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March 8, 2025 35 mins

We’ve suddenly found ourselves at 100 Substack subscribers and thousands of monthly readers, so it’s finally time to introduce and explain ourselves.

What is Irkutsk Ice Truckers, and who is Everett Polinski?

In this conversation, James Green and Everett Polinski tell the backstory of Irkutsk Ice Truckers, how it started, what it is, what it has become today, and where we might be going in the future.

Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction1:11 The fake email sent from my account5:15 Prank them back10:00 Using the website now that I had it13:53 Creating the backstory for Everett16:26 WCCLEpedia the WCC Encyclopedia21:37 Pulling back and stopping the first time23:36 Coming back, the first time24:35 Stopping again26:09 The latest comeback28:20 IIT today30:45 Religious vocation and the future32:09 Serious articles at GrainOfWheat.Substack.com33:20 Closing thoughts

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