Category Archives: America

Do Whites Have Civil Rights? (7-21-21)

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Do whites have civil rights? https://www.takimag.com/article/do-whites-have-civil-rights/ 22:30 THE FINAL BOSS OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO THE DISSIDENT RIGHT, https://affirmativeright.blogspot.com/2021/07/shortpod-66-final-boss-of-what-actually.html 35:00 Am I a laughing stock? The answer might shock you. https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=141266 38:00 ‘I’m sorry, but it’s too late’: Alabama … Continue reading →

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Do Your Networks Pull You Apart? (7-16-21)

Posted on July 16, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Marilyn Monroe’s networks pulled her apart, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=141257 10:00 Genres, Objects, and the Contemporary Expression of Higher-Status Tastes, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=141245 17:00 How to live given the certainty of death, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Hu465KL1w 20:00 ‘School athletics at the center of attention devalues intellectual students’, … Continue reading →

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Acting Jewish: Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage and Screen (7-14-21)

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Acting Jewish by Henry Bial, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=140799 02:00 Henry Bial’s The Jewish Pop Culture Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-703243949/jewish-pop-culture-podcast-lecture-feb-23 15:00 Styxhexenhammer Show ep. 17- I Was Right Again About Breadtube Astroturfing (Superchat Q&A), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PYnrBY-z9s 16:00 Definition of Breadtube, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BreadTube 28:00 David Mamet, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mamet … Continue reading →

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The Politics Of Biblical Interpretation (7-13-21)

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Aloe vera and ginseng 02:00 There’s No Cure for Antisemitism, But There is a Vaccine, https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/editors-note/338618/theres-no-cure-for-antisemitism-but-there-is-a-vaccine/ 11:00 Religious studies as an academic discipline, https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/religious-studies-as-a-discipline/ 15:00 How Luke Ford and his Show “Changed my Life” Part 1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg-kwHTVP0M 54:00 Gods … Continue reading →

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Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2012 book by David Hackett Fischer: * When one compares these many accounts, one notices that the same language of description tends to occur. Karl Popper described New Zealanders as “decent, friendly and well-disposed.” … Continue reading →

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