David Gornoski talks about the anthropological truth behind the motifs of stones and cornerstones found in the Bible and how that truth is connected with the victimism of the modern-day West. Why do victims haunt societies progressively throughout history? How did Jesus change the power structures of the world? In light of Jesus revealing the […]
David Gornoski sits down with Shane Kennedy and Shannon Braswell for a discussion on the politicization of the FBI, whether whistleblowers are unpatriotic, why false flags exist, whether Jesus was a trickster god, what Peter’s action in Gethsemane signifies, what the fate of Judas represent, whether modern-day churches are keeping the scapegoat mechanism alive, and […]
A Neighbor’s Choice writer Surit Dasgupta joins David Gornoski to talk about how Elvis embodies the American vision and how we can imitate him in a time of defeatism and nihilism. Did Elvis set a precedent for our current degeneracy? What can we learn from Elvis’ powerful rendition of “An American Trilogy?” How do we […]
Baseball is said to be America’s favorite pastime, but it can be argued that professional wrestling comes very close to dominating the upper tiers of Americana. Take for instance, countries like India and Saudi Arabia that generally do not care for Baseball or Football, but they are crazy about American professional wrestling. Why is this the case? […]
David Gornoski and physicist Dr. Weiping Yu are joined by Academy-Award winning filmmaker Oliver Stone and writer Joshua Goldstein for a conversation on their upcoming documentary Nuclear Now; why nuclear energy is vastly misunderstood by environmentalists; cold fusion; climate change; Chernobyl and Fukushima; Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News; the future of the energy industry; […]
David Gornoski sits down with Uberboyo for a fascinating conversation on what a Girardian critique of someone like Andrew Tate would look like; misunderstood concepts about Nietzsche; the progression of slave morality; Nietzsche’s critique of resentment; why Christianity is supposed to be about action; the creative energy that rejuvenates humanity; the need for a new […]
It’s THINGS HIDDEN and David Gornoski sits down with the returning Cyprian of the Royal Path podcast for a conversation on the increasing danger posed by the emergence of generative AI, the deep meaning of the word attention, how AI distinguishes itself from rest of technology, the joy of organic development, how we end up […]
In this THINGS HIDDEN episode, David Gornoski sits down with psychologist Scott Garrels, author of Mimesis and Science, for a conversation on mimetic theory from a psychological perspective; mirror neurons; magnetoreception; unanimity against a scapegoat; how psychology, physics, and mimetic theory compliments each other; and more.
David Gornoski sits down with Michael Hardin, author of the Jesus Driven Life, for a conversation on how Jesus changes the concept of religion in the ancient world, how the Gospel affects economics, the technological sins, gnostic origin of modern Christianity, the coming Jesus revolution, Donald Trump as scapegoat, the future of American politics, the […]
David Gornoski sits down with Buck Johnson, the host of the Counterflow podcast, for a conversation on the origin of the Counterflow podcast, his conversion to Orthodoxy, spiritual discipline in firefighting, facing the spirit of the crowd, cultural changes in the new generation, from “death to tyrants” to “death to the world,” persecution, martyrdom, and […]