KunstlerCast 432 — Jeffrey Tucker of The Brownstone Institute on his new book, The Spirits of America
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century
Release Date: 10/28/2025
KunstlerCast 435 — JHK yaks about his new book, "Look I'm Gone," with Literary Compadre, Ted Cleary
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century
This one’s a little break from the usual — it’s me talking to a friend about my new novel, with a particular emphasis on the iconic American author JD Salinger, who has a meaty role as a character in my book, playing himself, kind of a first for Salinger, who passed away in 2010. My friend Ted Cleary is a writer, artist, and musician from New York City. He studied English and history at Columbia University and has taught writing and literature for several decades. He’s been a landscape gardener, assistant district attorney, and stroke oar for an American rowing team racing traditional...
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KunstlerCast 434 — Charles Marohn on Strong Towns and the Battle to Reform the Fiasco of Suburban Sprawl
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Charles Marohn is the founder and president of . With decades of experience as a land use planner and civil engineer, Marohn is on a mission to help cities and towns become stronger and more prosperous through classic, traditional town planning. He’s the bestselling author of . Like your host, JHK, Chuck is a member in good standing of the a national movement to repair and reform the fiasco of Suburban sprawl lanes development. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
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KunstlerCast 433 — Piero San Giorgio Has Just Returned from Russia
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Piero San Giorgio is one of Switzerland’s best selling authors. After 20 years as an executive in the software business, Piero decided to write essays about the future. His first book was in the top-50 best selling books of 2012 in France and has sold over 200,000 copies, with translations into English, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Romanian, Polish, Turkish etc. and has a foreword by JHKunstler. His other books are , , and , a biographical novel about his grandfather’s ordeals in WW2. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
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KunstlerCast 432 — Jeffrey Tucker of The Brownstone Institute on his new book, The Spirits of America
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century
Jeffrey Tucker is founder and president of Brownstone Institute, Senior Economics Columnist at Epoch Times, and author of 15 books. His newest book, , is a reflection on American values – cultivated deep in US history dating back to the founding. The book is meant to inspire us to a restoration of our once-sturdy common culture in this period of great political turbulence. Please take the time to visit the and its stable of fine writers. The KunstlerCast theme music is
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KunstlerCast 431 — Thomas Fowler on the Diminishing Returns of Artificial Intelligence
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Thomas B. Fowler is the author of five books and over 150 articles and reviews, ranging over philosophy, theology, engineering, physics, and mathematics. He is an expert in analyzing systems and procedures for the U.S government. He says he is “keenly aware of the rapid politicization that has occurred not just in the humanities, but increasingly in the science, technology, and mathematics (STEM) areas, and is devoted to debunking the shoddy reasoning behind many contemporary trends such as the extravagant claims made for Artificial Intelligence.” His latest book is —...
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KunstlerCast 430 — Charles Hugh Smith, blogger at "Of Two Minds," Talking Finance and The Ultra-Processed Life
KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century
Charles Hugh Smith founded his blog in 2005 after 17 years of free-lance journalism in the San Francisco Bay Area. His 4,600 posts on the economy, society, housing and technology have logged over 150 million page views. He is the author of 9 novels and 20 non-fiction books on socio-economic-political dynamics, including and His work can also be found on Substack and Patreon. The KunstlerCast theme music is
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KunstlerCast 4219 — Matt and Maxim Smith on "The Preparation" — Becoming a Man in Uneasy Times
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Matt Smith is an American entrepreneur and economic commentator who relocated to Uruguay in 2021, where he operates a regenerative cattle ranch. He co-hosts the podcast with author and economist Doug Casey, offering analysis on global markets, monetary policy, and geopolitical trends. Matt also publishes the financial newsletter on Substack. He is also co-author, with his 20 year old son Maxim Smith and Mr. Casey, of the superb new book, about making boys into effective autonomous men in these uneasy times. The KunstlerCast theme music is
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KunstlerCast 428 — Swimming in Deep Waters with Author Jasun Horsley
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Jasun Horsley is the author of many books, including , , , and , which examine how popular culture, politics, occultism, science, and pseudo-spirituality all overlap on a covert, multigenerational social-engineering continuum that includes secret societies, intelligence agencies, and organized crime networks. His own podcast can be found on Substack and iTunes. Jasun currently keeps goats and chickens and tends grapes in Galicia, Spain, while reading about Jesus. He describes himself as a lifetime truth-seeker and "hell-mapper” and he does not use AI programs. The KunstlerCast theme...
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KunstlerCast 427 — Eugyppius on the Retardation of Europe and "Schoolmarmocracy"
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"Eugyppius” is a former academic who blogs about the pandemic aftermath and the pathological politics of modern Germany. He spent much of his life abroad and over a decade in American universities as a grad student and a teacher. He writes in English on Substack. He is very careful about revealing more of his identity given the extreme censorship and cancellation action in his country these days. You can find him at . The KunstlerCast theme music is
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KunstlerCast 426 — John Seaman, Retired DEA Investigator on Prosecuting Conspiracy Cases
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John Seaman has corresponded with me over a year proposing a straightforward way to prosecute government officials who, so far, have gotten away with crimes committed in the RussiaGate Hoax and other high-level mischief due to the five-year statute of limitations. John is is a retired Supervisory Federal Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with 30 years of experience. His special area of expertise there was as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in conducting conspiracy investigations for federal prosecutions. He writes the He’s on social media: Twitter...
info_outlineJeffrey Tucker is founder and president of Brownstone Institute, Senior Economics Columnist at Epoch Times, and author of 15 books. His newest book, The Spirits of America, is a reflection on American values – cultivated deep in US history dating back to the founding. The book is meant to inspire us to a restoration of our once-sturdy common culture in this period of great political turbulence. Please take the time to visit the Brownstone Institute’s excellent website and its stable of fine writers.
The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger