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THINGS HIDDEN 69: After the Fireworks with Cyprian

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In this THINGS HIDDEN episode, David Gornoski is joined by Bitcoin developer and entrepreneur Cyprian a.k.a. Vin Armani. Is there a way to maintain truth in a culture of likes and retweets? Is there a religious dimension to America’s culture war? Where is this newfound sympathy for villains in movies coming from? What do we […]

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THINGS HIDDEN 3 : Joker Film Analysis

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Things Hidden host David Gornoski analyzes the movie ‘Joker’ while using its themes about culture, scapegoats, hierarchy, doubles, envy, and the breakdown of myth with the support of the Mimetic theory founded by Rene Girard. Saturnalia and other winter solstice carnival festivals preceding sacrifice, Cain and Abel, Romulus and Remus, Jesus and the Demoniac, and […]

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