David Gornoski is joined by Katherine Dee for a fascinating conversation on how media is shaping the collective around us. What do we make of the Osama Bin Laden trend on TikTok? What do we make of Elon’s reply to advertisers pulling out of X? Which social media company is driving the culture right now? […]
Clinton Ignatov joins David Gornoski for a conversation on the impact of the printing press on the Western psyche, the emergence of individualism, how radical information technology devastates, whether people are possessed, whether current wars are a product of technological revolution, the enshrining of atomic physics, breaking out of the disincarnate world of bits, and […]
In this THINGS HIDDEN episode, David Gornoski is joined by Scott Talkington and the returning Clinton Ignatov. The three talk about the overlap between the works of John Deely and Marshall McLuhan; electric universe theory; the linguistic effects of computers; the difference between nescience and ignorance; social amnesia; the meaning of Tetrad; and more. Visit […]
David Gornoski is joined by Clinton Ignatov for a conversation on the worldview of Marshall McLuhan, why listening to a song on the radio is different from other mediums, how print media is connected to the negative effects of social media, the modern preference for irony over sincerity, whether video killed the radio star, the […]
What if Adam Lanza went to church? David Gornoski is joined by Katherine Dee, a.k.a. Default Friend; for a conversation on serial killers; how media depictions of violence influence us; how church can strengthen communities; how media serves as a “babysitter” to our children; Gospel media technology; the interplay between the work of Rene Girard […]
[Video contains both hours. Skip past 45 minutes for hour 2.] David Gornoski is joined by investigative journalist James Martinez and they discuss the stagnation of progress with state worship; how mediums affect information; how groupthink is formed by the daily news; pandemic programming; the weaponizing of words and communication; and more. Listen to James […]
David Gornoski sits down with Andrew McLuhan, director of the McLuhan Institute and grandson of Marshall McLuhan. The two discuss the overlaps between Marshall McLuhan and Rene Girard; how Marshall McLuhan rose to fame; the relation between technology and language; pandemic mask-wearing as a theatrical gesture; how changes in technology impact desire; and more. How […]
David Gornoski continues his analysis of DC’s scapegoating of Trump and his supporters. Did the Democrats just contradict themselves on the origin of the Capitol storming? “The McWoke media are losing their minds because people like Sen. Hawley aren’t taking their scapegoat ritual seriously.” David also talks about the religiosity of wearing masks as well […]
It would be a mistake to say that we are currently living in good times; more so, it would be downright deceiving. To say that this phase of evolution (if it is okay to term it as such) is somehow “good” is to treat human existence as some kind of trivial sports game, where human […]
How do we get out of the left-right paradigm? “We flip the narrative,” David Gornoski says as he explains that the answer lies in putting skin in the game and focusing on innovation. James Kourtides calls in to expand on this issue. Kourtides says that the work of Marshall McLuhan is paramount if we are […]