Episodes
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Guess Who’s Getting Deported!
Goodbye Ms. Said Elmi! Enjoy prison/Somalia!
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Thoughts on the CREC Memorial on Nations
This week, the CREC Council met in Nashville, TN, and, among other business, passed a Memorial on Nations. There has been a great deal of controversy surrounding this memorial. We were on the ground and witnessed what actually happened and have a few thoughts.
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Offensive Christianity
Today we are joined by J. Chase Davis, the author of Offensive Christianity. Is contemporary Christianity too inoffensive? Is it unbiblical to offend anyone? We discuss this plus maybe a little bit of The Current Thing.
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Are We Allowed To Have Our Home Again?
We no longer recognize our nations and our homelands. Conservatives are great at lamenting what we have lost, BUT they get CONCERNED when we want to do something about it. Conservatism is not enough anymore. Hard times need to be confronted by hardened men, by patriots. That’s the only way we can...
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The Burrito Question
The "affordability crisis" is a major talking point lately. Things have long been getting worse, but furor erupted online over fast food burritos now becoming a luxury good. The issue, of course, is not $20 burritos or even whether it is a wise use of finances to get lunch out regularly. It is...
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Anarchotyranny in Minnesota
Shiloh Hendrix was convicted yesterday on one of two counts of disorderly conduct for using the gamer word. We discuss how you don't actually have a Constitution without the will and the people capable of upholding it.
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Trump Declares War on China?
Yesterday, Donald Trump revealed recently unclassified documents showing Chinese and other foreign interference in American elections. What will this mean for elections going forward? What are the foreign policy implications of this? And will there be corresponding releases of domestic election...
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What Is THE APOCALYPSE?
Revelation is a "revealing" or an "unveiling." That is what the Greek word transliterated into English as "apocalypse" means. Who or what is revealed in this book? Why has it been given to us? And what does it mean that "the time is near?"
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The USA Is No Longer Safe For Indians
Today's topics: -The Trump Admin's new Green Card rules -Massie's defeat -Paxton's win -Zach Garris' trial
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How NOT To Read The Book of Revelation
Ron and Andrew discuss the various interpretive methods of Revelation, what each of their strengths and weaknesses are, and what the best one is.
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Why Revelation was DEFINITELY Written Before AD 70
In this episode, Ron and I examine the arguments for a late date (AD 90s) for Revelation and articulate why this is built upon weak evidence and also conflicts with the internal evidence of the book.
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The End of the World
Apocalyptic talk is all the rage today, even more than it normally is. "Who could be the antichrist?" "Is World War III around the corner?" The mainstream of American Christianity is apocalyptic. That has been true our entire lifetimes. It remains true today, though things seem to be changing. As...
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Race, Ethnicity, and America
Earlier this month CJay wrote a long post on the topic of race, ethnicity, and American identity. Naturally, the kind of people who believe the (now-discredited) SPLC is the fount of all truth immediately objected to it. This is, of course, a difficult topic because of the hysterical religious...
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Skippy Story Hour w/@SkippyPetro
We are coming to you live from the Texas Panhandle with legendary oil man Skippy Petro. 40th Birthday Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/...
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Coolidge was right about immigration
We revisit Calvin Coolidge’s immigration essay and apply it to the modern crisis. From cultural cohesion to policy failure, this episode explores why his framework still holds and what it means for America now.
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Who Were the Anglo-Saxons?
I am joined today by the great poaster, Kaiser Von Lohengramm. We discuss the history of the Anglo-Saxons, where they came from, what they did, and how they became the ethnic and cultural core of what would one day become America. We discuss this and many other topics. Cheers.
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Promiscuity, Virginity, and Baseball
Every so often, something pops off in online discourse that lays bare faultlines that were already always there. This week was dominated by discussion of a young man with an online branding business who announced to the world that his wife had been a former online performer, and after her...
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The Southern Critics
A conversation with C.Jay Engel and Glenn Arbery on the Southern critics, what they opposed, what they defended, and how their arguments challenge the modern American order.
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Unconditional Surrender as the End of Christian Peace
This episode looks at how the rise of the United States helped unravel the Westphalian system built after the Peace of Westphalia. While the system began to weaken after World War I and World War II, it was the U.S. that reshaped it.
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John Doyle, Patriot
Today on the stream, I am joined by John Doyle. We will discuss all the current things, discourse online, why doomers and blackpillers are always wrong, and how we are going to win.
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Discussion: Lee Cogdon on Soviet Containment Strategist George Kennan
Wide-ranging conversation with C.Jay Engel and Lee Cogdon unpacking the life and legacy of George Kennan the architect of Soviet containment. We explore Kennan’s role in shaping early Cold War strategy, the intellectual foundations of containment, and how his ideas were interpreted (and often...
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Discussion: Sean McMeekin - Stalin and the Second World War
In this episode, CJay sits down with historian Sean McMeekin to discuss Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Union, and the true dynamics behind World War II.
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Discussion: Allan Carlson - The Family in American Society
In this episode, C.Jay sits down with Allan Carlson to discuss his intellectual journey, his concept of the “Natural Family,” and the decline of the traditional family in modern America. We explore the rise of neoconservatism, the distortions of radical individualism, the economic and cultural...
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Special AMA Episode
In this special AMA episode, CJ and Andrew answer questions from their listeners and Gary. Support the show: https://www.contramundumpod.com/
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Is the Iran War Good For Americans?
The United States is in a state of war against Iran. Is this good for the American people? What is the actual point of all of this? Featuring Ron Dodson and Stormy Waters
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Discussion: Josiah Lippincott - FDR’s Messiah Complex
In this episode, C.Jay sits down with Josiah Lippincott to discuss his college dissertation, where he makes the case that Franklin D. Roosevelt was among the worst presidents in American history. Support the show: https://www.contramundumpod.com/ Follow Josiah Lippincott on Twitter:...
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Slavery
In this episode, C.Jay and Andrew examine how America’s history of slavery is frequently described as a uniquely western phenomenon and used as an excuse to destroy our way of life. Support the show: https://www.contramundumpod.com/
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Discussion: Will Tanner - On Rhodesia
C.Jay Engel and Will Tanner sit down to discuss the history of Rhodesia and the competing narratives that still surround Rhodesia today. Support the show: https://www.contramundumpod.com/ You can find Will on X @Will_Tanner_1
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Sam Francis and Equality
In this episode, we dive into Sam Francis’s essay “Equality” and unpack his critique of modern egalitarianism. Support the show: https://www.contramundumpod.com/
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Happy Hour With J Burden
We are joined by J Burden to discuss The Current Thing, rightwing esoteric knowledge, and maybe a little bit about leftwing subversion in evangelicalism. And anything else you decide to ask about. Crack open a beer and join us.
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Interview-David Edgington-White Knights and Reviling Wives
In this episode of the new Contra Mundum: Discussions With C. Jay Engel series, C. Jay talks with David Edgington, author of the new book, White Knights and Reviling Wives. Get White Knights and Reviling Wives: https://www.newchristendompress.com/store/p/white-knights-and-reviling-wives Visit…
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Interview: Timon Cline
In this first episode of the new Contra Mundum: Conversations With C. Jay Engel series, C. Jay talks with Timon Cline, author of two new books on political theory and practice to be released this year, and of the essay, “The Protestant Solution: Party, Sect, and Machiavelli’s Transpolitical...
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Constantinianism IS Christianity
Today on Contra Mundum: headlines on the Epstein files—is it all a nothing burger? What does it mean? And we discuss the final chapter of Peter Leithart’s Against Christianity. He’s made the case at length about what he is against, but what should we be for?
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Trump TRIUMPHS Over Communist FREAKS in Minnesota
Minnesota has relented and begun cooperating with ICE, sending the State Patrol and local police to disperse agitators and protect their operations. Tom Homan has been sent in to conduct negotiations with Walz, Frey, and other leaders to honor immigration detainers. Trump unequivocally won this...
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Arrests Are HAPPENING
Trump's DOJ has begun to make arrests in the leftwing disruption of the worship of Cities Church in Minnesota. Why did it take so long? Will Don Lemon be arrested? Will anyone get convicted? This plus further discussion of Against Ethics.
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Something ALWAYS Happens
The Battle of Minneapolis rages in the week after an incident where a leftwing agitator lost her life while obstructing federal law enforcement operations. Will the administration have the resolve to see this out? Will the left be broken by this? Plus, we continue our journey through Leithart's...
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Monitoring The Situation
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What? It's ALL Fraud?
The massive daycare and autism fraud in Minnesota has captured national attention. Will there be any significant arrests? Will there be mass denaturalizations and deportations? That and much, much more.
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Merry CHRISTMAS from Contra Mundum
Today we do a quick livestream before Christmas. We'll take questions from the chat. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Are WHITE MEN Being Systematically Discriminated Against?
Has the totalizing culture of affirmative action and DEI systematically shut white men out of employment and educational opportunities? That is the case that has been made by Jacob Savage's personal testimonial in Compact Magazine. We discuss this, plus Jeremy Carl's excellent review of the...
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Is The American Empire RECEDING?
Just this past week the State Department released the 2025 National Security Strategy paper, usually a very boring document only policy wonks pay attention to. This one is far from that. In it, they articulated a radically shifting foreign policy priority, one that focuses entirely on the…
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Nationalism, Old and New: A Paleoconservative Prophecy
In 1992, Samuel T. Francis wrote in Chronicles Magazine: "The mission of the new nationalism must be not merely the winning of formal political power through elections and roll-call votes but also the acquisition of substantive social power and the displacement of the incumbent managerial elite…
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Was The First Amendment A Mistake? Answering Kevin DeYoung's Questions for Christian Nationalists
Kevin DeYoung is the pre-eminent voice in mainstream, conservative Protestantism. And unlike nearly every other critic of Christian Nationalism, he appears to be entirely genuine and honest. In other words, he is someone to take seriously. This week, he wrote an article entitled "Six Questions…
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Will Thanksgiving Survive The Remaking of America?
Thanksgiving has become engulfed by both Halloween and Christmas. Will a holiday that explicitly rooted in protestant Christianity and historic American experience survive the easily adopted consumerist holidays that surround it? Plus the 2025 Contra Mundum Turkey of the Year will be announced.…
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The Future of Israel Re-Examined, Part 2
Does Romans Chapter 11 predict a conversion of Israel to Christianity that is in our future? That is indeed the majority view, but what if that isn't correct? What if what Paul was talking about in Romans 11 was future to him but to us it is past? We examine the preterist reading of Romans 9-11…
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The Future of Israel Re-Examined
What is Israel today? What was the purpose of Israel in the Bible? Are Christians required to support the Israeli state today? What does Romans 11:26 mean? We discuss these questions as we begin to review James B. Jordan's 1991 essay, "The Future of Israel Re-Examined." Pre-orders are open for…
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Is MAGA now DEAD!?
After an abysmal interview with Laura Ingraham, in which President Trump defended H1-B visas and his admission of 600,000 Chinese students, some are declaring MAGA "dead." Is it? 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍...
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How Will Globalism End?
Ron Dodson and Stormy Waters join today. How will the globalist order come to an end? Will it last forever? Also did Israel First/NeoCons/Con. Inc. "take the bait" and marginalize themselves within MAGA with regard to Tucker? We discuss this and more! 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up?...
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The War For The Soul of America—Will They Cancel Tucker?
The fallout from Tucker Carlson's interview with Nick Fuentes continues. What is the furor actually about? What will the result of it all be when all is said and done. We also discuss: -The Arctic Frost Scandal -Pat Buchanan's 87th Birthday and his legacy -Christian persecution in Nigeria. Please...