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The King welcomes Daniel Garza, President of The LIBRE Initiative. Rooted in the Hispanic community, LIBRE brings people together to advance freedom and opportunity in education, health care, the economy, safer communities, and more. Born in California’s Central Valley, Daniel’s family has deep roots in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. He’s worked in city government, on Capitol Hill, and the White House. Sourc...

The King welcomes Alexandra Hudson, creator of the new series “Storytelling and the Human Condition” for Wondrium (formerly known as The Great Courses). Alexandra is an author, an award-winning journalist, and an adjunct faculty member at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. She is the founder of Civic Renaissance, an intellectual community and newsletter dedicated to... Sou...

The King welcomes Jay W. Richards, Ph. D., the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, and Executive Editor of The Stream. He has written extensively on the issues of gender dysphoria, the trans movement, and the current medical crisis harming teens and young adults. Dr. Jay is the author or editor of more than a dozen books......

The King welcomes back Spencer Klavan to discuss his important new book, How to Save the West: Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises. Every news cycle further confirms that the world has gone mad and Western culture itself is on the ropes. Not so fast. Each of us can help save our civilization by internalizing the truth and beauty conveyed in the masterpieces of Western culture. Spencer earned a Ph....

The King welcomes novelist, and pop culture and political writer, Kat Rosenfield. A former reporter for MTV News, she’s penned several books, co-hosts the Feminine Chaos podcast, and writes regularly for Reason and Unherd. Kat talks about her latest book, You Must Remember This, her past partnership with Marvel legend Stan Lee, dealing with sensitivity readers, and the perils of modern publishing....

The King welcomes writer, podcaster, and goal-achiever Joel J. Miller. He co-hosts the entertaining and informative podcast ‘Bad’ Books of the Bible, which covers all those rarely read books commonly called “apocryphal” or “deuterocanonical.” Joel is also the chief product officer of Full Focus and created Miller’s Book Review. He’s written for Reason, the Washington Post, American Spectator... So...

As promised, Episode #400 is “Ask Me Anything.” The King wrote down all the questions listeners had asked about all kinds of stuff and answered them here. All will be revealed! Source

The King welcomes Larry Correia, author of the new book In Defense of the Second Amendment. You might know Larry from his popular Monster Hunter series of bestsellers, but he’s also an avid defender of gun ownership. Bringing with him the practical experience that comes from having owned a high-end gun store—catering largely to law enforcement—and as a competitive shooter and self-defense trainer....

The king flies solo this week, wrapping up the big news, including the GOP House Speaker vote-athon, the obvious choice to lead the caucus, Trump vs. pro-lifers, Idaho killer caught, and the NFL injury problem. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Her Revolution,” a collaboration by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, IDM artist Four Tet......

The King welcomes Robert Nicholson, President and Executive Director of The Philos Project. Their Abraham’s Missing Child Initiative is a groundbreaking project that leverages recent developments in the Near East to support and sustain indigenous Christian communities. Listen to their podcast, The Deep Map, here. Robert is also an advisory board member of In Defense of Christians... Source

The King flies solo to talk about Elon’s suspensions at Twitter, the GOP’s budget cave, the “tripledemic,” and Trump’s “major announcement.” Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Gearhead” by Narrow Head. This week’s Jon-tent: “ Why Doug Ducey may be Arizona’s most effective governor,” Arizona Republic, Dec. 11. Source

The King welcomes Jay Cost, author of James Madison: America’s First Politician. Jay is the Gerald R. Ford nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on elections, politics, and public opinion. He is also a columnist for National Review and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. His other books include The Price of Greatness: James Madison, Alexander Hamilton... S...

The king flies solo this week to discuss the recent shootings and the predictable media narrative about each. Jon also shares his thoughts on talking politics around the Thanksgiving table and outlines the history of this uniquely American holiday. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Gratitude” by the Beastie Boys. Source

The king flies solo this week, answering the big question: Does anyone in Arizona own a calculator? After reviewing the chaotic election in his home state, Jon responds to Trump’s presidential campaign announcement and how 2024 will play out for the GOP. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Moment of Clarity” by Narrow Head. Sour...

Whither the Red Wave? I bring on former co-host and current friend Stephen L. Miller (aka, @RedSteeze) to talk about the midterm elections and we look toward 2024. What’s up with the brewing Trump vs. DeSantis battle, why does it take so long for Arizona to count votes, and what can the GOP do with slim majorities in Congress? Stephen has a Patreon, hosts a popular show on CallIn... Source

The king welcomes Michael Walsh, a ridiculously accomplished author, screenwriter, and novelist. His new book, Against the Great Reset: Eighteen Theses Contra the New World Order, features essays from a murderer’s row of conservative intellectuals. His other work includes six novels, seven works of nonfiction, and a hit Disney movie. The former classical music critic of Time magazine, he is now a....

The king welcomes Marc Morano, publisher of ClimateDepot.com, and author of The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown. While proponents of the Great Reset push slogans like “Build Back Better,” “The Fourth Industrial Revolution,” and “A New Normal,” the Reset is nothing short of a rebranded Soviet system, threatening to strip away property rights, restrict freedom of movement and a...

The king welcomes William A. Jacobson, the founder of Legal Insurrection, to discuss "special masters," the FBI's raid-not-raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, and the dark omens surrounding Biden's Philadelphia speech. William Jacobson is a law professor and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School. Professor Jacobson is frequently quoted in the media on political and legal topics,...

The king welcomes David Limbaugh on this week's show to discuss his latest sure-to-be-bestseller, The Resurrected Jesus: The Church in the New Testament. Co-authored with his daughter, Christen Limbaugh Bloom, the book concludes his popular Jesus series, focusing on the testimony of early Christians. David is a lawyer, political commentator, and author of ten national bestsellers (so far). Then Jo...

The king welcomes Stephen N. Limbaugh III, a fellow Lincoln Fellow and a composer and concert pianist. Limbaugh’s compositions have been recorded by the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and Valentina Lisitsa. His debut album, Pants, was the top-selling album of contemporary concert music on the Billboard Classical charts in 2014. As a solo pianist, his engagements include the Golden Globes, Emmys, t...

The king welcomes Ana Paula Henkel to discuss the tight presidential election in Brazil to be held Sunday. It pits incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro against leftist ex-con and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (a.k.a., Lula). This week, leftist judges shut down press freedoms for Bolsonaro supporters and the polling is very tight. Ana is a conservative Brazilian political analyst now......

The king flies solo this week, breaking down all the latest news. Jon talks about the trend in polling showing GOP gains in midterm races, the independent voters shifting to the right, Elon Musk trolling Ukraine, and the very bad news for China in the form of semiconductor sanctions. He also recommends Peter Zeihan’s latest book, The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of....

The king welcomes Troy Senik, author of A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland. Senik pulls Cleveland out of unjust obscurity, charting his dizzying rise from obscure lawyer to president in just three years, all thanks to honesty, principle, and an indefatigable work ethic. Troy is also co-founder of Kite & Key Media, former Vice President of Policy and...

The king welcomes Jessica Anderson, the President of Sentinel Action Fund and Executive Director of Heritage Action for America. Her group has made big buys supporting GOP candidates, especially Blake Masters, who’s taking on Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly. Jessica leads Heritage Action’s two million grassroots activists and 20,000 Sentinels to engage directly with their state and federal lawmakers... So...

The king welcomes Matthew Peterson, the cofounder of New Founding, a commercial and cultural union for the American people. Matt is also President of the Firebrand Super PAC, Publisher of RETURN, and has a great new podcast you can find here. Before all this, he founded The American Mind, which rapidly became influential among select political, tech, and media figures since its start in 2018. Sour...