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Against the Machine with C.R. Wiley, Annie Crawford, and Josh Herring (opens the original)
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Annie Crawford, cultural apologist and Director of the C.S. Lewis Studies certificate for the @LogresInstitute , and C.R. Wiley of @TheTheologyPugcast join Josh for a discussion of @PKingsnorth 's Against the Machine. How should Christians, conservatives, and those determined to preserve their humanity interact with technology, modernity, and a world that seeks to suborn them to itself? Enjoy! This conversation was recorded on All Hallow's Eve 2025, and reflects the initial reading of that book
He Man and the Masters of the Universe, with Sharkbait and Pla-Doh (opens the original)
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Josh Herring and Jarrod Scott discuss the 2026 He-Man adaptation, Masters of the Universe. As @F3NEWake friends, they explore masculinity, nostalgia, and the mocking of HR within this movie. Sharkbait is a pastor, and he takes the discussion into typology; Pla-Doh wrote a book about C.S. Lewis and gender, so he asks lots of questions about what this movie's vision of masculinity it. With lot of discussion of Man-At-Arms, Teela, and the fat crying slob roommate, this is a conversation to enjoy. I
Classical Educators Responds to AI (The Alpha School) (opens the original)
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Josh Gibbs, Annie Crawford, Sean Hadley, Mark Perkins, and Josh Herring discuss the existence of the Alpha School and the challenges it presents to classical education. Is AI a tool to integrate into the classical classroom? Is AI a new, unique problem? Does the Alpha School exacerbate the many problems already existing in modern education? Across this wide-ranging conversation, the panelists develop a nuanced approach to the questions AI and education raise. This episode was sponsored by Dr. Jo
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