Aaron Kyle

Aaron and Kyle talk about the recent Unbelievable? discussion between the apologist Sean McDowell and filmmaker Jessica van der Wyngaard on Joshua Harris's recent fall from faith and the effect his book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, on the church and "purity culture."  We have our usual sidetracks in the conversation where we bring up people and topics like Steve Chalk, David Bentley Hart, Quillette, and evolutionary psychology, but we give our overviews of how Sean and Jessica did in the conversations, what purity culture is, people being in the internet spotlight from an early age, the sexual lives of Old Testament figures and h ow purity culture handles it, what we suspect Harris might do next, dating, and more.

Libby Emmons is back! She discusses metoo, drugs and miniskirts and loads of other inappropriate stuff with Aaron.  You can find her writing all over the place. Just google Libby Emmons and you'll find some controversial topic that she's opinionating all over. 

Also, and this isn't the first time, the explicit tag is on here for a reason. Whenever we tag something with the dreaded E it's because naughty words are spoken. Aaron is just sick of taking the time to put bleeps in when no one really cares that much about naughty words anymore. 

Paul Vanderklay, a pastor in Sacramento and avid Youtuber, joins Kyle to talk about the Canadian clinical psychologist, Jordan Peterson, and the phenomenon surrounding Jordan Peterson.  We talk about what makes Peterson fascinating to people, his approach to the Bible, his view of God, his affect on people, and how the church and culture at large are reacting to him.

The audio on this episode is horrible but the content is excellent. Remember we're only semi-pro pod casters and still use guerrilla podcasting tactics.  In any case Dr. Paul Gottfried is easily one of the most accomplished guests we've ever had on the show and next time Aaron will make sure the audio is fitting for a scholar of his immensity.  

Aaron and Kyle are back after hiding in the shadows for way too long!  They discuss Chappelle's new comedy special on Netflix, comedy in general, and a little bit about what recently happened to Joshua Harris, the author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye.  Of course, politics are big part of the conversation as well.  About an hour and 26 minutes into the recording you'll notice a pause because we ended up having some technical difficulties and had to cut our conversation short, but we'll try to continue the Joshua Harris conversation when we're more prepared in a future episode.

We're back!

This episode was recorded almost a quarter year ago but due to LIFE happening the AK47 crew has been out of commission for months. We're both working too much, which is a good thing. In any case we're back!

Check out Professor Mark's youtube channel and the playlist mentioned here

Mark Hemingway is back to help Aaron break down the recent intramural Conservative debate between First Things and National Review, a debate that apparently everyone else wanted to have also. It started with this piece by Sohrab Ahmari and then mushroom clouded over the entire internet. Mark pointed out that this is really a continuation of the debate sparked by Patrick Deneen in his now infamous book Why Liberalism Failed. There is no easy way to characterize this debate because it stems from the fundamentally anti ideological philosophy of Edmund Burke. This quality continues to be both the main strength of Conservative thought and also the point of tension that has generated endless debate. 

Also check out Mollie Hemingway's (Mark's Wife) book on the Kavanaugh Debacle coming out soon. It's gonna be a massive success!

And of course Mark gives us new music recommendations! Check out our third Hemingway Spotify Playlist. 

Our guest today comes from Australia! He's a Conservative blogger in the tradition of the great (and oft maligned) Patrick Buchanan. He and Aaron have a wide ranging and long conversation about all sorts of things. Check out the Aussie's blog here.

Today's episode is with a very special guest from The Federalist writing family: Libby Emmons! She's a playwright, cultural commentator,  a mother, the wife of David Marcus. Basically she's awesome and we've been meaning to have her on the show for a while but it was this article on the Roxanne Gaye vs Christina Hoff Summers debates in Australia that finally moved the pieces.  Aaron promised to link to a bunch of stuff in the show notes, but he and Kyle are both experiencing Familial difficulties at the moment so none of their recent promises mean anything at the moment. Google Libby Emmons, she's written all over the place!