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EPISODE · Aug 21, 2026 · 21 MIN

Toy Story 5: Our insatiable thirst for Screens

from Ave Maria in the Afternoon Segments · host Dr. Marcus Peter

The latest entry in the Toy Story franchise features a young girl whose parents buy her a tablet so she can be like the other kids. The story is an illustration of a larger cultural phenomenon – the ubiquity of screens in our society. Paul Kengor joins us.Further ReadingToy Story 5 and the Vanishing America of Toy Stores and ChurchesGuest InfoPaul Kengor is Editor of The American Spectator.Dr. Kengor is also a professor of political science at Grove City College, a senior academic fellow at the Center for Vision & Values, and the author of over a dozen books, including A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism, and Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit avemariapm.substack.com

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