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Off the Menu

by Vincent Frankini

Crazy, Classy, and Countercultural. This is a podcast with author and historian Charles Coulombe and his interlocutor Vincent Frankini who talk about a variety of topics on history, philosophy, and culture, offering opinions that you won't dare find in mainstream media.

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Episodes

  1. To the Grey Havens

    0:00 Intro 21:00 American Monarchy 26:00 Bearing Wrongs Patiently 32:00 Gratitude 1:00:00 Migration Relations 1:18:00 The 13th Floor Support the show

  2. Eloi Rebellion

    0:00 Intro 6:00 European Politics 19:00 Eloi Rebellion 35:00 Happy Old People, Sad Young People 59:00 Canon Law in Faery Land 1:04:00 Miscellaneous Stuff Support the show

  3. Black Friday Sale at the Tower

    0:00 Intro 5:00 Western Movies 31:00 ITI 38:00 Tumblar House Ramping Down 51:00 Casement's Irish Brigade 54:00 Tsar Nicholas II 58:30 Protestantism & French Revolution 1:01:30 Rise of Monarchism 1:07:00 Pope Leo & the Filioque 1:10:00 Albion's Seed 1:15:00 Pope Leo's Ice Blessing 1:23:00 Irish...

  4. Punishing Stupidity

    0:00 Intro 1:00 Strong Opinions 9:00 AI 10:00 Socialists 28:00 Charles's Travels 31:50 Enoch Powell 39:50 Lev Gumilev 41:40 Carl Schmitt 44:00 Live Audience Interaction 55:00 Favorite Poems 59:00 Sons of Liberty & Generals 1:09:00 Lord of the Rings 1:21:00 More Live Audience Support the show

  5. Charles's Birthday Bash

    0:00 Intro 3:00 Charlie Kirk & George Floyd 20:00 Legacy Government 44:00 Tea Tax and Smuggling 51:00 United Monarchist Party of America 55:00 Anglican Ordinariates 1:00:00 St. John Henry Newman 1:06:00 Anti-marriage Culture 1:20:00 Reichsburger Movement 1:25:30 Arthurian Films 1:29:00 Fr. Isaac...

  6. Questions About Chivalry (Livestream)

    0:00 Intro 8:30 No Kings 24:00 Questions From Livestream 35:00 St. Galgano 37:00 Distraint of Knighthood 43:00 Philippe de Mezieres 35:00 Roman Identity 59:00 Lay Spirituality of Chivalry Support the show

  7. Livestream!

    0:00 Intro 15:00 Current News 21:00 Jimmy Kimmel 33:00 Left vs. Right 40:00 Candidates of Polish Crown 44:30 Arthurian Republicanism 55:00 Us vs. Them Mentality Support the show

  8. Time Slip

    0:00 Intro 3:00 Lovecraft & Drinking 8:00 Announcement 9:00 Charlie Kirk & Others 24:00 UK Demonstrations 41:00 Church's Role Fighting Nazism & Fascism 44:00 The Black Legend Support the show

  9. Just Wages

    0:00 Intro 2:00 What's New 15:00 Vatican Secret Archives 23:00 Just Wages 35:00 Gerrymandering 41:30: National Security Memorandum 200 Support the show

  10. Young England Movement

    0:00 Intro 10:00 Power and Authority 16:30 Local Holidays 18:30 Lay Single State as a Vocation 26:45 Young England Movement 35:45 Digby's Influence on Tolkien 40:30 Final Words Support the show

  11. Iran

    0:00 Intro 4:00 War with Iran? 44:00 Obedience 1:07:00 Diaconate for Married Man Support the show

  12. Chowmein Sandwich Controversy

    0:00 Intro 0:10 Chowmein Sandwich Scandal 17:00 Calendar 25:30 Trump & Elon Feud 33:30 Papal States 36:30 Pocket Shrines 39:00 Mary in Provence 43:00 Alternative Economic Systems 57:30 Praying Leading to More Praying Support the show

  13. Power, Authority, & Decay

    0:00 Intro 5:00 Grok 9:00 Bishop Martin 17:00 Power, Authority, & Decay 1:04:00 Favorite Pope Leos 1:07:00 Beatification Hopefuls 1:10:00 Augustinians Support the show

  14. My Cousin The Pope

    0:00 Intro 2:30 Memorial Day 10:00 The Pope's 12th Cousin 18:20 Cafe Wess 25:00 Best Dressed Gentleman 40:00 James IV of Scotland 44:30 General James Wilkinson 52:00 Too Many Words 1:08:00 Final Words Support the show

  15. The New Pope

    0:00 Intro 0:15 Happy & Befuddled 3:45 Charles’s Travels 13:30 Pope Talk 17:01 Favorite Pope Francis Moments 22:30 Franz Joseph & Rampolla 27:12 Papal Names 29:10 Pope Leo 44:20 How Can We Be Gladder Trads 54:45 Importance of Daily Mass Support the show

  16. Underrated Catholic Figures

    0:00 Intro 0:10 Obscure Charles 11:30 Calendar 30:00 Underrated Catholic Figures Support the show

  17. Post-Colonial Eco Literature

    0:00 Intro 2:00 Charles Reading & Angry 4:00 Anti-Communism 27:30 New Charles Coulombe Book! 46:30 Is Monarchy a Viable System Today? 53:00 Diversity & Monarchy 1:00:00 Tradition Vs. Progress Support the show

  18. Tryhard

    0:00 Intro 0:10 Random Insane Banter (Oh ya!) 14:00 Covid-19 & Catastrophes 31:00 Favorite Architecture 51:00 The Commonwealth of Nations 1:10:00 "Fundamentalist" Catholics 1:14:00 Romance & the Faith Support the show

  19. Greatest Catholic Novels

    0:00 Intro 0:10 St. Patrick's Day 16:00 Judgment Free Zone 18:40 Great Catholic Novels (LOTR Excluded) Support the show

  20. Trump's Presidency

    0:00 Intro 0:10 Mars 10:00 Star Trek 20:00 Being Authentic 33:00 Grading Trump 1:13:00 Next Week: Greatest Catholic Novel 1:15:00 Canadian Connection 1:24:00 Flemish Traditions 1:31:00 Enclosure Movement Support the show

  21. Young People Becoming Old People

    0:00 Intro 0:10 What's New 16:45 MEMES OF PRODUCTION 27:00 Young People Becoming Old People 43:00 Gene Hackman 45:30 Will America Fragment? 53:00 Putin & Zelensky 58:00 King George Illegitimacy 1:00:00 Is Personal Government Possible Today? Support the show

  22. Boomer Central

    0:00 Intro 2:00 Beatles vs Stones 4:00 Boomer Central 8:00 Reaction Against Boomers 21:00 What's New with Charles 31:20 Private Property 38:00 "Embracing the Bad" 50:20 Enlightenment As A Cause Support the show

  23. Balking and Mugging

    0:00 Intro 0:10 Charles in Ireland 9:30 Trump News 26:00 Personal vs. Impersonal Govt 28:00 Greenland & Denmark 31:00 Mexican Revolution 40:30 Catholic Family Traditions Support the show

  24. Trump & The Village People

    0:00 Intro 1:00 Antiquated Spellings 11:00 What's New 28:30 Justin Trudeau Resigns 35:00 Canada & CANZUK 45:00 Bishop Williamson 47:30 Sin Eaters 50:30 Primitive Christianity 54:00 Capitalism Support the show

  25. Episode 337 - King Lee Day 2025

    0:00 Intro 2:30 King Lee Day 10:00 Eisenhower 16:00 Canonization Process 25:30 Decolonization of Africa 31:00 Wokeism vs 60s-70s Change 43:00 "Festival of Fools" 46:00 Futurism Support the show

  26. But Wait, There's More!

    0:00 Intro 8:00 Liberal Censorship & the Conservative Response 27:30 King Henry VI 30:00 Economic Theory Books 33:00 Princess Josephine 37:00 Guild Social, Distributism, and Corporatism 54:00 Catholic History of Minnesota Support the show

  27. This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

    0:00 Intro 25:00 Reactions to Pope Names 30:50 Most Important Election 33:00 Premier of Quebec Being Stupid 46:15 Top 10 Garbage People 55:00 Difference Between Duke, Earl, Baron 1:02:30 American Nobility Titles Support the show

  28. Charles's Christmas Wish

    0:00 Intro 10:00 Kipling Poem 16:00 Charles's Christmas Wish 28:00 Heresy of Modernism 35:00 Republican Saints 36:00 Hispanic Racial Group 38:00 Fighting Despair 50:00 Puritans, Christmas, & Catholicity Support the show

  29. The High Seas

    0:00 Intro 4:00 Krambambuli 13:00 Ceremonial Drinks 23:00 Vatican II Docs 27:40 Franz Joseph's Moral Character 31:30 Native American Catholic Monarchy? 34:00 Folklore Surrounding the Sea 52:00 Sailor Devotion 55:00 Pirate Stereotypes: Fact or Fiction Support the show

  30. God Save the King! (Part 2)

    0:00 Intro 4:00 Bratislava 7:40 Charles Coming Back 10:40 Thanksgiving Proclamation 19:00 Changing Godparents 21:30 Monarchist Apologetics 35:00 Heresy of Modernism 37:00 What If German Monarchy Wasn't Overthrown 40:00 Eastern vs Western Church: Apt Names? 42:00 Liturgical Recovery from Vatican…

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  31. Japanese Monarchy & History

    0:00 Intro 7:40 What's New With Charles 10:00 Tom and Jerry 20:00 Japanese Xenophobia 30:00 Mythology Around Monarchy 35:00 Meiji Restoration 49:00 Church in Japan Support the show

  32. Christ the King

    0:00 Intro 14:00 Carp in the Bathtub 21:00 Christmas Talk 33:00 History as National Memory 37:00 Bl. Duns Scotus 39:50 African Catholic Monarchy 41:30 Living in Luxembourg 44:00 Christ the King & Monarchism Support the show

  33. President Charles Coulombe

    0:00 Intro 11:00 What's New With Charles 15:20 Veteran's Day Poem 20:00 Words of Wisdom from Charles 24:30 More Poems 43:00 Politics 1:01:30 Impact Former Presidents 1:08:00 Abdicated Monarchs 1:11:00 Charles as President 1:40:00 Final Words Support the show

  34. The Tooth Fairy: America's Last Hope

    0:00 Intro 4:30 No More Kings 7:00 Charles's Halloween 20:30 Election Prediction 31:00 Melon Heads 38:20 Dudley Town 41:00 Vlad the Impaler 44:00 Jack the Ripper 46:30 Elizabeth Bathory 49:20 H. H. Holmes 52:00 Count of St. Germain 57:00 Vincent Price 59:00 Christopher Lee vs. Bela Lugosi 1:00:00...

  35. A Conservative, Restrained Autumn

    0:00 Intro 5:00 Charles's Upcoming Schedule 22:30 The Devil's Chord 23:40 Sword Legends 33:00 Monarch Dethronement 35:20 Longevity of Roman Republic 37:30 Living in an age of "Spectacle" Support the show

  36. Empty Words

    0:00 Intro 27:30 HRE Border 33:00 Ukraine Border 35:30 Norwegian Monarchy Crisis 37:00 Political Abuse of Language 50:00 Blessed John Felton 52:00 Royal Marriage 54:00 Disfavored Son 1:07:00 Harper Valley PTA Support the show

  37. Vienna Waits For You

    0:00 Intro 11:50 Polish National Catholic Church 18:30 Catholic Church in Lithuania 23:10 South Korean Dictator & President 24:40 King Alexander Nevsky 29:30 California & Abortion Ban 33:10 Preborn Children 36:00 Mandate to Vote Support the show

  38. Send in the Clowns

    0:00 Intro 13:30 Emil Kapaun Movie 14:00 Incoming Christian Persecution? 18:15 Samuel Shellabarger 18:45 Melkite Question 20:30 Trads, Monarchists, and Localism Support the show

  39. Edward G. Robinson and All the Fixins

    0:00 Intro 15:00 Comments on Last Episode 34:00 Consumption of Eucharist 37:00 Social Kingship of Christ 45:00 Pro-Life Movement 58:00 Leading Parents Back to Faith Support the show

  40. Hungry Ghosts

    0:00 Intro 3:50 Presidential Election 7:00 Theatre & Misc 16:40 Calendar & Halloween 25:00 Catholicism in New England 28:00 Franco-Habsburg Rivalry 31:30 Henri Count de Chambord 34:40 Japanese Civil War 38:30 Political Machines Fading Away 48:24 Old Catholic Question Support the show

  41. It's My Party

    0:10 Intro 22:30 Illuminati 30:30 Black Tie Dinner 38: British Monarchy 43:30 Alfredo Covelli 44:40 Porfirio Diaz 47:30 Cretan School of Art Support the show

  42. Shell Shock

    0:00 Intro 5:30 What's New 19:40 Was Pope Benedict XVI a Modernist? 30:40 Charles as Pope 40:20 Knights Templar and the Shroud 44:20 Evangelizing Indigenous Tribes 45:00 Religion is a Dirty Word 48:35 Heirs to the Roman Empire Support the show

  43. The Golden Age of Chinese Takeout

    0:00 Intro 0:10 Viticultural 7:00 Chinese Takeout 16:00 Green Chili 20:00 Halloween 26:30 Biden 34:00 Olympics 39:00 Monarchist Pledge of Allegiance 45:30 Dante's de Monarchia 49:30 Royal Confessors 53:00 Anti-Israel Protests Support the show

  44. Camacho in '24

    0:00 Intro 20:00 Trump & Politics 39:00 Southern Gothic Song Lyrics 50:00 Rites of Summer 55:00 Frustration at Chesterton 58:00 Greater Idaho Movement 1:00:00 Cardinal Zen Support the show

  45. Byzantine Empire History

    0:00 Intro 14:00 Komnenos Dynasty 16:00 Fourth Crusade 20:30 Palaiologos Dynasty 21:00 Church in 1400s 25:00 Siege & Fall of Constantinople 27:00 Constantine XI 28:00 Phanariots 30:30 Prophecy of Constantinople 39:00 Closing Banter Support the show

  46. Weenies at the Final Judgment

    0:00 Intro 2:00 Charles's Travels 5:00 News Items 11:20 Presidential Debate 14:30 Vigano 36:00 Crusader's Song 42:00 Calendar 53:00 Renaissance Faire 1:04:00 Pontius Pilate 1:08:00 Q Gospel 1:15:00 Byzantine Questions 1:30:00 Beauty & Squalor Support the show

  47. Trieste

    0:00 Intro 3:00 Charles's Travels 14:00 Trieste 20:00 Russian Civil War 21:00 Raising Devout Children 22:30 Teenage Rebellion 29:30 Catholic Church Anti Math? 31:00 Confession 40:00 Habsburgs, "Foreign Monarchs"? Support the show

  48. The Day the Music Died

    0:00 Intro 7:30 The Day the Music Died 12:00 Trump Case 21:20 High Kingship of Ingwe 32:00 Anti-Poor Laws 35:30 "Imitation" Masses 39:00 Primogeniture Inheritance 41:30 Judeo-Christian Values 43:30 Integrally American Catholic Support the show

  49. The Unknown Solider

    0:00 Intro 9:00 The Unknown Solider 16:00 Prot Revolt in Sweden 19:30 Spain's 19th Century History 25:00 Saintly Families 28:00 St. Menas Miracle 30:30 Canonization Candidates 33:00 Dark Ages 36:00 Still Illicit to Crossbow Duel? Support the show

  50. Random Adults Crashing Proms

    0:00 Intro 4:30 Inbreeding 9:00 Calendar 19:00 Upcoming Elections 23:00 Rudolph Steiner 50:00 King Charles IV 52:00 Judiciary Abuse 1:04:00 Privateer 1:13:00 Greek Convert Support the show

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Crazy, Classy, and Countercultural. This is a podcast with author and historian Charles Coulombe and his interlocutor Vincent Frankini who talk about a variety of topics on history, philosophy, and culture, offering opinions that you won't dare find in mainstream media.

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Vincent Frankini

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Crazy, Classy, and Countercultural. This is a podcast with author and historian Charles Coulombe and his interlocutor Vincent Frankini who talk about a variety of topics on history, philosophy, and culture, offering opinions that you won't dare find in mainstream media.

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