What we’re seeing right now is nothing new but a retreading of twentieth-century coercive policies, David Gornoski says as he begins the show. Join David as he explains the true meaning of mythology and how Christianity deconstructed myths and its ability to legitimize collective violence. How does modern-day government refine the crowd violence of ancient […]
THINGS HIDDEN! David Gornoski sits down with Luke Burgis, the author of Wanting, for a conversation on the anthropology of desire. Luke and David talk about the introduction to the work of Rene Girard; rivalry in relationships; mimesis in social media; the untold story about Ferrari and Lamborghini; the physics aspect of mimesis and its […]
David Gornoski starts the episode with a reflection on how Jesus encouraged skepticism against the rule of the crowd. How do we steer clear of blame games while maintaining the skeptical mindset of Christ? Also in the show, Tucker Goodrich joins David to comment on the censorship of information, the Diet Doctor podcast on vegetable […]
While recognizing that the current global crisis is largely steeped in a divorce between medicine and ethics, it is important to step back and look at how the medical profession has evolved in history. What gave healthcare the universal appeal as we know today? Why is it that healthcare is looked at by many to […]
David Gornoski sits down with Geoffrey Shullenberger of the Outsider Theory podcast in this latest THINGS HIDDEN conversation. The two look at pandemic politics, the scapegoating of Trump, and cancel culture through the anthropological lens of Rene Girard. How does Girard’s paradoxical approach to religion undermine modern-day academia? Are we living in the most Girardian […]
Is our society, founded on liberty, transforming right now into an open-air prison where we are pitted against each other? Is Ibram X. Kendi a subverter, as he claims, or is he merely a mouthpiece for the establishment? How are witch hunts, prevalent in archaic societies, manifested in a more modern-day context? What is the […]
If we can help one person liberate himself/herself from toxic groupthink then we’ve done our part. How should we engage our political opposites? Why can’t we have a public debate on whether children should have to put up with these coercive state-enforced pandemic measures? Is the Biden administration fundamentally Leftist as many claim? Join David […]
Do we need to conform to what the TV experts say and decide for us? What about the victims of these designated experts? “The voices of the victims will overcome the fragile mythmaking of our times,” David Gornoski says as he highlights the voices who are being shut down by a big pharma supporting media. […]
This essay was originally published at WND.com on February 25, 2016. A few years ago I used to write for WND under the pen name David Hanson. I derived the name in honor of my maternal great-great-great, etc. grandfather John Hanson, the first president of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation. Besides being […]
David Gornoski analyzes the latest developments in the Tucker Carlson NSA surveillance story and cautions us from falling into tribalism and spreading the contagion of fear. David also explains to us what the real meaning of religion is and why we are ruled today by religious forces despite the veneer of secularism. Is the Woke […]