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In this episode, Sovereign House and Reign founder Nick Allen joins Virginia and Germán to discuss Dimes Square, the New York City downtown cultural scene. What is its history?...

On Sunday night, Americans had two options for the Super Bowl halftime show. The official NFL show was headlined by Puerto Rican artist Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (aka Bad...

First Things is proud to introduce a new podcast series. Secret Third Thing is a show about contemporary culture. First Things editors Virginia Aabram and Germán S. Díaz del...

Growing up, I had always felt that I was “too sensitive” for bullfighting, and thus opposed it. I nevertheless visited La Plaza México—the world’s largest bullfighting arena—for the opening...

The God of Francis Thompson is a stubborn God. In his seminal poem “The Hound of Heaven,” a soul is on the run from God: “I fled Him, down...

As I walked through Times Square and Jesus stared down at me from a giant illuminated billboard, I couldn’t help thinking of Marshall McLuhan. The Catholic father of media...

Who even watches the Oscars?” said First Things editor R. R. Reno when I proposed to write this article. Around twenty million people, it turns out. Although it’s true...

Is there a visual language to Sacred Scripture? Some passages of the Bible have become inextricably entwined with certain visual representations. Who can read of Saul’s encounter with Christ...

In recent years, Hollywood has produced movies that cast once irredeemable villains, such as Maleficent, Cruella de Vil, and the Joker, in a sympathetic light. The 2003 Broadway musical...