The Carousel Podcast

Jan 31 2025 78 ep. 85 mins 67
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Writer Isaac Simpson explores the world through modern propaganda.

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170. Nina Power

Jan 31 2025 85 mins  
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.su

169. The Decline of Angel Studios

Jan 29 2025 86 mins  
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 wi

168. James Pogue

Jan 24 2025 88 mins  
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 VERSIONThe Carousel is a reader-supported pub

167. Does LA Need a Strong Man? with Chris Bray

Jan 23 2025 89 mins  
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 thecaro

166. Slop Machines with Pedro Gonzalez

Jan 22 2025 91 mins  
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 the

Martin Sellner - Croissant Nationalism - ep 165

Jan 15 2025 97 mins  
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 p

LA Fire Truths and Lies with Hotshot Director Gabriel Kirkpatrick Mann - ep 164

Jan 12 2025 82 mins  
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?

The Year in Culture - Ep 163

Dec 31 2024 74 mins  
Chatting about how there has not been one good movie that came out all year with Last Things, Adem Luz Rienspects, and Erewhon Groyper.HAPPY NEW YEARThe 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 bo

Luigi, Penny, Assad, Georgescu, and the Disappearance of Literary Men

Dec 10 2024 111 mins  
Discussing the many shifted vibes with Dudley Newright and Constantin von Hoffmeister. Which Luigi Mangione manifesto is real? Will Daniel Penny’s exoneration lead to a cultural shift?Did Romania end democracy in the name of democracy? What’s happening in Syria? Why have literary men disappeared?The Carousel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my

CEO Murder, Tennessee Trans, Regulatory Capture - EP161

Dec 04 2024 84 mins  
Talking with Murshak and Basil about the public murder of United HealthCare CEO, the Tennessee trans supreme court case, and Andreesen’s AI chat on Rogan.Also you’ll notice new music and format. Will explain more soon.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. I