John Heers

Heavy Things Lightly

Society EN ↓ 253 episodes

This “Enlightened” New World utopia isn’t turning out to be all it was cracked up to be. Society is disenchanting, but are the only alternatives hiding out in the hills or burying yourself in books? With an air of levity and a touch of humor, John Heers teaches how to examine the confusing New World by calling upon the mind and wisdom of oft-forgotten Old. Heavy Things, Lightly. johnheersftf.substack.com

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John Heers

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Marriage & Love So Fine 30.06.2020 32:26

Much of today's show is culled from experiences with married folks in West Africa, Guatemala and the Caucuses. Those marriages and those people, including lovely couples who have come and shared their Hindu arranged married stories with me in an academic setting, create the fodder for today's conversation. For more on this, join us for trip to the old world. Once COVID finds its way past...

Venmo Race Reparations and the Heart 23.06.2020 40:22

Personal race reparations using Venmo? What are the payments for and why is this happening? And where is it coming from? The head? The heart? Or somewhere else... With an "Old World" lens I'll try to make sense of contemporary phenomena. To learn more about John Heers and First Things Foundation visit first-things.org . And also, think about working for us! You might just end up fin...

Let's Talk about Race 11.06.2020 43:22

Support this channel: first-things.org/donate How did we get to where we are? To make sense of the death of George Floyd and the riots and protests, I walk us back to the Enlightenment and the origins of Western Civilization. Phillip Sherrard's, Rape of Man and Nature is my guide for this episode. To learn more about John Heers and First Things Foundation visit first-things.org . And also, th...