{"podcast":{"title":"Rufo & Lomez","slug":"rufo-lomez-7568240","podcast_index_feed_id":7568240,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BMDC8696670139","website_url":"https://subscribe.blazetv.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ff767098-b5c9-11f0-b177-7fa1e5033f49/image/a4c2519d699414d22c8abc93a7287669.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Blaze Media","episode_count":53,"summary":"\"Rufo & Lomez\" brings together the killer combo of Christopher Rufo, the Right’s most feared political strategist, and Jonathan “Lomez” Keeperman, an English professor turned renegade culture writer and publisher. Step inside their inner circle as they dissect the news, discourse, culture, and art through an anthropological lens, revealing the power structures, taboos, and hidden narratives shaping the modern world.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rufo-lomez-7568240"},"episode":{"title":"Trump Beats Thomas Massie, Chud the Builder in Jail | Ep 51","slug":"trump-beats-thomas-massie-chud-the-builder-in-jail-ep-51","published_at":"2026-05-23T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rufo-lomez-7568240/trump-beats-thomas-massie-chud-the-builder-in-jail-ep-51","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rufo-lomez-7568240","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BMDC1335300947.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BMDC1335300947.mp3","summary":"Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) calls out the Epstein class and loses his primary election. Also, Chud the Builder, a man in Tennessee who walks around calling people the N-word, gets shot, and Rufo and Lomez discuss the political consequences. ► Subscribe to Rufo & Lomez on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxZVv224nHvTmkMk0N3fYA?sub_confirmation=1 ► Join BlazeTV! https://get.blazetv.com/rufoandlomez/ Ep 51: 1. [0:00:00 – 0:01:02] – Thomas Massie’s Primary Upset 2. [0:01:02 – 0:03:18] – Trump vs. the Tucker Wing of the Right 3. [0:03:18 – 0:06:16] – Generational Divide and the Limits of Podcast Politics 4. [0:06:16 – 0:09:43] – Is Trump Delivering Exactly What MAGA Wants? 5. [0:09:43 – 0:15:19] – The “Epstein Class” and the Empty Promise of the Files 6. [0:15:19 – 0:23:31] – The Kentucky Reality Check 7. [0:23:31 – 0:30:38] – Door-to-Door Politics vs. Digital Silos 8. [0:30:38 – 0:35:20] – Libertarians in MAGA? 9. [0:35:20 – 0:43:02] – “Chud the Builder” Saga and the First Amendment 10. [0:43:02 – 0:54:52] – First Amendment Absolutism, Social Order, and Westboro/Charlottesville Lessons Connect with us: https://twitter.com/christopherrufo https://twitter.com/L0m3z https://facebook.com/rufoandlomez https://instagram.com/rufoandlomez ►Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/rufo-lomez/id1849758826 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) calls out the Epstein class and loses his primary election. Also, Chud the Builder, a man in Tennessee who walks around calling…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4201,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rufo-lomez-7568240/episodes/trump-beats-thomas-massie-chud-the-builder-in-jail-ep-51/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rufo-lomez-7568240/trump-beats-thomas-massie-chud-the-builder-in-jail-ep-51.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}