Episodes
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170. Ben Fleming: James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution
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169. Randy Hillier: On Being a Dissenting Voice
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168. Ron Dodson: "Ethnos" and "Genos" in the New Testament
Ron and I get together to extend our discussion of the church as a nation unto itself by discussing the politically charged terms "ethos" and "genos" as they were used then and how they apply now. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to…
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167. Dave Greene: Is the GAE Weaker in the Center than the Periphery?
Dave and I get together to discuss the state of the Global American Empire This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/subscribe
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165. Garen Kaloustian: America Is an Economic Zone, Actually
I have Garen Kaloustian on to talk about the central organizing force of America and American society. Is it Protestant Christianity? Anglo culture? Enlightenment liberalism? It's commerce. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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166. Year A - 5th Sunday of Easter - 1 Peter 2:2-10 - "You Are God's Chosen Race"
Scripture Reading 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones…
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164. Ben Fleming: Let's Talk About the Reformation
Ben and I get together to talk about the Reformation, what caused it, and how we should properly think about it in the context of the times and the flow of historical events. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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162. Ben Fleming: Dostoevsky's "Notes from Underground"
Ben Fleming is back to discuss a work, Dostoevsky's "Notes from Underground," that underscores the thesis that the west is largely "stuck" playing out the same themes and ideas from the 1850's-1920's. Seeking the Hidden Thing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my...
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163. Year A - Palm Sunday - Philippians 2:1-11 - "Radical Obedience"
Pulpit Notes Note: the spoken version of this message diverged quite a bit from the text that I brought with me to the pulpit. Today is Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday. Deep into Lent, we are boring into core Christian teachings. Who is Jesus? Who are we as Christians? The text we have in front of…
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159. The "Exception" and So-Called Artificial Intelligence
Carl Schmitt's short work "Political Theology" offers some key insights into the nature of LLM algorithms, and their key, fundamental fatal flaw. It's the same problem the "the rule of law" has. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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158. Why Ideological Populism Is a Dead End
The politics of ideas -- conservative vs. liberal -- and the notion of popular sovereignty persist to this day. We need to understand why populism is a political dead end. Seeking the Hidden Thing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a…
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161. Year A - 4th Sunday of Lent - Ephesians 5:8-14 - "Children of Light"
Scripture Ephesians 5:8-14 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. 11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,...
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160. The Story of God and Cain
An interesting piece was brought to my attention: a reflection on the so-called "Cain and Abel" story. I was going to respond with a note, but there is enough here to warrant a short meditation. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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157. Thinking Theologically About Immigration
Some recent questions in my replies require longer answers than a mere "reply" can provide. One such query on immigration got me thinking and gave me an opportunity to think through this issue. Sponsorship Partners FoxNSons Coffee Steve Fox is one of “our guys” and he sells coffee. Good coffee.…
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155. The Black Horse: Discussing the Fertility Crisis
Black Horse recently posted a monologue on the fertility crisis, making the big point that almost everything you think caused it, didn't because most of your assumptions about it are wrong. Here is the video monologue from The Red Ensign Substack (with charts!):...
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154. Ben Fleming - Edmund Burke: The Father of Everything Wrong with Conservatism
Ben Fleming and I get together to discuss Edmund Burke because of a series of exchanges on Twitter with Erin O’Toole where he suggested that what is needed today is “ordered liberty.” When we mocked this idea, he suggested that we might benefit from reading more Edmund Burke who is seen as the...
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156. Year A - 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 - "We Are God's Building"
Pulpit Notes One of the compliments that people often give when assessing a sermon is that it was “meaty.” What they often mean is that it was heavy in theology or history. It made them think about the text. Perhaps they learned something that they didn’t know before. In our text this morning…
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152. The Problem of Complexity: or Why You Can't Just Do Things
Ever since the phrase, "You can just do things" hit the online ecosystem, it has troubled me, in large part because it gives the promise that "fixing" everything would be easy if we just had the will. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...
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153. Year A - 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Matthew 5:1-12 - "The Beatitudes"
This text is one that is surprisingly political and many do not want to hear its message. Revealing the Kingdom of Heaven through the church community is not the same as "taking back the nation." This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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151. The Black Horse: Peter Thiel, a Surprisingly Deep Thinker
The Black Horse and I get together to talk about the writing and thought of Peter Thiel. We look at several essays written between 1995 and 2010 dealing with the question of diversity, technological progress, the Malthusian problem, the neutral, open society and the question of Athens or…
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150. Ron Dodson: The Covenant, the Body of Christ, and the Nation without a Homeland
Ron and I get together to discuss the theology of the church as the covenant people of God under his Kingship and why this is the proper place to begin when talking politics as Christians. Seeking the Hidden Thing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work…
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149. David Bănică: Mircea Eliade and the Burden of History
I invite David on to talk about Eliade: why we should not just casually accept the idea of "history" and the negative effects it has on society today. Sponsorship Partners FoxNSons Coffee Steve Fox is one of “our guys” and he sells coffee. Good coffee. If you live in the US — sorry Canadians…too...
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148. Year A - Epiphany - "The Mystery of Christ"
Although I don’t talk about it specifically in the message, this reconstitution of the people of God in Christ has many implications for how we understand ourselves, for the meaning of the Lord’s Supper and for Christians as a people, as a people with their own interests and telos. Any Christian...
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147. Year A - First Sunday After Christmas - Hebrews 2:10-18 - "He Became One of Us"
These last couple of weeks over Christmas have been busy with family home over the break. I was invited to preach, though, and I am finding these themes to be important for our moment. I am going to start doing something new with my sermon postings. Rather than make a separate text post, I am…
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146. Why Are There No Evangelical Elites: A Roundtable Discussion
I am joined by Ron Dodson, Josh Abbotoy and Jeremy Carl to discuss the reasons why Evangelicals have not formed a nationally dominant or competitive elite and what can be done about it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
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144. Party Politics and "The Political" Are Not the Same Thing
An abiding frustration of mine is that so many--even people I like--get the "friend-enemy" distinction wrong, apply it wrongly, muddle it up, and in so doing miss much of the potency of the concept. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...
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145. Why Are There No Evangelical Elites?
Aaron Renn wrote an interesting piece today observing that Evangelicalism does not seem to produce elites. In this piece I share some thoughts on why I think this is the case. Seeking the Hidden Thing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a...
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142. Athenian Stranger: Gadamer's "Truth and Method" Part 3, Bildung (Culture)
Athenian and I get together to begin working through the foundational concepts for Gadamer's argument that it is intuition and not method that give us access to understanding and thus truth. Athenian Stranger and I work through the first of these crucial foundational concepts for Gadamer as he...
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140. In Praise of Folly: There Is No Right Wing Marx and Why This Is a Problem
In this episode I am joined by Todd Lewis who hosts the "In Praise of Folly" podcast. We talk about the factionalism problem on the right, why this problem exists, why it matters and what can be done. The interview between Benjamin Boyce and Nick Land that we reference throughout can be found…
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143. Steven DeLay: This Present World: Aphorisms for Knowing God
You can find This Present World: Aphorisms for Knowing God here: Find more of Steven DeLay’s work on his website: https://stevendelay.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/subscribe
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139. Ben Fleming: What Is Art? What Happened to It? Part 2
Giorgio de Chirico Here are the paintings we mentioned by de Chirico: Here is the article the Ben cites where de Chirico critiques offers an alternative to leftist art: G. de Chirico, Il ritorno al mestiere [translated] Here is the link to Ben’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RadioFreeHistory...
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138. Ben Fleming: What Is Art and What Happened to It? Part 1
I had Ben Fleming on to talk about a subject that has occupied his focus of late, that of "art" and why it is so bad today. My apologies to the listener. I had to cut Ben off short when we were recording because something came up suddenly in this thing known as “real life,” whatever that is. We...
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137. Athenian Stranger: Gadamer's "Truth and Method" Part 2, Forward and the Problem of Method
Listen now | Athenian and continue the discussion of how to read Gadamer and then dive into the text with the important forward and the first section dealing with the problem of method as the grounding for truth. Sponsorship Partners FoxNSons Coffee Steve Fox is one of “our guys” and he sells...
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141. Daniel Tyrie: The Dominion Society
I have Daniel Tyrie on to talk about the political project that he is heading up to bring the issues surrounding Canadian nationalism and remigration into the mainstream political discourse. You can find more information about Daniel’s organization here: The Dominion Society Sponsorship Partners...
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136. It's All Kayfabe: Or, How I Learned to Love the Centre Left
Seeking the Hidden Thing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Sponsorship Partners FoxNSons Coffee Steve Fox is one of “our guys” and he sells coffee. Good coffee. If you live in the US — sorry Canadians…too much...
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135. Athenian Stranger: Gadamer's "Truth and Method" Part 1, Background and Introduction
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134. Gio Pennacchietti: What Happens When Mass "Culture" Dies?
Gio recently wrote a thought provoking piece about the breakup of mass culture and what happens to us when we share no common anything with anyone? What happens and where do we go? The piece in question: https://gioscontentcorner.substack.com/p/lifeless-dead “Nature and Organization” by My Black...
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133. Athenian Stranger: You Need to Abandon the Idea of "History"
I am joined again by Athenian Stranger to discuss another idea foundational for much of western thinking, that of "history," which is foundational for the notion of "progress." [Housekeeping note: I have gone back to an audio podcast post because for whatever reason, either on my end with my...
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132. Duncan Reyburn: How Modernity Cuts Us Off From the Holy
I have Duncan on to discuss his recent piece on artificial intelligence and the holy. We delve into how the technological society society cuts us off from God. [Housekeeping: some of you have noticed audio problems later in the videos. I suspect that this has something to do with the process of...
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131. Dr. J. Burden: The Current State of the Discourse
I have J on to just talk about the discourse. Note: The sound and connection might have been a little wonky. The waveform in the editing software looked different than usual but when I listened in Audacity it sounded fine. Sponsorship Partners FoxNSons Coffee Steve Fox is one of “our guys” and he...
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129. Athenian Stranger: Why Embracing the Idea of Objectivity Makes You a Regime Stooge
Athenian and I discuss the origin of, and problem with the idea of "objectivity" and how it is a concept that works for the regime system, not against it. We also discuss the alternatives. Sponsorship Partners FoxNSons Coffee Steve Fox is one of “our guys” and he sells coffee. Good coffee. If you...
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130. Cooking with Kruptos
I recently posted a Note saying that you can make home made Mac and Cheese in the same time as it takes to make Kraft Dinner. People asked for the recipe. There is none. I made a video instead. Sponsorship Partners FoxNSons Coffee Steve Fox is one of “our guys” and he sells coffee. Good coffee.…
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125. Johann Kurtz: Be a Man
[Note: if you are listening in “video” format, you will discover that at around the 1h20 mark the sound will start cutting in and out. If you listen in “audio only” format — click the headphone icon to the left of the video to switch — you will not encounter these problems.] The “Man Question” is…
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128. Ron Dodson: The Talmudic Nature of Managerialism
[Note: this is a re-upload in audio only podcast format to correct the issue with Substack where video format podcasts start cutting out around the 1h20 mark] Me doing conspiracy theory talk? Not really. Ron and I take a look at what "Talmudic thinking" is, its origins, its historical…
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121. You Don't Want to Hear This, But...
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127. Athenian Stranger: Misunderstanding the Friend-Enemy Distinction
[This episode was re-uploaded in audio-only podcast format to correct a problem that listeners noted with the video podcast format wherein the sound starts cutting in and out around the 1h20 mark] Athenian and I get together to talk about the ways that Schmitt's foundational concept is misused…
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126. Mark Granza: Being a Man in an Age of Social Media
[This episode was re-uploaded in audio-only podcast format to correct a problem that listeners noted with the video podcast format wherein the sound starts cutting in and out around the 1h20 mark] Mark has been putting a lot of effort into thinking about social media, its effects on men in...
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120. Why You Should Read Karl Marx
Because of the Cold War dialectic, few who think of themselves as "conservative" or "right-wing" actually discuss Marx as if they could learn something from him. You should be reading him, though. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to…
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124. Your Life is Hidden "with Christ"
Here is my reading of Colossians as a companion for this sermon series: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/subscribe
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123. You Are "In Christ"
My reading of the text of Colossians from the NIV (1985): This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/subscribe
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