Cracks in Postmodernity

Urban Hannon joins the pod once again to discuss the different construals of same sex intimacy in Brideshead Revisited, Call Me By Your Name, and Love Simon. 

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After long await, Urban Hannon joins the pod to breakdown his famous 2014 First Things Mag article, "Against Heterosexuality." Other topics include the Foucault, Freud, Raffalovich, Quentin Crisp, and the horseshoe theory of Catholicism and queer theory. 

Read the article here Against Heterosexuality by Michael W. Hannon | Articles | First Things

And follow Urban at @hannonregular

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Rick joins the pod to discuss Rosalia's album MOTOMAMI and its themes of postmodern chaos, dualism, global homogenization, cultural appropriation, linguistic diversity, and more. 

Check out Rick's video and his channel Cronicas Linguisticas. 

And check out my review of MOTOMAMI in The Iffy https://www.the-iffy.com/rosalia.

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We continue the discussion with Zach Langley Chi Chi on trends in pop music, including hot takes on Beyonce’s new album, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Gaga, Mariah, and Ariana...as well as a back and forth about the convergences and divergences between pagan libertinism and ecstatic asceticism, and the limits of love, violence, and morality.

Check out part 1 of our discussion, and also check out Zach’s I'M SO POPULAR podcast and follow him on Twitter @asukahomo.

Zach Langley Chi Chi joins the pod to discuss the cosmic symbolism of Drag, the drag of Drag Queen Story Hour, why Paglia enjoys drag shows more than Judith Butler, Japanese vs. American vs. Mediterranean male psyches, the REAL Mishima, the annihilation of masculinity under technocratic industrialism, thirst traps, virtue signaling, unironic influencers, and how Tik Tok demons are possessing us. Stay tuned for part 2. 

Check out Zach’s I'M SO POPULAR podcast and follow him on Twitter @asukahomo.

Charles Camosy joins the pod to discuss the collapse of the 2 party system, cognitive dissonance, the breakdown of nuance, mass hysteria, third parties, Roe and other life issues, and if anyone actually has any "rights."

Check out his work here.

The author of Call Me By Your Name (and many other amazing books) joins the pod to discuss memory, desire, exile, happiness, and New York City.

Real live Jesuit Aric Serrano SJ joins the pod to recruit brave souls for the Society of Jesus...no jk. In this ep we talk about PapaRatzi (aka Pope Benedict/Cardinal Ratzinger)'s postmodern sensibility, the abyss, suffering, dark nights of the soul, Nietzsche, the death of God, Carmelites vs. Jesuits, and some hot takes on Endo's/Scorsese's Silence. Shockingly, I don't make any Jesuit jokes on this ep. 

Check out his music on Spotify and follow him on IG @aricserranosj

Anti-vape activist (and journalist) Billy McMorris joins the pod to talk about the politics of cigarettes, the metaphysical woes of vaping, and other nic related topics. 

Read his articles on smoking and other topics at The Spectator and follow him on Twitter @FBillMcMorris

[rerelease] In our inaugural episode, we take on the dizzying condition of the American university system. Special guests include my brother Nick, Camille Paglia*, Patrick Deneen*, and Christopher Lasch*.

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*Disclaimer: they weren't able to make it in person.