Patrick Chenel fills in for Etta Volk with guest Joe from Florida.
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In this guest-hosted edition of Critical Review, Patrick Chenal sat down with Joe from Florida for a wide-ranging and deeply contentious conversation that moved from religion and media power to revisionist takes on history and present-day geopolitics. We reflected on my previous interview with Mary Phagan Kean, discussed the legacy of the Leo Frank case and the Anti-Defamation League, and touched on the work of writers and commentators such as E. Michael Jones and James Perloff. Along the way, we also spoke about Mother Teresa’s feast day, the role of Catholic belief in public life, and Pope Leo XIV’s recent AI encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas.
In the second half, Joe and Patrick turned to contemporary politics, including Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens, Turning Point USA, and the broader fractures inside the American right over foreign policy and the Middle East. The conversation tied those topics back to bigger themes that regularly surface on this program: censorship, influence, debt, war, media narratives, and whether younger generations are starting to challenge long-standing political assumptions. Whatever listeners make of the claims and conclusions raised, this episode was an unfiltered look at the convictions, anxieties, and worldview driving one corner of dissident talk radio.
Sources:
•Republic Broadcasting Network: Republic Broadcasting Network
•Critical Review (program home via RBN hosts/schedule): https://republicbroadcasting.org/hosts-schedule/
•Mary Phagan Kean Legacy Project:
https://www.maryphagan.com/
•Anti-Defamation League:
https://www.adl.org/
•E. Michael Jones / Culture Wars:
Culture Wars by E. Michael Jones
•Fidelity Press:
Fidelity Press by E. Michael Jones
•The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit (Fidelity Press): The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit (2nd Edition) — Fidelity Press — Fidelity Press by E. Michael Jones
•James Perloff:
https://jamesperloff.net/
•Truth Is a Lonely Warrior (James Perloff):
https://jamesperloff.net/
•Monica Perez Show:
https://monicaperezshow.com/
•Candace Owens:
https://candaceowens.com/
•Charlie Kirk:
https://www.charliekirk.com/
•Turning Point USA:
https://tpusa.com/
•David Duke:
https://davidduke.com/
•Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Vatican biography): https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20031019_madre-teresa_en.html
•Magnifica Humanitas (Pope Leo XIV encyclical): https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.pdf
•Federal Reserve Act Signed into Law (Federal Reserve History): Federal Reserve Act Signed into Law
•The Birth of a Nation (Library of Congress): https://www.loc.gov/item/95522190/
•Hidden Government (Google Books record): https://books.google.com/books/about/Hidden_Government.html?id=gTIoDwAAQBAJ
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