https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-chris-buskirk-show--3507659enPoliticsCopyright Chris Buskirkhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d75bc9b02565682cb185915cf8c5dc0f.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-chris-buskirk-show--3507659Thu, 29 Feb 2024 04:52:54 +0000Chris BuskirkChris Buskirkfeeds@spreaker.comPolitcs & culture: Fast, smart, timely, timeless, heterodox.falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-unbroken-thread-talking-with-sohrab-ahmari--45053046https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45053046Wed, 26 May 2021 19:26:19 +0000Chris BuskirkChris talked Sohrab Ahmari about his new book The Unbroken Thread. They discuss how Sohrab became a Roman Catholic, how having a son made more acutely aware of his responsibilities to his posterity, the problems of liberalism, and the kind of America...2918falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/boomers-their-dismal-legacy-talking-w-helen-andrews--43562238https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43562238Sat, 20 Feb 2021 21:52:02 +0000Chris BuskirkHelen Andrews new book, Boomers: The Men & Women Who Promised Freedom & Delivered Disaster is a tour de force. She joins me to discuss who they were, what they did, and how we rebuild after the madness.3146falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/carelords-art-thots-liquid-modernity-talking-with-anna-khachiyan--42892689https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42892689Tue, 12 Jan 2021 02:47:20 +0000Chris BuskirkAnna joins me to discuss how modernity broke civilization, denatures and degrades humanity, and how nice she is IRL. We also discuss the state of art and architecture, the desirability and necessity of religious revival, and living in a tiny house in...5445falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/slowly-and-then-all-at-once-with-malcom-kyeyune--42528560https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42528560Thu, 17 Dec 2020 02:03:50 +0000Chris BuskirkMalcom Kyeyune joins me to discuss the decay evident in America's political system, where class analysis is insufficient and why understanding cultural divisions as caste divisions may be more helpful. We also discuss the increasing fragility in the...6243falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blake-masters-building-a-culture-that-builds--42286940https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42286940Wed, 02 Dec 2020 23:08:28 +0000Chris BuskirkBlake Masters joins me to discuss the great stagnation, lessons learned since the beginning of the Trump era, and how to build a political movement focused on improving the lives of the middle and working class. Blake is the CEO of Thiel Capital and...5402falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jd-vance-talks-about-hillbilly-elegy-and-america-s-future--42131588https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42131588Tue, 24 Nov 2020 02:27:16 +0000Chris BuskirkHillbilly Elegy, the Ron Howard directed biopic based on JD Vance's best-selling memoir is out in theatres & on Netflix. JD and I talk about what he learned about family, friendship, loyalty, and faith and how that informs his view of building a...4077falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-s-at-stake-for-america-talking-with-michael-anton--41913389https://amzn.to/35iqFRy]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41913389Wed, 11 Nov 2020 01:20:41 +0000Chris BuskirkMichael Anton joined me to discuss what's at stake for America. Are all politics regime level politics now? Can American as we understand it survive Blue Caesar? And why, as always, California shows the potential for a future, one-party American...https://amzn.to/35iqFRy]]>4376falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pollster-sees-trump-win-coming-together-talking-with-matt-towery--41614721https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41614721Sat, 24 Oct 2020 03:07:57 +0000Chris BuskirkMatt Towery sees the race tightening and favoring President Trump's re-election. He's polled for Politico, ABC affiliates, Fox affiliates, and candidates across the country. And he got 2016 right. Now he explains what he thinks most polls are missing,...1867falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pollster-who-thinks-trump-will-win-the-election-talking-with-robert-cahaly-of-trafalgar-group--41580734https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41580734Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:36:23 +0000Chris BuskirkRobert Cahaly thinks Trump will win the election. We talk about why and what he's seeing in polls that makes him go against the grain. We also talk about what's gone wrong with polling, what are the challenges pollsters face, how to get accurate...2341falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-s-the-matter-with-liberalism-talking-with-alex-kaschuta--41479382https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41479382Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:13:35 +0000Chris BuskirkAlex Kachuta joins me from Transylvania to discuss what's wrong with liberalism and how she became "post-liberal". She's lived and worked all over Europe working in tech and media as quintessential high-achieving "anywhere" but she found that she's...4157falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wokenomics-woke-capital-talking-w-oliver-bateman-and-zack-moore--41361252https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41361252Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:23:41 +0000Chris BuskirkA powerlifting lawyer and an NFL agent devoted to MMA join me to talk about woke capital in sports and the strength of strength.4660falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/through-the-gray-mirror-talking-about-the-future-with-curtis-yarvin--41233801
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Machiavellians - James Burnham - https://amzn.to/3n9Gi4T
Suicide of the West - James Burnham - https://amzn.to/33ejCIy
On Power - Bertrand de Jouvanl - https://amzn.to/349LjkV]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41233801Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:07:39 +0000Chris BuskirkDescription: The man once known as Mencius Moldbug has a new project called The Gray Mirror. What is it? It starts with understanding the true nature of power; what it is, how to use it, how to recognize where it lies. And of course, what to do with...
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Machiavellians - James Burnham - https://amzn.to/3n9Gi4T
Suicide of the West - James Burnham - https://amzn.to/33ejCIy
On Power - Bertrand de Jouvanl - https://amzn.to/349LjkV]]>7217falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-right-doesn-t-understand-about-the-left-with-angela-nagle-malcom-kyeyune--40920516https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40920516Tue, 15 Sep 2020 21:41:54 +0000Chris BuskirkThe Right thinks it understands the Left - it's motivations and how it thinks about itself - but Malcom and Angela explain how the Right gets it all wrong and how that misunderstanding makes the Right less effective. Having spent years on the Left...7251falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-school-to-onlyfans-pipeline-talking-w-aimee-terese-about-liberalism-it-s-degradations--40782838https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40782838Tue, 08 Sep 2020 21:28:01 +0000Chris BuskirkAImee and I discuss the school to OnlyFans pipeline. If only I'd thought of that phrase while we were talking. Liberalism has brought us to the point where all relationships must be considered in economic terms. It's poisoned relations between men and...6790falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/matthew-yglesias-one-billion-americans--40655985https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40655985Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:57:05 +0000Chris BuskirkMatt & I discuss the idea of his new book One Billion Americans. Can America do that? Should we? Matt says yes, but I remain unconvinced. But if we even contemplate the idea how do we do it? Immigration? Increased birth rates? How do we rebuild...3604falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/america-lost-a-discussion-w-filmmaker-christopher-rufo--40277889https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40277889Wed, 12 Aug 2020 05:18:46 +0000Chris BuskirkChristopher has made several award-winning documentaries. His latest, America Lost, is the story of three failing American cities and the people who live in them. He profiles the forgotten people in the forgotten cities of Youngstown, Ohio, Memphis,...4913falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/talking-with-roger-kimball-about-beauty-aesthetics-national-vitality--40147245https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40147245Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:00:09 +0000Chris BuskirkWhat does a civilization's idea of beauty say about it's health? When did the project to destroy beauty & promote ugliness begin and why? We had a wide ranging discussion of Christian and Classical beauty, art, architecture, and ideal human forms.4441falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/malcom-kyeyune-technofeudalism-and-the-latent-power-of-middle-america--40024434https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40024434Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:30:03 +0000Chris BuskirkMalcom Kyeyune joins me to discuss what he describes as the neoconfederate economics of technofeudalism and how the latent power of the American middle class has yet to be tapped.6241falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/learning-from-the-collapse-of-russia-w-pascal-emmanual-gobry--39892746https://api.spreaker.com/episode/39892746Wed, 22 Jul 2020 14:00:33 +0000Chris BuskirkLiberal institutions are failing. PEG & I discuss why and then look at the collapse of Russian in the 1990s to see if we can learn anything. Every institution of government failed leading to millions dead, rampant alcoholism, abandoned children, and...4345falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/good-tax-policy-good-politics-talking-with-julio-gonzalez--39892627https://api.spreaker.com/episode/39892627Wed, 22 Jul 2020 03:15:37 +0000Chris BuskirkJulio Gonzalez is a tax expert. He explains why some tax policies, like accelerated depreciation, are not just bad policy, they're bad politics because they benefit very few people and lead to dangerous malinvestment.2237falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/defeating-neoliberal-moral-imperialism-with-darren-beattie--39428282https://api.spreaker.com/episode/39428282Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:11:29 +0000Chris BuskirkDarren Beattie is a political theorist & former speechwriter for President Trump. We discuss how to understand & then defeat the neoliberal moral imperialism that is undermining the foundations of civilization and fomenting a war of all against all.4129falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-went-wrong-with-american-conservatism-a-conversation-with-david-azerrad--34996610https://api.spreaker.com/episode/34996610Fri, 10 Jul 2020 21:00:04 +0000Chris BuskirkProfessor Azerrad joins me to discuss what happened to American conservatism. Once ascendant and full of ideas, it lost it's sense of purpose. So what do people who identify with the Right actually want out of government? Does it overlap with what...4010falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/doing-the-work-talking-with-oliver-bateman--32969994https://api.spreaker.com/episode/32969994Fri, 03 Jul 2020 15:21:25 +0000Chris Buskirk"Doing the work", "being there for it", what "we're reading" these are the religiously charged phrases of woke neoliberalism. Oliver Bateman and I discuss what it means for the middle class when PMCs are "doing the work". Spoiler alert: it doesn't...5002falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/innovation-and-governance-a-discussion-with-blake-masters--33365209https://api.spreaker.com/episode/33365209Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:20:11 +0000Chris BuskirkBlake Masters is the co-author with Peter Thiel of Zero to One and is COO of Thiel Capital. We discuss The Great Stagnation in technology, ideas, and governance.5272falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-s-the-matter-with-neoliberalism-talking-with-aimee-terese--31785668https://api.spreaker.com/episode/31785668Sat, 20 Jun 2020 00:51:25 +0000Chris BuskirkAimee Terese joins me to discuss the mercenary sociopathology of neoliberalism's striver class and much more.6771falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cost-of-thriving-talking-with-oren-cass--23537172https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23537172Fri, 06 Mar 2020 06:12:19 +0000Chris BuskirkWhat does it cost for a family to thrive? I talk with Oren Cass about his work to define this. He found that in 1985 an average male wage-earner could support all of the major expenses of a family of 4 with 30 weeks of work. In 2018 it took 53 weeks....3132falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/democrats-break-up-with-nevertrumpers-and-bernie-opens-a-lead-with-guest-julie-kelly--23155514https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23155514Tue, 25 Feb 2020 01:58:14 +0000Chris BuskirkNeverTrumpers are getting the boot from their Democratic Party friends after offering unwanted advice on the Democratic Primary. And Bernie Sanders has room to run. Where does it lead? Julie Kelly joins me2768falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-wins-democratic-primaries-with-henry-olsen--22716255https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22716255Thu, 13 Feb 2020 04:12:38 +0000Chris BuskirkDemocrats are divided, Biden is imploding, while Bernie and Peter from South Bend keep rolling. Can Democrats find a clear winner? I unpack it with election expert Henry Olsen.2221falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trumpp-celebrates-acquittal-nadler-to-subpoena-bolton-julie-kelly-joins--22459368https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22459368Thu, 06 Feb 2020 22:12:17 +0000Chris BuskirkThe Senate acquitted Trump, but House Democrats are committing to more hearing, more subpoenas, including Bolton and others, so what's next? Good for Trump? Can Republicans retake the House?4013falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-acquitted-democrats-ready-to-subpoena-bolton-now-what--22381915https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22381915Thu, 06 Feb 2020 04:27:49 +0000Chris BuskirkThe Senate acquitted Trump, but House Democrats are committing to more hearing, more subpoenas, including Bolton and others, so what's next? Good for Trump? Can Republicans retake the House?2612falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/afghanistan-papers-expose-decades-of-lies-exclusive-interview-with-julie-kelly--21890696https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21890696Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:21:10 +0000Chris BuskirkThe Afghanistan Papers published last year expsore a culture of corruption and lying about what was really going on in Afghanistan: covering up failures, exagerating successes, all to get Bush, Obama, & Trump to keep funding the neverending war. Julie...3059falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-save-the-republic-a-chat-with-an-insider-s-outsider-ned-ryun--21735086https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21735086Thu, 16 Jan 2020 05:36:14 +0000Chris BuskirkThe biggest fault line isn''t Democrat or Republican, it's Ruling Class vs Country Class. Ned Ryun, a DC insider and class traitor, explains why this is critical and what we can do to reinvigorate the American Republica.3094falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-is-gelato-populism--21681390https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21681390Tue, 14 Jan 2020 16:56:22 +0000Chris BuskirkEnforce obscenity laws on porn, Princeton Professor Robbie George urges AG Barr. Also, a discussion about the generational divide in MAGA on Iran. Plus, what is Gelato Populism & why is it important for Americans? The Rise of Matteo Salvini. Ben...3967falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/promise-peril-in-iran-special-guest-curt-mills--21681373https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21681373Tue, 14 Jan 2020 16:43:43 +0000Chris BuskirkTrump's instincts are to disengage from the Middle East, yet he has taken an aggressive posture with Iran. Curt Mills argues that Trump is still Trump and his foreign policy is still America First, but there is peril from the DC lobby that favors war...3207falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-deep-dive-discussion-with-devin-nunes-what-s-going-on-with-democrats-ukraine-conspiracy-theory--20086383https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20086383Mon, 18 Nov 2019 21:19:35 +0000Chris BuskirkCongressman Devin Nunes joines me to explain what's going on with impeachment and where the Democrats' Ukraine conspiracy narrative came from.2818falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-plot-against-the-president-how-devin-nunes-uncovered-the-biggest-scandal-in-us-history-w-lee-smith--19792799https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19792799Thu, 31 Oct 2019 20:30:46 +0000Chris BuskirkDevin Nunes discovered a plot to spy on President Trump's campaign & then to destroy his presidency. Spies, cops, politicos, DC insiders are all part of the story. Super-journalist Lee Smith joins me to tell the story like no one else can.2321falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-gop-senate-inaction-is-helping-democrats-impeach-trump--19739263https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19739263Mon, 28 Oct 2019 22:57:42 +0000Chris BuskirkThe Senate GOP is frozen, inactive and it's helping Democrats impeach Trump. Julie Kelly joins me to discuss what they're doing - and not doing - and how it's hurting the president.3341falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/democrats-push-impeachment-senate-gop-writes-letters-full-of-empty-threats-julie-kelly-joins--19463492https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19463492Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:27:47 +0000Chris BuskirkJulie Kelly joins me to discuss feckless Republicans who refuse to act to defend the country, their president, and their voters. Democrats are using the House to continue their war on Trump & his voters with impeachment. But Republicans in the Senate...4348falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/democrats-are-heading-for-disaster-with-joe-biden--19129281https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19129281Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:27:39 +0000Chris BuskirkDemocrats think Joe Biden is their answer to Trump. They're wrong & it could cost them the election. Also, why do conservatives let liberals control the environemental debate? It's time to change that & bring back a pro-nature, pro-nation agenda.3780falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/republicans-running-against-trump-are-still-a-threat-but-not-how-you-think--19069874https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19069874Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:21:13 +0000Chris BuskirkThree Republicans are running against Trump: Bill Weld, Joe Walsh, & Mark Sanford. Not exactly the dream team. Yet, they are likely being used by anti-Trump elements and are a real threat in the general election. I'll explain why.2812falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/corrupt-american-elites-are-killing-us-really--19015840https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19015840Thu, 05 Sep 2019 20:26:05 +0000Chris BuskirkAmerican elites are failing the country in education, science, government, and media. But also in business. The opiate epidemic that kills nearly 50,000 per year & the role of the Sackler family in promoting Oxycontin tells the tale. What went wrong...3118falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-red-flag-laws-really-work-and-is-america-really-a-white-supremacist-nation--18774162https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18774162Fri, 09 Aug 2019 15:05:38 +0000Chris BuskirkTempted by Red Flag Laws? Don't be. I explain exactly how they work right now in California. Also, we keep being told this is a white supremacist nation. But that's just a distraction to keep you from looking at the real problems.2486falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everything-you-ve-heard-about-mass-shootings-is-wrong--18734315https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18734315Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:03:23 +0000Chris BuskirkMass shootings are dominating the news. They're horrific. But what the media is telling you about the problem - and the solutions - is all wrong. Also, why is our government pledging billions for Venezuelan infrastructure and nothing for us?3777falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tired-irrelevant-democrats-make-trump-re-election-much-more-likely--18527317https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18527317Fri, 12 Jul 2019 01:33:23 +0000Chris BuskirkThe 2020 Democrats inspire no one. They're washed up B-listers like Joe Biden and Bernie or scheming ciphers like Kamala. Only Elizabeth Warren has any substance but she's not exactly a great retail politian. I look at each of them in a one-on-one...3069falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-launches-his-2020-campaign-elite-media-calls-it-bizarro-world--18333456https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18333456Fri, 21 Jun 2019 01:15:08 +0000Chris BuskirkTrump officially launched his 2020 campaign and the media immiedately proved they still don't get it. Meanwhile, Trump drew a huge crowd in Orlando while Biden and the others struggle for traction. The game is on, now what? We'll talk the politics,...2789falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/will-democrats-impeach-or-is-this-just-theatre-to-raise-money-and-what-is-right-liberalism--18130315https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18130315Fri, 31 May 2019 06:05:16 +0000Chris BuskirkMuellers talks, Democrats threaten to impeach. But will they do it? And Sohrab Amahri decries "David French-ism" which is what I call Right-Liberalism. What is it & why it's unprincipled & bad politics.4203falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/taking-a-stand-against-the-big-tech-oligarchy-sen-josh-hawley-leads-with-new-legislation--18068160https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18068160Fri, 24 May 2019 21:18:07 +0000Chris BuskirkJosh Hawley introduces legislation to prevent Big Tech from tracking you. Will Trump endorse? Also a look at European Parliament elections which could send a raft of new populist-nationalists to Brussels from all over Europe. What does it mean for...2985bigtech,brexit,facebook,hawley,mep,populist,salvinifalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/will-joe-biden-crash-burn-again-also-what-role-did-obama-play-in-the-russian-collusion-cabal--18046508https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18046508Wed, 22 May 2019 18:45:00 +0000Chris BuskirkJoe Biden has failed spectacularly in 2 prior presidential runs. Will he again, especially now that he is dogged by corruption charges? Also, what role did Obama play in setting up the Russia-Collusion cabal?3368amash,biden,buskirk,collusion,election,joebiden,obama,trumpfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-meets-orban-sovereignty-nationalism-in-europe-is-a-war-of-choice-with-iran-brewing--18017861https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18017861Sun, 19 May 2019 21:49:59 +0000Chris BuskirkPresident Trump met Viktor Orban of Hungary. The liberal establishment went crazy but should they have? What's going on with populist nationalist movement in Europe from Brexit in the UK to Salvini in Italy, Orban in Hungary and others. Iran: Do some...3251falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-4-the-chris-buskirk-show-will-heartbeat-bills-like-alabama-s-end-roe-v-wade--17954328https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17954328Fri, 17 May 2019 02:09:33 +0000Chris BuskirkMore states are moving pro-life legislation like Alabama's while others are copying New York's radical pro-abortion law. This might lead to the end of Roe v Wade and send abortion back to the states. Also, Mitt Romney votes against constitutionalist...2830falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-the-chris-buskirk-show-is-mitch-mcconnell-attacking-trump-with-subpoena-of-don-jr--17896290https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17896290Sat, 11 May 2019 01:36:15 +0000Chris BuskirkMcConnell's Senate subpoena's Donald Trump Jr. even though the Mueller investigation is over. Why? Is Mitch trying to exert power over the president? And is supporting President Trump a sin? Some Christian pundits think so. Here's where they're wrong.2659falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-chris-buskirk-show-ep-2-how-do-we-stop-big-tech-targetting-conservatives--17844686https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17844686Mon, 06 May 2019 02:58:52 +0000Chris BuskirkBig Tech keeps targetting conservatives and hitting them with bans. Facebook kicked several high profile conservatives off the platform in the latest. Is it a set-up for the 2020 election? And what happened to the US-backed coup in Venezuela?4351falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-chris-buskirk-show-episode-1--17822240https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17822240Fri, 03 May 2019 14:41:46 +0000Chris BuskirkWhat's going on in Venezuela? And why? Also, why was Mike Pence's former Chief of Staff referred for investigation on claims of spying on Trump by Republican Senators? Will Trump replace Pence and if so, with whom?3490falsefull