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Low Metabolism Leads to War With Iran (THINGS HIDDEN 220)

In this THINGS HIDDEN episode, David Gornoski, Shannon Braswell and Surit Dasgupta discuss feminist tropes in modern movies, transformation in 90s pop culture, how endless wars bleed out masculine energy, where bad theology comes from, and more.

Searching for God on Good Friday (THINGS HIDDEN 216)

David Gornoski is joined by Shannon Braswell and Jason Jones for a special Good Friday episode that focuses on the global persecution of the Church, the dark side of Christendom, the mimetic doubling of intersectionality, sacrificial theology, and more. Check out Bright News here. Follow Jason Jones on X here.

THINGS HIDDEN 215: Egyptian Pyramid Surprise Structures

David Gornoski, Shane Kennedy, and Shannon Braswell talk about the recent discovery surrounding the Egyptian pyramids, ancient hidden technologies, the problem with Christian media, the JFK files, the future of localism in America, and more. Check out Bright News on YouTube here.

THINGS HIDDEN 214: How to Thrive Beyond the Mimetic Principalities

 Surit Dasgupta and Shannon Braswell start the episode by discussing society’s extremes and how they can be avoided through the imitation of Christ. David Gornoski then jumps in to discuss how seed oils, scapegoating, the dating scene, religious mind control, and generational trauma are all interconnected. Check out Bright News on YouTube here.

Christmas with Rene Girard Roundtable (THINGS HIDDEN 212)

Jerry Bowyer, Pastor Jim Fitzgerald, Jason Jones, Shannon Braswell, Surit Dasgupta, and David Gornoski get together for a special Christmas roundtable where they tackle the ideas of Jordan Peterson, the Gaza tragedy, the anthropology of the Nativity, and more.

Tangible Reforms to Renew Society

David Gornoski and Bright News editor Shannon Braswell talk about Kamala Harris’ origin, seed oil carnage on the black community, redeeming the donut, liberating marriage, Co2 research, and more. Check out Bright News here.

THINGS HIDDEN 199: The Incarnational Structure of Popular Media

David Gornoski and Shannon Braswell talk about getting typecast in the entertainment industry, why rap music will die out, outlaw mimesis, longing for communion in media, the influence of televangelism on livestreaming, and more.

THINGS HIDDEN 198: Does the Parrot Dream at Night?

David Gornoski, Shannon Braswell, and Surit Dasgupta talk about migrant violence, matriarchy in Eastern culture, how capitalism disrupted Indian society, performative language in Eastern societies, subcultures, the N’Kisi project, the physics of mimesis, and more.

THINGS HIDDEN 196: Why Do Badgers Fight?

David Gornoski, Shannon Braswell, Shane Kennedy and Surit Dasgupta get together for an exciting discussion on what made Christians close-minded, why churches must abandon worship of institutions, obsessing over ecclesiology, why there is a lack of joy in church, and more. Check out Bright News here.

THINGS HIDDEN 191: What Made the West Lose its Mind?

David Gornoski is joined by Shane Kennedy and Shannon Braswell for a conversation on the negation of the body in the West, the rise of pseudo-gnosticism, the similarities in modern-day conflicts, returning to signs and wonders, why secularists want to transcend nature, the attempt to return to Nietzschean, and more.