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Lomez vs Noah Smith: The Debate on American Assimilation | Ep 8806 oct. 202600:59:57
Can America still become one people? Noah Smith joins Lomez for an honest debate over immigration, assimilation, ethnogenesis, and the future of American identity. Sponsors: ►Preroll Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off. 00:00 — Noah Smith on Politics, Economics & “No Opinion” 01:34 — Noah Smith vs. the DSA Left 05:05 — Is America Fundamentally Good? 07:07 — Abundance Politics: What Does “Abundance for Americans” Mean? 10:44 — Who Could Lead the Democrats in 2028? 14:52 — Israel, Palestine & the Challenge of a Jewish Candidate 18:43 — Immigration and the Politics of Ethnic Conflict 25:39 — Irish and German Immigration: How Assimilation Happened 31:57 — Is Today’s Immigration Wave Historically Unprecedented? 35:38 — “Replenished Ethnicity”: Does Immigration Slow Assimilation? 43:23 — Immigration, Ethnic Majorities & Political Balkanization 47:35 — Can “American” Become a Shared Ethnicity? 55:31 — Would an Immigration Pause Help or Hurt Assimilation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Looting of America | Ep 8703 oct. 202601:01:45
America is being robbed blind, over half a trillion dollars a year, and the politicians in charge are either too weak or too complicit to act. We lay out the scale of the fraud, the scams, and the political corruption, and why Washington can't seem to stop it. Sponsors: ►Preroll Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off. 00:00 — America's $500 Billion Fraud Problem 03:00 — Inside the $40 Million Medicaid Fraud Allegation 07:00 — Gavin Newsom's “Empire of Fraud” 11:00 — Why High-Profile Arrests Aren’t Enough 15:00 — The Politics Behind Medicare and Medicaid 19:00 — Can Washington Stop the Money? 23:00 — Reform, Collapse, or Opt Out? 27:00 — How AI Could Catch Fraud at Scale 31:00 — Blockchain, Transparency, and Fraud Bounties 35:00 — Why There’s No “Fix-It Room” in Washington 40:00 — The Talent Problem in Politics 45:00 — Public Service Without the Payoff 50:00 — Staying in the Fight Without Becoming a Martyr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Indian Question | Ep 8626 sept. 202601:16:41
Is it about race, class, or something else entirely? We confront America's most uncomfortable immigration debate. 00:00 — The Bo French Tweet Sparks a Firestorm 03:20 — Why Indian Immigration Became a Flashpoint 07:45 — Indian American Success—and the Backlash 12:10 — H-1B Visas: Skilled Worker Pipeline or Wage Pressure? 17:30 — Immigration, Assimilation, and the Ellis Island Comparison 22:00 — Are Indian Americans Assimilating? 27:00 — Race, Class, and the “Indian Question” 32:20 — Homogeneity, Diversity, and American Identity 37:00 — Is Mass Immigration Changing American Culture? 42:20 — Indian Americans, Politics, and Blue-State Assimilation 47:30 — Grind Culture vs. the American Dream 53:00 — Vivek Ramaswamy and the Credential Arms Race 59:00 — Immigration Reform, H-1B Changes, and What Comes Next Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who's Engineering the AI Panic | Ep 8522 sept. 202601:08:24
Investigative reporter Brian Chau reveals who is bankrolling the “AI will kill everyone” panic and buying influence in Congress. Sponsors: ►Preroll Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off. 00:00 – “AI Will Literally Kill Everyone” – Inside the Doomer Mindset 05:12 – The ‘AI God’ Theory: Recursive Self‑Improvement or Sci‑Fi Fantasy? 11:03 – Paperclip APOCALYPSE: How Doomers Think AI Turns Humans Into Office Supplies 16:44 – Reality Check: Superhuman at Math…But Still TERRIBLE at Writing 21:58 – Will AI Help Some Rando Build a Doomsday Bioweapon? 27:21 – State Bioweapons vs Lone Wolves: Who’s the REAL Threat? 33:09 – Inside Effective Altruism: From ‘Saving Africa’ to Saving Imaginary Future Billions 39:02 – When ‘Doing Good’ Means LYING: The Dark Logic of Effective Altruism 44:35 – Brian’s EA Conference Story: Intelligence, Narcissism, and Straight‑Up Deception 51:10 – The ‘Rogue AI’ HACKS Were STAGED? What Really Happened at OpenAI & Anthropic 57:48 – Hugging Face Incident: Cybersecurity Test or Manufactured AI Scare? 1:03:30 – Why AI Doomers Are Winning: Billions in PR, Media Plants, and DC Influence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rise and Fall of the Intellectual Dark Web | Ep 8419 sept. 202601:16:29
Bari Weiss and her 2018 New York Times article on the Intellectual Dark Web launched Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, and the Weinstein brothers into the mainstream. Nearly a decade later, we dissect how that moment imploded into conspiracy rabbit holes, algorithm addiction, and the collapse of a would‑be heterodox revolution. Sponsors: ►Preroll Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off. 0:00 – Bari Weiss, the NYT, & the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’ 3:12 – Bari Weiss Predicts the Collapse 8:45 – From Free Speech Heroes to Cranks: The Fall of the IDW 14:20 – “Classical Liberal” Was Always Fake 19:05 – The Myth of Deplatforming Alex Jones & Milo 23:50 – How Peterson & the Weinsteins Went Off-Grid 29:30 – When Heterodoxy Became a Drug 34:10 – Charles Murray vs. the Weinsteins: Who Was Right All Along? 39:42 – Neocons Did It First (and Better) 45:15 – The Algorithm Fried Their Brains 51:00 – Was the IDW Just a Media Grift? 56:20 – NYT vs. IDW: Who Looks Sane Now? 1:01:40 – The IDW’s Kamikaze Mission Explained Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One Year Without Charlie Kirk & The Death of Idealism | Ep 8315 sept. 202600:59:22
One year after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Right remains without a clear leader. Its coalition unity is shattered, and its leadership vacuum is only deepening. 0:00 – Charlie Kirk Assassination: One Year Later 3:12 – “Hinge Event” After 9/11: How Kirk’s Death Changed Everything 8:45 – Right-Wing Meltdown: Why the Coalition Shattered After Kirk 13:27 – Inside Charlie Kirk’s Power: Charisma, Humility & Raw Influence 18:50 – How Kirk Made Changing Your Mind a Superpower 23:39 – One Man, Massive Power: The Truth About Political Capital 29:05 – Can Anyone Replace Charlie Kirk? 34:42 – JD Vance: The Only Man Who Can Rebuild the MAGA Coalition? 41:03 – Candace Owens, Conspiracies & Cash: Monetizing Charlie’s Death 47:18 – Checked-Out Conservatives: Has Idealism on the Right Died? 53:02 – Real Voters or Just Clicks? The Mirage of Online Right-Wing Clout 59:40 – From Opposition to Power: Why the Right Can’t Figure Out Governing 1:06:11 – Scott Adams & Charlie Kirk: The Lost Architects of Trumpism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I Was Inside the Pentagon on 9/11 — Here's What Happened | Col. Rob Maness | Ep 8211 sept. 202600:51:07
Col. Rob Maness was inside the Pentagon on 9/11. He provides an unfiltered, minute-by-minute account of the attack, the chaos, and the rescue efforts he witnessed firsthand. He connects that day to America's wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Ukraine, and he makes the case that America is back to a "September 10" mindset today. 0:00:00 25 Years After 9/11: Are We Back to ‘September 10th’ America? 0:02:45 Inside the Pentagon on 9/11: Colonel Maness's Account 0:06:10 Nuclear War Game on 9/11: Coincidence or Something More? 0:10:35 “We Are Under Attack”: The Moment It Became Clear 0:15:20 Chaos at the Pentagon: Fire, Asbestos, and Triage in the Hallways 0:20:40 Who Really Did 9/11? Inside the Future Operations Group 0:25:05 Afghanistan vs. Iraq: Why One War Was Justified and the Other a ‘Bad Idea’ 0:30:30 We Won the War in 2005 — Then We Lost the Strategy 0:36:15 Patriot Act & FISA 702: How 9/11 Still Haunts American Freedom 0:42:00 Iran Since 1979: Ending a 50‑Year War with Blockades and ‘Economic Fury’ 0:48:10 Can America Outlast Iran’s Fanatics? Political Will vs. Religious Zeal 0:54:25 Ukraine, NATO, and Russia’s Red Line: Did the West Push Too Far? 1:00:10 Can Trump End Two Wars at Once? Predictions on Iran & Ukraine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeremy Boreing: Behind the Scenes of The Pendragon Cycle | Ep 81 08 sept. 202601:04:50
From The Pendragon Cycle to the future of the GOP, Jeremy Boreing lays out a long-term strategy for rebuilding conservative culture. Sponsors: ►Preroll Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off. 0:00 – The Fantasy Epic Owning Amazon Prime 3:15 – How Jeremy Boreing Beat Hollywood at Its Own Game 7:42 – Why Conservative Movies Keep Failing 12:30 – Will & Grace, Game of Thrones, and the Real Power of Story 18:05 – Rebuilding a 100‑Year Hollywood Machine from Scratch 23:40 – 300 Crew Members, 79 Shoot Days, and Everything Went Wrong 29:10 – Real Bulls, Real Blood: The Insane Pendragon Stunt Everyone Thinks Is Fake 34:25 – Why Conservative Money Won’t Build the Next Facebook or HBO 40:55 – Are Conservatives Doomed by a Failure of Imagination? 47:20 – Lady Ballers vs. Pendragon: Politics, Polemics, and Real Art 53:45 – Evangelicals: The GOP’s Most Powerful Bloc… and Its Weakest Link? 1:00:30 – Tucker Carlson, Israel, and the Coming Right‑Wing Realignment 1:08:10 – Can the Right Actually Build Institutions to Replace Hollywood? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trump’s JD Vance Gamble: Successor in 2028 or Scapegoat in 2026? | Ep 80 05 sept. 202601:00:49
With the RNC convention landing in Dallas next week, the midterm math is starting to look ugly for Republicans. Rufo & Lomez ask the question nobody in the White House wants to answer: why is J.D. Vance the one holding the bag? ►Preroll Try Sage Teacher at https://www.sageteacher.ai/ One subscription covers your whole family. Use promo code RUFO at checkout for 20% off. 00:00:00 – JD Vance’s case for Republicans in the midterms 00:04:05 – Betting Markets FLIP: Why Democrats Are Favored to Win 00:08:30 – Is the GOP message on fraud and crime falling flat? 00:12:55 – How the Iran conflict is dragging down Republican support 00:17:40 – Is JD Vance Being Set Up to FAIL for 2028? 00:22:00 – SHOCK NUMBERS: 3 Million Fewer Illegal Immigrants 00:26:35 – Deportations, Cheaper Rent, More Jobs: Did Trump Actually Deliver? 00:31:20 – Do Trump’s tariffs actually help American workers? 00:35:55 – From Reagan to Trump: the right’s ideological transformation 00:40:35 – Obergefell, gay marriage, and the collapse of the religious right 00:45:10 – Has Trumpism Turned the Right Into a Nihilist Casino? 00:49:45 – Can the right hold together in the new media ecosystem? 00:54:25 – Final 2026 midterm predictions: House and Senate outlook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Richard Ebright Explains Why Fauci’s Pardon Began in 2014 | Ep 79 01 sept. 202600:55:03
Rutgers scientist Dr. Richard Ebright lays out, in forensic detail, how Anthony Fauci funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan, buried the evidence, and orchestrated a fraudulent cover-up paper and why his 2025 pardon is quietly backdated to the exact year the violations began. 00:00 – Fauci’s Backdated Pardon 04:12 – Gain-of-Function Pause in 2014 08:35 – What Is EcoHealth Alliance? 12:49 – Why the U.S. Funded High-Risk Coronavirus Work in China 17:03 – Dick Cheney, NIAID, and the Shift to Biodefense & Bioweapons Research 21:44 – Evidence SARS‑CoV‑2 Came from a Wuhan Lab, Not a Wet Market 26:58 – DARPA, NIH Grants, and the ‘Blueprint’ for Engineering SARS‑CoV‑2 32:37 – Furin Cleavage Site: Statistical Case for a Lab-Engineered Virus 37:50 – Debunking the Wuhan Wet Market Zoonotic Origin Narrative 42:05 – Alleged Scientific Misconduct: Andersen, Garry, Rambaut, Holmes 47:21 – Fauci's “Big Ask” to Shape COVID Origin Science 53:09 – Indictments, David Morens, Peter Daszak, and Slow Fauci Accountability 58:26 – Dr. Ebright’s Personal Cost & Backlash from the Scientific Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The REAL Problem With Social Media | Ep 7828 août 202601:14:51
Three controversies collide: Meta's $17 billion settlement, the disturbing TikTok defense of Lindsay Clancy, and former Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino's explosive claim to Tucker Carlson that the Trump administration wants him dead. 0:00 – Happy Birthday Chris! 4:18 – Meta hit with $17 billion: is social media the new Big Tobacco? 9:02 – Are we medicalizing sin? The “addiction” label out of control 14:47 – Should we ban social media for kids under 16? 20:31 – Screen time, parenting, and the myth of “digital skills” 26:05 – Screens, video games, and raising kids in a digital world 32:12 – Fertility crisis, phones, and the future of the gene pool 38:40 – Lindsey Clancy, TikTok hysteria, and modern motherhood 45:55 – Postpartum psychosis, meds, and the ugly truth about modern moms 52:23 – Greg Bovino’s claim of 107 million illegal immigrants 58:41 – Immigration numbers: facts vs fantasy on the right 1:05:09 – Why getting mad at your phone isn’t real politics 1:11:56 – From online outrage to real power: can the right actually govern? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nick Freitas: The Right Has Lost Its Way — Here's How We Take America Back | Ep 7725 août 202601:03:27
Nick Freitas tackles federal power, abolishing agencies like the Department of Education, rebuilding assimilation, and why a 20‑year strategy of faith, marriage, and children beats the left’s revolution. 00:00:00 Nick Freitas on the Right Reorganizing 00:05:10 Blackpilled Conservatives & Demoralization Ops 00:10:45 Collapse of Trust: Institutions, COVID, Media Lies 00:16:30 “Woke Right,” Neocons & Leftist Debate Tactics 00:22:05 After Trump: What Holds the Right Together? 00:28:00 Libertarians vs National Conservatives on Power 00:33:40 Should the Right Seize Institutions or Scrap Them? 00:39:20 Hart‑Celler, Mass Immigration & American Identity 00:44:55 Cultural Homogeneity, Assimilation & Trust 00:50:30 Why Young Men Are Demoralized: Porn, Gaming, No Purpose 00:56:05 Masculinity vs Modern Feminism: How We Were Lied To 01:01:25 AOC, Frozen Eggs & the New Feminist Archetype 01:06:30 How the Right Actually Wins: Faith, Family, Children Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Inside America's Psychosis: Jason Arday, James Fishback, and Flock Cameras | Ep 7622 août 202601:24:55
Jason Arday's fraud, James Fishback's chaos campaign, and America's rollout of facial-recognition drones don't look related until you see them as three symptoms of the same collapse in institutional trust. 00:00 – American Psychosis & the Jason Arday Fraud Exposed 04:12 – Cambridge’s Racial Fairy Tale and Academic Plagiarism 09:35 – What “Epistemic Closure” Really Looks Like in Universities 15:02 – Digital Lynching, George Floyd Myths, and Media Manipulation 20:47 – Nathan Cofnas vs. Cambridge: Race, IQ, and Scapegoating 27:10 – Why Elite Academia Is Non‑Reformable from the Inside 33:28 – How to Defund Higher Ed: $150 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies 39:55 – Spinning Off STEM and Letting Liberal Arts Sink or Swim 46:20 – GOP Civil War: Byron Donalds vs. Meme Candidate James Fishback 52:03 – The Rise and Limits of Online Right‑Wing Populism 57:41 – Goy Slop, School Lunches, and Real Economic Anxiety 1:03:18 – AI Data Centers, Job Panic, and Anti‑Tech Populism 1:09:44 – Flock Cameras, Drones, and the Coming Surveillance State Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How the Third World Left Is Winning in America with Zineb Riboua | Ep 7518 août 202601:06:19
Foreign policy expert Zineb Riboua explains how Third-Worldism became the Left’s new organizing ideology, why Israel became its obsession, how China and Iran fit into the picture, and what happens when anti-Western politics moves beyond the Left. 0:00:00 – What Is Third Worldism? Zineb Riboua Explains 0:01:19 – From Woke 1.0 to Third Worldism: The Left’s New Phase 0:03:50 – Reparations, Redistribution, and the New Left Coalition 0:07:20 – Why Third Worldism Attracts Elite White College Students 0:09:50 – Why Israel Became the Left’s Obsession 0:16:40 – China, Iran, and the Middle East: The Hidden Axis 0:21:10 – How Third Worldists Flipped U.S. Opinion on Israel 0:28:50 – Islam as Symbolic Politics in the New Left 0:39:05 – Third Worldism as the Next Stage After Woke 0:55:15 – Third Worldism on the Right: When Anti-Imperialism Goes MAGA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Left Isn't Communist Anymore — It's Something Far More Dangerous| Ep 7414 août 202601:05:48
Dr. Paul Gottfried has spent decades watching the Left evolve. His conclusion is chilling: Wokeness may be more culturally powerful than American communism ever was. 0:00 – From New Left to Trump: Paul Gottfried’s Big Picture 1:23 – “Post‑Marxist Left”: Why Today’s Left Isn’t Marxist 4:18 – Marxism vs Wokeness: What Actually Changed? 7:21 – Why the Working Class Is Abandoning the Left 10:00 –Today’s “Socialists” Are Just Playing Communist 17:06 – Woke 2.0: What Comes After Peak Wokeness? 23:05 – Is Trumpism the Triumph of Paleoconservatism? 28:51 – Does Trump Have an Actual Ideology? 38:10 – Inside the Gen Z Right: Energy, Chaos, Potential 48:43 – How the Left Captured Every Major Institution Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The $20 Burrito Proxy: What the Left & Right Are Really Fighting Over | Ep 7312 août 202601:16:37
Israel, Iran, and the $20 burrito: Everything Is a proxy fight for 2028. Rufo & Lomez connect the dots between grocery inflation, the Michigan primary, and Tucker's third-party trial balloon and how it all leads to the same place. 0:00:00 – The $20 Burrito Meltdown 0:02:19 – Is Inflation Really to Blame for Expensive Burritos? 0:04:10 – The Brutal Truth About Beef Prices 0:08:59 – When Chipotle Becomes a Luxury Item 0:15:36 – Why Your Life Feels Less Affordable 0:19:32 – Upward Mobility Is Dying 0:26:25 – Cheap Burritos vs. Mass Immigration 0:35:41 – “No More Foreign Aid?” The New Anti-Israel Litmus Test 0:45:24 – The Collapse of Pro-Israel Democrats 0:56:30 – After Trump: Who Really Runs the Right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Muslim Brotherhood Have Infiltrated USA...Now They're Grooming Future Leaders on the Left & Right | Ep 7204 août 202600:51:59
Former CIA Targeter Sarah Adams warns that Islamist influence isn't just overseas anymore. Sarah argues the Muslim Brotherhood has spent decades building political power inside America and says both Democrats and Republicans have been quietly cultivated for years. 0:00 – Why We’re Really at War with Iran 2:34 – Inside America’s Botched Strike on Iran’s Nukes 6:58 – Iranian Sleeper Cells in the U.S.? 10:06 – Why Hasn’t Iran Assassinated U.S. Leaders Yet? 13:22 – Is Iran’s Regime About Religion or Power? 17:59 – How the Muslim Brotherhood Bought Influence in D.C. 22:19 – The Caliphate Dream: Iran's Real Endgame 27:36 – Who Failed Us: CIA, FBI, or the Politicians? 41:22 – Is There Actually a Deep State in U.S. Intel? 45:27 – “20 Million Unknowns” – Sarah Adams' Biggest Fear for America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mamdani’s Mosque Called for Killing the Infidels & We Do Nothing | Ep 7131 juil. 202601:04:06
From ‘Kill the Infidels’ chants at Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s mosque to government price-fixed bananas ;  Rufo & Lomez expose how Bin Laden’s ideology is merging with the Left’s pure spectacle politics… and why conservatives did nothing about it. 0:00 – NYC’s Socialist Banana Scheme 1:40 – Price Commissars in New York City 3:35 – Government Groceries = Soviet Throwback 6:55 – Why Economics Won’t Beat the Socialists 8:20 – Crime, Chaos, and Losing Your Own City 10:50 – How ‘Law and Order’ Triggers Blue America 13:20 – Fraud, Incompetence, Corruption: The Winning Attack 18:30 – Can the Right Defend American Identity? 21:25 – Quality of Life: The Real New York Fight 27:10 – “Kill the Infidels”: Mamdani’s Mosque Moment 34:50 – From 9/11 to Mamdani: What Happened to America? 48:20 – The Right’s Outrage Addiction and Powerlessness 55:20 – No Blackpill: Why Despair Is a Death Wish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trump Won...Now the Online Right Is Falling Apart | Ep 7028 juil. 202601:00:44
The revolution succeeded but the Online Right is falling apart. Discover why the insurgent energy that crushed woke is now exhausted and directionless. 0:00 – Has the Online Right Lost Its Purpose? 0:39 – How Meme Culture Helped Elect Trump 3:49 – From Anti‑Woke Wave to “What Now?” 5:55 – “America Will Be Woke No Longer” 9:03 – Did the Anti‑Woke Right Actually Win? 12:13 – Nick Fuentes, Transgression, and the Fringe 16:02 – Why the Left Has a Vanguard and the Right Has a Fringe 21:05 – Immigration, Power, and Losing Revolutionary Nerve 30:12 – “Deport Them All”: When Con Inc Flipped 33:21 – Cannon Fodder and the Online Right’s Hangover 39:48 – Is the System Rigged Against Young Conservative Men? 45:44 – Academia Reforms and the Conservative Talent Shortage 55:21 – Can the New Right Become a Legitimate Ruling Class? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Nolan's 'Odyssey' Was Influenced by Trump Derangement Syndrome | Ep 6924 juil. 202601:02:12
Alex Priou dissects Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey," revealing the philosophical, political, and moral differences between Nolan's blockbuster and Homer's enduring classic. 0:00 – Nolan’s Odyssey: Why This Film Is a Big Deal 0:40 – Is Nolan’s Odyssey a Progressive Trojan Horse? 2:51 – Homer vs. Nolan: What the Original Odyssey Really Asked 5:34 – Guilt, Sin, and “Zeus’s Law”: Christian or Progressive? 6:49 – Trans Casting, Trojan Horse & Elliott Page Debate 10:04 – Civilizational Decline: What Sinon and the Horse Symbolize 16:51 – Dark Humor, Dead Puppies, and Ancient Morality 22:01 – Adaptation vs. Appropriation: Did Nolan Betray Homer? 29:10 – Odysseus Without Glory: The Modern, PTSD Hero 33:35 – Calypso as Malibu Therapist: SSRIs, Yoga, and Letting Go 40:51 – Is Nolan Accidentally Exposing Late Liberal Decadence? 46:50 – “Sea Peoples,” Empire, and the Fate of the West 56:25 – “Just Read Homer”: Best Odyssey Translation and Why Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
'I Went Down Every Rabbit Hole' — Andrew Kolvet Breaks Down Charlie Kirk Murder Conspiracy Theories | Ep 6821 juil. 202601:10:16
TPUSA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet opens up on the splintering of the Right after Charlie Kirk's death, Tyler Robinson's guilt, Candace Owens' betrayals, and the proxy war over Israel tearing apart the Right. 0:00:00 The Assassination of Charlie Kirk & Birth of Conspiracy Theories 0:02:45 Inside the Tyler Robinson Case: DNA, Bullet, Rifle 0:07:40 Wild Theories vs Courtroom Facts 0:09:35 Roof Cam: The Shooter on Video 0:11:00 Murder Weapon, Confessions, Motive 0:12:43 How the Right Fractured After Charlie 0:17:40 Candace Owens and the Conspiracy Machine 0:23:48 Israel, the Right, and a New Civil War 0:30:18 Can the Right Still Talk Like Adults? 0:42:02 Free Speech, Defamation, and Punishing Lies 0:50:34 Can Turning Point USA Survive Charlie’s Death? 0:56:48 Online Fringe vs Real‑World Conservatives 1:01:47 MAGA, Mamdaniism, and $20 Burritos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lindsey Graham, Data Centers, and Enraged Online Italians | Ep 6717 juil. 202601:04:52
Lindsey Graham's death exposes the Left's deranged hatred. Governor Hochul's statewide assault on data centers fuels the Democrats' war on AI and technological progress, while socialist Zohran Mamdani is forced to backtrack after the Little Italy backlash. 0:00:00 - Lindsey Graham Is Dead – And the Left Is Celebrating 0:00:31 - Lib Wine Mom Meltdown: The Sick Fantasies of the Anti-Graham Left 0:03:36 - Why Everyone Hated Lindsey Graham—And He Still Won 0:05:48 - Respect for the Swamp? Graham, Pelosi, McConnell & the Necessary Villains 0:09:28 - Boomers vs. Gen X Freakshow: From Lindsey Graham to Marjorie Taylor Greene 0:15:10 - Was Lindsey Graham Secretly Gay? 0:18:30 - The Left’s Hatred of the Dead: Why They Cheer Their Enemies’ Funerals 0:26:50 - Kathy Hochul Declares War on Data Centers – The Anti-Tech Left Arrives 0:32:54 - From Progressives to Degrowthers: Bomb the Factories, Stop the Future 0:38:02 - Right-Wing AI Panic: Are Data Centers the New ‘Fake Economy’? 0:45:32 - Rufo’s Case for a Right-Wing Futurism: Why We Must Go All-In on AI 0:52:16 - Close the Borders, Save Our Workers: Immigration in the Age of AI 0:53:34 - Little Italy vs. Zoran Mamdani Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Inside Spencer Pratt's Campaign That Terrified Los Angeles | Guest: Gabriel Mann | Ep 66 14 juil. 202601:04:27
The raw truth behind Spencer Pratt’s insane Los Angeles mayoral run. Pratt’s creative director, Gabriel Mann, reveals paid gang ballot harvesting, how Democrats rigged the election, and why Hollywood tolerates sexual abusers but blacklist conservatives.   00:00:00 – The 10-Minute Script That Blew Up L.A. Politics 00:03:15 – “Like Batman”: Pratt’s Burned-Out Lot Origin Story 00:06:10 – Zero Consultants, All Chaos: Inside the Pratt Run 00:10:20 – Paying Bloods & Crips to Ballot Harvest 00:15:05 – “Karen Tricked Us”: South L.A. Turns on Democrats 00:20:10 – Why L.A. Keeps Voting for Its Own Collapse 00:24:30 – Hollywood’s Secret Pratt Fans (Too Scared to Speak) 00:28:10 – Crew Member Fired for Meeting Spencer Pratt 00:34:40 – AI Campaign Ads vs. Real Humans 00:42:15 – Did They Steal It? The 43,000-Vote Swing 00:49:20 – “There Will Be Arrests”: Inside the Fraud Claims 00:53:40 – Spencer’s Plan to Fix Elections 00:58:25 – The Right Can’t Win Without Art & Movies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Graham Platner and the Return of #METOO | Guest: Michael Tracey | Ep 6510 juil. 202601:25:00
Michael Tracey dissects the sexual misconduct allegations against Maine socialist Senate candidate Graham Platner, exposing the role of Democratic Party power brokers, #MeToo-era moral panics, and media-driven political hit jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mike Cernovich Exposes Why the Tech Right Betrayed MAGA | Ep 6407 juil. 202601:09:11
Mike Cernovich reveals why trust between MAGA and the Tech Right has collapsed and why Silicon Valley's biggest players are facing a reckoning. He weighs in on billionaire influence, censorship, immigration, AI, and the future of the conservative movement. 0:00:00 – No Boomer Wise Men 0:02:25 – We’re a Slave Species for Elites 0:04:41–Audience Capture Is Killing Honest Discourse on the Right 0:09:31– Trolling at 50: Extended Adolescence on the Right 0:15:00 – Tech Elites Refuse Masculine Accountability and Real Leadership 0:20:47– Inside the Billionaire Dinners: ‘I Realized How Cheap and Useless They Are 0:23:56 – Big Tech Let Me Burn: How Big Tech Abandoned MAGA 0:28:01– Why Silicon Valley Still Fears Saying the Truth About Immigration and Deportations 0:32:33 – Elon Isn’t ‘Tech Right’: Cernovich Torches the Rest of Big Tech 0:36:12 – The Real Reason the New Right Wants War with Iran 0:43:29 – Tucker’s Third Party Will Crash the Right 0:58:12 – If Luigi Walks Free, America Enters Weather Underground 2.0 1:03:00 – Re-Conquering California: Voter ID, Billionaires, and the Coming Showdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ezra Klein Admits the New York Times Was Wrong on Woke | Ep 6303 juil. 202601:04:00
What the New York Times refused to say for years, Ezra Klein finally admitted. Rapid demographic transformation isn’t white nationalism; it’s common sense. The discussion torches Nicholas Kristof’s insane accusations pinning millions of African deaths on Elon Musk and slams the Supreme Court for upholding anchor babies and birth tourism. [0:00:00] Ezra Klein’s Great Replacement Moment [0:01:18] What Ezra Now Admits Was Once Branded White Nationalism [0:02:22] NYT: It’s OK to Fear Rapid Immigration [0:04:37] Are U.S. Institutions Anti-White? [0:05:40] Trans Mass Shooters: Most Violent Group? [0:08:30] No Regrets for Pushing Woke? [0:13:39] Should Woke Leaders Be Punished? [0:21:32] Do We Owe Africa More Than Americans? [0:31:36] Left Accuses Elon Musk of Killing Africans by Cutting Aid [0:38:23] The New White Man’s Burden [0:47:27] Supreme Court Backs Anchor Babies [0:53:05] Deportation Is the Only Real Fix [1:00:13] How the Right Actually Wins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Israel, Tucker, and the Future of Conservatism w/ Yoram Hazony | Ep 6230 juin 202601:24:33
Yoram Hazony warns that Tucker Carlson is waging war on Israel and dragging the entire conservative coalition into chaos over the Iran war. The future of conservatism will be decided by whether nationalists can crush this divisive force from within ►Craftco Visit https://www.FlyingAcesSpirits.com and use promo code BLAZE for free shipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The DSA Has Killed the Democratic Establishment | Ep 6126 juin 202601:10:01
The Democratic machine is dead, and third worldism is now running the party. Radical socialists endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani swept elections on abolishing ICE, abolishing police, and seizing housing. Sponsors: ► Craftco Visit https://www.FlyingAcesSpirits.com  and use promo code BLAZE for free shipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Balaji’s Theory of American Decline | Part 2 | Ep 6020 juin 202601:29:47
Is China already winning the future? Balaji Srinivasan makes the case that China's rise, America's debt crisis, and the explosion of AI are reshaping the global order faster than most people realize. SPONSORS: ► CRAFTCO Buy online at https://www.flyingacespirits.com — use code BLAZE for free shipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Balaji’s Theory of American Decline | Part 1 | Ep 5919 juin 202600:58:56
From Roman Helmet Guy to the rise of India and China, Balaji Srinivasan joins Rufo and Lomez for an honest debate over nationalism, globalism, tech, and American decline. Find more of Balaji: https://balajis.com/ https://ns.com/ https://thenetworkstate.com/ Sponsors:► CRAFTCO Buy online at https://www.flyingacespirits.com — use code BLAZE for free shipping. [0:00:00] Indian Internationalism vs American Nationalism [0:01:50] Balaji Calls Out “Roman Helmet Guy” on Immigration Flip-Flop [0:06:50] “Minimum Necessary Indian”: Balaji Explains His Identity [0:09:30] Global Techno-Capitalism vs Ethnic Politics [0:13:00] Are Indian Engineers Displacing American Workers? [0:17:10] The 1,000-Year Shift in Global Economic Power [0:21:50] Why MAGA’s Golden Age Can’t Come Back [0:23:40] America Is an Empire, Not a Democracy? [0:30:00] Is Immigration Actually the Real Problem? [0:36:05] How China Broke GOP Manufacturing & Tech Broke the Media [0:38:40] Did “Go Broke, Go Woke” Really Happen? [0:44:50] Democrats, China, and the Future of the Surveillance State [0:52:30] Is American Decline Real in the Age of AI? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Anton and the Direction of Right-Wing Culture | Ep 58 16 juin 202601:16:36
From Machiavelli to Tom Wolfe, Michael Anton delivers a master class on the intellectual roots of a new conservative cultural movement and argues that right-wing ideas can once again shape America's books, movies, and culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
California's Skid Row Election Fraud Is Pure Cope | Ep 5713 juin 202601:00:08
The Right is searching Skid Row for evidence that Spencer Pratt was robbed. Rufo & Lomez argue the real explanation is far simpler and far more depressing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
White Pill: The Case for MAGA Optimism with Scott Greer | Ep 5609 juin 202601:06:18
What if the biggest story isn't MAGA's setbacks, but how much MAGA has already changed the country? Scott Greer breaks down why the Right is winning battles that seemed impossible just a few years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Can Spencer Pratt Save LA? | Ep 5505 juin 202600:58:19
Spencer Pratt takes on Karen Bass, late-breaking ballots, and an entrenched Democratic machine determined to hold power as the battle for Los Angeles enters a decisive new chapter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bannon, Dugin, Evola, & the Philosophical Roots of the Trumpian Right | Ep 5402 juin 202601:06:02
Trump is anti-ideological, but rival factions are fighting to define his movement. Benjamin R. Teitelbaum breaks down the clash between traditionalists (Bannon, Evola, cyclical time, borders and order) and the rising tech Right (Thiel, Land, accelerationism, dissolving boundaries through AI and capitalism). SPONSORS: FLYING ACE Order at https://flyingacespirits.com/ with code BLAZE for free shipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paxton, Trump, and the Death of the Bush Era | Ep 5329 mai 202601:04:04
Is this the final death blow to the Bush-era GOP? President Donald Trump helped Ken Paxton crush John Cornyn in Texas, setting up a massive Senate showdown with Democrat James Talarico. SPONSORS: FLYING ACE Order at https://flyingacespirits.com/ with code BLAZE for free shipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Shellenberger on UFOs and Aliens | Ep 5226 mai 202601:01:49
Author Michael Shellenberger joins the show to discuss UFO/UAP sightings, extraterrestrial life, spiritual and psychological theories, and what the mystery reveals about trust and belief. ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep 52: 1. [0:00:00] – Intro: Trump’s UFO Files, Government Secrecy & UFO/UAP Theories 2. [0:05:37] – Why Now? Timing, Trump & Agnosticism 3. [0:11:01] – Best Evidence: Pilots, Radars & Nukes 4. [0:15:28] – Bob Lazar, Physical Craft & False Memories 5. [0:23:30] – Politics of UFOs 6. [0:35:08] – Epistemic Collapse vs. Conspiracism 7. [0:39:25] – UFOs, Religion, NDEs & the “Control System” 8. [0:46:01] – Shellenberger’s Faith, Personal Sighting & Final Takeaways Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trump Beats Thomas Massie, Chud the Builder in Jail | Ep 5123 mai 202601:10:01
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) calls out the Epstein class and loses his primary election. Also, Chud the Builder, a man in Tennessee who walks around calling people the N-word, gets shot, and Rufo and Lomez discuss the political consequences. ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep 51: 1. [0:00:00 – 0:01:02] – Thomas Massie’s Primary Upset 2. [0:01:02 – 0:03:18] – Trump vs. the Tucker Wing of the Right 3. [0:03:18 – 0:06:16] – Generational Divide and the Limits of Podcast Politics 4. [0:06:16 – 0:09:43] – Is Trump Delivering Exactly What MAGA Wants? 5. [0:09:43 – 0:15:19] – The “Epstein Class” and the Empty Promise of the Files 6. [0:15:19 – 0:23:31] – The Kentucky Reality Check 7. [0:23:31 – 0:30:38] – Door-to-Door Politics vs. Digital Silos 8. [0:30:38 – 0:35:20] – Libertarians in MAGA? 9. [0:35:20 – 0:43:02] – “Chud the Builder” Saga and the First Amendment 10. [0:43:02 – 0:54:52] – First Amendment Absolutism, Social Order, and Westboro/Charlottesville Lessons Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Curtis Yarvin Says America Was Rotten from the Beginning | Ep 5019 mai 202601:15:51
Curtis Yarvin joins Rufo and Lomez to dissect Trump’s two administrations, the hollowing out of GOP power, and performative vs. real politics and to debate America’s founding history. ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 Sponsors: ►Flying Ace Buy online at https://www.flyingacespirits.com and use code BLAZE for free shipping ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep 50: 1. 0:00:00 – 0:01:02 – Intro 2. 0:01:02 – 0:04:51 – Yarvin on Trump’s First vs. Second Administration 3. 0:04:51 – 0:09:22– USAID, ‘Doge,’ and Accidental Power Moves 4. 0:09:22 – 0:12:06 – Legitimizing Power Grabs 5. 0:12:06 – 0:15:31 – Irreversible Actions & Foreign Policy as Real Power 6. 0:15:31 – 0:21:21 – Soft Power in Europe & ‘Right-Wing Theater Kids’ 7. 0:21:21 – 0:25:00 – Three Levels of Politics & The Dobbs Example 8. 0:25:00 – 0:32:34 – Power vs. Respectability & The Reality of Congress 9. 0:32:34 – 0:42:22 – Casting Politicians 10. 0:42:22 – 0:47:05 – Can Trump Actually Control Congress? 11. 0:47:05 – 0:50:55 – The Visibility Problem: Herding Voters vs. Voter Backlash 12. 0:50:55 – 0:56:24 – Power, Learned Helplessness, and Turnout 13. 0:56:24 – 1:03:31 – Was the American Revolution a Leftist Mistake? 14. [1:03:31 – 1:09:45] – Civic Religion vs. Nihilism: What Message Can Win? 15. 1:09:45 – 1:12:50] – Saving People vs. Saving Myths & Closing Clash Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Israeli Rape Dogs, Porn in Prison, and California Lawlessness | Ep 4915 mai 202601:06:20
Rufo and Lomez discuss the New York Times' recent article accusing the Israeli government of systematic sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners and California giving state prisoners free iPads, which are being used to watch porn.  ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep 49: 1. 0:00:00 – 0:01:34 – Intro 2. 0:01:34 – 0:06:36 – NYT Israel Sexual Abuse Allegations 3. 0:06:36 – 0:11:50 – Atrocity Stories, Blood Libel, and Media Credulity 4. 0:11:50 – 0:18:35 – Incubator Babies and Wartime Propaganda 5. 0:18:35 – 0:27:46 – Has Israel Lost the PR War? 6. 0:27:46 – 0:33:07 – Gaza Destruction, Endless Wars, and American Detachment 7. 0:33:07 – 0:40:24 – ‘Porn on Death Row’ 8. 0:40:24 – 0:48:23 – iPads in California Prisons: Porn, Predators, and Policy 9. 0:48:23 – 0:52:02 – Hobbes vs. Rousseau: Are Criminals Broken or Just Bad? 10. 0:52:02 – 1:03:20 – Is California Lost? Plus 2026 Midterms Outlook Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Hanania: The Most Infuriating Person on the Right | Ep 4812 mai 202601:15:33
Richard Hanania joins the show to discuss his evolution on the Right and debate Rufo and Lomez on populism, elite human capital, immigration, and how labor markets should really work. ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep 48 1. [0:00:00] – Who Is Richard Hanania Now? 2. [0:03:23] – Why Richard Trolls the Right 3. [0:11:28] – The “Chud Veto” Explained 4. [0:14:34] – Tea Party vs. MAGA 5. [0:21:38] – Conspiracy Theories: Left vs. Right 6. [0:35:58] – Do “Abundance” Reforms Actually Work? 7. [0:53:26] – Immigration Showdown: High‑Skill, Low‑Skill, and the Chud Veto 8. [1:11:36] – Richard’s Takeaway Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Spencer Pratt and the Campaign to Save California | Ep 4708 mai 202601:01:43
Rufo and Lomez break down Spencer Pratt’s Los Angeles mayoral bid, California’s governor’s race, and the fractured Democrat field heading into 2028. ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep 47: 1. [0:00] California in focus 2. [4:45] Pratt vs. Bass vs. Rahman 3. [7:55] Institutions vs. influencers 4. [10:30] Fires in the Palisades — and why it may not move enough LA voters. 5. [14:00] Why decline doesn’t flip blue states red 6. [21:30] How a Mayor Pratt would govern 7. [26:00] Katie Porter and HR-style governance 8. [30:20] The money machine behind California Dems 9. [36:40] Can California ever hit rock bottom? 10. [46:30] PolyMarket odds for 2028 Democratic Nominees Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Interview with Michael Tracey: How Epstein Is the New Russiagate | Ep 4605 mai 202601:20:48
Investigative reporter Michael Tracey debunks some of the most infamous Epstein conspiracy theories and shares how the Epstein files became the ultimate political weapon. ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep. 46: 1. (0:00:00) – Intro: Michael Tracey’s Ideology and Career Path 2. (0:07:34) – From the Left to Ideological Skeptic 3. (0:12:12) – The Epstein Discourse & Tracey’s Role 4. (0:17:15) – Virginia Giuffre, Dershowitz, and Recantation 5. (0:20:43) – Epstein as a Pop‑Culture Conspiracy Phenomenon 6. (0:28:35) – Elon Musk, ‘Client List,’ and Political Weaponization 7. (0:37:19) – What Did Epstein Actually Do? Tracey’s Steelman 8. (0:51:20) – Debunking Mossad Super‑Spy Myths & Money Questions 9. (0:58:15) – Michael Tracey vs Jim Acosta at the Substack Party Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Conspiracy Theories: Truth-Seeking or Pure Provocation? | Ep 4501 mai 202601:18:02
Are conspiracy theories about a search for the truth or taboo? Rufo and Lomez explore the Left’s political violence, internet radicalization, and the conspiracy-theory culture that may be fueling it all. ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep. 45: 1. (0:00:00 – 0:05:39) Opening & latest Trump assassination attempt 2. (0:05:39 – 0:10:00( Security limits vs. deeper cultural instability 3. (0:10:00 – 0:15:00) Internet‑scale radicalization on left and right 4. (0:15:00 – 0:21:49) Algorithms, echo chambers & “disinformation expert” trap 5. (0:21:49 – 0:30:48) Collapse of old gatekeepers & media incentive shifts 6. (0:30:48 – 0:37:14) Assassination polling & bipartisan conspiracism 7. (0:37:14 – 0:43:30) Conspiracy theories as an “epistemic sandbox” & vice 8. (0:43:30 – 0:51:28) 9/11 / Building 7 as a case study in bad reasoning 9. (0:51:28 – 0:58:05) Conspiracy as folk culture & psychological coping 10. (0:58:05 – 1:05:53) When “conspiracies” point to real issues 11. (1:05:53 – 1:12:04) Elite human capital & the myth of the more rational left 12. (1:12:04 – 1:15:16) Closing: who should govern & invitation to debate Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fact-Checking the SPLC Narrative with an Alt-Right Insider — Patrick Casey | Ep 4428 avr. 202601:10:43
Paleoconservative Patrick Casey, host of the “Restoring Order” podcast, discusses the inner workings of the alt-right and the Southern Poverty Law Center. But what is fact, and what is fiction?  ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep 44: (0:00:00) – Intro (0:02:06) – From Alt-Right Roots to Moderate Paleoconservative (0:03:20) – Immigration, Anti-White Discrimination & the Online Right (0:06:09) – Informants, Feds, and Paranoia on the Fringe Right (0:09:19) – The SPLC’s Paid Informants (0:13:16) – SPLC, Criminality, and Acting Like an Intelligence Agency (0:21:13) – FBI, NGOs, and the “Fed Cutout” Theory (0:24:09) – Was Charlottesville Organic or Manufactured? (0:28:02) – Confederate Statues and the Fallout of Charlottesville (0:45:23) – Online Antisemitic Conspiracies (0:57:14) – The New Antisemitic Wave & Where This Ends Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why The SPLC FAILED Against Rufo, Lomez & the REAL Right | Ep 4325 avr. 202601:05:06
After years of attacking conservatives, including Rufo and Lomez, the SPLC is losing its power to shape media narratives. But how can the Right protect its base and take back its moral compass?  ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep 43: (0:00) – SPLC Indicted: Too Good to Be True? (3:20) – Funding the ‘Hate’ They Condemn (5:02) – Media Gatekeepers & the Charles Murray Case (10:00) – Woke Takeover of the SPLC (15:00) – The Right Learns to Protect Its Own (20:00) – Truth, Provocation & Character (28:03) – Scarcity, Status & Gatekeeping on the Right (35:00) – Delegating Morality to the Left (41:51) – Inside the SPLC Indictment & Declining Fear (49:16) – Saving the Next Generation of Dissidents Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What Happens After Trump? The Soap Opera of the MAGA Civil War | Ep 4221 avr. 202601:03:53
Jacob Siegel argues that the MAGA civil war isn’t organic, but a manufactured narrative pushed by figures like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens to dominate the next phase of the movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
EXCLUSIVE: Gavin Newsom Gives Free Sex Changes to Homeless Illegal Aliens | Ep 4117 avr. 202601:08:41
This is not a troll. Christopher Rufo’s newest investigation reveals that California is stretching public health care into deeply controversial territory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Panic vs. Reality: Are We Already at the Mercy of AI? | Ep 4014 avr. 202600:58:53
Are we already losing control of AI? Samuel Hammond breaks down national security risks, massive job losses, weaponization risks, and what makes humans irreplaceable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How California Is Using Fraud to Replace White Americans | Ep 3910 avr. 202601:07:36
California taxpayers are bankrolling a fraud machine that, under Gavin Newsom’s leadership, is driving sweeping changes in the state’s population. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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