📚 The Good Books
📚The Comfort of Fictional Religions: Bokononism, a useful religion founded on lies
Vonnegut's hopeful humanist fatalism
podcast
PEP Talk 1/23/23
Riffing on things.
❌ Exvangelical
❌ New ep: Teddy Wilson on nationalist movements, the J6 & J8 insurrections, and more
This week I was joined by from to discuss his experience covering the radical right. We talk about how important language is when identifying and discussing various groups, the transnational nature of nationalist movements, what we know about the Brazil insurrection so far—and finally, how “progressive” movements can respond
❌ Exvangelical
❌ New ep: The Comfort of Fictional Religions
When technical glitches mess w/ release schedules, you have to get creative.
🔗 Linking
✍🏻+📱| Paleofuture: Watch a Cranky Marshall McLuhan Explain the Future of Ads and the Internet in 1966
This section is named after a McLuhan axiom, so it’s only appropriate that I share this article from Matt Novak over at Paleofuture. From the article: “You might say that you are working on a history of Egyptian arithmetic. You know a bit of Sanskrit, you are qualified in
🔗 Linking
✍🏻| A Public Witness: "Christian Nationalism Invades Brazil."
Christian Nationalism Invades BrazilA violent mob, full of people who refuse to believe their presidential candidate lost, stormed their nation’s capital on a January day of fury. But this time it wasn’t in Washington, D.C. On Sunday (Jan. 8), thousands of supporters of now-former Brazilian President
🔗 Linking
✍🏻RNS | "Exvangelical TikTok worship parodies bring unexpected healing"
Tyrsten & Sayge sing the Bible
📚 The Good Books
📚The Comfort of Fictional Religions: The Sensayers of Terra Ignota
Cultivating personal spirituality outside community
podcast
PEP Talk: 1/9/23
Talking about Brazil's insurrection
❌ Exvangelical
❌ Preparing for War: the extremist history of White Christian Nationalism with Bradley Onishi
Happy new year, everyone - the first guest of 2023 is a return guest, . Brad is co-host of the Straight White American Jesus podcast (and part of Irreverent Media Group alongside Exvangelical and many more podcasts) and author of the new book: Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White
📚 The Good Books
📚The Comfort of Fictional Religions: the Monk & Robot books
Praise Allalae.
podcast
PEP Talk: To Gentle Beginnings
Ready or not, the new year is here.