The Irkutsk Ice Truckers Story

We’ve suddenly found ourselves at 100 Substack subscribers and thousands of monthly readers, so it’s finally time to introduce and explain ourselves.What is Irkutsk Ice Truckers, and who is Everett Polinski?In this conversation, James Green and Everett Polinski tell the backstory of Irkutsk Ice Truckers, how it started, what it is, what it has become today, and where we might be going in the future.Timestamps:0:00 Introduction1:11 The fake email sent from my account5:15 Prank them back10:00 Using the website now that I had it13:53 Creating the backstory for Everett16:26 WCCLEpedia the WCC Encyclopedia21:37 Pulling back and stopping the first time23:36 Coming back, the first time24:35 Stopping again26:09 The latest comeback28:20 IIT today30:45 Religious vocation and the future32:09 Serious articles at GrainOfWheat.Substack.com33:20 Closing thoughtsListen to the audio above (or download) or watch the video version here: Thanks for reading Irkutsk Ice Truckers! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Irkutsk Ice Truckers is your trusted Catholic "news" source on all Church, political, and other affairs of note. WARNING: This website may contain fake news and is produced in a facility that also processes deceptive titles, imaginary quotes, and imaginary people.Visit irkutskice.substack.com for all of our satire articles and to sign up to receive them in your inbox.Interested in serious thoughts and articles? Check out Grain of Wheat for thoughts on mimesis, theology, and politics at grainofwheat.substack.comI also just published an “About Us” for Grain of Wheat. Check out that article here: Find us on X at x.com/jamesgreenWY for James and x.com/EverettPolinski for Everett Polinski.P.S. Here are some of our best-ever satire pieces to check out if you’re new to IIT: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit irkutskice.substack.com