Simon van Zuylen-Wood—journalist and features writer at New York Magazine—comes on the show to talk about the battle for the soul of American conservatism and the battleground of elite inboxes (ie the prodigious emailing of Jeffrey Epstein). Nota bene: first half of the episode we discuss Charlie Kirk and Nick Fuentes, Epstein in the second half. Candace floats throughout, as is her wont.

Also discussed: what breakfast choice makes you a free-trade globalist, if we should just let Trump have his tariffs, gay orgies vs Epstein island parties, sympathy for the devil, JD Vance as multiculturalist, Gen Z nihilism is the book of Ecclesiastes all over again, nepo truthers, the (embarrassing) cult of Fran Leibowitz, gentle authoritarian parenting, Nick Fuentes as Kid Chaos, and Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein.

“Inside the Conservative Campus Revolution” by Simon van Zuyvlen-Wood in New York Mag

“The Truth is Out There” by Simon van Zuylen-Wood in New York Mag

“Child’s Play” by Sam Kriss in Harper’s

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