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What's next for Christians in Syria? Find us on Youtube. Recent events in Syria, with the ousting of the tortuous President Bashar al-Assad, carry great implications for Christians in the country. In this episode, Mike Cosper talks with Marlo Slayback, a Syrian American Christian and the director of programs at Intercollegiate Studies Institute, about what it's like to be a Christian under a dictator's regime. Then, Mike is joined by Robert Nicholson, editor at large of Providence magazine, founder of the Philos Project, cofounder of Passages Israel, discusses the broader complexities of this region, which bears the imprint of biblical history. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Grab some Bulletin merch in our holiday store! Follow the show in your podcast app of choice. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. Leave a comment in Spotify with your feedback on the discussion—we may even respond! ABOUT THE GUEST:  Marlo Slayback is national director of student programs for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI). She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied political science and poetry. She is a former ISI Collegiate Network fellow at National Review and led an ISI Society on her campus, where she also helped launch a Collegiate Network newspaper. Slayback is a 2021 Publius Fellow with the Claremont Institute and joined the ISI team after working as an education and culture reporter at the Daily Caller. She is a freelance writer and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Spectator USA, The Lamp, and The University Bookman.  Robert Nicholson is editor at large of Providence, cofounder and board member of Save Armenia, founder of the Philos Project, and cofounder of Passages Israel. Nicholson also serves on the advisory boards of In Defense of Christians and The Hague Initiative for International Cooperation (thinc). A former enlisted Marine and Tikvah Fellow, he holds a BA in Hebrew Studies from Binghamton University and a JD and an MA in Middle Eastern History from Syracuse University. His written work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph, New York Post, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, Newsweek, First Things, The Hill, and The National Interest. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today's editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Last week the Irish people delivered a blow to the corrupt Irish government.  They voted an overwhelming No to a referendum that would have redefined family and women.  The proposed referenda altering the nation's constitution enjoyed the support of Ireland's elites, but the attempt to embed woke values in it has backfired. The Government asked voters to remove the word 'mother' from the Constitution and they answered with a resounding No.  They also rejected by a huge margin the attempt to foist the extremely nebulous term "durable relationships" on the Constitution. The government worked in conjunction with every political party and legacy media outlet to tell and coerce the people into accepting these changes. The people refused.  John Waters returns to Hearts of Oak to analyse why this referendum was proposed and what the rejection means, not only for the government but for the people of Ireland. John Waters is an Irish Thinker, Talker, and Writer. From the life of the spirit of society to the infinite reach of rock ‘n' roll; from the puzzle of the human ‘I' to the true nature of money; from the attempted murder of fatherhood to the slow death of the novel, he speaks and writes about the meaning of life in the modern world. He began part-time work as a journalist in 1981, with Hot Press, Ireland's leading rock ‘n' roll magazine and went full-time in 1984, when he moved from the Wild West to the capital, Dublin. As a journalist, magazine editor and columnist, he specialised from the start in raising unpopular issues of public importance, including the psychic cost of colonialism and the denial of rights to fathers under what is called family 'law'. He was a columnist with The Irish Times for 24 years when being Ireland's premier newspaper still meant something. He left in 2014 when this had come to mean diddly-squat, and drew the blinds fully on Irish journalism a year later. Since then, his articles have appeared in publications such as First Things, frontpagemag.com, The Spectator, and The Spectator USA. He has published ten books, the latest, Give Us Back the Bad Roads (2018), being a reflection on the cultural disintegration of Ireland since 1990, in the form of a letter to his late father. Connect with John... SUBSTACK              johnwaters.substack.com/ WEBSITE:                anti-corruptionireland.com/ Recorded 18.3.24 Connect with Hearts of Oak... WEBSITE            heartsofoak.org/ PODCASTS        heartsofoak.podbean.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA  heartsofoak.org/connect/ *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on X https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20  TRANSCRIPT (Hearts of Oak)   And it's wonderful to have John Waters join us once again from Ireland. John, thanks so much for your time today. (John Waters) Thank you, Peter.  Pleasure to be with you.  Great to have you on. It was ages ago, goodness, talking about immigration.  That was a good 18 months ago. Always good to have you on.  And people can follow you, on your Substack, johnwaters.substack.com. That's where they can get all your writings. You've got one of your latest ones, I think, Beware the Ides of March, part one.  Do you just want to mention that to give people a flavour of what they can find on  your Substack? Yeah, it's a short series.  I don't know.  I think it's going to be probably two, maybe three articles. I have several other things that are kind of related to it. It's really the story of what happened, what has been happening since four years ago really, as opposed to what they told us, what happened, what we've been talking about. It's essentially, this was not about your health.  It was about your wealth, and that's the message so I go through that in terms of its meanings. And in the first part which has just gone up last night; it's really about  the the way that the the predator class the richest of the rich in the world are  essentially. Coming to the end of their three-card trick which has been around now for 50 years. Which is the money systems that emerge after the untethering of currencies from the gold standard. And that's essentially been a balloon that's been expanding, expanding, expanding,  and it's about to blow.  They're trying to control that explosion. But essentially, their mission is to ensure that, not a drop of their wealth is spilt in  whatever happens, right? And that everybody else will lose everything, pretty much. They don't care about that.  In fact, that's part of their wish. And so it's that really what I'm kind of talking about and how that started. We now know that the beginnings of what is called COVID were nothing to do with a virus. There was a bulletin issued by Black Rock on the 15th of August 2019, Assumption  Day in the Christian calendar, which is the day that the body of our Blessed Virgin was assumed and received into heaven. But, the word assumption has lots of other meanings. I think there was a lot of that at play on that particular day when they were assuming the right to dictate to the world what its future should be. That was really the start of it. And then the COVID lockdowns and all of that flowed  inexorably. There's a lot of stuff we could go into, but we won't.  I don't think about vaccines and all the rest of it.  They're part of that story. But the central part was that this was completely fabricated and completely  engineered and it was a fundamental attack on human freedom in the west particularly. And has been largely successful so far but, now as I think we're going to talk about it, in Ireland there's beginning to be that little bit of a pushback. I'm hopeful now. Well, obviously I've really enjoyed your your writings on Substack. I don't have the patience for the writing, but you are a writer a journalist and that is  your bread and butter. People obviously can support you financially on Substack if they want to do that after reading your writings. Let's go into Ireland: we saw this referendum and it's interesting. We'll get into some of the comments on it, but really there were two parts of this  referendum and it was focusing on family and the woman's position or the mother's position. Do you want to just let us know how this referendum came about? OK, well, first of all, you've got to see it in its context, which is in a series of attacks  on the Irish Constitution going back. Going back, you could say 30 years.  It depends in the context of the European Union and the various referendums that we had about that, the Nice Treaty, the Lisbon Treaty, in which the Irish people were  basically told when they voted ‘no', that's the wrong answer. You're going to have to think again, and you're going to have to vote again. And they did, and it passed, because they were just bullied into doing it.  In the past decade or so, a dozen years, we've had three critical referendums  which attacked, the Irish Constitution which has a series of fundamental rights  articles right in the centre of it, articles 40 to 44. That's been informally called by judges over the years: the Irish Bill of Rights, which  is all the personal fundamental rights, all the rights that derive essentially from  natural law in the greater number of them. That, in other words, they're inalienable, imprescriptible, they are antecedent. They're not generated by the Constitution or indeed by the people. Certainly not by the government or anybody else. So, now there was an attack on Article 41 in 2012, which was purportedly to put in  children's rights into the Constitution. That was completely bogus because it was a successful attempt attempt to transfer  parental rights to the state. That's what it was when you look closely at it.  And I was fighting all these referendums. Then in 2015, we had the so-called gay marriage or the marriage referendum. Which essentially, people don't really get this; they talk about Ireland having legalised  gay marriage. No, no, we didn't. That's not what we did.  We actually destroyed marriage by putting gay marriage as an equivalent concept in  our constitution. And then there was the infamous Eighth Amendment referendum in 2018, which was  to take out an amendment which had been put in some 40 years before, 30 years before, in 1983, to guarantee, to, as it were, copper fasten the right to life of the  unborn child. And there's a very subtle point that needs to be made about this, not very subtle really, but legally it is, which is that this was an unlawful referendum because this was one of those inalienable, imprescriptible rights. Even though the article in which it was couched on was only introduced in 1983, and all it was, was a kind of a reminder, that these rights exist, because these rights already exist as unenumerated rights. And as a result of that the referendum was actually unlawful and should never have taken place, because the Irish people had no right to vote down the rights of a section of its own population. Which was the unborn children waiting to emerge into the world to live their lives in  peace and whatever would come their way in that life. But nevertheless, to have a law, to have essentially an illegal, unlawful law, quote unquote, created that prevented them from even entering this world. It seemed to me to be the greatest abomination that has ever happened in our country. So, this was a continuation of this.  There are different theories about what it was about. There were two amendments, as you said, Peter. The second one that you mentioned was the mother in the home. And this was a guarantee to women, to mothers, that they would be protected from  having to go out, if they wished, to go out into the workplace and work. And if they wanted to mind their children, then the state would take care of them. It's not specific, but nevertheless, it placed on the state a burden of responsibility to  give women this choice. Now, of course, the government and its allies, its proxies, try to say that it's really an  attack on women, that it says there are places in the home, this kind of caricaturing of  the wording and so on. In fact, it's nonsense because there's another article, Article 45, which explicitly  mentions the right of women to have occupations in the public domain and to go and work and earn a living for themselves. So, this was a complete caricature. And I think people understood that. The other one then was a redefinition of the family, which is Article 41. Again, all of this is 41, which defines the family, always has, as being based on  marriage. That has been the source of some dissension over the years, some controversy,  because more and more families were outside marriage, as it were. There were small F families, as it were, rather than a big F family, as arises in the  Constitution. And they claimed to be sorting this out.  But of course, they weren't sorting it out at all. When you actually catalogued the various categories of family who might theoretically benefit from such a change, none of them were benefiting at all. I went through this microscopically in the course of the campaign several times on videos and so on.  So, really what it was, was to leverage the progressive vote, I think. That was one object, to get people excited again. They were getting nostalgic for 2015 and 2018 because they were becoming more and more popular.  That was certainly one aspect. But, there were other aspects, which is that they were introducing into the  constitution, or supposedly, that along with marriage, that also would be included  something called durable relationships. And they refused or were unable to define what this meant. The result of it is that there were all kinds of proposals and suggestions that it might  well mean, for example, polygamy, that it might mean the word appear durable  appears in European law in the context of immigration. There was a very strong suspicion, which the government was unable to convincingly deny, that this was a measure that they needed to bring in in order to make way for  what they call family reunification, so that if one person gets into Ireland, they can  then apply to have their entire families brought in after them. That's already happening, by the way, without this. They say that something like an average of 20 people will follow anybody who gets in  and gets citizenship of Ireland. They bring something like an average of 20 people with them afterwards. So this was another aspect of it.  There were many, many theories posited about it. But one thing for sure was that the government was lying literally every day about it, trying to present this progressive veneer. And more and more, what was really I think staggering in the end in a certain sense,  was that the people not alone saw it in a marginal way, they saw it in an overwhelming way, this was the start, I mean I don't think a single person, myself included predicted that we would have a 70-30 or whatever it was roughly, 3-1 result. For now, I mean, that was really miraculous and I've said to people that it was actually a kind of loaves and fishes that it was greater than the sum of all its parts, greater than anything that we thought was possible. It was like a miracle that all of the votes just keep tumbling out, tumbling out, no, no, no, no, no. And I've been saying that that no actually represents much more than what it might  technically read as a response to the wording that was on the ballot paper, that it was  really, I think, the expression of something that we hadn't even suspected was there,  Because for four years now, the Irish people have labored under this tyranny of, you  know, really abuse of power by the government, by the police force, by the courts. And a real tyranny that is really, I think, looks like it's getting its feet under the table  for quite a long haul. And accompanied by that, there was what I call this concept, this climate of mutism,  whereby people weren't able any longer to discuss certain things in public for fear  that they would get into trouble, because this was very frequently happening. I mean, since the marriage referendum of 2015, Before that, for about a year, the LGBTgoons went on the streets and ensured that everybody got the message that we weren't allowed to talk about things that they had an interest in. And anybody who did was absolutely eviscerated, myself included, and was cancelled  or demonised or whatever. That has had a huge effect on Irish culture, a culture that used to be very  argumentative and garrulous, has now become almost paranoid, and kind of, you have this kind of culture of humming and hawing. If you get involved in a conversation with somebody and you say something that is  even maybe two or three steps removed from a controversial issue, they will immediately know it and clam up. This has been happening now in our culture right across the country. When you think about it, I've been saying in the last week that actually for all its  limitations, locations, the polling booth, that corner of the room in which the votes are being cast with the little table and the pencil and a little bit of a curtain in some  instances, but even not, there's a kind of a metaphorical curtain. And that became the one place in Ireland that you could overcome your mutism, that  you could put your mark on that paper and do it convincingly and in a firm hand. And I think that's really the meaning of it, that it was a no, no, no, no, no to just about everything that this government and its proxies have been trying to push over on  Ireland for the last few years, including the mass immigration, essential replacement  of the Irish population, including the vaccines, which really have killed now in Ireland something like 20,000 people over the past three years. I would say a conservative enough estimate not to mention the injuries of people; the many people who are ill now as a result of this and then of course we  have the utterly corrupt media refusing to discuss any of this and to put out all kinds  of misdirection concerning. John, can I just say, there's an interesting line in one of the articles on this. It said the scale of rejection spelled humiliation for the government, but also  opposition parties and advocacy groups who had united to support a yes, yes vote.  Tell us about that.  It's not just the government, well the government is made up obviously of the three  parties, the unholy alliance, of Fianna Fáil, Fianna Gael and, sorry, what was the  other? The Green Party.  Sorry, the Greens.  The Green Party are a fairly traditional element in Irish politics, not so much in the ideology, but in the idea of the small party, because they're They're the tail that wags the dog. They have all the ideological ideas.  The main parties have virtually no ideology whatsoever. Like they've been just catch-all parties for a century or whatever their  existence has been. But yes, that idea, you see, what we've noticed increasingly over the last, say, 10, 15  years, particularly I think since 2011, we had an election that year, which I think was a critical moment in Irish life, when in fact everything seemed to change. We didn't notice it at the time, but moving on from that, it became clear that  something radical had happened in the ruins of Irish culture, as it were, both  spellings actually. And so, as we moved out from that, it became clear that really there was no  opposition anymore. That all the parties were just different shades or different functions within a singular  Ideology. Like the so-called left parties were, it's not that they would be stating the thing. They would sort of, they would become almost like the military wing of the  mainstream parties, enforcing their diktats on the streets. If people went to protest about something outside the Houses of Parliament, the  Leinster House, these people would up and mount a counter protest against them  and call them all kinds of names. Like Nazis and white supremacists, all this nonsense, which has no place in Irish  culture whatsoever. It is a kind of a uni-party, as they say, is the recent term for it. But, my own belief is that actually this is a somewhat distraction in the sense that we  shouldn't anymore be looking at individual parties because, in fact, all of them are  captured from outside. And the World Economic Forum is basically dictating pretty much everything that  everybody thinks now. I mean, our so-called Taoiseach, God help us, I hate to call him that because it's  an honourable title. It's a sacred title to me.  And to have this appalling creep going swaggering around claiming that title for  himself, it seems it's one of the great obscenities of of modern Ireland. But he, Brad Kerr. He is a member of the World Economic Forum.  So is Martin, the leader of Fianna Fáil. They've been switching over the Taoiseach role for the last four years. Yeah, because that's quite strange. I mean, many of our viewers will not be from  Ireland and will be surprised at the confusion system you have where they just swap every so often, because the three of them are in cahoots. That's the completely new thing.  That's never happened before. But what it's about, you see, those two parties are the Civil War parties. Civil War back in 1922. Those parties grew out of it, and they became almost equivalent in popularity. They represented in some ways the divide of that Civil War. And for the best part of 100 years, they were like the main, they were the yin and yang. They were the Tweedledum and Tweedledee of the political system. And gradually, in the last 30, 40 years, the capacity of either of those parties to win  an overall majority has dwindled and basically disappeared, evaporated. So now they need smaller parties. And that's been true for about 30 years. And as I say, what actually happens then is that the smaller party, no matter how  small, if it's big enough to actually make the difference numerically, then it has the  power to take over certain areas of policy in which the big parties have no interest  whatsoever. And that's how you get things like migration, because they don't care about that. That's how you get social welfare policies, all that kind of stuff. This is kind of what's happened in the last, particularly since 2020, where there was a  complete unanimity. I could name, with the fingers of one hand, the people in the parliament, a total of over200 people in between the two houses, that who actually have stood up and actually in in any way acquitted themselves decently in the last four years. The rest have just been nodding donkeys and going along with this great tyranny against the Irish people and the contempt that Radcliffe and his cronies show for the Irish  people. Literally, almost like to the point of handing out straws and saying, suck it up, suck it  up, suck it up. And this is where we are now, that our democracy has been taken away, for sure. I mean, that last week was a really a bit of a boost but that was only  because they couldn't fix that. It was a referendum and they couldn't possibly predict what the turnout would be in  order to ready up the votes in advance but I have no doubt that they would be trying to rectify that they're giving votes now to in local elections which we have to every  immigrant who comes into Ireland so by the time that the Irish people get to the polls it'll all be over. These are people who don't even know how to spell the name of the country they're in many cases and this This is what's happening. The contempt these people have shown for our country is beyond belief. It is dizzying. It is nauseating. But the Irish people are told to shut up.  And of course, the media, without which none of this will be possible, by the way. I mean, if we had decent, honest media, they would be calling the government out  every day. But they're not. And so it remains to be seen now what effect this will have. I don't have any confidence that it's going to put any manners on this government  because they are beyond arrogant, beyond traitorous, beyond redemption in my view. But at the same time, there is a possibility that in the next elections, we have three  elections coming up now in the next year, in the next few months, actually, I would say,almost certainly. Well, we know for sure there's the European elections, European Parliament elections, and the local local elections are happening in June. Then there's a very strong probability that the general election will take place  sometime in the autumn because it has to happen before this time next year. And of course, the longer they leave it, the less flexibility and wiggle room they'll have in order because, events, dear boy, events can take over and they don't want to do, they don't like events, you know. I think what will be very interesting then is will something emerge in these elections, which would, if you like, will be a kind of an equivalent to that no box on toilet paper  in the form of independence, perhaps, or in the form of some form of new movement,  some actual spontaneous voice of the Irish people might well be something that could happen. I hope so. And I feel so as well. I think that this is the moment that it happened before, Peter, back in 2011, when  there was the really appalling events that happened in the wake of the economic  meltdown, when the troika of the IMF, the World Bank and the European  Commission, three entities, arrived as a kind of a coalition or a coalition. A kind of a joint policing visitation, shall we say, to basically take possession of Irish  economic sovereignty. And that was a great humiliation, a moment of extraordinary sorrow and grief and  rage in the Irish people. And that moment, I think, if you lit a match in Ireland at that time, the whole place  would have gone up. But, what happened then was a bogus movement started and pretended that it was  going to go and lead an alternative movement against these cretins, these cretinous  thugs and traitors who are the mainstream parties. And instead, then at the very last minute, they blocked the hallway, as Bob Dylan said, they stood in the doorway, they blocked up the hall, and nobody could go  through until the very last moment when they stepped aside. said they weren't going to run, and ushered in Mr. Enda Kenny, who became  possibly the greatest destroyer in Irish history since Oliver Cromwell. Yeah. When I grew up in the 80s with Gareth Fitzgerald and Charles Hawkey back  Fianna Gael, Fianna Fáil, there did seem to be a choice. And now it seems to be that there isn't really a choice for the voters and they've  come together. Is that a fair assessment of where Ireland are? Yes, 100%, Peter.  But, I think it's very important to, whereas we can go into the whole walk thing, as  these parties are now, fixated with woke, contaminated with it. They're saturated with this nonsense and really assiduously pushing it. But I always remind people that none of this is spontaneous, that woke is not a  spontaneous, naturalistic movement from the people or even any people. Of course, there are people pushing it, but they're just useful idiots. This has been, this is top-down, manipulation of an orchestration of our  democracies.  And it's happening everywhere now. These massive multibillionaires pumping money into this, into basically  destructive political elements, Antifa, the LGBT goons, and so on and so on. Terrorist groups, essentially. Let's not mess around. They're terrorist groups. And using these to batter down the democratic structures of Western countries. That's what's happening. And you see, the people that we are looking at who are the puppets. They're the quokka-wodgers, I call them. That's the name for them, actually, the quokka-wodgers, people who are simply like  wooden puppets of the puppet masters. They're filling space, placeholders. They're indistinguishable.  It doesn't matter.  I mean, rotating the role of Taoiseach is irrelevant because essentially, you  could just have a showroom dummy sitting on the chair for the full four years. It doesn't matter who it is, except the only difference it makes is that the quality of the dribble that emerges from the mouths of Martin and Varadkar is somewhat variegated  in the sense that, Varadkar is capable of saying the most disgusting things because  he has no knowledge of Ireland.  He's half Irish. He's an Irish mother and an Indian father. He has no love for Ireland whatsoever. He did a speech there the other day, apparently in America, where he was saying that  St. Patrick was a single male immigrant. Nobody, I think, at the meeting where he said it, had the temerity to point out to him  that actually St.Patrick was a victim of people traffickers. And that's exactly what's happening now.  He's their principal ally in the destruction of Ireland. Well, how does that fit? Because interesting comment about Varadkar's background,  his parents Indian.  We, of course, here in the UK and England, it's the same with Sunak. And then in Wales, you've just got the new first minister. I think was born in Zambia, I think, Africa. And then, of course, you've got in Scotland and in London, Pakistani heritage. You kind of look around.  And I think my issue is not necessarily that you've got that different background. My issue is the lack of integration and understanding of what it means to be this  culture and this community and a lack of understanding. I think that's where Varadkar seems to have torn up the rule book and what it means to be Irish and wants to rewrite it. Oh, well, they're actively saying now that really there's no such thing as Irish culture  and that, the people who live in Ireland, those people have been here for hundreds or maybe thousands of years. That they have no particular claim on this territory. Trade. This is something that the great Irish patriot, Wulff Tone, mourned about. He said, this country of ours is no sandbag. It's an ancient land honoured into antiquity by its valor, its piety, and its suffering. That's forgotten.  People like Varadkar don't know the first thing about this and care less. They're like Trudeau in Canada, a completely vacant space, empty-headed. Narcissists, egomaniacs psychopaths. They are. And they are and traitors like they are really doing things now. I did a stream last week; there was somebody in America in Utah, and I was saying  in the headline, I found myself saying this that what is happening cannot  possibly be happening. That's really the way all of us feel now that this is like just something surreal real, that is beyond comprehension, because it wasn't possible for us to forget, to predict. That a person could be elected into the office of Taoiseach, who would be  automatically a traitor, who would have no love for Ireland. It seemed to be axiomatic that in order to get there, you wanted to care, you had to  care and love Ireland. These people have no love for Ireland.  They are absolutely the enemies of Ireland now. You mentioned the two other referendums that happened or in effect on same-sex marriage and life or the lack of sanctity of life and those went through this this  hasn't. Does that mean there is a growing resentment with the government. Is it a growing opposition and desire for conservative values where kind of is that  coming from I know it's probably difficult to analyze it because this just happened a  week ago but what are your thoughts on that? It's difficult.  It's difficult because there are different explanations going around. I can only tell you what I believe, and it's based on just observation over a long time. I believe that it is. I've been saying,  for the last two years about Ireland in this context. That the Irishman, Paddy, as he's called, and we don't mind him being called that. You can imagine him sitting in the pub, in a beautiful sunny evening. The shadows of the setting sun coming across the bar. Oh, I'm dreaming that. I can have this picture in my mind, John. And he's got a dazzle, as we say, a dashing of beer, and he's sticking it away. And then there's a couple of young fellas there, and they start messing, pushing  around and maybe having a go at some of the women in the bar or whatever. And Paddy will sit there for a long time, and he'll sort of have a disapproving look  but he won't say anything, but there will be a moment and I call it: the kick the chair  moment. When he will just reef the chair from under him and he will get up and he'll get one of those guys and he'll have him slapped up against the wall and he will tell him the odds. That's the moment I think we've arrived at, that all of the contempt all of the hatred,  these people go on about introducing hate speech law there is nobody in Ireland that  is more hateful than the government towards its own people. 100 percent.  The most hateful government, I think, in the world at this point. They are abysmal.  They're appalling. So, this is the moment when I think people took that in. They took it in. They took it in.  We suck it up. OK. But then one day they said, no, no more. And that's what happened on Friday week, last Friday, Friday week. That's what happened because, you can push people so far. A lot of this has to do with Ireland's kind of inheritance of post-colonial self-hatred, whereby they can convince us that we're white supremacists, even though we  have no history of slavery or anything like that, except being slaves ourselves, our  ancestors being slaves. But there is, as Franz Fallon wrote about many years ago, back in the 50s, the  pathologies that infect a country that's been colonized are such as to weaken them in  a terrible way in the face of the possibility of independence, that they cannot stand  up for themselves. And you can see this now. I mean, all over Irish culture now on magazines, on hoardings, in television  advertisements, there's nothing but black faces. You would swear that Ireland was an African country. This is part of the gaslighting, that attack that has been mounted against the Irish  people. And people, Irish people, you see genuinely because they don't. They don't understand what's happening because the word racist is a kind of a spell  word, which is used, I call it like a, like it's like a cattle prod, and as soon as you say something, and a big space opens up around you because nobody wants to  be near somebody who's a racist. But in fact, we need to begin to understand that these are just words and sticks and  stones and so on. If we allow this to happen it means that we will lose our metaphysical home that our  children and our grandchildren will be homeless in the world that's what's going to  happen, because it's already clear from a lot of these people who are coming in that  they're shouting the odds and saying that basically Irish people just better get up and  leave their own country, because they're not welcome anymore. These are outsiders who've been here a wet weekend. They're being trained in this you asked me. I forgot to mention this thing Ireland has something like 35,000 NGOs 35,000  Wow  And and these people, in other words they're non-governmental organization. what's a non-government at mental organization? That's a government which works that's in organization which works for the government, but pretends not to. Ireland has been governed now to non-government mental organizations  and these people are bringing in these foreigners and they're training them. They're coaching them how to attack the Irish people, how to make a claim on Ireland. I read an article somebody sent me last week where some guy who came here from  Chechnya, and he was saying how great it was that you could come to Ireland and  become Irish within hours. Whereas, you could never become Japanese or Chinese, which, of course, is true. I mean, if I went to Japan, I think it would take about 10,000 years before a relation of mine might be Japanese. And rightly so. Rightly so.  There's nothing racist about that.  That's just the way things are. That's every country, including the African countries, want to uphold their own  ethnicity, integrity and nationhood. Why the hell can Ireland not do the same? It seems we can't.  And our own government telling us and our own media is telling us that we can't. Some background, there were 160 members in the Dáil of the Irish Parliament and  the government is 80. I was quite surprised at that, because you talk about a government wanting extra seats to get a bigger majority, but it seems though you look who's the opposition and you've got Sinn Féin and they are even more captured by the woke agenda than anyone. So you kind of look; it's kind of the government are rubbing it in people's  noses, because they don't actually need a majority or a big majority, because  everyone else seems to be fitting into this agenda. Yeah, that's a really important point, Peter.  It's really important because, you see, what happened in 2020 is really instructive. We had an election in 2020 in February.  I actually ran myself. The only time in my life I've ever run for an election because things were looking so  bad. I ran in the worst constituency in Ireland, actually, Dundee, which is the only  constituency which voted yes in this referendum. So, that'll just show you how demoralised I was, let's say. But, what happened then was that the government, outgoing government, was  basically hammered. Varadkar for government were hammered. There was a standoff for for several months when there was negotiations and then  something happened that was totally, not likely but each of the parties Fianna  Gael, and Fianna Fáil, in the previous election and for years, and decades,  before that has said that they would never ever ever coalesce with the other. Then they did. What we had then was from from from February through until late June of that year: we had Radcliffe running a kind of a caretaker government in the period when the  most draconian and radical and unprecedented laws were introduced into Irish  society. Nothing like them ever before, the COVID laws.  And then in July, Martin, they went into coalition then, and we had Martin, Fianna  Fáil and Fianna Gael in coalition doing the same thing, implementing the same  policies without question. And anybody who did question, as I did, and others, we got hammered and treated  like dirt in the courts, in the media, you name it. That's the thing; those parties, they know that no matter what happens, they can rig up the arithmetic. That there's nothing for further. There's nowhere as things stand unless you get a huge tranche of independents who  have the power to nullify whatever power these small parties will have. But you see, one of the factors involved here now, they don't have a this election for  the general election where they'll be able to get immigrants and Ukrainians and all these people to vote. But that's probably in a very short order, possibly by the next general election, they  will have organised that. And means that increasingly, just as in terms of the birth rate, Ireland is  already being overtaken. The population is already beginning to be, you know, you can see that the incoming  population is growing at a much faster rate than the Irish population, in the  indigenous population because we have European demographics. We had very briefly, some time ago. Surges after John Paul visited in 79 and so on. We had much higher birth rates than the rest of Europe, but not anymore. And so essentially what we're looking at right across Europe is a replacement  of population. Intimidation and the way you can really know this is that they've decided that  the word replacement is a hate word and and when they say that you're over the target because, whenever something becomes dead obvious they make  it quasi-illegal they make it into a crime. I've seen that. Can I ask it's it's weird because there's a positive and a negative I see. The negative is that there doesn't seem to be a vocal opposition to what is happening or a grouping that is standing for family, for the rights of women,  a pro-women party. And so there doesn't seem to be that on one side. But yet, on the other side, the people have rejected what they were told to vote  for, not only by the politicians, by every political party, but also by the media. Everything was telling them to do one thing and they've done something else  and yes, I mean that rebelliousness, I love, but I'm wondering in the  middle of that, there a group movement that can appear to begin to stand up,  because Ireland doesn't really have a populist movement; like we're seeing in  every European country. Except Britain and Ireland. We're left on the sidelines.  Yeah, yeah. Really there was never be this is ironic given that that Edmund Burke was an  Irishman. There's been no real conservative party. I mean, they've been called, Fine Gael and Fine Fáil were called conservative parties,  but they had no philosophy whatsoever. When Hardy came to Hardy, they switched to the woke side. There's no intellectual, interesting party that puts forward family-related policies, say like Viktor Orban does in Hungary or anything like that. It's purely a kind of reactive opposition. That's very, very dismaying because, we desperately need. One of the problems I think here, Peter, is ironically, that is a residual effect of the war against the Catholic Church, which has succeeded in, particularly the clerical abuse  scandals, have succeeded in making people very wary of speaking about, what you  might call Catholic issues, whether that's expressed in family or abortion or whatever. So, those issues tend to be leveraged by the leftist and liberal parties to actually agitate people so as they actually will go against whatever the church is recommending. That's been the pattern going right back in the last, certainly in the last decade or so,  that that was very strong in the referendums. You see that this is a real problem because, if you go on the media in Ireland, if you  would go on, if you would be let on, on the national broadcaster now, you would be  harangued and harassed if you were proposing. Nobody would say: “OK, well, what do you got to say?” And then: ”OK, well, I don't agree with that," but here's my position.” And that's gone. You're just harangued and you're sneered at, not necessarily just by the opposition  that's in the studio, but by the presenter, probably foremost among them. That's the way that these things have gone now. And you have all these newspapers campaigning, activists. They purport to be, I guess, in the referendum recently, they purported to be covering  it. But in fact, they were fighting for the yes side. And this has been the standard approach like that. They tell all these lies. I mean, like there's a very important lie that I want to just call out, which is the Tune  Babies Hooks lie, which happened about 10 years ago. Where there was allegations made that 800 babies had been killed by nuns in Tum and buried in a septic tank. There's been a commission of inquiry that has spent 10 years investigating this and  they have not found one skeleton, one bone of a child in a septic tank. Yet, the news has not gone around the world anything like to the extent that the first  story went round. And people still out there that I meet think it is absolutely gospel truth that nuns  killed 800 children and buried their bodies in a septic tank. That is a complete and utter lie. And they have failed after 10 years of trying.  And yet that issue was used, was leveraged in the 2018 referendum to defeat the voice of the church, to nullify what the church was saying on the abortion question, because the implication was, well, they don't care about children. This is what goes on in Ireland.  It is obscene.  It's utterly obscene. And one feels, distraught in the face of it. Grease stricken to see what has become possible in our beautiful country. Yeah, well the media or the virus and we've seen that time and time again. John I really do appreciate coming on. When I saw that result I was so happy, especially seeing the depression on Varadkar's  face that even brought more joy. I'd seen them pull back, and of course, they haven't given up, and they will come back I'm sure they will try and mix this type of thing part of their their manifesto  moving forward. But, it is a moment to celebrate, I think, in the pushback. Thanks so much for coming on and sharing it, John.  Thank you very much, Peter. Nice to talk to you

If you've ever read the children's book, "Love You Forever" you'll understand the complicated emotions associated with the loss of our loved ones as they grow older. What we often aren't prepared for is the sudden responsibility of becoming a caretaker for those who once took care of us. Acclaimed culture journalist and author of the upcoming novel, "Everything is a Little Broken," (releasing February 27, 2024), Rebecca Sugar writes a compelling narrative where time is our cruel enemy, and human connection is our strongest defense. Known for her thought-provoking column in the New York Sun, "The Cocktail Party Contrarian," this story is thinly veiled fiction based on the authors own family experiences as a caregiver for both her children and elderly father. Sugar weaves a poignant, touching, funny, and profound narrative that explores the complexities of middle age, aging, and the inevitable passage of time. The novel revolves around Mira Cayne, who grapples with the challenges of watching her father decline and the impending loss of their family's beloved nanny. As she leans on her family traditions, moments of strength, and flashes of humor, Mira confronts the universal question we all face: "Who will I be when the older generation is gone?" I believe you'll find EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE BROKEN to be a powerful exploration of life's fragility, and Rebecca Sugar's unique ability to capture hereditary distress in fiction makes this debut novel a must-read. I 'm looking forward to setting up an interview for you and Rebecca, please let me know where I can send an ARC for review! For your convenience, here is the PDF link to read, release below: EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE BROKEN EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE BROKEN By Rebecca Sugar EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE BROKEN (Post Hill Press; February 27, 2024) by acclaimed journalist and author Rebecca Sugar is more than a compassionate look at life in middle age—it's a heartfelt story inspired by beloved members of Sugar's own family. The distancing of fiction allows Sugar to capture the hereditary distress that daunts memoir writers as she crafts the kind of mirror that reflects inescapable truths. Sugar, who is known for her column, “The Cocktail Party Contrarian” in the New York Sun, has also been published in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, USA Today, Spectator USA, Jewish News Syndicate, The Christian Post, The Jewish Journal, and more. Faced with nothing but time during the COVID-19 lockdown, she chose the vehicle of fiction in order to express universal truths about the challenge she was facing as she cared for infirm, elderly parents and children at the same time. When Leonard Cohen sang, “There is a crack, a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in,” he might have been describing the Cayne family in Rebecca Sugar's poignant, touching, funny, and profound debut novel. Mira Cayne is watching her beloved father decline right before her eyes. Aging is hard, and the man who has always been her hero and her rock isn't bouncing back from his second spinal cord surgery. Decades of chronic pain are taking its toll on her 79-year-old father's fierce spirit as he grows increasingly fragile. Her father isn't the only crack in Mira's foundation. Her family's beloved nanny is dying. The keeper of the family history and a maternal figure not just to Mira but her father as well, Mae Boyd has her Pentecostal faith to lean on. Mira is supporting her daughter as well as her ailing seniors and stuck between generations. Who can Mira lean on? As she looks toward her Jewish faith, moments of strength and inspiration, and flashes of humor to sustain her, Mira can't escape the question that comes for all of us: “Who will I be when the older generation is gone?”

On this week's NCF Deprogrammed, hosts Harrison Pitt & Evan Riggs are joined by journalist and activist Melissa Chen, contributing editor for Spectator USA & co-founder of Ideas Beyond Borders. On today's show, the panel discuss whether Christianity is the West's most potent force in the battle against wokeism. The discussion expands upon Evan Riggs' essay in the European Conservative in which he argues that "those of us committed to fighting back against the ‘woke' must come to terms with the fact that only Christianity is potent enough to defeat the cult of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Non-believers need not convert, but it is time for us to get out of the way." See: https://europeanconservative.com/arti... --------------------------------------- SUBSCRIBE: If you are enjoying the show, please subscribe to our channel on YouTube (click the Subscribe Button underneath the video and then Click on the Bell icon next to it to make sure you Receive All Notifications) AUDIO: If you prefer Audio you can subscribe on itunes or Soundcloud. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-923838732 itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... SUPPORT/DONATE: PAYPAL/ CARD PAYMENTS - ONE TIME & MONTHLY: You can donate in a variety of ways via our website: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk/#do... It is set up to accept one time and monthly donations. JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Web: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk F: https://www.facebook.com/NCultureForum/ Y: https://www.youtube.com/@NewCultureForum T: http://www.twitter.com/NewCultureForum (@NewCultureForum)

In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Amber Athey, Washington Editor for The American Spectator, Georgetown Alumnus, and Author of “The Snowflakes' Revolt,” to discuss the woke takeover of Georgetown University and other "elite" schools, disturbing trends amongst Millennials and Gen Z, Boomer incompetence on social media and its consequences, corruption at the White House Correspondents Association, and what if anything can be done to restore sanity in American journalism.#Journalism #WhiteHouse #WhiteHouseCorrespondents #Georgetown #Millennials #GenZ #MainstreamMediaAmber Athey is the Washington Editor at Spectator USA and the host of the “Unfit to Print” podcast which also airs on @WCBM680 on Sundays @6pm. She was named 2019-20 Tony Blankley Fellow by Steamboat Institute. Prior to joining the Spectator USA team, Amber was White House Correspondent at the Daily Caller and covered bias and abuse in the university system for Campus Reform. She graduated from Georgetown University in 2016 with a B.A. in Government and Economics. Amber is an Orioles fan, country music lover, and proud cat mom to Bentley. She is the author of “The Snowflakes' Revolt: How Woke Millennials Hijacked American Media.” Send news tips to amber@thespectator.comLearn more about Amber Athey's work:https://thespectator.com/author/amber-athey/https://twitter.com/amber_atheyBuy "The Snowflakes' Revolt" on Bookshop:https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-snowflakes-revolt-how-woke-millennials-hijacked-american-media/18949085––––––Follow American Moment across Social Media:Twitter – https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgYouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble – https://rumble.com/c/c-695775Check out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/Follow Us on Twitter:Saurabh Sharma – https://twitter.com/ssharmaUSNick Solheim – https://twitter.com/NickSSolheimAmerican Moment's "Moment of Truth" Podcast is recorded at the Conservative Partnership Center in Washington DC, produced by American Moment Studios, and edited by Jake Mercier and Jared Cummings.Subscribe to our Podcast, "Moment of Truth"Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moment-of-truth/id1555257529Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/5ATl0x7nKDX0vVoGrGNhAj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode, making a return to Hearts of Oak is the veteran Irish journalist, playwright, author, campaigner and political activist, John Waters. We have all seen the pictures coming from 'The Emerald Isle' of the protests against uncontrolled immigration. These demonstrations are very similar to what has been happening in the UK and John joins us to discuss the impact that mass immigration is having on Ireland. The damage to community cohesion and the blatant disregard for what is best for the citizens of Ireland is producing a pressure cooker atmosphere, those who raise concerns are branded as racists, bigots and being far right. Loving ones country is no longer accepted or tolerated by our politicians and media, have the government overplayed their hand and can the people of Ireland reclaim their country? Join us for John's expert analysis on this situation. John Waters is an Irish Thinker, Talker, and Writer. From the life of the spirit of society to the infinite reach of rock ‘n' roll; from the puzzle of the human ‘I' to the true nature of money; from the attempted murder of fatherhood to the slow death of the novel, he speaks and writes about the meaning of life in the modern world. He began part-time work as a journalist in 1981, with Hot Press, Ireland's leading rock ‘n' roll magazine and went full-time in 1984, when he moved from the Wild West to the capital, Dublin. As a journalist, magazine editor and columnist, he specialised from the start in raising unpopular issues of public importance, including the psychic cost of colonialism and the denial of rights to fathers under what is called family 'law'. He was a columnist with The Irish Times for 24 years when being Ireland's premier newspaper still meant something. He left in 2014 when this had come to mean diddly-squat, and drew the blinds fully on Irish journalism a year later. Since then, his articles have appeared in publications such as First Things, frontpagemag.com, The Spectator, and The Spectator USA. He has published ten books, the latest, Give Us Back the Bad Roads (2018), being a reflection on the cultural disintegration of Ireland since 1990, in the form of a letter to his late father. Connect with and support John... SUBSTACK: https://johnwaters.substack.com/ WEBSITE: https://anti-corruptionireland.com/ Interview recorded 20.2.23 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more... https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ [0:22] John Waters, it is wonderful to have you with us and thank you for joining us once again. It's a pleasure to be on with you again, Peter. Thank you very much. Not at all. It's been, goodness, two years. I look back and it's January 2021, so please, accept my apologies for not having you on. More often we will do. And for the viewers and listeners, you can follow John on his substack, johnwaters.substack.com. I get it into my inbox and it will give you John's perspective and thoughts on a whole range of events. So, I do encourage you to go sign up for that and you can even sign up for the paid version, if you so wish and support John in that way. John, you're probably looking at the substack and I was reading through it today looking at your description. I noticed that you call yourself an Irish thinker, writer, and as Irish thinker, talker, and writer. That's the one. [1:23]I would have just put you on as a journalist, but that word is connotations. But yet you're the first guest I've ever had on who defines himself by being a thinker and a talker. Yeah, yeah. Well, exactly. You've put your finger on there. I use, I come up with, try and come up with words of self-description that are not journalists, even though as a child I couldn't, the idea of being a journalist and having that name appended, that word appended to my name was like beyond a dream, you know, and now you know just connotations of just lying and scumry and just speaking on behalf of the power, attacking the vulnerable, you know, and so on and so on and so on. So yeah, it's really just an alternative to being regarded as describing myself really as a lying scum-bag, which you know, actually, I will try a little harder and I must come up with some more words for that because I think I'm going to need them for a little longer. [2:14] I think I could say this, someone born on the island of Ireland, born in the north and live in the south, it's so Irish. People think of the Irish as talkers, as thinkers. So it kind of fits into that little stereotype. It does, yeah. It's a little bit pretentious, I have to say, a little bit affected, but it needs most. I kind of toy with the idea of reporter, but it doesn't really get me. I am, but it's a particular kind of writing, I guess. So journalist is a word, which, as I say, once treasured and hopeful, I hope will be treasured once again in our culture and our civilization. But at the moment it's the, it's the byword of a scumbag, you know? [2:58] Well, one issue that journalists have been silent on, we could have a range of issues, but the one we'll look at today is immigration and what's been happening in Ireland. Looking at it from over here on the mainland, as I would have called GB when I was back living in Ireland, Northern Ireland. But it seems to be an immigration level that's much higher than we've seen before. And the Irish have traditionally been a people of hospitality, of generosity, of open arms. But do you want to just give us your thoughts, your assessment on what exactly has been happening regarding immigration at the moment? [3:35] Well, as you say, Ireland always had a steady stream of people coming here to live and work and stay and be welcomed. And we didn't ever have an issue of rejecting any such people. But what's happening now and what has been happening for over 20 years is actually quite different, but increasingly so, acceleratingly so in the past three years since the so-called pandemic, which was used as a cover to bring in huge numbers, by night in planes. You would see them in the morning in Dublin with their cases dragging behind them, like 10 or 12 of them having come in from the airport. At the same time that the Irish people were locked down, and forbidden to go any more than 2 kilometres from their own homes. Half the world was coming to join us without any consultation with the Irish people. And this was a kind of an acceleration of a trend that had been with us with us for maybe 20 years going back to 2004 and the opening of the European borders, which you know. [4:33] The Irish people voted for. I didn't vote for it. I didn't agree with it. Not necessarily for that reason, although you know for reasons that I had fears that what was what is happening now would indeed happen. But so people did vote for the expansion of the European community and so on, the union and I didn't quibble with that. But it was clear from very early on, from maybe about 2005, 2007, that there were a lot of people coming into Ireland who were not Europeans and who didn't originate in Europe, that they were using Europe as a stepping stone to get into Ireland. Again, that was kind of something that had no context or no explanation in the context of what we had voted for. It wasn't being elaborated upon by politicians and so on. [5:24] And I remember at that time, around that time when I began to become aware of that, I started asking questions about it, but you weren't permitted to ask questions. To ask questions was racist. So if you wanted to know, I mean Ireland was at the time a population of under 4 million. And if you wanted to say, well, okay, well, like, you know, to somebody who wanted to open up our borders, well, like to what extent, you know, like, what is Ireland? You know, Is Ireland, as Thomas Davis prophesied, just a sand bank on which we walk about and indifferently and it doesn't really matter who's here, it doesn't matter why they're here, it doesn't matter, where they come from, it doesn't matter what their agendas are, or can we actually fix a number? That was the question that seemed to me to be the most germane, to say to these people, okay. [6:07] Fine, you want to bring in people, okay, but can you tell us who you're bringing in and can you tell us what your end game is? How many do you want to bring in? A population of less than 4 million? What? Another million? Oh, don't be ridiculous. Okay, fine. So you're saying that's too many. Okay, that's the start. Okay. Well, then let's say at the other end, the hypothesis maybe will say a dozen people. [6:34] Oh you play games, no no I'm not playing games, so it's not what is not a dozen, is not twelve, that's too few, fair enough I probably agree with you. [6:45] Now somewhere between twelve and a million is a figure that we need to fix on so can we work on that a little bit and maybe we end up with a figure that say four hundred and fifty thousand and twenty five. Right. OK. So on Monday morning after that, the four hundred, and fifty thousand and twenty sixth person arrives at Dublin airport and walks up the plane and says, here I am. And we say, sorry, you're very sorry. You're in hard luck. You know. [7:16] We're full up now. We've taken our quota. We said we would. And that says, I'm very sorry, but you're going to have to go back on the next plane. Is that racist? Is that racist? Well, of course, we know the answer to that it is racist, because there was never any question in these minds other than that. They would have free access, free free reign to bring as many people as they wanted into Ireland, which is an unlimited number. They have no limits. And they say this now, by the way, they say there is no upward seeding, there's no cap on migrants. We've already taken in nearly 100,000 Ukrainians, for example, in the last 10 months. And they're saying that we could expect the same again within a year. I mean, you know, and moreover, there's a concept which has been in use here in general, which we again is subterranean, of family reunification, whereby once one person comes in, they're entitled to bring in their extended family. And there's actually no upward limit on that either it appears but the average that we have found per person. [8:21] It's quite a shocking number is 20. So you think about say a hundred thousand Ukrainians coming into Ireland and having the right to bring in 20 people a piece say, and it's more if they want. [8:37] Well, what's that? You know, like, like, like that's 2 million people like that, without a single conversation with the Irish people about what they wish for their country, what they fear from this tendency. But Ireland has had a massive change. The Ireland I grew up in in the 80s is a world away from the Ireland today. And that massive change, I mean, depending how you look at it, I look at it as someone who's, maybe a Christian or a conservative and see that massive change with the church being quite strong, with a cohesion in Ireland, understanding what it meant to be Irish. But that has been upended and Ireland has turned for me one of the most conservative countries, one of the most liberal countries. And a lot of those changes, I think, have happened again without the public necessarily being engaged with and asked and discussed, what are the consequences of these actions? Are they good or bad for the country? Is that a kind of fair assessment?   Oh, yeah, for sure. I mean. [9:57] Basically we were told. I mean, this is essentially what we're talking about here, Peter, is, totalitarianism, as defined by Václav Havel, you know, where he was talking about, you know, that the future is prepared for you and you were told you must live in it and there are no options, there is no menu. This is it, you move in. You're no longer a sovereign person in your country. You are just simply a passenger and you're the same. You have the same rights if you have [10:24] as anybody who comes in. In fact, in practice, what we're finding is that the Indigenous population no longer have rights in this context at all. And the reason for that is very interesting, because what it actually is, it relates back to the United Nations and the United Nations taking up of the 1964 Civil Rights Act in the United States, which kind of gave a legal oomph to a, lot of the ideologies that were beginning to float around at that point. And in effect, what it means is that when a migrant comes to Ireland or any other country in Europe. [10:57] They are in effect a floating piece of UN jurisdiction. They bring with them all those kind of entitlements and rights which the UN will now provide them with but it is the Irish people who must pay for them. With their communities, with their homes, with their safety, with their security, with whatever is necessary in order to fulfil the contract with the UN has extended to this individual migrant. And the Irish people have no right to speak back to this. It is quite clear. They're, you know, they're just being bullied. I mean by so-called entertainers, by celebrities, so-called by NGOs, by government civil servants, all paid out of the Irish taxpayers' pocket. Now abusing the Irish taxpayer for asking simple questions about the future direction of his country and the chances of his or her children having a home to live in. [11:55] And the Irish people are saying no in increasing numbers. And thank God, because it has taken a long time for them to overcome their fear of being demonised, of being called names by these people. But now they realise that the price of silence is too great. It is the complete destruction of their metaphysical home and the loss of the birth right of their children. [12:18] How is this, I mean, Ireland is a country that you know what Irish means and probably a country with one of the strongest identities around the world has been, but that kind of identity, that heart and soul seems to be ripped out of the country. How is that, how has that happened? Or how has that been allowed to happen? I mean, we see it in the UK, self-hatred of the country, but you kind of thought being [12:54] Irish is something different, is something to really be proud about and the fabric of the society and culture. How has it changed completely? Well, you see, Ireland's been under assault for 800 years, you know, I mean, first of all by Britain, but more recently for the past 100 years by its own people, you know, who have basically stepped into the role of colonizers within, native settlers, as it were. And that has now, you see this whole thing of demonization. The demonization, you talked about this kind of conservative liberal axis. I mean, I don't necessarily think the words are hugely useful anymore, any more than left and right are useful, but they do describe something in a sense. And certainly they divide the field and we can see more clearly. So it's useful enough to use them, they're not necessarily words that have a precise meaning. And you know we've now had, as you say, these culture wars for particularly in the last decade where we had a series of referendums which attacked the fundamental rights section of the Irish constitution on the basis of marriage, on the basis of abortion, on the basis of so-called rights of children, which are now, by the way. I oppose all these at referendum. [14:07] And interestingly the one in 2012 about so-called children's rights was the most baffling for people, as to why I would do that. They say are you opposed to children having rights? And I say absolutely not, but their rights must be vested in their parents, has always been the case. Now after this, and it was narrowly passed, what happened was that the state took on the role of, super-parent and now you see the fruits of it where a government minister stands up on her hind legs and tells people that she is going to allow children of 16 years of age to transition, to change genders without their parents' knowledge or consent. Now that's the culmination of what happened in 2012. So to answer your question, this is the conditions you see. You see, I believe, Peter, that actually Ireland was, I forget the word, but there is a word in Spanish for what they call a self coup. I think we had one such of those in Ireland in 2011, which precedes this period, just a little more over a decade ago. And what it was, was really that the American government [15:14] under Obama seemed to take Ireland under its wing and send all kinds of secretive forces into our midst, nor to manipulate and so on, and teach us the expertise of scumry. And we learned well. Our leaders learned well. They are complete scumbags now. And so one of the things they did, and particularly so in the 2015 referendum on marriage, was they launched these LGBT goons. [15:43] As almost like Rottweilers, you know, packs of Rottweilers into the culture, telling people what they could and could not say, therefore what they could and could not think. And they terrified the lives out of people because people at the time, this was new and they'd never seen anything. People, Irish people are gentle and you don't want to offend people and so on mostly. [16:03] They need to get over that by the way. What you actually ended up with was what I call a culture of mutism or lock job where people became afraid to open their mouth for fear of saying the wrong thing in the wrong company and that they would be pulled up and reprimanded and chastised by somebody And that's therefore what you actually found in the last decade. And I found this in places like up in the west of Ireland, where people never stop talking and saying the most outrageous things to each other, all my life. And not being afraid of that, or not even being offended by it, but enjoying the possibility that you could have these entangled, but now, when you would mention some slightly risqué subject, there was look around...... [16:55] And then they would say, but you can't open your mouth.   Exactly the same here. When people will say to you, well said, completely agree with you. I also share that concerns, but I really can't speak up because it's X, Y, Z. And people, seem to have lost the courage. They still have that inside belief, but they've lost the courage to speak. Yeah. There was a great novel published there about five years ago by Anna Burns called Milkman, which was about that culture in operation in Northern Ireland. And that really resonated with me when I read it more recently in the last couple of years. It's a powerful book in that sense because it really gets at the undertones of what happens in a consciousness, collective and individual, when that kind of pressure for Omerta, is actually bearing down upon that culture. And that, I think, has been the singular most effective instrument. And that's why people ask, why is it that the LGBT movement are always drifting around the immigration issue. Well, that's why. They're paid to silence people. That's their skill. [18:10] LGB Rottweilers, that image sticks with me. It's a perfect description. What about in the UK, our politicians have talked about immigration, our immigration, which is out of control, has happened under a so-called conservative government for the last 13 years. They keep telling us, don't worry, we're going to fix it. We're going to put the brakes on it, we're going to deal with it, but they never do. So there is talk. In Ireland, are they even talking about trying to do something or is there just ignoring the situation? No, no. You see, what happens is, yes, exactly that, exactly what you've described there, Peter, that there is talk. Occasionally, intermittently, there is talk. But that talk is purely to to damp down the resistance and people to go back to their work, their everyday activities and forget about marching and chanting and so on. And you get that now they've been muttering about the government now, mutter about, oh, they're now revealing, for example, that 60% of the migrants coming into Ireland have no papers. [19:20] Now that's a shocking, none of us in our wildest nightmares would have dared make such an assertion that even say half or even a quarter of these people have no, we would have regarded a quarter of people of those people having no documents when they arrive here as an absolutely shocking statistic. They're saying 60%. The government is saying 60%. They're admitting culpability and they're implying by that that they're going to do something to stop it. But of course they're not. They're saying that to give the impression that everything is fine now. The government suddenly has realized that maybe they've gone too far or it's gone too far or there's too many people coming here. We didn't intend this to happen. They put out advertising all over the world, telling people that if they came to Ireland, they will get their front door key within four months. [20:05] Wow. Wow. That 60%. That is basically a green light because you're publicizing that there's no stopping. You and I going traveling, you don't have your passport, you're not going anywhere. [20:23] And yet that 60%, I saw that figure. That's just a big green light saying, you can come here, don't worry about any legality issues. That's right. That's right. And you see the point is, here's the important point. The people doing this, whether they be politicians or civil servants or NGOs or whatever, they are people who can claim to be virtuous on the basis of forcing other people to accept all of these newcomers. While never actually, because they live in basically sheltered areas that are not affected. [20:58] And they parade in the streets and accuse other people of being racist, smug in the knowledge that they live in an area where the houses are too expensive for these people to go or for these people to be placed. The government can't afford that or wouldn't seek to do it. It has targeted working class community. It strikes me a little bit, [21:18] they look for families that are lacking in some problem, maybe marital difficulties or, alcoholism or something like that. So there's a weakness. And this is the condescension of these people that they imagine their working class communities, have a weak solidarity or that they don't really care about each other or whatever. They couldn't be further from the truth. It just shows how little they know about the people that actually they expect to vote for them. And what you're finding therefore is that people are actually, the very people, they would have been better off targeting. In fact, they should start to target now the people that were marching in Dublin yesterday, or on Saturday. I would suggest to them that [21:54] they would take their video, get the video from the guards who were obviously filming the march, as they always do, and just find out where all these people live and then move the migrants in there. And that they will deal with the problem like that, no problem. Let's see how that goes for them. We know it won't go because as soon as this begins to encroach on these people's own doorsteps, their compassion dissolves and evaporates. It's only when it's being imposed upon others, that they're feeding the capacity to be, as they put it, tolerant. Well, exactly the same thing happened in the UK. They're putting these people, not in the affluent areas, that would affect those in charge, but in other areas, and there have been big demos up in Liverpool, I guess mirroring what has happened over there. But tell us about those demonstrations because you kind of stand up and you think, okay, the people are beginning to push back. The worry is that people just accept, but there seems to be pushback. So tell us about those kind of demonstrations. [23:04] Well, particularly, I think since the turn of the year in the working class era before actually in East Wall in Dublin, there was a community there being encroached upon and they rose up and very successfully and very momentously and a lot of people around the world started to pay attention to this. And then there have been other places in Mullingar for more, different towns around the countryside. And what you see there is not, you see the slimy lying media tried to present this as a far right and radicalized by these shadowy figures from abroad and so on. So the utter nonsense drivel, lies. [23:42] And what it's actually the communities themselves, it's women with prams marching. And of course, then what happens is that Antifa and these people that LGBT thugs, who want to just wade in with their hammers, etc. can't do that. And they're rather annoyed by this. and they accused the marchers of putting their children at risk. Well, there would be no risk if these scumbags didn't come near them. [24:09] You know, so, you know, like we need to get, I think, really, you might think my language is a little strong, but that's what I think is most important about this, that the Irish people learn to ramp up their outrage, and trust their repugnance of these people and speak the words that describe them. [24:30] Because when you are dealing with something profane, you have to use profane language. [24:36] Or you do not communicate its true nature. And that's why I use those words. And I think that's beginning to happen now. The two things are happening. One is that people are realizing that the cost of saying nothing, of being quiet, quiescent and mute is too great. We need the same back when Ireland was founded, their uprising and then fighting to gain their independence and that's exactly what you need, fighting for the right to reclaim your culture, what it is to be Irish and to not let politicians decide for you. So it is exciting to see that. [25:17] Yes it is and it's interesting that it's come from the working class and there's a very interesting parallel here to be drawn with the COVID episode, because again in that episode we saw, the quiescence of the so-called intellectual classes, the educated classes, the artist classes, you know, the the journalists classes, you know, so on. And it, but when you actually went into a working class community, people were common sense to get above what was happening, and saw right through it. And so now, you know, this is the extraordinary thing that, you know, that a culture, and this is very important, that considering that the impact this has made in a short time, without any recourse to reasonable coverage in the national media, all antagonistic, all lying, all mendacious and so on. [26:08] Without artists, poets, singers, so-called, you know, singing songs at their rallies and so on. These are just ordinary people saying, no, no, enough, enough now. This is our country. We were born here. Our children have been born here. We want to preserve this country for them and for their children. And you will not destroy it. Because remember, there's another factor here, which is somewhat obviously opaque because the police force refused to police migrants by and large. But there have been countless stories of rapes, of all kinds of intimidation, of thefts. [26:48] And so on, which the authorities refuse to even speak about. And indeed in which they will be gladly twist the facts in order to make it look like it is the indigenous population that are responsible. And we've had several incidents of that in the past year. Going back this time last year, a woman called Ashley Murphy was murdered by a migrant. And immediately, again, under the influence of the American experience of street theatre and so on, the street, suddenly, almost like as soon as it happened, the street was flooded with people with placards protesting against Irish misogyny. You had the similar thing in Sligo then in April last, where two men, two gay men were, basically executed by a Muslim. They were decapitated and castrated. And the president and other people and the LGBT scumbags went out and attacked the Irish for being homophobic. [27:50] You couldn't make it up, really couldn't.   This is what you're dealing with. I mean, you're dealing with a country that is so corrupt that, you know, the word is completely inadequate. We need new words. You know, the word, the nearest word that I can come up with or that I've discovered, that kind of gives a resonance of where we are, Peter, in Ireland now is the word that describes the nature of our government. And that word is Kakistocracy. Kakistocracy. Government by the worst. Yeah. That's what we have in Ireland. [28:23] Kakistocracy.   Tell us about, because in the UK we are having people, obviously the boats coming over, the little boats coming over the English Channel from France into Dover, into Kent, that's what's visible. And that's I think 50,000 last year, talking about 80,000 plus this year. But you've also got, that's only part of the issue. I think we've had a million people come into the country last year, that's legal and illegal. But it is often the visible route or those little boats coming over, that's the immediacy. But there are many other ways. What is the situation with Ireland? Is it the boats coming in with goods and services and people on? Where is, where are the routes coming into Ireland? These people are being bussed in, they're being brought in by the government now. Essentially they're being flown in, they're flying in on planes like by an ARC. There was a period when there were boats arriving and so on, but we've kind of moved on from that. There's no necessity for them to go surreptitiously. They can get a flight to Ireland, the government will pay for it. They're told by the NGOs not to display their papers. Whether they hold onto them or not, we don't know. On some instances they don't. They throw them in the bin on the way off the plane, whatever. And so on. And to put a kind of a quantifier on what's happening, I mean [29:51] It's very hard because you cannot trust a single word that the authorities tell you about anything. [29:57] But I do know certain things about this because, I mean, first of all, there is the anecdotal [30:05] facility that we have. And I know that many times, if I've been in the middle of Dublin, I don't want to go in there now because it's a terrible place. But you would walk maybe from a place like the Four Courts to the pier station, which is about a mile and a half. And I would, as an exercise to myself, listen to accents and say, well, what proportion of these are Irish? And generally the Irish proportion would come out as somewhere between 20 and 30 percent of those. [30:33] So that's kind of a snapshot. But the statistics, of course, don't bear any resemblance to that. Now, I don't say necessarily that that percentage in the middle of Dublin is accurate as to the entirety of the country, but it is an indicator of something. Now another indicator is if we look at some statistics that I've seen for the decade from up to 2019, which is just before the period I've been talking about, the Covid period, when it is clear that on average in that period 120,000, immigrants came into Ireland each year in that period. But interestingly as well, 105,000 Irish people left. Now you just think about that. So we still have emigration, which is a historical problem we've had in Ireland, going into the mid-19th century, they're called the famines, to great famines, as it were. [31:32] That amounts to like, you know, very interesting when you go into that, because when you take away, you see the government strategy is to cancel one out against the other, more or less. That isn't, this is actually a replacement of one by the other. And more than replacement. So that means that you have well over a million from that decade alone, you know, and that's their official figures. [31:54] Now, I don't believe these people are telling us anything like half the truth. So, you know, You have to say there are words now that we have 25% of our population is non-national. And that would have happened within, that would have gone from pretty much a very low base, in 20 years, and particularly acceleratingly as I say, so in the last two years. [32:16] Now, when you factor in then another element, which is the fertility rates, respective fertility rates of the indigenous population, the Irish population, which has been now in recent years subject by these politicians to an abortion referendum which legalized it and in fact is, funded by the public purse, right? We, even though we object to the murder of children, have to pay for it when our taxes, you know, it's obscene beyond description. But, you know, if you just compare it to the fertility rate, as people will know, you know, replacement rate for the population, the current population of a country is it needs 2.1 children per adult female. Now, the figure for Ireland given is 1.8 but when you zoom in on that you realize that actually that figure includes the incoming population. So it's not representative because in many instances the fertility rate among those populations like for example in Somalia is something like five. [33:15] And so on. So therefore what you're looking at a situation where Ireland has I would say an an estimate of 1.3, which is about as low as it has gone so far in Europe. [33:25] And that's way below the replacement rate. In fact, it's way beyond the level that at which the population falls off a cliff, which is said to be 1.6 in a generation you've gone. You've lost your population. You've lost your you were a mere lump within the society. And that's where we're headed. [33:45] And they seem intent and then when you say that to you, you know, this is where it gets completely laughable to actually, you know, even though the UN uses the term replacement in relation to, to, you know, elderly demographics and so on. If I or anybody on our side of the argument uses the word replacement, that's regarded as a racist concept. And they just will say that I'm just repeating it. And because they control the entirety of the media, that's what other people, the ordinary people who are affected by this, pick up and then throw it out without thinking. [34:17] Unless it until it comes to knock on their doors. That is what that they would if you say, if I start saying, oh, yeah, that's for replacement theory. That's a racist concept. You know, this sort of stuff. And another concept that is supposed to be racist is a cultural Marxism, which is the opinion ideology of all of this, which is the ideology of the use of a victim, as a battering ram to destroy Western civilization. And that's what's going on. Tell us, because Ireland is a small country, 4 million, the UK is well, we're told as me... We're five now Peter, sorry. Oh you're five, sorry. But for a small country, And that's massively affected. With the UK, you go up to the Midlands, you go up to Bradford and areas like that, and there used to be a church in every street corner. It's literally now a mosque in every street corner. I've walked around seeing it. But the change really in the country, with a large country, the change has been a little bit more gradual. With Ireland, the change has been very rapid. I mean, because that is an utterly destructive effect on a country which is so small. Oh yeah, well you can see that already. You can see it on the roads in the traffic, you know, and you can see it on the M50 which circles Dublin. It's just a gridlock in the evening time. You can see it in the hospitals which are overrun. [35:42] There's lots of ways you can measure it. And then they tell us that there's loads of capacity, Ireland's a big country, and a lot of landmass. And I find this particularly interesting because I've been around a long time, and I remember being involved in arguments trying to suggest that we need a better, more evenly distributed [36:05] distribution of resources throughout the country in order to make sure that the West and the the South grew in a proper way. And of course I was told there's nothing down there only bog, but now it seems they've forgotten about the bog and it seems we can now take tens of millions of foreigners in our country. So this is the thing, you see, okay, well look, Peter you have to really then stop because it's quite clear, and we go back to that word, kakistocracy. It's quite clear that the people doing this have no conscious or thoughts whatsoever for the effects it's going to have in so far as that they [36:46] don't care if they damage Ireland, they don't care if they destroy Ireland, they don't care what happens to the people of Ireland. That's quite clear. There's no doubt about it now. They're more or less saying that the Irish people are not entitled to get houses before migrants. That's policy now in effect. Even no matter how long they've been on the list, they're not entitled to to continue, they're taken off the list or they're pushed back and the migrants are ushered ahead. Now, you know, I, and this is all being used with a kind of a blackmail tactic of, you know, are you a Christian or are you not a Christian? All this nonsense. People who haven't a Christian hair on their heads. You know, like, so you then have to look at these people and ask, well, what is going on? Why are they doing this? Are these the same people who asked for our votes? [37:36] Not that long ago? Are these the people who promised that they would look after our country. [37:41] And that they would take care of it better than the others? Well, now one of the things we notice is that they're all saying the same thing. So that this isn't just that it's one party or the government, it's the government and the opposition and the fringe leftists or whatever they are parties down to maybe you'll get two or three independents who are dissenting in a certain kind of sort of a kind of way. And you have to say then that essentially what it means is that Ireland is completely captured and is captured by an ideology that is intent upon destroying it, and that the leadership and the political class know about this. And that they're working it through on behalf of the interest, whether they're being paid, whether they've been blackmailed, whether they've been threatened with hurt or damage, I don't know. [38:32] But they're doing it willingly. And they're doing it in such a barefaced way that no sensible person, could do other than gasp at what they're saying and what they're responsible for doing. So [38:45] the question then is how much longer it will take for the people fully to awaken. And see not just this issue but all the others as well. And then the next question is well, what could we possibly do about it? Well, you know, I've said it before, Peter, I think the only hope for Ireland really now is complete collapse. The complete collapse of the Irish economy for many years, maybe a decade, might actually have the consequence of readiness of all of these problems, readiness of the political establishment has been responsible. We thought we done that before, by the way, in 2010, 11. But they came back, the same people, which is a long story, but an interesting one. We might talk about it some other day. And, you know, so I think that, you know, if the Irish economy could collapse, and I think it might in the coming year or two. [39:40] I think, and Europe, of course, with it. I think that we would have a hope of basically our country going back [39:49] 30, 40 years and building again from the ground up.   Well, you're right, because Ireland has grown really and had spectacular growth. [40:01] We're told the tiger economy with a lot of foreign investment because of the tax, low taxes, having an educated population, English speaking population right on the edge of Europe. And it's grown on the back of that and made Ireland a desirable despite all the different crashes. But if Ireland is no longer desirable, then people obviously move from Mogadishu to Dublin, because there's an attraction. But if the society collapses, that attraction goes. So that does make sense then that reverses that immigration. Well, first of all, I want to clarify a little bit about the economic story because that is a mythology which is broadcast by political interests. The reality is that Irish economy [40:53] is dying, has been dying for decades. What you're talking about there, what they talk about, what they promote and trumpet around the world is a cuckoo in the nest economy which comprises entirely multinational corporations who benefit Ireland almost only to the extent that there's a little trickle which falls at their feet and that we lick up off the ground. The economy of Ireland, if they came into Ireland those people promising to create jobs and the assumption was that there would be jobs for Irish people. Google, take one example, would you like to guess how many of the the Irish population, what proportion of it is Irish, of the staff of Google? You'd expect like maybe 50%? [41:37] 5%. And that draws the picture for you. This is a complete con. The Celtic Tiger was a con, of course it was. It was just simply a bicycle pumping up a bubble and then burst. And we ended up with a debt of something like 50 odd billion, which includes the debts of half of Europe as well well as our own. And now we are in this situation where we have all these, like for example, we have data processing plants in all over Ireland, hundreds of them, which are using up more electricity than the entire population put together. They're also using water to cool down these things, which means that this summer we're going to have a dramatic drought, in Ireland. Already the signs that the reservoirs are very low and we're still in February, the months that historically we were told fills the dikes, not only nowhere, the dikes are now empty or very near to us. And this is all part of the same pattern, you know. So the Irish economy has been struggling and of course it was delivered a series of absolutely lethal hammer blows during the COVID episode where many people were put out of business, small businesses, you know, all over the country. And that is still to work its way through. [43:00] So this is all happening at this time. Now you'd have to conclude Peter that this is clearly no plan, for the development of Ireland in any way what's happening. It is the plan for mysteriously and opaquely and so on and so on and so on. Who can possibly see into this? Who could predict it? Who could have predicted it? It is a plan for the destruction of Ireland, the permanent obliteration of the Irish people from their own country and their attestation by people who presumably by, by virtue of having no attachment to the sand bank, as it will be, as Thomas Davis warned us against, that they will be people that will simply just do whatever work they have to do, spend their money and not cause any trouble, that there will be no talking about patriotism or any of that nonsense in the future, and that the authorities and the secret unknowns who run the world will have no headaches emanating from the island of Ireland. [43:59] Well, just finally, looking at what's happened in the UK, actually a commentator I heard yesterday, on the radio was talking about the cohesion of a culture collapsing and people pushing back. And I think that's just as we're seeing in Liverpool and in touched before. And I think that's what I see that hope that it's no longer shrugging your shoulders and accepting it, but it is a pushback, from the people.   I think it's, you see, it's so desperate now. We're now at the point where desperate measures are necessary. And you can't predict what will happen in that situation because you [44:39] can't judge people by their responses in peacetime. And you might have got the impression that the Irish people in the last three years were very docile and compliant and so on and so on. And some of them are undoubtedly, but I don't think they all are by any means. There's a spirit there. That burns, that has guttered a little bit in the last three years, but is now beginning to sort of liven up a little bit. And I think I wouldn't like to be a politician in the coming couple of years. [45:04] Exactly. Well, John, I appreciate you coming on and sharing what exactly has been happening over in Ireland. So thank you for being with us today. Thank you, Peter. Great pleasure.

Student debt cancellation is a bandaid on a much bigger problem. The root cause the government's loan scheme, which give almost endless amounts of money to people with little to no chance of reaping the benefits from their investment. Neetu Arnold is a Senior Research Associate at the National Association of Scholars and the author of Priced Out: What College Costs America. Her work has appeared in publications such as Newsweek, Spectator USA, and RealClear Policy. https://twitter.com/neetu_arnold https://www.young-voices.com/advocate/neetu-arnold/ A Legislative Agenda to Fix The Student Loan System | Opinion https://www.newsweek.com/legislative-agenda-fix-student-loan-system-opinion-1760709 This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.  Give online therapy a try at Betterhelp.com/gml and get on your way to being your best self.    Join the private discord & chat during the show! joingml.com   Invest in your future & your human capital today  natescrashcourse.com   Like our intro song? https://www.3pillmorning.com Advertise on our podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Friday, September 16, 20224:20 pm: Amber Athey, Washington Editor for Spectator USA joins the program for a conversation about her recent piece asking why the left thinks it was cruel for the Governors of Texas and Florida to send migrants to Martha's Vineyard4:38 pm: State Representatives Karianne Lisonbee and Kera Birkeland join Rod to discuss the letter sent by a group of Utah Lawmakers to providers and funders of abortions in the state that elective abortion remains a felony criminal offense in Utah5:05 pm: Congressman Chris Stewart joins the program to discuss the op-ed piece he and Congressman Burgess Owens and John Curtis joined forces to write in defense of Senator Mike Lee from the hyperbole being used by his opponent in the race for Senate, Evan McMullin6:05 pm: State Senator Lincoln Fillmore joins Rod for a conversation about his op-ed piece in the Deseret News in which he says the political divide in this country has created a false narrative that politics is about power6:20 pm: Tim Stay, CEO of the Other Side Academy, joins the program to give us an update on the progress of the Other Side Village, a development to help the chronically homeless6:38 pm: We'll listen back to Rod's conversations this week with Jeff Mordock of the Washington Times on how violent youth are adding to the crime wave in the U.S., and (at 6:50 pm) with MaryAnn Martinez of the New York Post on the issues illegal immigrants are causing in El Paso, Texas

Jo and Adam are joined by culture writer, podcaster and novelist Kat Rosenfield to discuss the challenges faced by the satirist in 2021, the state of satire in young adult fiction and Kat's brand new novel No One Will Miss Her, which The Washington Post has described as “amusingly satirical and darkly bloody.” Kat has reported for MTV News and her work has appeared in such outlets as Wired, Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, Unherd, Playboy, The Spectator (USA) and Reason. She's the author of many novels, including Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone (2012) and Inland (2014), she collaborated with Stan Lee on The Alliances and she is co-host of the hit podcast Feminine Chaos.

What You Need to Know is three things we learned this week:  It's historically common for the party in the White House and Congress to lose in off years. The losses by Democrats this week are more intense because Biden is so weak.   “Drain the swamp" is what people are wanting. Terry McAuliffe was a swamp creature as is Murphy in New Jersey.  We the People want the swamp drained and are working towards that goal. Trumpism is the rejection of the establishment. It's the rejection of school unions, of CRT, and of Biden. Trumpism won this week! Andrew Pollack, author, entrepreneur, and chair of the School Safety Grant, explains how parents are starting to wake up, they are starting to get involved in their kids' schools, and it's exciting to see! Be sure to check out his work at SchoolSafetyGrant.org. Karol Markowicz, columnist at New York Post, contributor at Spectator USA and Washington Examiner Magazine, talks about The most expensive holidays ever? This is a big deal. Karol also talks about Mayor Adams and what it will look like having him in office.  Wrap up: The lives that were killed by an American airstrike on August 29th was deemed an accident — Watchdog finds no misconduct in mistaken Afghan airstrike. How could this independent Pentagon review be finalized so quickly? Nothing moves this fast in Government.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joining us today is Melissa Chen: a journalist, the New York Editor for Spectator USA, and the Managing Director of Ideas Beyond Borders. Melissa is passionate about free speech and has a lot to say about China's current suppression of speech and content online and elsewhere, plus why it's a mistake to dismiss China's growing influence over our culture and media. --- Today's Sponsors: Good Ranchers delivers 100% American steak or chicken directly to your door! It's individually wrapped, vacuum sealed and ready to grill. Go to GoodRanchers.com/ALLIE & save $20 off, plus get free express shipping! Fast Growing Trees is a better way to buy shrubs, plants, and trees for your home and yard. Now through July 31 go to FastGrowingTrees.com/ALLIE for 15% off! --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Wednesday, June 9, 20214:20 pm: Niall Stanage of The Hill joins Rod for a conversation about his recent piece on how Joe Biden's honeymoon period as President of the United States is coming to a sudden end4:35 pm: Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton joins Rod to discuss how she and her family have placed a personal ban on fireworks this year as a way to support efforts to limit drought and wildfire dangers6:05 pm: Former Utah Speaker of the House Greg Hughes joins Rod for their weekly conversation about the wacky world of politics6:35 pm: Amber Athey, Washington Editor for Spectator USA joins Rod for a conversation about the strange trip Kamala Harris took to Mexico and Guatemala

Melissa Chen is New York Editor for Spectator USA and MD of Ideas Beyond Borders @IdeasB2Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here:https://www.PayPal.me/triggerpodhttps://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometryhttps://www.patreon.com/triggerpodBitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5Buy Merch Here:https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/Advertise on TRIGGERnometry:marketing@triggerpod.co.ukJoin the Mailing List:https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpodhttps://www.facebook.com/triggerpodhttps://www.instagram.com/triggerpodAbout TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.

What You Need to Know is the justice system is corrupt and broken. Lawyers and judges, who are supposed to conduct weighty, moral decisions for our nation, are becoming transactional for power and money. When the legal system is breaking down and not holding itself together, it's a huge threat to our republic. Judges and lawyers are supposed to have a higher calling. They play an important role in America and because of that, they shouldn't be broken, crass, immoral, or amoral. We are watching a disintegration of the legal duty of our judges and lawyers.  Karol Markowicz, columnist at New York Post, contributor at Spectator USA and Washington Examiner Magazine, shares her article Let's break our Amazon addiction and start saving local small businesses. Also, Karol explains that New York doesn't seem to want to reopen yet and doesn't seem to be taking steps to get that process started.  Rep. Kevin Hern, Representing Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District in Congress, chairs the RSC Budget & Spending Task Force and expects the RSC budget to be the only real budget introduced in the House this year. Be sure to follow him on Facebook and Twitter to keep an eye on his great work! Wrap Up: The supposedly-independent Facebook Oversight Board is announcing their first major decision this week on Donald Trump's appeal to get back his Facebook page. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's episode, Philip Eade, biographer to Prince Philip, reads his obituary of the Prince. We're also joined by Dominic Green, Spectator USA's Life and Arts Editor, who reads his article on Prince Harry's new job. Anshel Pfeffer reports on life in Israel under the vaccine passport; and Lionel Shriver on the West's self-doubt and who stands to benefit.

In this hour, Bridget Phetasy, host of the podcast Walk-ins Welcome, joins Grace to discuss her latest piece in the Spectator USA titled "I hate vaccine passports — and you should too."

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Wednesday, March 31, 20214:20 pm: Mark Morgan, Senior Fellow with the Federation for American Immigration Reform and former acting director of the United States Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement joins Rod from the nation’s southern border to give us the latest update on the conditions there4:35 pm: Laurie Stringham of the Salt Lake County Council joins Rod to discuss the accusations of abuse and harassment she and other women have leveled against leaders of the Salt Lake County Republican party and where the party goes from here5:05 pm: Utah Senator Mike Lee joins Rod for a full hour for a “Radio Town Hall” and will take your questions at 1-888-570-80906:05 pm: Former Utah Speaker of the House Greg Hughes joins Rod for their weekly conversation about the wacky world of politics6:35 pm: Amber Athey, Washington Editor for Spectator USA joins the program for a conversation about how media decides it will cover a tragic death based on the race of the perpetrators and victims

In this hour, Amber Athey from Spectator USA joins Grace to discuss her latest article "When does the media cover a horrific crime?" Also, Kate Maloney from Students for Life of America talks with Grace about her organization.

What You Need to Know is the Narrative Machine's “January 6 Insurrection” story is falling apart. They crafted a fantasy that the MAGA rally was terrible, that all who attended it are insurrectionists, and that there was so much violence and many lost their lives — but that's just not true. What actually happened was a large group of people came together to make their voices heard during a peaceful protest. Isolated groups may have caused trouble, but the narrative of an “insurrection” is just absurd. Now, what happened after January 6th is the Greatest abuse of government power in our lifetimes, and they continue to try and spin a lie. But as judges go over the details of what really happened on January 6th, they are deciding that Many Capitol rioters are unlikely to serve jail time. Dr. Brett Decker, professor at Defiance College, author, and former journalist, talks about the cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal and how this is affecting the world's economy. Dr. Decker also gives his opinion on the media, what would it be like if Trump was Speaker of the House, Mike Lindell, and other timely topics.  Karol Markowicz, columnist at New York Post, contributor at Spectator USA and Washington Examiner Magazine, discusses her article Get Dr. Fauci Off TV. Karol explains that what is going on in America right now feels very soviet to her.  Wrap Up: Cartels are in charge of who comes into our country and because of that we are seeing more and more headlines like this one — Dozens of Unaccompanied Minors at San Diego Convention Center Test Positive for COVID-19. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The King of Stuff welcomes Karol Markowicz to chat about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's troubles, Mayor Bill De Blasio's schadenfreude, and everything New York. Karol is a Columnist at the New York Post, Contributor to Spectator USA, and a Contributing Writer at Washington Examiner Magazine. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Karol chose “Allentown” by... Source

The King of Stuff welcomes Karol Markowicz to chat about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s troubles, Mayor Bill De Blasio’s schadenfreude, and everything New York. Karol is a Columnist at the New York Post, Contributor to Spectator USA, and a Contributing Writer at Washington Examiner Magazine. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from […]

The King of Stuff welcomes Karol Markowicz to chat about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s troubles, Mayor Bill De Blasio’s schadenfreude, and everything New York. Karol is a Columnist at the New York Post, Contributor to Spectator USA, and a Contributing Writer at Washington Examiner Magazine. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from […]

Nate Hochman is a senior at Colorado College studying political philosophy. He is also an accomplished writer, with work published in City Journal, National Review, and The Spectator USA. This week, he joins the crew to discuss the liberal arts' last stand. We ask what liberal education is, examine how it is under attack, and think about what can be done to save it. 

What You Need to Know is the purpose of our military. Tucker Carlson's commentary on the military has stirred up the hornet's nest of leftists and he's got a good point. Phyllis Schlafly defined our military superiority as being able to beat everyone else and everyone else knows it. President Joe Biden is replacing our military superiority with a social justice experimentation. This absolutely makes our nation less safe and less free. Whether it's women in combat roles, transgenderism in the ranks, or any other policy, our military's purpose is not social services. Their purpose is to kill bad guys and hopefully not even have to because our enemies know ahead of time they will lose. John Schlafly, lawyer, editor, and financial officer for the Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, discusses his latest Phyllis Schlafly Report column “No more $$$ to RINOs!”. Also, John comments on the discussion around Tucker Carlson and our military superiority.   Karol Markowicz, columnist at New York Post, contributor at Spectator USA and  Washington Examiner Magazine, discusses the latest on New York and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. It's long been an open secret that he's a bully. The sexual harassment allegations are just the next step. Also, more on NYC Mayor DeBlasio and his COVID response.  Wrap up: American needs the Monroe Doctrine! It's very important for us to reaffirm in this country because of what China is doing. Read more about it here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael starts the show by discussing how people think they are making a difference and gain a feeling of pride by wearing masks and how contradicting medical professionals have been when it comes to wearing masks. Michael welcomes Karol Markowicz who is a columnist for NY Post, Contributor for Spectator USA and a contributing Writer at Washington Examiner, to discus her latest article in The NY Post.And later, Michael is joined by Ryan T Anderson to discussing his new book, When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment  which made news when it was banned by Amazon without explanation!

Our guest today is Amber Athey, the Washington Editor for Spectator USA and a Senior Tony Blankley Fellow at the Steamboat Institute.  Prior to her work at Spectator, Amber was a White House correspondent for the Daily Caller and a reporter for Campus Reform. She was President of the College Republicans when she attended Georgetown University and has always been honest about her political leanings in her journalism career. In this interview, Amber talks about why readers no longer trust journalists because they often hide their political preferences. Here, Amber discusses being a part of the White House Press Corp, which she recently rejoined as part of the Spectator. Because of COVID, it was quite an uphill battle to get her credentials this time around, but she has been persistent. She talks about how restrictive the Biden Administration has been for reporters since they took office, as it relates to COVID testing and safety. Follow Amber on Twitter to keep up with her work. Like this episode? Check out our past guests: Russ Vought, The Center for American RestorationPatrice Onwuka, Independent Women's Forum

In this hour, Grace and Amber Athey from Spectator USA discuss AOC, the Biden Crime family, and impeachment predictions.

On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie discuss:   Segment 1 - Book Review: Book (About Face, The Odyssey of an American Warrior. by, Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., and Julie Sherman). This week Bennett and Eddie discuss   Chapter: 8 - They Don't Have Cobwebs In Korea   Grab yourself a copy of this book on Amazon today! Here is the link --> ABOUT FACE   Segment 2 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about     New York Post Jake Angeli, Capitol rioter in horned helmet, arrested by Feds https://nypost.com/2021/01/09/jake-angeli-capitol-rioter-in-horned-helmet-arrested-by-feds/   American Military News A 7-foot fence is going up around the Capitol grounds, Army Secretary says https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/01/a-7-foot-fence-is-going-up-around-the-capitol-grounds-army-secretary-says/   Segment 3 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle: Cancel Culture!   Spectator USA The battle cry of the politically homeless | Spectator USA https://spectator.us/battle-cry-politically-homeless/   New York Post What is cancel culture? Everything to know about the toxic online trend https://nypost.com/article/what-is-cancel-culture-breaking-down-the-toxic-online-trend/amp/   Archive Episode Spotlight:  EP092: 10 Ways We Can Create A Rite Of Passage In Modern Times   Here are some links to what was discussed this week Book Amazon Link: About Face Audio Book Audible Link: About Face Facebook Group: Change Your POV Squad Come be a part of the conversation! 

President Trump provides updates on the 2020 election as he says it is hard to get into the Supreme Court. Also, Mike reads a great article from The Spectator USA called ‘Reasons why the 2020 presidential election is deeply puzzling’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Biden's supporters say he will restore America's standing in the world, but with his foreign policy team looking like an Obama-era reunion, will the country simply become more interventionist? Freddy Gray speaks to Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, senior adviser at the Quincy Institute, about whether a Biden presidency will mean more wars. Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor of Spectator USA. Click here (https://audioboom.com/channel/americano) to listen to previous episodes.

What You Need to Know is that polls lie and they will come to a tie! Polls are easy to manipulate — you can’t trust them because they are a reflection of whatever the pollster wants them to say. In America we are a pretty evenly divided nation as far as identifying with a specific political party. The polls were showing Biden ahead but recently the approval rating for Trump is going up. Remember, polls lie but the truth will come out in November! Jonathan Leaf, award-winning playwright, journalist, historian, and contributor to Spectator USA, shares his article on Gloria Steinem’s revisionist history. Jonathan talks about Gloria Steinem’s part during the feminist movement. Terrence K. Williams, actor & comedian, talks about his new book coming out this month, From The Foster House To The White House. Terrence's goal is to tell people his views educate them in politics but in a fun way. Check out more of his work at TerrenceKWillIams.com. Wrap up: Microsoft and Walmart have tried to purchase TikTok, but the creators don’t want to release their algorithms. The Communist regime controls what their people know, see and do. The problem of Communist China isn’t small!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let's face it: our chances of surviving this year aren't great. So former co-host Stephen Miller returns early for our annual Best 5 Albums list! Stephen is a contributor to Spectator USA, hosts the Versus Media podcast, and follow him on Twitter. All the songs featured on this episode are included on a special Spotify playlist. Source

Melissa Chen is the NY editor for Spectator USA and the managing director of Ideas Beyond Borders.

An impeachment witness jokes about Barron Trump's name, causing Melania to defend her son. Also Nancy Pelosi asks Congress to proceed with impeachment and an interview with Chadwick Moore, journalist at Spectator USA. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comFollow Clay & Buck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/clayandbuckSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Salena Zito is Washington Examiner Reporter, New York Post Columnist, CNN Contributor and author of The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics. She joined Dan and Amy to handicap President Trump’s chances for re-election in 2020. Michael Warren Davis is the editor of Crisis Magazine, contributor to the American Conservative, Spectator USA and First Things. He joined Dan and Amy to take both sides to task for their handling of the impeachment process. Plus, Chuck de Caro was CNN’s very first Special Assignment Corespondent, served with the 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), outside consultant for the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment for 25 years, technical advisor for JAG and Quantum Leap, and contributor to American Greatness. He joined Dan and Amy to talk impeachment and FISA warrants.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Freddy Gray, Deputy Editor of The Spectator, Editor for Spectator USA, and host of the Americano podcast, asks Dan & Amy which is more interesting – US Ukranian policies or Prince Andrew Sex Scandal Christian K Caruzo, Venezuelan writer who documents life under socialism, updates Dan & Amy on the power outages in his home country. Former NFL player, founder of the national mentoring program Second Chance 4 Youth, and author of Why I Stand: From Freedom to the Killing Fields of Socialism and Liberalism, or How to Turn Good Men into Whiners, Weanies and Whips, Burgess Owens, discusses with Dan & Amy Colin Kaepernick, China, Kanye and… his candidacy for congress in Utah’s fourth district Former United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense & contributor to the Washington Times and The American Spectator, Jed Babbin, points out the Military Clemencies Trump Got Right with Dan & AmySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Phil Kerpen, president of American Commitment and chairman of the Internet Freedom Coalition, walks the line between freedom and twitter jail with Dan & Amy Hip Hop artist and founder of Black Guns Matter, Maj Toure, campaigns for Philadelphia City Council with Dan & Amy Adam Mill, an attorney specializing in labor and employment and public administration law, contributer to The Federalist, American Greatness, and The Daily Caller, finds Adam Schiff’s impeachment tactics embarrassing with Dan & Amy= Lionel Shriver, columnist for The Guardian, contributor to New York Times and Spectator USA, and author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, warns Dan & Amy that Asians are doing too well – they must be stopped Founder of Feminist Current – a radical feminist blog and podcast – Meghan Murphy, shares her trans talk that caused an uproar at a library in Toronto with Dan & AmySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dominic Green, Life & Arts Editor of Spectator USA, contributor to The Wall Street Journal and The New Criterion, updates Dan & Amy on Brexit and shares the people’s opinion on Megan Markle in the UK Sharon Peterson, elementary school teacher/ librarian who has been trained by Bat Conservation International in the conservation of bats – and her colleague Kim White – bring a few of their friends in-studio to wish Dan & Amy a Happy Halloween Deputy Contributors Editor at Washington Examiner, Bradley Polumbo, tells Dan & Amy It’s Time for ‘LGB’ and ‘T’ to Go Their Separate WaysSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Joseph M. Ocol, Middle School Math Teacher and After-School Chess Coach with CPS, crosses the CTU picket line with Dan & Amy Vice President of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation and author of Wiki at War: Conflict in a Socially Networked World and Private Sector, Public Wars – Contractors in Combat, Lt Col James Carafano, asks how far does Russian meddling move the needle – if at all – with Dan & Amy Life & Arts Editor of Spectator USA and contributor to The Wall Street Journal and The New Criterion, Dominic Green, joins Dan & Amy from the gates of Parliament with updates on the Brexit vote. Senior Political Correspondent for the Washington Examiner, David Drucker, talks 2020 and possible 2019 impeachment with Dan & AmySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Calvin Lindstrom, Pastor at Church of Christian Liberty, tries to figure out why his Church’s Facebook page was suspended with Dan & Amy Award-winning columnist and author of The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East, Caroline Glick, reinforces with Dan & Amy that President Trump did not betray the Kurds Marc Lotter, Director of Strategic Communications for President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, former Special Assistant to President & Press Sec to VP Mike Pence, joins Dan & Amy to remove any confusion – Hunter Biden Is No Ivanka Trump Former Editor-at-Large of OUT magazine and The Advocate, and contributor to Playboy, the New York Post, and columnist for Spectator USA, Chadwick Moore, explains to Dan & Amy why the democrats pander to the LGTBQ+ lobby William Galston, weekly Politics & Ideas columnist for the Wall Street Journal, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and author of Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy, previews what’s in store for tonight’s debate with Dan & AmySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vice President of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation and author of Wiki at War: Conflict in a Socially Networked World and Private Sector, Public Wars – Contractors in Combat, Lt. Col. James Carafano, discusses the removal of US troops in Syria with Dan & Amy Political Consultant, Republican Media Consultant, and member of GW Bush’s Senior White House staff, Bradley Blakeman, tells Dan & Amy why impeachment is just Kavanaugh 2.0 Bridget Phetasy, contributor to Spectator USA , the Federalist, and former Playboy Advisor for Playboy Magazine, shares her open letter to the democratic party with Dan & AmySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dominic Green, PhD, FRHistsS – critic, historian and the Life & Arts Editor of Spectator USA, shares Dan & Amy’s concern for Andy Gno, who was viciously attacked by Antifa in Portland. Criminal Defense Lawyer and legal humorists behind @CrimeADay, Mike Chase, teaches Dan & Amy How to Become a Federal Criminal and Lara Logan, Special correspondent for Sinclair and former CBS News foreign correspondent, fills Dan & Amy in on what she discovered during her recent investigation along the borderSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bernie Is A Millionaire Today's topics include: You heard right...Mr. Socialist Bernie Sanders (who is one of the front runners for the Democratic party) is a millionaire. Kind of hard to be a socialist with that kind of cash on hand...; next, Heather Mac Donald (author of the book, "The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture" & fellow at the Manhattan Institute) joins the show to discuss a recent article she wrote for Spectator USA titled, "Joe Biden and the Deranged Policing of Personal Space"; and finally, John talks about the ridiculous claim that 'toxic masculinity leads to climate change'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks passed away last week at the age of 63. A long-term fan, Dominic Green talked to Pete in November this year. They talk about experimenting with punk, performing live, and the power of music.  This interview was first released as a podcast on November 27 on Spectator USA's The Green Room podcast.

This week on the Green Room, Dominic talks the blues, the blacks and the whites with Grammy-winning blues artist Chris Thomas King. Earlier this week, King wrote for Spectator USA a scathing criticism of the policies of the Grammys' Blues category. King is an African American from Louisiana. He is the son of a blues musician, and grew up in his father's juke joint. He was one of the last blues musicians to be ‘discovered' by anthropologists from the North. He has won two Grammy awards, in 2001 for the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, in which he starred as a blues singer who has sold his soul to the devil, and in 2002 in the category of Best Historical Album, for his tribute to Charley Patton, Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues. Yet he now finds his latest album, Hotel Voodoo, ineligible for Grammy nomination as a blues artist. So why won't the Blues Grammy recognise African American artists? Presented by Dominic Green.

Grammy-winning Canadian musician Chilly Gonzales joins the latest episode of Life 'n' Arts with Dominic Green, the Life and Arts Editor of Spectator USA.

Grammy-winning Canadian musician Chilly Gonzales joins the latest episode of Life 'n' Arts with Dominic Green, the Life and Arts Editor of Spectator USA.

Dominic Green, Life and Arts Editor for Spectator USA, talks to philosopher Roger Scruton.

Dominic Green is joined by Nell Breyer, Executive Director of the Association of Marshall Scholars, to talk about the United States and Great Britain in the age of Donald Trump, and the Marshall Scholarships, an unsung element of the postwar architecture of Atlantic security. Presented by Dominic Green, Culture Editor of Spectator USA.

With novelist and essayist William Giraldi. Author of the novels Busy Monsters and Hold the Dark, and The Hero's Body, a memoir of misspent youth as a bodybuilder, Giraldi is one of the few contemporary American critics worth reading. This month, he publishes his first collection of essays, American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring (Norton). Presented by Dominic Green, Culture Editor of Spectator USA.