Cracks in Postmodernity

Rose Lyddon joins the pod to discuss martyrdom, the desire to die, the death of academia, the future of Substack, Simone Weil, Augustine, & Teresa of Avila. Check out her Substack https://roselyddon.substack.com/Check out Stephen's work on wanting to die young https://wisdomofcrowds.live/p/i-cant-stop-fantasizing-about-my and on Augustine & Teresa https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/th...

Marwa al-Sabouni joins the pod to discuss mosque architecture, urban design, the limits of modernism, and what the West gets wrong about Islam. Check out her book https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/mosque-an-architects-exploration-of-form-faith-and-meaning-hardcover And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Matthew Vines joins the pod to discuss his NYTimes article about how queer theory is ruining everything for the gays. Check out his article https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/opinion/queer-gay-rights.html And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Catherine Liu joins the pod to talk about trauma scripts, AOC and other fragile millennials, Laschian narcissism, the identitarian co-opting of the Left, and how to get over yourself.  Check out her new book ‘Traumatized’ https://www.versobooks.com/products/3263-traumatized?srsltid=AfmBOopbQa25m4AqVp8AJGGAEUOiQwk8D6B1dJbtl6cKPEPz6w4Wcc1M   And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Stephen joins Juan Martinez and Juan Merchan on El Matiz podcast to talk about the evils of air conditioning, Baudrillard's love (and my hate) of hyperreal America, Lorca’s Poems, Shakira, the terror of shopping malls, the Floridian hellscape, and Canadian cathedrals. For more, check out https://elmatizdifusion.substack.com/ https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/take-this-lorca-waltz https://cra...

Steven Christoforou joins the pod to talk about Orthobros, internet Orthodoxy, Charles Taylor, cradle ethnic Orthodox, and other Orthodox things. Check out FOCUS https://focusnorthamerica.org/ And Steven's page https://stevenchristoforou.substack.com/ And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Jacob Savage joins the pod to discuss why it's so hard to be a white [passing] cisgender millennial male writer, and why you should feel bad for us. Jk. We discuss everything from DEI in publishing to our favorite dude writers. Check out is work here https://substack.com/@jacobksavage And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Nick Leeper SJ joins the pod to discuss his recent art exhibit, Andy Warhol, being a Jesuit, what constitutes sacrilege, and plays a round of "hot or not" with us. Check out his work https://www.nkleepersj.com/ Read Stephen's review of his exhibit https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/nick-leeper-sj-isnt-pissing-on-the?utm_source=publication-searchAnd follow our Substack https://cracks...

Luke Burgis joins the pod to discuss his new book 'The One and the Ninety-Nine', the tribalism of the culture wars, internet Catholicism, the loss of agency, and Dorothy Day. Get a copy of his book here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250373038/theoneandtheninetynine/ And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Julie Bindel joins the pod to discuss her book "Lesbians: Where are we now?", the gay man vs. lesbian rivalry, UK vs US cultural politics, TERFdom, conversion therapy, and more. Check out her work https://juliebindel.substack.com/ And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Lucian Wintrich joins the pod to talk about Twinks for Trump, his congressional campaign, the importance of engaging with rather than reacting against your ideological ops, & the excesses of contrarianism. Check out his page here https://wintrichfornewyork.com/ And follow cracks in pomo here https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Jack from the Book Club From Hell pod joins us to discuss why he loves reading books so much, and his suggestions for people who want to get back into reading. Check out his pod here https://bookclubfromhell.substack.com/

Joe Enabnit and Jonah Howell attempt to convince Stephen that lifting is not morally reprehensible. Read Stephen's piece against lifting https://nopomo.substack.com/p/you-should-not-have-time-to-bulk And Joe's piece in favor of lifting https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/archetyping-at-the-gym Follow us on Substack ⁠https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/⁠  

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re likely to have noticed the discourse has been set abuzz with talk of a  crisis of masculinity . While the debate is out on whether the  real  culprit is  feminism, toxic masculinity, the Nanny State, or automation , men are indeed struggling to find themselves. The rates of loneliness, drug abuse, and suicide among men have reached record highs. In re...

Father James Martin SJ joins the pod to discuss his new book ‘Work in Progress,’ polarization in the Catholic Church, trad zoomers, intergenerational dialogue, and his encounter with Camille Paglia.  Follow us on Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/   Check out Fr. Martin's book https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/jamesmartin  

Evelyn Quartz, Anton Cebalo, & Jeffery Tyler Syck join the pod to discuss the technocratic paradigm . Check out their work:https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/cp/186860518⁠ ⁠https://brooklynrail.org/2026/02/field-notes/technocracy-2-0/ https://www.persuasion.community/p/localism-not-nationalism-will-cure

Cracks in pomo presents our Friday night meeting at the CW on Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum, the Mondragon workers' co-op, and how subsidiarity can help us transcend political polarization.

Andrew McLuhan joins the pod to discuss the current state of mass media and whether his grandfather [Marshall] would have an X account. Check out Andrew's Substack: https://mcluhan.substack.com/ And read João Ruy Faustino's piece in pomo on McLuhan https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/marshall-mcluhan-was-not-a-globalist

Audrey Pollnow, Emilia Tanu-Chornay, and Bridget Ruffing shared their thoughts on being a woman in the post-girlboss era. Thanks to all who came out.

Fr. Stephen Koeth joins the pod to discuss his book Crabgrass Catholicism , the suburbanization of American Catholicism, urban ethnic politics, and assimilation. Read Stephen's reviews in First Things and in ARC. https://firstthings.com/how-suburbia-reshaped-american-catholic-life/ https://arcmag.org/the-sinful-suburbs/

Mary Harrington joins the pod to discuss Baudrillard's 1986 book America , NYC vs. LA vs. London, and Reagan's culture war. Subscribe to our Substack: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com

Amidst the enforcement of speech codes, reactionary backlash, and an uptick in political violence, debates about the future of the First Amendment have taken center stage. Various ideological factions have emerged, emphasizing the need for speech to be free, ethical, or true. But what of the need for speech that is meaningful, that inspires profound thought and contributes concretely to the common...

Pierre d'Alancaisez and Amir Naaman join the pod to discuss their new book Inversion , gay narcissism, victimhood, Queers for Palestine, and more. Purchase Inversion here: https://verdur.in/inversion/ And read an excerpt of Stephen's chapter here: https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-gay-identity-trumped-gay-sex/ Subscribe to our Substack: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com

Evelyn Quartz joins the pod to discuss #Resistance politics, Trump & Zohran's false populism, Charlie Kirk, No Kings, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lina Khan. Check out Evelyn's article in Cracks in PoMo https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/c And check out her Substack https://quartzevelyn.substack.com/ Subscribe to our Substack: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com

Cory Doctorow joins the pod to discuss his book 'Enshittification,' anti-trust policy, Lina Khan, and buying local. Check out our other content on 'Enshittification' https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/everything-is-crap-and-its-only-getting https://nopomo.substack.com/p/the-lina-khan-horseshoe Subscribe to our Substack: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com