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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 1/8/26 | ![]() William F. Buckley's greatest lesson✨ | conservatismpolitical division+3 | Josh Cohen | National ReviewEyewitness History | — | William F. Buckley Jr.Josh Cohen+5 | — | 1h 22m 59s | |
| 9/13/25 | ![]() The map and the terrain✨ | artificial intelligencehuman intelligence+4 | Yevgeny Simkin | Tiscali notizieThe Bulwark+3 | — | artificial intelligencehuman intelligence+4 | — | 1h 12m 51s | |
| 5/18/25 | ![]() Debate: Is a Trans Woman a Woman?✨ | transgender issuescivil discourse+3 | — | Trans Women Are Trans WomenWhy I Think Trans Women Are Women+1 | — | trans womencivil discourse+3 | — | 2h 25m 02s | |
| 5/12/25 | ![]() Kevin Ray on the Rot in American Theater✨ | American Theaterwoke activism+4 | Kevin Ray | InstagramYouTube+4 | — | American Theaterwoke activism+4 | — | 47m 31s | |
| 4/25/25 | ![]() The Truth About the Trans Movement with Mia Hughes✨ | trans movementgender dysmorphic disorder+4 | Mia Hughes | MacDonald-Laurier InstituteGenspect Canada+4 | U.S. | trans movementgender dysphoria+6 | — | 1h 35m 13s | |
| 4/17/25 | ![]() How Trash Culture Conquered America✨ | trash culturepolitical legacy+5 | Ross Benes | Beanie BabiesPokemon+6 | NebraskaHudson Valley, New York | trash cultureJerry Springer+5 | — | 55m 28s | |
| 4/9/25 | ![]() Under the Loving Care of Father Trump✨ | Trump administrationfinancial markets+4 | — | MAGA | April 2 | TrumpLiberation Day+5 | — | 16m 36s | |
| 3/28/25 | ![]() Ilya Shapiro on Illiberalism and the Law✨ | constitutional originalismSupreme Court reform+4 | Ilya Shapiro | Georgetown LawManhattan Institute+7 | — | constitutional originalismSupreme Court+5 | — | 52m 35s | |
| 3/19/25 | ![]() No Apologies with Katherine Brodsky✨ | free speechcivility+3 | Katherine Brodsky | Random MindsMichael Shermer’s newsletter Skeptic+1 | — | Katherine BrodskyNo Apologies+5 | — | 1h 14m 46s | |
| 3/17/25 | ![]() Trump Is Right About the Houthis✨ | Houthi attacksairstrikes+3 | — | Iran | SanaaRed Sea | HouthiTrump+5 | — | 8m 37s | |
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| 3/12/25 | ![]() I Survived a Crazy Christian Cult | David Volodzko speaks with Allin Kimbrough, who grew up in the Quiverfull movement and its famous branch the Duggar family cult, a group of independent Baptist fundamentalists whose lifestyle was celebrated on The Learning Channel show 19 Kids and Counting and who later became the topic of the grim 2023 Amazon documentary Shiny Happy People, involving the story of how their eldest son molested his own sisters as well as his child pornography conviction.David and Allin also discuss the cult’s ties to Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz, Mike Pence, and Russia, as well as the day-to-day routine of growing up in a crazy Christian cult. For more, see David’s interview with cult expert Steven Hasan. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 1h 35m 07s | ||||||
| 3/9/25 | ![]() Deeds of the Divine | The White House press secretary recently called New York Times reporter Peter Baker a “left-wing stenographer” after he questioned Trump’s decision to bar AP for not using the term “Gulf of America.” But just how biased is the NewYork Times, and in what ways? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 15m 58s | ||||||
| 3/1/25 | ![]() The Hollowing of American Honor | This week, David Volodzko discusses nonpartisanship and the Oval Office ambush involving President Trump, Vice President Vance, and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 18m 01s | ||||||
| 2/17/25 | ![]() SJ Murray on the Classics | David Volodzko speaks with Sarah-Jane Murray about how medieval politics changed the way people at the time told stories, how politics influence narrative structure generally, theoretical frameworks in medieval narratives, the ethics of interpretation, postmodern hermeneutics, storytelling as the foundation of civilization, the universality of story design, and more.Murray is a professor at Baylor University and an expert in medieval literature who translated the Ovide Moralisé and is the author of From Plato to Lancelot: A Preface to Chrétien de Troyes, Basics of Story Design: 20 Steps to an Insanely Great Screenplay, and the children’s book Ralph’s Christmas Quest. She is also an Emmy-nominated filmmaker whose films—such as Primary Concern, a documentary about America’s looming healthcare crisis—have appeared on PBS and Netflix. In 2023, she founded The Greats Story Lab at the intersection of film, education, and emerging technologies. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 1h 43m 06s | ||||||
| 1/28/25 | ![]() Anthony Mackie Isn’t Fit to Carry the Shield. But Captain America Should Be Black. | This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 7m 09s | ||||||
| 1/27/25 | ![]() Velvet Jihad: Islam's Soft Imperialism | David Volodzko speaks with Alexander von Sternberg about the concept of velvet jihad, which he coined—inspired by French historian David Todd’s A Velvet Empire: French Informal Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century—to describe Islamic cultural imperialism. They also discuss the recent pogrom in Amsterdam, the influence of rhetoric on behavior, Sharia law, the myth of media-induced violence, and more.Alexander von Sternberg is the host of the podcast History Impossible, a graduate student of history, and a former guest on The Radicalist. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 48m 16s | ||||||
| 1/25/25 | ![]() Ashley Rindsberg on Media Malpractice | Ashley Rindsberg is senior editor at Pirate Wires and author of the books Tel Aviv Stories and The Gray Lady Winked: How The New York Times’s Misreporting, Distortions & Fabrications Radically Alter History, which he was inspired to write after reading how the paper’s reported that Poland invaded Nazi Germany and not the other way around.In this conversation, we discuss Israel, our current media environment and public mistrust of news outlets today, why the news needs to be more like Spotify, where Pirate Wires sits in the media landscape, AI-generated news, free speech on Wikipedia, the woke ecosystem, and more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 1h 08m 51s | ||||||
| 1/16/25 | ![]() Katherine Brodsky on Open Discourse | Katherine Brodsky is the author of the newsletter Random Minds and has been a correspondent for Variety for over a decade. She has also contributed to publications such as The Washington Post, WIRED, The Guardian, Esquire, Newsweek, Playboy Magazine, New York Magazine's Vulture, USA Today, and many others. As a journalist, she has mostly covered film, TV, culture, business, travel, tech—and espionage. She has interviewed figures ranging from the Dalai Lama to Elon Musk. She is also the author of the 2024 book No Apologies: How to Find and Free Your Voice in the Age of Outrage―Lessons for the Silenced Majority. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 1h 37m 33s | ||||||
| 1/4/25 | ![]() Civility and Sense: Debating Jake Klein and Salomé Sibonex | Part II:The debate:Notice he @’s FIRE, where I work, with claims of slander (never mind slander is spoken while libel is written), as if trying to get me in trouble or fired. This is precisely the disgusting kind of tactics we’ve all come to expect from woke activists.Respectfully brother, it only seems more clear to me now that I did not misunderstand you. But let’s break this down just in case. You said X will happen. Namely, if people who oppose identity politics support Zionism, “we will lose” because the woke left will “smell this hypocrisy a mile away.” I replied, who cares what the woke left thinks?You then claimed I misunderstood you because if X happens, Y will result. Namely, the woke left will ‘point out the hypocrisy and make it clear to all watching.’ Pointing out this hypocrisy will become the woke left’s “greatest weapon,” you added, “and they will win.” So I was correct, you did in fact say X will happen, and then proved it by explaining that your main concern here is the result of X happening. But we needn’t go back-and-forth on this. If you want to put the focus on Y, I am happy to oblige, and in fact I agree that’s a better place to put it, so thanks for the redirection. But my view remains unchanged. Yes, you are right that the woke left will allege hypocrisy, fill the comments below with accusations to that effect, third-party viewers will see them, and some will be persuaded. I will give you all of that. But again I say, who cares what these people think? The woke left supports a litany of malevolent causes, most of which I noted above, and Americans have become so sick of it that even many liberals ended up voting for the very person they had spent years hate-posting about. That’s how much they despise this stuff. And the electoral college now has a not-insignificant Republican bias that will seriously bruise Democratic chances at the White House for the next decade or so, as data scientist David Shor has noted. Another point Shor makes, though everyone has noticed it by. now, is that despite Republican rhetoric on racial conflict, nonwhite voters did not go blue in higher numbers, as one might have expected. In fact, it appears the reverse happened. And given Democrats’ post-election lamentations about how this merely proves that Americans are super racist, I see zero signs of lessons being learned, so we can reasonably expect Republican power to grow further still. In conclusion, the idea that we ought to fear a mob of psychopathic narcissists because they will accuse Zionists of hypocrisy and convince enough people to “win” is not a persuasive argument when their influence is dying faster than DEI. Not only am I not at all concerned about third-party viewers hearing what the woke left says, but it may surprise you to learn that I think not enough people have heard the gospel. If I had my way, I would broadcast their remarks as far and wide as humanly possible because I think the greatest weapon against the woke left is to hand the woke left a giant microphone so that they can tell everyone precisely what they think about white people, men, women, Jews, Christians, Israel, America, the West, police, soldiers, CEOs, and so on. But if I may, in the name of civil discourse, let me offer this steelman: If you can find a way to make this argument about liberals instead of progressives, i.e. about the moderate left instead of the woke left, then you'll have me up at night—and then your argument will inspire the kind of bone-chill I think you were going for—except I don’t see any way this can be applied to the moderate left, and the idea that we might lose the woke left is like telling a moderate Republican they might lose the racist right. Boo hoo.Now let’s see if he engages with any of my points above. Spoiler: nope!I stand corrected, though in my defense, I did make clear at the very top in multiple posts that I read anti-Zionist white identitarian as woke left, and you said you meant both, so thank you for clarifying, and since I’ve given you my thoughts on one, here are my thoughts on the other—everything I said about the woke left is only more true of the woke right, and for the same reasons. Perhaps you can explain what you mean by woke right, but I see it as essentially a fascist movement, minus the altruistic window dressing that the woke left used to capture so many hearts, and therefore minus any of the cultural influence, particularly as the woke right is already being excommunicated to a degree. Additionally, and more directly to your point, I fail to see the hypocrisy in being a Jewish nationalist while also opposing fascist and antisemitic movements, whether they be of the left or right. It seems like you’re saying these are all identity politics, which is of course true, so if you’re in favor of Jewish IP but not Nazi IP, you’re a hypocrite. And I disagree.You’re punching at wind with some assumptions about my understanding of identitarianism, political socialization, and anti-IP, not to mention that to say the woke left has been “more specific than just opposing fascism or antisemitism” is a bit unfair because it is fact both those those things and I never suggested there was nothing more to the story. But again, can you explain this hypocrisy? Is it as I assumed, that if you support Jewish IP but not right-wing or left-wing IP, then you only support IP when it suits you and therefore you are a hypocrite, or something like that?So support of a Jewish state but not a Nazi state is hypocrisy? That’s like saying that because I oppose Nazi politics but not Danish politics, I’m a hypocrite.Okay, I’m sorry. I did skip over “If one claims to oppose identity politics.” Not because I was being obtuse but because I find the technicality unserious, particularly since none of the people you listed above oppose identity politics in the way that you claim, and I think you know already know this. Specifically, none of them have ever said anything that should make you think they oppose identity politics so broadly as to include Zionism, the Civil Rights movement, women’s suffrage, or disability rights. They are not using the term is the strict literal sense that you are when you examine their remarks, so it makes no sense to talk about hypocrisy in the context of opposing literally all identity politics. Yes, some folks say things like, “identity politics are bad,” and then we can do some bad faith interpretation and try to catch them on a trumped-up procedural victory by arguing in ackshually rhetoric that they’re hypocrites because this techincally includes things they support, but that would very obviously be a straw man. I wonder, what would happen if you steel-manned or star-manned their positions? If I say in 2023 that I hate wokeness, this means the far-left, and if it is later pointed out that the right can be woke too, you cannot use this to go back and pick apart what I said unless you're willing to discard the spirit of my message in favor of the letter, which is a great way to, as you say, deliberately misunderstand people. So until you can provide evidence that Kisin, Weiss, or whoever else may be on your list actually meant the kind of perfectly totalizing definition you have in mind, I am not sure what to add here. But let's park that and go back to your main point. A bunch of neo-Nazi fascists are going to accuse classical liberals of hypocrisy because they support the only liberal democracy in the Middle East, and because these people hate Jews. So when liberals express their support for Israel, particularly liberals of Jewish ancestry like Kisin, Weiss, or myself, they will be targeted by racist buffoons and labeled hypocrites, as well as sundry other names I care not to list. And this is supposedly concerning because if we do not capitulate to these Nazis and surrender our principles and our belief in civil liberties, liberal democracy, and Enlightenment values—then “they will win.” I understand you do not believe Israel represents the things I just listed, but I am not debating facts here, just the position that you are critiquing. And while I share your fear at the prospect, I laugh at the probability. But let me end with where we agree, and correct me if I miss a step. We are both free speech liberals, we both love democracy and peace, we both want happiness and security for the children on both sides of this horrific conflict in the Middle East, we both despise bigotry in any manifestation, we both oppose all the malicious forms of identity politics, and we both support the form that we personally consider to be healthy, though our own tallies there may differ. And yet when I hear folks say they oppose identity politics, I am generally not confused by what they mean, and I presume that if pressed by even the strictest definition, they could probably navigate the denotation without having to sacrifice the connotation.Now I have made painfully clear that you cannot quote people saying, “identity politics is bad” and then argue that they meant every conceivable form unless that’s what they said or meant. Otherwise, you’re a total bad actor. But hilariously, here is his reply.But wait, he’s not done dishonestly quoting people.Jake, did you just decide to not read anything I wrote in my last post? Please go back and read it, or if you like, I can repeat below or even expand. No hard feelings, after all, you showed me the same patience. But this “gotcha” that you think you have is an illusion rooted in a simple logical fallacy.And the name of that fallacy is equivocation. Once, no harm no foul. But pressed, it’s total bad faith. We don’t have Kisin and Weiss present but you have me, and are claiming I’m the perfect example of what you mean, so in the name of good faith, park the gotcha tactics and attempt to understand what I mean, as I did for you.He never does. In other words, I am telling him he’s completely missing my point, and even though he spent pages harping on me for missing his, he simply doesn’t care. Instead, this is when his partner kicks open the door.Every time I engage you, you instantly resort to immature insults, and the discussion never rises above exactly the kind of thing that makes social media such a nightmare. Carry on.This is borderline unhinged given that I made multiple attempts to understand him correctly—and ultimately conceded—but when the tables were turned, he ignored me and instead his partner jumped in to insult me while he sat back giving applause.Apparently, he “can’t take a single L” after a thread where he repeatedly ignored my points and then concludes, after I bent over backwards to make sure I understood him, that I am a dishonest person. Because that’s how dishonest people behave.Moreover, I never said she has no admirable traits. That’s an outright lie. I don’t even know her. I only know that she is incredibly rude and behaves unintelligently whenever I engage her. But of course, I do not therefore assume this is how she behaves to everyone in her life.So remember, listen to your harshest critics most of all—up until you realize they have no value to offer you, keep it simple, and above all, keep it civil. But also, make sure your opponent agrees to the way you characterize their statements before moving forward. That’s a good rule in any debate, but also just plain common sense. Are you trying to dishonestly catch people up or truly understand their position? Because otherwise, you’re probably being a dishonest pseudo-intellectual.The Radicalist is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 16m 56s | ||||||
| 11/7/24 | ![]() Money, War, and Democracy | David Volodzko speaks with terrorism expert Jonathan Schanzer about terrorism funding, the efficacy of sanctions, the Iranian regime and Hamas funding, the Israel-Hamas War, the Russo-Ukraine War, China’s potential invasion of Taiwan, and more.Jonathan Schanzer (website, X) is senior vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and host of the FDD Morning Brief, where he covers the latest news from the Middle East.Schanzer is also a former terrorism finance analyst at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he froze the funding of Hamas and Al-Qaeda, and has worked as a researcher at think tanks including the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the Middle East Forum.Schanzer has written hundreds of articles on the Middle East and U.S. national security and several books including State of Failure: Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Unmaking of the Palestinian State, Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine, and Al-Qaeda’s Armies: Middle East Affiliate Groups and the Next Generation of Terror.His most recent book is Gaza Conflict 2021: Hamas, Israel and Eleven Days of War. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 50m 56s | ||||||
| 9/2/24 | ![]() The Nazi Roots of Palestinianism | David Volodzko talks with Alexander von Sternberg about Amin al-Husseini, the Nazi godfather of Palestinian nationalism, his early life, his embrace of Nazism, his efforts to send Jewish children to death camps, his legacy since then, and his place in the Palestinian movement today.Von Sternberg is the host of the historical podcast History Impossible. He’s also a writer whose essays and reviews have been published in a number of publications including Queer Majority, Quillette, Merion West, and Areo Magazine.For more on this subject, see von Sternberg’s six-hour podcast episode on al-Husseini, The Muslim Nazis: The German Voice of Islam.You can also listen to Volodzko as a guest on History Impossible here. Finally, here is a list of some of the books mentioned in this week’s episode: Palestine 1936, The Arabs and the Holocaust, Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World, Islam and Nazi Germany’s War, The Mufti of Jerusalem and the Nazis: The Berlin Years, and Through the Eyes of the Mufti. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 1h 37m 06s | ||||||
| 8/15/24 | ![]() Finding Purpose with Adam B. Coleman | David Volodzko speaks with Adam Coleman about fatherlessness in the black community, the insecurity of trans activists, white supremacist logic, the harm of victim mentality, what makes a good marriage, the psychology of happiness, the meaning of life, finding God, the search for purpose, what true empowerment looks like, the hidden value of suffering, and connecting with others.Coleman (X) is the author of “Black Victim to Black Victor,” the founder of Wrong Speak Publishing, author of the Substack Speaking Wrong at the Right Time, and the host of Breaking Bread. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 1h 22m 11s | ||||||
| 8/10/24 | ![]() Jeff Booth on the Bitcoin Revolution | David Volodzko speaks with Jeff Booth about the nature of inflation, the inevitability of Bitcoin, why other cryptocurrencies are inferior, Bitcoin’s volatility, common criticisms of Bitcoin, global adoption, the possibility of a Bitcoin standard, the social benefits of Bitcoin, and more.Jeff Booth is a tech entrepreneur, founding partner of the Bitcoin venture fund ego death capital, co-founder of addy, giving the public exposure in Canadian real estate, and author of The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future. In 2016, Goldman Sachs named him among its 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, and he currently sits on the boards of Core Scientific, Scoop Solar, Fedi and Breez. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 55m 21s | ||||||
| 8/4/24 | ![]() On the Imane Khelif Debate | In this episode, David Volodzko discusses some of the medical questions surrounding the controversial Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, whether Khelif is trans, and what’s ultimately missing from the debate. Near the end, David references his recent essay on the subject, Raging Bullshit, in which he argues that Khelif’s recent victory against Italian boxer Angela Carini was unjust. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 20m 52s | ||||||
| 7/30/24 | ![]() Barrington Martin II on Uncomfortable Realities | David Volodzko speaks with Barrington Martin II about Covid, the U.S. presidential election, President Biden’s mental state, the attempted assassination of former President Trump, the danger of political drama, racism in America, cancel culture, calming our political monkey mind, inconvenient truths about slavery, the marketplace of ideas, freedom of speech, the transition to the right of many young black American men, and more.Barrington (X) is a philosopher, writer, host of The Barrington Report, and former congressional candidate for Georgia’s 5th District. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe | 1h 15m 20s | ||||||
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