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Crazy, Classy, and Countercultural. This is a podcast with author and historian Charles Coulombe and his interlocutor Vincent Frankini who talk about a variety of topics on history, philosophy, and culture, offering opinions that you won't dare find in mainstream media.
Episodes
262 episodes
Iran
0:00 Intro4:00 War with Iran?44:00 Obedience 1:07:00 Diaconate for Married Man
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Episode 351
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1:15:25
Chowmein Sandwich Controversy
0:00 Intro0:10 Chowmein Sandwich Scandal17:00 Calendar25:30 Trump & Elon Feud33:30 Papal States36:30 Pocket Shrines39:00 Mary in Provence43:00 Alternative Economic Systems57:30 Praying...
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Episode 350
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59:04
Power, Authority, & Decay
0:00 Intro5:00 Grok9:00 Bishop Martin17:00 Power, Authority, & Decay1:04:00 Favorite Pope Leos1:07:00 Beatification Hopefuls1:10:00 Augustinians
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Episode 349
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1:21:25
My Cousin The Pope
0:00 Intro2:30 Memorial Day10:00 The Pope's 12th Cousin18:20 Cafe Wess 25:00 Best Dressed Gentleman40:00 James IV of Scotland44:30 General James Wilkinson52:00 Too Many Words1:08:00 Final Words
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Episode 348
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1:08:46
The New Pope
0:00 Intro0:15 Happy & Befuddled3:45 Charles’s Travels13:30 Pope Talk17:01 Favorite Pope Francis Moments22:30 Franz Joseph & Rampolla27:12 Papal Names29:10 Pope Leo44:20 How Can We Be Gladder Trads54:...
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Episode 347
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1:08:04
Underrated Catholic Figures
0:00 Intro0:10 Obscure Charles11:30 Calendar30:00 Underrated Catholic Figures
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Episode 346
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1:20:15
Post-Colonial Eco Literature
0:00 Intro2:00 Charles Reading & Angry4:00 Anti-Communism27:30 New Charles Coulombe Book!46:30 Is Monarchy a Viable System Today?53:00 Diversity & Monarchy1:00:00 Tradition Vs. Progress
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Episode 345
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1:28:49
Tryhard
0:00 Intro0:10 Random Insane Banter (Oh ya!)14:00 Covid-19 & Catastrophes31:00 Favorite Architecture 51:00 The Commonwealth of Nations1:10:00 "Fundamentalist" Catholics1:14:00 Romance & the Faith...
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Episode 344
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1:29:31
Greatest Catholic Novels
0:00 Intro0:10 St. Patrick's Day16:00 Judgment Free Zone18:40 Great Catholic Novels (LOTR Excluded)
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Episode 343
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1:04:06
Trump's Presidency
0:00 Intro0:10 Mars10:00 Star Trek20:00 Being Authentic33:00 Grading Trump1:13:00 Next Week: Greatest Catholic Novel1:15:00 Canadian Connection1:24:00 Flemish Traditions1:31:00 Enclosure Movement
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Episode 342
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1:38:24
Young People Becoming Old People
0:00 Intro0:10 What's New16:45 MEMES OF PRODUCTION27:00 Young People Becoming Old People43:00 Gene Hackman45:30 Will America Fragment?53:00 Putin & Zelensky58:00 King George Illegitimacy1:00:00 Is Personal Go...
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Episode 341
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1:15:17
Boomer Central
0:00 Intro2:00 Beatles vs Stones4:00 Boomer Central8:00 Reaction Against Boomers21:00 What's New with Charles31:20 Private Property38:00 "Embracing the Bad"50:20 Enlightenment As A Cause
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Episode 340
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1:03:30
Balking and Mugging
0:00 Intro0:10 Charles in Ireland9:30 Trump News26:00 Personal vs. Impersonal Govt28:00 Greenland & Denmark31:00 Mexican Revolution40:30 Catholic Family Traditions
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Episode 339
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1:06:04
Trump & The Village People
0:00 Intro1:00 Antiquated Spellings11:00 What's New28:30 Justin Trudeau Resigns35:00 Canada & CANZUK45:00 Bishop Williamson47:30 Sin Eaters50:30 Primitive Christianity54:00 Capitalism
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Episode 338
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1:06:12
Episode 337 - King Lee Day 2025
0:00 Intro2:30 King Lee Day10:00 Eisenhower16:00 Canonization Process25:30 Decolonization of Africa31:00 Wokeism vs 60s-70s Change43:00 "Festival of Fools"46:00 Futurism
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Episode 337
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50:05
But Wait, There's More!
0:00 Intro8:00 Liberal Censorship & the Conservative Response27:30 King Henry VI30:00 Economic Theory Books33:00 Princess Josephine37:00 Guild Social, Distributism, and Corporatism54:00 Catholic History of Minnesota
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Episode 336
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1:04:31
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
0:00 Intro25:00 Reactions to Pope Names30:50 Most Important Election33:00 Premier of Quebec Being Stupid46:15 Top 10 Garbage People55:00 Difference Between Duke, Earl, Baron1:02:30 American Nobility Titles
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Episode 335
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1:20:09
Charles's Christmas Wish
0:00 Intro10:00 Kipling Poem16:00 Charles's Christmas Wish28:00 Heresy of Modernism35:00 Republican Saints36:00 Hispanic Racial Group38:00 Fighting Despair50:00 Puritans, Christmas, & Catholicity
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Episode 334
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1:03:20
The High Seas
0:00 Intro4:00 Krambambuli13:00 Ceremonial Drinks23:00 Vatican II Docs27:40 Franz Joseph's Moral Character31:30 Native American Catholic Monarchy?34:00 Folklore Surrounding the Sea52:00 Sailor Devotion55:00 Pirat...
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Episode 333
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1:09:30
God Save the King! (Part 2)
0:00 Intro4:00 Bratislava7:40 Charles Coming Back10:40 Thanksgiving Proclamation19:00 Changing Godparents21:30 Monarchist Apologetics35:00 Heresy of Modernism37:00 What If German Monarchy Wasn't Overthrown40:00 E...
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Episode 332
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48:53
Japanese Monarchy & History
0:00 Intro7:40 What's New With Charles10:00 Tom and Jerry20:00 Japanese Xenophobia30:00 Mythology Around Monarchy35:00 Meiji Restoration49:00 Church in Japan
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Episode 331
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53:36
Christ the King
0:00 Intro14:00 Carp in the Bathtub21:00 Christmas Talk33:00 History as National Memory37:00 Bl. Duns Scotus39:50 African Catholic Monarchy41:30 Living in Luxembourg44:00 Christ the King & Monarchism
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1:01:19
President Charles Coulombe
0:00 Intro11:00 What's New With Charles15:20 Veteran's Day Poem20:00 Words of Wisdom from Charles24:30 More Poems43:00 Politics1:01:30 Impact Former Presidents1:08:00 Abdicated Monarchs1:11:00 Charles as Presiden...
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Episode 329
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1:45:32