My guest this week is the owner of the Samizdat Network as well as a writer for a major newspaper. We discuss the interesting path he's traveled when it comes to his politics, philosophical interests, and now his spiritual life. Griffin has written for many platforms my listeners will be familiar with, including Fee.org and Mises.org. After his journey through libertarianism, he took a deep dive into the UFO world. Now, how would THAT lead one into Orthodoxy? Well, it's written about within Orthodox books, and we get into exactly that! Follow Griffin here:  Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 247: Libertarianism, UFOs, and Orthodoxy, with Griffin Daughtry

My guests are the hosts of the podcast, "World War Now". They also have a Substack with the same name. They dive deep into what is truly happening between Russia and Ukraine and then beyond that regarding who represents which side, and really, what those "sides" represent. The Western media is not a reliable source for real information on these issues, but Conrad and Dmitriy are very good at giving you the relevant information as well as the ramifications of things to come. For more information on their great page and podcast, simply go here:  Sponsors: Lions of Liberty:  Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 246: Is This A World War Now? with Conrad Franz & Dmitriy Kalyagin

This week, Archpriest Father John Whiteford is on the show, and we discuss the themes in his four-part series, "The Birth of a New Religion". This series examines the threats of modern society that Father John sees creeping into Orthodox Christianity. These would be: Ecumenism, the LGBTQ ideology, pro-abortion sentiments, and renovationism. We discuss each of these and how/why they are a threat to Orthodoxy. We see the US State Dept. funding the NATO/Ukrainian push to eliminate Christ's True Church in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Not only to eliminate but to murder ordained priests and burn the Churches to the ground. Why are the globalist elites in the West determined to subvert Orthodox Christianity? Who is funding the forces in the US that are attempting to co-opt the Church? We get into all of this and more in this episode of the Counterflow Podcast. Father John Whiteford's blog:  His Patristic Faith page:  His parish:  Sponsors: Lions of Liberty:  Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 245: Against a New World Orthodoxy, with Father John Whiteford

One of my favorite guests is back with us this week. That would be Father Turbo Qualls. Fr. Turbo is an Orthodox Priest at St. Mary of Egypt Serbian Orthodox Church in Kansas City and part of the excellent "Royal Path" podcast. On this episode, Fr. Turbo and I discuss the spiritual warfare not only in the outside world, but within each of us. Sometimes, getting closer to the Light of Christ is a scary thing as the proverbial fat burns away. The demons play on our lust for comfort especially, and it can feel good in the moment to give into their call. We also dive into Fr. Turbo's punk rock days, and he details how being an "outsider" of sorts prepared him for Orthodoxy. Fr. Turbo drops a lot of wonderful wisdom in this episode, and I have no doubt that you will learn some things. Fr. Turbo's podcast with Cyprian and Andrew:  Fr. Turbo's parish website:  Sponsors: Lions of Liberty:  Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 244: The War Within Yourself, with Father Turbo Qualls

My guest on this week's episode is Father John Valadez. Fr. John is the current head man in charge at the Death to the World magazine and website. Death to the World seeks to inspire truth-seeking and soul-searching amidst the modern age of nihilism and despair, promoting the ancient principles of the last true rebellion: to be dead to this world and alive to the other world. We discuss the nature of punk rock and metal subcultures and the rebellion against the fake American Dream and modern society that they promise. But what solutions do punk and alternative counter-cultural movements offer? Many times, people within those groups find themselves in a dark, empty world of nihilism. Orthodoxy offers people a true counter-cultural rebellion against a fake, empty world, yet also offers a transcendent, spiritual, and mystical solution. For more about Death to the World, go here:  For their Patreon, go here:  Father John suggested this book in our discussion:  Sponsors: Lions of Liberty:  Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 243: A True Rebellion Against This World, with Father John Valadez

My guest to start us off in 2023 is Father John Peck, who puts on the tremendous weekly class called "Ecclesioclasm: The Church, The Virus, and the Vaccine". In this weekly class, he breaks down the constant barrage of propaganda that is thrown at us on an almost minute-by-minute basis. The globalists and the evil powers behind the push for one world government and religion are ultimately out to end the Orthodox Church, as they've said multiple times and as you're seeing play out in Ukraine right now. Why is this? What can be done about it? Is there optimism for 2023 and beyond? We discuss all of this and more in the episode of the Counterflow Podcast. Get more from Fr. John Peck here:  Get his classes here:  Get his books here:  Sponsors: Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 242: Orthodoxy vs. the New World Order, with Fr. John Peck

This week, Dr. Mark McDonald is back on the show, and as per usual, we aren't shying away from spicy topics. Mark has a wonderful Substack where I found two pieces recently that we dive into. "The Disappearance of the American Man" and "Why American Women Are Undatable". Broadly, men have become lazy, apathetic, unhealthy, and unwilling to go out and date. Why is this? Why are testosterone levels so low? Does it have anything to do with the feminization of the United States? How did what happened in 2020 impact this? Does the fact that many women are mentally unstable, narcissistic, angry, and undateable? When did this phenomenon happen? How is it all related? We get into ALL of this. Towards the end, we discuss the depression that many people feel in December and how that can be conquered. For more information on Dr Mark McDonald, go here:  For his great substack, go here:  Sponsors: The Marc Clair Show: ...on Rokfin:   ...on Apple Podcasts:   ...on YouTube:  FoxNSons Coffee (  ): Enter code BUCK25 at checkout for 25% off your order! Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 241: The Men Have Disappeared and the Women Are Undateable, with Dr. Mark McDonald

My guest on this episode is the host of the Marc Clair Show, none other than Marc Clair himself! Formerly of Lions of Liberty, Marc has launched his new show and wants to cover more than just politics. He wants to dive into matters of spirituality, conspiracy, entrepreneurship, and more. We discuss his journey into and then out of libertarian politics and what events have lead him down his current path. For more on Marc and his show, go to:  Sponsors: FoxNSons Coffee (  ): Enter code BUCK25 at checkout for 25% off your order! Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 240: Going Beyond the Political, with Marc Clair

My guest this week is Orthodox Priest and writer, Father John Downie. Fr. John wrote some very compelling pieces for the Brownstone Institute, where he discusses many of the problems with the Covid regime from an Orhtodox perspective. One hospital tried to deny Fr. John from taking Holy Communion to a dying patient -- he wouldn't allow them to block him. That is because he answers to something bigger than the fear of unknowing hospital staffers. Many people caved during 2020 and closed not only businesses but even some churches. Many were pro-jab despite knowing nothing about it. Who stood up to this evil? We discuss this and more. Find Fr. John's writings here:  Sponsors: The Marc Clair Show: ...on Rokfin:   ...on Apple Podcasts:   ...on YouTube:  FoxNSons Coffee (  ): Enter code BUCK25 at checkout for 25% off your order! Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 239: Rebelling Against the Covid Regime, with Father John Downie

My guest today is a man with experience in the fields of military intelligence, space operations, and military consulting, and he's writing a book on prepping from a Christian standpoint. Today we discuss what has happened the last few years, what prepping looks like to him, what we should be prepping for, the dangers of being a Christian in the future America, the dangers of being impacted by a nuclear bomb, and A LOT more. This one is packed full of knowledge and very helpful information. Sponsors: The Marc Clair Show: ...on Rokfin:   ...on Apple Podcasts:   ...on YouTube:  FoxNSons Coffee (  ): Enter code BUCK25 at checkout for 25% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 238: What Should We Be Preparing For? With Alex Braszko

My guest this week is Jonah Martin, a former ship captain in the Pacific NW, former libertarian, former secularist, and NOW Orthodox Christian, farmer in Iowa, and manager of St. Nicholas Press. His goal was to escape the nihilism of modernity. We all know what states like Washington were like over 2020 and 2021. Jonah says moving to a big farm in Iowa was like realizing none of that insanity even existed. How did his views on culture change? Did becoming Orthodox give him a different worldview than the one he had as a libertarian? What about his views on rights, liberty, and individualism--did those change? Can we have liberty without a moral society? These are the issues we dive into in this episode of the Counterflow Podcast. Here are the many links we discuss in this episode: Amazon smile for Holy Archangel Michael and All Angels Skete Monastery:  GoFundMe for helping monastery rebuild:  Monastery:  Road to Emmaus Journal:  St. Nicholas Press:  Jonah's farm, Holdfast Farmstead:  Holdfastfarmstead.com is under construction. Kendra Martin's business:  Sponsors: The Marc Clair Show: ...on Rokfin:   ...on Apple Podcasts:   ...on YouTube:  Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 237: Liberty without Morality is Hedonism, with Jonah Martin

My guest this week is Vin Armani, also known as Cyprian. We are discussing the theme in an article written by Emily Oster in the Atlantic. In the article, she pleads for amnesty on behalf of the Covid regime, for all of the evil they pushed onto society. Masks, jabs, lockdowns, firings, ostracization, a caste system, apartheid, death, and more were all from these people in the name of "safety". Should forgiveness even be considered for these people? If so, under what parameters should we consider granting them forgiveness? Do they deserve prison time? Death? Love? We discuss all of this, and it really is a nice lesson on repentance. We also get into what exactly is going on with this FTX scandal. Here's the article we discuss:  For Cyprian's podcast, go here:  Sponsors: FoxNSons Coffee (  ): Enter code BUCK25 at checkout for 25% off your order! Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 236: Does the Covid Cult Deserve Amnesty? with Vin Armani

My guest on this episode of Counterflow is Adam Patrick. Adam was the host of the now defunct "Y'er Talkin Over Me" podcast and is now launching "The Age of Information" podcast. His goal is to move the discussions past just "government bad, freedom good" and start to look at the larger battle taking place. In this chat, we discuss the way we view religion and spirituality in the Western world vs. how it was viewed in the East for thousands of years. The Western mindset often informs our thinking, but is it the way the Church Fathers looked at things? What is the difference? Was the Covid Cult of the last few years rooted in spirituality? We discuss all of this and more in this episode. For more about Adam's new show, go here:  Sponsors: FoxNSons Coffee (  ): Enter code BUCK25 at checkout for 25% off your order! Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 235: Western Materialism, Modernity, and the Age of Information, with Adam Patrick

My guest this week is author, reporter, lawyer, and filmmaker William Ramsey. He runs the great podcast "William Ramsey Investigates", where he's been doing a multipart series called "Bioweapon Blues", where he is reporting on the possibility of the COVID vaccine being a bioweapon. What are his points to back this up? Why does he think this? We do a good dive into this topic, and I think you'll find his analysis intriguing if not downright scary. For more from William Ramsey, go here:  Sponsors: FoxNSons Coffee:  Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 234: Is the Jab a Bioweapon? With William Ramsey

My guest this week is Father Zecharia Lynch, an Orthodox Christian Priest and a very good writer at the Inkless Pen blog, as well as outlets like Death to the World and Patristic Faith. We are discussing many of the themes in his article, "Sinister Psychosis and the Remembrance of God". 2020 and 2021 gave us a lot of evil, and our love of comfort and safety was used to impart much of the evil. Why is this happening to us now? Where are we in spiritual warfare, and how do the tactics of the Evil One work in our modern times? Fr Zecharia studies the writings of the Elites and views them through the lens of the Saints. His perspective on these matters is beautiful and refreshing, and I know you'll love this episode. Is he pessimistic about the future or not? Tune in for that and more! Get more from Fr Zecharia here:   ...and here:    Find the article we discuss here:  Sponsors: Expat Money Summit:  - Register for FREE! Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 233: Sinister Psychosis and the Remembrance of God, with Fr Zecharia Lynch

My guest this week is Jim Jatras. Jim is a former US Diplomat, lawyer, and senior foreign policy advisor to the US Senate GOP leadership. We discuss the reality of what is going on between Russia and Ukraine and what impact it could have on the rest of the world. Might we be on the brink of nuclear war? And for many decades, the impact on US policy that Israel has is very out of proportion. Why is this? There are a segment of people in the US who believe Israel is a Holy Land. There are some Christians who believe the current State of Israel is the same as the Israel of the Bible. Jim and I discuss this, and he gives us the correct Orthodox Christian view on Israel. Get more from Jim here:  ...and here:  ...and here:  Sponsors: FoxNSons Coffee:  Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 232: Russia, WW3, NATO, and Israel, with Jim Jatras

My guest this week is Texas Slim of the Beef Initiative. The Beef Initiative is a trade group focused on decentralizing and making our food supply more localized, redundant, and secure, as well as improving the quality of our food through pure animal protein and sound money, which is a critical input to achieving food security. We discuss the global food war, the transnational corporations that wish to disallow your access to animal protein, what their vision of YOUR food intake is, decentralized food sourcing, decentralized money, and how to win your future when it comes to food, protein, health and community. For more information on Texas Slim and the Beef Initiative, go here:  For Texas Slim's substack, go here:  Sponsor: Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 231: The Global Food War and the Beef Initiative, with Texas Slim

My guest this week is the main man at Gold, Goats, and Guns: none other than Tom Luongo. Tom has a very well thought out and unique analysis of the markets as they relate to current geopolitics. We often talk about one-world government and global elites. However, we can't lose sight of the fact that, even within the global elite groups, there are many competing factions. Tom sees the folks that control the Federal Reserve as being against those with the World Economic Forum. In this discussion, Tom lays out his analysis as to why he believes this and what it means for the future of Europe, Russia, and the US. Get more of Tom Luongo's work here:  Sponsors: FoxNSons Coffee:  Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 230: Will the Federal Reserve Take Down Klaus Schwab? with Tom Luongo

My guest this week is the host of the Arterburn Radio Transmission, Tony Arterburn. Tony and I discuss his military days and what he learned, as well as his recommendations for young people thinking about joining the military now. Tony also gets into the planned destruction of the United States, who is planning it, how it is being carried out, and more. Get more of Tony here:  Sponsor: Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

Ep. 229: The Planned Destruction of the United States, with Tony Arterburn

My guest this week is Rachel Wilson, author of the book, "Occult Feminism: The Secret History of Women's Liberation". Rachel and I discuss the themes in her book which tie the current feminist movement as well as the first wave of feminism to its occultist roots. We are so enveloped by feminist ideology that we don't even recognize it at this point. Young girls are raised in it, HR rooms are drenched in it, and even most middle-age women promote it in some way. By design, it's been a disaster for women and where things stand now. Why is this? Are all of the early feminist figures into the occult and Pagansim? Is there an underlying evil nature to all of it? What has it done to the family? We get into all of this and more on this episode of Counterflow. Get more from Rachel here:  Sponsors: FoxNSons Coffee:  Paloma Verde CBD (  ): Enter code BUCK at checkout for 20% off your order! Visit my website:  Donate to the show here:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media:  Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!

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