Secret Third Thing

Secret Third Thing

By Germán S. Díaz del Castillo, Virginia AabramSociety & CultureReligion & SpiritualityArtsBooksPhilosophyReligion
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Secret Third Thing episodes

  • Pope Leo's Unified Church (ft. Fr. James Martin)

    Further reading:

    • What Happened at Vatican II by John W. O'Malley
    • If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
    • Work in Progress: Confessions of a busboy, dishwasher, caddy, usher, factory worker, bank teller, corporate tool, and priest – A Funny, Wise, and Inspiring Spiritual Memoir, by James Martin
    1 hr 31 min
  • The Church of Claude (ft. Dan Hitchens)

    Further reading:

    • "Magnifica Humanitas" by Leo XIV
    • "AI Doesn’t Know What It’s Doing" by Thomas Fowler (First Things)
    • "The Future of Reading" by Wessie Du Toit (First Things)
    • "A Boomer, But An Augustinian" by Jacob Phillips (First Things)
    • "The Pope Should Be Going to War Against A.I. Why Isn’t He?" by Matthew Walther (New York Times)
    • If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
      • 1 hr 3 min
    • Timothée Chalamet Is Right About Art (ft. Suzy Weiss)

      Further reading:

      • "Timothée Chalamet & Matthew McConaughey" by Variety & CNN Town Hall.
      • "The Case Against Aesthetic Castration" by Adam Lehrer (Compact).
      • "Marty Supreme mirrors Timothée Chalamet’s desire" by Germán Saucedo (The Spectator)
      • "It’s Over for Anthony Bourdain’s Fanboys" by Suzy Weiss (The Free Press)
        • 1 hr 23 min
      • Dimes Square: An Oral History (ft. Nick Allen)

        Further reading:

        • "Frontier Cities" by Nick Allen (IM-1776).
        • "New York’s Hottest Club Is the Catholic Church" by Julia Yost (New York Times).
        • Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right by Laura K. Field.
        • "The Party Politics of Sovereign House" by Emma Green (New Yorker)
        • "Reconstructing the Mystical Feminine from the Ashes of the Feminine Mystique" (The Portal)
          • 1 hr 34 min

        About Secret Third Thing

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        This is a show about contemporary culture. First Things editors Virginia Aabram and Germán S. Díaz del Castillo discuss modern, online trends. Are they good, bad, or a secret third thing?