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BHoP#058 The Left – Devoted to Destruction

September 16, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and and Rev Fisk continue the series on collapse; this week discussing the fall of the Second Spanish Republic, examining its similarities to both Argentina and the US today, and use the history of the Spanish Civil War to talk about the nature and instability of the left: the power of resentment.

Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead –  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#057 Off Limits Thoughts and Where to Find Them

September 9, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk spend this second episode on the collapse of empires discussing post-World War I Germany and the Hitler’s rise to power in the wake of the economic devastation imposed on Germany by the victors, and the consequential necessity of creating limits on the thinking of the populace to secure his position. Dr Koontz sees some parallels with America today in the form of unchecked economic inflation, rapid social and moral change, as well as the saturation of media.

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead –  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

BHOP#056 Losing at Risk (Graveyard of Empires)

September 2, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk follow up Koontz’s Called to Defend presentation with discussions on the topic of living in a dying empire. They discuss the importance of gaining competence, and of not overestimating your government’s competence, in the frame of America’s failing military power as evidenced by its defeat at the hands of the Taliban.

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead –  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#042 The Casino of Image-N-Nation

May 27, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk continue talking about Brazil, discussing crime statistics, the necessity of strong men to protect your community and the inevitability of father figures, President Jair Bolsonaro and his campaign of “Brazil before all others, God above everyone”, the Left’s ahistirical framing of events and its mission to destroy anyone who can provide for themselves and for others.

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead –  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#040 Argentina-Built to Suit Needs

May 12, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about Argentina, a first world nation that fell into economic and social collapse over only a few years and the factors that lead up to it, and the book, “The Modern Survival Manual, Surviving the Economic Collapse” that details how to come out the other side of such events.

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead –  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#039 Ideologically Salvable Sectionally

May 6, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk discuss The Benedict Option and its downsides, the importance of children, how everything has been ideologically charged, the cultural and political lines drawn to make states, how state politics is not set up to handle the state’s own problems, and how exclusive focus on national politics isolates you from your own community.

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead –  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#038 Nothing Fatherly

April 30, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the origins and nature of vaccines, the U.S. government’s slow thinking leading to a narrow definition of health and its love of soft power, the lack of long term thinking in democratic systems, the differences between our government and late USSR government, and the case of Jacobson v Massachusetts concerning a mandatory Smallpox vaccination demonstrating that the Supreme Court will ultimately ‘side with the house’.

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead –  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#037 Opt Out to Opt In

April 22, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the philosophers, Freud and Jung whether or not their frameworks are useful, and answer listener questions about episode 34, discussing how to prepare yourself and your community to be more resilient and what to do if you feel alone in that effort, and how surviving as a community is more achievable than going solo if you lack great wealth.

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead –  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

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