Laying the intellectual foundation necessary for building Christian societies free from the violent presuppositions of liberalism.
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Medically-assisted suicide bills are being introduced in states all over the country. Proponents say that it allows people to "die with dignity" and that it gives people "autonomy." But, the actual reality is far darker. In states like Oregon and California, people have been d…
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The Dark Reality of Medical Aid in Dying
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Medically-assisted suicide bills are being introduced in states all over the country. Proponents say that it allows people to "die with dignity" and that it gives people "autonomy." But, the actual reality is far darker. In states like Oregon and California, people have been denied life-saving treatment and recommended suicide. People with disabili…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Aristotle's "Politics" is full of deep insight: politics as the architectonic science, the mixed constitution, happiness as the end of the city. But, there's a group which is excluded from human virtue; namely, the natural slave. Alex Denley and Dr. Andrew Jones discuss how th…
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Aristotle's Politics: Natural Slaves and the One True Statesman
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Aristotle's "Politics" is full of deep insight: politics as the architectonic science, the mixed constitution, happiness as the end of the city. But, there's a group which is excluded from human virtue; namely, the natural slave. Alex Denley and Dr. Andrew Jones discuss how the "natural slave" reveals the structure of Aristotle's just city: a limit…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Ted Benna has been called the "Father of the 401k." But now, he says that he created a monster. He intended for the 401 (k) to help turn spenders into savers, but it has become full of hidden fees and salary reductions that only enrich the financial industry rather than savers…
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The 401k Story: A Deep Dive with Its Inventor, Ted Benna
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Ted Benna has been called the "Father of the 401k." But now, he says that he created a monster. He intended for the 401 (k) to help turn spenders into savers, but it has become full of hidden fees and salary reductions that only enrich the financial industry rather than savers. In this podcast, Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam interview Ted Benna for his…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms James Donald Forbes McCann returns for a special episode of Good Money. He has more questions for Jacob Imam and Marc Barnes: Why do Americans use cash? What's the marital debt? Why should people sell their stocks? More of James Donald Forbes McCann. Subscribe to New Polity Ma…
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The James Donald Forbes McCann Good Money Plan | Cash, Stocks, and the Marital Debt
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James Donald Forbes McCann returns for a special episode of Good Money. He has more questions for Jacob Imam and Marc Barnes: Why do Americans use cash? What's the marital debt? Why should people sell their stocks? Check out James's show: https://youtube.com/@jamesdonaldforbesmccann?feature=sharedSubscribe to New Polity Magazine! https://newpolity.…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Plato presents a vicious circle that every regime goes through: from a limited aristocracy, to a timocracy of honor, an oligarchy based on wealth, a democracy based on liberty, and, finally, the tyranny of the one against all. While some regimes may be more just than others, i…
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The Vicious Circle: Aristocracy, Oligarchy, Democracy, and Tyranny
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Plato presents a vicious circle that every regime goes through: from a limited aristocracy, to a timocracy of honor, an oligarchy based on wealth, a democracy based on liberty, and, finally, the tyranny of the one against all. While some regimes may be more just than others, it is bound to collapse eventually. Alex Denley and Dr. Andrew Jones discu…
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Shadows of Justice | A Close Reading of Plato's Republic
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Everyone has a sense of what is just and unjust, but what is the source of justice? In this episode of "The Politics of Paganism," Alex Denley and Dr. Andrew Willard Jones discuss Plato's "Republic." Through a discussion of the luxurious city, the myth of the mixture of the elements, the Allegory of the Cave, and finally the Philosopher-King, Alex …
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Everyone has a sense of what is just and unjust, but what is the source of justice? In this episode of "The Politics of Paganism," Alex Denley and Dr. Andrew Willard Jones discuss Plato's "Republic." Through a discussion of the luxurious city, the myth of the mixture of the el…
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The Problem of Death and the City of Man
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Death comes for everyone. For the Christian, death is the passage into eternal life; but, what about for the Pagan? Alex Denley and Dr. Andrew Jones discuss the problem of death for pagan regimes. Using St. Augustine's "City of God," they discuss Cain's murder of Abel, the founding of the city by violence, the inferior law of violence, and the over…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Death comes for everyone. For the Christian, death is the passage into eternal life; but, what about for the Pagan? Alex Denley and Dr. Andrew Jones discuss the problem of death for pagan regimes. Using St. Augustine's "City of God," they discuss Cain's murder of Abel, the fou…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms As the liberal order continues to collapse, rival voices have gained popularity—groups that aren’t content secularizing religion, but rejecting Christianity altogether. Old pagan arguments are resurrecting: the aesthetics of power, might-makes-right, vitalism and tyranny. Alex…
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The New Paganism and the Rise of the Nietzscheans
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As the liberal order continues to collapse, rival voices have gained popularity—groups that aren’t content secularizing religion, but rejecting Christianity altogether. Old pagan arguments are resurrecting: the aesthetics of power, might-makes-right, vitalism and tyranny. Alex Denley and Dr. Andrew Willard Jones discuss their new series “The Politi…
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Gendered Language and Pronouns | Season 2 Q&A
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Gender season 2 has come to a close. Marc Barnes and Maria Brandell answer your questions and discuss the second season of Gender. Subscribe to New Polity magazine: https://newpolity.com/magazine
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Gender season 2 has come to a close. Marc Barnes and Maria Brandell answer your questions and discuss the second season of Gender. Subscribe to New Polity magazine:Af Marc Barnes
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Subscribe to New Polity magazine! Marc Barnes and Alex Denley discuss the latest New Polity magazine, Issue 5.1. Articles include D. C. Schindler on totalitarianism and America, a debate on the stock market, Marc on the medieval practice of sanctuary, and more.…
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America and the Inversion of Tyranny | Magazine 5.1 Review
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Marc Barnes and Alex Denley discuss the latest New Polity magazine, Issue 5.1. Articles include D. C. Schindler on totalitarianism and America, a debate on the stock market, Marc on the medieval practice of sanctuary, and more. Subscribe to New Polity magazine!
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Marc and Maria discuss how the Third-Person perspective of pornography changes the way we view sexual difference. Spots are still open for the New Polity conference! Register soon at https://newpolity.com/eventsAf Marc Barnes
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Gender in a Pornographic World
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Marc and Maria discuss how the Third-Person perspective of pornography changes the way we view sexual difference.Spots are still open for the New Polity conference! Register soon at https://newpolity.com/events
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Euthanasia is becoming legalized across the Western world. Pat McGeehan, Delegate of West Virginia, is fighting against it. Advocates employ slogans like “death with dignity,” and appeal to compassion; but, the actual results are much different. Already, a “suicide tourism” ph…
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Fighting Against Legalized Euthanasia | West Virginia Delegate Pat McGeehan
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Euthanasia is becoming legalized across the Western world. Pat McGeehan, Delegate of West Virginia, is fighting against it. Advocates employ slogans like “death with dignity,” and appeal to compassion; but, the actual results are much different. Already, a “suicide tourism” phenomenon has begun, with people flying to states like Oregon to get legal…
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Abortion and the Control of the Body | Part 2
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Marc and Maria continue their conversation on Humanae Vitae; specifically on the desire to control the body and its reproduction through abortion. They discuss how abortion not only plays the function of the killing of innocent children, but reshapes the experience of the body as such. This episode is part 2 of a conversation on the Control of the …
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Marc and Maria continue their conversation on Humanae Vitae; specifically on the desire to control the body and its reproduction through abortion. They discuss how abortion not only plays the function of the killing of innocent children, but reshapes the experience of the body…
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Contraception and the Control of the Body | Part 1
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Maria and Marc read Humanae Vitae, the Catholic Church's decisive rejection of contraception, as a text which prophesies and makes sense out of the meaninglessness we ascribe to our male and female bodies today. This episode is part 1 of a conversation on the Control of the Body. Subscribe to New Polity magazine: https://newpolity.com/magazineCome …
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Maria and Marc read Humanae Vitae, the Catholic Church's decisive rejection of contraception, as a text which prophesies and makes sense out of the meaninglessness we ascribe to our male and female bodies today. This episode is part 1 of a conversation on the Control of the Bo…
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America's Decline into Paganism | John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist
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America is sinking into pagan practices and beliefs. While Americans may not use the same language as the ancient pagans, John Daniel Davidson believes that the central pagan creed is present: there is no truth, everything is permitted. Liberalism had attempted to create neutral spaces, but as those spaces become more fought over, the only rational…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms America is sinking into pagan practices and beliefs. While Americans may not use the same language as the ancient pagans, John Daniel Davidson believes that the central pagan creed is present: there is no truth, everything is permitted. Liberalism had attempted to create neutr…
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Everywhere is beige. The same beige houses, the same big box department stores, even the exact same food is served everywhere all across the country. What has this monotone sameness done to produce our cultural moment - one that seems to glorify diversity on the one hand, but ship it out en masse with the other? Join Marc Barnes and Maria Brandell …
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Everywhere is beige. The same beige houses, the same big box department stores, even the exact same food is served everywhere all across the country. What has this monotone sameness done to produce our cultural moment - one that seems to glorify diversity on the one hand, but …
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No More Virgins. What Protestantism Takes From Gender.
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We don't know what to do with consecrated virginity. The only way we can think of it as a disembodied spiritual calling; or as a fairly strange alternative to what is normal, marriage. Marc and Maria describe how Protestantism (and, in particular, Luther) denied the purpose of the virgin. Come to our Conference! https://newpolity.com/events/2024Don…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms We don't know what to do with consecrated virginity. The only way we can think of it as a disembodied spiritual calling; or as a fairly strange alternative to what is normal, marriage. Marc and Maria describe how Protestantism (and, in particular, Luther) denied the purpose of…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Modern economics takes the wage for granted, but during the feudal era, working for a wage was considered a sign of poverty. What changed? And how did this shift in economics shift gender roles? Join Marc Barnes and Maria Brandell as they discuss how capitalism rewrote our mod…
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The Gender Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism
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Modern economics takes the wage for granted, but during the feudal era, working for a wage was considered a sign of poverty. What changed? And how did this shift in economics shift gender roles? Join Marc Barnes and Maria Brandell as they discuss how capitalism rewrote our modern conception of gender.Registration is open for New Polity Conference 2…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Welcome to the Politics of Gender Season 2! Gender remains a hotly contested issue: gender constructionists and biological reductionists in an all out warfare. But, Marc Barnes and Maria Brandell argue that the Church can surpass these debates, and provide a way of understandi…
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It's 2024 and Gender is Still a Problem
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Welcome to the Politics of Gender Season 2! Gender remains a hotly contested issue: gender constructionists and biological reductionists in an all out warfare. But, Marc Barnes and Maria Brandell argue that the Church can surpass these debates, and provide a way of understanding one's sex beyond imposed identities or brute facts. Subscribe to the g…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Join the hundreds of other New Polity readers: newpolity.com/magazine Marc Barnes and Maria Brandell take another look at the "you complete me" narrative. Is each person's gender an incomplete half, left in lack of the other? Or, is each person complete as their gender and c…
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The Complete Gendered World of The Boys | Magazine 4.4 Review
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Join the hundreds of other New Polity readers: newpolity.com/magazine Marc Barnes and Maria Brandell take another look at the "you complete me" narrative. Is each person's gender an incomplete half, left in lack of the other? Or, is each person complete as their gender and called to join with the other? In defense of completed gendered worlds, Marc…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Happy New Year! Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam take a look back at New Polity in 2023. This year, New Polity hosted its 3rd annual conference, officially launched the College of St. Joseph the Worker, and put out four new additions of the magazine. They also talk about upcoming po…
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We Survived Another Year | 2023 Wrap-up
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Happy New Year! Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam take a look back at New Polity in 2023. This year, New Polity hosted its 3rd annual conference, officially launched the College of St. Joseph the Worker, and put out four new additions of the magazine. They also talk about upcoming podcast series in 2024, as well as some exciting books that will release in…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Mike Sullivan and Jacob Imam are excited to announce that the College of St. Joseph is now state approved and accepting students for Fall 2024. The College's mission is to teach students a trade, provide a liberal arts education, and graduate them without crippling debt. Learn…
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Announcing The College of St. Joseph the Worker | Starting Fall 2024
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Learn more about the College at https://collegeofstjoseph.comMike Sullivan and Jacob Imam are excited to announce that the College of St. Joseph is now state approved and accepting students for Fall 2024. The College's mission is to teach students a trade, provide a liberal arts education, and graduate them without crippling debt. Subscribe to the …
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Police, Prisons, and Sanctuary | Magazine 4.3 Review
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This episode, Marc Barnes and Alex Denley review the latest New Polity Magazine, Issue 4.3. They discuss the Christian practice of sanctuary, and the modern rise of the police state and delinquency. Also including reviews of Patrick Deneen's "Regime Change" and Matthew Crawford's "Why We Drive." You can get a copy of this magazine as a single issue…
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Should We, Therefore, Destroy the Servers? | Announcing New Polity Conference 2024
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Announcing the 4th Annual New Polity Conference, Should We, Therefore, Destroy the Servers? In this podcast, Marc Barnes, Jacob Imam, and Andrew Jones discuss the role of technology on our lives, the pursuit of a technology for power, and how Christians should approach technology. Check out our lineup of speakers and register here https://newpolit…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Check out our lineup of speakers and register here https://newpolity.com/events/2024 Announcing the 4th Annual New Polity Conference, Should We, Therefore, Destroy the Servers? In this podcast, Marc Barnes, Jacob Imam, and Andrew Jones discuss the role of technology on our liv…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Nathan Bird and Jacob Hyman answer your most pressing question: what are we to do? Drawing from their experiences in Chattanooga and Steubenville, they describe how small bets they made on city improvement have produced big results. Institutional barriers (bad city councils, H…
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Make Your City Beautiful | Good Cities
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Nathan Bird and Jacob Hyman answer your most pressing question: what are we to do? Drawing from their experiences in Chattanooga and Steubenville, they describe how small bets they made on city improvement have produced big results. Institutional barriers (bad city councils, HOA's, and local laws) can be an impediment to change, but there's still h…
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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms The best of New Polity delivered to your door four times a year. Subscribe now and get 30% off all back issues https://newpolity.com/magazine Are we drowning in too much city plans? Or do we just have bad plans? Nathan Bird and Jacob Hyman argue that good city planning can sol…
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