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Over the span of a handful of months, the most ancient ruling houses of Europe collapsed under the weight of deprivation and suffering brought about by the Great War. As communist revolutionaries burn Russia to the ground, their comrades preach blood and fire on the streets of Berlin, and while the Allied countries celebrate their noble victory, the starving, exhausted people of the German Reich f...

The First World War shattered a generation of Europeans. Killing took place on a monumental scale, as whole societies gave their all for their countries. German men who spent their young adulthood in the murderous trenches of the Great War, only to be crushed under the weight of a hostile world, would be senior officers in Hitler’s Wehrmacht, while their sons prepared for a rematch as young soldie...

Sorry for my poor audio. I got a fancy new mic and pre-amp, and apparently I don’t know how to set it up properly. I will get it fixed before the next time you’re forced to hear my voice through it. There is video, but I’m still working on it. This interview was meant as a follow-up to people who have already listened to my Epstein series, or have seen the interview I did on Tucker Carlson’s show....

Hey everybody. Many of you will have already heard my take on the Book of Job, but I wanted to put it all together and expand on it this Easter. I hope you all had a blessed day, I mean it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit subscribe.martyrmade.com/subscribe

Hi everyone. Check out the trailer for the new Martyr Made series, Enemy: The Germans’ War. As I embark on this project, I’m more thankful than ever for your support. I’ve taken on controversial topics in the past, but as we saw from the reaction to my appearance on The Tucker Carlson Show last year, World War 2 is the ultimate third rail. The series will not be an apologia for the Third Reich, bu...

Well, that was interesting. I say “was,” even though it’s still ongoing, because I figure that being officially denounced by the White House must be the peak of an experience like this, but who knows… I’ve been surprised more than once this week. I have been very gratified that all of you have chosen to stick with me through this time, and that many of you have joined us since it happened. Martyr...

Hey guys, anything interesting happen lately? I would like to say welcome to all the new subscribers, and to express my appreciation for the old ones. I will give you all a much fuller response to the recent kerfuffle soon, but for now I hope this clip from Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem is sufficient. We’ll talk soon. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscr...

If you sign up for an annual subscription between today (July 4) and Sunday (July 7), you get a 20% discount ($40 instead of $50 for the year), and half of that will go to Kristina’s House of Hope, a women’s shelter in upstate New York - the only one in its area. *Note* To take advantage of the special offer, you have to sign up by following this link . It’s how Substack knows to activate the offe...

🚨 New Series! 🚨 Introducing a new kind of content from Martyr Made. *Martyr Made Unscripted* is a more conversational series that dives into current events, topics like media and communication, and Darryl’s personal experiences.   Martyr Made Unscripted is only available for paid subscribers.  If you’re already a subscriber, thank you! If you have yet to upgrade to a paid subscription, get start...

Hi everybody. This is the same short Easter message I released a year or two ago. There are a lot more subscribers now than there were then, so I thought I’d repost it for everyone. I hope you all had a blessed week, and have a blessed day. Happy Easter. The Martyr Made Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or, even better, a...

Hi everybody. So, many of you will have already heard a version of this episode (called The Administration of Savagery, released about a year or two ago), but this version is updated with new information and cleaned up a bit. I thought it was worth re-upping due to the current crisis in Gaza. To those of you who are non-paying subscribers to the MartyrMade Substack, please consider supporting the...

Hi everybody. I recently got an email from a young Palestinian girl. It was maybe the most beautiful, and most rewarding, email I’ve ever gotten from doing this podcast, and I wanted to share it with all of you. Sometimes, it seems near impossible, at a time of heightened tension and polarization, to cut through the noise and get people to see that most of the people affected by a conflict like th...

Hi everyone. My good friend Daniele Bolelli and I recorded this when I visited a week or so before the crisis erupted in Gaza. We start off talking about paleolithic man, the invention of grandparents, tribalism and community… and then I bust out my hammer and sickle and start complaining about capitalism. Hopefully, you need a break from the news out of the Middle East as much as I do. Enjoy. If...

Hi everyone. I know, what with all the chaos in the Middle East, many of you have been wondering where I’ve been. Life has been imposing itself on me in ways I couldn’t wriggle out of, but that’s about over now. I’ve got a couple interviews scheduled this week, and will release an expanded an updated version of The Administration of Savagery (on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from 1948-82) soon....

Hey everyone. A few days ago, I posted a Twitter thread to explain a comment I had made on the topic of immigration. Essentially, I said that I thought we’d passed the threshold where any meaningful reform was really possible at the federal level, and that people would be better off focusing their political efforts on states and localities that are winnable and defensible. The thread drew the ire...

Hey everyone, here is part 2 of the Sunday Night Story Time reading. I highly recommend listening to part 1 , if you haven’t heard it, because it’s all one story and you’ll be missing a lot if you jump in here. I have a lot to do over the next few days, and I was going to hold this until Sunday to pace the release and buy myself a little time, but what the hell. I’ll release it now because I know...

I’m spending most of my time working on two bigger projects, so I thought I would read you a little story tonight. In fact, if you guys like this, I might make Sunday Night Story Time a new tradition here at the Substack. All the readings are from Bryan Burrough’s great book, Days of Rage. Some of it you’ll be familiar with from God’s Socialist, but since this story takes part during the Lindsay a...

In August 1921, 10,000-20,000 armed coal miners marched on Mingo County, West Virginia to lift the martial law imposed there, free their jailed brethren, and avenge the assassination of one of their local heroes. At least 20,000 more wives, young boys and other civilians followed the army providing medical, logistical and other services. Before it was over, they would storm a mountainside under fi...

Thought I’d go ahead and stick these together for anyone who wanted to listen to them all at once. *Correction* A few people have informed me that my description of how a hedge fund manager calculates his cut is off in Episode 1. I meant to correct it in the show, but forgot. The general point remains, however: there is no way Jeffrey Epstein made the kind of money he was showing by managing one g...

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I would like to continue releasing most of this content for free, so if you enjoy it and can spare a few bucks, please consider becoming a paid subscriber for just $5 p/month or $50 p/year. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit subscribe.martyrmade.com/subscribe

Since some of you only rarely check the Substack page, and instead follow via the podcast feed, I decided to start releasing audio versions of the posts and essays so you can get the content that way. This is the audio version of the recent post A History of Violence (length: 19:26). I would like to continue releasing most of this content for free, so if you enjoy it and can spare a few bucks, ple...

Hi everybody. Here’s another installment of my ongoing long-term project exploring ideas from James Poulos’s great 2021 book, Human Forever: The Digital Politics of Spiritual War. I decided to put this episode out for everyone, because I really want everyone to hear what James has to say. He has a unique and valuable perspective on implications of digital technology, and how we can win the war to...

I had a very interesting conversation with Luke Burgis, whose book Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life had a very good effect on me recently. We talk about Rene Girard, Nietzsche and Dostoevsky, scapegoating, and how technology accelerates mimetic conflict. I hope you enjoy this discussion. ANNOUNCEMENT: With this episode in the rearview, I am now going to be focusing 100% on put...

Hi everybody. I had another episode ready for Easter, but at the last minute the person I did it with decided he did a bad job and asked me not to publish. He’s wrong, he did a great job, but I get it, I know the feeling. So I decided to just jot down a few thoughts and here they are. Happy Easter. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonu...