PODCAST · religion
Misenchantments
by Riley & Lorenzo
A podcast about Christianity, modernity, and various misenchantments.
Episodes
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29: Ex Machina, Ex Cathedra
We start with a recap our tour of the San Diego Mormon Temple: baptisms of the dead, endless office space, sterile conceptions of heaven, denial of death. Then we talk about Pope Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas. What does it say, how does it relate to the Catholic idea of the whole person, and does it…
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28: Church Tour Review
Riley and Lorenzo discuss Lorenzo’s hobby of attending various local churches, and answer the questions we’re all asking: what is “fundie”? What is “evangelical”? What do Catholics think of the American Pope? Other topics and groups discussed: Quakers, Woke Church, non-denominational-ism, Eastern...
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27: A Good Book about Online Losers: Tony T’s “Rejection”
Riley and Lorenzo chat about Tony Tulathimutte’s “Rejection” and also, strangely, early 2010s Americana music (aka “stomp clap hey”, or, on Spotify, “stomp & holler”). Lorenzo brings up Cloud Atlas a bunch. Riley wonders how people become addicted to p*rn. References: This tweet This Tiny Desk...
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26: Enchantment (Part 2 of 2): Karl Ove Summer
Riley and Lorenzo continue their discussion on enchantment – what is it, what is it not, how does technology ruin it, and where can we get some? Topics include myth, liturgy, literature, and cynicism. References: Popular book on enchantment Joseph Campbell’s “Power of Myth” Karl Ove Knausgaard’s...
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25: Enchantment (Part 1 of 2)
Riley and Lorenzo discuss enchantment – what is it, why should we care, and what does it mean for something to “have juice”? Topics include hireophany, writing as (failed) sacrament, air conditioning as numbing one’s senses. Digressions include pet pigs and why it’s cool, actually, to say “TGIF.”...
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24: Ethan Hawke Fan Club (First Reformed)
Riley and Lorenzo watch and discuss Paul Schrader’s 2017 film “First Reformed.” Riley loves it, Lorenzo thinks it does theology right but has other gripes. Digressions include fall vibes, devotion, whether or not Amanda Seyfried would be Lorenzo’s friend, Riley’s interest in purchasing a Stanley...
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23: On Exactitude in SEO (Why Media Sucks Now)
What do Noah Kahan, smutty romance novels, and search engine optimization (SEO) have in common? Riley and Lorenzo dive into why so much popular art and media feels so thin. We chat about our recent media favs, Niel Postman’s Epistemology of Technology, and “Rich Men North of Richmond.” Reading…
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22: Overconsumption Part 2: Fully Automated Luxury Satanism
Riley and Lorenzo discuss Disneyland, Satanism, treat acquisition, TikTok microtrends, climate change and purchasing massive SUVs, the imperative to buy, and what we owe each other. Part two of a two-part miniseries on convenience and consumption. References: Cushvlog ‘Polypocalypse’ “Against...
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21: Overconsumption Part 1: “Having and Being Had”
Riley and Lorenzo discuss their new mic, ASMR, TikTok “haul” trends, single-use plastic, Christmastime and Advent (Riley doesn’t know the difference between the two), overconsumption, LARPing prosperity, and class consciousness. Part one of a two-part miniseries on convenience and consumption....
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20: Gripes
Riley and Lorenzo catch up to complain about what has been bothering them in their two months away from the pod: science, acronyms, the internet, women, etc. Let’s call it cultural criticism. {follow us on Instagram and Twitter @misenchantments :) }
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19: Friley and Lorenzooey
In what critics are calling “the coziest episode of Misenchantments yet,” Riley and Lorenzo discuss J.D. Salinger’s short novel Franny and Zooey. Lorenzo reads it as an articulation of his own materialist theology, while Riley reflects concernedly on TikTok conspiracy theories and joyfully on...
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18: Two Beer Stoicism
Riley & Lorenzo have 2 beers each and discuss tech-bro stoicism (aka broicism), the horrors of The Daily Stoic, why quotes don’t = wisdom, why whimsy is important, and why feeling your feelings is good, actually. Digressions include the taxonomy of church wokeness and the documentaries “Shiny…
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17: Artificial Intelligence Fears and Peacock’s ‘Mrs Davis’
Riley & Lorenzo explore the wild world of Peacock comedy/drama Mrs. Davis, a show about a nun who has to fight a world-controlling AI program (we’re also excited to announce our new sponsors!). We do our best to connect this zany show to the ongoing developments in generative AI and predictive...
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16: Does God Real? (feat. Regina Hurley)
Riley & Lorenzo are joined by Regina Hurley to discuss ~metaphysics~. We’re doing this because we think Religion is good—but what about rational reasons to believe in God? Digressions include personal Eucharistic contents, religious affiliations of various animals, and more digs at the Missouri...
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15: Simone Weil, Original De-Influencer
Riley & Lorenzo dive into some of Christian mystic Simone Weil’s greatest hits, including attention, personality, impersonality, and witnessing, and make a case for why Weil would have loved “Enchantments of Mammon” and HATED TikTok. Readings: From The Simone Weil Reader: “Human Personality,”...
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14: A Misenchanted Christmas
Riley & Lorenzo hate on Christmas a lot but are down to clown with the Incarnation. We decide what Christmas aesthetics are misenchanted, which are good, and then do a little year-end roundup of some recent news! Listen while you sit in the airport watching your flight get delayed for the third...
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13: Corny Alert: New Atheists
Tip your fedoras and get ready to beef with your Christian aunt. In this bantery and off the cuff ep, Riley & Lorenzo explore the merits and controversies of New Atheism. Listen to find out whether Riley converts to atheism, and whether the Four Horsemen really even count as atheists at all.
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12: The(y’re) [New] Right About Tech
Riley & Lorenzo do a deep dive into National Conservatism, their views on autonomy, and how technology is destroying our attention and probably our lives. Spoiler: they would get it right if they weren’t getting it so, so wrong. Readings: “The New Right Takes on Big Tech,” Katherine Dee, The...
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11: Checkmate Atheists: A Willful Misreading of C.S. Lewis’ “Mere Christianity”
Ever wondered why so many people love Lewis’ classic work of apologetics? Us too! Riley & Lorenzo discuss allegory, masculinity, children’s literature, and embracing the mystery in a very, very unorganized and chatty episode on C.S. Lewis’ “Mere Christianity” {follow us on Instagram and Twitter...
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10: App-ostles of Christ
Riley & Lorenzo chat about Hallow and Glorify, two apps that promise salvation through data collection. Digressions include Subway Surfers and x2 Blocks, moving back to San Diego, ~lite media studies~, and whether or not the Kardashians are demonic. Readings referenced: “I tried the Hallow app…
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09: Notes on Notes on Metamodernism
Riley & Lorenzo discuss sincerity, irony, why it’s misguided to keep making live-action Disney reboots, and Jordan Petersen and Richard Dawkins being the metamodernist heroes we deserve (but don’t want). {follow us on Instagram and Twitter @misenchantments :) }
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08: Digressions & Meta-Digressions: the Postmodernism Episode
Riley & Lorenzo discuss Lyotard, Yeats, Silliman, the Sokal Hoax, ~grand narratives~, and irony. Digressions include a recent writeup about the Trads, Amanda Gorman’s latest poem, Lorenzo’s hunter camo crocs, and (perhaps surprisingly) not vegan milk alternatives. Reading: “The Only Way Out is...
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07: Modernity: The Biggest Vibe Shift Yet
Our podcast is about spirituality and modernity. But what the heck even is modernity? We’re here to explain in the first of our three-part series on the Modern, how postmodernity follows, and maybe even what comes after. Find out how Descartes accidentally killed God, how Lorenzo’s fanfiction is...
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06: Trad Cath E-girls: An Investigation
Riley & Lorenzo discuss Fleabag, Lady Bird, saint-posting, bimbo feminism, seriousness vs irony, and the big desire to be Told What to Do. Reading: “Behold, the Millennial Nuns” by Eve Fairbanks “How Catholicism became alt-fashion's saviour” by Biz Sherbert “Inside the New Right” by James Pogue
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05: A Willful Misreading of Charles Taylor's "A Secular Age"
Riley & Lorenzo read (or misread) Charles Taylor’s “A Secular Age” and discuss immanence vs. transcendence, the validity of liking Marvel movies, whether or not one can make claims about medieval peasant psychology, and how philosophy is fake.
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04: RETVRN (to seed oils)
Episode Readings: Contrapoints’s “Men and “Incels” videos: “Why They Need Cucks,” Jessa Crispin for The Baffler: “Bronze Age Pervert, Christianity, and the Politics of Strength,” Kate Whitaker
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03: Sacramental Sweater
Riley & Lorenzo discuss Eugene McCarraher’s “Enchantments of Mammon,” slander Weber, agree that shopping is Good, and get into how their personal politics are informed by religious belief.
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02: Prayers Up
Riley & Lorenzo discuss petitionary prayer, meditation, agency, who has the right to ask God for things, and Simone Weil's prayer as witnessing.
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01: Cordial Introduction
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A podcast about Christianity, modernity, and various misenchantments.
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Riley & Lorenzo
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