S8 Ep1036: Adrian Wooldridge analyzes the populist revolt against meritocracy, seen in Brexit and the election of Donald Trump. Populists argue that "experts" lack common sense and have become an arrogant, self-satisfied elite. Critics like Christopher Lasch contend
Adrian Wooldridge analyzes the populist revolt against meritocracy, seen in Brexit and the election of Donald Trump. Populists argue that "experts" lack common sense and have become an arrogant, self-satisfied elite. Critics like Christopher Lasch contend that this elite has betrayed democracy by …
God The Peace-Maker…
Back in 1979 Christopher Lasch in The Culture of Narcissism wrote, “Our society has made lasting friendships, love affairs and marriages, increasingly difficult to achieve. Social life has become more and…
Guilty of Its Own Innocence: Cornel West on Baldwin, Matthiessen, and America's Peter Pan Problem
Cornel West is coming to Theology Beer Camp with his neighbor, Gary Dorrien, this October, and this hour is the on-ramp. It also happens to be a full one-hour preview of the America 250 conversation every clergy person I know is currently trying to write a sermon around. Brother West walked us thro…
Is Christian Wrong?
My co-host Christian has put out another video, which I encourage you to go and watch over on his page. In it, he discusses why wokesim seemed to appear out of nowhere, its true origins, and what it will take to defeat it... Will I agree with him, or are Christian and I about to have a fight?
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#22. Fourth of July with the Lost Prophets
[ Reminder: We now have a LOST PROPHETS voicemail line. If you call the number (703) 662-3046, you can leave us a short question, a reflection, an idea — and we may play it on the show! Also, we always love emails to LostProphetsPodcast@gmail.com.]
Your faithful co-hosts decided to share some refle…
Losing Ourselves In The AI Mirror
What do people who believe they are writing songs when they use Suno AI, YouTuber Hank Green, and Narcissus from Greek mythology all have in common?
Quite a lot, it turns out. And they can help us recognise a form of stuckness that’s becoming increasingly common as people’s relationship with gener…
Losing Ourselves In The AI Mirror
What do people who believe they are writing songs when they use Suno AI, YouTuber Hank Green, and Narcissus from Greek mythology all have in common?
Quite a lot, it turns out. And they can help us recognise a form of stuckness that’s becoming increasingly common as people’s relationship with gener…
Beyond Left Populism (Ft. Daniel Tutt)
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In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by philosopher and writer Daniel Tutt, who recently co-authored the book The People Are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism. We discuss why left…
Man is Dead by R. Amn DeCecco
In this episode, we descend from the speculative heights of philosophical abstraction into the cold, hard terrain of cultural autopsy, where we confront a diagnosis so bleak it borders on the prophetic. We explore how R. Amn DeCecco IV°—an observer of the human condition, a student of Setamorphosis…
A Faithful Agrarian - Wendell Berry
Today I talk about the importance of Wendell Berry's writing, his faithfulness as farmer, and some of his works that I appreciate the most. I also talk about a couple of other books that I read recently and how they contribute to thinking about a good life.
Books mentioned on today's podcast:
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