For our very special True Election 2016 episode of Descending the Tower, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony welcome two very special guests. Joining us to take your questions are media mastermind Chuck C. Johnson and the triumphant return of Clark Hat.

(Note: this episode was recorded 10/27, the night before FBI Friday.)

Descending the Tower 9 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, and Edmund Burkenstock. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
4:46 How successful has WeSearchr been? – @UshiromiyaBungl
24:05 What has Clark been up to since leaving Popehat?
32:50 How doed Chuck plan on making 4chan great again? – @JoeWChristman
40:25 Could we be having be a True Election?
1:22:50 Can Moldbuggian analysis be reconciled with supporting Trump?
1:39:28 Is Assange alive, and what are the biggest leaks that @wikileaks is hiding? – @EdBurkenstock
2:05:14 What are the odds of a military coup, given Obama’s officer purge? – @CalcPhrasing
2:23:32 Is Donald Trump the fulfillment of Ron Paul’s Paleoconservative roots, or a denial of them? – @Walrus_Aurelius
2:59:30 ATT Host Predictions

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Music: “Us” by From Sky to Abyss (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1187700/us

Closing Music: Hail to the Chief performed by the USAF Concert Band
https://archive.org/details/HailToTheChief_482

Chuck Johnson’s Media Empire
http://gotnews.com/
https://www.wesearchr.com/

Clark Hat’s New Group Blog
https://status451.com/

The Moldbuggian True Election
http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2010/03/true-election-practical-option-for-real.html

Moldbug’s Anitversity and Plinth
http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/11/gentle-introduction-to-unqualified.html

Collapse of Complex Societies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0R09YzyuCI

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Anthony’s first foray into the world of solo podcasting tackles the concept of Gnon. He tries to answer everyone’s questions, from the hostile to the confused to the ignorant.

Solo Climb #1 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Edmund Burkenstock, Ursus, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Edward of Arkansas and Walrus Aurelius. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
2:33 Introduction to Solo Climbs
6:19 Topic Introduction – Gnon
12:28 Whence Gnon? The forging of early NRx
24:47 The three-part creation of Gnon
35:02 What is Gnon and why is it a useful concept?
48:46 What Gnon isn’t

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “Hard rock orchestrale” by -Poul’H- (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/647350/hard-rock-orchestrale

Closing Music: “Ancient Forest” by Esther Garcia
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1221997/ancient-forest

Nick B. Steves’ Historical Notes collection (read the links)
https://nickbsteves.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/going-meta-on-meta/

Nick Land’s Definitive Gnon post
http://www.xenosystems.net/the-cult-of-gnon/

The genesis of Spandrell’s Trichotomoy
https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/conflict/

Scharlach’s famous Map of the Dark Enlightment
https://web.archive.org/web/20130424060436/http://habitableworlds.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/visualizing-neoreaction/

South Park on The Cult of Everyone
http://southpark.cc.com/clips/9ckgw9/a-meeting-of-yelpers

WrathOfGnon’s excellent Tumblr of Reactionary image macros
http://wrathofgnon.tumblr.com/

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After the historical True Election Trump victory, the ATT gang welcome Ryan Landry, Alastair Hermann, and Jean-Luc Deaux to sift through the rubble. We review our predictions from Descending -9 and take your questions about the new political landscape.

Notes:
21:55 Reviewing our host’s election predictions
47:48 Progs still haven’t figured out why they lost
1:04:49 Could Trump be a Machiavellian president?
1:09:39 Does #NRx have a plan for making Trump “Dictator Perpetuo” like Julius Caesar? – Fred Hannon ‏@FormalFreddie
1:23:40 How would you amend the US Constitution? – Testem Benevolentiae ‏@TBenevolentiae
1:42:42 What are the most foundational premises necessary in order to affectively Red Pill a normie?
2:05:46 Thiel is on the transition team. Is he NRx-aware? If so, will NRx influence the Trump admin? – @Egon_Maistre
2:16:17 How do those of us in multiethnic churches deal with the anti-Trump backlash in our congregations? – Durthain ‏@Durthain725
2:33:25 Is it possible DJT has been anointed by god to MAGA, and if so, how would we tell? – Herl ‏@xctlot
2:49:55 Final Thoughts on the Election from our hosts

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Music – “Wave of Empathy” by Avenger Kills (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1394423/wave-of-empathy

Closing Music – “Epic Action Hero” by Akashic Records
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1154518/epic-action-hero

Help Make America Great Again
https://www.greatagain.gov/serve-america.html

The Twitter ketchup troll… or is it?
https://twitter.com/MoltenZebraffe/status/796850914237837312

Australian Progs still not learning their lesson
https://archive.fo/AnJQj

Duverger’s Law and the two-party system
http://themendenhall.com/2012/10/05/duvergers-law-why-american-third-parties-are-hopeless-fantasies/

La Wik on the 24th Amendment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Hare-Clark voting in Tasmania
http://www.abc.net.au/elections/tas/2006/guide/hareclark.htm

The 6-hour ROCOR/Moscow Reunification Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Rq7px-Z0c

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After briefly mentioning the Spandrellian Trichotomy during the Gnon Solo Climb, Anthony decided to go into more detail. He breaks down the three reactionary flavors and ponders if it still matters.

Solo Climb #2 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio and Bermudan Reactionary. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
2:48 History of the Spandrellian Trichotomy
9:21 Breaking down the Trike
14:54 Understanding and delving into the…
15:16 …Techno-Commercialists
20:26 …Ethno-Nationalists
28:09 …Theonomists
32:57 Failure modes and how each strain is supported by other two
45:10 Is the trichotomy still relevant? – Your stories wanted

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “Hard rock orchestrale” by -Poul’H- (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/647350/hard-rock-orchestrale

Closing Music: “Ancient Forest” by Esther Garcia
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1221997/ancient-forest

Spandrell’s post that started it all
https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/conflict/

As usual, Land is the catalyst of the… reaction
http://www.xenosystems.net/trichotomy/ – As usual, Land is the catalyst

Land predicts potential Trichotomy civil war
http://www.xenosystems.net/neoreaction-for-dummies/

AnomalyUK has a more optimistic outlook
https://anomalyuk.blogspot.com/2013/04/reactionary-unity.html

Asabiyyah defined
http://www.socialmatter.net/the-compendium/#Asabiyyah

The Trichotomoy in relation to Gnon
https://anomalyuk.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-trichotomy-explained.html

Check out NBS’ Trichotomy tag for more links
https://nickbsteves.wordpress.com/category/reaction-2/reactionary-fusion/spandrellian-trichotomy/

Jim’s quick and dirty synthesis
http://blog.jim.com/economics/the-trichotomy/

I had a lot of learning to do…
http://www.xenosystems.net/trichotomy/#comment-2796

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This week, Anthony hones in on one leg of the trichotomy, ethno-nationalism. Before addressing nationalism itself, he takes some time to delve deeper into the nature of nations and how the ties that bind them determine their success or failure.

Solo Climb #3 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, Ursus, Edmund Burkenstock, Walrus Aurelius, and Theodore S. Weaver. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
4:35 Outlining the different kinds of nations
11:45 The concept of the “anti-nation”
20:08 Thedishness is what makes nations function
24:55 Thede dynamics in different types of “weak” nations
32:19 Proposition nations and the impossibility of thedishness

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Sand, Bones & Skulls” by Ersefuril (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1130269/sand-bones-and-skulls

Closing Music – “Cooley’s Reel” by vvsmusic
https://www.jamendo.com/track/894470/cooley-s-reel

La Wik’s confused notions of the nation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaniards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Spain

nydwracu’s explanation of thedishness
https://web.archive.org/web/20130827233226/http://nydwracu.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/why-anarcho-fascism-an-introduction-to-group-dynamics/

Nick Land’s response to the concept of the thede
http://www.xenosystems.net/thedes/

The final scene of The Godfather Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-I4VIR5yGg

Mark Dayton’s wicked concept of what is Minnesotan
http://www.occidentaldissent.com/2016/09/18/flashback-gov-mark-dayton-tells-the-deplorables-to-find-another-state/

The post Ascending The Tower – Solo Climb 3 – What Is A Nation? appeared first on Social Matter.

Now that 2016 has come to a close, the ATT gang welcome Harold Lee, Jean-Luc Deaux, One Irradiated Watson, Mark Citadel and William Scott for a year in review.

Donations: Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Theo S. Weaver, William Middleton, Walrus Aurelius

Notes:
7:11 – Revisiting our 2016 predictions
11:00 – January
26:23 – February
46:59 – March
1:01:46 – April
1:28:47 – May
1:54:06 – June
2:08:58 – July
2:28:26 – August
2:42:55 – September
3:01:56 – October
3:21:20 – November
3:43:46 – December
3:50:29 – 2017 Predictions

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Music – “Stainless Steel” by Guy Berrier (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1304666/stainless-steel

Closing Music – “Resignation” by Ludovic Scholz (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1305218/resignation

Guest Blogs:

Harold Lee – http://thefutureprimaeval.net/author/harold/

Mark Citadel – https://citadelfoundations.blogspot.com/

William Scott – https://teleolojic.wordpress.com/

January

The Duck’s final blaze of glory

https://storify.com/weev/duck-enlightenment-s-final-tweet-spree

Rick Wilson attacks the alt-right on MSNBC, setting the stage for the year

https://28sherman.blogspot.ca/2016/01/note-on-nrx-altright-plus-sm-review.html

Death – David Bowie http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2016/01/fame-fashion-fascism-the-many-masks-of-david-bowie.html

February

The debut of Wesearchr

https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/introducing-wesearchr-an-information-marketplace/

Twitter begins its SocJus death spiral

http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/02/23/this-week-in-reaction-20160221/

https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/i-told-you-so-twitters-crackdown-on-free-speech/

Death – Antonin Scalia

http://malcolmpollack.com/2016/02/13/antonin-scalia-1936-2016/

March

The Fashing of Tay

http://alrenous.blogspot.fr/2016/03/artificial-intelligence-assisted.html

Trump begins his steamrolling

http://blog.jim.com/culture/trump-and-social-class/

http://www.amerika.org/politics/american-revolution-2-0/

April

The case for passivism against activism

http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/04/19/how-to-passivism/

Death – Rob Ford

http://freenortherner.com/2016/04/08/a-eulogy-for-rob-ford/

http://28sherman.blogspot.fr/2016/04/rob-ford-is-dead.html

May

The (((echoes))) go mainstream

https://dissidentright.com/2016/06/03/a-critique-of-jewish-privilege/

Rodrigo Duterte – The Filipino Pinochet

http://atavisionary.com/a-response-to-duerte-harry/

June

The Orlando Shooting

http://citadelfoundations.blogspot.com/2016/06/this-is-slaughterhouse-left-built.html

Brexit

https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/breakdown/

Death – Muhammed Ali

https://kakistocracyblog.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/the-greatest/

July  

The Summer of Happenings

https://atlanticcenturion.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/trump-the-redeemer-trump-the-destroyer/

http://blog.jim.com/war/now-four-sovereign-nations/

http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/07/17/twilight-secularist-deep-state-turkey/

https://28sherman.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-note-on-trumps-nomination.html

Death – Pere Jacques Hamel

https://citadelfoundations.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-french-republic-is-finished.html

August

Hillary’s alt-right speech (PEPE!)

https://kakistocracyblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/politics-beyond-the-pale/

The Summer Olympics and the downfall of the Brazilian gov’t

https://alfanl.com/2016/08/12/thoughts-on-the-rio-olympics/

September

St. Teresa of Calcutta

October

Weird Story of the Year – Inside/Broad – The Podesta E-mails and the beginnings of PizzaGate, Spirit Cooking

http://blog.jim.com/culture/demon-worship/

Weird Story of the Year – The President of South Korea is a real life conspiracy theory

Broad – The Cubs win the world series, and the American thread of baseball

https://28sherman.blogspot.se/2016/11/a-note-on-magical-world-series.html

Death – Jack Chick

November

The fingers seen round the world

Heilgate

https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/richard-spencer-and-his-glib-heil/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uQ4wytISGQ

Broad – (Besides election) Fake News and the Ministries of Truth, Russian hysteria

http://blog.jim.com/politics/trumpslide/

http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/11/11/hail-trump-lets-keep-heads/

December

Death – John Glenn

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Anthony DeMarco, like Garibaldi, has returned from self-imposed exile for episode #4 of Solo Climb. Continuing his exploration of ethno-nationalism, he outlines cases both supporting and opposing it. He then looks at the difference in the European and American conceptions of Whiteness.

We at Ascending the Tower would like to offer our gratitude to the generous listeners who pledged donations to the Fisher House Foundation: Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Theodore S. Weaver, William Middleton, Walrus Aurelius, and Fred Hannon. The Fisher House Foundation runs a nationwide network of homes where military and veterans’ families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving medical treatment. If you are interested in donating, please visit www.fisherhouse.org.

Notes:
5:01 Arguments For and Against Ethno-Nationalism
17:45 Congress of Vienna Set Up 20th C. Euro-Nationalist Game Board
26:38 The competition of European cultures for American dominance
35:17 The Thedish European vs. the Euro-Mutt American
41:25 Whither White Nationalism?

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Metal Jig” by Fenrir (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/348646/metal-jig?language=en

Closing Music – “Magnificent” by Alumo
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1284461/magnificent?language=en

Risorgimento and German Unification, in brief
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/1871/section3.rhtml
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/1871/section4.rhtml

Colin Woodward on American Nations and the 2016 Election
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/06/the-american-nations-in-the-2016-presidential-election/

The Unpersoning of PewDiePie
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/13/pewdiepie-youtube-star-disney-antisemitic-videos

The post Ascending The Tower – Solo Climb 4 – Are Whites a Nation? appeared first on Social Matter.

This week, Anthony pulls in religious traditionalism and begins looking at conflict points in relation to ethno-nationalism. He sets the stage for the next several weeks with a survey episode of the current situation within Restoration.

Solo Climb #5 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, and Walrus Aurelius. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
4:15 The tension between trad religion and ethno-thedishness
6:58 Different European strains of trad religion
14:42 Historical perspectives on ethno-religious European conflict
23:27 Sources of restorationist conflict between ethno and religion
37:24 How do we resolve these conflicts in order to help the Project

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “From Sky to Abyss” (excerpt) – Quantum Ocean
https://www.jamendo.com/album/153263/quantum-ocean

Closing Music – “Instrumentel” – d-alternative
https://www.jamendo.com/track/104694/instrumentel

Christian Conversions by the Sword in Northern Europe
http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-63/conversion-of-vikings-christian-history-interview.html

La Wik on the Filioque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filioque

Time’s “American Malvern” rescued by Nick B. Steves
https://nickbsteves.wordpress.com/foundational-readings/american-malvern/

The European Ecumenical Assembly: Christian neoliberalism
https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/third-european-ecumenical-assembly

The post Ascending The Tower – Solo Climb 5 – Ethnic vs. Religious Loyalties appeared first on Social Matter.

Returned from their summer break, Anthony DeMarco, Nick B. Steves, and E. Antony Gray welcome Social Matter writer Michael Perilloux to discuss his work in Theoretical Restoration, then the group fields some hard-hitting questions from the peanut gallery.

Notes:
0:04:46 Introducing Michael Perilloux
0:14:55 Timeframe for a restoration space-faring civilization
0:25:05 Motivations for technological innovations matter
0:38:32 The American Empire or the Massachusetts Empire
0:59:43 Michael’s Thousand Statesman Strategy
1:13:34 Imperial Mindset and the missing warrior caste
1:29:00 Q1: Is Imperial Restoration terminally hubristic? – @Egon_Maistre
1:56:21 Q2: Should we restore the Papal States? – @PoliticalTragik
2:06:11 Q3: Has Charlottesville finally proven that right-wing activism can’t work? – @WalrusAurelius

Related Show Links:

Michael Perilloux’s Restoration Theory articles
http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/01/23/crash-course-reactionary-geopolitics/
http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/04/17/strategy-thousand-statesmen/
http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/07/20/imperial-mindset/

“August 21, 2017,” Painting by Pat Rawlings
https://i.imgur.com/lp7q99f.jpg

Teddy Roosevelt on Hyphenated-Americans
http://unhyphenatedamerica.org/2014/05/05/teddy-roosevelt-unhyphenated-america-speech/

The Symbolic Nature of the Eclipse
http://westernidentity.info/the-symbolic-nature-of-the-eclipse/

Mandatory Moldbug reading
https://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2007/05/bdh-ov-conflict_07.html
https://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2012/01/kiss-stalin-was-feeling-extremely-gay.html
https://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2013/09/technology-communism-and-brown-scare.html

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Back from his extended hiatus, Anthony returns to the conflict between religious traditionalism and ethno-thedism. In episode 6, he turns specifically to Catholicism and its complicated history in relation to ethnic nations. This episode should be considered a prelude to Ascending the Tower XVIII.

Notes:
4:11 Stating premises on Catholicism and ethnic thedishness
13:44 “Love thy neighbor” and the principle of subsidiarity
23:56 Pagan national traditions tolerated historically by the Church
30:23 The national nature of European Catholic churches
37:36 Tensions between religious trads and tech-comms
42:33 Italy’s special relationship with the Church

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Metal Jig” by Fenrir (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/348646/metal-jig?language=en

Closing Music – “Cooley’s Reel” by vvsmusic
https://www.jamendo.com/track/894470/cooley-s-reel

The comment threat that inspired this episode:
http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/04/01/ascending-the-tower-solo-climb-5-ethnic-vs-religious-loyalties/#comment-46538

Galatians 3, “Neither Greek nor Jew” in context
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+3&version=NIV

La Wik on Subsidiarity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity_(Catholicism)

History of the maypole
http://www.darkdorset.co.uk/the_maypole

The cornicello and the Virgin Mary
http://www.luckymojo.com/corno.html

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Returning to the Ascending the Tower sequence, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony discuss American Orthodoxy and Catholicism with guests Nathan Duffy and Michael Pascal. In Part 1, the panel examines the premises Anthony laid out in Solo Climb #6 regarding Catholicism and American whites.

Notes:
2:55 Introducing Michael Pascal and Nathan Duffy
7:32 Conversion stories from the panel
16:41 Examining the Premises from Solo Climb #6
21:09 P0 – One can stand up for a white nation in America and still be an authentic Catholic
30:35 P1 – The Lord divided them unto the nations, nations are scripturally ordained”
43:25 P2 – American White is a nation
P3 – No church should be hostile to its host nation
P4 – Catholic Church includes Greco-Roman, Hebraic, and Pagan influences
50:32 P5 – Christ was savior of all nations but also was of the tribe of Judah
56:38 P6 – “Neither Jew nor Greek” does not negate ethnicity
1:01:59 P7 – “Love thy neighbor” privileges one’s family and nation
1:09:21 P8 – Church tolerated/absorbed local/national rituals and customs

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “Vial (Reprise) – The Cassini Projekt (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1318055/vial-reprise

Closing Music: “Fiore d’Inchiostro” – Mattia Vlad Morleo
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1305561/fiore-d-inchiostro

Nathan Duffy
@TheIllegit

Michael Pascal
@MichaelPascal21

Nathan Duffy at Thermidor
http://thermidormag.com/author/nathan/

The Richard John Neuhaus archive at First Things
https://www.firstthings.com/author/richard-john-neuhaus

The Faith and Heritage Blog’s FAQ
http://faithandheritage.com/faq/

St. Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev
https://oca.org/saints/lives/2010/10/21/108926-st-hilarion-metropolitan-of-kiev

Jim on the Canaanites and Moloch
https://blog.jim.com/culture/memes-and-reproduction/

The post Ascending The Tower – Episode XVIII, Part 1 – “St. Augustine Is Whiter Than I Am” appeared first on Social Matter.

In part 2 of their talk with Nathan Duffy and Michael Pascal, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony delve into the structures of Orthodox churches, then begin to build up an Americanite Catholicism using that framework. They wrap up with the first Out of Left Field Question since 2016!

*Apologies for the audio issues with this episode, Anthony is still working out some kinks recording on his new PC. Nick apologizes specifically for his chair and pen.

Notes:

2:55 Matthew Heimbach and the heresy of phyletism
12:27 How do national Orthodox churches work?
19:56 Does a “Western” Orthodoxy even make sense?
35:09 Imagining an Americanite Catholic “tradition”
50:32 Aspect of Americanite Catholicism – Blessed Virgin Mary as our Patroness
1:16:38 Out of Left Field – The Convert’s Dilemma
1:45:08 Final Thoughts from the panel

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “Vial (Reprise) – The Cassini Projekt (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1318055/vial-reprise

Closing Music: “Fiore d’Inchiostro” – Mattia Vlad Morleo
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1305561/fiore-d-inchiostro

Nathan Duffy
@TheIllegit

Michael Pascal
@MichaelPascal21

Nathan Duffy at Thermidor
http://thermidormag.com/author/nathan/

Background on Phyletism and the Bulgarians of Constantinople
http://ocl.org/the-1872-council-of-constantinople-and-phyletism/

Autocephaly
https://orthodoxwiki.org/Autocephaly

Entrance of the Theotokos to the Temple
https://oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-church-year/entrance-of-the-theotokos-to-the-temple

The Council of Florence, from both perspectives
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06111a.htm
http://orthodoxyinfo.org/CouncilOfFlorence.htm

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In Solo Climb #7, Anthony goes into more detail regarding a thought from guest Michael Pascal in Ascending XVIII: LARP it till you make it.

Notes:
0:05:37 Pro Wresting as the ultimate LARP
0:17:42 LARPing isn’t “fake”: the Cult of authenticity
0:27:27 Breaking down The Nazi LARPer meme
0:37:16 LARPing doesn’t mean you aren’t building
0:47:39 Closing advice – all new identities start as a LARP

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Metal Jig” by Fenrir (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/348646/metal-jig?language=en

Closing Music – “Cooley’s Reel” by vvsmusic
https://www.jamendo.com/track/894470/cooley-s-reel

La Wik on The Ultimate Warrior
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ultimate_Warrior

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Anthony takes some time during Thanksgiving to reflect on his past and our present, and the ever-present need for gratitude in our lives. He explores some of his own struggles, and looks for ways to be thankful even when the world around us look bleak.

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Anthony would also like to express his thanks to E. Antony Gray for providing the show with a new permanent closing theme.

Notes:
4:37 Finding gratitude in the wake of tragedy
14:24 Cultivating graditude in the time of blackpills
27:30 For what should we all be grateful?
36:21 My own bestowals of thanks

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Metal Jig” by Fenrir (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/348646/metal-jig?language=en

The Lapsed Fan Podcast on Twitter
https://twitter.com/TheLapsedFan

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It’s that time of year again! We’re on to 2018, but not before we put our own brand of commentary punctionation on the CURRENT YEAR that was. Anthony, NBS, and Antony, are joined by James A. Donald, Alistair Hermann, Gerald Mann, and Harold Lee for the first half of the year, from President Trump’s inauguration to the GOP congressional assassination attempt.

The Descending the Tower 2017 Year in Review is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, and Gauss. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, email survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
6:38 2017 Predictions Review
14:36 January – The Inauguration, the Travel Ban
46:29 February – The Atlantic on NRx, Milo resigns from Breitbart
1:23:56 March – The Wikileaks CIA Doc Dump, Sessions’ Russian recusal
1:47:19 April – Trump Tower wiretap, the Syrian Air Strike
2:00:31 May – Macron Wins, Comey Fired, Covfefe
2:15:40 June – Attack on GOP Congressmen

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Stainless Steel” by Guy Berrier (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1304666/stainless-steel

Chicago Tribune Prog Year in Review
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/yearinreview/ct-year-in-review-top-stories-2017-pg-photogallery.html

The Atlantic tries to understand NRx
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/behind-the-internets-dark-anti-democracy-movement/516243/

CIA Mouthpiece on Wikileaks
http://www.newsweek.com/wikileaks-cia-dump-erosion-democracy-assange-566643

David Hines on Hardcore Activism
https://jacobitemag.com/2017/08/18/putting-hardcore-politics-to-work-for-you/

Hulk Hogan’s Python Powder
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5yzoyo

Guests:
Harold Lee – http://thefutureprimaeval.net/author/harold/
Gerald Mann – https://cityofgarbage.wordpress.com/
Alistair Hermann – https://sydneytrads.com/tag/alistair-hermann/
James A. Donald – https://blog.jim.com/

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The Year in Review is only half over! Anthony, Nick, and Antony are joined by James A. Donald, Alistair Hermann, Michael Perilloux, and Harold Lee for 2017’s latter half, from the President pummeling poor CNN (in gif form) to Bitcoin-mania.

The Descending the Tower 2017 Year in Review is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, and Gauss. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, email survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
0:50 July – The Trump-CNN tweet, military ban on transsexuals
39:20 August – James Damore’s firing, the Unite the Right debacle
1:03:03 September/October – Vegas mass shooting, Catalonian secession, Tom Petty and the Boy Scouts are kill
1:20:58 November – #MeToo, Mugabe resigns, It’s Okay To Be White
1:39:16 December – Net Neutrality ends, Kate Steinle’s murderer goes free, Bitcoin HODLing
1:54:42 2018 Predictions

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Stainless Steel” by Guy Berrier (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1304666/stainless-steel

Chicago Tribune Prog Year in Review
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/yearinreview/ct-year-in-review-top-stories-
2017-pg-photogallery.html

CNN, whatcha gonna do when Donald Trump runs wild on you?
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/881503147168071680?lang=en

La Wik’s interminable and dishonest article on Unite the Right
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally

Heather MacDonald on the murder of Kate Steinle
https://www.city-journal.org/html/san-francisco%E2%80%99s-shame-15590.html

California’s flammable forests
http://wildfiretoday.com/2014/03/03/eucalyptus-and-fire/

More info on the Long Depression
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/history/americas-economic-history/the-long-depression-the-first-great-depression/

Guests:
Harold Lee – http://thefutureprimaeval.net/author/harold/
Michael Perilloux – http://www.socialmatter.net/author/michaelperilloux/
Alistair Hermann – https://sydneytrads.com/tag/alistair-hermann/
James A. Donald – https://blog.jim.com/

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Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony welcome back Michael Perilloux and invite P.T. Carlo from Thermidor Magazine to talk about the modern problem of “chronic kinglessness”, as well as the spiritual and logistical roles of Christ the King. The panel also takes some time to hash out a few public disagreements.

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Notes:
5:16 Introducing PT Carlo
21:01 The relationship between power and corruption
51:32 What over-arching power can define smaller domains of power?
1:11:50 Charlemagne’s crowning as Christian emperor of Europe
1:22:41 Protestant reformation as a political project
1:33:53 How do you go from kinglessness to restoration in modern society?
1:48:22 Chronic Kinglessness and the collapse of the British Empire
2:20:42 Wrap-up Q: – Can we understand God now that we have rejected hierarchies?

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Chant – Sedébit Dóminus Rex in aetérnum, Communion, Christ the King (excerpt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzq0g0TdZsc

P.T. Carlo (@PTCarlo)
http://thermidormag.com/author/p-t-carlo/

Michael Perilloux
http://www.socialmatter.net/author/michael-perilloux/

Poland declares Christ their King
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/polish-bishops-and-president-duda-declare-christ-king-poland

Thomas Carlyle and Friends on chronic kinglessness
https://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2013/02/charles-stross-discovers-cathedral.html
https://henrydampier.wordpress.com/2014/11/22/excerpts-from-carlyles-latter-day-pamphlets/
http://freenortherner.com/2016/10/14/chronic-kinglessness/

The Liberation Theology heresy
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/07/the-errors-of-liberation-theology

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Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and represents the latest project of the Hestia Society. Please leave feedback in the comments, and if you’d like to get in touch with Surviving Babel, you can find him at: survivingbabel@gmail.com

Stay tuned for future episodes.

Notes:
0:00 Introduction
1:10 Rolling Stone coverage of the UVA rape case
16:30 The reach of the media
18:30 #Shirtstorm and casual misogyny
27:00 The biggest problem with the Right

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This week on the podcast, we’re joined by John Glanton, a weekly columnist here at Social Matter for a discussion on the encroachment of critical theory in academia and the difference between abstract political theorizing and theorizing which takes concrete states of affairs and thedes as a given and proceeds from that starting point.

Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and represents the latest project of the Hestia Society. Please leave feedback in the comments, and if you’d like to get in touch with Surviving Babel, you can find him at: survivingbabel@gmail.com

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Music:
Opening Song – https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/415502/ticklish-jester

Closing Song – https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/360551/antonio-vivaldi-four-seasons-excerpt-4

Sponsorship: 

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This week, we’re joined by AntiDem for a discussion on modernity for part 1 of Episode II of Ascending the Tower.

Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and represents the latest project of the Hestia Society. Please leave feedback in the comments, and if you’d like to get in touch with Surviving Babel, you can find him at: survivingbabel@gmail.com

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Song –  https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/988193/classical-majestic-symphonic-choirs-theme-soundtrack-017

Closing Song – : https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/558286/deepecho

Sponsorship: 

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