Rod and Kale discuss Rod's upcoming trip
to Italy to promote Live Not By Lies as well as a trip to
San Galgano and the strange story that has been part of Rod's life
for the last few years. They move on to discuss an impending
hostage crisis in Afghanistan, and the deep resonances with the
Iran situation when Rod was a kid. He wonders if we are moving into
our own version of the "Chernenko Years." Chernenko is the image
Rod uses of the teetering Gerontocratic mess of late Soviet
decline. We too are run by a gerontocracy, and they discuss why
have we been unable to cycle this generation through. They move on
to discuss Kyeyune's essay "Farewell to Bourgeois Kings and the sad
truth that our elites are no longer effective. What they are doing
simply no longer works.
They move on to discuss the long-term
effects of people being mediated through social media, and the
growing rift between the real and the virtual. We are overwhelmed
by complexity. What role do the pattern-watchers have in making
sense of the madness? How does the truth get translated?
A new podcast from The American Conservative, presented by Kale Zelden and bestselling author Rod Dreher, exploring faith, culture, and public affairs.