
Episode 49: Angry Popes and Architecture
Jake and Phil are joined by John Davis, an environmental and architectural historian at the Knowlton School at Ohio State, to discuss Pascendi Dominici Gregis, Pope Pius X's encyclical against the mod...
26 Jan 20231h 33min

Episode 48: The Ultimate Revolution
Jake and Phil are joined by Becca Rothfeld (https://www.beccarothfeld.com/) to discuss Shulamith Firestone's The Dialectic of Sex and Sheila Heti's That Longing for a Holy Completeness (from her novel...
22 Nov 20221h 56min

Episode 47: The Democracy Engineering Complex
Phil is joined by Sam Kimbriel, the founding director of Aspen's Philosophy & Society Initiative, to discuss Sam's essay "What the Democracy Engineering Complex Misses" The Manifesto: Sam Kimbriel, ...
18 Okt 202258min

Episode 46: Sunday Morning and God's Grandeur
Jake and Phil discuss Wallace Stevens' "Sunday Morning" and Gerard Manley Hopkins' "God's Grandeur." The Manifesto: Wallace Stevens' "Sunday Morning" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine...
19 Sep 20221h 12min

Episode 45: Spielberg and Roxy Music
Jake and Phil are joined by culture critic Armond White to discuss Make Spielberg Great Again and Roxy Music's 1979 album Manifesto The Manifesto: Make Spielberg Great Again (specifically focusing o...
21 Jul 20221h 58min

Episode 44: We're All Stars Now In the Dope Show
Jake and Phil are joined by James Poulos, author of Human Forever: The Digital Politics of Spiritual War, to discuss Jacques Ellul and Marilyn Manson. The Manifesto: Jacques Ellul, Propaganda - Cha...
17 Jun 20221h 38min

Episode 43: Tradition and the Individual Talent
Jake and Phil discuss T.S. Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent", and James Joyce's "A Mother" The Manifesto: T.S. Eliot, "Tradition and the Individual Talent" https://www.poetryfoundation.o...
28 Mai 20221h 17min

Episode 42: The Transmogrifications of Gary Leib
Phil is joined by Peter Catapano, of the New York Times, and graphic novelist Jess Ruliffson to discuss Peter's essay on the life and work of cartoonist Gary Leib The Manifesto: Peter Catapano, “I’m...
11 Apr 20221h 9min



















