Off the Menu
Vincent Frankini
Show overview
Off the Menu has been publishing since 2019, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 272 episodes. That works out to roughly 390 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 9m and 1h 43m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Religion & Spirituality show.
There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 9 months ago. Published by Vincent Frankini.
From the publisher
Crazy, Classy, and Countercultural. This is a podcast with author and historian Charles Coulombe and his interlocutor Vincent Frankini who talk about a variety of topics on history, philosophy, and culture, offering opinions that you won't dare find in mainstream media.
Latest Episodes
View all 272 episodesTo the Grey Havens
0:00 Intro21:00 American Monarchy26:00 Bearing Wrongs Patiently32:00 Gratitude1:00:00 Migration Relations1:18:00 The 13th FloorSupport the show
Ep 360Eloi Rebellion
0:00 Intro6:00 European Politics19:00 Eloi Rebellion35:00 Happy Old People, Sad Young People59:00 Canon Law in Faery Land1:04:00 Miscellaneous StuffSupport the show
Ep 359Black Friday Sale at the Tower
0:00 Intro5:00 Western Movies31:00 ITI38:00 Tumblar House Ramping Down51:00 Casement's Irish Brigade54:00 Tsar Nicholas II58:30 Protestantism & French Revolution1:01:30 Rise of Monarchism1:07:00 Pope Leo & the Filioque1:10:00 Albion's Seed1:15:00 Pope Leo's Ice Blessing1:23:00 Irish Socialist1:26:00 Commentary on General Decline1:41:00 Three Musketeers1:42:30 40 Hours Devotion1:46:30 Luddites1:50:00 King Charles Coulombe of America2:05:00 Questions from AudienceSupport the show
Ep 358Punishing Stupidity
0:00 Intro1:00 Strong Opinions9:00 AI10:00 Socialists28:00 Charles's Travels31:50 Enoch Powell39:50 Lev Gumilev41:40 Carl Schmitt44:00 Live Audience Interaction55:00 Favorite Poems59:00 Sons of Liberty & Generals1:09:00 Lord of the Rings1:21:00 More Live AudienceSupport the show
Ep 357Charles's Birthday Bash
0:00 Intro3:00 Charlie Kirk & George Floyd20:00 Legacy Government44:00 Tea Tax and Smuggling51:00 United Monarchist Party of America55:00 Anglican Ordinariates1:00:00 St. John Henry Newman1:06:00 Anti-marriage Culture1:20:00 Reichsburger Movement1:25:30 Arthurian Films1:29:00 Fr. Isaac Hecker1:38:00 Catholic Faith & WWI1:50:00 Final ThoughtsSupport the show
Ep 356Questions About Chivalry (Livestream)
0:00 Intro8:30 No Kings24:00 Questions From Livestream35:00 St. Galgano37:00 Distraint of Knighthood43:00 Philippe de Mezieres35:00 Roman Identity59:00 Lay Spirituality of ChivalrySupport the show
Ep 355Livestream!
0:00 Intro15:00 Current News21:00 Jimmy Kimmel33:00 Left vs. Right40:00 Candidates of Polish Crown44:30 Arthurian Republicanism55:00 Us vs. Them MentalitySupport the show
Ep 354Time Slip
0:00 Intro3:00 Lovecraft & Drinking8:00 Announcement9:00 Charlie Kirk & Others24:00 UK Demonstrations41:00 Church's Role Fighting Nazism & Fascism44:00 The Black LegendSupport the show
Ep 353Just Wages
0:00 Intro2:00 What's New15:00 Vatican Secret Archives23:00 Just Wages35:00 Gerrymandering41:30: National Security Memorandum 200Support the show
Ep 352Young England Movement
0:00 Intro10:00 Power and Authority16:30 Local Holidays18:30 Lay Single State as a Vocation26:45 Young England Movement35:45 Digby's Influence on Tolkien40:30 Final WordsSupport the show
Ep 351Iran
0:00 Intro4:00 War with Iran?44:00 Obedience 1:07:00 Diaconate for Married ManSupport the show
Ep 350Chowmein Sandwich Controversy
0:00 Intro0:10 Chowmein Sandwich Scandal17:00 Calendar25:30 Trump & Elon Feud33:30 Papal States36:30 Pocket Shrines39:00 Mary in Provence43:00 Alternative Economic Systems57:30 Praying Leading to More PrayingSupport the show
Ep 349Power, Authority, & Decay
0:00 Intro5:00 Grok9:00 Bishop Martin17:00 Power, Authority, & Decay1:04:00 Favorite Pope Leos1:07:00 Beatification Hopefuls1:10:00 AugustiniansSupport the show
Ep 348My Cousin The Pope
0:00 Intro2:30 Memorial Day10:00 The Pope's 12th Cousin18:20 Cafe Wess 25:00 Best Dressed Gentleman40:00 James IV of Scotland44:30 General James Wilkinson52:00 Too Many Words1:08:00 Final WordsSupport the show
Ep 347The New Pope
0:00 Intro0:15 Happy & Befuddled3:45 Charles’s Travels13:30 Pope Talk17:01 Favorite Pope Francis Moments22:30 Franz Joseph & Rampolla27:12 Papal Names29:10 Pope Leo44:20 How Can We Be Gladder Trads54:45 Importance of Daily MassSupport the show
Ep 346Underrated Catholic Figures
0:00 Intro0:10 Obscure Charles11:30 Calendar30:00 Underrated Catholic FiguresSupport the show
Ep 345Post-Colonial Eco Literature
0:00 Intro2:00 Charles Reading & Angry4:00 Anti-Communism27:30 New Charles Coulombe Book!46:30 Is Monarchy a Viable System Today?53:00 Diversity & Monarchy1:00:00 Tradition Vs. ProgressSupport the show
Ep 344Tryhard
0:00 Intro0:10 Random Insane Banter (Oh ya!)14:00 Covid-19 & Catastrophes31:00 Favorite Architecture 51:00 The Commonwealth of Nations1:10:00 "Fundamentalist" Catholics1:14:00 Romance & the FaithSupport the show
Ep 343Greatest Catholic Novels
0:00 Intro0:10 St. Patrick's Day16:00 Judgment Free Zone18:40 Great Catholic Novels (LOTR Excluded)Support the show
Ep 342Trump's Presidency
E0:00 Intro0:10 Mars10:00 Star Trek20:00 Being Authentic33:00 Grading Trump1:13:00 Next Week: Greatest Catholic Novel1:15:00 Canadian Connection1:24:00 Flemish Traditions1:31:00 Enclosure MovementSupport the show