Cracks in Postmodernity

Urban Hannon joins the pod once again to discuss the different construals of same sex intimacy in Brideshead Revisited, Call Me By Your Name, and Love Simon.  Follow Urban @hannonregular  $upport CracksInPomo by clicking on this link Cracks in Postmodernity • A podcast on Anchor

After long await, Urban Hannon joins the pod to breakdown his famous 2014 First Things Mag article, "Against Heterosexuality." Other topics include the Foucault, Freud, Raffalovich, Quentin Crisp, and the horseshoe theory of Catholicism and queer theory.  Read the article here Against Heterosexuality by Michael W. Hannon | Articles | First Things And follow Urban at @hannonregular $upport Cra...

Rick joins the pod to discuss Rosalia's album MOTOMAMI and its themes of postmodern chaos, dualism, global homogenization, cultural appropriation, linguistic diversity, and more.  Check out Rick's video and his channel Cronicas Linguisticas.  And check out my review of MOTOMAMI in The Iffy https://www.the-iffy.com/rosalia. $upport CracksInPomo by clicking on this link Cracks in Postmoder...

We continue the discussion with Zach Langley Chi Chi on trends in pop music, including hot takes on Beyonce’s new album, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Gaga, Mariah, and Ariana...as well as a back and forth about the convergences and divergences between pagan libertinism and ecstatic asceticism, and the limits of love, violence, and morality. Check out part 1 of our discussion, and also check out Zach’s I'M...

Zach Langley Chi Chi joins the pod to discuss the cosmic symbolism of Drag, the drag of Drag Queen Story Hour, why Paglia enjoys drag shows more than Judith Butler, Japanese vs. American vs. Mediterranean male psyches, the REAL Mishima, the annihilation of masculinity under technocratic industrialism, thirst traps, virtue signaling, unironic influencers, and how Tik Tok demons are possessing us. S...

Charles Camosy joins the pod to discuss the collapse of the 2 party system, cognitive dissonance, the breakdown of nuance, mass hysteria, third parties, Roe and other life issues, and if anyone actually has any "rights." Check out his work here .

The author of Call Me By Your Name (and many other amazing books) joins the pod to discuss memory, desire, exile, happiness, and New York City.

Real live Jesuit Aric Serrano SJ joins the pod to recruit brave souls for the Society of Jesus...no jk. In this ep we talk about PapaRatzi (aka Pope Benedict/Cardinal Ratzinger)'s postmodern sensibility, the abyss, suffering, dark nights of the soul, Nietzsche, the death of God, Carmelites vs. Jesuits, and some hot takes on Endo's/Scorsese's Silence. Shockingly, I don't make any Jesuit jokes on th...

Anti-vape activist (and journalist) Billy McMorris joins the pod to talk about the politics of cigarettes, the metaphysical woes of vaping, and other nic related topics.  Read his articles on smoking and other topics at The Spectator and follow him on Twitter @FBillMcMorris

[rerelease] In our inaugural episode, we take on the dizzying condition of the American university system. Special guests include my brother Nick, Camille Paglia*, Patrick Deneen*, and Christopher Lasch*. Follow @cracksinpomo on IG for more subversive hot takes. *Disclaimer: they weren't able to make it in person.

Carlo Lancellotti joins the pod to discuss Augusto Del Noce's hot takes on the sexual revolution, Rainbow Capitalism, the bourgeois cult of well-being, the eclipse of ontology, the cognitive dissonance of secular progressivism, Marxism, the moralism of Obergefell, and the legacies of Dorothy Day and Simone Weil. Follow him on Twitter @_clancellotti and check out his translations of Del Noce And ch...

Ryan Czerwonko joins the pod to discuss the careers of James Franco and James Dean, the role of spectacles in postmodern culture, and the Depp/Heard trial. Follow Ryan @ryanczerwonko and check out his project @adultfilm.nyc

David Odyssey joins the pod to discuss the spiritual significance of the #FreeBritney movement and Britney's role in the shift from the 90s girl power ideal to the post-Bush era libfem girlboss...as well as to analyze the careers of other artists including Taylor, Ariana, Christina, Mariah, Beyonce, and Rihanna. Check out his work at davidodyseey.com and follow him @davidodyssey

Josh of Evil Thespian pod joins in to discuss Paglia’s No Law in the Arena, camp, drag, Gaga, and other hot topics.  Follow him @tragic_fruit

Pater Edmund Waldstein O.Cist. joins the pod to explain integralism and to discuss overlap between postlibs of the left and right, David Foster Wallace, restoring a monarchy, and lukewarm take on Russia-Ukraine.  Follow him on Twitter @sancrucensis Read his work on https://sancrucensis.wordpress.com/author/sancrucensis/ and https://thejosias.com/author/sancrucensis/

Nick returns to discuss The Secret History, Dark Academia, the Red Scare x Alex Jones hookup, Kanye, James Dean, and the Smiths.

Sam Rocha joins the pod to convince me that democratic socialism is a good idea...and that I need to grow up and stop being an idealist, in addition to discussing the shaky foundations of the "countercultural" posturing of postlibs, proletarian aesthetics, and the potential alliance between the socialist left and populist right. Follow him on Twitter @samrochadotcom Check out his substack And list...

Limpida joins to pod to talk about his experience of detransitioning and his thoughts on gender dysphoria, the Autism Spectrum, and Tumblr. Follow him on Twitter @ americandog1998

Round 3 in the trinity of episodes with Adam (aka Wafers), in which we discuss classic Nickelodeon shows and how their humor is different from Disney and Cartoon network, subliminal messaging in kids' shows, #mentalhealthawareness and millennials' fear of toxicity, surrealism and witchcraft. Follow him @wafers3d Check out his YouTube channel

The great Abigail Favale drops by the pod to discuss gender business, the highs and lows of having a female body, Amy Winehouse's neediness, Inventing Anna, and The White Lotus. Check out her first book Into the Deep and her new book The Genesis of Gender . Follow her on Twitter @favaleabs . Read her articles on The Newest War on Women and on Ask Your Husband .

Default Friend joins the pod to talk about Tumblr, TikTok, atomization and assimilation in suburbia, transracialism, hyperlocalism, and thirst traps and the male gaze.

Joe Enabnit, founder of St. Michael's Barbell Club, joins the pod to discuss gym culture, Mishima, subsidiarity and owning a small business, what's wrong with millennials, and the feminization of men and the inversion of the male gaze. Follow him @saintmichaelbarbell and check out the website here .

Adam (aka Wafers) of @tradwave returns to the pod to discuss Pasolini’s Salo and the Gospel According to Matthew, Kieslowski’s Dekalog 1, the Passion of the Christ, Luca Guadagino’s Suspiria, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and anime. Follow him @wafers3d Check out his YouTube channel

The great John Milbank, founder of the Radical Orthodoxy movement, joins the pod to talk about poststructuralism in universities, the metaphysical follies of capitalism and socialism, and the classism of the transgender movement.

Jack the Perfume Nationalist joins the pod to discuss discovering Paglia, De Sade, Pasolini's Salo, Huysmans, and Houellebecq, amongst other cultural troublemakers. Follow him on IG @paglianaroma and on Twitter @lotus__point And listen to his pod at https://www.patreon.com/perfumenationalist