Category Archives: America

01:00 Michael Oher suing the family that adopted him, https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38190720/blind-side-subject-michael-oher-alleges-adoption-was-lie-family-took-all-film-proceeds03:00 The Blind Side, https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/books/review/Will.t.html07:00 Decoding child abuse, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14337808:00 Tell Me Why It Hurts: How Bessel van der Kolk’s once controversial theory of trauma became the dominant way we make sense … Continue reading →

01:00 Dooovid joins03:00 Dooovid’s Jewish journey06:00 People go west to form new identities free from traditional fetters 20:00 Haredi Jews have given up autonomy25:00 The varieties of the conversion to Orthodox Judaism experience35:00 Beggars, security, haredi vs modern orthodox shuls52:00 … Continue reading →

Gabriel Winant writes for N+1 in 2015: Affect theory’s center of gravity is found near this question of happiness. If there is one contemporary scholar who looms over the field, it is Lauren Berlant, an English professor at the University … Continue reading →

01:00 People Often Base Their Lives On Bogus Facts, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14951005:00 HP: Richard Hanania, Rising Right-Wing Star, Wrote For White Supremacist Sites Under Pseudonym, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14967230:00 Decoding Decoding The Gurus, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14962342:00 IQ differences, https://psych.fireside.fm/48:00 I started liking myself in 2016 49:50 The … Continue reading →

01:00 World Cup of women’s soccer03:00 Seeking a small life10:00 Decoding Trump’s J6 Indictment, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdR47Qrr8Ko22:00 HP: Richard Hanania, Rising Right-Wing Star, Wrote For White Supremacist Sites Under Pseudonym, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14967228:00 WSJ: He Thought He Saw Wrongdoing on Wall Street. It Took … Continue reading →