Podcasts are a degenerate medium for people who can’t read. I guess you can’t do anything about that Guide to Kulchur show because it isn’t hosted here, but please force Kevin Barrett to provide a transcript or kick that lazy bum off the site.

This guest cannot understand basic statistics and is grossly ignorant of even recent history. Closed polls in all the battleground states THEN suddenly Biden got exactly enough votes to win… And yes this was so obvious that they couldn’t cover it up. This guy is a complete moron.

There was a mention to Japan, but no real data were provided, so I thought this article might be of interest to some people:

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Japan-immigration/Japan-immigration-hits-record-high-as-foreign-talent-fills-gaps

Podcasts are a degenerate medium for people who can’t read.

Though your point is well taken, I wouldn’t go that far. A podcast is very much worth listening to if it’s well organized by time and category, as is the case with John Derbyshire. Besides, it humanizes things that much more by giving readers a chance to hear the voice behind the writing. So, why not?

…but please force Kevin Barrett to provide a transcript or kick that lazy bum off the site.

Another poínt well taken, and in this case, yeah, I would go that far. Simply because the contrast between this excellent website (in my view the best in the history of the Internet) and Kevin’s articles is just too glaring. Each of Kevin’s articles is its own tutorial on How Not To Write. Though, of course, he thinks he’s doing something else.

Still, it does have to be said, that one possible benefit is that his articles prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that bad writing comes from bad thinking. So, there’s that.

In any event, the main point is that what we have with TUR is a Free Speech Forum of the highest rank. Considering human nature and its history, one has to be grateful for that. Especially during times like these.

@german reader
Nonsense. Don’t like it? leave.

Thanks! This is is a thought-provoking podcast.

A transcript would be helpful, so we can easily quote you.

I’m German, too – but I don’t read, while driving.

I quit listening to Barrett because of his incessant muslim praising and ignoring the evilness contained therein. When I became aware of penalties for disparaging Muslim belief, I started questioning his motive for the non-stop muslim protection.

If Talmudist can call anyone anti Semite, anyone who dares to challenge their lies so what is the big deal of about Kevin speaking out for Muslims. Because these AAAAAs Ho Muslims in ME GOV. dont have the guts to stand up and keep acting like poodles while the rest of the world is laughing at their stupidity. It is refreshing that people are waking up after a long hangover of cool aid of Holocaust, the chosen people narrative (no evidence yet), perpetual victim hood, and self delusion of being Master Race (Einstein and Freud and others) participating in Master race conference in 1923/1926 in Vienna. Hope there are more like Kevin who could speak out.

Barrett is a convert to Islam, that’s why he’s constantly praising it.

I’m sorry you haven’t discovered the advantage of listening to podcasts in your car,when out for awalk , when lying down with tired eyes, or simply as a way of catching up on radio programs you would listened to live.

You remind me of a Cryptic Jew who changes his/hers identity for long term goals. Changing names for the cryptos is a peace of cake. You go to Latin Americas and find all those Lopes, Herreras and alike are shinning examples.
You know well you are not German and most likely a unpaid member of radical ADL organization whose active members go to Jewish cemeteries and deface the head stones to blame Anti Semites or sometime send threatening letters to bomb the Jewish Synagogues.

Now. Let us see if you have the guts to answer some of the unanswered questions so far! From now on I will keep pasting the following questions whenever I see your name under any kind of comments until you address these questions. How does it feel. Get ready

At least Barrett made a conscious decision for his conversion unlike you who was brought up with daily brain washing of being chosen people, of master race promoting inner breeding, hate for Christians (Talmud calls them animals) and everyone is after you guys, victim hood.

So Where is the beef? What happened to Elie Wiesel’s Tattoos?

Your comments on regulating tech companies misses the point. Censorship is not the issue common carrier is. Common carrier laws have existed since ancient times and the basically say people can only be censored by the government. The telecommunications act of 1996 needs to be updated, that’s all. YouTube, imo, has a right to censor people. My personal problem is when Microsoft Azure, a programing tool, censors content.

In addition to common carrier law contract law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996

Gab user deletes anti-Semitic content after Microsoft Azure threatened to shut down the site
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/gab-user-deletes-anti-semitic-content-microsoft-azure-threatened-shut-site/

I don’t read, while driving

Glad to hear it. Listening to a podcast while driving can be convenient because you, I hope, concentrate on the driving part. A podcast at best is like listening to an interesting conversation; actually reading a text takes a bit more effort but is also more rewarding.

> A podcast is very much worth listening to

I agree. Not having a stratospheric IQ, I’m ashamed to say I can’t read while doing the dishes.

And, I know, I know, while scrubbing I should be meditating. Or thinking my own brilliant thoughts. But what can I say… I’m one of those weak and all-to-human readers of Unz. We exist too!

I’m therefore grateful for the occasional audio or video.

But how about a link to those podcasts? I seem to only be able to listen to them from this article.

I don’t read, while driving

A good reason to quit driving.

Kevin Barrett is a fair piece more thoughtful than all that, GR. Kevin and I did a short back-and-forth about transcripts a month or so back. I wish I could get a transcript also. I do not say he’s a lazy bum, he’s anything but. What he replied to me with was perfectly reasonable, for one, that transcripts are time consuming and expensive to edit and set up. I understand that, I can imagine the rewinding you’d have to do. Still and all.. For another, approximately, he said you lose nuance and the force of the points being made reading a transcript. I agree to a degree with that, also. I listen to George Noory quite a lot, his interviews with Corsi and the rest. A transcript of those would be of lesser impact than the listening.

The Guide to Kulchur link is not appearing on this page, but the Truth Jihad link is appearing.

Andrea Iravani

Some people get more out of reading and some prefer podcasts. If you listen to the old radio plays you will find you have a totally different experience than if you read the same story in a book or saw the movie. At least the message is getting out there in one form or another.

It’s tough (and frowned upon) to read while driving.
Podcasts have their place.

In these troubled times, Mr. Unz, your soothing voice (and what you say) are really valuable.

I must say that Ron has the most calming voice of any rabid anti-Semitic hate monger ever.

The URLs to both podcasts are listed below, I hope they display OK.

This is a case where Ron’s platform is too good! It’s convenient to display some links as what they are linking to, but it would be nice to also display that link information.

(Viewing the web page source when not at a desktop is a real pain…)

1. Two and a half hour discussion in November with Danish Nationalist Fróði Midjord on his Guide to Kulchur show, along with Guillaume Durocher:

http://www.bitchute.com/video/Ui07FpdKrpeX

video/Ui07FpdKrpeX on bitchute web site…

2. Hour-long show with Kevin Barrett of Truth Jihad around the same time:

https://www.unz.com/CONTENTS/AUDIO/kbarrett/KB-TJ_2020_1112_unz_web.mp3

CONTENTS/AUDIO/kbarrett/KB-TJ_2020_1112_unz_web.mp3 on unz web site…

Google may have a right to censor on Youtube but when they monopolize search engines and have contracts with US military and Government they should not have that right whatsoever.

I’ve been an avid internet user since about 1999. Searching subjects used to pull up a rich assortment of returns. But Google became more adept with their algorithms and Now it is very hard to find anything except what passes official narratives.

I find your podcast performances almost as annoying as your other long articles on controversial subjects. Much as I appreciate the Unz Review for supplying mostly intelligent matter on current events and for organizing it in such a way that it serves dissident voices that might otherwise not find a forum, your personal Schtick in your own writings is to suggest that you haven’t particularly been following the particular controversy at hand because of your other important work, but anyway here it is. By taking this approach, I believe that you are in effect saying to your “colleagues� in the main stream, “don’t concern yourself with my dabbling on the edges of the lunatic fringe; you all know thatI am above it all and don’t take it too seriously.�

Maybe I am wrong in my interpretation of your writing and speaking techniques, but as an intelligent reader of your publication, I just thought that you might want to know how you come across.

There’s actually a pretty plausible “conspiracy theory� that the Establishment promotes many of these ridiculous “conspiracy theories� like QAnon because they realize that most “conspiracy people� are very gullible and will embrace them, thereby destroying their own credibility on other important topics.

The best example I can think of is the “no-plane” theory re 9/11. Also, such theories can be written up to sound so convincing that, even though you consider yourself a rational person, you may start doubting yourself and your ability to distinguish lies from ideas that are not outside the realm of possibiliy and end up leaving it all alone.

I very much appreciate your response, Mr. Unz. It provides a thoughtful clarification of your methods that I can’t argue with. It is so refreshing to hear such a directed response from you that, if anything, it vindicates my general impression of your extensive writing over the years that so appealed to me in terms of its content and freshness. My picking at your style is, I would have to admit, unwarranted and I stand chastened. And your polite response, I would also have to say, redoubles my respect for your careful scholarship. Thank you!

Just to point out that Ireland had a de facto mass immigration vote in 2004 when a referendum to approve birthright citizenship was rejected in a landslide .

I remember listening to a former USS Liberty crewman on the radio about (IIRC) ten years ago. He and some other crew members had some years before gone to visit officials in DC on matters concerning the infamous 1967 incident. I believe it was during the Reagan years, because at one point they were taken aside by Pat Buchanan and brought into an empty room. Buchanan spoke to them for a while and the main point he made was that “everybody knows” in DC “what really happened” (i.e., that Israel knew it was a US ship and still went ahead and attacked it ).

Ron,

One of the best and most frequent websites utilized by 9/11 researchers over the years has been http://www.historycommons.org/. This is the website that led David Ray Griffin to begin to question the official 9/11 narrative. Author Peter Lance says that he could have completed his books, 1,000 Years for Revenge, Cover-up, twice as fast if he knew about the website.

Their timelines contain a wealth of information from first-hand sources. It is to 9/11 and the Iraq War what David Irving is to World War II. However, the website is underfunded and frequently goes offline.

“BUT … our funds have dried up. Please donate today what you can so we can continue our work. We are extremely low on funds, and this call for financial support is urgent. If we do not have funds to meet basic operation costs, we will have to shut down the site. The only financial support we receive is from online fundraisers like this one.”

I am wondering if you can support the site in some way considering your financial wherewithal or if you can incorporate the relevant timelines into Unz Review?

9/11 Timeline – http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=911_project
Iraq Invasion – http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=iraq_project

Thanks.

A podcast… humanizes things that much more by giving readers a chance to hear the voice behind the writing. So, why not?

Because all people are not made the same way. A good number of them are not comfortable with the spoken word beyond piddling workaday survival needs. For anything that needs any kind of thinking, these people must have it in writing because that is the only medium they can readily understand. Reading is organized in a totally different way than listening or watching. So, while some will get thinking by listening (and many of these are totally lost in front of a written page), others may need to sit down and laboriously transcribe all speech on a page before even starting to digest it.

The topic in the Guide to Kulchur episode was what is usually called “optics,” although I don’t know if that word was actually used.

My sense is that back in 2015 there was more interaction between various distinct yet vaguely similar right wing factions but then when the crackdowns occurred in 2017 and thereafter this provoked a schism of sorts. Many retreated to more tame territory and began to avoid controversial matters while others, finding themselves on the outs anyway, embraced the controversy.

Many on the right are skeptical of pleas for “optics” because it is associated with mainstream Republican “cucks” who never deliver on anything.

The current censorship regime seems to primarily rely on what I would call “inferred motivation.” A white nationalist type could try to make non-racial arguments for immigration restriction, etc but I think in most cases the liberals will (correctly!) identify those who are in fact ethnically motivated. So if your main reasons for opposing immigration are ethnic, then I think it probably makes sense to just acknowledge it rather than try pretend you’re motivated by other considerations.

I do think though that there is a great hesitance in the mainstream to agree with or embrace any position held by “racists” even to the point of endorsing foolish and ridiculous positions. This is definitely the case with immigration at the moment. It was not so long ago that some Democrats would have been open to immigration restriction (e.g., Barbara Jordan). But now the issue has become a moral position for them and they are generally resistant to practical arguments, cost-benefit analysis, etc.

Including both writers and commenters, this website provides a platform for a vast number of differing critiques of the standard narrative, the overwhelming majority of which strongly disagree with each other. Since they disagree in so many ways, they obviously can’t all be right, and I expect that almost all of them are wrong. Indeed, when I’ve looked into some of their claims, they nearly always seem wrong, and usually far more wrong than the MSM.

Given your rather low opinion of both your writers and your commenters, how do you propose to survive censorship of the Unz Review by Big Tech? What is then your rationale for continuing to offer this website as “an alternative media selection?” Why should any of us read this when you as the publisher have such a low opinion of most of what is produced in the columns or the comments?

Given my rather low opinion of Weston Waroda rationality there’s no need to reply, except …

Big Tech? Helpless against Little Tech, which avoids them. It doesn’t take Big Tech to write a search engine. No, I don’t mean Archie, don’t mean GooseGooseGobble.

Even if “almost all of them are wrong”, that merely expected, it doesn’t mean none are right. If some are brilliantly well-informed, all the facts at their fingertips, it will make Unz Review shine brightly in daytime, even if they are only one percent.

And certainly, some are brilliant and knowledgeable, making this a place to come for education. Not the only attraction of UR.

But if “almost all of them are wrong” it means visitors quickly learn to think for themselves, another hugely strong point. Again, come here for education, to become able to spot the insanities of this insane world.

I think Gina is right about your writing style, but not speaking style.

Specifically, you’ve got a good voice for podcasting and seem to be a natural in conversational speaking about your main favorite topics. Your debate with Kamala, you also were as clear and polished as the various professional politicians, or even better. Maybe I’m a bad judge though, I find Kamala’s
rotating uptalk, vocal fry, and fake sassy black lady speaking style to be nearly the worst in politics, yet she won big.

Your writing style however is needlessly long. She’s right that many or maybe most of the articles begin with a long set of disclaimers and overly personal accounts of how you became interested in the topic. You read a lot, how often do you see polished top quality writers do this? It isn’t unheard of, but you take it to a distracting extreme.

Ron,
I’ve watched your podcast with the Danish nationalist Frooi Midjord, and I liked your contrast between the more natural “globalist” policies are a natural outcome of economic growth, and the more “unnatural” policies that are promoted by Western Countries.

You kind of hinted at it in the podcast, but you seemed very favorable to the immigration policies of China compared to the West. As far as I can tell, China allows little to no immigration to their country, with only some residual immigration for Han Chinese from other countries.

In your articles on America’s immigration issues, you mentioned that American immigration should be cut by half, which is 500,000 a year. In return, the minimum wage would likely be raised as a concession to the more liberal elements while reducing future illegal immigration levels and boosting labor.

Do you think the Chinese flow of near zero is optimal, or the 500,000 person flow that is mentioned in your articles more optimal. What would you consider the more optimal level of immigration?

What’s your opinion on the “riot” that occurred a few days ago in the Capitol? Do you think it was spontaneous (as portrayed by the political and media elites) or do you think it could’ve been a Jewish/Israeli/Anti-Fa false flag?

Also, what do you think of everything that has happened since then (banning Trump on Twitter, de-platforming Parler, impeachment round 2, Pelosi “securing” the nuclear weapons with the military leadership, calls to punish public Trump supporters, etc)? Are we living through some type of “national emergency” situation? Did an anti-Trump coup just happen?

Is this a “Reichstag Fire” situation? Is what’s happening in America now spontaneous or to some extent pre-planned?

I feel confused about the whole thing. I’m not sure what’s happening. So maybe you could provide some explanation and analysis.

Thanks

At about 14:00 into the first podcast, Midjord raises an interesting point when he says that the elites wish to implement the Great Reset without any votes or popular input.

I think in general some ideas are discussed as “inevitable”, and when there is elite consensus on that, the change just gets rammed through. Like the European Union (in the 1990’s).

This should be recognized, with alternatives discussed and compared, every time. There’s always an alternative.

George Noory? Did you listen back when the show was actually good and hosted by art bell?

Sure, that point on writing would be perfectly valid, except for the fact that there are such a wide variety of nutcases hosted on this website, it rather obviates the necessity for such carefully couched lengthy prologues to your articles.

Here’s an eyewitness account by a right-wing think-tanker (?) who claims to have spotted several groups distinct from the massses at the protest, including “Plainclothes militants” “Agents-provocateurs” “Fake Trump protesters” and “a disciplined, uniformed column of attackers.”

He makes no claims to know who exactly these men were, or what they were “really” up to.

https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2021/01/13/covert-cadre-what-i-saw-leading-up-to-the-us-capitol-attack/

I have listened to both of these podcasts a couple of times. This is just the kind of thing we need when we’re in semi-isolation (and ‘semi-employment’) — intelligent discourse & interesting ideas. Thank you to Ron and the others who made these podcasts happen.