Off the Menu

About Off the Menu

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.

Publisher

Vincent Frankini

Category

history · religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Apr 2019

Latest episode

27 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

5 of 272 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   27 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   To the Grey Havens

   0:00 Intro 21:00 American Monarchy 26:00 Bearing Wrongs Patiently 32:00 Gratitude 1:00:00 Migration Relations 1:18:00 The 13th Floor Support the show

2. 

   15 Dec 2025

   Eloi Rebellion

   0:00 Intro 6:00 European Politics 19:00 Eloi Rebellion 35:00 Happy Old People, Sad Young People 59:00 Canon Law in Faery Land 1:04:00 Miscellaneous Stuff Support the show

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   29 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Black Friday Sale at the Tower

   0:00 Intro 5:00 Western Movies 31:00 ITI 38:00 Tumblar House Ramping Down 51:00 Casement's Irish Brigade 54:00 Tsar Nicholas II 58:30 Protestantism & French Revolution 1:01:30 Rise of Monarchism 1:07:00 Pope Leo & the Filioque 1:10:00 Albion's Seed 1:15:00 Pope Leo's Ice Blessing 1:23:00 Irish Socialist 1:26:00 Commentary on General Decline 1:41:00 Three Musketeers 1:42:30 40 Hours Devotion 1:46:30 Luddites 1:50:00 King Charles Coulombe of America 2:05:00 Questions from Audience Suppo...

Inside a recent episode

To the Grey Havens

Published 27 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's just super inspiring. That sort of presentation. So thank you. All right. So Nicholas says, I do have some questions. I would like for you to share a recap on our friend Oswald Dupree. And also share how you came up with the character if he based on a real person in your life. Well, no, not really. Oswald, Oswald, I mean, in so many of the shows I enjoyed as a kid, Star Trek, the Twilight Zone, and things like that. And a lot of the comic books. There would be, you know, supervillains versus superheroes, the matter, anti -matter type characters. And so it just struck me, what would be the opposite of me? […]

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YouTube views

3,194,988

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

76 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

50 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

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Quality

44

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

95