Cracks in Postmodernity

By cracksinpomoSociety & Culture

Cracks in Postmodernity episodes

June 09, 2024 Club Med
Stella Tsantekidou joins the pod to discuss the future of feminism, #MeToo, the self-seriousness of the media, and Mediterranean vs. Anglo-American cultural differences.
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https://humancarbohydrate.substack.com/
and follow her in IG and X
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https://twitter.com/Stsantek
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55 min
May 26, 2024 Bummed Out in the 'Burbs
Benjamin Herold joins the pod to discuss his latest book Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs.

pick up a copy https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670914/disillusioned-by-benjamin-herold/

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35 min
May 09, 2024 Brennan's Return
Brennan Vickery returns to the pod to discuss some of his latest Cracks in PoMo articles on Mo'Nique, Matt Rife, the gays and Satan, the state of R&B, and life in Brooklyn.
Read Brennan's articles on the Substack https://substack.com/@brennanvickery?utm_source=about-page
Follow Brennan on IG https://www.instagram.com/brennanvickery/
and listen to The Iffy pod https://open.spotify.com/show/2zyOSB4EB0CGolYTQec2tf
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1 hr 2 min
April 27, 2024 A beautiful day in the (old) neighborhood
Journalist Ray Suarez joins the pod to discuss immigration, ethnic identity, assimilation, old neighborhoods, and his new book We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century-An Oral History.
Read an excerpt of the book on the Cracks in PoMo Substack
and order a copy of the book https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ray-suarez/we-are-home/9781668624692/?lens=little-brown

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42 min
March 20, 2024 Playing the Victim
Andrew Boryga joins me at Black Forest in Downtown Brooklyn to discuss his debut novel Victim.

Follow Andrew @borywrites and purchase a copy of Victim https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725334/victim-by-andrew-boryga/
And read Stephen's review of Victim in The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/playing-the-victim/

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52 min
March 03, 2024 Shattering the duopoly
Edwin DeJesus joins the pod to discuss local politics, building neighborhoods with deep roots, third party votes, and why he think Dr. Cornel West's campaign has the capacity to unite the left, right, and everyone in between.
Check out:
Brennan's Cracks in PoMo piece on West:
https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/the-lesser-of-what-evil
Stephen's Newsweek piece on West and conservative voters: https://www.newsweek.com/conservative-case-cornel-west-opinion-1843557
and the West campaign website: https://www.cornelwest2024.com/
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**NB: While Cracks in PoMo is not in the business of endorsing candidates, we value giving visibility to politicians whose principles "crack" through cultural divides and offer something fresh to the discourse. Check out out other interviews with third party candidates like Peter Sonski.

47 min
February 22, 2024 Souled Out
Nathan Allebach joins the pod to discuss suburbia, gentrification, strong towns, third places, hipster coffee shops, the absurdity of advertising.
Check out his viral TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@nathanallebach/video/7147317765165042990?lang=en
Follow him on X and IG @nathanallebach
https://www.allebach.com/author/nallebach/
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1 hr 9 min
January 30, 2024 Holy Lit!
Recording of Holy Lit! A discussion with Tara Isabella Burton, Jordan Castro, and Matthew P. Binder on the novel as an antidote to our disenchanted age. Hosted at the Catholic Worker Maryhouse. Sponsored by Hestia Tobacco and Masa Chips.
Links to buy a copy of their books:
Tara: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Here-in-Avalon/Tara-Isabella-Burton/9781982170097
Jordan: https://softskull.com/books/the-novelist/
Matt: https://www.stalkinghorsepress.com/product/pure-cosmos-club-pre-order-paperback/
Donate to the CW: https://catholicworker.org/directory/ny-new-york-catholic-worker-html/
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1 hr 14 min
January 16, 2024 The Q+A pod
You asked. We answered.

Topics include Pentecostalism, doomscrolling, psychoanalysis, gay Taliban members, whether you should start a Substack, our top 10 films, and how much is too much.
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50 min
December 23, 2023 Escaping the Mimetic Matrix
A. Natasha Joukovsky comes on the pod to discuss her debut novel The Portrait of a Mirror, Rene Girard, Wilde, the Novitate Conference, contemporary moralism, narcissism, life working a full time job while writing novels, and more.
Follow her on IG @Joukovsky and check out her Subtack quite useless.
Read more about the Novitate Conference here.
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45 min

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Subverting subversiveness through pretentious and ironic cultural commentary that gives precedence to aesthetics and ontology over ethics and politics.