King of Stuff

The King of Stuff welcomes Steven F. Hayward to discuss the continuing rifts on the right, Biden’s many failures, and GOP chances for the midterms. Steve is a senior resident scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley, and a visiting professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy. He writes daily on Powerline Blog, hosts the Power Line podcast, and will soon release his... S...

The King of Stuff welcomes Mary Katharine Ham to discuss Justin Trudeau’s authoritarian response to protesting truckers, the continuing collapse of Covid mandates, and how to comment on politics without alienating all your friends. Mary Katharine Ham is a journalist, author, speaker, and co-author of End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters... Source

Jon wraps up the news of the week, talking about Blue States fleeing Covid mandates, truckers terrorizing Canadian leaders, and Biden’s continuing poll plummet. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week, Jon recommends “In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country” by Boards of Canada. You can listen to Jon’s new show on Callin, “The Nightcap,” here. Sourc...

The King of Stuff welcomes Gray Connolly to discuss the possible Russian invasion of Ukraine from an eastern European perspective. Gray is a Barrister in Sydney, Australia, focusing mainly on constitutional law, public law, and equity, corporations, and resources law. He served previously as a naval intelligence officer in the Royal Australian Navy in the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean... Sourc...

The King of Stuff is back after surviving Omicron. Jon does a news wrap-up chatting about the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, looks at the nomination battle ahead, then covers every other story in the news, including Russia moving in on Ukraine, Neil Young vs. Spotify, the Democrats vs. Themselves. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. This week... So...

The King of Stuff welcomes Corey A. DeAngelis, Ph. D., an absolute bulldog fighting for educational freedom. Corey is the national director of research at the American Federation for Children, the executive director at Educational Freedom Institute, an adjunct scholar at Cato Institute, and a senior fellow at Reason Foundation. He was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for his work on education....

The King of Stuff welcomes Miranda Devine, author, New York Post columnist, and Fox News contributor. She wrote Laptop from Hell, a bestseller with the inside story of Hunter Biden’s laptop. The story almost derailed his father’s presidential campaign before igniting one of the greatest media and big-tech coverups in American history. Then Jon talks about continuing Covid insanity and the pressing...

The King of Stuff wraps up his interviews at the always smart ALEC conference in San Diego. ALEC, or the American Legislative Exchange Council, is America’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets, and federalism. And boy do we have interviews: Sen. Rick Santorum, Senior Advisor... Source

The King of Stuff emerges from his cocoon to attend the always smart ALEC conference in San Diego. ALEC, or the American Legislative Exchange Council, is America’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets, and federalism. And boy do we have interviews: Winsome Sears, Lt. Gov. Elect of Virginia Jose.....

The King of Stuff welcomes Prof. Scott Yenor to discuss how Russian literature can help us oppose the woke hysteria of today. Scott is a professor of political science at Boise State University and a Washington Fellow at the Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life. His most recent book is The Recovery of Family Life: Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologies. Source

The King of Stuff welcomes back Ethan Nicolle, author of the new book, Chesterton’s Gateway: 14 Essays To Get You Hooked On Chesterton. Jon and Ethan discuss the brilliance of G.K. Chesterton and cover Ethan’s work as creative director for the Babylon Bee. Ethan created the web comic Axe Cop with his little brother, and later became an animated series on FOX and FXX. His other books include Bears....

The King of Stuff welcomes James Poulos, author of the soon-to-be-released Human, Forever: The Digital Politics of Spiritual War. In it, he reveals how the swarm of programs and devices unleashed by our leaders has transformed our lives and defied our dreams, throwing the future into doubt. But the first generation of the digital age can retake control of our technology by restoring our full... So...

It’s episode 350! The King of Stuff welcomes Mark Hemingway, co-author of a new bestseller with his wife Mollie. Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections reveals how the media, big tech, and Democratic operatives manipulated coverage, Covid, and election laws to take the White House. Mark Hemingway is a senior writer at RealClearInvestigations and has been published....

The King of Stuff welcomes Carol Roth, author of The War on Small Business: How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush the Backbone of America. Carol is a “recovering” investment banker, entrepreneur, TV pundit and host, and New York Times bestselling author of The Entrepreneur Equation. She has worked in a variety of capacities across industries, including currently as an outsourced CCO... Sou...

The King of Stuff welcomes Donald T. Critchlow, the author of Revolutionary Monsters: Five Men Who Turned Liberation into Tyranny, just released today. Critchlow is the Katzin Family Professor at Arizona State University and the author of several other books, including In Defense of Populism: Protest and American Democracy (2020); and Republican Character: From Nixon to Reagan (2018). Source

The King of Stuff welcomes Walter Kirn, the author of Blood Will Out, Up in the Air, and Thumbsucker (the last two have been made into feature films). He has also written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, GQ, New York, and Esquire, and many other publications. This year, he launched a Substack and continues to curate one of Twitter’s...

The King of Stuff delivers his own State of the Union address covering Biden’s failed presidency. From the economy to foreign policy, and immigration to Covid, Biden is has made a mess of everything he’s touched. Jon also warns listeners to avoid late-night lectures and reveals the secret difference between reins and whips. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the.....

Tech issues attacked The King of Stuff, scrapping the planned interview, so Jon flies solo, talking about Gen. Milley’s backchannel talks with the Chinese military, DC’s failed Covid response, and gives tribute to his favorite comedian, Norm Macdonald. Instead of recommending a song this week, Jon recommends the comic’s brilliant memoir-cum-novel, Based on a True Story. Source

The King of Stuff talks with M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy and host of the “REFORM THIS!” podcast on Blaze Radio. Dr. Jasser is a former US Navy Lieutenant-Commander, founder of Take Back Islam, Co-Founder of the Muslim Reform Movement, and Author of A Battle for the Soul of Islam. We talk about Biden’s terrible withdrawal from Afghanistan... Source

The King of Stuff talks with David Reaboi, Senior Fellow with the Claremont Institute, strategic communications consultant, and national security expert. He writes at his Substack, Late Republic Nonsense, where he often invokes the phrase “You need to know what time it is.” Jon and David discuss our current political moment and the stubborn resistance of the old guard to face it. Source

The King of Stuff talks with Toby Harnden, author of First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11, available for pre-order now. The book tells the story of Team Alpha, eight CIA officers dropped into the mountains of northern Afghanistan a month after the 9/11 attacks, to track down Al-Qaeda and stop them from infiltrating the United States again. Source

The King of Stuff talks with Amber Smith, a former OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter pilot-in-command and air mission commander who flew multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Amber served as Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Outreach), Special Assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and as an advisor on the Department of Veterans Affairs presidential transition team...

The King of Stuff holds a news roundup talking the Brothers Cuomo, Biden’s unconstitutional eviction moratorium, Gov. Ron DeSantis’s fight against DC, and cratering Olympics viewship. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. Today’s pick is “All the While” by Hand Habits. Source

The King of Stuff conducts a news roundup discussing the latest CDC face-plant, the Olympics, social media outrage, Pelosi’s January 6 kangaroo court, and a free-speech ruling in New Jersey. Subscribe to the King of Stuff Spotify playlist featuring picks from the show. Today’s pick is “Superperfection” by Film School... Source

The King of Stuff talks with Alberto de la Cruz, a Cuban American living in Miami and Managing Editor of the invaluable Babalú Blog. Alberto and his writers have tirelessly documented the uprising in Cuba that began Sunday, July 11, and continues throughout the island nation. He talks about how it began, what’s happening now, and what it will take for the decrepit Castro regime to finally fall. So...