Cracks in Postmodernity

Part 2 with Marc Barnes, the founder of New Polity, joins the pod to talk about whether democracy is a joke, Kanye's Birthday Party ballot, Dorothy Day's anarchism, and other postliberal stuff.

Check out Marc's article on the Kanye Option https://newpolity.com/blog/the-catholic-vote

Marc Barnes, the founder of New Polity, joins the pod to talk about postliberal stuff. Check out part 2 next week...

Check out New Polity here: https://newpolity.com/

Journalist Armin Rosen joins the pod to talk about Rolling Loud, Playboi Carti, Zoomers, ugliness, and nihilism.

Follow him on Twitter @arminrosen and check out his article "Zoomers Like It Ugly” in the Tablet here: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/zoomers-armin-rosen

Albert Thompson, professor at Howard University and delegate of the American Solidarity Party, joins the pod to discuss racial equality and distributist economic theory.

Follow him on Twitter @IronProfessor

And check my interview with him on 3rd party politics https://www.patheos.com/blogs/cracksinpomo/2020/10/racial-justice-and-third-party-politics-an-interview-with-albert-thompson/

Freelance writer Kyle Turner joins the pod to discuss whether House of Gucci is camp or not, amongst other things.

Check out his essay on HoG and Camp in W Magazine https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/house-of-gucci-camp-essay

And follow him on IG @tylekurner

Artist extraordinaire Erin K. McAtee joins to pod to discuss the Warhol exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. Listen to us as we address Warhol's encounter with John Paul 2, his celibacy, and the obnoxious elitist captions offered by the Brooklyn Museum.

Check out Erin's work @erin.k.mcatee

Read our interviews https://www.ncronline.org/news/media/artist-erin-mcatees-faith-journey-led-place-encounter?fbclid=IwAR0kpG1-T4iUlmBA36YB-lu9PYlG3PIhZdSP8GkXhm_1E8qDS4Sw5PmvlYY

https://edgeoffaithmagazine.com/2020/08/11/seeing-beauty-in-poverty-an-artists-gaze-into-the-human-experience/

Read my review of the exhibit at America Magazine https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2022/01/07/catholicism-art-postmodern-242158

The articles on Warhol's celibacy by Marc Barnes and Dawn Eden Goldstein https://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/10/andy-warhol-gay-and-catholic.html

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/feastofeden/2012/10/defining-deviancy-down-andy-warhol-refashioned-as-an-intentionally-celibate-catholic/

JP2's General Audience that Warhol attended https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/audiences/1980/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_19800402.html

Producer and artist Dani Mendez joins the pod to discuss the state of R&B music and the conflict between building a career off of hype vs. artistry.

Follow her on IG @danimendezmusic

Bill Melone joins the pod to discuss suburbia, assimilation, and the erasure of ethnic identity.

Follow Bill on Twitter @BillMelone

Check out his article on cultural assimilation and Rachel Dolezal https://mereorthodoxy.com/cultural-assimilation/

Joseph Bottum joins the pod to discuss the puritanical roots of American culture, and how we will never be a secular country, no matter how hard we try. 

Check out his book An Anxious Age: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/16449/an-anxious-age-by-joseph-bottum/

@brennanvickery dishes on what inspired him to start up @_theiffy_ magazine, why we're so deaf to nuance, whether women can be funny, and NYC hot spots.

Check out the iffy pod https://www.patreon.com/theiffy and DM brennan to get a copy of the mag