HeyJaredJUST FYI POD: Conversations about Culture, Ideas, and Life
Professor, scholar, and writer/novelist Christopher B. Barnett is joined by fellow authors Amy Welborn and Clark J. Elliston to explore issues pertaining to religion, philosophy, and contemporary culture.
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JUST FYI POD: CULTURE — "Season 4 Preview: Why Television Matters + Reflections on 9/11 at 25" (opens the original)
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In the Season 4 premiere of Just FYI Pod: Culture , Amy and I introduce our new season-long theme: “The World According to Television: Counting Down the Shows That Matter.” In particular, we discuss why television deserves serious cultural attention: it enters our homes, becomes habitual, and supplies the characters and stories through which we interpret ordinary life, morality, politics, class, and religion. Our conversation ranges from Seinfeld , Curb Your Enthusiasm , The Sopranos , and Break
JUST FYI POD: CULTURE: "On Christopher Nolan, THE ODYSSEY, and the Spirit of Our Cinematic Age" (opens the original)
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The overarching theme of JUST FYI POD: CULTURE ‘s third season is: “The Future of American Christianity: A Conversation in Ten Questions.” On today’s episode—our season finale—my cohost Amy Welborn and I take a more indirect approach to our guiding question. In previous discussions, we have explored topics such as Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical on AI and the changing landscape of American religion , but today we will dig into a broader cultural issue—namely, the release of Christopher Nolan’s
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