Novelist and essayist James Howard Kunstler (The Long Emergency, the World Made by Hand series) joins Doug Casey and Matt Smith. Kunstler expects prosecutions after the midterms, starting with John Brennan's grand jury appearance. He also says the US military won't let radicals take the levers of power, and that the country has slid from high trust to no trust. Doug and Kunstler clash over the Iran war. Also: Europe tottering, why US shale is more fragile than it looks, what Kunstler got wrong in The Long Emergency, Israel and Gaza, Ukraine and NATO, and the deep state.

00:00 Welcome James Howard Kunstler

01:08 Will Anyone Face Justice?

07:11 Brennan Before A Grand Jury

13:39 Bondi, Bongino, And Silence

18:42 Will The Military Step In?

22:35 Two Flavors Of Authoritarianism

26:14 Civil War And A Trump Bet

28:54 Europe Is Tottering

31:10 Iran, Oil, And Shale

37:31 Doug Pushes Back On Iran

41:43 Islam And Europe's Future

45:39 Invasion, Hochul, And New York

49:55 Where Are The Men Of Quality?

51:41 Trump The Paradox

55:44 Markets, Bonds, And The Carry Trade

1:01:11 Kunstler On Gold

1:02:58 The Long Emergency, 20 Years On

1:05:15 From High Trust To No Trust

1:07:59 Half The Country Is Insane

1:12:13 A Steak Of Justice

1:15:13 Is Trump An Authoritarian?

1:18:37 Israel, Gaza, And Tucker

1:24:39 The Iran Blockade

1:26:08 Ukraine And Leaving NATO

1:28:11 Brennan And The Deep State

1:31:54 Wrap Up