Cracks in Postmodernity

Adam of @tradwave and @jawbreakersva joins the pod to discuss the Peter Pan complex of millennial males, the need for escapism, the beauty of evil in art, and aesthetic tradcath stuff. Stay tuned for the second part. Follow him on IG @ wafers3d , @ tradwave , and @ jawbreakersva .  And watch his YouTube channels: Jawbreakers and Tradwave

Sean Domencic of Tradistae joins the pod to talk about distributist economics, subsidiarity, social justice trads, Dorothy Day, and what the mainstream media gets wrong about the Pope. Follow him @tradtom and check out https://tradistae.com/ and @tradistae on Twitter

Artist extraordinaire Vitaly Lopez joins the pod to talk about the latest trends in Reggaeton and Dembow, cultural appropriation, duende, and cutting edge analyses of Rosalia, Rauw Alejandro, Bad Bunny, Tokischa, and El Alfa.  Follow @vi_taly1 and @ vitalyart__ , and check out her podcast @socialmente_hablando_

DC Schindler joins the pod to talk about the diabolical nature of modern freedom, millennials' fear of toxicity, Americans' inability to commit, the uprooting from culture and tradition, and the deceptive power of the secular State. Check out his book here https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268102623/freedom-from-reality/ and check out my article on Pope Francis, Millennials, and Dogs https://www.catholi...

@thesecondcomingisathand joins the pod to talk about the Netflix series Elite, the divide between elites and proletarians, and how Paglia, Houellebecq, poststructuralism are received differently in France vs. the US.

Part 2 with Marc Barnes, the founder of New Polity, joins the pod to talk about whether democracy is a joke, Kanye's Birthday Party ballot, Dorothy Day's anarchism, and other postliberal stuff. Check out Marc's article on the Kanye Option https://newpolity.com/blog/the-catholic-vote

Marc Barnes, the founder of New Polity, joins the pod to talk about postliberal stuff. Check out part 2 next week... Check out New Polity here: https://newpolity.com/

Journalist Armin Rosen joins the pod to talk about Rolling Loud, Playboi Carti, Zoomers, ugliness, and nihilism. Follow him on Twitter @arminrosen and check out his article "Zoomers Like It Ugly” in the Tablet here: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/zoomers-armin-rosen

Albert Thompson, professor at Howard University and delegate of the American Solidarity Party, joins the pod to discuss racial equality and distributist economic theory. Follow him on Twitter @IronProfessor And check my interview with him on 3rd party politics https://www.patheos.com/blogs/cracksinpomo/2020/10/racial-justice-and-third-party-politics-an-interview-with-albert-thompson/

Freelance writer Kyle Turner joins the pod to discuss whether House of Gucci is camp or not, amongst other things. Check out his essay on HoG and Camp in W Magazine https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/house-of-gucci-camp-essay And follow him on IG @tylekurner

Artist extraordinaire Erin K. McAtee joins to pod to discuss the Warhol exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. Listen to us as we address Warhol's encounter with John Paul 2, his celibacy, and the obnoxious elitist captions offered by the Brooklyn Museum. Check out Erin's work @erin.k.mcatee Read our interviews https://www.ncronline.org/news/media/artist-erin-mcatees-faith-journey-led-place-encounter?fbc...

Producer and artist Dani Mendez joins the pod to discuss the state of R&B music and the conflict between building a career off of hype vs. artistry. Follow her on IG @danimendezmusic

Bill Melone joins the pod to discuss suburbia, assimilation, and the erasure of ethnic identity. Follow Bill on Twitter @BillMelone Check out his article on cultural assimilation and Rachel Dolezal https://mereorthodoxy.com/cultural-assimilation/

Joseph Bottum joins the pod to discuss the puritanical roots of American culture, and how we will never be a secular country, no matter how hard we try.  Check out his book An Anxious Age: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/16449/an-anxious-age-by-joseph-bottum/

@brennanvickery dishes on what inspired him to start up @_theiffy_ magazine, why we're so deaf to nuance, whether women can be funny, and NYC hot spots. Check out the iffy pod https://www.patreon.com/theiffy and DM brennan to get a copy of the mag

Dr. Michael P. Foley joins the pod to discuss the philosophical significance of smoking tobacco and weed. Check out his article on smoking at First Things: https://www.firstthings.com/article/1997/04/tobacco-and-the-soul and his books: https://michaelpfoley.info/my-writings

Music journalist GG Albuquerque joins the pod to talk about the history and cultural significance of Brazilian Funk and other afrodiasporic art forms.

Leticia Ochoa Adams and Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa join the pod to knock on social activists who take themselves too seriously, and to discuss how being lazy and watching Netflix are more important than fighting for human rights (which is also mildly important).  Follow Destiny @destinynwf of @newwavefeminists and Leticia @leticiaoadams on IG

@bodylessorgans joins the pod to discuss Paglia's take on Madonna and Gaga, the vapidness of performative social media posturing, and whether modern art is beautiful (it is not).

Listen to me engage in a riveting interview with myself about the (ir)relevance of irony, propaganda that poses as art, the new wave of emo reggaetoneros, and other really important opinions that I am right about. *I am being sarcastic...it actually does not

Am I going to hell for using Amazon Prime? Probably. Dr. William T. Cavanaugh joins the pod to discuss the moral and social implications of using the largest retail company in the universe, as well as brand fetishism and the iron cage of modernity.

Joseph Schafer (@zizekonawiredbrain) joins in for an incomprehensible word salad session on the Manichaean hysteria over vaxxing, the campy cultural commentary of Trump, and whether or not Hegel was right that we are eternally screwed. 

The hosts of Contra Gentiles come on the pod to discuss whether or not homosexuality exists (no), if it's a mortal sin for women to smoke (yes), if Milo is the new Oscar Wilde (no), and the general banality of our puritanical culture. Follow Contra Gentiles on Twitter @contra_gentiles, and follow Grant on Twitter and IG @basedsodomite.

Chris Arnade joins the pod to talk about tyrannical technocrats, the horrors of suburbia, and the magic of boring everyday stuff. Check out his book Dignity (and my review of it ) and follow him on Twitter @chris_arnade

Watch me sperg out as I answer the age old question: "how do I cracks in pomo?" Good luck following along. Also available as a blog post at https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/how-to-cracks-in-pomo-a-manifesto Follow on IG @cracksinpomo