Vernacular

Thank you so much for listening to Vernacular for these past six (!) years! It's been a really fun ride and we've learned so much along the way.

Our big news today is that we are drawing this podcast to a close, BUT we'll be doing future content over at Creedal: Theology & Culture. You can subscribe to Creedal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Some of our recommendations:

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Some of the recommendations we discuss in today's episode:

The Mystery of the Immaculate Concussion by Julia Ioffe (GQ)

The Heart of Perfection by Colleen Carol Campbell

The Searcher by Tana French

Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)

A Subversive Gospel by Michael Mears Bruner

American Kingpin by Nick Bilton

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

"Out of Body" (album by NEEDTOBREATHE)

The Dispatch Podcast

Didn't I Just Feed You Podcast

Lovecraft Country

Get Out

The Dispatch

Money Heist (Netflix)

The Trial of the Chicago Seven (Aaron Sorkin film)

The Big Picture Podcast

The Rewatchables Podcast

What God is Not Podcast

Maple Tree Inn

Max Richter's recomposition of The Four Seasons

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Today on the show I welcome fellow Catholic Amar Patel, who is running for Vice President of the United States on the American Solidarity Party ticket. Amar and I talk about the principles of solidarity, subsidiarity, personalism, and sphere sovereignty, why it's important to have third parties, what "success" looks like for his ticket, finding a way out of our toxic two-party culture, and a platform that upholds the dignity of every human life.

For more information on the American Solidarity Party, please visit https://solidarity-party.org/.

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Today on the show Sally's sister Maria joins us to talk us about a recent article (see below) from philosopher-mechanic Matthew Crawford that critiques the prevailing bureaucratic attitude towards COVID as one of safetyism rather than safety. Crawford thinks that safety isn't the highest good, which obviously raises the question: what is?

Crawford's Article: https://unherd.com/2020/05/the-hypocrisy-of-safetyism/

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Today on the podcast, Arc Digital's Nick Clairmont (@NickClairmont1) joined us to talk about the power of words, the changing meaning of words over time, the social construction of language (and what that does and doesn't mean), and more. It's a great conversation that's definitely worth your time!

To read Nick's latest piece in Tablet Mag, head to www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/woke-language-privilege.

To read more of Nick's work at Arc Digital, head to arcdigital.media.

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In today's episode, we talk about the Uighurs in northwestern China, who face unprecedented state surveillance, restrictions on religious practice, state-sponsored spies in their houses, and in many cases (1-2 millon!) forced internment in "re-education" camps.

If you're interested, check out Zac's new weekly newsletter, The Vernaculist (vernaculist.substack.com), in which he recently dove into this topic in detail.

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Today on the podcast we sit down with Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson, Louise Cowan Scholar in Residence at the University of Dallas, to talk about charges of accusation levied against Flannery O'Connor, Flannery's cultural and literary milieu, costly grace, and more.

Resources:

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On today's episode of Vernacular, we talk to Zac's college friend and wedding groomsman, Trey Lowman, comes on the show to talk about his experience growing up as a Black man in a white community, what it's like to be the "token" Black friend in a group of white people, and living up to white friends' expectations about what a Black man should and shouldn't be. We also talk about friendship and how to navigate issues of race with charity, humility, and grace.

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Today on this Vernacular Podcast + Creedal Catholic crossover episode, Gloria Purvis joins us to talk about racial justice, George Floyd, systemic racism, and our national moment. It's a really good conversation, and Gloria has challenging words for the Church and for all Americans.

NOTE: The title of this episode, "Why Black Lives Matter," expresses unqualified support for the singular idea that Black Lives do matter. It is not an endorsement of all of the tenets of the organization Black Lives Matter or an expression of de facto membership of that organization.

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Gloria is the host of EWTN's Morning Glory and a Board Member for the Northwest Pregnancy Center and Maternity Home in Washington, D.C. She is an Advisory Board Member on the Maryland Catholic Conference’s Respect for Life Department, and serves on the National Black Catholic Congress’ Leadership Commission on Social Justice. She is also the Chairperson for Black Catholics United for Life, which seeks to increase the size and strength of active Black Catholics participating in the pro-life movement.

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Recently we (Sally and Zac) watched Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" for the first time. There's a lot going on in the film, so we called in a filmmaker and an aspiring film critic to help us unpack it all.

Follow Chandler's work at chandlerryd.com

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