Boreas Podcast

Send us a text Wilhelm Reich, the pupil of Sigmund Freud and the founding father of sexual liberation, argued that sexual repression produces fascism. So why were the top ranks of the Nazi party crawling with homosexuals? In this episode, I refer to E. Michael Jones' book Libido Dominandi and René Girard's mimetic theory to show that Reich had it exactly backwards—it's not sexual repression that produces fascism and perversion, but sexual liberation. We cover Ernst Röhm's creative legal defense, Magnus Hirschfeld's blackmail files, why the Nazis burned evidence of their own degeneracy, and how the same link between homosexuality and fascism is alive and well in the dissident right today. Support the show

Send us a text What if modernity's original sin isn't colonialism or slavery, but something earlier and deeper—the looting of the Catholic Church? In this episode, I explore E. Michael Jones's claim that the Dissolution of Monasteries was a "looting operation" that financed the birth of capitalism, and I read it through René Girard's theory of the founding sacrifice: the idea that civilizations are built on blood they can't acknowledge. From Cain's murder of Abel to Romulus killing Remus to Brutus stabbing Caesar, the pattern repeats—and I argue that the Protestant destruction of Medieval Christendom fits the template exactly. The result is modern man: triumphant, progressive, moralizing, and haunted by a guilt he cannot name or confess. Nietzsche saw it: "God is dead, and we have killed him. Who will wipe this blood off us?" Support the show

Send us a text Dr. E. Michael Jones discusses how usury transforms economy and culture: conflict of usury and labor, the historical transition from feudalism to capitalism, sexual liberation and usury, and the psychology of usury. We discuss the denial of limit in the sexual and economic realms. Transition from feudalism to capitalism in the British Isles: dissolution of monasteries and the capitalist science and ideology that followed in the wake. The impact of usury today on inflation and education. And more. Support the show

Send us a text Marx promised workers had nothing to lose but their chains. But what if the real chains aren't economic—they're mimetic? In this final installment of The Anti-Manifesto, I lay out what revolution could never accomplish: a genuine escape from the tyranny of capital. Not by seizing the means of production, but by understanding that capital itself is generated by our converging desires—and that walking away is the one move the system can't counter. From the Ten Commandments read in reverse to the sadomasochistic logic of usury, from stumbling blocks that ensnare the innocent to the ascetic wisdom that breaks the spell, this is the counter-prescription to every manifesto ever written. You have nothing to lose but your idols. The final, fifth part of a five-part series. Support the show

Send us a text Dr. E Michael Jones returns to Boreas Podcast to recount his personal history investigating and writing on the Medjugorje apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a history summarized in his 1998 book "The Medjugorje Deception: Queen of Peace, Ethnic Cleansing, and Ruined Lives." Dr. Jones communicated with highest-level representatives of US goverment and the Catholic Church during his investigative work. Our discussion touches on the suspect spirituality of the phenomena and morality of the individuals involved in promoting them to thousands of pilgrims over the decades, and on their connection to regional, global, and church politics and controversies. Support the show

Send us a text Marx titled his magnum opus Das Kapital, yet he completely botched what capital actually is. Here's the real definition: capital is the power to influence the behavior of others—and it's generated not by factories or machinery but by converging desires. The moment two people want the same fish, that fish becomes capital. If Elon Musk survives nuclear apocalypse alone in a bunker with mountains of gold and machines, his capital is exactly zero—because capital exists in relationships, not objects. This is why Marx, the ultimate "supply guy," couldn't see that the dainty lady shopping for dresses and the factory owner exploiting workers are caught in the same mimetic web. In this episode, I argue that capital has existed "since the monkeys," that both capitalists and communists worship the same materialist idol, and that the real escape isn't revolution or free markets—it's walking away from the fascination entirely. Part 4 in a 5-part series. Support the show

Send us a text Marx got feudalism wrong. Medieval knights weren't cunning exploiters hoarding the means of production—they were sacrificial figures whose privilege was justified by their willingness to die in battle. In this episode, I trace the strange transition from sacred warfare to sacred shopping, revealing how European aristocrats literally traded away their power for diamond buckles (Adam Smith's words, not mine). What emerges is a picture Marx couldn't see: capitalism and communism aren't opposites but rival cults worshipping the same materialist idol through different rituals. The real story isn't class struggle—it's Christianity slowly weaning Western civilization off the violent sacred of war toward the (somewhat) less bloody sacred of economic competition. And the communists? They responded to this progress by lunging backward into the most archaic form of resolution: mob formation, scapegoating, and blood sacrifice on an industrial scale. Part 3 of a 5-part series. Support the show

Send us a text In this conversation, Dr. E. Michael Jones and discuss themes from his book The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit, including the role of Christianity in shaping revolutionary movements. We explore points of the historical context of modern revolutionary rebellion. Dr. Jones contrasts righteous rebellion with sedition, critiques the impact of usury in modern society, and addresses the scapegoating of Jews. The discussion also touches on conspiracy theories, the end of the Third Republic (a concept Dr. Jones applies to the USA), and Hegel's philosophy, culminating in a reflection on faith and works in Christianity. Support the show

Send us a text Karl Marx wrote how the bourgoisie feishized commodities—but what if he was blind to his own deeper fetish? In this episode, I argue that Marx only went halfway: he scorned capitalist markets while remaining utterly entranced by the altar of production itself. His enchantment was of the archaic or violent-sacred kind, and so it lead to archaic mobilization, persecution, and aesthetics. Retry Support the show

Send us a text Communism was an archaic way of dealing with and worshipping materialism, a chief ideology of 19th century and modern times. In this episode, I look at the text of The Communist Manifesto, the famous originary pamphlet of communist revolutions, and explain why it contains the elements of a hypnotic spell. If communism is an archaic religion, texts like the Communist Manifesto are its ritual incantations. All rituals end in a sacrificial act. In this case, it's the immolation of the "bourgeoisie" and victory of the "proleteriat." Support the show

Send us a text Continuing on the previous episode with the review of Stephen C. Meyer's book Return of God Hypothesis. This one goes over the impossible odds of assembling proteins or DNA to either begin or evolve life. Then, it goes over the digital or symbolic nature of information that encodes life and explains why natural laws in their ontological essence cannot produce such information. We distinguish orderliness of the type produced by natural laws with that produced by functional design seen in written language, computer code, or DNA code. We explain why the inference of intelligent design is the obvious conclusion arising from strictest standards of logic. This inference was the norm for the great founders of modern science, so why is it no longer the norm with us? Support the show

Send us a text A reading of my essay with the same title that reviews Stephen C Meyer's book Return of God Hypothesis. I go over the arguments of the book that debunk the materialist narrative around the Big Bang, or the beginning of the universe: 1) what's called the Fine Tuning Problem, with the the mathematical and physical impossibilities it exposes, and 2) the metaphysical absurdities that arise from the inability of science to establish the "ground of being." 3) I touch on the counterargument known as the Anthropic Principle. The next episode will cover the materialist failure to account for the origin and diversity of life. Support the show

Send us a text Modernity with its humanism and secularism rose out of Christian culture but seems to be at odds with it. I explain this paradox in accordance with René Girard's anthropology: how the recession of the violent sacred wrought by Christianity over the centuries created the cultural space that distances itself from all sacred and thus becomes transferrable to the whole world, producing modernity and globalisation. Support the show

Send us a text "You cannot be a human without a transcendental vision. The here and now is not enough; there must be something wholly above it, not just something higher and better, but something absolute and eternal. This something is transcendence. It anchors human life in meaning and purpose." René Girard showed how Western literature over the centuries traces a descent of transcendence from heavenly and distant visions down closer to earth, where our idols become other people and we become miserable. No one can escape having a transcendental they worship, they can only choose to deny it. In this episode I trace this historical arch of the descent of idols, and how discuss how modern culture's earthly idols lead to misery and destruction. Support the show

Send us a text How and why I got into researching Amazonian spirituality. Modern interest in shamanism and the reality of shamanism among Amazonian tribes. Sorcery and witchcraft and recorded cases of scapegoating among the Amazonians. The imperative of conviviality and consequences of breaking it. Inner peace and its flip side: outer violence. Support the show

Send us a text Here finally is a true and powerful traditionalist response to both feminist accusations and the cheap bragging of low-IQ wife-beaters. Why and how are men "born to rule"? The answer is clear once we recover the once-obvious link between authority, violence, and sacrifice. The gory origins of authority in blood sacrifice, archaic, ancient, and modern. The biological expandability of male versus female bodies. Male competition and female competition (if such a thing even exists), and how it plays out in modern business environment. Patriarchy as a balancing and restraining force. The liberal blindness to the dark side of desire and competition, and what it means for our spiritual and civilisational future. Support the show

Send us a text Parks Gore and I discuss Terence McKenna's Stoned Ape Theory. McKenna argued that human evolution was driven by hominid consumption of psychedelic mushrooms. We explain his theory and argue against it in light of René Girard's work. Girard believed that in-group violence was the unprecedented problem whose solution through violent sacrificial ritual and religion provided the leap from animal to human. We then talk about psychedelics and spirituality, both in ancient or indigenous culture and in the New Age / psychonaut one, and how it clashes against Christianity. We touch on the great problem of human origin. Support the show

Send us a text Autism is a rare but real disorder, but the recent rise in claims of being "on the spectrum" is a massive fad, a mimetic contagion. The spectrum is glamourised by popular entertainment and embraced by celebrities. With reference to René Girard's work, I analyse why people might want to signal autism (rather than "mask" it). It has to do with many notions that hit a raw-nerve in our culture: narcissism, victimhood, innocence, ambition, mediocrity, genius. I also talk about gender aspect of the autism fad. Find out why claims of autism are a sad cheat code for the liberal culture. Support the show

Send us a text What is the link between comedy and tragedy? Why do both laughing and crying involve tears? How is comedy related to tickling? Why do we laugh more in modern times? These and many other questions answered in a philosophical discussion based on René Girard's essay on the topic, "Perilous Balance: A Comic Hypothesis." Support the show

Send us a text We start where we left off in Part 1: Dostoevsky the romantic wakes up and realizes he lives in the underground, filled with resentment, frustrated ambition, and tormenting idols. The underground man struggles to break free in the character of Raskolnikov from Crime and Punishment and the teacher in The Gambler. We then encounter formidable idols that attract and foment underground passions all around them: Prince Myshkin in The Idiot and Nikolai Stavrogin in The Possessed. Dostoevsky shows how such demons cannot lead anywhere but destruction. The author depicts the depths of rebellion as a human universal and as a particular of his place and age. Finally, in The Brothers Karamazov, the Devil has a mask-off moment and shows his face. But Christ also shows up. The demonic nature of the underground torment and fascination is fully revealed. Christ stands accused by the Grand Inquisitor, who wants to build a society without him. But only Christ can reveal the perdition of obsessing over idols, enemies, and sinful fathers, whom one inevitably ends up imitating, and the way out that obsession and into a whole, undivided humanity. Support the show