Cracks in Postmodernity

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

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/