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Published by Germán S. Díaz del Castillo, Virginia Aabram
This is a show about contemporary culture. First Things editors Virginia Aabram and Germán S. Díaz del Castillo discuss modern, online trends. Are they good, bad, or a secret third thing?
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Further reading: What Happened at Vatican II by John W. O'Malley If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies , by Eliezer Yudkowsky Work in Progress: Confessions of a busboy, dishwasher, caddy, usher, factory worker, bank teller, corporate tool, and priest – A Funny, Wise, and Inspiring Spiritual Memoir , by James Martin
Further reading: Kelly's X profile Kelly's Substack Secret Ballot
Further reading: " Magnifica Humanitas " by Leo XIV " AI Doesn’t Know What It’s Doing " by Thomas Fowler ( First Things ) " The Future of Reading " by Wessie Du Toit ( First Things ) " A Boomer, But An Augustinian " by Jacob Phillips ( First Things ) " The Pope Should Be Going to War Against A.I. Why Isn’t He?" by Matthew Walther ( New York Times ) If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies , by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Further reading: All of Dave Greene's essays: " Letters from Fiddler's Greene ." Dave's YouTube channel .
Further reading: " Timothée Chalamet & Matthew McConaughey " by Variety & CNN Town Hall. " The Case Against Aesthetic Castration " by Adam Lehrer ( Compact ). " Marty Supreme mirrors Timothée Chalamet’s desire " by Germán Saucedo ( The Spectator ) " It’s Over for Anthony Bourdain’s Fanboys " by Suzy Weiss ( The Free Press )
Further reading: " Frontier Cities " by Nick Allen (IM-1776). " New York’s Hottest Club Is the Catholic Church " by Julia Yost ( New York Times ). Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right by Laura K. Field. "The Party Politics of Sovereign House" by Emma Green ( New Yorker ) "Reconstructing the Mystical Feminine from the Ashes of the Feminine Mystique" (The Portal)
Further reading: " The Fanfic Temptation " by Veronica Clarke. " The Goon Squad " by Daniel Kolitz. The Absolute Degeneracy of Modern Writing by The Second Story.
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Observed September 13, 2026. Cached outside the daily freshness window; the positions keep the date they were taken on.
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