Culturally Determined

Phil's essay, "What Is It Like to Be a Man?" ... Modern male stereotypes: Homer Simpson vs. Harvey Weinstein ... Proud Boys, Jordan Peterson, and the crisis of masculinity ... The trans challenge to gender norms ... Phil explains why his Christian faith doesn't provide him with certainty ... Contrasting certainty in Judaism and Christianity ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

What Katie saw at the Jordan Peterson roadshow ... Is Peterson peddling bunkum? ... Katie defends Peterson against charges of racism ... Peterson's views on gender: traditionalist, sexist, or misogynist? ... Peterson as a holy fool ... Jesse Singal's controversial Atlantic cover story on detransitioning ... Is the media telling the wrong stories about trans people? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Vanessa's NYT Magazine piece on NXIVM, an alleged "sex cult" ... Why so many women rose to the top of the group ... The Hollywood actress who became a NXIVM leader ... The real story of the infamous branding of women's skin ... Is the group guilty of sex trafficking? ... Is NXIVM a sex cult? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First Reformed, Paul Schrader's new film that takes Christianity seriously ... Schrader's European art-house influences ... The film contrasts two versions of American Protestantism ... Ethan Hawke's restrained lead performance ... Spoiler alert! Analyzing the film's shocking twists ... The intentionally ambiguous ending ... Reaction to the film from the Christian press ... Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Why Connie has grown sick of the cultural appropriation debate ... Nicki Minaj and the flattening of Asian cultures ... How social media escalated the cultural appropriation wars ... Why are these fights so often over fashion and food? ... Appropriation, mockery, and Halloween ... The Met Gala and Catholic-inspired fashion ... Who gets to decide that a particular outfit is "okay"? ... Hosted on Ac...

Michael's new book Space Odyssey, about the film 2001 ... The quest to make the "first good science fiction film" ... The remarkable development of the Dawn of Man sequence ... The fiction and fact of HAL 9000 ... The trippy "Stargate" sequence ... Why the movie's premiere was an utter disaster ... Is the film supposed to be boring? ... 2001's legacy ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Connections between science, religion, and mental health ... How psychologists study and understand suicide ... Putting Darth Vader on the couch ... Diagnosing Michael Scott from The Office... ... ...and the Dude and Walter from The Big Lebowski ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Danielle’s response to the controversial NYT piece on long-term antidepressant use ... Why research on long-term antidepressant use is lacking ... What depression and type I diabetes have in common ... Danielle and Aryeh describe their experiences with depression ... Should medication be a last resort? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why the Mortara case is still provoking argument 150 years later ... Pater Edmund offers a defense of Pope Pius IX ... Integralism and different conceptions of liberty ... What would an integralist Catholic state look like? ... How Pater Edmund became a monk (with a blog) ... The day-to-day life of a modern meditating monk ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why is pop culture obsessed with good guy vs. bad guy stories? ... Catherine: Modern stories don't let the villain be fully human ... World War II and the trope of the ragtag band of misfits ... Shakespeare vs. comic book movies ... Storytelling about why we go to war ... What pop culture best represents moral complexity? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is Trump a postmodern figure? ... Why, despite what you might hear, academia has not embraced postmodernism ... Debating Jeet Heer's argument for viewing Trump as postmodern ... Why healthy public debate requires belief in a discoverable truth ... Aryeh says Bitcoin is postmodern, but David disagrees ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why the Aziz Ansari story blew up ... Are women like "Grace" damned if they do, damned if they don't? ... Libertarianism and consent ... Katie Roiphe vs. the creator of the Shitty Media Men list ... Is giving the benefit of the doubt possible in the age of the Twitter mob? ... Having good politics vs. being a good person ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.