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Australian Reports on Local Tyranny

Triple-dosed Israel still has skyrocketing cases of COVID. Why is this happening? Joining David Gornoski to report on the near-Orwellian state of Australia is Randall Evans who illustrates how Australians are being subjected to ever-present digital surveillance, snitching by neighbors, curtailing of religious freedom, and identity theft by the authorities. Will the authoritarian tyrants prevail […]

Biden Desperately Turns to Scapegoating

They won’t tell you to stop eating the vegetable oils, which have been scientifically proven to be harmful, but they’ll tell your kids to get experimental drugs based on two months’ data. “Demagogues in empty suits are the perfect candidates to thrive in DC,” David Gornoski says. Joining David for this episode is Jerry Bowyer, […]

THINGS HIDDEN 45: Prof. Peter Barber on How Jesus Differs from Myth

In this special THINGS HIDDEN conversation, David Gornoski catches up with the author of Jesus and Myth, Professor Peter Barber. Together, they look into the world of religion and myths. Professor Barber talks about his introduction to the work of Rene Girard; how Christ subverts and inverts the pattern of ancient myths; how media plays […]

The Anthropological Victory of Christ

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 44: Why We Want with Luke Burgis

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 […]

Tucker Goodrich Challenges Failed Experts

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 […]

The Origin of the Hospital

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 […]

THINGS HIDDEN 42: Reading Rene Girard During the COVID-19 Pandemic With Geoffrey Shullenberger

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 […]

Overcoming Modern-Day Witch Hunts

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 […]

Constantine or Christ?

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 […]