Dazed and Discoursed

Dazed and Discoursed is a culture podcast by Dazed that delves into the most talked-about topics on the internet. Hosts Halima Jibril and Elliot Hoste take you through what's happening in popular culture today. Curious about the current state of beauty, why straight men don’t read fiction, or why 'girl’s girl' feminism is BS? We explore these questions and much more, every two weeks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Why are so many young people looking for God?

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    Why are so many young people looking for God?

    “More and more young people are embarking on spiritual journeys,” writes Susan Akyeampong in her latest article, ‘Why Are So Many Young People Looking for God?’. In 2019, just 22 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds in the UK said they believed in God. By early 2025, that figure had more than doubled to 45 per cent. New research commissioned by the Bible Society reveals that, since 2018, the number of young men attending church has risen from 4 per cent to 21 per cent, while attendance among young women has grown from 3 per cent to 12 per cent. A similar trend can be seen in the US, where 46 per cent of Gen Z identify as Christian – many of them young boys and men. But what’s behind this religious revival? And why is this surge in faith and churchgoing largely concentrated in conservative Christian spaces? This week on the podcast, Halima Jibril and Elliot Hoste are joined by editorial director Ted Stansfield (our resident Christian) to unpack what’s drawing young adults to faith and spirituality, the reasons behind the striking gender divide and whether online trends like #tradcath and “Catholic chic” are making Christianity more attractive to the chronically online. Related articles:  Why Are So Many Young People Looking for God? by Susan Akyeampong Trump and the changing face of America’s young evangelicals by Laura Pitcher Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  2. Are we all severed?

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    Are we all severed?

    Dan Erickson’s critically acclaimed Apple TV+ series Severance has returned for its second season. The show centres on Lumon, a mysterious corporation that has developed a novel medical procedure known as ‘severance’. This process allows employees to split their professional (“innie”) and personal (“outie”) identities via a microchip implanted in their brains. The chip activates when descending to the eerie severed floor, erasing all memories of their outside lives. Conversely, once they leave the office, they have no recollection of what they do from nine to five. Severance is a brilliant and complex exploration of late-stage capitalism, identity, loss, and belonging. While often described as a dystopian sci-fi series, our deputy editor, Serena Smith, argues in her latest essay, “Are we all severed?” that its world is eerily similar to our own. “How many of us contain parts of our identities just to get through the day? How many of us have gone to work while depressed, brokenhearted or grieving? On a macro level: how many of us have gone to work knowing that wars, famines, and genocides are happening? Arguably, under late capitalism – which prioritises work over all else – we’re all kind of severed.” This week on the podcast, Smith joins Halima Jibril to explore how capitalism forces us to split our identities, the consequences of ignoring pain and suffering and why the fragmentation of the self is such a compelling theme in popular culture. This episode contains spoilers for Severance seasons one and two. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Dazed and Discoursed is a culture podcast by Dazed that delves into the most talked-about topics on the internet. Hosts Halima Jibril and Elliot Hoste take you through what's happening in popular culture today. Curious about the current state of beauty, why straight men don’t read fiction, or why 'girl’s girl' feminism is BS? We explore these questions and much more, every two weeks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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