Counterflow with Buck Johnson

This is a very special episode. My producer, Chris Williams, is a very humble and knowledgeable Protestant Christian. He's obviously been listening to every one of my episodes since he's producing them, and he is very interested in the Orthodox view of the world and also the differences between Orthodoxy and all the other Christianities. He approached me with the idea of getting an Orthodox priest...

David Erhan joins us this week to discuss some of the most important theological topics in Christianity. We are on this earth for theosis. David gets into what that is, the scriptural proof regarding theosis, and why other Christianities outside of Orthodoxy don't always emphasize it. We discuss the ever-so-important essence/energies distinction, and we relate much of these things to the Orthodox...

My guest this week is Olga Ravasi, the executive director of the Christian Orthodox Coalition. At the COCUS, they aim to Educate, Empower, & Engage collective Christian Orthodox Voices in the cultural & social discourse as well as the civic process via the conservative virtues of our faith. Olga was part of the Trump campaign, as were several members of the team at the COCUS. With a Trump victory...

In late August of 2024, Conrad Franz (of the World War Now podcast) and I were part of a small group of Orthodox Christian pilgrims who traveled to Mount Athos with Father Peter Heers. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life, and in this episode, we detail our trip along with a slideshow of pictures and videos. Mt. Athos has been the heart of Orthodox Christianity for over a thousand yea...

The second annual Philip Ludwell III Southern Orthodoxy Conference was held in my town of Lockhart, TX, from September 6th-8th, 2024. For the folks that purchased a VIP ticket, we held a live recording of this podcast in a nice, private room with seating, cocktails, and hors d'oeuvres. My guests, as you can see, were very special, and I wanted to hit them with a litany of topics to discuss. We hit...

Tommy Green, lead singer of Holy Name and former lead singer of Sleeping Giant, joins me to discuss his journey from Pentecostal to Orthodox, his music and the influence of Orthodoxy on it, his involvement in ministering to victims of human trafficking, and more. From Facedown Records: "A season of death and profound brokenness caused Tommy Green to dive deeply into the very beginnings of the chur...

Our friend Scott Horton is back on the show this week. Scott is the head man over at the Libertarian Institute and AntiWar.com. He's here to help us understand where things stand between NATO, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States. How did the conflict happen? Why did the press tell us that Russia was going to lose? Where are things right now, and where are things headed? Sponsors: Expat Money Su...

My guest this week runs the Kingpilled podcast as well as the Astrolabe. His political analysis has been pretty accurate over the last year as he's explained the PayPal mafia and how he predicted the pick of JD Vance for the VP slot. We discuss the ridiculous and fake nature of the Kamala Harris propaganda, the coming Trump victory, the positives and negatives of that, as well as what this circula...

My guest this week has had a wild journey in and out of Christianity, Satanism, the Occult, and more. He's now an Orthodox Christian, and he's here to discuss the twists, turns, and life-changing moments he's experienced. From the Left Hand Path, thelema, and the Church of Satan, to the Assemblies of God, to the Ancient Faith, Elias has seen a lot. I think you'll find this to be a fascinating disc...

My guest today is the founder of OrthodoxEthos.com, Father Peter Heers. I am blessed to be able to head over to Mt. Athos as part of a pilgrimage with Fr. Peter. In this episode, we discuss what Mt. Athos is, what it has meant and continues to mean to the Church, what our trip will be like, and more. Fr. Peter has been to Mt. Athos more times than we can recount, and he gives us a deep dive on the...

Charles Haywood, the Maximum Leader over at TheWorthyHouse.com is back on the show. We get into the current happenings in America. The month of July gave us more insane events than the last few years combined. We discuss the emerging counter-elite faction poised to replace the regime. We get into the assassination attempt, JD Vance, Elon, the PayPal Mafia, the left's last gasps, and more. Sponsor:...

My guest this week is Dr. Jeannie Constantinou, back with us once again to discuss her works on Andrew of Caesarea's commentary on the Book of Revelation. Andrew is a Church Father, and his commentary on Revelation is the go-to work on the Apocalypse for the Orthodox Church. Since the late 1800's, there have been a lot of misconceptions and misrepresentations regarding the Book of Revelation. Ther...

(Part 2 of 2) My guest Shayne Swenson and I had so much to talk about here that I have made it a two-part episode. Shayne is an Orthodox Christian iconographer. He has devoted his life to serving Christ and His Church through the labor of painting iconography. In this two-part episode, we dive deep into Shayne's story, his job as a tattooer and how that's viewed in the Church. We also get into ico...

My guest Shayne Swenson and I had so much to talk about here that I have made it a two-part episode. Shayne is an Orthodox Christian iconographer. He has devoted his life to serving Christ and His Church through the labor of painting iconography. In this two-part episode, we dive deep into Shayne's story, his job as a tattooer and how that's viewed in the Church. We also get into iconography and a...

My guest today is Sister Anastasia. We cover some of the themes in her book, "You Are Mine" as well as some of the things she writes about on her Substack: https://sisteranastasia.substack.com . The wild journey Sister Anastasia took to becoming a nun revealed much about addiction and inner purification to her. In this discussion, Sister Anastasia answers some common yet hard questions about spiri...

My guest this week is the man behind the Study of Stuff Podcast and SOS Radio: Mano Elia. Mano was born into Orthodox Christianity and as a teen, drifted into occult, New Age, and Hermeticism. We discuss what he learned throughout that journey and what pulled him back towards Christ and the Orthodox Church. It's a sort of Prodigal Son story with some interesting twists and turns. For more of Mano'...

My guests this week are both friends of the show and wonderful podcasters in their own right. They are Jason Mironchuk from the 2Bit podcast and Matthew Erickson from the Kingpilled podcast. They are here to dive into the current spiritual shift we are living through and the emerging counter-elite that is about to take over once this current regime crumbles. Jason breaks down the transition from t...

My guest this week is one of my favorite men to have on the show: Father John Whiteford. Fr. John is Archpriest and pastor at St. Jonah Orthodox Church in Spring, Texas. Fr. John was a representative of the ROCOR Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America at the signing of the Act of Canonical Communion between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, in Moscow, on May 17...

Today, Orthodox Christian and journalist Jon Gabriel is with us. With the recent disaster of the new Libertarian Party presidential candidate causing many to leave the party, Jon and I discuss the philosophy of libertarianism and relate it to not only societal reality but the Orthodox Christian worldview. What good does it offer? Are parts of it irreconcilable with Christianity? Jon and I are both...

This week, we are once again joined by The Prudentialist here on Counterflow. He is an Orthodox Christian, writer, YouTuber, and fisherman. We are talking about something that he has coined, "the great divorce from history". From our guest: A divorce from history, a consequence of the orgiastic high that has come from Liberalism's alleged victories from the Cold War and the Second World War has le...

This is Part 2 of my conversation with Clark Carlton using his book "The Faith" as a guide for our discussion on the many nuances and aspects of the Orthodox Christian Faith. There are a ton of misconceptions and misunderstandings about Christianity in general but even more so with Orthodox Christianity. I want these two episodes to be almost like a catechetical guide into Orthodoxy. We get into a...

This interview was so big that we are making it into two parts. My guest is Clark Carlton, and we are using his book "The Faith" as a guide for our discussion on the many nuances and aspects of the Orthodox Christian Faith. There are a ton of misconceptions and misunderstandings about Christianity in general but even more so with Orthodox Christianity. I want these two episodes to be almost like a...

Auron MacIntyre is back with us this week to discuss the beautiful losers we call conservatives. The left cares about power and control, but the right has tried to put principle and ideology ahead of actually gaining and using power. This has put conservatives on the losing side of politics for more than a century. Now, leftism is the default setting for society, all of the country's institutions,...

Christ Is Risen!!! This week, we are doing something a little different. I had the pleasure of going onto the Study of Stuff podcast with Mano. We had such a fun discussion that I wanted to feature it as one of my episodes. We get into music, subculture, Orthodox Christianity, and more. I hope yall enjoy this one. As you'll see, they are very good at production, and there are lots of fun moments i...

Nicholas from Orthodox Reflections returns to the show this week. We are discussing bad theology that is infecting many "red" states in the US. Several of these states are pushing laws that outlaw any speech deemed to be antisemitic. There's a rancher in Texas sending red heifers to Israel, which is a step to engineer the apocalypse, in his mind. Why is this happening? Are Jews the "chosen people"...