The full episode and the complete archive of Subversive episodes, including exclusive episodes and my writing, are available on Substack. You can also subscribe to the podcast sans writing on Patreon for a bit less. This is how the show is financed and grows, so I appreciate every contribution! Please subscribe at: ⁠https://www.alexkaschuta.com/⁠ https://www.patreon.com/aksubversive/ We discuss Trace’s evolution from Mormonism to his current spiritual beliefs, his mission trip, and the struggle to find a personal spiritual answer. We also chat about the value of community and voluntary organization within religion, the pursuit of perfection, and the struggle against emptiness and decay. We also delve into the tension between the populist right and the traditional right, the struggle to build a cohesive movement, and the fragmentation within the online right, centrism, and the potential for a more inclusive pursuit of excellence. Our conversation concludes with a reflection on the value of life, the importance of intentional decision-making, and the duty to maintain and create positive structures. Trace Woodgrains is a pseudonymous writer and podcast producer, he is on Twitter @tracewoodgrains and he is on Substack at ⁠https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/⁠ Chapters for the full episode ⁠00:00⁠ Introduction and Background ⁠07:02⁠ Finding Community and Reasonable Conversations ⁠15:17⁠ The Value of Community and Voluntary Organization in Religion ⁠37:04⁠ The Tension Between the Populist Right and the Traditional Right ⁠52:12⁠ The Potential for a More Inclusive Center 01:09:46 The Value of Life and the Importance of Parenthood 01:15:13 Maintaining and Creating Positive Structures ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N-0_GjwWyo

The lovely Louise is back on the show to speak about motherhood, "Cultural Deathgrip Syndrome," sexual disenchantment, sex education based on consent, the idea that sex is a skill, abortion, the inherent inequality of sex, the rough sex defense, and much, much more. Louise Perry is a writer, campaigner, a columnist at the New Statesman, and the author of the new book The Case Against The Sexual Revolution, A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNBJMEJVYiM

Check out the complete discussion at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5awDs3Oy-U You can support this podcast and get early releases and bonus content at https://www.patreon.com/aksubversive Or check out my writing and the early releases on Substack at https://alexkaschuta.substack.com/ I speak to Nina about feminism and femininity, men and masculinity, a right-wing critique of capitalism, postliberalism, the relational nature of humans, Technological slavery, Addiction in the context of liberalism, our hidden but infinite responsibility, sex-negativity, aging as a woman, ingroup Scapegoating & Rene Girard, marriage and "living with the enemy". Nina Power is a writer and philosopher, the author of "The One Dimensional Woman" and the upcoming "Masculinity and its Discontents". Her recommended Subversive Thinker is Ivan Illich. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH01JtKdt64

I speak with Ben about life as an expat in Eastern Europe as storm clouds are gathering, the Zeitgeist of the last few decades under the shadow of all-encompassing technology, the new landscape of conservative magazines, identity as a product, navigating Twitter beefs, and his book "Noughties: Eleven Echoes of a Dismal Decade" Ben Sixsmith is a writer from the UK who currently lives in Poland, he's written for The Spectator, UnHerd, Quillette, The Critic, and American Conservative among many other outlets, and is the owner-operator of The Zone Substack. You can also find him on Twitter @BDSixsmith His recommended subversive thinker is philosopher John Gray and his books, "Straw Dogs" "Black Mass" and " Enlightenment's Wake" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8HVB_qmaM0