Sub Pop Cult with Michael McGruther

America is the promised land and you're wasting the greatest gift of all when you allow politics to break your relationships, inspire distrust and keep you from reaching your full potential in this life.

American Horseshoe is an original TV series in development from author/screenwriter Ernie Mannix. It is inspired by and based upon a true story. This episode gives you a peek into a world of underground casinos in posh NYC neighborhoods and the guy who ran them before opening the first casino in the fallen Soviet Union in 1991.

For the past 20 years conservatives have been sent to their cultural death in an un-winnable culture war battle for the heart and soul of the nation. Now is the time to learn from the past.

The unity of the American people is the one thing that prevents unity of government officials. The left has taken culture and the right has taken payments from the left. We citizens must un-divide and reclaim our power to define the American life from the ground up instead of the corporation down. This begins with eliminating Conservatism Inc. as the voice of conservatives. Ask yourself -- is your voice in the culture heard more now than it was 15 years ago?

Every morning you wake up and get to choose between two vibes -- the good and the bad. Connecting with the vibe that enables your success is always the best choice and also the right choice for conservatives without a voice in politics.

The fear for conservatives is that Kevin McCarthy will be elected speaker and work towards the Left's goals. This is not just a fear, it's a guarantee because policy comes from culture and the right has none but politics. The town square is digital now and you, the indie artist, are the 21st Century George Bailey. Realize your power and influence as the glue that keeps everyone going and do you part - create indie art or support indie art that edifies American values and remind people of the simple truths of our strength through unity against an unjust and corrupt system.

Merry Christmas from SubPopCult!

Dare to begin to retake the culture. We have every reason to be filled with optimism instead of dread.

The combination of Wide Awake and Dreaming is what defeats Woke and Demeaning. The truth is self evident. The System is corrupt. The right has no culture and therefore no power. We the People are all wide awake but are we all dreaming?

Israel and all of its political needs have been central to American politics all of my life. At some point the American people have to accept that Israel is an extremely powerful nation and despite the narrative telling us otherwise, can navigate geopolitics and hold its own without co-opting the right wing American political platform in every election.

The System Always Wins and cannot be defeated, only influenced by We the People when we take part in the great Restoration Americana Artist revolution. Visit subpopcult.com for more details coming soon.

Citizens connect to political power through culture. The right has no culture but politics and no connection to real political power for this reason. It will never change until we demand it from those asking us to stand with them. I will only stand with those who stand for culture and so should you.

Hollywood’s worst nightmare is when free Americans make the culture and rewrite the national narrative through folk art and storytelling. Meet Arin Crumley and hear a bit of his amazing journey into accidentally creating the first digital film that can be considered a masterpiece—The Four Eyed Monsters.

Time well spent is time spent on good things. Art and culture creation are abundant in opportunities for good things to occur but the pace of culture change as a result is slower than we expect and it matches the pace of show business, which is “hurry up and wait.” We’ll reach the goal of culture change by knowing this truth while plotting ahead with a purpose and accepting that the journey is long because the journey is your life.

Three narrative eras have shaped the modern American mind. The Great Communication, The Great Deception and The Great Projection that we’re living through today. Learn how to force the system’s hand by joining the Great Articulation. The New Reiteration has just begun.

Jason Lehr, founder of Creado Media and Studios comes on to discuss his big idea and also the pathetic lack of funding on the right for the arts. Politics really is downstream from culture but the big money on the right exclusively invests in politics. This has to change.

Our streets are not your streets. The American way of life is much simpler and more beautiful than the pictures we let the media paint about us and the way we live. The political narrative has changed from balkanized woke audience creation to one of global war that threatens all world peace. Against this backdrop of history in the making, we can serve the audience what is missing from the culture -- HOPE -- and in doing so we can begin to repair American unity.

Today’s special guest is Robert Kroese, a prolific indie author and the founder of BasedCon: a new science fiction and fantasy convention for indie voices and their fans. We talk about the life of the writer, the hard work it takes to pursue a thankless career path that is also vital to saving Americans from the corporate culture that eats liberty for lunch and always orders seconds. This episode is highly informative and packed with great insights.

The Two Libraries is an informative and thought-provoking episode with special guest actor/writer/director/producer Nick Searcy. After listening to our conversation there will be no doubt left in your mind that the only real way to regain political power is by having a loud voice in pop culture. We creators on the right have a steep uphill climb ahead, but there is a great joy in knowing that we get to spend that time making art as we rise together.

Do you dare to pursue your dreams? Indecision leads to inaction but if you're brave enough to jump right in you will find that meeting life half way will always put you on the right path. In this episode hear actor/writer/producer Michael Broderick tell the story about how he jumped right into life and how it led to an amazing journey into one of the most misunderstood industries known to man: show business.

A conversation about the film industry, the culture and the future of truly indie storytelling with actor/writer/director John Lacy. His new film ROSEBUD LANE is a must watch for any young filmmaker who desires autonomy in the craft and the stories they want to tell are set far from Hollywood and its negative influence.

The way the left connects with voters is through artists. The symbiotic relationship works masterfully without any competition but once American indie artists seize this power and redeploy it locally, the left will lose all influence over the national narrative which drives national politics.

Clowns aren’t the people who go through their daily life and reflect a cultural narrative they didn’t write — Clowns are the people who dance around juggling reactions to those people while preventing any remedy that doesn’t involve the circus selling tickets.

A healthy Republic depends on a healthy free Culture among the people. A healthy free culture depends on a long term plan to maintain American culture in the face of severe corporate/communist headwinds that aim to subvert human freedom. The system can also be subverted if we dare to think different and play with wisdom instead of for keeps.

There is nothing better for an author than when the characters on the page begin to write themselves -- unless the author is a corporate hack and controlling the characters is the prime objective. Your life is narrative and when you begin to write yourself is when you're free from the dark influence of the storytelling that controls it's characters to serve the world's biggest corporation -- The USA.

Culture has consequences that are ever present. Only culture can normalize and make acceptable the most absurd of human behaviors. Only culture can make Communism appear fun and Liberty a burden. Only culture. That’s why I focus on America’s most pressing issue: fabricated disunity imposed on Americans through destructive culture.

Are we living in a simulation? The answer is yes -- but the simulation is not what it seems and we still possess the power to deflect the sword of deception and break free from the simulation which is delivered by simulacrum.

This is the first episode of my summer “Folk Filmmaker” series where I interview truly indie filmmakers who have the power and the time to revive American independence in filmed entertainment. This movement is on the cusp of breaking the corporate filmmaking mold and my guest today is at the front of that train.

This is an important episode of SubPopCult because it marks the turning point in the culture when the distractions have run their course and the left is about to restart their 1960s narrative and use it to maintain the power to create the story of We The People but only as it serves to empower the state and it’s corrupt power players.

This episode marks the end of a year and half effort to study and understand the game of psychoanalytical political narrative and the monetized reaction industry on the right that prevents any gains in the culture for conservative Americans. SubPopCult will now transition to true community building starting with the summer Folk Filmmaker series of interviews with truly indie authentic voices in the hottest scene in film. Be on the look out later for a SubPopCult space in Spatial in Meta. Soon we will get together for indie film screenings and have Q and A sessions with the talent in VR.

The world is changing fast but American ideals remain the same. Our nation was built to endure the tests of time but only if We The People are active participants in living authentic American lives that create authentic American culture centered around personal liberty and the purist of justice for all. (The song at the end is "4 The Culture" by Kirk Franklin aka K.I.R.K.)

Jeff Cortese joins me to discuss his new book: Public Corruption in the United States—Analysis of a Destructive Phenomenon. With Jeff’s background in the FBI and my background in Hollywood, we are able to help you better understand the deceptions that aim to make Americans distrust and weaken their own institutions to empower politicians who know how to get away with crime.

Spiritual warfare is not a winnable war but evil and darkness can and must be mitigated back into the corner where it belongs.

The power reversal in America where We The People are always beholden to They the Government and it’s intentionally nonsensical constant emergencies that make us react instead of attract is weakened when we learn to surf the waves that create political reality.

American power is consolidated to the point where the baton stopped being passed and those who try to grasp what is rightfully their turn to carry, are instead beaten over the head and left for dead. We can run the common sense relay race and wipe out corrupt players by knowing they refuse to let go and therefore must be overrun with a stronger reiteration.

The far right and the far left are co-equal branches of the disunity machine. For a few election cycles we must learn to resist either extreme and instead hold our ground in the middle. The government is trying to consolidate all power and will succeed if We The People do not wise up and assert ourselves in the center as one body but with varying ideas and opinions.

Becca Lower and I discuss the power found behind connecting with people through culture, why the right is so reluctant and why that needs to change.

A short and inspiring meditation on the underlying philosophy behind the SubPopCult mindset. Adopting the right mindset is more than half the culture battle.

The Third Choice

The continuation of my speculative talk about the future of Hollywood with Dan Watanabe.

Dan Watanabe joins me for a lively and open ended discussion on the old movie business practices and the likely future of “Hollywood” after the first time a new technology (streaming) has not increased revenue, but lowered it instead.

The game played against the American people by the corporate left and the reactionary right is a con that can only be overcome by embracing and identifying as TRANSPOLITICAL. Every action from elites that aims to divide us, has an equal action from We The People that forces the system into the reaction. The bitter equation is reversible if we dare to focus and refuse to be divided.

The Creative Coalition advocates for left wing culture and guarantees that it dominates American life. Nothing like this exists on the right. We can change that now and begin to put pressure on elected officials to undo cancel culture and incentivize a rebirth of American culture based on liberty, freedom of speech and Americanism. Republican artists are cancelled by default by a hostile leftist corporate culture and that cannot be tolerated any longer.

Freedom means freedom and when you embrace the gift is when dreams take flight.

The left abandoned the arena that won them cultural power in the first place. Now it is up for grabs and only those who are distracted by political theatre will not have a voice in the new symphonic reiteration of reality. The right can use art to empower people and unite America. Let’s do that instead of devouring each other in a race to the bottom.

Actor Carl Marino shares insights on the culture and the industry from a unique journey that begins in a small town, then moves to West Point, next stop Sheriff before landing a dream gig on the long running hit series Homicide Hunters.

The culture is not a lost cause and it’s worth fighting for our right to define the American story without corporations and politicians as co-writers. Unity is America’s greatest strength and in this moment we are weaker than ever because of a fake story of the American experience. Together we can change that.

We are forced to constantly celebrate 1960s artists because that is the era where the modern left found it’s power and then took over the culture. The moment now is identical to the moment then, with one glaring difference—now the tools exist for anyone to create culture and because of it, the right wing 1960s can happen and enable us to ride back into power where imposters sit on pretend thrones just to sell us their worldview. It’s Happy Warrior time.

Jung observed that thinking is hard for most people so they prefer to judge instead. Judgement is quick and decisive, while thinking takes time and nuance. The left excels at giving Americans absurd situations and people to judge, while the right asks people to think. Winning the culture will require judgement of the left’s culture and that can only be achieved by actively building the true one for all to see—the sub pop culture of we the people.

Trevor Denning is a true son of the Heartland. Hear is clear-eyed thoughts on pop-culture, Christian films, the attraction of character and how indie creators can seize the moment and restore order from chaos.