David Gornoski

David Gornoski

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A Neighbor's Choice radio show and THINGS HIDDEN podcast are the two main audio programs of David Gornoski. THINGS HIDDEN is a deep-dive podcast into the world of mythology and current events guided by the Mimetic theory of Rene Girard and grounded in the personhood revolution of Jesus. Hosted by David Gornoski, A Neighbor's Choice Radio examines the role of violence and religion in society. From victims of state violence against nonviolent behaviors to public figures and contrarian voices, the conversations that unfold create an illuminating and surreal journey for listeners.

Author

David Gornoski

Category

Society

Podcast website

aneighborschoice.com

Latest episode

Jul 3, 2026

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Episodes

Science and U: Scientists Talk to Dreamers - A Neighbor's Choice 24.02.2021

"Scientists have 'conversation' with people during lucid dreams," a new study published on Science Direct claims. Why do we dream? What is a dream? What happens in our brain when we sleep? Join Dr. Weiping Yu as he comments on this story. Why do people drastically change their lives after having near-death experiences? Is information stored via magnetism in various locations? Listen to the full se...

Idols, Violence, and Seed Oils - A Neighbor's Choice 24.02.2021

David Gornoski starts off the show with a reflection on how fear drives us towards blaming others instead of employing creativity to solve problems. What do we need to do to create a joyful society? How has Christ's Gospel technology inspired whistleblowers and investigative journalism in the face of statist corporate media? Is it possible for a Christ-haunted society to sustain itself on the use...

Ryan Girdusky Takes Down the Lincoln Project - A Neighbor's Choice 23.02.2021

David Gornoski starts the episode by going through the latest news reports on censorship, corporate media disinformation, leftist idolatry of the state, the green energy racket, and more. Also in the show, David is joined by journalist and author of They're Not Listening , Ryan James Girdusky, who calls in to explain the truth about the Lincoln Project. Who is John Weaver and why should we pay att...

The Desire to Change Reality With Words - A Neighbor's Choice 23.02.2021

"There's this desire in our society to change reality with words," David Gornoski says as he highlights the attempt to make actual violence passé while justifying violence against nonviolent persons. How ridiculous is Disney's labeling of their own products as offensive? How religious is woke culture? Join David as he takes on Big Tech censorship, cancel culture, and political groupthink while urg...

THINGS HIDDEN 29: Andrew McLuhan on Marshall McLuhan, Rene Girard, and How Media Becomes Us 23.02.2021

David Gornoski sits down with Andrew McLuhan, director of the McLuhan Institute and grandson of Marshall McLuhan. The two discuss the overlaps between Marshall McLuhan and Rene Girard; how Marshall McLuhan rose to fame; the relation between technology and language; pandemic mask-wearing as a theatrical gesture; how changes in technology impact desire; and more. How can we keep ourselves from getti...

The Politicization of Science Under Fauci - A Neighbor's Choice 22.02.2021

David Gornoski talks about the upcoming CPAC and the reports of Trump giving his first speech post-presidency. What do conservatives need to win the future? Join David as he answers this question by highlighting why we must not only tell the truth about the news but also live by the right principles. Was there a conspiracy to kill Malcolm X? Did Trump effect any real change in the swamp of DC? Was...

Michael Harrison on Rush Limbaugh and the Future of Talk Radio - A Neighbor's Choice 22.02.2021

David Gornoski starts the episode by briefly going through some of the latest news. David is joined by Talkers Magazine's Michael Harrison who talks at length about the influence of Rush Limbaugh and what made him so successful. What lies in the future for talk radio? Listen to the full episode to find out. Also in the show, David Gornoski talks about why we shouldn't resign ourselves to death or...

THINGS HIDDEN 28: "Reagan's Terrible Sword" Donald J. Devine on Rene Girard, The Enduring Tension 20.02.2021

David Gornoski sits down with Donald J. Devine, political scientist and author of The Enduring Tension. David and Dr. Devine touch on a variety of topics such as the deep political divide in America, the decline of conservative influence in media, the impact of Rene Girard's work on anthropology, Dr. Devine's experience of working with President Ronald Reagan, the breaking down of the welfare stat...

Jeff Deist on Rush Limbaugh and the Texas Power Outage - A Neighbor's Choice 18.02.2021

Jeff Deist of the Mises Institute returns to the show to comment on the Texas power outage that has been making headlines around the country. Is this power crisis due to an overreliance on solar panels? What does this episode reveal about green energy? How influential was Rush Limbaugh? How deep is economics' connection to culture and morality? Listen to the full segment to find out and more. Visi...

Science and U: Perseverance Lands Safely on Mars - A Neighbor's Choice 18.02.2021

Dr. Weiping Yu returns with another brand new segment of Science and U. The physicist comments on the latest news that the NASA rover Perseverance has landed on Mars and has begun searching for signs of ancient life. How are the prospects looking for future colonization on Mars? Dr. Yu also comments on a new theoretical model that says magnetic fields help shape the formation of new planets. Is gr...

Blame Games Sap the Power From America - A Neighbor's Choice 18.02.2021

Is America's electrical infrastructure on the downslide as the Texas power outage seems to be indicating? What is the reason behind these increasing power outages across the country? "When all you're focused on is the lunchroom drama, nobody knows how to keep the lights on the lunchroom itself." Is capitalism to blame for unjust outcomes? Listen to the full episode to find out as David Gornoski ex...

Biden Goes to Bat for CCP - A Neighbor's Choice 17.02.2021

David Gornoski continues his tribute to Rush Limbaugh while focusing on some of the latest news stories from around the country. How does the Left's reaction to Limbaugh's passing compare to Trump's reaction to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing? Is China's human rights violation due to cultural differences as Biden claims? Is Gina Carano right in making parallels between Nazi Germany and 2021 America?...

Rush Limbaugh Rests in Peace - A Neighbor's Choice 17.02.2021

David Gornoski starts the episode by paying tribute to Rush Limbaugh while highlighting how the conservative radio icon spoke for the heartland of America. Is this the end of an era for conservatism? Why is the corporate press miserably gleeful over Limbaugh's passing? Join David as he answers these questions while also commenting on stories such as the "coordinated information control" admitted b...

The Storytelling Revolution of Jesus - A Neighbor's Choice 16.02.2021

Why is single-payer nutritional science antithetical to science? Is it okay to sacrifice nonviolent persons for societal harmony? David Gornoski continues to answer how we can build a free society within a "machine of coercion." "We have to tell stories," David says, "in order to stop people from doing foolish things." Join David in this episode of A Neighbor's Choice as he expands on the need for...

Defending Liberty and Personhood in a Sea of Coercion - A Neighbor's Choice 16.02.2021

"Imagine the stupidity of adults," David Gornoski says as he looks at the news of children surrounded by plexiglass in schools. Join David Gornoski as he talks about the prison-like pandemic measures, transmuting anger into positive change, the irrelevance of statists and corporatists in Jesus' grand scheme of things, the retardation of knowledge in using pre-emptive violence, safe mediocrity vs r...

The Unreasonable Religion of Critical Race Theory - A Neighbor's Choice 15.02.2021

David Gornoski starts the show by commenting on Cuomo's continued deflection from taking responsibility for the nursing home deaths in New York. Is Dr. Fauci really a "defender of science" as the mainstream media insist he is? How fragile are the people who spearhead what David calls the "McWoke" movement? How did the Woke movement achieve so much success? What is the appeal of Critical Race Theor...

A New War on Terror? - A Neighbor's Choice 15.02.2021

David Gornoski starts the episode by commenting on the latest episode of chaotic Wokeism: the canceling of Shakespeare. Why is Shakespeare being targetted by Marxist academians? Why did the New York Times retract one of their stories about the Capitol storming? Why is Bill Gates intent on stopping animal-based foods from entering the market? Should we surrender liberty for the cattle-like existenc...

THINGS HIDDEN 27: How Rene Girard Explains Our Chaotic Times 13.02.2021

David Gornoski is joined by University of Scranton professor Duane Armitage, author of Big Ideas for Little Philosophers . David and Duane Armitage talk about the work of Rene Girard and apply Mimetic insights to the religiosity of political correctness, the growing undifferentiation in Western society, victim narratives as a pretext for starting wars, the effects of decentralizing media and infor...

Timberlake Submits to McWoke Struggle Session - A Neighbor's Choice 12.02.2021

David Gornoski starts the episode by exposing the Democrats who had repeatedly incited violence throughout Trump's tenure as president. Have any of Big Tech's fact-checkers flagged a story or meme that misinformed about or disparaged conservatives or libertarians? Is cancel culture a religious movement? Is Justin Timberlake's "apology" a religious expression? How can we avoid the magnetic pull of...

A Weak Theocracy Casts Out Gina Carano, Jim Bovard on DC Troop Deployment - A Neighbor's Choice 12.02.2021

David Gornoski starts the episode by continuing his analysis of the DC scapegoating of Trump and his supporters. "If the voice of the oppressed were being heard in DC," David says, "you wouldn't see the same oppressors elected over and over again." David also comments on Lucasfilm and Disney canceling Gina Carano while expanding on the meme she posted on her Instagram. Plus, investigative journali...

Jeff Deist on the Scapegoating of Florida - A Neighbor's Choice 11.02.2021

Mises Institute's Jeff Deist returns to the show to comment on the latest news such as the fiasco that is Trump's impeachment, the effort to turn Trump voters into deplorable second-class citizens, the establishment's history of pushing conspiracy theories, DC's scapegoating of Florida as punishment for making the regime look bad, the future of fiscal conservatism in Florida, soldiers patrolling W...

Science and U: Strange New Kind of Magnetism - A Neighbor's Choice 11.02.2021

David Gornoski urges us to question religiosity in all spheres of life, including science. Dr. Weiping Yu is back with more Science and U. In this episode, the physicist talks about the most distant thing in our solar system, a newly discovered space object called 'Farfarout.' Dr. Yu also comments on how scientists shot down cancer's "death star," the discovery of a strange new form of magnetism w...

Understanding Rene Girard's Mimetic Theory - A Neighbor's Choice 11.02.2021

What is mimesis and how do we understand it? How does it help us understand what's going on in the West today? David Gornoski starts the episode by answering these questions and explaining why the best way to heal society is to imitate Jesus and concede the rivalry. Where did the western concern for animals, i.e. veganism, come from? Why is victim-posturing for power a uniquely post-Christian phen...

THINGS HIDDEN 26: The Gospel of Jesus vs the Gospel of Caesar 11.02.2021

What did Caiaphas mean when he said, "it is better that one man die than the whole nation perish?" David Gornoski sits down with writer Michael Plaisted and, together, they attempt to tackle this question for our times. Was there any semblance of socialism during the time of Christ? And if there was how did Jesus respond to it? Is bureaucracy an altar of blood sacrifice? Was Jesus' nonviolent way...

Hidden Victims of the Uniparty Cry Out - A Neighbor's Choice 10.02.2021

David Gornoski reads from Donald J. Devine's book "Enduring Tension" wherein the author talks about scapegoating as the heart of government. Is Florida the future of conservatism? Why is the corporate press targeting Florida all of a sudden? Is it true that Trump pardoned only his friends and allies? Listen to the show to find out. Plus, Amy Povah returns to the show with Lavonne Roach, imprisoned...

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