In Defense of Christmas Today Glenn rises to defend a holiday that some pagans and certain Christians love to hate: Christmas. Who could hate Christmas? It is puzzling. There are the folks who claim that there is no justification for December 25th–or January 6th for that matter–so it must have been some sort of appropriation of …
Aaron Renn of the Masculinist Returns! In today’s show Tom, Glenn, and Chris are joined by Aaron Renn, former (but perhaps not), publisher of the newsletter for men with over 5,000 subscribers, The Masculinist. The guys met in New Haven, Connecticut, right down the street from Yale, at Modern Apizza–one of the top rated pizzarias in …
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The Demise of the Shakers & the Dangers of an Over-realized Eschatology Today Chris introduces Tom and Glenn to the Shakers–America’s favorite utopian sect. If you know anything about them you probably associate them with furniture, oval nesting boxes, and the song Simple Gifts. At their height during the Second Great Awakening there were 6,000 of …
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Machiavelli & Politics in a World without Virtue In today’s show Glenn proposes a controversial thesis: Machiavelli’s The Prince wasn’t promoting amoral political opportunism–in it Machiavelli was actually….Well, it wouldn’t be right to include a spoiler in the show notes, would it? Why not listen and find out what Glenn thinks for yourself?Once again, there …
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The “Greening” of the Church (and we don’t mean for Advent) In today’s show Tom begins an exploration of the ideology of environmentalism and the ways that the monism underlying it is infiltrating churches and theologies that wish to be seen as “relevant”.Glenn and Chris push the discussion into the works of Tolkien as a …
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Niceness: Stupid as it Ever Was In today’s show Chris and the guys put “niceness” into the Aristotle Virtue Analyzer to see if it makes the grade. They determined that it depends on the political economy you find yourself in. If it is a consumerist global fantasy-land–well, it’s a virtue.But is that a place that …
Deconstructing Critical Theory In today’s show Glenn explains how some evangelicals have managed to climb onto the critical theory bandwagon.He begins with a quick overview of the modernist-fundamentalist controversy of the late 19th and early 20th century, he then shows how this created a void that critical theory has recently filled.Tom and Chris along with …
Intellectual Faithfulness In today’s show Tom returns to the theme of intellectual faithfulness in a church that has lost any sense of what that means.Glenn and Chris jump in with their thoughts.
An Education with Class: An Introduction to Classical Education w/ Dr. Ben Merkle In today’s show the Pugsters interview Dr. Benjamin Merkle, President of New Saint Andrews College.The show was recorded before an enthusiastic audience and at a different venue than the venerable Corner Pug. In this show the Pugcast invades the renowned Willimantic Brewing …
Leisure Suits the Basis of Culture? (An Introduction to J. Pieper) Jokes about the uselessness of a liberal arts education are cliche–they also evidence the absence of a liberal arts education.The whole point of a liberal arts education is the study of things that are good in themselves, not good as a means to enjoying …
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