In this Thursday afternoon stream I discuss the ramifications of World War I on history, the chaos that is engulfing our country and how we can overcome it, and I read several poems that have relevance to our current situation. Watch or listen here, or listen via your favorite podcast app. Raheem Kassam: “We Will … Continue reading Livestream 20: Veterans Day, the Great War, American heroes, and a little poetry.

In this Friday afternoon stream I talk about how the conservative worldview better reflects reality than leftist fantasy, and what happens when the narrative diverges too far from what people can see with their own eyes. Watch or listen here, or listen via your favorite podcast app. Website: https://declineandfall.blog/ Podcast: https://declineandfall.blog/podcast/ Telegram: https://t.me/declineandfall Locals: https://declineandfall.locals.com/ … Continue reading Livestream 19: Why We Will Win

I am back at my desk for the first time in quite a while to talk about new developments with the blog and podcast, conservative sacred cows, the 2020 election, supply chains, and what might happen with Taiwan. Watch or listen here, or listen via your favorite podcast app. Website: https://declineandfall.blog/ Podcast: https://declineandfall.blog/podcast/ Telegram: https://t.me/declineandfall … Continue reading Livestream 18: Friday Afternoon Rain

At long last, here is the fourth of five eventual re-recordings I plan to do. Episode 4 was the worst of the early episodes, as I used my low-quality laptop microphone to record, and I did not prepare a script but instead spoke off the cuff based on a sparse outline. For this recording I … Continue reading Episode 4x: Learning From History

(The essay version of this podcast can be found here.) This episode has been a long time coming. I have had a draft waiting for more than two years, but the events in Kabul this month convinced me that now was the time to talk about America’s forever wars. Our loss in Afghanistan in the … Continue reading Episode 67: Endless War

In this Saturday morning livestream I talk about the impending fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, and what that means for America going forward. I discuss the history of United States in war, especially in Vietnam, and I look at what our withdrawal portends for us and for the world. Watch here, listen here, or … Continue reading Livestream 17: What Happened to Afghanistan?

As protests erupt this month in Cuba, many Americans are wondering how we should respond. Should we intervene, oust the Communists, and restore democratic rule? Or should we leave them alone? How should the America First movement deal with Communist Cuba? Listen here, or listen, subscribe, and review on iTunes. You can also listen to … Continue reading Episode 66: Cuba

In this Thursday afternoon livestream I talk about my latest podcast and essay, why I do not focus on the minute details of politics, Malcolm X and nationalism, Christopher Caldwell’s essay on the Pilgrim Fathers, the tragedy of the American Indians, and all the chaos that is going on in the world today. Watch here, … Continue reading Livestream 16: Dispossession, Plymouth Rock, and Chaos in the World

(The essay version of this podcast can be found here.) Nearly two hundred and fifty years ago, the Founding Fathers of the United States created a Constitution to protect the hard-won freedoms for themselves and their posterity. Today, that posterity finds themselves being pushed out of the country their forefathers bequeathed to them. What can … Continue reading Episode 65: Dispossession

I will have a new episode up soon, but in the meantime here is a short note to thank you for listening, and to give you information on how to contact me, or to converse with other fans of the podcast. You are here, at The Decline and Fall of the United States of America. … Continue reading A Short Note