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René Girard and the Right (w/ John Ganz)

Know Your Enemy - February 26, 2024 15:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
The late René Girard, former Stanford professor of literature and mentor to Peter Thiel, is having something of a moment on the right these days—as Sam Kriss recently put it in a Harper's essay, Girard's name is being "dropped on podcasts and shoved into reading lists," and "Girardianism has bec...

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Tae Kwon Fro joins Turnbuckle Turmoil

Turnbuckle Turmoil - February 25, 2024 21:00 - 3 minutes ★★ - 3 ratings
We are extremely excited to be able to bring to you one of Alaska's most popular wrestlers. We bring to you Tae Kwon Fro. Tae Kwon Fro has been tearing it up for 907 Pro Wrestling lately in both tag team and singles matches. He has not been in the sport for a long time, but in the time he's been ...

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Greg Wayne joins SGWS

Turnbuckle Turmoil - February 23, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★ - 3 ratings
We are thrilled to be bringing you Greg Wayne to the show. Greg is the son of the legendary Tennessee wrestler and promoter Buddy Wayne. Greg spent a great deal of time around the wrestling business and he's agreed to share some of his knowledge with us. If you want to hear us talk about old scho...

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149 – The Legacy of Roger Scruton with Fisher Derderian

Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values - February 20, 2024 09:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Having published more than forty books on an astoundingly wide range of topics and holding noteworthy positions at the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature, the University of Oxford, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the University of Buckingham, Sir Roger Scruton was the q...

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Tre Vino joins Turnbuckle Turmoil

Turnbuckle Turmoil - February 18, 2024 21:00 - 58 minutes ★★ - 3 ratings
We are very pleased to bring to you Tre Vino. Trey Vino is one of the stars of Idaho's Wrestle Club. Shortly after he debuted, Tre was already doing big things. He joined Project Mayhem and became tag team champions with Chuck Yeager. Tre and Chuck are now multi time tag team champions. Tre is on...

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Malachi Coventry joins SGWS

Turnbuckle Turmoil - February 16, 2024 23:00 - 36 minutes ★★ - 3 ratings
We are being joined by the son of PNW manager John Davidson. Malachi Coventry makes his first true appearance on the show. Malachi has been coming to pro wrestling events since he was very young and he's now taking the first steps in being a wrestler himself. He started doing amateur wrestling wh...

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Adrian Whisper joins Turnbuckle Turmoil

Turnbuckle Turmoil - February 11, 2024 21:00 - 15 minutes ★★ - 3 ratings
We are joined by professional wrestler and promoter Adrian Whisper. Adrian is the owner of Xtreme Impact Wrestling out of Florida. He has wrestled for several companies as a long time wrestler himself. Make sure to join us to learn more about both Adrian and XIW.

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Thinking the "Far Right" [Teaser]

Know Your Enemy - February 11, 2024 16:29 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this premium episode, and all of our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy  Matt and Sam return to some historiographic questions from our episode with Kim Phillips-Fein — especially how to think the relationship between "right...

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Kelly Slaughter joins SGWS

Turnbuckle Turmoil - February 09, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★ - 3 ratings
We are thrilled to bring to you the daughter of one of the all time greats in professional wrestling. We bring to you Kelly Slaughter. Kelly's dad is an absolute legend that wrestled a laundry list of absolute legends. She, herself, is an athlete and is not a stranger to working out hard in the g...

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148 – Conservatism in Practice with Gov Mitch Daniels

Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values - February 06, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
The Saving Elephants podcast has welcomed a wide array of incredible guests who are on forefront of the conservative political movement.  But most of the guests discuss conservatism from the perspective of a theory or set of principles or idea.  Few have had the opportunity to enact political co...

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Atlas Hytower joins Turnbuckle Turmoil

Turnbuckle Turmoil - February 04, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour ★★ - 3 ratings
We are very pleased to bring you one of Michigan's best professional wrestlers, Atlas Hytower. Atlas has been wrestling steadily for several years in the MidWest and has made a name for himself. In a region with a lot of great talent, his name is usually spoken as one of the better ones there. We...

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Travis Orndorff joins SGWS

Turnbuckle Turmoil - February 02, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★ - 3 ratings
We are very happy to have Travis Orndorff join us. Travis is the son of WrestleMania I main eventer and pro wrestling legend Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff. Travis used to travel the roads with his dad so he's very familiar with the actual life of a pro wrestler on tour. We're going to sit down wi...

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A Garden Runs Through It - February 2024

A Garden Runs Through It - February 01, 2024 08:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Do you have a question for the Master Gardeners, email [email protected] ; be sure to include "GARDEN PODCAST" in the subject line to have your question considered to be answered on the show. For more information about the UC Master Gardeners of Colusa County, click here  To sign up for th...

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Project 2025: Building a "Better" Trump Administration

Know Your Enemy - January 30, 2024 23:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
As listeners might have noticed, 2024 is a presidential election year, and already the prospect of Donald Trump returning to power is looming over the campaign and the media's coverage of it. In a second term, Trump has promised to weaponize the Justice Department to punish his enemies, deconstr...

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Reggie Lincoln joins Turnbuckle Turmoil

Turnbuckle Turmoil - January 28, 2024 20:00 - 15 minutes ★★ - 3 ratings
From the great state of Texas we are again joined by Reggie Lincoln. Reggie is a long time wrestler that has been all over the country plying his trade on the independent circuit. He's faced some of the top talents and he's become pretty popular with the fans in and around his native Texas. We're...

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Panda MoanYum joins SGWS

Turnbuckle Turmoil - January 26, 2024 23:00 - 58 minutes ★★ - 3 ratings
We are excited to bring to you, from the great state of Colorado, Panda MoanYum. Panda MoanYum is still relatively new to pro wrestling, but she's off to a great start. She works for great companies like Primos Pro Wrestling and Colorado Springs Wrestling where there is a wealth of talent. Do not...

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[TEASER] The Politics of Seinfeld (w/ Gabe Winant and Jesse Brenneman)

Know Your Enemy - January 26, 2024 02:17 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this premium episode, and all of our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy Journeyman actor Peter Crombie, who appeared in films such as Seven, Born on the Fourth of July, and Natural Born Killers, died earlier this month, on J...

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Tom Simon joins Turnbuckle Turmoil

Turnbuckle Turmoil - January 24, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour ★★ - 3 ratings
We are delighted to be bringing to you out of Arkansas Tom Simon. Tom has worn many hats in professional wrestling. He's refereed, he's ring announced, he's promoted, and he's a proud CAC lifetime member. We are going to sit down with him and learn more about his journey through our great sport. ...

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The History of the History of the Right (w/ Kim Phillips-Fein)

Know Your Enemy - January 17, 2024 22:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
When did the American conservative movement begin? Who were its chief protagonists? What were their main motivations? Is the conservative movement a social movement, like any other, or is it something different? Should scholars have "sympathy" for their conservative subjects in order to study th...

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147 – Where the Religious Right Went Wrong with JB Shreve

Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values - January 16, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
One of the strangest political developments over the past several decades has been the devolution of the Religious Right and large swaths of politically active Evangelicals as they morphed from character counts moralists of the 1990s to MAGA Trumplicans.  Regardless of the merits of where the Re...

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The DripGoat Causmo Williams

Turnbuckle Turmoil - January 15, 2024 02:00 - 59 minutes ★★ - 3 ratings
At a very special time, we are bringing you The DripGoat. Causmo has been involved in the Pacific Northwest pro wrestling scene for several years now and is one of the most underrated competitors in the region. Anyone that has seen what he can do knows that he's a special kind of talent. We're go...

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King Kaluha joins SGWS

Turnbuckle Turmoil - January 12, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★ - 3 ratings
We are absolutely delighted to bring to you one of professional wrestling's great veteran competitors. We bring to you King Kaluha. King Kaluha has been wrestling for well over 30 years all over the globe. He's wrestled in great big arenas and he's been in the small clubs. He's wrestled some of t...

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Charly Bravo joins Turnbuckle Turmoil

Turnbuckle Turmoil - January 07, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour ★★ - 3 ratings
We are delighted to bring to you Oregon's Charly Bravo. For the past eight years Charly Bravo has been working his way up the ladder at PNPW in Astoria, OR. From humble beginings he has become a fan favorite and a champion in his home promotion. We'll sit down with Charly and get to know him and ...

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Scene Nick joins SGWS

Turnbuckle Turmoil - January 05, 2024 23:00 - 57 minutes ★★ - 3 ratings
We are proud to kick off 2024 by bringing you the ultra talented Scene Nick. Scene Nick is someone most devoted independent fans have heard about if they've not seen him yet. He is an accomplished manager, ring announcer, and commentator. He works for a number of promotions and has worked with a ...

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146 – The Myth of Nationalism with Samuel Goldman

Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values - January 02, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
What does is mean to be an American?  And why do we Americans obsess so much over the question of what it means to be an American?  This nagging question has plagued our nation since its birth and various national “myths” have been advanced to offer some form of national identity and cohesion.  ...

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Tom Wolfe (w/ Osita Nwanevu) [TEASER]

Know Your Enemy - January 01, 2024 19:57 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this premium episode, and all of our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy Writer Osita Nwanevu joins for a rip-roaring conversation about legendary prose stylist, "new journalist," and novelist Tom Wolfe. Reviewing a new docum...

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A Garden Runs Through It - January 2024

A Garden Runs Through It - January 01, 2024 08:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Do you have a question for the Master Gardeners, email [email protected] ; be sure to include "GARDEN PODCAST" in the subject line to have your question considered to be answered on the show. For more information about the UC Master Gardeners of Colusa County, click here  To sign up for th...

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Bomb Power (w/ Erik Baker)

Know Your Enemy - December 19, 2023 22:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
For our final main episode of 2023, we're dipping back into the Wills well to discuss Garry's under-appreciated 2010 book, Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State.  Joining us is our great friend Erik Baker, lecturer in the History of Science Department at Harvard Unive...

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145 – Smoking Yule Logs and Donning Gay Apparel

Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values - December 19, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
In 2021, Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis joined three other veteran podcasters on a new podcast endeavor: Are We Right? Cal Davenport, Brooke Medina, and Calvin Moore, and Josh debated a wide range of topics from politics to religion to culture and invited the audience to weigh in on whether or...

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Turnbuckle Turmoil Tribute to World Class Championship Wrestling

Turnbuckle Turmoil - December 17, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour ★★ - 3 ratings
We pay tribute to one of the greatest wrestling promotions of all time. We pay tribute to World Class Championship Wrestling. Out of Dallas, Texas the company was ran by Fritz Von Erich and starred his sons. So many of the greatest wrestlers of all time passed through the World Class rings includ...