The Carousel Podcast

Rick Spence is an apex expert on all things spies, occult, and conspiracy. A former professor at University of Idaho, he has a new podcast called Strange as it Seems where he tells the tales of many dark secrets you haven’t heard before. He also has a series on Great Courses . We talk about the greatest spy in history, Kim Philby, as well as Aleister Crowly, MK Ultra, Scopalamine, Rudolf Hess bein...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.com Doing a big one with the most underrated account in the business, Dimes.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.com Interviewing the host of the popular localist/naturalist podcast Doomer Optimism , Ashley Fitzgerald . We talk about what I see as the central issue of our political landscape, uniting “anti-excel brain” localists in a way that doesn’t alienate both sides of the political spectrum. FIRST 45 MINS FREE. PLEASE BEC...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.com I discovered the work of dissident science journalist Celia Farber in RFK Jr.’s now famous book The Real Anthony Fauci . She’s presented as a sort of truth telling muse, one of the first people to question one of the global medical establishments most unquestionable issues, AIDS, which is a foundational part of...

I’m joined by two of the great anon frog posters, Karl Hollywood AKA Woke Capital and Covfefe Anon , to discuss the state of things. They’re the hosts of a new podcast called The Frame , along with their co-host Aimee Therese, who has been a guest on this podcast. This is a free episode, but many eps are paywalled. Please become a paid subscriber now. The Carousel is a reader-supported publication...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.com FIRST 50 MINUTES FREE. PAID SUBSCRIBE $6 NOW FOR FULL EPISODES INCLUDING THE VIDEOS. I’m joined once again by clever extrapolator Walt Bismarck to discuss his recent clear-eyed observations about culture, class, and life on the internet. Specifically, why are conspiracy theories sometimes low class, but other ti...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.com Americans, in our commitment to capitalism, insist on free markets in ways that we don’t insist on free speech. As Kanye has showed us with his recent line of swastika merch, it’s easy to cancel people, but it’s much harder to cancel their products. This has created a fascinating moment for art-as-commerce, wher...

Hollywood composer Stephen Limbaugh (yes he’s Rush’s nephew, and composed the score for Amanda Milius’ Plot Against the President ) is writing a symphony to celebrate the 250th birthday of America. He’s “building it in public” posting step by step videos of the process as he composes it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.com Chatting cultural institutions and fiction with dissident lit impresario Tooky’s Mag . We talk about the platform era, slopology, and why dissident artists are too nice to each other. First thirty minutes free…please become a paid subscriber at thecarousel.substack.com . Also a note: I told everyone that I only...

Steve Sailer is a legendary blogger—one of the first and best to ever do it. As he says on the show, at his peak he published 15 culture articles per week , all in his signature beautiful prose. He’s known for his work on HBD , but I was more interested to talk to him about movies, of which he’s a fabulous reviewer , and about Los Angeles, of which he is a native son. He joins me live in studio! P...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.com FIRST 45 MINUTES FREE. TO GET THE FULL EPISODE PLEASE SUBSCRIBE! Also, sorry for not great quality on my microphone in the first few minutes. It’s fixed after about 8 minutes. I’m joined by the fantastic Will Hild , skilled fighter of the Borg, particularly BlackRock on which he is an expert, and Executive Direc...

Wokal Distance AKA Michael Young is a cultural researcher at the Center for Renewing America . We discuss the history of American culture and counterculture—specifically how the cycle of commodified non-conformity is used to control the masses and expand the very capitalism that its proponents (originally the Critical Theorists ) sought to undermine. Also, where does this leave the “ascendant” cul...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.com Returning guest Kevin Dolan AKA Bennett’s Phylactery talks about his smash hit Natalism Conference, which was tweeted about by Elon Musk last year. It’s coming up on March 28th in Austin, use code CAROUSEL to buy now! FIRST 30 MINUTES FREE…BECOME MEMBER OF THE CAROUSEL TO HEAR FULL EPISODE. The Carousel is a rea...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecarousel.substack.com Why are the Kelce’s so cringe? Why are the Super Bowl ads so lame? Why does it seem like we’re being played like a bunch of FanDuel slop loving marionettes? Because we are! All these questions and more answered in this very special MEMBERS ONLY episode with the best propaganda analyst in the business Yuri Bezmen...

Talking movies and culture with the best film reviewer in the game, Jack Mason host of The Perfume Nationalist podcast which pairs a perfume with a work of art, usually a movie or book, and reviews them both concurrently. We cover his fantastic reviews of Terrifier 3, Nosferatu, and Red Rooms, as well as male/female dynamics in the creation of art, the restriction of male sexuality, and also the t...

Discussing the Super Bowl ads on another solo episode! Please become a paid subscriber and also subscribe on YouTube:" The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecarousel.substack.com/sub...

Chatting with Dave Green about two big lacks: 1) a cultural ecosystem capable of producing art that isn’t enslaved by the algorithm and 2) the lack of blood and soil consciousness in the state of California. And how we’re in the business of maybe attempting to change both of these things! YOUTUBE VERSION (PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE) PLEASE BECOME PAID SUBSCRIBER NOW This is a public episode. If y...

My understanding of USAID was my original red pill, and came as a result of reading Confessions of an Economic Hitman while working as a legal intern at a M&A law firm in Vietnam. This is a solo episode of The Carousel discussing USAID, patronage networks, and the new Government NGO Tracker , which is being widely misinterpreted and mis-used to falsely accuse people like Richard Hanania and Christ...

Chatting about movies, feminism, anti-capitalism, and techno-feudalism with the incisive and refreshing Nina Power ! The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecarousel.substack.com/subsc...

On the longhousing of one of the most promising RW culture projects, Angel Studios, with the insightful Marcellino D’Ambrosio, who covered Angel’s steep decline towards on his Substack. The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers...

Chatting with the journalist of our generation, James Pogue , about his two new pieces on the state of politics in the New York Times (“ How Long Can the Alliance Between Tech Titans and the MAGA Faithful Last? ”) and Vanity Fair (“ Infighting. Panic. Blame. A Special Report From Inside the Democratic Party's Epic Hangover ”). YOUTUBE VERSION The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To rece...

Talking fires, Bass, Newsom, and all things California and Los Angeles with one of Substack’s best writers, Chris Bray ! The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecarousel.substack.com/s...

Interviewing American’s answer to Adam Curtis, Pedro Gonzalez , about his interesting work on AI and The Century of the Slop . The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecarousel.substack...

I’m joined by Martin Sellner , leader of Identitäre Bewegung Österreich (Identitarian Movement of Austrian). His movement supports remigration out of Europe, what we would call mass deportations. Eery similarities pervade the overwhelming flood of immigrants into both of our countries, both inexplicably borderless, and the reactions are also quite similar, although America has perhaps more excuses...

Why did Gavin Newsom lie about his promise to conduct one million acres of controlled burns, over-stating them by 690%? Why didn’t Rick Caruso’s properties burn while everything else did? What’s the primary cause of the LA fire? Arson? Empty reservoirs? Bad forest management? What does containment actually mean? Why don’t we do controlled burns like the Native Americans did? I speak with the Gabri...