David Gornoski reads a letter from a listener that talks about how A Neighbor’s Choice moved him to explore Christianity and the work of Rene Girard. Did Neil deGrasse Tyson just find religion? Listen to the full episode to find out as David and Surit Dasgupta explore the opposite concepts of faith and control through […]
David Gornoski comments on the latest development in the speakership race and some of the names making the rounds for that position. Why are establishment Republicans calling people “insurrectionists” for not backing Kevin McCarthy? Is it possible for Trump to become Speaker of the House? Are soda companies contributing to the obesity problem in America? […]
I am convinced that we have entered an era when anthropology will become a more relevant tool than political science. We will have to radically change our interpretation of events, stop thinking as products of the Enlightenment, and finally envisage the radical nature of violence; this will produce a quite different kind of rationality as […]
David Gornoski, Jerry Bowyer, Jason Jones, and Pastor Jim Fitzgerald explore the Nativity of Christ through the lens of Rene Girard in this THINGS HIDDEN Christmas special. What significance does Bethlehem portray in the Nativity story that we often miss? How does the Christmas story pose a threat to the rulers of the world? How […]
David Gornoski; filmmaker and activist Jason Jones; and Gil Bailie–the author of several lectures and books including God’s Gamble and a contemporary of Rene Girard–explore the meaning of Christmas, particularly in the world of anthropology. Why were the ancients fascinated with stars? Why did God choose a miraculous virgin birth as Christ’s entrance into the […]
David Gornoski deconstructs the mainstream media’s narrative of “speaking truth to power.” Joining David for this episode is Dr. Stewart Tankersley of Concerned Doctors who examines the news of Gov. DeSantis going after vaccine manufacturers, the damage caused by unscientific lockdowns, why we need a spiritual awakening, euthanasia in Canada, the trauma suffered by Baby […]
David Gornoski sits down with Johnathan Bi for a conversation on Johnathan’s introduction to the work of Rene Girard, Girard’s eschatological views, mimesis in the workplace, how Girard proposes we withdraw from conflict arising from mimetic desire, how the Left-Right dialectic plays out as mimetic doubling in our current culture, how Christ unleashes the personhood […]
David Gornoski and Surit Dasgupta talk about the Leftist attack on Elon Musk; the futility of being stuck in a circle of fixation and hate; the tearing down of confederate statues; why localism is great as opposed to globalism; and how Jesus redeems the past and makes the future the focus of our attention and […]
Shannon Braswell, editor of Bright News, joins David Gornoski to talk about Russia’s latest nuclear weapon, incarnational truth, Twitter’s “safety and trust” board, the meaning of Christmas, and more. Check out Bright News’ website here.
David Gornoski starts the show by explaining how the protection of the individual in a society was made possible by the life of Jesus. “The opposite of faith is control,” David says as he makes the case for bypassing the need to engage in power struggles. Should we agree with Elon Musk’s demand to prosecute […]