I enjoy the culture episodes. I know for legal purposes the Movie List doesn’t exist, but if it did it would interesting to see you go through them in the podcast as a sort of ongoing project.
I got too used to the blistering pace of your podcast release schedule and now I'm basically dope sick from not getting a new episode every couple days
I think another useful feature of your substack would be post a monthly page where every subscriber discusses what current book they are reading that they think the community would find useful. So obviously only stuff that is germane to your themes (of leftism vs rightism, 18th-21st c) not stuff like Harry Potter or Eat Pray Love. I would love for members to be able to compare whatever history book, primary source or compilation of letters, political tract they are reading, explain why it is a valuable source, and how it ties in with other articles and pieces you write. I'm sorry for spamming your Roundtable, I just think that you have the opportunity for your listeners to learn about a myriad of sources by doing something as simple as designating a monthly post (and debate/discussion) to learning about quality books/reference guides and allowing all of us to widen our horizons.
Dude I would like to see you read, recommend and republish more old books. Right now, I am reading George Lunt's Origins of the Late War (about the Civil War, written in 1867 by a confederate sympathizer in Boston). It is like a 3d version of Thomas Fleming's wonderful Disease book. I have also been reading every communist memoir I can find, and books on the origins of the second world war which were effectively banned in the US by Council of Foreign Relations, media etc. Your articles are great, and I think you should use your clout to introduce young conservative men to these older sources, including primary ones. History is a beautiful thing, and reading it from those who lived through it elevates it to a level that none of us (even those who love history) ever experienced in school. Kemp is a giant. There are others like him and they deserve their time in the sun.
All silliness aside in regards to my earlier comments, there is an ocean of amazing material that opens up so many new doors and possibilities to a young person (or old or middle aged) who is trying to understand the chaotic history of the last century or the civil war. I have noticed a few amusing patterns myself in Wrangel's book that I have not seen anyone mention yet but tie in with other ex commie memoirs and revisionist books I've read. You are in a perfect place to popularize a lot of it. Even if you cannot republish it, you can recommend it and that is very helpful towards encouraging zoomers or millenials to start their own research. My life is quite mundane in most ways, but I am enjoying every minute of reading and self-learning this stuff.
I like to listen to the podcasts at work. The movie episodes are good, but not so good that you should devote yourself to movie review. I've actually been buying the civil war books you mention for family, so getting a deal with them could be an idea.
I like everything, but here’s a list of what I really like.
Why I like it is because all of it is informed,
educated , highly entertaining commentary with a point of view. A point of view that is backed up by facts and cogent analysis.
Before the list, I’d like to request a post (podcast? Tome? ) on just why Season 2 of True Detective is ridiculously great.
THE RUBES NEED TO KNOW.
Here’s the list:
Things I really liked:
Grab the revolution by the throat
TV recommendations
Bonus Army
Sacco & Vanzetti, aka Darrow was awful
All the Darrow stuff
All of the true tales from the American Red Scare.
Germany & Italy had it a zillion times worse than we did. I’m disgusted that the communist revolt in Berlin in 1918-19, and the dozens of attempted revolts in the years following in Germany, and the similar attempts in Italy, have been swept under the rug, making it seem like Mussolini &
Hitler came from nowhere & rose to power for no reason at all.
You can condemn Hitler & Mussolini AND recognize that they were partially a response to violent attempts by the communists to take power & butcher countless millions the way they did in Russia.
Acknowledging facts doesn’t get the Nazis
& Blackshirts off the hook.
Don’t get me started on the Spanish Civil war.
How to read history.
Your general refusal to say the sky is falling.
Reviews of
“War to the Knife”
“The Glorious Cause”
“The Killer”
“Ride with the Devil”
“Godzilla Minus One” Now available in Minus Color!
Great post and I was also going to come in here and request a TD season 2 episode. Just watched it and was transfixed. It reminded me a lot of Twin Peaks: the Return, and The Counselor (I recommend the Director’s Cut if anybody hasn’t seen that one). I also think MG, there should be a weekly post where the paid subscribers can meet and discuss what should be done about the free subscribers. Frankly, we’re all getting a little tired of it.
I LOVE the Counselor. Everyone hates that movie but I think it is fucking beautiful. If you watch it and imagine it like a play, a Shakespearean tragedy, the dialogue which seems stilted flows beautifully. And yes on the director's cut. Ridley Scott's director's cuts are always great.
Im enjoying the culture and movie podcasts especially discovering movies i may have missed (the killer, the duellists, ride with the devil), wish there was more of them.
Ride with the Devil was one I slept on. It was pretty goddamn incredible. It had the Mentalist guy storm Lawrence. I kept thinking that his new name is the Mentracist now lol.
Love the movie reviews. I specifically subbed just to see the Godzilla Minus One review while I was at a local coffee shop, but found myself being pestered by a petite Asian woman, who then forced me to subscribe for an entire year. I think my favorite so far was your Prometheus episode; I was not aware of all the lore Ridley Scott would have had to pull from to make that movie, and it was also fun to get more context behind the Engineer meme and if I was missing something about that particular movie actually being good (I wasn't).
I would be interested in a bit of a peel back into the process of how the Mystery Grove book catalogue was compiled, maybe a General Wrangel series to go hand in hand with the election? I found your account in 2020 and while understanding the project has changed behind the scenes since, would love to know how the Russian Civil War became such a big focus for you.
some more book reviews on the podcast would be cool. not all of us have time to plow through hundreds of pages a day … maybe invite nightmare vision on to talk about the books slaughter of cities (also that book is like 200$ to get a copy, so if u want to do book publishing again, that’d b cool)
I want to see more writing, and fewer podcast links. It's not that the podcasts are bad, but there are only so many hours in the day to listen to podcasts, even at 1.5x speed, etc.
I enjoy the pieces of American history that have been lost (removed) from the public consciousness.
The Boston Police strike was fascinating, as was the bonus army scandal, black soldiers misbehaving, etc.
Narrative control in the US is omni-present. Speaking to my "boomer" folks the other day and they were absolutely flabbergasted to hear that the majority of US soldiers in WWII were draftees. They couldn't believe it was more than 10%... (more like 60%) and thought "everyone volunteered after Pearl Harbor."
Large chunks of important history never get touched upon.
You said in a recent post that you want to largely avoid talking about current politics. I spoke with Q and he promised that once he finds whoever planted that idea in your head, they will be shipped to gitmo and executed after a military trial.
Obviously don’t cover gay stuff like Congressional intrigue or lower level things, but I find your political commentary episodes to be some of the best. Your DeSantis post Mortem was the single best I came across and I’ve sent it to all my friends and family to prove my point. Especially in such a pivotal year I think you should continue with these.
You had a small paragraph alluding to her in the DeSantoid piece but I’d love to see one on Nimrata, specifically what she and her campaign represent. I think that could get into some interesting philosophical/historical territory without being gay.
Second— a movie review recommendation. Would you consider doing an episode on what I call the “Soviet Sad Quadrilogy”: Ballad of a Soldier, The Cranes are Flying, Ivan’s Childhood, and Fate of a Man? The first two are two of my favorite movies ever, and ones I keep thinking about. Both have complete gut punch endings that really get me. It’s an interesting expression of lasting Soviet trauma from the war, interesting to compare it to American films of the same period. Notable that nearly every character dies or is shattered in each of the four movies.
Seems to tread on familiar territory— Soviet history and film history/review.
Your substack is great. The history articles on the 20s / red scare are fascinating, have learned a great deal from them. I also like your movie and book review podcasts. The reason I haven’t participated in the game nights is that I don’t have a game system, but they seem fun too. Keep up the great work and god bless you!
I enjoy the culture episodes. I know for legal purposes the Movie List doesn’t exist, but if it did it would interesting to see you go through them in the podcast as a sort of ongoing project.
I got too used to the blistering pace of your podcast release schedule and now I'm basically dope sick from not getting a new episode every couple days
Mr. Grove,
I think another useful feature of your substack would be post a monthly page where every subscriber discusses what current book they are reading that they think the community would find useful. So obviously only stuff that is germane to your themes (of leftism vs rightism, 18th-21st c) not stuff like Harry Potter or Eat Pray Love. I would love for members to be able to compare whatever history book, primary source or compilation of letters, political tract they are reading, explain why it is a valuable source, and how it ties in with other articles and pieces you write. I'm sorry for spamming your Roundtable, I just think that you have the opportunity for your listeners to learn about a myriad of sources by doing something as simple as designating a monthly post (and debate/discussion) to learning about quality books/reference guides and allowing all of us to widen our horizons.
This is my only source of history and culture so produce things that will make my kids think I know everything about the world, please.
Dude I would like to see you read, recommend and republish more old books. Right now, I am reading George Lunt's Origins of the Late War (about the Civil War, written in 1867 by a confederate sympathizer in Boston). It is like a 3d version of Thomas Fleming's wonderful Disease book. I have also been reading every communist memoir I can find, and books on the origins of the second world war which were effectively banned in the US by Council of Foreign Relations, media etc. Your articles are great, and I think you should use your clout to introduce young conservative men to these older sources, including primary ones. History is a beautiful thing, and reading it from those who lived through it elevates it to a level that none of us (even those who love history) ever experienced in school. Kemp is a giant. There are others like him and they deserve their time in the sun.
All silliness aside in regards to my earlier comments, there is an ocean of amazing material that opens up so many new doors and possibilities to a young person (or old or middle aged) who is trying to understand the chaotic history of the last century or the civil war. I have noticed a few amusing patterns myself in Wrangel's book that I have not seen anyone mention yet but tie in with other ex commie memoirs and revisionist books I've read. You are in a perfect place to popularize a lot of it. Even if you cannot republish it, you can recommend it and that is very helpful towards encouraging zoomers or millenials to start their own research. My life is quite mundane in most ways, but I am enjoying every minute of reading and self-learning this stuff.
I like to listen to the podcasts at work. The movie episodes are good, but not so good that you should devote yourself to movie review. I've actually been buying the civil war books you mention for family, so getting a deal with them could be an idea.
War to the hilt was best episode, in my opinion.
I like everything, but here’s a list of what I really like.
Why I like it is because all of it is informed,
educated , highly entertaining commentary with a point of view. A point of view that is backed up by facts and cogent analysis.
Before the list, I’d like to request a post (podcast? Tome? ) on just why Season 2 of True Detective is ridiculously great.
THE RUBES NEED TO KNOW.
Here’s the list:
Things I really liked:
Grab the revolution by the throat
TV recommendations
Bonus Army
Sacco & Vanzetti, aka Darrow was awful
All the Darrow stuff
All of the true tales from the American Red Scare.
Germany & Italy had it a zillion times worse than we did. I’m disgusted that the communist revolt in Berlin in 1918-19, and the dozens of attempted revolts in the years following in Germany, and the similar attempts in Italy, have been swept under the rug, making it seem like Mussolini &
Hitler came from nowhere & rose to power for no reason at all.
You can condemn Hitler & Mussolini AND recognize that they were partially a response to violent attempts by the communists to take power & butcher countless millions the way they did in Russia.
Acknowledging facts doesn’t get the Nazis
& Blackshirts off the hook.
Don’t get me started on the Spanish Civil war.
How to read history.
Your general refusal to say the sky is falling.
Reviews of
“War to the Knife”
“The Glorious Cause”
“The Killer”
“Ride with the Devil”
“Godzilla Minus One” Now available in Minus Color!
“A Disease in the Public Mind”
“Outpost”
“The Boys in the Boat”
Great post and I was also going to come in here and request a TD season 2 episode. Just watched it and was transfixed. It reminded me a lot of Twin Peaks: the Return, and The Counselor (I recommend the Director’s Cut if anybody hasn’t seen that one). I also think MG, there should be a weekly post where the paid subscribers can meet and discuss what should be done about the free subscribers. Frankly, we’re all getting a little tired of it.
I LOVE the Counselor. Everyone hates that movie but I think it is fucking beautiful. If you watch it and imagine it like a play, a Shakespearean tragedy, the dialogue which seems stilted flows beautifully. And yes on the director's cut. Ridley Scott's director's cuts are always great.
Im enjoying the culture and movie podcasts especially discovering movies i may have missed (the killer, the duellists, ride with the devil), wish there was more of them.
Ride with the Devil was one I slept on. It was pretty goddamn incredible. It had the Mentalist guy storm Lawrence. I kept thinking that his new name is the Mentracist now lol.
I'm personally a big fan of the podcast and I really liked your recent articles about current events (Desantis and the Texas Border).
Love the movie reviews. I specifically subbed just to see the Godzilla Minus One review while I was at a local coffee shop, but found myself being pestered by a petite Asian woman, who then forced me to subscribe for an entire year. I think my favorite so far was your Prometheus episode; I was not aware of all the lore Ridley Scott would have had to pull from to make that movie, and it was also fun to get more context behind the Engineer meme and if I was missing something about that particular movie actually being good (I wasn't).
I would be interested in a bit of a peel back into the process of how the Mystery Grove book catalogue was compiled, maybe a General Wrangel series to go hand in hand with the election? I found your account in 2020 and while understanding the project has changed behind the scenes since, would love to know how the Russian Civil War became such a big focus for you.
some more book reviews on the podcast would be cool. not all of us have time to plow through hundreds of pages a day … maybe invite nightmare vision on to talk about the books slaughter of cities (also that book is like 200$ to get a copy, so if u want to do book publishing again, that’d b cool)
I love the podcast, really dig the movie reviews and the books are always good. It’s nice that it’s not just a current events podcast.
I want to see more writing, and fewer podcast links. It's not that the podcasts are bad, but there are only so many hours in the day to listen to podcasts, even at 1.5x speed, etc.
I enjoy the pieces of American history that have been lost (removed) from the public consciousness.
The Boston Police strike was fascinating, as was the bonus army scandal, black soldiers misbehaving, etc.
Narrative control in the US is omni-present. Speaking to my "boomer" folks the other day and they were absolutely flabbergasted to hear that the majority of US soldiers in WWII were draftees. They couldn't believe it was more than 10%... (more like 60%) and thought "everyone volunteered after Pearl Harbor."
Large chunks of important history never get touched upon.
A few things:
You said in a recent post that you want to largely avoid talking about current politics. I spoke with Q and he promised that once he finds whoever planted that idea in your head, they will be shipped to gitmo and executed after a military trial.
Obviously don’t cover gay stuff like Congressional intrigue or lower level things, but I find your political commentary episodes to be some of the best. Your DeSantis post Mortem was the single best I came across and I’ve sent it to all my friends and family to prove my point. Especially in such a pivotal year I think you should continue with these.
You had a small paragraph alluding to her in the DeSantoid piece but I’d love to see one on Nimrata, specifically what she and her campaign represent. I think that could get into some interesting philosophical/historical territory without being gay.
Second— a movie review recommendation. Would you consider doing an episode on what I call the “Soviet Sad Quadrilogy”: Ballad of a Soldier, The Cranes are Flying, Ivan’s Childhood, and Fate of a Man? The first two are two of my favorite movies ever, and ones I keep thinking about. Both have complete gut punch endings that really get me. It’s an interesting expression of lasting Soviet trauma from the war, interesting to compare it to American films of the same period. Notable that nearly every character dies or is shattered in each of the four movies.
Seems to tread on familiar territory— Soviet history and film history/review.
Your substack is great. The history articles on the 20s / red scare are fascinating, have learned a great deal from them. I also like your movie and book review podcasts. The reason I haven’t participated in the game nights is that I don’t have a game system, but they seem fun too. Keep up the great work and god bless you!