Uncommon Sense - The Official Podcast of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton Society of G.K. Chesterton

For this week's episode, we have a special re-presentation of the kickoff meeting of our Everlasting Man Online Book Club! Don't miss out on this great opportunity to tackle one of Chesterton's greatest works with friends old and new!
To sign up and join us for future weeks' live events, visit https://www.chesterton.org/everlastingman/ today!

In this episode, Joe and Grettelyn get a preview of one of the upcoming talks at this year's Chesterton conference from speaker Joe Walsh, who will be looking at commonalities between G. K. Chesterton and Whittaker Chambers!
To register for the conference, visit https://www.chesterton.org/43rd-annual-chesterton-conference/ today!

Grettelyn and Joe speak with Amber Knorr, a sacred and fine artist whose portraiture work includes a painting of G. K. Chesterton. To learn more about Amber or to see or buy prints of her work, visit her website: amberknorrart.com/

In this episode, Joe and Grettelyn chat briefly about some news from the Society and an exciting new online Book Club that YOU can join.
To learn more or to sign up, visit chesterton.org/everlastingman.
 

In this episode, Joe talks with James Matthew Wilson - poet, author and scholar - about G.K. Chesterton, T.S. Eliot, modern poetry, and more. Plus, James shares some of his own work from his upcoming publication, "Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds." Don't miss it!
To get James's book or to learn more, visit jamesmatthewwilson.com.
To sign up for this year's Chesterton conference, visit chesterton.org/conference.

In this episode, Joe and Grettelyn speak with Noelle Mering about her book, "Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology," as well as the "Theology of Home" initiative.
To buy the book or learn more, visit https://theologyofhome.com/.
IN THIS VIDEO:
0:00 Introduction
1:39 What is Wokeism?
3:25 The Mechanisms of Manipulation
6:31 Chesterton and the Breakdown of Society
10:15 Confusion and Compassion
12:38 "The Capture of the Institutions"
15:55 Needing a "Manalive" Moment
17:46 Chesterton a Helpful Antidote
19:48 The Absence of Teleology & The Problem of Progress
23:19 A Movement of Destruction
27:43 The Curse of Babel
29:28 The Theology of Home
36:58 The Importance of Reconciliation 45:40 Wrapping Up