Seeking the Hidden Thing Podcast

Recently, Nate Fischer released a very thoughtful examination of current situation and how he envisions the role that New Founding can play in building something enduring, beyond the current regime. You can find the New Founding Manifesto here: https://www.newfounding.com/post/strategy You find Nate's interview with J. Burden here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJZ7Y4maozY Bumper Music: Gregoria...

Today we emphasize the idea that what is most important is to express what is within us and let that authentically shape the world. It was not always this way. There is an older, perhaps better way. Bumper music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommon...

Many like to entertain theories about who is pulling the strings behind the scenes. While interesting to follow, they ignore much of how power is instantiated today. The answers are much more mundane. Bumper music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecomm...

For anyone who is paying attention, it is not hard to get the sense that the European right is different from the North American right, especially the American right. I invited on to help us get a better understanding of the dynamics of the European Right, its history and development, the issues at play, and the role that the Christian faith plays in right wing politics in Europe today. I think yo...

There is a lot of talk right now about the "woke right." Its a stupid term, but its deployment is strategic and designed to subvert a properly understood right-wing identity politics. Written version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/the-woke-right-identity-politics Bumper music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.c...

As we stare at the end of our great culture, this, maybe more than any other, is the fundamental societal question of our time. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/where-does-culture-come-from Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https:/...

Because it is a large group and you might not be able to pick out voices, at the suggestion of listeners to the last round table I have endeavoured to keep track of who is speaking and when. Yes, you are hearing birds chirping. One of us was joining in from what looked like his back deck. Enjoy! 00:00 - Kruptos - Introducing the guests and topic. 3:50 - C. Jay Engel 10:45 - Big Tuna/Riley S 14:40...

I was joined by Ron Dodson, Josh Abbotoy, and midway through by Nate Fischer and The Black Horse to discuss the growing problem of Christian leadership bending itself to "the regime." Increasingly, many of us in the pews are noticing that Christian leaders, many of whom cast themselves as defenders of Christian tradition and orthodoxy are adapting and changing their positions on various issues and...

The political and social landscape is changing. Churches and their leaders are adapting, but not in the ways you might expect. Let's try to understand the phenomenon of the "regimevangelical." Written version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/understanding-the-regimevangelical Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by ht...

It is no secret that schools have become a feminized environment. It wasn't always that way. There was a time where school was a form of contest and a rite of passage marking you a man. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/educating-boys-or-why-latin-disappeared Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by http...

Dr. Lancellotti has dedicated himself to translating the works of Italian philosopher Augusto del Noce into English. He was gracious enough to join me for the Ghetto's first guest appearance. Long time readers of this Substack will know that I reference del Noce frequently. For those unfamiliar with Augusto del Noce, I would encourage you not just to listen to this interview, but go back and read...

Men today are lost because the technological and administrative world in which they find themselves gives them no markers to tell them they are men. In fact, to survive, they must become like women. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/boys-will-be-boys-facing-the-contest Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promot...

It takes little work to demonstrate that men are in trouble. The very idea of the "incel" cries out that something is wrong. To help understand this idea of "man" I turn to the writing of Walter Ong. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/what-is-a-man-introducing-the-idea Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promote...

Anyone with a plan or a set of policies that will "fix" things is lying to themselves and to you. It's not a matter of "if" things go sideways, it's more a question of "when" and "how bad will it be?" Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/there-is-no-fixing-what-is-wrong Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted...

For many of us, this online space of politically minded Christians is just that: online. There are frequent discussions in our orbit regarding the whole process of instantiating the things we talk about into real lived spaces. Hoe do we make all of this real? The Christian tradition, going all the way back to Jesus himself, has engaged in this activity called “discipleship.” Sometimes more, someti...

One of the most devastating influences upon the Christian faith has been egalitarianism. Christians trying to signal they are no better than anyone else has been ruinous for the faith. Written Piece: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/the-burden-of-being-better Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.c...

We live in a mass society where people have been shorn of their connections to each other and to the past, even to themselves in favour of absolute personal autonomy. What is friend in this context? Written version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/fake-friends-the-friend-enemy-distinction Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music p...

As many of you know, I am a big advocate of building parallel communities that are capable of resisting both the rewards and punishments of the regime. I have talked about different forms of governance and the problem of technology as well as the importance of the Christian faith in all of this. But sooner or later you have to start doing something. Where do you begin? How do you start? What are s...

I got together with C. Jay Engel and Ron Dodson to discuss Christian participation in the political realm. Many these days are very conflicted, and even opposed to the idea that Christians should desire to wield political power. They cringe at the idea that someone might try to impose the Christian faith by force. There are a lot of misunderstandings which surround this and we thought it a good ti...

This term, "re-enchantment" is starting to enter the lexicon of right wing discussion. We should resist this. I am not sure I have a better one, but this label works for the machine, not against it. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/why-i-hate-the-term-re-enchantment Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted...

One of the great questions of our age is whether or not we as human beings will be able to master technology or will we continue to be mastered by it? Essentially, it is a moral question. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/can-humanity-master-technology Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www...

Conservatives and many others on the political right fail to understand what exactly is this thing that we call the "culture war" and as a result they are ineffective in their efforts to fight it. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/the-true-nature-of-the-culture-war Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted b...

We are locked within the tyranny of the administrative state, governed by the administrative system. What is the alternative? It is to once again be ruled directly by men. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/ruled-by-men-or-governed-by-the-system Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic....

This morning, quite early for me, I was joined with two overseas members of the Christian Ghetto group chat, and to discuss postmodernism, the hermeneutical problem, and their importance for our political moment. Many decry critical theory as the source of all which is wrong with today. But the reality is that there would be no critical theory without enlightenment liberalism. The real “enemy” is...

Have you ever wondered where law comes from? Law truly is a miracle. Written version: https://open.substack.com/pub/seekingthehiddenthing/p/the-politics-of-transcendence-the Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Th...