The Prayers of Big Data

by Samuel D. James

The selling of user data in a prayer app is a wonderfully concise illustration of what emerges victorious when e-commerce and piety collide. Continue Reading »

15 Feb 2022

How Digital Youth Became Unhappy—and Dangerous—Adults

by Mark Bauerlein

While insisting that digital learning was essential for the rest of us, Silicon Valley elites made sure to vigilantly keep their own children away from the addictive products they peddled. Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2022

Brian C. Anderson on Ivan Illich

by R. R. Reno

Brian C. Anderson joins R. R. Reno to discuss the lasting influence of Ivan Illich. Continue Reading »

20 Jan 2022

Morality in the Age of Machines

by John Waters

The machine will allegedly elevate humans according to values different from those of nature—a Superman. Where have we heard that before? Continue Reading »

14 Jan 2022

Return of the Cyborgs

by Mary Harrington

A newly-influential strand of feminism aims to free us from the inconvenience of embodiment. Continue Reading »

11 Jan 2022

Huawei and China's Tech Domination

by Mark Bauerlein

Jonathan Pelson joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back. Continue Reading »

24 Dec 2021

Jordan Peterson and God

by Mark Bauerlein

Christopher Kaczor joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life. Continue Reading »

29 Nov 2021

Into the Metaverse

by Samuel D. James

For nearly a decade, Facebook has been shifting the company away from an ethos of connecting real people and toward a kind of permanent digital habitation, the contraction of life so as to fit inside algorithms.  Continue Reading »

16 Nov 2021

Tech Pluralism

by Nathan S. Chapman

Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are virtual public squares, allowing individuals to communicate their views to wide audiences. At first, these platforms avoided regulating user-created content. But pressure from politicians, activist corporations, and users . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2021

Parenting in a Digital World

by Mark Bauerlein

Sean Clifford joins the podcast to discuss the pornography problem and his company's digital parenting software called Canopy. Continue Reading »

13 Sep 2021