The Dissident Mama Podcast

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama. If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through: PayPal Buy Me A Coffee Patreon PO Box Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I pray is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. Another way to help is to share this episode (or any of my other content) on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's show notes, visit Dissident Mama. If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through: PayPal Buy Me A Coffee Patreon PO Box Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I pray is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. Another way to help is to share this episode (or any of my other content) on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama. If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through: PayPalBuy Me A CoffeePatreonPO Box Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I pray is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. Another way to help is to share this episode (or any of my other content) on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama. If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through: PayPal Buy Me A Coffee Patreon PO Box Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I pray is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. Another way to help is to share this episode (or any of my other content) on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama. If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through: PayPalBy Me A CoffeePatreonPO Box Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I pray is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. Another way to help is to share this episode (or any of my other content) on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama. If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through: PayPalBy Me A CoffeePatreonPO Box Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I pray is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. Another way to help is to share this episode (or any of my other content) on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama. If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through: PayPalBy Me A CoffeePatreonPO Box Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I pray is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. Another way to help is to share this episode (or any of my other content) on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama. If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through: PayPalBy Me A CoffeePatreonPO Box Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I pray is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. Another way to help is to share this episode (or any of my other content) on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama. If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through: PayPalBy Me A CoffeePatreonPO Box Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I pray is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. Another way to help is to share this episode (or any of my other content) on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama. If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through: PayPalBy Me A CoffeePatreonPO Box Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I hope is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. And if you just can't swing even a one-time donation, please share this episode or any of my other podcasts or essays on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama.   If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through: PayPal By Me A Coffee Patreon PO Box   Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I hope is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated.   And if you just can't swing even a one-time donation, please share this episode or any of my other podcasts or essays on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama.   If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through: PayPal By Me A Coffee Patreon PO Box Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I hope is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. And if you just can't swing even a one-time donation, please share this episode or any of my other podcasts or essays on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama.   If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through PayPal, By Me A Coffee, Patreon, or PO Box.   Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I hope is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. And if you just can't swing even a one-time donation, please share this episode or any of my other podcasts or essays on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama. If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through PayPal, By Me A Coffee, Patreon, or PO Box. Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I hope is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. And if you just can't swing even a one-time donation, please share this episode or any of my other podcasts or essays on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama.   If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through PayPal, By Me A Coffee, Patreon, or PO Box. Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I hope is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. And if you just can't swing even a one-time donation, please share this episode or any of my other podcasts or essays on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama.   If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through PayPal, By Me A Coffee, Patreon, or PO Box. Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I hope is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. And if you just can't swing even a one-time donation, please share this episode or any of my other podcasts or essays on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama. If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through PayPal, By Me A Coffee, Patreon, or PO Box. Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I hope is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to the mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. And if you just can't swing a donation, please share this episode or any of my other podcasts or essays on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama.   If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through PayPal, By Me A Coffee, Patreon, or PO Box.   Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I hope is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to this mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. And if you just can't swing a donation, please share this episode or any of my other podcasts or essays on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

For this episode's excellent show notes, visit Dissident Mama. If you like this podcast or any of my work, please consider supporting​ me through PayPal, By Me A Coffee, Patreon, or PO Box. Since 2016, I've been creating free content that I hope is worthwhile to those who don't wanna conform to the mad, mad world … or at the very least know something is deeply wrong. Although Dissident Mama is a labor of love, it's certainly a time-consuming and often costly endeavor, so any and all donations are greatly appreciated. And if you just can't swing a donation, please share this episode or any of my other podcasts or essays on social media. Thanks so much for the help, y'all. Here's to smashing sacred cows with a bang, not a whimper!

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James Perloff is journalist who wrote for The New American magazine for nearly three decades. He's the author of “The Shadows of Power,” an exposé of the Council on Foreign Relations, two books about the evidence against Darwin's theory of evolution, “The Case Against Darwin” and “Tornado in a Junkyard,” and a comprehensive primer on the New World Order called “Truth Is a Lonely Warrior” and the supplementary “Thirteen Pieces of the Jigsaw.” More recently Perloff published “COVID-19 and the Agendas to Come, Red-Pilled” and the brand-new “Missing Saints, Missing Miracles.” You can read the essays referenced in our conversation and a wealth of other truth-seeking material at JamesPerloff.net and follow him on Twitter and Gab. Perloff and I discuss consolidation of power, some of the Founders' foundational errors, the South and the Yankee Empire, ecumenism, godless infiltration within all forms of Christianity, as well as the beauty of Orthodoxy, Church history, post-biblical miracles, Saints, and silver linings. Sure, “Satan's a long-term planner,” but there's nothing that screws up his evil schemes better than people choosing the Narrow Path. SECRET HISTORY NOTE: I was remiss in mentioning to Perloff that there was a Founding-era Virginian who was not high-church Anglican but was Orthodox Christian: Philip Ludwell III. Nearly 30 years before Russians began bringing the Faith to Alaska and a century prior to Orthodox people groups started immigrating to these United States, Colonel Ludwell was received into the Orthodox Church in 1738, making him the first known Orthodox convert in North America. He is the namesake of the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship, of which I'm a co-founding member, and one of the many cultural connections we see as making the South fertile ground for planting and growing Orthodoxy. Be sure to visit Dissident Mama to check out all my other content. And please do consider supporting​ me through PayPal or Patreon, or by donating through personal check. Thanks!

This hymn was recorded October 22, 2022, during the 3-day symposium at St. Tikhon's Orthodox Church in Blountville, Tennessee. The choir was comprised of Orthodox singers from Tennessee, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Missouri, Alabama, and a few even beyond those Southern climes. Choir director: Peter Fekula. "It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim, who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word. True Theotokos we magnify thee!" Click here for more historical background on the exquisite "Hymn to the Theotokos: It is Truly Meet."

Valerie Protopapas of New York is a prolific and unreconstructed defender of Southern history, the world authority on the great Confederate partisan John Singleton Mosby, and is former editor of The Southern Cavalry Review, the journal of The Stuart-Mosby Historical Society. In her compelling story-telling style, Protopapas offers up myth-busting facts on “The Gray Ghost,” the naiveté of conservatives, the “lost cause," the disunited states and its associated madness, transatlanticism, the Titanic, Orthodoxy, and other topics spun into fiction by the cultural genociders and the useful idiots. Some links relevant to our conversation: Protopapas's bold essays at The Abbeville Institute and Reckonin' “Col. John Singleton Mosby: In the News 1862-1916,” her book formerly entitled “A Thousand Points of Truth” “Searching for Lincoln,” the documentary to which Protopapas contributed “The Gray Ghost,” the short-lived 1950s TV series that sparked her interest in Mosby Orthodox Christians for Life, which she co-founded with her husband Deacon John “Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future,” by Fr. Seraphim Rose and “Antichrist and the Green Prince” by John D. Christian Be sure to visit Dissident Mama to check out all my other content. And please do consider supporting​ me through PayPal or Patreon, or by donating through Bitcoin or personal check. Thanks for listening!

This hymn was recorded October 22, 2022, during the 3-day symposium at St. Tikhon's Orthodox Church in Blountville, Tennessee. The choir was comprised of Orthodox singers from Tennessee, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Missouri, Alabama, and a few even beyond those Southern climes. Choir director: Peter Fekula. The Cherubic Hymn is the primary cherubikon (Gr: χερουβικόν), or song of the angels, sung during every Divine Liturgy of the year with the exception of the liturgies of the Presanctified Gifts and those of Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday. It occurs after the Gospel reading and is interrupted by the Great Entrance. The Cherubic Hymn was added to the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by order of the Emperor Justinian near the end of the sixth century. The words of the Cherubic Hymn are as follows:"We, who mystically represent the Cherubim,And chant the thrice-holy hymn to the Life-giving Trinity,Let us set aside the cares of lifeThat we may receive the King of all,Who comes invisibly escorted by the Divine Hosts." Though the actual text is short, the hymn lasts for quite a while due to its drawn-out, ethereal style. It is our best imitation of and supplement to the singing of the Heavenly Hosts. In either 573 or 574, Justinian I had the Cherubic Hymn added to the standard liturgy. The previous cherubikon used was that of the Liturgy of St. James, which had then been borrowed into the Liturgy of St. Basil. This hymn, beginning with the phrase "Let all mortal flesh keep silent" is currently only used on Holy Saturday. (The cherubikon used on Holy Thursday begins, "Of thy mystical supper..."). During the period of the fourth to sixth centuries, the shape of the Eastern Divine Liturgy reached its final form under the guidance of liturgists such as St. John Chrysostom. In this same period the major formative changes occurred, most of which resulted in liturgical components that corresponded to the Church's developing theological understanding. Among them were the hymn "Only-Begotten Son" and the addition of the Nicean-Constantinopolitan Creed (countering heresies), and "The Trisagion Hymn" reflecting the Trinitarian theology being currently defined. In this period and on through the ninth century, hymns were composed and added to the Divine Liturgy, such as the Cherubic Hymn, sung while the priest recites the prayer that is now called "The Prayer of the Cherubic Hymn.” Source: OrthodoxWiki

Father Joseph Gleason, editor of Russian Faith, is an American-born Orthodox priest who has lived in Russian with his wife and eight children for the past five years. Fr. Joseph also has his Substack called Fr. Joe's Newsletter - Moving to Russia: Escaping America & Western Europe and is a contributor to Global Orthodox and the Russian Christian News Syndicate. We discuss Christian apostasy, Russsophobia, Orthodox prophecies, the “American Village” in Yaroslavl, the double-headed eagle and symphonia, the war in Ukraine and its eight-year lead up, and much more. Be sure to visit Dissident Mama to check out all my other content. And please do consider supporting​ me through PayPal or Patreon, or by donating through Bitcoin or personal check. Thanks for listening!

Keith Alexander is co-host of The Political Cesspool, a Tennessee-based syndicated talk-radio show that has been on air now for nearly two decades. An official co-host since 2009, Alexander has an “encyclopedic knowledge and masterful intellect,” making him “both a fan favorite and indispensable member” of TPC's on-air talent. Alexander, a semi-retired lawyer who has twice run for local public office in his hometown of Memphis, is not one to shy away from provocative topics. So we talk about the triumph of liberalism and how its destructive intent came to be through coercive “civil rights,” cultural pessimism, and lawfarism, as well as the need for those on the right to not shy away from the institutions. Alexander also discusses the Eliza Fletcher murder by Cleoth Abston and Ezekiel Kelly's killing spree, both of which took place in Memphis and are summarily ignored by the subversive corporate media since the perps are black and the victims overwhelmingly white. You might wanna check out my essay on the therapeutic state and dig a little deeper on the Highlander Folk School – both of which Alexander references in our chat. Turns out, many “justice” movements that we're told are organic, grassroots uprisings to oppression are themselves just commie plots. Go figure. Be sure to visit Dissident Mama to check out all my other content. And please do consider supporting​ me through PayPal or Patreon, or by donating through Bitcoin or personal check. Thanks for listening!

Michael Sisco, host of the 2nd Annual Trad Forum, talks with me about the event, which takes place next month in the Mountain State. Speakers include an array of voices who share traditional Christian values. Each will discuss how he (or she, in my case) thinks ancient wisdom can help guide people of goodwill to best navigate the craziness of clown-world culture and the malevolence of modernity. Sisco and I also talk about making pragmatic alliances with people who share agreement on core issues, the difference between freedom from evil, not for evil, and how defeatism is anti-Christian, as well as his past run for the US House of Reps, his highly trafficked article on Russia-Ukraine, and his rekindled passion for pro wrestling and involvement with the upcoming RalphaMania. Be sure to visit Dissident Mama to check out all my other content. And please do consider supporting​ me through PayPal or Patreon, or by donating through Bitcoin or personal check. Thanks for listening!

Mark Beck is the founder CEO and now chairman of Bridgetree, a data management and analysis private company. Beck, who describes himself as “anti-corporate,” has used his management and operating skills, and his financial resources to found American Classic Commercial Landmarks: a National Historic Registry property acquisition, restoration, and management venture. In other words, Beck buys old buildings and renovates them with historical preservation as a central focus. He has already completed two such projects – one in Mooresville, NC, and the other in Charleston, SC – and is now working on his third: restoring the West Jefferson Hotel in Ashe County, NC. Beck and I discuss why he considers restoration of historic landmark commercial properties as his “social mission,” his past projects like the beautiful 1 Broad Street in the Holy City, forensic architecture, why this self-proclaimed “wiley peasant” with Michigan roots has such a rebel spirit and resolve in restoring the South's valuable culture through its grand buildings, and, of course, his latest undertaking in re-establishing the past glory of the Historic Old Hotel. “The fight the local power put into my lap … resulted in the entire town going into a renaissance once I kicked their ass in the venue they chose: local NC Superior Court,” Beck said of the intrigue surrounding the West Jefferson restoration. “Landmarks count and they represent the unique culture of a community. Once they are gone, they are gone for good,” he continued. “All the losing town ends up with is a gas station convenience store selling beer and boxed pizza, a blood plasma donation center in a dumpy place with a big parking lot, and a drive-through drug store fulfilling mostly prescribed poisons. I call this setup ‘medical plantations.'” “Landmarks go derelict because, like America, the current-era grifts off the past by milking and destroying the substance, elegance, and productivity of a hard-working and inventive people who built things to last for their family and community.” Regarding Beck's last point, I strongly suggest y'all read my friend Nicole Williams' article “The tragedy of land use in the South.” And for additional information on the independent entrepreneur's current project, see “Restoration work continues at the old West Jefferson Hotel” and “Historic West Jefferson hotel is being brought back to life,” and be sure to follow the West Jefferson Hotel Facebook page. Be sure to visit Dissident Mama to check out all my other content. And please do consider supporting​ me through PayPal or Patreon, or by donating through Bitcoin or personal check. Thanks for listening!

John Bush is the founder of Live Free Academy which is hosting a one-day homeschool summit and a weekend workshop aimed at demystifying home-based and alternative education for beginners as well as inspiring those who've been at it for a while. His and the academy's overall mission is to support people on their “journey towards greater freedom in the areas of financial independence, decentralization and cryptocurrency, and exit and build strategies” by offering courses, membership, consulting, podcasts, and events like the ones we'll be talking about. The free Homeschool Virtual Summit is happening tomorrow, July 14, at 11 a.m. Central. Speakers include Dr. Ron Paul, Jack Spirko, Kerry McDonald, and Richard Grove, so if you're interested, sign up ASAP! Led by Bluebird Solorzano, a veteran teacher of government schools and alternative education, the paid in-person and virtual Homeschool Ready Workshop is taking place July 29 to 31 at the Bastrop Convention Center in Bastrop, Texas. Both “Exit and Build” events are not only a great step in the right direction toward “freeing the children,” but they serve to free parents who may think homeschooling is just too scary or to encourage longtime homeschoolers who simply need to be recharged. Bush also does yeoman's work explaining the practical side of bitcoin and its benefits as an investment, or to achieve greater financial stability or even independence. For a deeper dive on crypto, watch his Build Wealth, Opt Out webinar. And be sure to check out Bush's Freedom Cells meet-up network, too. Be sure to visit Dissident Mama to check out my other content. And please do consider supporting​ me through PayPal or Patreon, or by donating through Bitcoin or my PO box. Thanks for listening!

Pedro L. Gonzalez is the former assistant editor of American Greatness and now associate editor at Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. His articles have appeared in The Washington Times, The Spectator, RealClearPolitics, The Federalist, and others, and he's been featured on Fox News' “Tucker Carlson Tonight” and “Tucker Carlson Today,” The Hill's “Rising with Krystal & Saagar,” Newsmax's “Sovereign Nation” with Michelle Malkin, The Daily Caller's “Jorge Ventura Report,” and elsewhere. Gonzalez also creates Contra: home of his Contra newsletter, his podcast Discourses, and his column Supra Contra. He's a tough-as-nails truth teller, so be sure to check out Gonzalez's content and follow him on Twitter. While Gonzalez dives into to some biographical background and a teases out a few hot topics in part 1, in this episode, he tackles a slew of current events, including SCOTUS's overturning of Roe, the assassination of former prime minister of Japan Shinzo Abo, the Dutch farmer resistance, and the continued insanity that is US involvement in Ukraine. As always, Gonzalez does an expert job as connecting the dots to the big picture. He also discusses some research he's been doing on the rotten roots and duplicitous language of “transgenderism,” and the de facto immigration amnesty happening right here and now in Murica. Could clown world really have gone so far off the rails that it means the end of the liberal world order? Gonzalez has his thoughtful opinions, so listen to find out. Be sure to visit Dissident Mama to check out my other content. And please do consider supporting​ me through PayPal or Patreon, or by donating through Bitcoin or my PO box. Thanks for listening!

Pedro L. Gonzalez is the former assistant editor of American Greatness and now associate editor at Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. His articles have appeared in The Washington Times, The Spectator, RealClearPolitics, The Federalist, and others, and he's been featured on Fox News' “Tucker Carlson Tonight” and “Tucker Carlson Today,” The Hill's “Rising with Krystal & Saagar,” Newsmax's “Sovereign Nation” with Michelle Malkin, The Daily Caller's “Jorge Ventura Report,” and elsewhere. Gonzalez also creates Contra: home of his Contra newsletter, his podcast Discourses, and his column Supra Contra. He's a tough-as-nails truth teller, so be sure to check out Gonzalez's content, as well as his hot takes on Twitter. Even though this interview released on July 11, it was conducted on May 27 yet never released. As you will hear, my audio's quite crunchy in spots, so much so, that I had originally decided not to publish my chat with Gonzalez for fear that it would keep listeners from enjoying the show. However, because Gonzalez sounds clear as a bell and the talk is really about him and not me, I've decided (with his approval) to finally release the episode. Moreover, Gonzalez, who is seemingly the most gracious guy in all of alternative journalism, even granted me a second interview. Thus, what you find here is part 1 of a 2-part series. In this episode, Gonzalez and I discuss everything from growing up as a first-generation American in rural California, the US as a “civilization in crisis,” the “white shame industry,” and nationalism, to leftism as “inherently imperialistic, the “over-saturation of tragedy,” the importance of capturing local and state governments, and Ukraine. Articles of interest include: “My Father's Eyes,” “Servant of the Corrupt,” and “Democrats Are Massive Hypocrites on So-Called 'Great Replacement Theory'” by Gonzalez; Big League Politics' and Chronicles' takes on neocon Douglas Murray's attempt to cancel Gonzalez, and Gonzalez's breakdown of the events. Be sure not to miss the followup episode, folks. Not only is our continued conversation an interesting and provocative one, but part 2's audio is quite seamless all around – easy listening on some pretty hard topics.

Kaleb of Atlanta, a.k.a. Patriarch Prime, is an Orthodox Christian, a writer, and a popular Twitter provocateur who has recently landed in the woke cross hairs. Kaleb says his “intent is to spread the Orthodox Faith to African Americans,” but the straightforward, bold evangelism of this “maker of many radicals” crosses all racial lines and is simply way too effective for left-wing subversives who thrive upon dissension and destruction. Kaleb and I talk about the tweet that got him in such hot heterodox water, evangelism in the Orthosphere, the danger of doxxing, what it means to be “radicalized by Patriarch Prime,” bias against Orthodox converts, his conversion to the Faith, the gaslighting "religion experts" known as Fordhamites, and more. You can follow and direct message Kaleb on Twitter and read his articles at Medium. Other links pertaining our conversation include: A prominent SPLC propagandist taking notice of Prime's “triggering” tweet; A Fordhamite grrrrrl claiming that this “young man from the American South” is a “threat to democracy” and a “threat to Orthodoxy and the authority of the Church”; And my essay “Stirring the pot” which features a few shout-outs to Prime as a brave defender of the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship, agape love, and good ol' fashioned common sense. Be sure to visit http://www.dissidentmama.net/ to check out my other content. And please do consider supporting​ me through PayPal @ https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/TheDissidentMama.com, becoming a patron Patreon @ https://www.patreon.com/dissidentmama, or donating by Bitcoin or PO box (info available via the homepage and "about" page). Thanks for listening!

Foundring is the moniker of pianist and singer/songwriter Kylan deGhetaldi. With a speciality in ragtime and early jazz, Kylan started one of the first YouTube channels featuring ragtime and "stride" piano. But Foundring is also known for his satirical songs about conspiracies and other social commentary, some of which have been suppressed, with a few being outright banned by the technocrats. Kylan has been a touring member of the international sensation Postmodern Jukebox, with whom he has performed in over 50 cities on four continents. When he's not triggering the feelz of YouTube and Band Camp censors or performing live, the Santa Cruz-native is also proud dad to a 10-year-old daughter, as well as a top-ranked Scrabble player and one of the world's fastest anagrammers. Kylan and I discuss the role of the modern court jester, the power of flying under the censorious radar, memetic warfare for narrative control, trolling the gatekeepers in order to break through the algorithms, artistic supply and demand, covid-era struggles, present-day pivots, how Cali rebels need a cool name, and more. Here are all the ways to follow and support Foundring's valuable work cuz the “spicy songs must flow”: SubscribeStar, GumRoad, YouTube, Odysee, Twitch, BitChute, Rumble, Gab, Telegram, and PayPal. A few choice ditties mentioned in our conversation include: “Oy Vey, Shut It Down” “The Pandemic Dance (do the ‘rona)” “You Will Never Be a Woman” “Alex Jones Was Right” “Foil” And my essay Russia-Ukraine: Through a Dixian essay, part 2 which features two Foundring videos and was the impetus for me finding his clever content and consequently reaching out for an interview: his first!

Ryan Dawson is the creator of The Anti-Neocon Report. The blogger, podcaster, filmmaker, and author of two books, “Welcome to the USSA” and “The Separation of Business and State,” has been involved in political activism for more than two decades. Dawson's content has been featured by the likes of George Galloway and Pat Buchanan, and has garnered him appearances on TV, from Russia Today and CNN to The Daily Show and Al Jazeera. Dawson's hard-hitting material has roused much elitist ire over the years, so much so that he's had numerous YouTube channel's deleted, most notably one that had accrued 81,000 subscribers and 4,000-plus videos with a total of 30 million views. The North Carolina native and unapologetic advocate for the South now lives with his wife and children in Japan where he's also a Goodwill Ambassador for the state of Nara.The two of us talk about censorship and alternative media, “holocaust denial” and 9/11, the scrouge of Californians, Stinkin' Lincoln, the Yankee Empire's “moral” wars, being pro-Russia, the ingredients of a John Wilkes Booth Cocktail, and more. It was difficult in trying to track down links that encapsulate Dawson's prolific career, not only because he's been at this a long time and on many diverse platforms, but also because much of his work has either been erased or buried. Some of Dawson's older videos can be found at Alt Censored; and some interviews during his stint as the host of Geopolitics with Ryan Dawson, a show on FBI-whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs Post, are available; as are a couple episodes when he was fill-in host for Mike Rivero's What Really Happened Radio. These days, you can find all of Dawson's new content, films, and ways to follow him at the ANC Report homepage. Also of note are Dawson Time, a website that offers more history-based content, including videos by Dawson and and his twin brother Scott, who's an amateur archaeologist and historian; and Dawson on Reed Coverdale's monthly show The Four Horseman. Be sure to check out my current series “Russia-Ukraine: Through a Dixian lens,” which just so happens to feature the rendition of “Dixie” sung in Russian that Dawson mentions in our conversation.

Rachel Wilson is an Orthodox Christian, a wife, mother of five children, and a homeschooling advocate, hence, her social-media moniker Based Homeschool Mom. Wilson is author of the new book “Occult Feminism: The Secret History of Women's Liberation” and is also a licensed firearms instructor. You can keep up with all of Wilson's work at LinkTree. Wilson and I discuss stay-at-home-mom supremacism, Victorian-Era transcendentalism, luciferianism and eugenics, the suffragettes, the patriarchy, the South, the CIA, the Social Gospel, TikTok anti-natalists, Hunter Biden's back tattoo, and more.

Lana Lokteff is part of the indie media website known as Red Ice, where she co-hosts Red Ice TV Live and Weekend Warrior with her husband and Red Ice founder Henrik Palmgren. She is also the host of the interview show Radio 3Fourteen, another Red Ice production. Besides creating articles and videos for Red Ice, Lokteff also owns her own organic clothing line called Lana's Llama. The Oregon native is passionate about health, European identity politics, and ancestral traditions, of which hers are Slavic. Lokteff and I talk about how she and Palmgren met, the origins of their prolific website, Red Ice's banishment from most corporate platforms including YouTube (be sure to check out their 10-year's worth of archived videos here), what it means to be pro-white and anti-globalist, a trad woman's role in politics and social commentary and the balance it requires, Russia-Ukraine, neo-Nazis, nationalism, and more.

Shayne Swenson is a professional Orthodox iconographer and painter living in rural Washington State. He specializes in creating iconography from several different periods and historic Orthodox locales, both Eastern and Western. In addition to iconography, Swenson is also involved in the study and practice of academic oil painting with an emphasis on utilizing the techniques of the Old Masters, again from both East and West. He has been married for nearly two decades and has 5 children, one German Shepherd, and one 17-pound cat. Swenson and I discuss how how he got into art, iconography and “the rules,” modern art and social decline, his conversion story, the “alt-right,” progressive subversion, faith over ideology, tattoos, and more. Be sure to follow Swenson on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, where you can see his work and also contact him about commissions. His website ShayneSwenson.com is forthcoming. A few links pertinent to our conversation: “Everyday Saints and Other Stories” by Archimandrite Tikhon Fr. Seraphim Rose's “Orthodox Survival Course” Rebel Yell, episode 209, “Todd Lewis & the Alt-Right Report II” My podcast interview with Dr. Thomas Fleming who defines “ideology” and the problem with it. Be sure to visit Dissident Mama, and please consider supporting​ my work through PayPal @ or Patreon.

With more than 15 years in the entertainment and radio business, Buford T. “Big Hoss” hosts the live radio podcast “Buford T. America Bluegrass and Country Show” Saturdays at 7 p.m. Eastern at the website The Bluegrass Jamboree. Buford T. also believes in preserving heritage and advocating for the real history of the “War for Southern Independence.” Ellen McWhorter is a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and serves on the North Carolina Sons of Confederate Veterans Memorials Fund committee. She's a member of the Madison County Election Board in Kentucky and has served on various political and civic boards and committees. Together, Buford and Ellen are the hosts of the new podcast “The Road to Dixie” where they team up to bring listeners an informative and entertaining take on the South's history, culture, politics, and people. In my first-ever interview with two guests, the three of us Southern partisans have a grand ol' time. One thing's for sure: Buford and Ellen ain't skeered! Be sure to check out The Road to Dixie and Buford's Bluegrass and Country Show, also available on SoundCloud, especially Buford's episode from January 29, in which he gives a sweet shoutout to the Dissident Mama podcast! Note: Buford accepted my off-air invitation to return to my podcast some time in 2022. We plan on discussing his passion for classic country and bluegrass, which is something he happens to share with your humble host. We'll talk all things roots music and see if we can't find out a bit more about what makes Buford tick. Ellen also agreed to write a guest post for my blog. The topic? Her pivotal trip to Scotland where she experienced peak anti-Southern hostility. Being that so many Dixians are descended from Scottish ancestors and that Scotland has many times throughout history sought independence from the United Kingdom (and came darn close to seceding just 10 years ago), you'd think they'd have a clue. But apparently not. So keep an eye out for that sure-to-be thought-provoking essay by Ellen, a true Southern lady, as well as my forthcoming fun-loving conversation with the fine gentleman known as Big Hoss. For more great content, be sure to visit my site @ http://www.dissidentmama.net/ Support​ me through PayPal @ https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_donations&business=thedissidentmama%40gmail.com¤cy_code=USDOr Patreon @ https://www.patreon.com/dissidentmama

Jim Jatras is a retired Washington, DC-based attorney, political analyst, and media and government affairs specialist. He formerly served as a senior foreign policy adviser to the US Senate Republican leadership, and before that served as a diplomat in Mexico, the Office of Soviet Union affairs, and the Office of the Under Secretary for Political Affairs. Jatras is also an Orthodox Christian and an outspoken political and cultural critic.  A self-proclaimed “unReconstructed Byzantine,” Jatras and I discuss the covid “winds of delusion,” jab exemptions, referring to “the American Republic in the past tense,” the media-industrial complex, the American “ethnos,” the South as globohomo's whipping boy, Transatlanticism, Kievan Rus history, the Orthodox Church and geopolitics, and more. I'm telling ya, folks, it's a stupendous interview, just brimming with both big-picture takeaways and fascinating particulars. Some Jatris content related to our chat include: Orthodox Reflections' panel discussion “The Journey Through Pandemia” “How American Media Serves as a Transmission Belt for Wars of Choice” “The Media As Watchdogs of American Hegemony” “It's Time for Us All To Escape from the ‘Trans-Atlanticism' Straitjacket” “War with Russia Is Not ‘Inevitable.' Keep Repeating That” “What's Really behind the State Department's Meddling in Ukraine?” “It's Later Than You Think” from his speech at the 2021 Ron Paul Institute Student Seminar You can read more of Jatris' articles at the Strategic Culture Foundation and Chronicles, check out some of his other interviews on YouTube, and follow him on Twitter.

Michael Witcoff is a Jewish convert to Orthodox Christianity and the best-selling author of “On The Masons And Their Lies,” as well as “Theopoetica,” a work of classical Christian poetry. Witcoff can also be found under his Benedictine moniker “Brother Augustine” on YouTube, Gab, and Telegram where he seeks to edify, educate, and entertain the world from an Orthodox Christian perspective. Brother Augustine and I discuss his fascinating conversion story, the grievance industry of “anti-Semitism,” Messianic Judaism, atheism and “the right,” push back and persecution, using your talents to glorify God, St. Augustine of Hippo, and more. A few links relevant to our chat: Brother Augustine's interviews with Fr. Turbo Qualls: “The Demonic Origins of BLM” and Dr. E. Michael Jones: “The Conversion of Jews,” his debate “On The Priesthood With Reformed Protestant Dr. Bob,” and his most recent two-part series: “On Christian Masculinity” and “Great Men of Christ: St. John Chrysostom,” “Surprised By Christ: My Journey From Judaism to Orthodox Christianity,” by Rev. A. James Bernstein, and “Let's See the Forest For the Trees, part 5” by yours truly. You can also find Brother Augustine's podcasts on Spreaker and his audiobooks at Gumroad.

For my 50th episode, I am blessed to talk with George Michalopulos. The Tulsa, Oklahoma, native is a layman in the Orthodox Church in America, a pharmacist, father of two sons, Constantine and Michael, and author of “American Orthodox Church: A History of Its Beginnings” which he co-wrote with Deacon Ezra Ham. But Michalopulos is probably best known in the “Orthosphere” for his website Monomakhos: One Who Fights Alone, where he and wife Gail have been sharing their hot takes on religion, culture, and politics for the past 11 years. Michalopulos and I discuss how his influential website came to be, Oklahoma as the South, multiple jurisdictions in Orthodox America, a little system-backed hit piece that happened to call the two of “white supremacists,” pushing back against wokeism within the Church, the problem with “quietists,” and more. Michalopulos and his God-honoring work are such an inspiration, and ain't no lefty subversives or coof gonna keep us down! Articles pertinent to our discussion:“Contra Fordham(ites)” by Monomakos“Orthodox America Has a Cultural Marxist Problem” by Fr. John Whiteford“Stirring the Pot” by your humble host“The Manhattan Declaration”“The Spermatikos Logos and Natural Law”

Ashley Rae Goldenberg is an independent journalist, researcher, and content creator known on social media as Communism Kills. An outspoken America Firster, she's not only loathed by the anarcho-tyrants (evident by her permanent banishment from Twitter), but Goldenberg has also found herself in the crosshairs of the Libertarian Party and Con Inc. whose Beltway borgs have verbally attacked and even canceled her for daring to challenge allowable opinion. Anyone this triggering to cultural Marxists, libertines, and neocons must be doing something right, so Goldenberg and I discuss her back story and worldview, the “Jewish romance with communism,” the perils of challenging the globohomo/anti-white narrative, and the Rittenhouse, Charlottesville, and Ahmaud Arbery court cases, which are ALL the same thing: whiteness on trial.  Here's the “Right Wing Watch” hit piece on Goldenberg that got her deplatformed from “polite” political society. (I typically don't share links and subsequently drive web traffic to leftwing sites, but I thought in this case y'all might wanna behold the word-salad agitprop as to compare it to what Goldenberg told me in her own words.) Also of note is her brilliant “Here Are The Companies That Support Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Want You Dead” list, which caused normie gnashing of teeth, and the video of Goldenberg's assault at the hands of the Antifa/BLM cabal. Truth-telling is a lonely business, folks, so be sure to follow Communism Kills on Telegram and Gab.

Jared is the founder and proprietor of Hoppean.org, a website “dedicated to the furtherance of the ideas of Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe and his ideological forebearers.” But Jared isn't your typical adherent of libertarianism, which he says has become “a haven for grifters, egalitarians, socialists, degenerates, and the mentally incapacitated.” Rather, he's a self-described paleolibertarian, who also happens to be a stalwart defender of Southern heritage. Yep, Jared sounds like my kinda people, so we discuss his personal philosophy, Confederate ancestry, terminology, postmodern reconstruction, and Hoppe, of course, while also connecting the dots of a few hot topics with the big-picture assault on liberty, tradition, and culture. Also pertinent to our conversation is Murray Rothbard's “Nations By Consent” and “Anatomy of the State,” my interviews with Michael Lankford and James Ronald Kennedy, and two of my related essays in which I reference the great Hoppe. Be sure to follow Jared on Twitter at @EndDemocracy, enter the Hoppean 5k Giveaway for your chance to win Hoppe's “Getting Libertarianism Right” and “Democracy: The God That Failed,” and keep an eye out for Jared's forthcoming book, “The Nature of Order: A Rightwing Perspective on Liberty.”

Michael Lankford is a former police detective, now school resource officer who was fired by a North Carolina police department where he had worked for 13 years. The cause? “Being accused of having membership in a Facebook group promoting the Confederacy.” Gasp! What's even more ludicrous is the entity that outed Lankford for the crime of being in this “super secret racist Facebook group” (there words, not mine) is a Twitter account of unhinged leftwingers who themselves remain nameless. So let's find out from Lankford just what happened, how he survived the anarcho-tyranny, and where he's at today.

Anne Wilson Smith is the author of the brand-new “Charlottesville Untold: Inside Unite the Right” as well as “Robert E. Lee: A History Book for Kids,” both produced by the good folks at Shotwell Publishing. Having called the Republic of South Carolina home for most of her life, Smith was reared in a family that believes Southern history is something to be cherished. The daughter of preeminent Southern historian and scholar Clyde N. Wilson, Smith is a formidable researcher and writer in her own right and has taken up the difficult task of authoring two books in less than a year - even though she's a wife and a mom of two boys – because some things just gotta be said. Unlike me, Wilson actually attended Charlottesville: the watershed event that forever changed our political, cultural, social, and legal landscape. So much of what ails America is built upon the government-induced, elite-supported, and media-contrived false narrative resulting from that fateful day of August 12, 2017, so Smith and I talk about some of the big-takeaways from her hot-off-the-press release. So if you want to grasp just how cancel culture, anarcho-tyranny, anti-whiteness, civil rights for thee but not for me, inescapable gaslighting, monument destruction, and other assorted leftist schemes have taken root and been able to grow so strong, this book is a must-read. After all, if you resist to even a modicum of the madness, dear non-woke citizen, you'll simply get Charlottesvilled. Through first-hand experience, countless interviews of people who were there, in-depth media and legal research, and raw drone footage from the rally (which can be seen by linking to the book's many QR codes), Wilson's exposé explains what really happened and connects the dots for those who have for so long been intentionally kept in the dark about the “deadly white-supremacist rally.” After all, sunlight is the best antiseptic, and I do believe that good people are finally primed and ready for the truth. Deo vindice.

Fr. Peter Heers has lived in Thessaloniki, Greece, with his wife and five homeschooled children since 2000, when he also launched the publishing house Uncut Mountain Press. The son of an Anglican priest who converted to the Church with most of his parish in 1991, Fr. Peter came to Orthodoxy in 1992. Fr. Peter has a doctorate in Dogmatic Theology and is a professor at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in New York and was a rector of two parishes in Greece. He is also a translator of several books including two tomes on St. Paisios, a two-time author of works on modern ecumenism, the editor of an Orthodox journal, and was the first headmaster of Three Hierarchs Academy, an Orthodox school in Arizona. Besides operating Uncut Mountain Press, the prolific Fr. Peter is also the creator of the website The Orthodox Ethos, which features podcasts, essays, and online courses, and has online communities at both its Patreon and Crowdcast pages, where additional online lectures and live-stream Q&A sessions are also available. The good father and I discuss the mass deception of “covid-ism,” courage vs. cowardice, trust vs. rationalism, blind obedience, anonymity, clergy's condescension of laity, the destruction of history as a symptom of nihilism, and much more. Like Fr. Seraphim Rose explained,  “While there is daylight, we must speak out.” Amen. Some topics mentioned and/or pertinent to our conversation include: Fr. Peter's 10-part lecture series “Russia's New Martyrs & The Catacomb Church, his 12-part Orthodox Survival Course, and his videos 12,383 reasons you will not be joining the ranks of the inoculated and The Coronavirus Narrative and its Demonic Methodology; the Burning Bush Brotherhood; and Dissident Mama, episode 11 - Nora Kowalcheck, New Martyrs & Confessors, and Russian Lessons for Dixie by yours truly.

A native of East Tennessee, Earl Starbuck is an independent historian and a descendant of soldiers on both sides of The Late Unpleasantness and of Governor John Sevier. His father, who was a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, taught him to love history and the South. Starbuck holds a BA in History and Political Science from Carson-Newman University and an MA in History from Liberty University. He has no connection to the coffee company. I talk with Starbuck about his petition “Tennessee Must Oppose Vaccine Tyranny” and how state's rights and nullification can resist federal overreach, but it requires action of the people and their representatives in those states. We also discuss big-government/Lincolnian indoctrination and Southern cultural genocide, compare bondage within today's godless empire to forms of involuntary slavery, and take many a deep dive down some thought-provoking historical rabbit holes, including a spoiler about one of the most commonly attributed quotes to Robert E. Lee. In addition to reading, signing, and helping spread the word about Starbuck's bold petition, be sure to check out his 4-part series on General Lee: The Believer, The Father, The Soldier, and The Educator, as well as his essays “Was Secession Treason?” and “Roe v. Wade: A Mere Nullity,” Thomas Jefferson's “The Rights of British America,” and M.E. Bradford's “Original Intentions On the Making and Ratification of the United States Constitution.”

Gene Andrews is a retired high school history teacher who served as a combat officer with the 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam. He's a former Commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) Tennessee Division and current caretaker of the Nathan Bedford Forrest boyhood home in Chapel Hill, Tennessee. The rebel-proud gentleman talks about the September 18 reinterment of Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife Mary Ann Montgomery Forrest, an event being held at Elm Springs, SCV General Headquarters in Columbia, Tennessee. Andrews also myth-busts some Forrest history, both antebellum and postbellum, and tells us a little bit about himself as a former educator and military man, as well as his longtime defense of the Southern cause, which is still the same cause of all right-thinking people today ... whether they know it or not. “I loved the old government in 1861. I loved the old Constitution yet. I think it is the best government in the world, if administered as it was before the war. I do not hate it; I am opposing now only the radical revolutionists who are trying to destroy it. I believe that party to be composed, as I know it is in Tennessee, of the worst men on Gods earth – men who would not hesitate at no crime, and who have only one object in view: to enrich themselves.” — Nathan Bedford Forrest A few related links: SCV.org to register for the Forrest reinterment (deadline August 31) “Bust Hell Wide Open: The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest” by Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr. A fairly balanced Tennessean article on Andrews published just days after the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, which Andrews attended My critique of the US military and its mistreatment of Southerners, “You don't want us? We don't want you!” and my interview with The Political Cesspool radio host and native Tennessean James Edwards in which he too discusses the brilliance of Forrest. In fact, it was Edwards who suggested Andrews as a possible guest for the DM podcast. So, thanks, James!

Scott Howard is the author of “The Transgender-Industrial Complex.” The native Nebraskan, whose first-ever book has been predictably banned by Amazon, uncovers the trans phenomenon by fleshing out its revolutionary foundations and wretched aims. Connecting the dots of the players and pawns, Howard demonstrates through impeccable research, and prose that is both advanced and accessible, that this is no warm-and-fuzzy grassroots movement, as its proponents would have you believe. Part historical analysis and part journalism, “The Transgender-Industrial Complex” is a wake-up call for those who have been sleeping their way toward servitude and annihiliation, and, Lord willing, a call to action for resisting this evil psyop dead set on smashing childhood, family, and God. Howard and I talk about how the personal is political, Big Gay and its societal sodomizing, weaponized “science,” the systemic revolution that preys upon the vulnerable, the scapegoating of the archetype, the totalitarian tool of identity-less-ness, the depathologizing of pedophilia, the Great Reset, and “the motherload of wrongthink”: noticing and frankly discussing patterns within the complex's web of institutional advocates. This  assault on truth, beauty, and goodness must be discussed honestly, so I say, hurt feelings and triggered sensibilities be damned. Too much is at stake in this existential war. Also mentioned in our interview are “The Culture of Critique” by Kevin McDonald, Dennis Prager, and Jamiroquai, who called this madness back in the ‘90s. So, here's to saying “No!” to censorship and “Yes!” to intellectual inquiry!

Rick Dirtwater, an alumnus of Virginia Military Institute and an occasional opinion writer for Identity Dixie, gives us a deep dive into the cultural genocide happening at the historic school, which used to be the proving ground for making modern cavaliers and gentlemen warriors. So, Dirtwater shares his personal experience with the former VMI ethos and its Spartan lifestyle of regimented training used to build men of strong character. Unfortunately (and predictably), the institution has finally fallen victim to the cancer of wokeness. We discuss how the devolution has occurred, including the abolition of the “old corps” via SCOTUS's United States v. Virginia some 25 years ago, “turncoat” Ralph Northam's totalitarian reconstruction of the Old Dominion and its premiere military school, and the fourth-estate hit pieces insisting that the college has a “racist and sexist culture.” Whereas “Save the males” used to be the rallying cry around VMI, the progressive precept is now death by 1,000 cuts and you'd better damn like it. Such barbaric times leave little room for honor, which is precisely by design. Some further reading on VMI and Virginians' roots as a martial and dutiful people: “Death of the American Prussia: Virginia” by Padraig Martin“Say ‘No' From the Start” by Tom Shackleford“Stonewall Jackson and VMI” by H.V. Traywick, Jr.“‘Chesty' Puller and the Southern Military Tradition” by Michael Martin“Pseudo Shame at VMI” and other VMI-related content by Phil Leigh“The Real VMI: A Little Meritocracy 1839-2021?” and three other VMI essays by Forrest L. Marion“Citizen Soldiers of Dixie” by Anonymous“Grit and Grace Are What We Need” by Dissident Mama

Neil Kumar is a Republican candidate for U.S. Congress, representing Arkansas's Third District. He is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Sons of the American Revolution, with blood that has been Southern since the 17th century. Kumar, who is a graduate of the University of Chicago and a native Arkansan, has written for numerous publications, including the Abbeville Institute, American Renaissance, Identity Dixie, The Political Cesspool, Clyde Wilson's Reckonin', and VDare. Kumar and I talk about his ancestry, his “rightist” political awakening, and his Christian conversion, how whites have racially disarmed themselves, how the power-hungry left has pathologized whiteness, how too many Southerners are on the defensive (instead of on the offensive and rightfully taking command of the moral high ground), and how his bold congressional platform aims to remedy those very deep and dangerous problems. With a degree in anthropology and now knee-deep in law school, one wouldn't think that such a young man could be so common-sense and so wise. But Kumar is and his writing proves it. Here are some of my favorites:“Reconstruction in Arkansas”“All that is ugly, broken, and foul”“An open letter to Walmart”“White open spaces”“John Brown's body: A review of ‘The Secret Six' by Otto Scott”“You reap what you sow” Also mentioned in our conversation are my interview with Lauren Witzke and the progressive and predictable hack job inventing an SCV “leak” along with its gaslit “aggressive neo-Confederates” narrative. I say, damn straight we're aggressive! So, on this 158th anniversary of Pickett's Charge (the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg, which waged from July 1-3, 1863), let's consider Kumar's message and his candidacy as a much-needed frontal assault against the undeniable Southern genocide, the pathologization of whiteness, the destruction of the family, and the mass proliferation of godlessness and globohomo. “Come on, boys! Give them the cold steel!”