Bonus Sample: On Death & Being Human

Bonus Sample: On Death & Being Human

Cult leaders, religious fanatics, dictators, and charlatans all have one thing in common: they exploit our fear of death. Humans act out “immortality projects” in the form of religion, culture, and political ideologies as unconscious ways to override the terror we feel at our uniquely self-aware knowledge that we will one day die. Where the orthodox priest promises eternal life, the cult leader might predict an alien apocalypse, while the authoritarian strongman invokes the transcendent glory of leading a chosen nation and race. In light of a recent death in the family, Julian leans into Ernest Becker’s Pulitzer Prize winning cultural anthropology text, The Denial of Death. He also draws on poetry and the archetypal psychology of Donald Kalsched to ask the big questions. Does existential acceptance of death lead inevitably to nihilism? Is belief in God(s) and an afterlife necessary? Are poor or deeply traumatized people only left with despair in the absence of supernatural faith? Will children raised with no religion have no moral compass? A rich discussion of philosophy and psychology alongside poems, myths, fairy tales, and deeply personal story-telling, especially about how to tell his 7-year-old that grandma won’t be back for Xmas. Not to worry, though. This is, ultimately, an uplifting journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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300: Farming Ballerinas

300: Farming Ballerinas

When Hannah and Daniel Neeleman recently went on camera to explain their position on raw milk, they assured their 22 million-plus following that they were going to follow regulations—with a bit of a g...

19 Mar 56min

Bonus Sample: Anxiety is The Pitt(s)

Bonus Sample: Anxiety is The Pitt(s)

The Pitt recently exposed fans to the complexities and reality of panic attacks. Derek uses that moment in the exceptional show to discuss his own longstanding struggle with anxiety, exploring the lat...

16 Mar 6min

Brief: The Stepford Wives Conference

Brief: The Stepford Wives Conference

Turning Point USA's Women’s Leadership Conference returns to Dallas in June. Derek and Julian take a look inside. Show Notes Antifeminist women’s summit: ‘The kitchen is where the real revolution s...

14 Mar 29min

299: American Jihad

299: American Jihad

As black rain falls from the smoke-choked skies of Tehran, the US and Israel continue their war against the Islamic Republic of Iran. From the start, Trump officials have seemed only to disagree on bo...

12 Mar 1h 14min

Bonus Sample: Michael Parenti Went to a Yoga Ashram

Bonus Sample: Michael Parenti Went to a Yoga Ashram

Matthew found out that the late Marxist historian Michael Parenti went on a yoga retreat at the Sivananda Ashram in the Bahamas. He clocked the BS immediately—unlike Matthew when he showed up in space...

9 Mar 5min

Brief: Bishop Bootlicker Barron

Brief: Bishop Bootlicker Barron

Matthew digs into the fascism-enabling political theology of Bishop Robert Barron and the rightward slide of Big Catholic media. From his early admiration of Thomas Merton—carefully stripped of his an...

7 Mar 45min

298: MAHA’s Glyphosate Meltdown [feat Mallory DeMille]

298: MAHA’s Glyphosate Meltdown [feat Mallory DeMille]

Despite saying “I believe glyphosate causes cancer” a few weeks ago, RFK Jr quickly pivoted when his boss declared an executive order calling for the ramping up of glyphosate under a 75-year-old defen...

5 Mar 49min

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