<![CDATA[Alexandria: Members Only]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/s/members-callshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dSGu!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F116a1d33-7221-48d0-83f1-846b32ab5615_966x966.pngAlexandria: Members Onlyhttps://radixjournal.substack.com/s/members-callsSubstackSat, 25 Jul 2026 04:30:44 GMT<![CDATA[The Left Stuff]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/the-left-stuffhttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/the-left-stuffThu, 23 Jul 2026 16:45:59 GMTRichard begins with a riff on the Red Sox’s remarkable 15-game win streak as a triumph of pitching-first roster philosophy, then pivots into a spirited sports digression comparing scoring “randomness” across soccer, hockey, football, and baseball, plus side debates on cricket, NASCAR vs F1, and how TV shapes American football. The main segment turns to …

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]]><![CDATA["Members Only" Wednesday--DSA Surprise Edition ]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/members-only-wednesday-dsa-surprisehttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/members-only-wednesday-dsa-surpriseWed, 22 Jul 2026 21:35:44 GMT

Dear All,

No “Members Only” on Thursday, but we will host a surprise Wednesday show tonight!

9 PM New York / 8 PM Chicago / 7 PM Denver / 6 PM Los Angeles

See you soon!

RS

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]]><![CDATA[Chasing the Sun]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/chasing-the-sunhttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/chasing-the-sunWed, 22 Jul 2026 07:09:29 GMTRichard opens with a riffs off Kyle Gordon’s viral parody songs as a way to discuss how comedy shifted from broad taboo-breaking to more agenda-driven targeting, alongside late-’90s post–Cold War optimism and its tone-deaf relics like Bowling for Columbine’s Canada anecdotes. The main discussion defends Christopher Nolan’s 2026 IMAX The Odyssey against …

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]]><![CDATA[Dark Odysseus Rises]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/dark-odysseus-riseshttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/dark-odysseus-risesSat, 18 Jul 2026 04:31:24 GMT
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Richard begins by reviewing Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, arguing Nolan delivers an impressive, entertaining spectacle but flattens Homer’s symbolism and turns Odysseus into a guilt-ridden modern moralist; he frames Odysseus as a proto-Jewish trickster, discusses Hermes/Dionysus motifs (fig tree), the Sea Peoples a…

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]]><![CDATA[Nominalism Triumphant]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/nominalism-triumphanthttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/nominalism-triumphantWed, 15 Jul 2026 05:47:36 GMTRichard begins by discussing reports that Senator Lindsey Graham died after a cardiac event shortly after visiting Ukraine, weighing natural causes and travel stress against assassination speculation, and reviewing his shifting political loyalties and staunch pro-Ukraine stance. They debate rumors about his sexuality, the cultural meaning of “lifelong b…

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]]><![CDATA[The Camera in Your Head]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/the-camera-in-your-headhttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/the-camera-in-your-headFri, 10 Jul 2026 08:11:00 GMTRichard hosts Chad Champion for a wide-ranging, mostly improvised conversation about generational politics, online movements, and cultural aesthetics. They argue Gen Z and Gen X share cynicism and a demand for authenticity, while criticizing millennials as safetyist and shame-free. Chad and Richard blast James Fishback as a blank, meme-chasing candidate…

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]]><![CDATA[Consensually Careless]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/consensually-carelesshttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/consensually-carelessWed, 08 Jul 2026 00:24:03 GMT

Richard leads a discussion on Graham Platner and the allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against him. He recaps New York Times allegations about Plattner’s messy personal life and online comments, then analyzes a new rape allegation by former dating partner Jenny Rasicott, playing and critiquing her televised interview and contrasting CNN’s framing…

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]]><![CDATA[Skywalkers]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/skywalkershttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/skywalkersSat, 04 Jul 2026 01:05:10 GMTBroadcasting from the Empire State Building, the host discusses two Russian “Skywalkers” who climbed the tower and hung a flag, using it to question simplistic “love wins” sentiment and what love really entails. The conversation shifts to U.S. politics: the relative strength and asymmetry of the DSA versus the alt-right, why Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campa…

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]]><![CDATA[Discipline and Punish]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/discipline-and-punishhttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/discipline-and-punishWed, 01 Jul 2026 06:40:12 GMT
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In this wide-ranging roundtable, Richard welcomes back Basil—who identifies as an “Orthodox Muslim” among other things—and the two unpack how online religious “debate bro” ecosystems mirror broader media patronage networks. The conversation detours into the Sunni/Shia split (succession after Muhammad, clerical hierarch…

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]]><![CDATA[LARPing with Reality]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/larping-with-realityhttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/larping-with-realitySat, 27 Jun 2026 07:08:18 GMT
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In a laid-back summer livestream, Richard and the gang first discuss Uwe Boll’s film Citizen Vigilante, with participants criticizing the film’s on-the-nose politics, violent vigilante fantasy, and the uneasy overlap between electoral “respectability” and cathartic extremism. A caller then presents a video essay crit…

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]]><![CDATA[The Dictatorship of the Normietariat ]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/the-dictatorship-of-the-normietariathttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/the-dictatorship-of-the-normietariatWed, 24 Jun 2026 19:52:40 GMTThe bulk of the episode covers Uwe Boll’s new film, Citizen Vigilante, starring Armie Hammer—described as a disjointed, joyless, right-wing vigilante fantasy with incoherent plotting and shocking scenes, alongside a look at Boll’s earlier Postal. They gang compares Boll’s work to Falling Down, Dirty Harry, Taxi Driver, and Nolan’s Dark Knight (including…

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]]><![CDATA[Breaking Balls]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/breaking-ballshttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/breaking-ballsTue, 23 Jun 2026 20:41:48 GMTDeep Left returns to discuss his recent cancer diagnosis and weighs whether he should get a prosthetic testicle, voicing fears less about death than about chemotherapy-related weakness and loss of vitality. The conversation then shifts to a “Turbo America/Peak America” frame through a fast-moving Iran conflict and its muddled resolution, debating whethe…

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]]><![CDATA[Prometheus Clowned ]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/prometheus-clownedhttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/prometheus-clownedThu, 18 Jun 2026 21:55:48 GMT
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The conversation quickly shifts to politics: the gang condemn the tacky UFC/motocross-style White House spectacle and its corporate advertising, arguing it reflects “Idiocracy” aesthetics and a hollow, top-down MAGA culture. The panel claims the Iran war has effectively ended with a ceasefire and impending Switz…

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]]><![CDATA[Monogamy and Modernity]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/monogamy-and-modernityhttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/monogamy-and-modernityWed, 10 Jun 2026 04:27:57 GMTRichard opens with an AMA while waiting for guest, JF. They group reacts to a PF Jung clip about the viral Andrew Wilson/Richard Spencer blowup, debating whether formal “debate-bro” formats stifle nuance and criticizing PF Jung’s “LARPer” framing. The discussion shifts to Andrew Wilson’s rhetoric on war, masculinity, and family values, then to Josiah Mo…

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]]><![CDATA[Man vs. Civilization]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/man-vs-civilizationhttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/man-vs-civilizationFri, 05 Jun 2026 19:00:28 GMTRichard and Basil discuss the shortest debate in history! They both go into their disgust toward Andrew Wilson and “Whatever” content—rage bait that promotes OnlyFans. Richard expand on “point-scoring” debate tactics over truth-seeking, and argues stepfamily situations shouldn’t be moralized as superior virtue. They pivot to masculinity as amoral will-t…

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]]><![CDATA[Oyster Farming]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/oyster-farminghttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/oyster-farmingWed, 03 Jun 2026 17:37:31 GMT
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“Members Only” returns to Tuesday afternoons, The episode begins with geopolitics and media influence: Richard argues pro-Russia messaging is losing effectiveness, criticizes influencers like the Tate brothers and Candace Owens for amplifying Kremlin-friendly narratives, and discusses how states and companies use paid n…

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]]><![CDATA[Mystery Meat]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/mystery-meathttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/mystery-meatThu, 28 May 2026 19:41:04 GMT
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The show begins with a discussion over claims that the Star of David is the “star of Remphan,” based on a reading Acts 7:43 and Amos 5 and arguing the association is a mistranslation tied to “Kaiwan” (Saturn) and ancient astral worship, not Israel’s flag. The conversation ranges into numerology (six vs. seven), Saturn symbo…

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]]><![CDATA[The Platitude Industrial Complex]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/the-platitude-industrial-complexhttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/the-platitude-industrial-complexFri, 22 May 2026 18:17:04 GMT
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Richard and the crew first react to some Amy Dangerfield clips and argues much of today’s “America First” influencer content is recycled GOP platitudes and “diet Nick.” The panel discusses Dangerfield’s fast marriage, her “Valuetainment” background, alleged green-card fraud claims, and the broader fixation on fertil…

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]]><![CDATA[The Swatch Watch]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/the-swatch-watchhttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/the-swatch-watchWed, 20 May 2026 16:03:45 GMTRichard Spencer talks with recurring guest Jean-François Gariépy. They first discuss JF’s in-progress book White People Food, critiquing Anthony Bourdain’s approach to cuisine, millennial “foodie”/Yelp culture, and basic technique and history (eggs Benedict, Hollandaise, poached eggs, sandwich origins, Nordic smørrebrød), plus broader ideas about refin…

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]]><![CDATA["The Bitch is Dead Now"]]>https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/the-bitch-is-dead-nowhttps://radixjournal.substack.com/p/the-bitch-is-dead-nowFri, 15 May 2026 20:03:24 GMTThe discussion begins with a critical look at SSRIs/antidepressants and, more broadly, “pill culture,” therapy culture, and destigmatization. Is it all just “feel good” therapy and “happy pill”? Richard and the gang then analyzes the Tennessee courthouse shooting involving streamer “Chud the Builder,” his history of provoking people with racial slurs, p…

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