PODCAST · society
Cracks in Postmodernity
by cracksinpomo
Subverting subversiveness through pretentious and ironic cultural commentary that gives precedence to aesthetics and ontology over ethics and politics.
Episodes
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How Modernity Failed Our Cities: Islam, Architecture, & Belonging w/ Marwa al-Sabouni
Marwa al-Sabouni joins the pod to discuss mosque architecture, urban design, the limits of modernism, and what the West gets wrong about Islam. Check out her book https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/mosque-an-architects-exploration-of-form-faith-and-meaning-hardcover And follow our Substack...
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Make America Gay (NOT Queer) Again w/ Matthew Vines
Matthew Vines joins the pod to discuss his NYTimes article about how queer theory is ruining everything for the gays. Check out his article https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/opinion/queer-gay-rights.html And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/
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Get Over It [Trigger Warning] Fragile Millennials! w/ Catherine Liu
Catherine Liu joins the pod to talk about trauma scripts, AOC and other fragile millennials, Laschian narcissism, the identitarian co-opting of the Left, and how to get over yourself. Check out her new book ‘Traumatized’...
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Is an air-conditioned life worth living?
Stephen joins Juan Martinez and Juan Merchan on El Matiz podcast to talk about the evils of air conditioning, Baudrillard's love (and my hate) of hyperreal America, Lorca’s Poems, Shakira, the terror of shopping malls, the Floridian hellscape, and Canadian cathedrals. For more, check out...
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Orthobros Revisited w/ Steven Christoforou
Steven Christoforou joins the pod to talk about Orthobros, internet Orthodoxy, Charles Taylor, cradle ethnic Orthodox, and other Orthodox things.Check out FOCUS https://focusnorthamerica.org/ And Steven's page https://stevenchristoforou.substack.com/ And follow our Substack...
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It's so hard being a white millennial male w/ Jacob Savage
Jacob Savage joins the pod to discuss why it's so hard to be a white [passing] cisgender millennial male writer, and why you should feel bad for us. Jk. We discuss everything from DEI in publishing to our favorite dude writers. Check out is work here https://substack.com/@jacobksavage And follow...
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You're being such a Jesuit w/ Nick Leeper SJ
Nick Leeper SJ joins the pod to discuss his recent art exhibit, Andy Warhol, being a Jesuit, what constitutes sacrilege, and plays a round of "hot or not" with us. Check out his work https://www.nkleepersj.com/ Read Stephen's review of his exhibit...
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Help, I've lost my agency! w/ Luke Burgis
Luke Burgis joins the pod to discuss his new book 'The One and the Ninety-Nine', the tribalism of the culture wars, internet Catholicism, the loss of agency, and Dorothy Day. Get a copy of his book here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250373038/theoneandtheninetynine/ And follow our Substack...
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Where my lesbians at? w/ Julie Bindel
Julie Bindel joins the pod to discuss her book "Lesbians: Where are we now?", the gay man vs. lesbian rivalry, UK vs US cultural politics, TERFdom, conversion therapy, and more. Check out her work https://juliebindel.substack.com/ And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/
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Provocative Twinks & Horseshoe Links w/ Lucian Wintrich
Lucian Wintrich joins the pod to talk about Twinks for Trump, his congressional campaign, the importance of engaging with rather than reacting against your ideological ops, & the excesses of contrarianism. Check out his page here https://wintrichfornewyork.com/ And follow cracks in pomo here...
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Nobody Reads Books Anymore w/ Book Club From Hell
Jack from the Book Club From Hell pod joins us to discuss why he loves reading books so much, and his suggestions for people who want to get back into reading. Check out his pod here https://bookclubfromhell.substack.com/
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It's ok to be [a lifter]
Joe Enabnit and Jonah Howell attempt to convince Stephen that lifting is not morally reprehensible. Read Stephen's piece against lifting https://nopomo.substack.com/p/you-should-not-have-time-to-bulk And Joe's piece in favor of lifting https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/archetyping-at-the-gym...
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Real Men Are Pierced: Pasolini & the Manosphere w/ Eve Tushnet LIVE @ KGB
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re likely to have noticed the discourse has been set abuzz with talk of a crisis of masculinity. While the debate is out on whether the real culprit is feminism, toxic masculinity, the Nanny State, or automation, men are indeed struggling to find...
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Zoomers, Boomers, & [Holy] Humor w/ Fr. James Martin SJ
Father James Martin SJ joins the pod to discuss his new book ‘Work in Progress,’ polarization in the Catholic Church, trad zoomers, intergenerational dialogue, and his encounter with Camille Paglia. Follow us on Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/ Check out Fr. Martin's book...
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Technocracy Roundtable ft. Evelyn Quartz, Anton Cebalo, & Jeffery Tyler Syck
Evelyn Quartz, Anton Cebalo, & Jeffery Tyler Syck join the pod to discuss the technocratic paradigm . Check out their work:https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/cp/186860518 https://brooklynrail.org/2026/02/field-notes/technocracy-2-0/...
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Leo XIII, Subsidiarity, & Mondragon LIVE @ the Catholic Worker
Cracks in pomo presents our Friday night meeting at the CW on Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum, the Mondragon workers' co-op, and how subsidiarity can help us transcend political polarization.
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Would Marshall McLuhan have an X account? w/ Andrew McLuhan
Andrew McLuhan joins the pod to discuss the current state of mass media and whether his grandfather [Marshall] would have an X account. Check out Andrew's Substack: https://mcluhan.substack.com/ And read João Ruy Faustino's piece in pomo on McLuhan...
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Should Women Be Working? LIVE from KGB
Audrey Pollnow, Emilia Tanu-Chornay, and Bridget Ruffing shared their thoughts on being a woman in the post-girlboss era. Thanks to all who came out.
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Deliver us from suburbia w/ Fr. Stephen Koeth
Fr. Stephen Koeth joins the pod to discuss his book Crabgrass Catholicism, the suburbanization of American Catholicism, urban ethnic politics, and assimilation. Read Stephen's reviews in First Things and in ARC. https://firstthings.com/how-suburbia-reshaped-american-catholic-life/...
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Make America Baudrillardian Again w/ Mary Harrington
Mary Harrington joins the pod to discuss Baudrillard's 1986 book America, NYC vs. LA vs. London, and Reagan's culture war. Subscribe to our Substack: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com
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Free Speech: Endangered, Dangerous, or Overrated? Live in DC w/ Mana Afsari & Shadi Hamid
Amidst the enforcement of speech codes, reactionary backlash, and an uptick in political violence, debates about the future of the First Amendment have taken center stage. Various ideological factions have emerged, emphasizing the need for speech to be free, ethical, or true. But what of the need...
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Inversion: Gay Life After the Homosexual w/ Pierre & Amir
Pierre d'Alancaisez and Amir Naaman join the pod to discuss their new book Inversion, gay narcissism, victimhood, Queers for Palestine, and more. Purchase Inversion here: https://verdur.in/inversion/ And read an excerpt of Stephen's chapter here:...
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The Technocratic Trap w/ Evelyn Quartz
Evelyn Quartz joins the pod to discuss #Resistance politics, Trump & Zohran's false populism, Charlie Kirk, No Kings, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lina Khan. Check out Evelyn's article in Cracks in PoMo https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/c And check out her Substack...
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Everything's turning to sh*t w/ Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow joins the pod to discuss his book 'Enshittification,' anti-trust policy, Lina Khan, and buying local. Check out our other content on 'Enshittification' https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/everything-is-crap-and-its-only-getting https://nopomo.substack.com/p/the-lina-khan-horseshoe...
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College: Who needs it?
Hollis Robbins joins the pod to discuss the future of higher ed, the impact of AI, and her love for Ayn Rand. Follow Hollis on Substack https://hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/ And read our pieces on the future of higher ed...
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The Specter of Islamic Postliberalism
Jacob Williams joins the pod to discuss his conversion to Islam, the differences between Islam & Christianity, and the specter of an Islamic postliberalism. Subscribe to our Substack: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com
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Gender, Politics, and the New Right w/ Mana Afsari
In this episode of the Viral Cure: Making sense of internet discourse series, Stephen joins Research Associate at Aspen Philosophy & Society Mana Afsari, who has written several compelling essays about gender, politics, and internet discourse. We discuss: the ways that internet forums...
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Beyond reacting to the "other side" w/ Ross Barkan
In this episode of the Viral Cure: Making sense of internet discourse series, Stephen joins journalist Ross Barkan, who responds to both national and local political issues with a balanced, nuanced take. We discuss: how Ross attempts to respond intelligently, rather than to react...
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Crossing ideological divides w/ Justin E. Giboney
In this episode of the Viral Cure: Making sense of internet discourse series, Stephen G. Adubato, joins &Campaign founder Justin E. Giboney, whose work focuses on giving people to tools to have tough conversations about divisive issues. We discuss: how Justin works to bring people together...
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The Art of Disagreeing on the Internet w/ Santiago Ramos
In this episode of the Viral Cure: Making sense of internet discourse series, Stephen G. Adubato, joins Wisdom of Crowd’s Executive Editor Santiago Ramos to discuss: how partisan and ideological commitments shape the way discourse unfolds on the internet how Santiago checks his own biases and...
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Inside the Catholic Worker w/ Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp joins the pod to discuss Dorothy Day, life at the Catholic Worker, Pope Leo XVI, and US politics. Check out his website here: https://gaudiumetspes22.com/ Subscribe to our Substack: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com
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Saying whatever we like w/ Ayishat Akanbi
Ayishat Akanbi joins the pod to discuss cancelling her book deal, the errors of therapeuticism, the insanity of ideologues, and keeping it real in an artificial world. Check out her Substack here: https://ayishatakanbi.substack.com/ Subscribe to our Substack: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com
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Bringing the Gift of Blackness w/ Gloria Purvis
Gloria Purvis joins the pod to discuss Carmelite spirituality, the legacy of Black Americans in the Catholic Church, and Church politics. Read our first interview in America https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/09/23/gloria-purvis-interview-racism-pro-life-politics-devil Subscribe to the...
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Baby, you were [possibly not] born this way w/ David Dudrick
David Dudrick joins the pod to discuss Nietzsche, Foucault, Catholicism and cultural theory. Read David's essay on Foucault https://www.compactmag.com/article/why-foucault-couldnt-kill-sexuality/ Read Stephen's article on Nietzsche...
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Outer Borough State of Mind w/ Ross Barkan
Ross Barkan joins the pod to discuss 9/11 memes, life in the Outer Boroughs, Jane Jacobs vs. Robert Moses, the unironic pursuit of greatness, and his novel Glass Century. Read Stephen's review of Glass Century in COMPACT https://www.compactmag.com/article/a-new-york-epic-for-our-time/ Subscribe…
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You have never been woke w/ Musa al-Gharbi
After long await, Musa al-Gharbi joins to pod to talk about wokeness, anti-wokeness, virtue signaling, campus protests, elite capture, and grassroots organizing. Subscribe to the Substack: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com
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Ex-Gays, Homof@scists, & Pansexual Zoomers w/ Pieter Valk
Pieter Valk and I interview each other about the pieces we cross published on each other's Substacks. Check out Pieter's piece 'From Pray-the-Gay-Away to Pansexual Pragmatism': https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/from-pray-the-gay-away-to-pansexual And my piece 'From Drag to Dimes Square: The...
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Going Insane in America w/ Emmett Rensin
Emmett Rensin joins the pod to discuss his brilliant book The Complications: Going Insane in America, as well as mental illness, faith, and politics. Follow his work here: https://emmettrensin.com/ Subscribe to the Substack: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com
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Faith in a Globalized World: Milbank, Hamid, Cavanaugh
In this third episode of the Searching for the Self in an Age of Simulation series, Stephen G. Adubato, host of Cracks in Postmodernity, joins philosopher John Milbank, author Shadi Hamid, and theologian William T. Cavanaugh, to discuss faith and globalization. How does globalization impact...
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Q+A pod: Parenting edition
Our token parents Emilia and Joe answer your questions about parenthood, marriage, and vocations. Follow them @etchornay10 and @joey_nabbles Read Joe's essay on the manosphere https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/dont-call-me-daddy-manosphere-influencers and Emilia's on tradwives...
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The Future of US Politics w/ James Davison Hunter (Live @ the NYE)
After his talk at the New York Encounter, James Davison Hunter and I talked about localism, the role of religious communities, the expansion of mass media, and the future of US politics. Listen to his talk at the NYE here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2KnSDLeiIE Subscribe to the Substack…
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The History (& Future) of Psychoanalysis w/ Eli Zaretsky
Historian of Psychoanalysis Eli Zaretsky joins the pod to discuss the Freudian Left, Lasch, and the future of identity politics under the Trump admin. Check out Eli's essay in Cracks in PoMo: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/americas-populist-upheaval?utm_source=publication-search Follow…
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Post Election Post Mortem: How Mass Media Shapes Your Mind w/ Geoff Shullenberger
Thanks to the exponential growth of mass media over the last few decades, we find ourselves bombarded with information that is presented to us through a variety of framings. Whose narrative is most accurate? Which sources, if any, can we trust? Join Stephen G. Adubato and Geoff Shullenberger for…
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Behind Body Positivity w/ Kat Dee & Abigail Favale
In this second episode of the Searching for the Self in an Age of Simulation series, Stephen G. Adubato, host of Cracks in Postmodernity, joins Abigail Favale, professor at the McGrath Institute for Church Life, and Katherine Dee, internet subculture chronicler, to discuss the body positivity...
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Reel-y Holy: New Age Beliefs in the Digital Realm
In this fourth episode of the Searching for the Self in an Age of Simulation series, Stephen G. Adubato, host of Cracks in Postmodernity, joins Katherine Dee, internet subculture chronicler, Esmé Partridge, writer and consultant working at the intersection of religion, philosophy and politics, to...
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The Cult of Celebrity
In this first episode of the Searching for the Self in an Age of Simulation series, Stephen G. Adubato, host of Cracks in Postmodernity, joins theologian Tara Isabella Burton and diviner David Odyssey, to discuss the cult of celebrity. What fuels the magnetic allure of modern celebrities? How do...
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Complicating the Discourse w/ Christopher Damian
Christopher Damian joins the pod to discuss why we're afraid of allowing space for complexity and nuance in public discourse, and how to engage with people you disagree with. Follow him @CDamianWrites and check out his work at https://chrisdamian.substack.com/ Follow Cracks in Pomo on IG...
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you asked, we answered
The second Q+A pod... Follow Cracks in Pomo on IG @cracksinpomo and on Twitter @stephengadubato Subscribe to the Substack here: https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/abo... discount on Masa Chips: http://www.masachips.com/cracksinpost...
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The World Wide Latina Belt
Our parcero Juan David Rojas joins the pod to discuss Latin@s for Trump and Latin American cultural politics including Cuban neocons, the Evangelical take over, and other chismes. Follow Juan @rojasrjuand and read his work at COMPACT https://www.compactmag.com/contributor/juan-david-rojas/ Follow...
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[Several] Questions for Gordon Glasgow
Gordon Glasgow joins the pod to discuss his 12 Questions series and the state of the literary scene. Follow his Substack https://12questions.substack.com/ Follow Cracks in Pomo on IG @cracksinpomo and on Twitter @stephengadubato Subscribe to the Substack here:...
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