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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......

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). Source

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 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.....

The king welcomes Megan Basham, culture reporter for The Daily Wire, frequent contributor to Morning Wire, and Rotten Tomatoes-approved movie critic. We talk about Megan’s battle for the soul of American Evangelicalism and its growing embrace of wokeness. Megan previously served as entertainment editor and podcast co-host for World Magazine, and has been published in The Wall Street Journal... Sou...

The King welcomes Alvino-Mario Fantini, Editor-in-Chief of The European Conservative, Europe’s premier conservative English-language quarterly journal of philosophy, politics, and the arts. His work has appeared in such publications as The American Spectator, Crisis, The New Criterion, Far Eastern Economic Review, Catholic World Report, The American Conservative, and The Wall Street Journal. Sourc...

The King calls in an audible from the Claremont Institute’s Lincoln Fellowship somewhere in SoCal. Jon talks about the FBI’s raid recession kinetic investigative foray into Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago, the insanity of the political gamble, and the precedent for investigations into every ex-president going forward. Also, who’s ready for 87,000 new IRS agents?! Subscribe to the King of Stuff.....

The King welcomes Peter Bonilla, Vice President of Programs for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). The organization’s mission is to “defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought—the most essential qualities of liberty.” FIRE not only educates Americans about the importance of these inalienable rights and promotes a culture of......

The King welcomes back Kurt Schlichter, who’s authored a new book, We’ll Be Back: The Fall and Rise of America. Kurt’s is a senior columnist for Townhall.com, an LA trial lawyer, and a retired Army Infantry colonel. We’ll Be Back tracks America’s 30-year journey from the defeat of Iraq in 1991 to the current day in 2022, walking through the causes and culprits of America’s decline while also... So...

The King welcomes back Spencer Klavan, host of the Young Heretics podcast, Associate Editor for the Claremont Institute, and Features Editor of The American Mind. He just announced a new book to be released in February, How to Save the West: Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises, but I wanted to talk to him right now … and then again in February. We talk about the Left’s meltdown over the Supreme......

Today, the King is joined by Mark Paoletta, co-author of the new book, Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words. In the follow-up to the wildly successful documentary by the same name, the book builds on dozens of hours of groundbreaking, one-on-one interviews with Thomas to share a new, expanded account of his powerful story for the first time. Mark Paoletta worked alongside Thomas during....

Today, the King wraps up the big news of the week, starting with the start of the midterm Red Wave, Biden’s incoherence on oil, and why history doesn’t have “sides.” Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Ricochet” by Preoccupations. Source

Today, the King wraps up the big news of the week, starting with an alleged assassination attempt on Justice Kavanaugh, the unfolding drama at the Wokington Post, and Democrats losing their minds over Biden and their doomed midterms. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Numb Bell” by Moderat. Source

Today, the King is joined by Rev. Robert Sirico, to talk about his new book, The Economics of the Parables. In it, Fr. Sirico shares the timeless economic wisdom derived from the parables of the New Testament. He is a Catholic priest, the co-founder and President Emeritus of the Acton Institute, and has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the London Financial Times... So...

Today, the King is joined by Abby Roth, better known as Classically Abby, to discuss her popular YouTube channel dedicated to classic living and traditional values. We discuss why it’s important to speak your mind (even if controversial), the importance of modesty, and how her message counters the negative impact of most social media on young women. Check out Abby’s Substack here. Source

Yoram Hazony is the President of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem and Chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation. In 2018, Yoram wrote The Virtue of Nationalism, which caused quite a stir yet was selected as the Conservative Book of the Year. His latest is Conservatism: A Rediscovery, released today. In it, he argues that American conservatism isn’t identical to “classical” liberalism... Source

The King of Stuff welcomes school-choice guru Dr. Matthew Ladner of the Arizona Charter School Association and Executive Editor of the weblog RedefinED. Previously Ladner served as a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Koch Institute and Senior Advisor for Research and Policy at Excel in Ed and Vice President of Research and Goldwater Institute. We talk about Arizona’s epic improvements in... So...

Time for a news wrap-up with the King! We’re talking about the leaked Alito draft, how abortion will play as an issue in the midterms, Biden’s continuing polling trouble, updates from Ukraine, the Dave Chappelle case, and more! Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Blue” by Resplandor. Source

The King of Stuff welcomes David DesRosiers, publisher of the invaluable RealClearPolitics.com and its many sister sites. RCP has just launched two state-based verticals, RealClearFlorida and RealClearPennsylvania. David is the Founder and President of Revere Advisors and formerly served for ten years as Executive Vice President at the Manhattan Institute. We talk about the importance of these two...

The King flies solo this week, covering all the big news. CNN+ turns into CNN-! Ron DeSantis vs. Team Rat! Kamala’s staff fleeing her clutches! And more! Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Sonder” by Pet Shimmers. Source

Does everything in the world feel off-kilter lately? The king flies solo this week with a news wrap-up, including Ukraine, ghost guns, inflation, Russia, Al Sharpton, CNN+, ethanol, food shortages, Shanghai, mining, green energy, dead comedians, and more! Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “Wound Up Tight” by Tallies. Source

The King of Stuff welcomes the great Andrew Klavan to discuss his latest book, The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England’s Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus. Andrew is an internationally bestselling novelist and two-time Edgar Award-winner, Klavan is also a contributing editor to City Journal, the magazine of the Manhattan Institute... Sour...

The King of Stuff welcomes back Frank J. Fleming to discuss his latest novel, Superego: Betrayal, the third in the Superego series. Until recently, he was a contributor to the Babylon Bee, but now is a scripted creator for The Daily Wire. Just after this interview, DW Co-CEO Jeremy Boreing announced the launch of Daily Wire Kids — the project Frank’s been working on. Frank has also written... Sour...

The King of Stuff welcomes Doug TenNapel, the creator of Earthworm Jim, The Neverhood, and Bigfoot Bill. He is the author and illustrator of more than 20 Graphic Novels which include Earthworm Jim The Comic, Bigfoot Bill, Nnewts, Creature Tech, Earthboy Jacobus, and Monster Zoo. He talks about being a conservative artist who speaks his mind and explains his wild success with NFTs. Source

The financial world canceled Canadian truckers and now an entire country. Who’s next? The King of Stuff welcomes Kara Frederick to chat about Big Tech, Social Credit, and the tools to “cancel” people — and even countries — from the digital world. Kara is a Research Fellow in the Center for Technology Policy at The Heritage Foundation. She also helped create and lead Facebook’s Global Security... S...