David Cayley on Rene Girard, Ivan Illich, and Societal Breakdown

In these times of social unrest we need to understand what drives humanity towards conflict. David Cayley, longtime CBC Ideas broadcaster, joins David Gornoski to discuss the breakdown of social unity through a distinctly Christian lens shaped by experiences with Rene Girard and Ivan Illich. On the pandemic, Cayley says that “the virus is the […]

Scott Horton Destroys Obamagate Fake News

Reject the bipartisan narrative of the media and tell the plain truth! Scott Horton of antiwar.com and host of the Scott Horton Show calls in to take on the media-perpetuated myths surrounding Obamagate and Russiagate. The ‘Fool’s Errand’ author also addresses the persecution of whistleblowers surrounding the state-initiated mass surveillance and the 2016 presidential election. […]

Jeff Deist on What the West Can Learn and Dr. Yu on Parallel Universes

Jeff Deist returns to the show to discusses what the West can learn as it increasingly discards that which made it a beacon of hope for the world. Jeff and David also comment on some of the latest news regarding Mike Pence and Disney’s furloughing of its employees. On Science and U, Dr. Yu talks […]

Mark Sunwall: School and Medical Insights from Ivan Illich

David Gornoski examines how the Democrats, in their mimetic obsession over Trump, have revealed the insanity of the whole political enterprise. Plus, economist and anthropologist Mark Sunwall joins the show to talk about Ivan Illich’s Deschooling Society and Good Samaritan analysis for the modern world. Sunwall thinks Illich, especially in his criticism of the education […]

Jordan Hall on Rene Girard, the Gospel Technology vs. Myth

Technologist and public intellectual Jordan Hall joins David Gornoski, host of A Neighbor’s Choice, for a journey through sense-making in 2020. The conversation starts off with Peter Thiel’s comments on humanity reaching a technological stagnation after the moon-landing mission. Could this be due to lack of innovation in the world of atoms? asks David Gornoski. […]

Attorney Morgan Streetman: Russiagate and Flynn Case Unravels

Attorney Morgan Streetman, host of the Morgan Streetman show, joins David Gornoski to give us a law practitioner’s perspective on Russiagate and General Flynn’s case. While David likens the current political drama to a pro-wrestling show, attorney Streetman adds, “But you’ll find the hero and the heel at a bar enjoying a drink, and they […]

The Fatal Power of Politically Correct Speech

  “I want to listen but fifty people have accused this person of being racist, so…” How many of us think this way? What happens when we stop the presumption of innocence for the accused? Something we hardly talk about today is repentance. “We have to call cancel culture to repentance,” says David Gornoski as […]

Marine Veteran Ben Adams: Bring Our Troops Home

Afghanistan war veteran Ben Adams calls in from Idaho, where he’s running for state office, to discuss his political race and how we can bring our troops home. The former marine talks about the obstacles President Trump faces today in pulling troops out of Afghanistan and the lessons he learned from time spent in the […]

Lyn Ulbricht on Freeing Her Son Ross from Life in Prison

As a novel pandemic rages and governments enforce social distancing, some people are left in dangerous situations in prison. Lyn Ulbricht joins David Gornoski to talk about her son Ross Ulbricht who is currently serving two life sentences plus 40 years for his Silk Road website. In the interview, Lyn describes a shockingly unjust and […]

Anthropology from Trinity

Christian anthropology stems from theology. That is why it is important to note that the Christian God is a Triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And it is also important to know that there exists within the Trinity, between the three persons of the Godhead, mutual glorification, submission and love. ‘God is love’, says […]