360 - John Vervaeke - The Cognitive Science of Ritual
John Vervaeke and I discuss the cognitive science of ritual: the many different aspects of ritual and its importance even in the pursuit of reason, among sacred and secular spaces, to mark time and id...
26 Sep 202442min
359 - John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall - Why Christianity?
This conversation is in part John Vervaeke's response to my previous video with Jordan Hall (The End of Strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnR2PYtLLnI) where we discussed Jordan's recent conver...
19 Sep 20241h 32min
358 - Jordan Hall - The End of Strategy
I had a wonderful time talking with Jordan Hall, who has recently converted to Christianity from a secular worldview. We talk about his conversation, societal engineering, artificial intelligence, and...
9 Sep 20241h 13min
357 - What Is a Miracle?
In this week's video I discuss what a miracle is, looking at different examples but especially at the miracles of Christ. A miracle is not just an extraordinary event, rather it's an event that reveal...
3 Sep 202427min
356 - Dr. Nathan Jacobs - Embrace Realism: It's All Mystical!
Dr. Nathan Jacobs is an academic, artist, and filmmaker. In this conversation, we discuss where reason, rationality, and discernment fit into the mystical experience and how the modern world has mista...
23 Aug 20241h 22min
355 - Richard Rohlin - Universal History: The Surprising Irish Origin of Purgatory
In this episode of the Universal History podcast with Richard Rohlin, we discuss the surprising Irish origin of the medieval notion of purgatory, why it's understandable that purgatory is part of the ...
17 Aug 20241h 19min
354 - The Real Reason Behind the Olympic Controversy in Women’s Boxing
This is a complement to my previous video where I explained the symbolism of the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony (linked below). This time I discuss the latest Olympic controversy in the women's ...
8 Aug 202421min
353 - Symbolism Explained: The Olympics Opening Ceremony is Worse than You Thought
In this video, I discuss the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony and its drag Dionysian representation of The Last Supper, I discuss why specifically the images of Dionysus and the Last Supper were u...
31 Jul 202425min
