In this THINGS HIDDEN conversation, David Gornoski is joined by Grant Kaplan, professor of theological studies at Saint Louis University and author of René Girard, Unlikely Apologist. Professor Kaplan talks about his experience of meeting Rene Girard; why traditional apologetics don’t work as well as before; the difference between mimetic theory and critical theory; being in […]
David Gornoski opens the episode with some much-needed analysis of the news. Does it look like Bill Gates is eating healthily? Will the elimination of Trump serve anything beneficial for the Left? With the decreasing cash flow evident, has the Hollywood-China romance officially ended? Also in the show, David is joined by political consultant and […]
“Learned helplessness,” David Gornoski says, “is no recipe for success.” Join David as he highlights how we can be independent in our quest for objective truth, especially in the field of nutrition. What does John Cena’s groveling apology to China over calling Taiwan a country signify for Americans? Who should be held accountable for the […]
David Gornoski begins the episode by commenting on some of the latest news surrounding the statist push for vaccination. What is the anthropological explanation for demonic possession? Why doesn’t the media focus on the counterfeiting of money done by the state? Why hasn’t Black Lives Matter fought laws that caused deaths like that of Eric […]
It should be obvious that the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s WandaVision bears striking similarities in its premise with the 1998 movie The Truman Show. The similarities do not, however, end just with the premises. The mythology from which the two derive their themes is unmistakably that of Prometheus–the Greek titan who stole the fire of the gods […]
Is Critical Theory the only game in town for those who thirst for justice and progress? Who is Michel Foucault? Who is Herbert Marcuse? What is the origin of cancel culture? Joining David Gornoski to answer these questions is Professor Michael Rectenwald, author of Beyond Woke and Google Archipelago, who highlights how the CIA has […]
Mises Institute’s Jeff Deist returns to the show to comment on the latest news stories. Should Critical Theory be banned from schools? Should people be arrested for “hateful conduct” that is not illegal? Do politicians really aim for positive change are they more interested in keeping things the way they are? What is the real […]
David Gornoski is joined by University of Scranton professor Duane Armitage, author of Big Ideas for Little Philosophers. David and Duane Armitage talk about the work of Rene Girard and apply Mimetic insights to the religiosity of political correctness, the growing undifferentiation in Western society, victim narratives as a pretext for starting wars, the effects […]
Craig Stewart and David Gornoski return to discuss the mimetic road to a future designed by Jesus. Is there a link between Rene Girard’s theory and the hard sciences? “There’s a sacred to science,” David claims while highlighting how certain aspects of what’s considered ‘settled’ is rarely questioned in the world of academia. What is […]
Our Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Weiping Yu, joins the show to comment on the outcome of a research involving silk scaffolds and magnetism that resulted in a new composite material useful for regenerating bone tissue. The physicist says that he predicted a long time ago which the research has now proved, that “magnetic stimulus exerts […]