Cultural Debris

By Alan Cornett

Cultural Debris is a podcast hosted by Alan Cornett who interviews guests and explores culture in the tradition of Russell Kirk, Wendell Berry, the Inklings, the Agrarians, and the Distributists.... more

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December 09, 2025 Joel Miller on The Idea Machine - Bookish Questions
Host Alan Cornett interviews author Joel Miller about his new book The Idea Machine.
The Idea Machine
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October 14, 2025 CD 53 - Andrea Kirk Assaf on Lessons From the Stoics
My guest is my friend Andrea Kirk Assaf, whom I have known for, well, a few decades now. She is the author most recently of 365 Lessons From the Stoics as well as other books that we discuss. Andrea lives in Rome where she and her husband Tony host and teach students in a villa overlooking Vatican City. Andrea is also the youngest daughter of Russell Kirk for whom Kirktober is a celebration.
Andrea Kirk Assaf

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September 30, 2025 CD 52 - Christopher J. Scalia on 13 Novels Conservatives Will Love
Christopher J. Scalia is at the American Enterprise Institute. He and I have been Twitter mutuals for awhile, but I had the pleasure of meeting Chris in Grand Rapids at a Kirk-Scruton conference a couple of weeks ago. Chris is a literature guy, and the conservative movement needs that. To encourage us he has written a new book from Regnery, 13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (But Probably Haven’t Read).

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1h 12min
September 16, 2025 Rose Sheffler on Past Watchful Dragons - Bookish Questions
Host Alan Cornett interviews R.J. (Rose) Sheffler on her new book Past Watchful Dragons from Word on Fire.
Past Watchful Dragons
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17min
July 29, 2025 CD 51 - BJ Dobski on Twain's Joan of Arc
Bernard J. Dobski is professor of political science at Assumption University. He is the author of Mark Twain’s Joan of Arc, which explores the significance of the famous author’s last published work in his lifetime. We also discuss the new Martin Scorsese Joan of Arc TV dramatization.
Mark Twain's Joan of Arc
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1h 23min
July 08, 2025 Andrew Petiprin on The Faith Unboxed - Bookish Questions
Andrew Petiprin is an author and host of the Ignatius Press Podcast. He was the guest Cultural Debris Episode 45.
The Faith Unboxed

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May 05, 2025 CD 50 - Rod Dreher On Living In Wonder
Rod Dreher's most recent book is Living In Wonder, Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age. Our conversation was recorded the day after Pope Francis died, so that was on our minds and receives a good bit of our discussion. Also, we discuss the new documentary series from Angel Studios based on Rod’s earlier book Live Not By Lies.
Rod Dreher Substack | Twitter
Live Not By Lies From Angel Studios
Living In Wonder

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1h 9min
February 06, 2025 CD 49 - Thomas M. Ward On Boethius & Stoicism
Professor Thomas M. Ward teaches at Baylor University. He is a philosopher who focuses on Medieval thought, especially the work of John Duns Scotus. He is the author most recently of After Stoicism: Last Words of the Last Roman Philosopher from Word on Fire. We discuss that book, Boethius, Stoicism, living in C.S. Lewis’s home in Oxford, and who is Johhn Duns Scotus anway?

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1h 13min
October 07, 2024 CD 48 - Eduard Habsburg On Building Families
My guest once again is His Imperial and Royal Highness, His Excellency Eduard Habsburg, Archduke of Austria and Ambassador of Hungary to The Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta. He is the author of the new book Building a Wholesome Family in a Broken World: Habsburg Lessons From the Centuries from Sophia Institute Press.
We discuss his new book, the Habsburg tradition of family, the birth rate crisis in the West, and whether the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot are real.

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53min
September 30, 2024 Bookish Questions - Caitlin Smith Gilson & Carol Scott
Carol Scott is an artist and Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Holy Cross. Caitlin Smith Gilson is a philosopher and author. She was the guest on Cultural Debris Episode 42.
Rhapsody and Redolence: The Crystal Decade
Caitlin Smith Gilson: As It Is In Heaven
Carol Scott: Website | Instagram | Facebook

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18min

FAQs about Cultural Debris:

How many episodes does Cultural Debris have?

The podcast currently has 63 episodes available.