Matt talks to Catholic theologian and Emory University professor Dr. Susan Bigelow Reynolds about her new book, People Get Ready: Ritual, Solidarity, and Lived Ecclesiology in Catholic Roxbury.

TEASER: Suffering, Solidarity, and Ritual (w/ Susan Bigelow Reynolds)

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Matt and Sam talk to the poet Christian Wiman about his recent book, Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair.

Against Despair (w/ Christian Wiman)

Matt and Sam are joined by historian Ronnie Grinberg to discuss her book "Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals."

"Write Like a Man" (w/ Ronnie Grinberg)

Matt and Sam watch the wonderful 1998 documentary "Arguing the World" — and go deep on  Irving Howe, Irving Kristol, Daniel Bell, and Nathan Glazer.

Arguing the World: Howe, Kristol, Glazer, and Bell [Teaser]

Matt and Sam talk to B.D. McClay about the right's deranged freakout over Taylor Swift — and what she can tell us about American fame, fortune, and fear.

Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome (w/ B.D. McClay)

Matt and Sam discuss a conservative family saga for the ages — the Bozells — in a classic KYE episode unlocked from the Patreon.

TEASER: Suffering, Solidarity, and Ritual (w/ Susan Bigelow Reynolds)

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