed: Also please check out our prior conversation about art on his podcast—his insights on the “unveiling” essential to great art have since become some of my foundational ideas about culture creation and leadership.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
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comFIRST 45 MINS FREE. PAID SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR FULL.The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Biology versus Technology. Humanity versus Transhumanism. Tech bros versus MAGA chuds. We can all see the writing on the wall, how the battle lines are shifting for the long…
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comInterviewing one of the most important thinkers on the planet, Professor Aleksandr Dugin, author of The Fourth Political Theory (perhaps the only book on geopolitics I've ever read in full), on the anatomy of a post-liberal world order. We discuss his new book The Trump Revolution, examining the state of a “multipolar” world in the wake of the massive d…
Rick Spence is an apex expert on all things spies, occult, and conspiracy. A former professor at University of Idaho, he has a new podcast called Strange as it Seems where he tells the tales of many dark secrets you haven't heard before. He also has a series on Great Courses.We talk about the greatest spy in history, Kim Philby, as well as Aleister Crowly, MK Ultra, Scopalamine, Rudolf Hess being given Mexican Brain Poison, and Trotsky's number 2 being found dead in the Adirondacks. 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
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comDoing a big one with the most underrated account in the business, Dimes.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comInterviewing the host of the popular localist/naturalist podcast Doomer Optimism, Ashley Fitzgerald. We talk about what I see as the central issue of our political landscape, uniting “anti-excel brain” localists in a way that doesn't alienate both sides of the political spectrum. FIRST 45 MINS FREE. PLEASE BECOME A PAID SUBSCRIBER TO HEAR THE REST AND T…
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comI discovered the work of dissident science journalist Celia Farber in RFK Jr.'s now famous book The Real Anthony Fauci. She's presented as a sort of truth telling muse, one of the first people to question one of the global medical establishments most unquestionable issues, AIDS, which is a foundational part of the Fauci supervillain origin story.As a cu…
I'm joined by two of the great anon frog posters, Karl Hollywood AKA Woke Capital and Covfefe Anon, to discuss the state of things. They're the hosts of a new podcast called The Frame, along with their co-host Aimee Therese, who has been a guest on this podcast. This is a free episode, but many eps are paywalled. Please become a paid subscriber now. 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
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comFIRST 50 MINUTES FREE. PAID SUBSCRIBE $6 NOW FOR FULL EPISODES INCLUDING THE VIDEOS.I'm joined once again by clever extrapolator Walt Bismarck to discuss his recent clear-eyed observations about culture, class, and life on the internet. Specifically, why are conspiracy theories sometimes low class, but other times become social currency?We also discuss …
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comAmericans, in our commitment to capitalism, insist on free markets in ways that we don't insist on free speech. As Kanye has showed us with his recent line of swastika merch, it's easy to cancel people, but it's much harder to cancel their products. This has created a fascinating moment for art-as-commerce, where tricksters like Jacob Urowksy are using …
Hollywood composer Stephen Limbaugh (yes he's Rush's nephew, and composed the score for Amanda Milius' Plot Against the President) is writing a symphony to celebrate the 250th birthday of America. He's “building it in public” posting step by step videos of the process as he composes it. 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
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comChatting cultural institutions and fiction with dissident lit impresario Tooky's Mag. We talk about the platform era, slopology, and why dissident artists are too nice to each other. First thirty minutes free…please become a paid subscriber at thecarousel.substack.com. Also a note: I told everyone that I only needed 10 more paid subs to reach 100, and t…
Steve Sailer is a legendary blogger—one of the first and best to ever do it. As he says on the show, at his peak he published 15 culture articles per week, all in his signature beautiful prose. He's known for his work on HBD, but I was more interested to talk to him about movies, of which he's a fabulous reviewer, and about Los Angeles, of which he is a native son. He joins me live in studio!Please become a paid subscriber in the box below for access to paywalled content, the full archive, and the member chat!The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. 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
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comFIRST 45 MINUTES FREE. TO GET THE FULL EPISODE PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!Also, sorry for not great quality on my microphone in the first few minutes. It's fixed after about 8 minutes.I'm joined by the fantastic Will Hild, skilled fighter of the Borg, particularly BlackRock on which he is an expert, and Executive Director of Consumers' Research. He creates campai…
Wokal Distance AKA Michael Young is a cultural researcher at the Center for Renewing America. We discuss the history of American culture and counterculture—specifically how the cycle of commodified non-conformity is used to control the masses and expand the very capitalism that its proponents (originally the Critical Theorists) sought to undermine. Also, where does this leave the “ascendant” cultural right? If it's all just a cycle of faux rebellion, where is there to ascend to? The books discussed are The Rebel Sell by Andrew Heath and Joseph Potter, and The Conquest of Cool by Thomas Frank. PLEASE ALSO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE, WHERE YOU CAN NOW GIVE ME SUPER CHATS THAT I WILL READ ON THE AIR. ALSO I AM LITERALLY 5 PAID SUBS AWAY FROM ORANGE CHECK ON SUBSTACK, SO PLEASE BECOME A PAID SUBSCRIBER!!!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
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comReturning guest Kevin Dolan AKA Bennett's Phylactery talks about his smash hit Natalism Conference, which was tweeted about by Elon Musk last year. It's coming up on March 28th in Austin, use code CAROUSEL to buy now!FIRST 30 MINUTES FREE…BECOME MEMBER OF THE CAROUSEL TO HEAR FULL EPISODE.The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new po…
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.comWhy are the Kelce's so cringe? Why are the Super Bowl ads so lame? Why does it seem like we're being played like a bunch of FanDuel slop loving marionettes? Because we are!All these questions and more answered in this very special MEMBERS ONLY episode with the best propaganda analyst in the business Yuri Bezmenov.THERE IS A FREE PREVIEW BUT PLEASE BECOM…
Talking movies and culture with the best film reviewer in the game, Jack Mason host of The Perfume Nationalist podcast which pairs a perfume with a work of art, usually a movie or book, and reviews them both concurrently. We cover his fantastic reviews of Terrifier 3, Nosferatu, and Red Rooms, as well as male/female dynamics in the creation of art, the restriction of male sexuality, and also the three years he spent as a copy editor of female romance/lust novels in the vein of 50 Shades of Gray.PLEASE BECOME A PAID SUBSCRIBER AND ALSO A PAID SUBSCRIBER ON YOUTUBE WHICH IS NOW POSSIBLE CAUSE I PASSED 1000 FOLLOWERS ON THEREThe 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
Discussing the Super Bowl ads on another solo episode! Please become a paid subscriber and also subscribe on YouTube:"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 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 www.carousel.blog/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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
Discussing the many shifted vibes with Dudley Newright and Constantin von Hoffmeister. Which Luigi Mangione manifesto is real? Will Daniel Penny's exoneration lead to a cultural shift?Did Romania end democracy in the name of democracy? What's happening in Syria? Why have literary men disappeared?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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
Talking with Murshak and Basil about the public murder of United HealthCare CEO, the Tennessee trans supreme court case, and Andreesen's AI chat on Rogan.Also you'll notice new music and format. Will explain more soon.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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
Star Tablet writer Park MacDougald joins me to talk about one of Tablet's specialties: understanding political power networks.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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
A marathon episode with streaming veteran Ethan Ralph (he jumps on about 45 minutes in), as well as frens Swampist and Ham.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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
I'm joined by interpid reporter and private dick JZ Delorean to talk about hicklibs in Michigan. Check out his incredible piece on Flint here.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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
Liel Liebovitz, son of the infamous Israeli motorcycle bandit and host of the fantastic Rootless podcast from Tablet.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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
Chatting more about Frontier Magazine and RW culture generally with social media guru Logan Clark Hall. A rare Gen Z guest, Logan runs socials for The Blaze media and other big players in the space. His advice for overcoming adversity? Post through it. 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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
Talking right wing internet culture and where we go from here with insightful and hilarious professor H.D. Miller. 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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
Chatting Chicago and national politics with Chicago and national treasure Perry Abbasi.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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
Talking with recurrent guest, media genius, and communist propaganda scholar Yuri Bezmenov about the future of our enemies' propaganda, as well as his very cool new American Mind article about the split of the American populace into “the institutionalized versus the instinctual.” We also talk Yuri's funny videos: 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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
I'm joined by friend and fascinating thinker (tbh one of the most fascinating) James Poulos. We're here to talk about the launch of his incredible new glossy Frontier Magazine, the based culture magazine we've all been waiting for.I have a piece about the El Segundo tech revolution in said magazine, you can read the intro here: 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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
Discussing the overwhelming landslide victory of Trumpism and the survival of America with politics junkie Nate Hochman, senior advisor at America 2100. 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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
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Talking about election interference, ancient Rome style with history maven Alex Petkas of the fantastic podcast Cost of Glory. 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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
Discussing recent CNN media drama featuring Ryan Girdusky and Mehdi Hasan, Megan Kelly attempting to longhouse the Trump movement, and the state of women on the right with Tiffany Marie Brannon.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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
Discussing the Kamala campaign's recent catastrophic failures, and all things election with Josiah Lippincott, the Sage of Michigan. Subscribe to Josiah here! 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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe
Soon-to-be-famous comedian and talk show host Wade Stotts of the fantastic Wade Show with Wade joins me to talk about Hollywood, how to write jokes, and why the right hates good art.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 www.carousel.blog/subscribe