Laura Mayo is back to discuss America's collective failure to understand the war in Ukraine. We then review Dasha Nekrasova's new film, The Scary of Sixty-First, and discuss Roman Polanski's influence on the Belarusian director. 

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Jack Strong joins the podcast to discuss our ignorance of the events unfolding in the Ukraine, voice our concerns with the rapid growth of real estate in Nashville, and reminisce about growing up in rural Tennessee. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/neardarkradio

Ray Fox is back to kick off the new season. The boys discuss the thickening cloud of war in Eastern Europe and the increasing clownification of American culture before revisiting Paul McCartney's second solo album, Ram. 

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The big bad Ray Fox is back to wrap up the plague years of Near Dark Radio. We discuss the anthropological theology of René Girard, the troubling trend of identifying oneself with one's medical diagnoses, and the vast vista of brainwaves available to the common man. 

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Sky is back to discuss the nature of Good and Evil, the problem with Internet anonymity, and why Miss America shouldn't be relevant anymore. 

Laura returns to delve into the demonic aspects of AstroWorld, and how our society fuels conspiracy theories and their counterpart - legitimate Satanic and pedophilic concerns. 

Ray Fox is back to discuss the future prospects of Kyle Rittenhouse and the developing story of agent provocateurs involved in the Jan. 6 riot. Jon recounts his recent trip to New Orleans, and his struggles with the Catholic faith. 

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Justin Adams joins the pod to discuss the rapid centralization of our public school system and the negative results of that process. We get into the moral crisis in our country, the abject nature of modern marketing, and the ethical writings of C.S. Lewis. 

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Ray Fox is back to explore the nature of reality, culture and social justice. We question the official narrative of Jan. 6, discuss Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals, and pick apart some of the big players in the racial justice movement.

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Robert Bell is owner and director of Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield, TN. He joins the podcast to tell the story of the Bell Witch, which haunted his ancestors in the early 1800s, and relate his own experiences with the spirit. He also tells the story of Bobby Wilks, another Robertson Co. funeral home director who was sent to prison for his unorthodox and disturbing treatment of the dead.

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