For God and Country

We just can't. Here we talk about the inadequacy of consent as the sole metric of ethical sex, what objectification really is and what its opposite might look like, and more. 

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Patrons will get (at least) two extra episodes a month this season, plus other goodies as we dream them up! Starts at $5/month. 

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Music and sound effects credit:

Gustov Holst's Thaxted, as performed by Kevin MacLeod, and "red tailed hawk" (no, it's not an eagle; eagles don't sound like that) as recorded by Craig Smith, both under the Creative Common License.

 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Thaxted

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479610/

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and our generous graphic designer, Anonymous.

Welcome to Season 2!

Kicking things off a bit low-key, with Micah and Rosemary discussing Ross Douthat’s book “Decadent Society.” The full round table will be back soon, and in the meantime the two of us had a great time talking through the ideas in Douthat’s recent book.

Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/forgodandcountrypodcast
Patrons will get at least two extra episodes a month this season, plus other goodies as we dream them up! Starts at $5/month. 

 Email us at [email protected] !

Music and sound effects credit:

Gustov Holst's Thaxted, as performed by Kevin MacLeod, and "red tailed hawk" (no, it's not an eagle; eagles don't sound like that) as recorded by Craig Smith, both under the Creative Common License.

 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Thaxted

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479610/

Image credit:

 https://www.vecteezy.com/holiday-seasonal/61847-grungy-easter-event-flyer-vector &

https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/147260-blue-stars-patriotic-grunge-background

and our generous graphic designer, Anonymous.

What are the dangers of technology, and is AI likely to cause a dystopian future?
Or is the problem our own view of technology, not technology itself?
You decide! We are discussing this Atlantic article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/yuval-noah-harari-technology-tyranny/568330/

No, I do not have the screencap of Adria's very sophisticated graph....

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Music and sound effects credit:

Gustov Holst's Thaxted, as performed by Kevin MacLeod, and "red tailed hawk" (no, it's not an eagle; eagles don't sound like that) as recorded by Craig Smith, both under the Creative Common License.

 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Thaxted

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479610/

Image credit:

 https://www.vecteezy.com/holiday-seasonal/61847-grungy-easter-event-flyer-vector &

https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/147260-blue-stars-patriotic-grunge-background

and our generous graphic designer, Anonymous.

The continuation of our conversation on the Lamb's War. We make it more personal, talking about the Lamb's War in our lives, including about forgiveness: how to forgive, and what forgiveness is. 

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Music and sound effects credit:

Gustov Holst's Thaxted, as performed by Kevin MacLeod, and "red tailed hawk" (no, it's not an eagle; eagles don't sound like that) as recorded by Craig Smith, both under the Creative Common License.

 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Thaxted

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479610/

Image credit:

 https://www.vecteezy.com/holiday-seasonal/61847-grungy-easter-event-flyer-vector &

https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/147260-blue-stars-patriotic-grunge-background

and our generous graphic designer, Anonymous.

Adria and Rosemary sit down to talk about the Lamb's War. What is "The Lamb's War," and how does one fight in it? Why do we have to have a war at all? Is evil even real?

All this and more!

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Music and sound effects credit:

Gustov Holst's Thaxted, as performed by Kevin MacLeod, and "red tailed hawk" (no, it's not an eagle; eagles don't sound like that) as recorded by Craig Smith, both under the Creative Common License.

 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Thaxted

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479610/

Image credit:

 https://www.vecteezy.com/holiday-seasonal/61847-grungy-easter-event-flyer-vector &

https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/147260-blue-stars-patriotic-grunge-background

and our generous graphic designer, Anonymous.

As it says on the tin. Apologies: one of our squad has quite the cold (I shall withold their name to protect the guilty) and I didn't realize how imperfectly I'd edited out all the GSK-style heavy breathing until I'd already flattened the audio. Mea culpa! It's worst towards the beginning so if you can soldier through, it will improve. 

Right off the bat, we dive into the nuts and bolts of the verdict itself (also, Adria gives the 10,000 foot overview of the case for anyone who has been living under a rock for the last year). Then...

Brandon shares a nice reflection on constitutionalism and the rule of law.

Rosemary goes on a bit of a rant regarding the "this isn't justice; this is accountability" meme (spoiler: she hates it).

We ask what  justice is, anyway, and how do we get there? Do the ends ever justify the means? (Trick question.)

To what extent is police brutality driven by racism vs classism vs other factors, and to what extent do these distinctions matter?

Micah takes a moment to rant against social media (and plug for Esperanto...)

When we say "the system," what do we actually mean? What function does this vague language serve? How is racial justice like chastity? Have YOU ever had sex with a panda in a moving car?

....and so much more.


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Music and sound effects credit:

Gustov Holst's Thaxted, as performed by Kevin MacLeod, and "red tailed hawk" (no, it's not an eagle; eagles don't sound like that) as recorded by Craig Smith, both under the Creative Common License.

 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Thaxted

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479610/

Image credit:

 https://www.vecteezy.com/holiday-seasonal/61847-grungy-easter-event-flyer-vector &

https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/147260-blue-stars-patriotic-grunge-background

and our generous graphic designer, Anonymous.

Does the right-wing purity culture of the 80s and 90s have anything to teach us about similar purity movements today?

We springboard from this David French piece on purity culture https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/why-the-atlanta-massacre-triggered and, as usual, go our own way from there.

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Music and sound effects credit:

Gustov Holst's Thaxted, as performed by Kevin MacLeod, and "red tailed hawk" (no, it's not an eagle; eagles don't sound like that) as recorded by Craig Smith, both under the Creative Common License.

 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Thaxted

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479610/

Image credit:

 https://www.vecteezy.com/holiday-seasonal/61847-grungy-easter-event-flyer-vector &

https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/147260-blue-stars-patriotic-grunge-background

and our generous graphic designer, Anonymous.

My "guest" for this second of our book review series isn't actually a guest at all; it's our very own Brandon. 

We discuss Alan Jacobs' book "How To Think"...at some length, too! 

"How To Think": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/551280/how-to-think-by-alan-jacobs/
Alan Jacobs' blog, "Snakes and Ladders": https://blog.ayjay.org

What is "lived experience" and how is it different from plain old "experience"? Two somewhat critical perspectives (Brandon cannot be held responsible for these; I couldn't find the article he referenced when it came time for show notes, so I had to 'do a google,' as Micah says.) 
https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-lived-experience/
https://medium.com/@jacobhoerger/lived-experience-vs-experience-2e467b6c2229

John Oliver vs Tucker Carlson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMGxxRRtmHc

"Cruelty is Apostasy," by David French: https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/cruelty-is-apostasy (maybe the best article I have read all year; cannot recommend strongly enough)

"The Weight of Glory," the original source for discussion on 'Inner Ringery': https://www.cslewis.com/us/books/format/weight-of-glory/9780061950285/

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Music and sound effects credit:

Gustov Holst's Thaxted, as performed by Kevin MacLeod, and "red tailed hawk" (no, it's not an eagle; eagles don't sound like that) as recorded by Craig Smith, both under the Creative Common License.

 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Thaxted

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479610/

Image credit:

 https://www.vecteezy.com/holiday-seasonal/61847-grungy-easter-event-flyer-vector &

https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/147260-blue-stars-patriotic-grunge-background

and our generous graphic designer, Anonymous.

We discuss a Guardian article (by the founding editor of Jacobin) of this title, found here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/06/racial-equality-working-class-americans-advocacy?fbclid=IwAR25oM29H18GXyF-WuZlZiyvCC_wMTogpZfV9FL1RmOoBgWUt3XLEdy6acI

All of us on the pod are deeply skeptical of much of modern "anti-racism," while simultaneously being equally deeply concerned to actually advance equality in this country. What does modern anti-racism get wrong, and, more importantly, where can we go from here? How can we make a better world?

Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/forgodandcountrypodcast (patrons-only for this episode will be a continuation of the main conversation, so if you liked this, you'll like that!)
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Music and sound effects credit:

Gustov Holst's Thaxted, as performed by Kevin MacLeod, and "red tailed hawk" (no, it's not an eagle; eagles don't sound like that) as recorded by Craig Smith, both under the Creative Common License.

 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Thaxted

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479610/

Image credit:

 https://www.vecteezy.com/holiday-seasonal/61847-grungy-easter-event-flyer-vector &

https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/147260-blue-stars-patriotic-grunge-background

and our generous graphic designer, Anonymous.

Welcome to the first episode in our intermittent book series! My guest Paula Binsol and I (Rosemary) discuss C. S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screwtape_Letters) and its impact on us. We read and discuss passages from the book, so this should be a great intro for anyone who hasn't read it and wonders if they might be interested. (Hint: you should be interested!)

If you find Paula as delightful as I do and want to hear more of her, a Paula-centric patrons-only will be dropping in the next couple of days, all about Catholic "third orders." Did you know that it's possible to be a lay Franciscan, Benedictine, Carmelite, or Dominican? Curious? Listen on!

Housekeeping: For anyone who didn't catch it, I laid out our scheduling updates here https://www.patreon.com/posts/48748888

tl;dr: We decided to switch our round-table episodes to every other week, and in the space that opens up, we're going to interleave interviews, book reviews, and deep-dive one-on-ones with our very own podcast crew. We've got some really neat stuff in the pipeline that I am very excited about! Apologies for dropping the ball a bit last week; there will be two (TWO!) free episodes this week to make up for it, along with two (TWO!) patrons-only episodes for those who choose to become patrons. 

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 Email us at [email protected]

Music and sound effects credit:

Gustov Holst's Thaxted, as performed by Kevin MacLeod, and "red tailed hawk" (no, it's not an eagle; eagles don't sound like that) as recorded by Craig Smith, both under the Creative Common License.

 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Thaxted

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479610/

Image credit:

 https://www.vecteezy.com/holiday-seasonal/61847-grungy-easter-event-flyer-vector &

https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/147260-blue-stars-patriotic-grunge-background

and our generous graphic designer, Anonymous.