Counterflow with Buck Johnson

(Part 2 of 2) My guest Shayne Swenson and I had so much to talk about here that I have made it a two-part episode. Shayne is an Orthodox Christian iconographer. He has devoted his life to serving Christ and His Church through the labor of painting iconography. In this two-part episode, we dive deep into Shayne's story, his job as a tattooer and how that's viewed in the Church. We also get into iconography and all of the nuance surrounding that issue/topic. For more information on Shayne and his great work, go here: Donate to the show here: Visit my...

My guest Shayne Swenson and I had so much to talk about here that I have made it a two-part episode. Shayne is an Orthodox Christian iconographer. He has devoted his life to serving Christ and His Church through the labor of painting iconography. In this two-part episode, we dive deep into Shayne's story, his job as a tattooer and how that's viewed in the Church. We also get into iconography and all of the nuance surrounding that issue/topic. For more information on Shayne and his great work, go here: Donate to the show here: Visit my website:  Audio P...

My guest today is Sister Anastasia. We cover some of the themes in her book, "You Are Mine" as well as some of the things she writes about on her Substack: . The wild journey Sister Anastasia took to becoming a nun revealed much about addiction and inner purification to her. In this discussion, Sister Anastasia answers some common yet hard questions about spirituality, addiction, even Yoga and head covering in Church. Here are some links to find out more from Sister Anastasia and her works and monastery: The Monastery of St Macarius the Great of Egypt:   Apocalypse by Sister Anastasia:   No...

My guest this week is the man behind the Study of Stuff Podcast and SOS Radio: Mano Elia. Mano was born into Orthodox Christianity and as a teen, drifted into occult, New Age, and Hermeticism. We discuss what he learned throughout that journey and what pulled him back towards Christ and the Orthodox Church. It's a sort of Prodigal Son story with some interesting twists and turns. For more of Mano's work, go here:   Donate to the St Theodosius fire damage fund here:   Donate to the show here:  Visit my website:  Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review and...

My guests this week are both friends of the show and wonderful podcasters in their own right. They are Jason Mironchuk from the 2Bit podcast and Matthew Erickson from the Kingpilled podcast. They are here to dive into the current spiritual shift we are living through and the emerging counter-elite that is about to take over once this current regime crumbles. Jason breaks down the transition from the devouring mother into the age of the vengeful son and how to fight the appealing revenge feeling many of us will have. Matt breaks down the PayPal mafia, who's behind the emerging...

My guest this week is one of my favorite men to have on the show: Father John Whiteford. Fr. John is Archpriest and pastor at St. Jonah Orthodox Church in Spring, Texas. Fr. John was a representative of the ROCOR Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America at the signing of the Act of Canonical Communion between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, in Moscow, on May 17, 2007. He is currently the general editor of the St. Innocent Liturgical Calendar. He is also the dean of the southern deanery (Texas and Louisiana) of the Diocese of Chicago and...

Today, Orthodox Christian and journalist Jon Gabriel is with us. With the recent disaster of the new Libertarian Party presidential candidate causing many to leave the party, Jon and I discuss the philosophy of libertarianism and relate it to not only societal reality but the Orthodox Christian worldview. What good does it offer? Are parts of it irreconcilable with Christianity? Jon and I are both ex-libertarians and now Orthodox Christians. We discuss our journeys and where we see libertarianism and politics broadly now as Orthodox Christians. For Jon's article, go here:   Donate to the St Theodosius fire damage fund here:   Don...

This week, we are once again joined by The Prudentialist here on Counterflow. He is an Orthodox Christian, writer, YouTuber, and fisherman. We are talking about something that he has coined, "the great divorce from history". From our guest: A divorce from history, a consequence of the orgiastic high that has come from Liberalism's alleged victories from the Cold War and the Second World War has left many smugly championing the cultural and economic victories while quietly ignoring the visceral transformations of their homes. To say that the past was evil, or that each step leftward was a step towards...

This is Part 2 of my conversation with Clark Carlton using his book "The Faith" as a guide for our discussion on the many nuances and aspects of the Orthodox Christian Faith. There are a ton of misconceptions and misunderstandings about Christianity in general but even more so with Orthodox Christianity. I want these two episodes to be almost like a catechetical guide into Orthodoxy. We get into apostolic succession, spiritual depth, repentance, pride, humility, Catholicism, Protestantism, and so much more. For more info on the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship, please go here: Visit my website: Donate to the show here:  Audio P...

This interview was so big that we are making it into two parts. My guest is Clark Carlton, and we are using his book "The Faith" as a guide for our discussion on the many nuances and aspects of the Orthodox Christian Faith. There are a ton of misconceptions and misunderstandings about Christianity in general but even more so with Orthodox Christianity. I want these two episodes to be almost like a catechetical guide into Orthodoxy. We get into apostolic succession, spiritual depth, repentance, pride, humility, Catholicism, Protestantism, and so much more. For more info on the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship...