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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. 

  1. 272

    To the Grey Havens

    0:00 Intro21:00 American Monarchy26:00 Bearing Wrongs Patiently32:00 Gratitude1:00:00 Migration Relations1:18:00 The 13th FloorSupport the show

  2. 271

    Eloi Rebellion

    0:00 Intro6:00 European Politics19:00 Eloi Rebellion35:00 Happy Old People, Sad Young People59:00 Canon Law in Faery Land1:04:00 Miscellaneous StuffSupport the show

  3. 270

    Black Friday Sale at the Tower

    0:00 Intro5:00 Western Movies31:00 ITI38:00 Tumblar House Ramping Down51:00 Casement's Irish Brigade54:00 Tsar Nicholas II58:30 Protestantism & French Revolution1:01:30 Rise of Monarchism1:07:00 Pope Leo & the Filioque1:10:00 Albion's Seed1:15:00 Pope Leo's Ice Blessing1:23:00 Irish Socialist1:26:00 Commentary on General Decline1:41:00 Three Musketeers1:42:30 40 Hours Devotion1:46:30 Luddites1:50:00 King Charles Coulombe of America2:05:00 Questions from AudienceSupport the show

  4. 269

    Punishing Stupidity

    0:00 Intro1:00 Strong Opinions9:00 AI10:00 Socialists28:00 Charles's Travels31:50 Enoch Powell39:50 Lev Gumilev41:40 Carl Schmitt44:00 Live Audience Interaction55:00 Favorite Poems59:00 Sons of Liberty & Generals1:09:00 Lord of the Rings1:21:00 More Live AudienceSupport the show

  5. 268

    Charles's Birthday Bash

    0:00 Intro3:00 Charlie Kirk & George Floyd20:00 Legacy Government44:00 Tea Tax and Smuggling51:00 United Monarchist Party of America55:00 Anglican Ordinariates1:00:00 St. John Henry Newman1:06:00 Anti-marriage Culture1:20:00 Reichsburger Movement1:25:30 Arthurian Films1:29:00 Fr. Isaac Hecker1:38:00 Catholic Faith & WWI1:50:00 Final ThoughtsSupport the show

  6. 267

    Questions About Chivalry (Livestream)

    0:00 Intro8:30 No Kings24:00 Questions From Livestream35:00 St. Galgano37:00 Distraint of Knighthood43:00 Philippe de Mezieres35:00 Roman Identity59:00 Lay Spirituality of ChivalrySupport the show

  7. 266

    Livestream!

    0:00 Intro15:00 Current News21:00 Jimmy Kimmel33:00 Left vs. Right40:00 Candidates of Polish Crown44:30 Arthurian Republicanism55:00 Us vs. Them MentalitySupport the show

  8. 265

    Time Slip

    0:00 Intro3:00 Lovecraft & Drinking8:00 Announcement9:00 Charlie Kirk & Others24:00 UK Demonstrations41:00 Church's Role Fighting Nazism & Fascism44:00 The Black LegendSupport the show

  9. 264

    Just Wages

    0:00 Intro2:00 What's New15:00 Vatican Secret Archives23:00 Just Wages35:00 Gerrymandering41:30: National Security Memorandum 200Support the show

  10. 263

    Young England Movement

    0:00 Intro10:00 Power and Authority16:30 Local Holidays18:30 Lay Single State as a Vocation26:45 Young England Movement35:45 Digby's Influence on Tolkien40:30 Final WordsSupport the show

  11. 262

    Iran

    0:00 Intro4:00 War with Iran?44:00 Obedience 1:07:00 Diaconate for Married ManSupport the show

  12. 261

    Chowmein Sandwich Controversy

    0:00 Intro0:10 Chowmein Sandwich Scandal17:00 Calendar25:30 Trump & Elon Feud33:30 Papal States36:30 Pocket Shrines39:00 Mary in Provence43:00 Alternative Economic Systems57:30 Praying Leading to More PrayingSupport the show

  13. 260

    Power, Authority, & Decay

    0:00 Intro5:00 Grok9:00 Bishop Martin17:00 Power, Authority, & Decay1:04:00 Favorite Pope Leos1:07:00 Beatification Hopefuls1:10:00 AugustiniansSupport the show

  14. 259

    My Cousin The Pope

    0:00 Intro2:30 Memorial Day10:00 The Pope's 12th Cousin18:20 Cafe Wess 25:00 Best Dressed Gentleman40:00 James IV of Scotland44:30 General James Wilkinson52:00 Too Many Words1:08:00 Final WordsSupport the show

  15. 258

    The New Pope

    0:00 Intro0:15 Happy & Befuddled3:45 Charles’s Travels13:30 Pope Talk17:01 Favorite Pope Francis Moments22:30 Franz Joseph & Rampolla27:12 Papal Names29:10 Pope Leo44:20 How Can We Be Gladder Trads54:45 Importance of Daily MassSupport the show

  16. 257

    Underrated Catholic Figures

    0:00 Intro0:10 Obscure Charles11:30 Calendar30:00 Underrated Catholic FiguresSupport the show

  17. 256

    Post-Colonial Eco Literature

    0:00 Intro2:00 Charles Reading & Angry4:00 Anti-Communism27:30 New Charles Coulombe Book!46:30 Is Monarchy a Viable System Today?53:00 Diversity & Monarchy1:00:00 Tradition Vs. ProgressSupport the show

  18. 255

    Tryhard

    0:00 Intro0:10 Random Insane Banter (Oh ya!)14:00 Covid-19 & Catastrophes31:00 Favorite Architecture 51:00 The Commonwealth of Nations1:10:00 "Fundamentalist" Catholics1:14:00 Romance & the FaithSupport the show

  19. 254

    Greatest Catholic Novels

    0:00 Intro0:10 St. Patrick's Day16:00 Judgment Free Zone18:40 Great Catholic Novels (LOTR Excluded)Support the show

  20. 253

    Trump's Presidency

    0:00 Intro0:10 Mars10:00 Star Trek20:00 Being Authentic33:00 Grading Trump1:13:00 Next Week: Greatest Catholic Novel1:15:00 Canadian Connection1:24:00 Flemish Traditions1:31:00 Enclosure MovementSupport the show

  21. 252

    Young People Becoming Old People

    0:00 Intro0:10 What's New16:45 MEMES OF PRODUCTION27:00 Young People Becoming Old People43:00 Gene Hackman45:30 Will America Fragment?53:00 Putin & Zelensky58:00 King George Illegitimacy1:00:00 Is Personal Government Possible Today?Support the show

  22. 251

    Boomer Central

    0:00 Intro2:00 Beatles vs Stones4:00 Boomer Central8:00 Reaction Against Boomers21:00 What's New with Charles31:20 Private Property38:00 "Embracing the Bad"50:20 Enlightenment As A CauseSupport the show

  23. 250

    Balking and Mugging

    0:00 Intro0:10 Charles in Ireland9:30 Trump News26:00 Personal vs. Impersonal Govt28:00 Greenland & Denmark31:00 Mexican Revolution40:30 Catholic Family TraditionsSupport the show

  24. 249

    Trump & The Village People

    0:00 Intro1:00 Antiquated Spellings11:00 What's New28:30 Justin Trudeau Resigns35:00 Canada & CANZUK45:00 Bishop Williamson47:30 Sin Eaters50:30 Primitive Christianity54:00 CapitalismSupport the show

  25. 248

    Episode 337 - King Lee Day 2025

    0:00 Intro2:30 King Lee Day10:00 Eisenhower16:00 Canonization Process25:30 Decolonization of Africa31:00 Wokeism vs 60s-70s Change43:00 "Festival of Fools"46:00 FuturismSupport the show

  26. 247

    But Wait, There's More!

    0:00 Intro8:00 Liberal Censorship & the Conservative Response27:30 King Henry VI30:00 Economic Theory Books33:00 Princess Josephine37:00 Guild Social, Distributism, and Corporatism54:00 Catholic History of MinnesotaSupport the show

  27. 246

    This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

    0:00 Intro25:00 Reactions to Pope Names30:50 Most Important Election33:00 Premier of Quebec Being Stupid46:15 Top 10 Garbage People55:00 Difference Between Duke, Earl, Baron1:02:30 American Nobility TitlesSupport the show

  28. 245

    Charles's Christmas Wish

    0:00 Intro10:00 Kipling Poem16:00 Charles's Christmas Wish28:00 Heresy of Modernism35:00 Republican Saints36:00 Hispanic Racial Group38:00 Fighting Despair50:00 Puritans, Christmas, & CatholicitySupport the show

  29. 244

    The High Seas

    0:00 Intro4:00 Krambambuli13:00 Ceremonial Drinks23:00 Vatican II Docs27:40 Franz Joseph's Moral Character31:30 Native American Catholic Monarchy?34:00 Folklore Surrounding the Sea52:00 Sailor Devotion55:00 Pirate Stereotypes: Fact or FictionSupport the show

  30. 243

    God Save the King! (Part 2)

    0:00 Intro4:00 Bratislava7:40 Charles Coming Back10:40 Thanksgiving Proclamation19:00 Changing Godparents21:30 Monarchist Apologetics35:00 Heresy of Modernism37:00 What If German Monarchy Wasn't Overthrown40:00 Eastern vs Western Church: Apt Names?42:00 Liturgical Recovery from Vatican IISupport the show

  31. 242

    Japanese Monarchy & History

    0:00 Intro7:40 What's New With Charles10:00 Tom and Jerry20:00 Japanese Xenophobia30:00 Mythology Around Monarchy35:00 Meiji Restoration49:00 Church in JapanSupport the show

  32. 241

    Christ the King

    0:00 Intro14:00 Carp in the Bathtub21:00 Christmas Talk33:00 History as National Memory37:00 Bl. Duns Scotus39:50 African Catholic Monarchy41:30 Living in Luxembourg44:00 Christ the King & MonarchismSupport the show

  33. 240

    President Charles Coulombe

    0:00 Intro11:00 What's New With Charles15:20 Veteran's Day Poem20:00 Words of Wisdom from Charles24:30 More Poems43:00 Politics1:01:30 Impact Former Presidents1:08:00 Abdicated Monarchs1:11:00 Charles as President1:40:00 Final WordsSupport the show

  34. 239

    The Tooth Fairy: America's Last Hope

    0:00 Intro4:30 No More Kings7:00 Charles's Halloween20:30 Election Prediction31:00 Melon Heads38:20 Dudley Town41:00 Vlad the Impaler44:00 Jack the Ripper46:30 Elizabeth Bathory49:20 H. H. Holmes52:00 Count of St. Germain57:00 Vincent Price59:00 Christopher Lee vs. Bela Lugosi1:00:00 Stupid Horror Movies1:13:00 Lovecraft & DarwinismSupport the show

  35. 238

    A Conservative, Restrained Autumn

    0:00 Intro5:00 Charles's Upcoming Schedule22:30 The Devil's Chord23:40 Sword Legends33:00 Monarch Dethronement35:20 Longevity of Roman Republic37:30 Living in an age of "Spectacle"Support the show

  36. 237

    Empty Words

    0:00 Intro27:30 HRE Border33:00 Ukraine Border35:30 Norwegian Monarchy Crisis37:00 Political Abuse of Language50:00 Blessed John Felton52:00 Royal Marriage54:00 Disfavored Son1:07:00 Harper Valley PTASupport the show

  37. 236

    Vienna Waits For You

    0:00 Intro11:50 Polish National Catholic Church18:30 Catholic Church in Lithuania23:10 South Korean Dictator & President24:40 King Alexander Nevsky29:30 California & Abortion Ban33:10 Preborn Children36:00 Mandate to VoteSupport the show

  38. 235

    Send in the Clowns

    0:00 Intro13:30 Emil Kapaun Movie14:00 Incoming Christian Persecution?18:15 Samuel Shellabarger18:45 Melkite Question20:30 Trads, Monarchists, and LocalismSupport the show

  39. 234

    Edward G. Robinson and All the Fixins

    0:00 Intro15:00 Comments on Last Episode34:00 Consumption of Eucharist37:00 Social Kingship of Christ45:00 Pro-Life Movement58:00 Leading Parents Back to FaithSupport the show

  40. 233

    Hungry Ghosts

    0:00 Intro3:50 Presidential Election7:00 Theatre & Misc16:40 Calendar & Halloween25:00 Catholicism in New England28:00 Franco-Habsburg Rivalry31:30 Henri Count de Chambord34:40 Japanese Civil War38:30 Political Machines Fading Away48:24 Old Catholic QuestionSupport the show

  41. 232

    It's My Party

    0:10 Intro22:30 Illuminati30:30 Black Tie Dinner38: British Monarchy43:30 Alfredo Covelli44:40 Porfirio Diaz47:30 Cretan School of ArtSupport the show

  42. 231

    Shell Shock

    0:00 Intro5:30 What's New19:40 Was Pope Benedict XVI a Modernist?30:40 Charles as Pope40:20 Knights Templar and the Shroud44:20 Evangelizing Indigenous Tribes45:00 Religion is a Dirty Word48:35 Heirs to the Roman EmpireSupport the show

  43. 230

    The Golden Age of Chinese Takeout

    0:00 Intro0:10 Viticultural7:00 Chinese Takeout16:00 Green Chili20:00 Halloween 26:30 Biden34:00 Olympics39:00 Monarchist Pledge of Allegiance45:30 Dante's de Monarchia49:30 Royal Confessors53:00 Anti-Israel ProtestsSupport the show

  44. 229

    Camacho in '24

    0:00 Intro20:00 Trump &  Politics39:00 Southern Gothic Song Lyrics50:00 Rites of Summer55:00 Frustration at Chesterton58:00 Greater Idaho Movement1:00:00 Cardinal ZenSupport the show

  45. 228

    Byzantine Empire History

    0:00 Intro14:00 Komnenos Dynasty16:00 Fourth Crusade20:30 Palaiologos Dynasty21:00 Church in 1400s25:00 Siege & Fall of Constantinople27:00 Constantine XI28:00 Phanariots30:30 Prophecy of Constantinople39:00 Closing BanterSupport the show

  46. 227

    Weenies at the Final Judgment

    0:00 Intro2:00 Charles's Travels5:00 News Items11:20 Presidential Debate14:30 Vigano36:00 Crusader's Song42:00 Calendar53:00 Renaissance Faire1:04:00 Pontius Pilate1:08:00 Q Gospel1:15:00 Byzantine Questions1:30:00 Beauty & SqualorSupport the show

  47. 226

    Trieste

    0:00 Intro 3:00 Charles's Travels14:00 Trieste20:00 Russian Civil War21:00 Raising Devout Children22:30 Teenage Rebellion29:30 Catholic Church Anti Math?31:00 Confession40:00 Habsburgs, "Foreign Monarchs"?Support the show

  48. 225

    The Day the Music Died

    0:00 Intro7:30 The Day the Music Died12:00 Trump Case21:20 High Kingship of Ingwe32:00 Anti-Poor Laws35:30 "Imitation" Masses39:00 Primogeniture Inheritance41:30 Judeo-Christian Values43:30 Integrally American CatholicSupport the show

  49. 224

    The Unknown Solider

    0:00 Intro9:00 The Unknown Solider16:00 Prot Revolt in Sweden19:30 Spain's 19th Century History25:00 Saintly Families28:00 St. Menas Miracle30:30 Canonization Candidates33:00 Dark Ages36:00 Still Illicit to Crossbow Duel?Support the show

  50. 223

    Random Adults Crashing Proms

    0:00 Intro4:30 Inbreeding9:00 Calendar19:00 Upcoming Elections23:00 Rudolph Steiner50:00 King Charles IV52:00 Judiciary Abuse1:04:00 Privateer1:13:00 Greek ConvertSupport the show

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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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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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