Comrades: Congratulations to Rob Henderson for winning 2025 Banger of the Year! He is the third writer to receive this prestigious award and the first non-anon. We are honoring him for a pair of posts that go well together: Rage of the Falling Elite and Being a Writer in the Age of the Influencers.
In our conversation, we discuss:
Why a falling elite creates massive chaos and arbitrage opportunities
The similarities and differences between writing and influencing
California wealth taxes and Nick Shirley exposing MSM cover-up of Minnesota fraud
Filtering out slop, finding the signal in the noise
The future of media and Substack
Examples of serendipity and luck exposure from building a social media platform
What it was like to be Charlie Kirk’s last long-form interview
The importance of authenticity
Culture shock moving to NYC
The best books, movies, shows, and cultural trends of 2025
2026 predictions
Yuri's Top 10 Posts of 2025
Comrades: Thank you all for another record-setting year. 2025 flew by with ~150 pieces, over 2 million views, and a newborn in a pear tree. Here is a toast to the top 10 pairings of posts.
Fellow anons Dudley Newright and N.S. Lyons won the Banger of the Year in 2024 and 2023, respectively:
How To Win 2024 Banger of the Year - PODCAST with Dudley Newright (51 min)
Comrades: Millennial snot is so over - yas kween!
How To Write the Banger of the Year - INTERVIEW with NS Lyons, author of The Upheaval
Comrades: Congratulations to N.S. Lyons on winning the Yuri Banger of the Year Award! His writing on “The China Convergence” is the best Substack piece I read in 2023 and I highly recommend subscribing to his stack. Today, I am honored to share a written interview with a fellow Demoralized DIEvy League dissident.
What was your favorite Substack post of 2025?
