Five Things I Read This Week

By Zak Schmoll

The Founder of Entering the Public Square, Zak Schmoll, likes to read and likes to talk. Join him as he talks about the best articles written around the Internet in the past week about religion, polit... more

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August 04, 2018 Episode 47 - August 4, 2018
I'm sorry. I normally try to have a theme for you. There is no theme to this week's podcast, but I think it is pretty interesting nonetheless. Have fun!
1. Democratic Socialists of America Leader: ‘If Anyone Was Ever a Socialist It Was Jesus’ by Rev. Ben Johnson from Intellectual Takeout
2. How to Replicate J.R.R. Tolkien’s Education for Your Child by Annie Holmquist from Intellectual Takeout
3. Effective Pro-Life Strategies for a Post-Roe World by Nicholas Senz from Crisis Magazine
4. How to Write a Book Without Losing Your Mind by Olga Khazan from The Atlantic
5. Three Questions for the New Antiliberals by Nathan Schlueter from Public Discourse
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29min
July 28, 2018 Episode 46 - July 28, 2018
I am always interested in the world that we live in, and I am interested in how it changes. I have no doubt that the world is even going to continue to change, and no one knows what it will look like in 100 years. However, I think there are some important tendencies in the world right now that will shine a light on what it will look like in the future.
1. A Place Where Conservative Teenagers Feel Free to Be Themselves by Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks from the New York Times
2. Declining Student Resilience: A Serious Problem for Colleges by Peter Gray from Psychology Today
3. Were We Destined to Live in Facebook’s World? by Alexis C Madrigal from The Atlantic
4. Sam Harris Asks Questions Jordan Peterson Can’t Answer by Esther O'Reilly from Patheos
5. "The Abolition of Man" at Age Seventy-Five by Bradley J Birzer from The Imaginative Conservative
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July 21, 2018 Episode 45 - July 21, 2018
I admittedly have a mishmash of articles for you this week, but I think that the unifying theme of this podcast is that we want to make the world a better place. In order to do that, we need good things to aspire towards and caution to avoid the bad things. I think we're going to hit on a little bit of both today.
1. Can the Liberal Arts Save Our Souls? by EJ Hutchinson from The Imaginative Conservative
2. There is No Tomorrow Without the West’s Heroes and Myths by Dylan Stevenson from The American Conservative
3. Holocaust Deniers Must Be Confronted In The Open, Not Banished To The Dark Web by Daniella Greenbaum from The Federalist
4. Why Christians Should Read Detective Fiction by Grayson Quay from Intellectual Takeout
5. Babel and the Perils of Self-Promotion by Walter R Strickland II from Intersect
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32min
July 14, 2018 Episode 44 - July 14, 2018
Meaning matters. As humans, we are wired to look for meaning in our own lives and the world around us. It is remarkable that how we find that meaning in so many different ways and in so many different places. Not all places are created equal though. That's what were going to talk about today.
1. Finding Your 'Why' by Robert Stacey from The Imaginative Conservative
2. Art, Vocation, and Why We Hunger for Redemption Stories by Hugh Whelchel from the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics
3. Is the Inability to ‘Adult’ Driving the Teen Summer Job Decline? by Annie Holmquist from Intellectual Takeout
4. Like Thinking For Yourself? Think Again by Todd Rains from Intellectual Takeout
5. The Downsides of America’s Hyper-Competitive Youth-Soccer Industry by Linda Flanagan from The Atlantic
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29min
July 07, 2018 Episode 43 - July 7, 2018
As we think about what is wrong with the world, we can start diagnosing multiple potential problems. That kind of came across in my reading this week. There are plenty of things that we need to figure out if we are going to start fixing the world. Therefore, let's start figuring out what's wrong so we can worry about what's right.
1. One-Third of Americans Don't Believe 6 Million Jews Were Murdered during the Holocaust by David Brennan from Newsweek
2. Why Small Places Still Matter by Ryan Terry from The American Conservative
3. How to Disagree by Paul Graham from paulgraham.com.
4. You Are Not Perfect Just the Way You Are by Regis Nicoll from Crisis Magazine
5. Why Society Needs to Cultivate a True Elite Class by John Horvat from The Imaginative Conservative
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35min
June 30, 2018 Episode 42 - June 30, 2018
I know that there has been a lot of breaking news this week that has the potential to impact American policy for decades. We're going to talk about that, but I want to broaden this discussion a little bit more. Clearly, this is going to be a controversial time, and because of that, I want to do with managing controversy a little bit more generally.
1. When the Content Police Came for the Babylon Bee by Adam Ford from The American Conservative
2. Physician Assisted Suicide and the Rise of Suicide Cults by Grace Emily Stark from Public Discourse
3. Justice Kennedy Retiring, Giving Trump Pivotal Court Pick by Mark Sherman from the Associated Press
4. The Coming Battle to Overturn Roe v. Wade by Emma Green from The Atlantic
5. How to Bring Joy to Your City by Brandon A Cox from brandonacox.com
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51min
June 23, 2018 Episode 41 - June 23, 2018
It is not only important to provide an education, but it is important to think about the content of that education. We can teach people about pretty much anything, but we can teach them quite wrongly as well. That's going to be the theme for today. We're going to worry about what is right and what is wrong with education, and we're going to think about how we can make it better.
1. Can Classical Education Help With Fake News? by Joshua Gibbs from the Circe Institute
2. A Brief History of Christian Humanism by Scott Postma from scottpostma.net
3. Ideology and the Humanities by Glenn Arbery from The Imaginative Conservative
4. Who’s on the Right Side of History? by Joseph Pearce from The Imaginative Conservative
5. How Did America Become a Nation of Slobs? by Jeff Minick from Intellectual Takeout
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46min
June 16, 2018 Episode 40 - June 16, 2018
I find it interesting when we talk about freedom in contemporary culture today because people mean so many different things. Some people take a highly libertarian view while others seek to restrict freedom much more. Others even deny that human freedom is a real thing (we aren't going to talk about that today). Enjoy!
1. An Atheist Explains the True Reason Religion Terrifies Him by Annie Holmquist from Intellectual Takeout
2. California University Refuses to Speak With Pro-Life Group About Free Abortion Drugs by Grace Carr from The Daily Signal
3. NY Times CEO: Facebook’s Algorithm Will ‘Damage’ Democracy by Eric Lieberman from The Stream
4. How Free Speech Makes The Modern University Possible by Wilson Shirley from The Federalist
5. The Tipping Point When Minority Views Take Over by Ed Yong from The Atlantic
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June 09, 2018 Episode 39 - June 9, 2018
It is no secret that our country is incredibly divided right now, and I think there are some obvious reasons for that that people often times overlooked. I'm going to try to shed some light on that today. These articles might seem to be a bit diverse, but I think I can bring them together for you.
1. Do You Know What an Odyssey Is? by Eva Brann from The Imaginative Conservative
2. Is Jordan Peterson on a Suicide Mission? by Grayson Quay from The American Conservative
3. Today’s Two Main Political Camps Are Pro-Thought Versus Anti-Thought by Stella Morabito from The Federalist
4. A New Poll Finds Most Americans Are Overwhelmed by All the News by Jennie Neufeld from Vox
5. Atheist Community: Too Many Atheists Embracing ‘Troubling’ Morals by Denyse O'Leary from Intellectual Takeout
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45min
June 02, 2018 Episode 38 - June 2, 2018
I don't really have a great theme for my choices this week, but there are some interesting and kind of controversial things we're going to talk about, so I hope you enjoy it.
1. Aristotle’s Wrongful Death by Frank Bruni from the New York Times
2. Children Under Siege in the Digital Age by Allison Burr from The Imaginative Conservative
3. How Legalizing Abortion Undermines The Basis For A Free Society by Kenny Xu from The Federalist
4. A Pro-Abortion Rights Group Is Asking Candidates If They've Been Accused of Sexual Harassment by Li Zhou from Vox
5. Atheists Are Sometimes More Religious Than Christians by Sigal Samuel from The Atlantic
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33min

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