Best PJohn Heers Podcasts (2024)

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Uncle Seth: Light Person Extraordinaire Insults Our Listeners! 1:02:18

4h ago1:02:18

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Find this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8BNf5N4c318 Uncle Seth returns...with a vengeance! But please be kind, because we truly do love him. Visit us at https://first-things.org/ 2 years. Deep cultural immersion. Intense personal discovery. See what it means to become a Field Worker with FTF: https://first-things.org/opportunities or email D…

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The Road to Hell 21:09

14d ago21:09

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Find this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IGUbH5TEUrM The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Is it though? Is this a truism or just a clever quote with a particular amount of omph behind it. Today we start down that road - paved or not - and dive into CERN and physics and all these things were we ask ourselves, why are we doing this a…

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Artistry and Aiming for the Higher Things 51:06

27d ago51:06

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Find this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3t98_ghU2Jc Stephen Roach of the Makers and Mystics podcast joins the show to talk about artistry, how to be comfortable with the paradox that Christianity calls people towards, and developing the arts as a language to talk about the higher things. Makers and Mystics is a podcast exploring the intersec…

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Are Movies Redemptive? 1:14:24

1M ago1:14:24

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Find this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3t4deihkPyk Perhaps no type of modern media has had the level of impact as movies. But from their inception until now so much has changed. Are movies redemptive? Can modern movies be redeemed? John talks to the Bazed Lit Analyzer to find out. More on Bazed Lit: @BAZEDLITANALYZER Visit us at https://fir…

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Problems with the Modern Notion of Race 59:24

1M ago59:24

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Find this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yhChUUGkStQ Richard Rohlin of Universal History and Symbolic World fame rejoins John to talk about race. What is the Christian perspective? How did the enlightenment, the theory of evolution, and more change this understanding? Art of the Tamada coming up quick! New ticket options mean you can chose to…

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Orphan X & Orphaned Cultures w/ Gregg Hurwitz 1:00:14

2M ago1:00:14

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Find this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RGfvsPHGBlU Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times best-selling author of the Orphan X series, joins John to talk about writing, our changing new world view, and the terrifying new tools taking over our lives. Discover more about Gregg here: https://gregghurwitz.net/ Visit us at https://first-things.org/ 2 year…

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How Not to be a Communist or a Capitalist...Somehow. Feat Fr. Turbo 1:18:45

2M ago1:18:45

1:18:45

Discover more about Fr. Turbo on his podcast The Royal Path: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRoyalPath Fr Turbo Qualls also contributes to Patristic Faith: https://www.patristicfaith.com/ ------ Visit us at https://first-things.org/ 2 years. Deep cultural immersion. Intense personal discovery. See what it means to become a Field Worker with FTF: https:…

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Wrestling the Spirits of the Old & New Worlds 1:10:44

2M ago1:10:44

1:10:44

Find it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iM7T0Fkui3w About Sister Anastasia: A member of an Orthodox monastery, she received her MA in Theology from St Vladimir's Seminary. She has long studied ancient praxis and modern addiction in all its varieties, which informs her writing on purification, inner prayer, and the role of the Church in a rapidly chang…

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The Canadian Education Dilemma 1:19:45

3M ago1:19:45

1:19:45

Find this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qTjJyeptXiI Dawn Muir is an Orff Specialist teaching K-5 music in Winnipeg, enriched by graduate studies in education at O.I.S.E. (M. Ed) and Cambridge UK (Ph. D), and ongoing studies in Afro-Caribbean dance and drumming, and World Music. Dawn is committed to musical excellence and grounding music in i…

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An Unforgettable Story w/ Vesper Stamper 59:19

3M ago59:19

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Find this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/2hJrnGLbCUQ Support Heavy Things Lightly and First Things Foundation through Glassybaby: https://tinyurl.com/v6a9j7zs Vesper Stamper: https://vesperstamper.com/ On Instagram / Youtube: @vesperillustration On Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/muj2hbx4 Vesper Stamper is a brilliant illustrator and artist telli…

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Is Classical Education Elitist? 58:19

3M ago58:19

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Find this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/szSyVWD5qO8 Jason Caros is the headmaster for a Founders Classical Academy in Texas. Founders utilizes a classical approach to education characterized by a traditional liberal arts and sciences curriculum and whole-group teaching methodology with an orientation towards truth, beauty, and goodness. Foll…

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Justin Brierley and Re-Enchantment 1:01:06

3M ago1:01:06

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Find this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/J_cDmp250Pk About Justin (from his website - link below): Justin is a freelance writer, speaker and broadcaster who has become known for creating dialogues between Christians and non-Christians. Justin is passionate about creating conversations around faith, science, theology and culture. He has also a…

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State of the Pod 2024 16:01

4M ago16:01

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Find the YouTube version here: https://youtu.be/GwKAlkCZK-s What is Heavy Things Lightly? What are the conversations we want to have? Or the ideas we want to explore? Here is what we are doing now and in the future. Visit us at https://first-things.org/ 2 years. Deep cultural immersion. Intense personal discovery. See what it means to become a Fiel…

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Jordan Hall 56:32

4M ago56:32

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Find this episode on YouTube: Jordan Hall was for a long time an early tech pioneer, perhaps best known for founding DivX (if you've downloaded or watched any video on the internet you can thank him). However his interests turned towards philosophy and what the future holds for humanity. He founded the Civium Project and Plan B to explore how human…

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Libertarianism Isn't Enough 54:25

5M ago54:25

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Buck Johnson (formerly of the Death To Tyrants Podcast), now host of the Counterflow Podcast, is a musician, firefighter and Orthodox Christian and has always had an interest and drive to go one way while everyone else runs the other direction. He joins John to talk about how he came to be Orthodox and why, if we want to discover truth, we have to …

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True Education is Classical Education 1:30:55

5M ago1:30:55

1:30:55

Co-Author of Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America and founder of the CiRCE institute, Andrew Kern joins John today to talk about the history of education, especially in America and maybe where it all went off the rails (hint: it happened before the colonies got their independent streak). They also explore what a return to classical ed…

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What Is The World - A Christian Perspective 21:10

5M ago21:10

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Find this episode on Youtube: We are the world. Did Michael Jackson and crew get it right back in the 80's? WHAT!? Come and find out as we come to understand the world from a Christian perspective. Visit us at https://first-things.org/ 2 years. Deep cultural immersion. Intense personal discovery. See what it means to become a Field Worker with FTF:…

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Martin Shaw: Wild Storytelling 46:14

6M ago46:14

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Dr. Martin Shaw is known as a brilliant teacher of mythic imagination. He is an author, storyteller, and artist. He has written several books including Scatterlings and A Branch from the Lightning Tree among others. Find out more about him below. https://drmartinshaw.com/ Support the show 2 years. Deep cultural immersion. Intense personal discovery…

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Malcolm Collins: The Population Crisis 1:20:50

6M ago1:20:50

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Malcolm Collins and his wife Simone are founders of Pronatalist.org - a foundation with a goal to preserve as much of civilization and as many cultures as possible. To do this they provide resources for parents/future parents, advocate for policy changes, and create material and information regarding childcare and education. https://pronatalist.org…

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What is the World Pt. 3 - Philosophy Answers! | WAWTAR #163 20:39

6M ago20:39

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Part 3 of 4 in our quest to answer the question: What is the world? We've covered the science take and now we turn to philosophy, before ending with the "religious." Plato, Heidegger, and the Last Airbender all make a lovely appearance today on the show. Support the show 2 years. Deep cultural immersion. Intense personal discovery. See what it mean…

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Roundtable: Fr. Sil, Neil DeGraide, & Topher Grant - What a True Feast Means | WAWTAR #162 58:14

7M ago58:14

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John hosts a few of the guests that came to our 2023 Art of the Tamada event. What does it mean to really feast? What role does the wine play? And how can we invite communities' to rediscover feasting in a time of reenchantment? Art of the Tamada 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA4tFdW_DB8 Support the show 2 years. Deep cultural immersion. In…

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What is the World Pt. 2 - Does math define everything? | WAWTAR #161 23:03

7M ago23:03

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It's part two and it's all about math. Maybe science can define the world for us. Are we all just walking equations? Manifested numbers? Let's find out. What is the world? Flat earthers. Round earthers. Physical, metaphysical, and all the bits in-between. Purple PBS Video: https://youtu.be/F__elfR3w8c?t=98 Support the show 2 years. Deep cultural im…

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Conversations: Shamans, Magic, and Rationalism with Dr. James Mohebali | WAWTAR #160 1:07:40

7M ago1:07:40

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Chinese medicine. Traditional witch doctors. Oriental shamans. What exactly are they doing. With what, or whom, are the communing? Dr. James Mohebali, Chinese medicine practioner, talks with John to illumine the non-rational parts of our reality. Check out the Substack article here: https://johnheersftf.substack.com/p/d... Original news article: ht…

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Conversations: Loren Wilkinson | WAWTAR #159 1:04:31

7M ago1:04:31

1:04:31

Loren Wilkinson is Professor Emeritus at Regent College where he delves into issues like Christianity and the arts, philosophy, and earthkeeping. He is also an author and his latest book, Circles and the Cross: Cosmos, Consciousness, Christ, and the Human Place in Creation can be found here: https://a.co/d/6CyAcIB Visit us at https://first-things.o…

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Uncle Seth and War | WAWTAR #158 1:25:50

8M ago1:25:50

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Uncle Seth is back! And things get a little spicy as the conversation enters into war, where we would fight for, and where this might all end. Visit us at https://first-things.org/ 2 years. Deep cultural immersion. Intense personal discovery. See what it means to become a Field Worker with FTF: https://first-things.org/opportunities or email Daniel…

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What is the World? | WAWTAR #157 17:17

8M ago17:17

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Today we kick off our next series tackling a huge question: what is the world? Flat earthers. Round earthers. Physical, metaphysical, and all the bits in-between. And at the end we will cap this off with an in depth discussion. Visit us at https://first-things.org/ 2 years. Deep cultural immersion. Intense personal discovery. See what it means to b…

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Conversations: Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy - On Christian Nonviolence | WAWTAR #156 1:24:26

8M ago1:24:26

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Today we are pleased to have Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy join us for an look at his life, teachings and work. Fr. McCarthy is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee for his steadfast teaching of Christian Nonviolence around the world. Fr. McCarthy's work with the Center for Christian Nonviolence: https://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org/ Does the deep immers…

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Conversations: Fr. Silouan Justiniano - The New World Isn't So Bad John | WAWTAR #155 1:03:03

9M ago1:03:03

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Iconographer and Orthodox monk Fr. Silouan Justiniano rejoins WAWTAR to have a serious discussion about the New World. Is it really all that bad? Or are we to enamored with the past to see what we have now in the present? Fr. Silouan's work and more: https://hieromonksilouan.org/ Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider …

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Conversations: David Patrick Harry @ChurchoftheEternalLogos | WAWTAR #154 1:24:50

9M ago1:24:50

1:24:50

Today John sits down with David Patrick Harry, founder of the @ChurchoftheEternalLogos channel to talk Orthodoxy, masculinity, truth, and technology. Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider becoming a Field Worker! Check out our Join FTF page: https://first-things.org/opportunities for more info, or email Daniel at dani…

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Bathing, Baptism, & Orthodoxy | WAWTAR #153 18:57

9M ago18:57

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Our final entry into bathing of our 4 part series. Getting clean goes beyond the physical and today we look at baptism, maybe the most controversial act of "washing" today. Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider becoming a Field Worker! Check out our Join FTF page: https://first-things.org/opportunities for more info, …

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The Symbolic World of Water | WAWTAR #152 23:52

9M ago23:52

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Part 3 of our deep dive (pun intended?) into water. Today Heers takes us around the mostly ancient world to examine all the ways water has been understood and where exactly it leaves us in regard to modern materialism. Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider becoming a Field Worker! Check out our Join FTF page: https://…

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John Heers at Montanika | WAWTAR #151 50:00

10M ago50:00

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From the Montanika conference earlier this year. John talks about how we should be living in this world. Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider becoming a Field Worker! Check out our Join FTF page: https://first-things.org/opportunities for more info, or email Daniel at danielpadrnos@first-things.org Like the podcast? …

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Bathing as Ritual | WAWTAR #150 17:24

10M ago17:24

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Part 2 of our bathing miniseries. Today John takes a historical look at getting clean, both culturally and ritually. Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider becoming a Field Worker! Check out our Join FTF page: https://first-things.org/opportunities for more info, or email Daniel at danielpadrnos@first-things.org Like t…

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Bathing and Baptism | WAWTAR #149 16:52

10M ago16:52

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Bathing. Washing. Immersing in water to become clean. What is bathing and by extension...baptism? Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider becoming a Field Worker! Check out our Join FTF page: https://first-things.org/opportunities for more info, or email Daniel at danielpadrnos@first-things.org Like the podcast? Join In…

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Just...War. | WAWTAR #148 22:37

11M ago22:37

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Our final installment on war. Is there really a thing as "Just War?" How can we understand modern war as it relates the "Just" theory? Finally, where does the ancient Orthodox East land when dealing with war? Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider becoming a Field Worker! Check out our Join FTF page: https://first-thin…

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Conversations: Kilts Khalfan | WAWTAR #147 1:20:02

11M ago1:20:02

1:20:02

Kiltz sits down with us again to talk about what's happening in France (and around the world), the notion of race, homage, and so much more. Kilts is a Medieval thinker, poet, concept artist, and co-author of two books (and counting) published by the Dragon Common Room. Dragon Common Room: https://tinyurl.com/2r376syz Kilts' latest article "Normans…

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War as Martyrdom | WAWTAR #146 16:45

11M ago16:45

16:45

What happens when the gods go away and war becomes secular? We dive into this by taking a look at the Battle of Bull Run and what it heralded for the New World. Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider becoming a Field Worker! Check out our Join FTF page: https://first-things.org/opportunities for more info, or email Dan…

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War & Heaven | WAWTAR #145 18:26

12M ago18:26

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Our continued exploration of war. Today we take a look at the ancient understanding that war and heaven were tied together. Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider becoming a Field Worker! Check out our Join FTF page: https://first-things.org/opportunities for more info, or email Daniel at danielpadrnos@first-things.org…

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Total War | WAWTAR #144 21:08

12M ago21:08

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War. Probably as old as mankind itself. But was it always understood to be the same as our modern age? What of ancient, bloody war? And today's wars of drones and surgical strikes? To start the investigation we will try and understand what total war means in our more modern age. Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider b…

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Usury at Last | WAWTAR #143 23:31

12M ago23:31

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It's the final chapter on usury and it's...well, we will let modern advertising tell the story. (Hint: It's not great). But the story is far from over, who knows what future generations will choose? Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider becoming a Field Worker! Check out our Join FTF page: https://first-things.org/opp…

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Uncle Seth and A.I. | WAWTAR #142 1:16:55

1y ago1:16:55

1:16:55

Uncle Seth is back and A.I. is the battleground. Where does this technology lead and what does it ultimately mean for all of us? Big shout out to Greg Gilbertson and crew for the great music! Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider becoming a Field Worker! Check out our Join FTF page: https://first-things.org/opportunit…

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From Fearing to Embracing Usury | WAWTAR #141 17:12

1y ago17:12

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Why was the Old World so fearful of usury? What did ancient scholars have to say about it? And how were all the warnings slowly ignored to land us in the land of usury today? Big shout out to Greg Gilbertson and crew for the great music! Does the deep immersive experience interest you? You should consider becoming a Field Worker! Check out our Join…

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Usury & the Old World | WAWTAR #140 24:22

1y ago24:22

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Usury. An empire building tool? A necessary evil? A path to build wealth? John walks us through the beginnings of usury in the Old World and in later episodes how we arrived at modern usury (like pre-approved credit cards aimed at unemployed teenagers with unreasonable interest rates). Big shout out to Greg Gilbertson and crew for the great music! …

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Conversations: Graham Pardun | WAWTAR #139 1:07:31

1y ago1:07:31

1:07:31

Orthodox poet, author, and essayist Graham Pardun joins John to talk about modern Orthodoxy, enlightenment, and the value of choosing the right words, in the right order. He has gained recent notoriety for his self-published collection of essays titled, The Sunlilies. Graham's Substack: https://sabbathempire.substack.com/ Order Graham's books: http…

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Magic Never Really Left... | WAWTAR #138 12:54

1y ago12:54

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As we wrap up this White JuJu series, John looks at the future. Is magic, spiritualism, religion, or "how we make meaning in the post-modern world" really gone? And what happens when the irrational world view gets its revenge? Big shout out to Greg Gilbertson and crew for the great music! For a more academic, written dive into WAWTAR themes, head o…

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How the West Rid Itself of Magic | WAWTAR #137 17:50

1y ago17:50

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White JuJu. Public Schooling. And this week the rise of the mechanistic mind. The expulsion of magic from society. Join John as we take a look at the beginning of how the West today started to expel "magic" and "religion" from society. Big shout out to Greg Gilbertson and crew for the great music! Does the deep immersive experience interest you? Yo…

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Conversations: Fr. Peter Heers | WAWTAR #136 1:28:41

1y ago1:28:41

1:28:41

John is joined by his brother Fr. Peter Heers to talk life, Orthodoxy in America, and his current state of affairs in an almost perfect rendition of heavy things done lightly. Take a moment to visit the Orthodox Ethos here: https://www.orthodoxethos.com/ Big shout out to Greg Gilbertson and crew for the great music! Does the deep immersive experien…

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Quantifying Religion | WAWTAR #135 15:00

1y ago15:00

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Last week was Juju, both here in the Americas and overseas, and the Old World mindset that accompanied it. And like magic, religion would be "explained" to us by those uncomfortable with mystery. Join us as we peel back history to reveal the roots of Babylon (maybe) and future America's DNA in the guise of the 5x winner of best named things, the Ne…

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White People JuJu | WAWTAR #134 18:50

1y ago18:50

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Magic. Juju. Voodoo. It's Old World and for us new worlders, incomprehensible, nonsensical, and quite often frightening. Using magic as our springboard, we are going to explore how we went from a time of mystery to quantity. From magic to data and beyond. Links: Documentary on Appalachia Magic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwaUcSRsQPQ Does the d…

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Paul Kingsnorth: The End of Anthropology | WAWTAR #133 59:10

1+ y ago59:10

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John is delighted to welcome back Paul Kingsnorth for a fascinating look at some of the narratives the modern world is wrestling with. Evolution, transhumanism, and more. Discover Paul's work: Substack: https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/ Website: https://www.paulkingsnorth.net/ Youtube: @Peekay72 Does the deep immersive experience interest you? Y…

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