Rod and Kale are joined by New York Times columnist (and friend) Ross Douthat to discuss his new book The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness & Recovery. His harrowing account opens up spaces for rethinking what we think we know, the limitations of official accounts, and the deep mysteries of the buffered and porous self.   Links:

• Charles Taylor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Secular_Age
• Michael Specter's The Lyme Wars: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/01/the-lyme-wars
• Ross's Substack preview: https://douthat.substack.com/p/the-deep-places-a-preview 
• Rod's Blog Post: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/ross-douthat-the-deep-places-tick-bite-prophet-lyme/