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Woke philosophy, sometimes marketed under the terms Social Justice Ideology or Critical Race theory, is the new, legalistic pseudoreligion of American culture. Its adherents operate with a cultish worldview, hold to a code they consider sacrosanct, expect all others to bow to this code, and then reject all who do not agree, including much about America's past and culture. This pseudo religion, because it subsumes the individual into the group and because contrary ideas are verboten, is inherently authoritarian, seeking and depending upon the coercive power of the state. This pseudoreligion now dominates public education, government, the military, and now increasingly corporate America. To pushback is to risk ridicule, cancelling, loss of reputation, and maybe loss of employment. For believers, one must keep the faith, for the Sovereign God is still in charge, and we can find hope and peace and strength to fight the good fight knowing his accomplished works, knowing his promises, and knowing his presence in our lives. For more Christian commentary, check my website, rexmrogers.com.

As my regular listeners will know, I’m deeply influenced by the perspective known as Integral philosophy, and in particular, the insights it affords us into how human culture has evolved—and is still evolving today. This perspective informs the conversations I have on this podcast, to one degree or another. But every now and again, I get the opportunity to welcome a guest who is deeply versed in this philosophy, and we get to have a conversation that more explicitly and directly explores the nuances of this unique way of looking at the world. Since this is a somewhat regular occurrence, I’ve dubbed these Integral Conversations, and I’m thrilled to share this one, with my friend and colleague Jeff Salzman, creator of the Daily Evolver podcast and fellow board member at the Institute for Cultural Evolution.

For well over a decade now, Jeff has been bringing the insights of integral theory and philosophy right down to the ground level, applying them to the social and political issues of the moment. Integral thinkers are often focused on big-picture insights about history and worldviews and consciousness, so Jeff’s commitment to making these ideas accessible and relevant to current events is refreshing—as is his unwavering confidence that culture is indeed evolving, despite what the headlines might suggest. In this wide-ranging conversation, Jeff and I tackle the culture wars, social media, Elon Musk, the war in Ukraine, identity politics, and more.

INTRODUCTION:

Jeffrey Kranz is a Bible geek who started OverviewBible, a biblical literacy website, in 2013. He uses his expertise as a writer and consultant to help people understand what the Bible is, what it's for, and what it's all about. In 2019, he wrote The Beginner's Guide to the Bible, a non-preachy, jargon-free breakdown of the Protestant canon. In his free time, he loves trying bizarre amari, performing musical improvisational comedy, and working Hamilton references into his homebrew D&D campaigns. He hides from the sun at his home in Seattle, WA.

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·      How The Bible Is Composed

·      Identity Politics

·      The Struggle For Gentile Acceptance

·      What Exactly Is The ‘Hebrew’ Bible?

·      The Flexibility Of Jesus

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In an article titled “Ukrainian Voices?” recently published in New Left Review, sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko warns that talk in the West about Ukraine’s “decolonization” often focuses too much on “symbols and identity” and not enough on “social transformation.” Representing the war in Ukraine “as an ideological conflict of democracy against autocracy” is intellectually inconsistent, he writes, and “works poorly” with audiences across the Global South. Dr. Ishchenko criticizes the identarian articulation of Ukraine’s decolonization, which he says reduces the agenda to “anti-Russian and anti-communist identity politics”; it’s an obstacle to “a universally relevant perspective on Ukraine.”

In the days since it was released, Dr. Ishchenko’s article has won praise and provoked fierce criticism from peers and pundits alike. This week, he joined The Naked Pravda to respond to some of that feedback and delve a bit deeper into the ideas he raised in the essay.

Timestamps for this episode:

• (4:40) The article’s academic origins
• (6:52) Has the “decolonization” agenda lost its way?
• (11:34) What’s an alternative form of decolonization in Ukraine?
• (15:35) What are the differences between Ukraine’s “privileged voices” with access to the West and the Ukrainians who remain largely unrepresented abroad?
• (23:00) Don’t call it an ideological conflict of democracy against autocracy?
• (29:52) Criticisms of Soviet nostalgia

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Thanksgiving Day is a uniquely American holiday dating back 400 years to the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. It's a time for remembrance, hopefully family and faith, and gratitude. I am grateful for a country where religious liberty is yet part of our experience. I am thankful, too, for my identity as a child of God, not an ephemeral identity rooted in sex, race, ethnicity, position, talent, class, etc. I am thankful for Christian parents, Dad in heaven and Mom who turns 91 this Thanksgiving day. For more Christian commentary, check my website at rexmrogers.com. 

In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview Ashley Rindsberg. Ashley Ashley Rindsberg is an American novelist, media commentator, essayist and journalist. Rindsberg's most recent book, "The Gray Lady Winked", is an investigation of The New York Times. Topics covered include; the history of the New York Times, their inaccuracies in reporting major historical events, the New York Times obsession with identity politics, race/gender AND more.

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The New York Times can’t keep playing the conspiracy card

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At the end of the Cold War, Political Scientist Francis Fukuyama declared the end of history — liberalism and democracy, he said, had triumphed over communism. Fast forward: how does that look today?

In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Paul D. Miller, professor of the practice of international affairs at Georgetown University and author of a recent book entitled The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism. Today, we talk about religion, politics, social ethics, and the rise of Christian nationalism.

Meet Dr. Miller: 

Dr. Miller earned his PhD from Georgetown University and holds a masters in public policy from Harvard University. He spent a decade in public service as director for Afghanistan and Pakistan on the National Security Council staff, an intelligence analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency, and a military intelligence officer in the US Army. Miller’s writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, The Dispatch, The Washington Post, Providence Magazine, Mere Orthodoxy, The Gospel Coalition, Foreign Policy, and elsewhere. He is the author of Just War and Ordered Liberty from Cambridge University Press.

Resources:

• The Religion of American Greatness by Paul D. Miller
• The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony
• Between Kin and Cosmopolis by Nigel Biggar
• Taking America Back for God by Andrew Whitehead and Samuel Perry
• How the Nations Rage by Jonathan Leeman
• Politics after Christendom by David VanDrunen

The Digital Public Square is a production of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and is produced and hosted by Jason Thacker.

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The Disinformation Board has been "put on hold". And The Washington Post blames a popular opinion on "Right Wingers". 

Two mass shootings with in a couple of days of each other were both motivated by race. They aren't the first and they won't be the last. Political grandstanding must be the answer. 

The Baby formula shortage is possibly the most egregious example of government regulated capitalism to date. 

Corey has a discussion with union guys. It's amazing where a conversation can go when you remove the identity politics.

Stick around for Corey's Monologue.

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Stuart talks with 'Burners Without Borders' co-founder Tom Price, then shares an interview from the deep well of 'Culturally Attuned,' a podcast by the US Institute of Peace in collaboration with Burning Man Project.

Tom talks about community resilience and his attempts to bridge cultural gaps around race, color, privilege, and the legacy of colonialism.

He extols the need for humility and personal agency, and developing relationships of mutual trust and respect - from Kenya to Liberia, to the Native American lands of Nevada.

He also presents Burning Man as a place to practice operating with each other organically, without imposed signifiers of who gets to be in charge. 

USIP (United States Institute of Peace): Culturally Attuned Podcast

USIP: Culturally Attuned: Benefactor’s Dilemma: Am I helping or Am I Wielding Power? (podcast episode)

Burners Without Borders: What Does Burning Man Have to Do With Peace? (audio clip)

Burning Man LIVE: Culturally Attuned with the US Institute of Peace (2021 podcast episode)

Burning Man LIVE: Creative Solutions to Mass Destruction (with Tom Price) (2020 podcast episode)

Burning Man Journal: Tom Price 

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Dan's MacBook gets really drunk and has to take a trip to the ICU. Thoughts and prayers are needed.

 Police departments give us their next move in the cat-and-mouse game of policing the police. Woody and Buzz Lightyear will be thrilled to know their place in keeping our neighborhoods safe from evil-doers! 

The New York subway shooter has been identified and is in custody. Conservative media and social media (kind of) wins the identity lottery on this one. Liberal media and social media call for mental health reform to deflect from that fact that we are numb to mass shootings in America. 

Elon's "Hostile" takeover of Twitter is beginning? And you either love it or hate it! Why is Twitter touted as "a righteous, private company who can ban whatever speech they want" when they do it to the people you don't like? But a "capitalistic, power hungry, danger to society" if Musk succeeds? 

How Woke is TOO WOKE? vs "What Year Is It?" 

                - Handing UBI to only an experimental few. Watch us do our best Tucker Carlson impressions! 

                 - Tennessee Marriage Bill leaves out one big provision. 

Dan's Monologue: Video Evidence is No Match For Ego & Identity Politics. 

An accidental entanglement occurred. Leo stayed up late one night getting high and wrote down a very plausible conspiracy theory about Will, Jada and Scientology. This impromptu intro went on so long that we threw out the original episode topic and instead chatted off the cuff about The Slap, celebrity culture, identity politics and toxic online culture.

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Race, gender, class, sexuality – categories of identity have become central to not only our understanding of politics, but also our appreciation of art. Has the prominence of these categories, however, begun to circumscribe the achievements of writers celebrated on the basis of their identity? In this episode of the ABR podcast, Mindy Gill reads her cover feature from the March issue. By parsing the rhetoric with which non-white writers are evaluated by reviewers, Gill shrewdly observes that in equating marginalisation with authenticity we do writers no favours. For in having their cultural background valued above all else, writers are being tacitly encouraged to eschew refinements of style and technique for a verisimilitude that often borders on caricature.

Mindy Gill is a Brisbane-based poet and critic, and ABR’s fifth Rising Star.

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This is Carol Platt Liebau for Townhall.com.

President Biden will soon nominate a black female for the Supreme Court.

In so doing, he’ll be fulfilling a pledge made to secure the endorsement of South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn.

But by announcing his nominee’s race and sex in advance, the president has made his selection about her identity, not her accomplishments. And in doing so, he’s cheapened her achievements.

The President’s approach highlights the pitfalls of affirmative action. It was intended to allow consideration of immutable characteristics—as one factor of many—to level the playing field.

But now, the left’s obsession with identity politics leaves even those with the best intentions to wonder: Is Biden’s nominee being chosen for the Supreme Court because she’s the best person for the job, or simply because she’s a black woman?

The president’s nominee deserves better. And so does America.

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The Supreme Court has just agreed to hear a pair of cases challenging race-based affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. It could signal the death knell for the legal regime establishing “diversity” as the rationale for considering skin color in college admissions.

This sort of thinking has fueled the identity politics—on race and sex and sexual identity—that dominate today’s college campuses.

Ironically, it hasn’t produced what matters most for any university: Diversity of thought.

Any admissions system should strive to ensure equal opportunity. Those surmounting extraordinary challenges should be rewarded. But it’s wrong and racist to assume that race equates with disadvantage. The child of a poverty-stricken white meth addict from Appalachia is hardly more privileged than, say, Barack Obama’s daughters.

Chief Justice Roberts has written, “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”  Now we’ll see if he meant it, and if the other justices agree.

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All the way back in 1977 John and Barbara Ehrenreich coined the term “the professional-managerial class” to refer to “salaried mental workers who do not own the means of production and whose major function in the social division of labour may be described broadly as the reproduction of capitalist culture and capitalist class relations.” The term reemerged in the 2010s with renewed vigour as a useful way of denoting a class of technocratic liberals who occupy an increasingly dominant role in culture and politics, indulging in performative social justice posturing with one hand while resolutely defending the status quo with the other. 

On this episode, the crew discuss the latest intervention into this particular discourse, Catherine Liu’s 2021 book Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional-Managerial Class. In an attempt to locate the PMC in Ireland, we dive deep into the perverse habits and proclivities of this group of people, skewer their tendency to scold and moralise, and debate whether or not we should even think of them as a separate class at all. Oh, and about two thirds of the way through, we also watch some porn. Don’t ask me why. 

Oh, and because we always forget, a quick request (note: not begging) to share the podcast with your friends and family if you think they’d like it. People always say that iTunes reviews help, so maybe do that as well? Otherwise you might just be a perverted PMC dog.