David Gornoski comments on the latest development in the speakership race and some of the names making the rounds for that position. Why are establishment Republicans calling people “insurrectionists” for not backing Kevin McCarthy? Is it possible for Trump to become Speaker of the House? Are soda companies contributing to the obesity problem in America? […]
In this edition of THINGS HIDDEN, David Gornoski is joined by Andrei Znamenski, professor of history with an interest in anthropology. The two discuss the origin of socialism in Enlightenment-era Europe; how the religion of science came about; how socialism came to America with the help of Robert Owen; how the socialists interacted with Jeffersonians […]
In this episode, David Gornoski is joined by James Lindsay, author of the new book Race Marxism, who examines Critical Race Theory in the light of Marxism and Fascism. Why did Marxists abandon the working class in favor of race and gender politics? Is Critical Race Theory inherently regressive? Is socialism an outworking of Christianity? […]
In this special THINGS HIDDEN conversation, David Gornoski sits down with Professor Mark Sunwall, an anthropologist and economist. Did Kantianism–the philosophical tradition passed down from Immanuel Kant–destroy western civilization? Did anthropogenic explanations for human institutions sow the seeds for our present state of chaos? Where did the postmodern theory of the social construct start from? […]
David Gornoski starts the episode by reflecting on the mindset of Trump supporters right now. Are we seeing a mass disillusionment among the conservative movement? Join David as he gets to the bottom of this question. Also in the show, Col. Douglas Macgregor calls in to talk about Wokeness ideology spreading into the military and […]
What is going on in Australia with all the lockdowns due to the “rise” in the delta variant? What happened to the rugged individualism of Australia? Join David Gornoski as he starts the show with these questions while commenting on the latest news from around the world. Is the “don’t tread on me” mantra an […]
We’re more Christian than we know. As we’ll discuss in this piece, liberal humanism looks pretty similar to a godless protestantism. In other words, you could say that subsequent belief systems post-Christianity — Scientism, Communism, Liberalism, Wokeism, among others — all have Christian roots. They’ve taken the same religious architecture, but dropped the ontological assumptions. […]
We can’t understand social justice, victimism, Critical Race Theory, and globalism if we don’t see the anthropology revealed in the Bible. Are we more Christian than we’d like to admit? Did we have the same value for personal liberty in the pre-Christian civilizations as we currently have in the post-Christian world? Is communism based on […]
David Gornoski meets with the President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia, HIH Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie Haile-Selassie. Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie starts the discussion by commenting on the civil unrest that is currently brewing in Ethiopia and what lies at the heart of the conflict. He also comments on Ethiopia’s vanishing Christian heritage; the end […]
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 […]