JUST FYI POD: Conversations about Culture, Ideas, and Life

Christopher B. Barnett
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JUST FYI POD: Conversations about Culture, Ideas, and Life

Professor, scholar, and writer/novelist Christopher B. Barnett is joined by fellow authors Amy Welborn and Clark J. Elliston to explore issues pertaining to religion, philosophy, and contemporary culture. Episodes with Amy will be dubbed JUST FYI POD: CULTURE and anchored in topics such as movies, TV, and literature. Episodes with Clark will be called JUST FYI POD: IDEAS and centered on various topics in theology, philosophy, and higher education. In both cases, the goal is to provide informative yet accessible discussions of the issues and questions that make life meaningful.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    JUST FYI POD: IDEAS: "Our Ten Favorite Works of Philosophy: #7"

    The main task of JUST FYI POD: IDEAS' second season is to discuss "Our Ten Favorite Works of Philosophy." On today's episode, I begin with a discussion of THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS (1962), written by the decorated American philosopher of science Thomas S. Kuhn (1922-96). Meanwhile, my cohost Clark Elliston turns to the French critic and philosopher Michel Foucault (1926-84) and his celebrated 1975 study DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH: THE BIRTH OF THE PRISON (Surveiller et punir: Naissance de la prison). Both of these texts were considered significant, if also potentially transgressive, in their own eras. But it may be that they matter even more today! Additional content and links can be found at JUST FYI (cbarnett.substack.com). Please subscribe for free today. As always, your generosity and support are much appreciated! Please consider following, liking, rating, and/sharing our work.

    1h 53m

  2. NOV 26

    JUST FYI POD: CULTURE: "Ten Novels That Changed Our Lives: #7"

    The main task of JUST FYI POD: CULTURE's second season is to discuss "Ten Novels That Changed Our Lives." On this episode, my cohost Amy Welborn and I resume our countdown -- this time focusing on the #7 novel on our respective lists. Amy begins with THINGS AS THEY ARE (1951), written by the American historian and novelist Paul Horgan. Meanwhile, I dive into THE VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY, Flannery O'Connor's searing second novel, published in 1960. Please visit JUST FYI (cbarnett.substack.com) for more details and additional content. If you like what you hear here, please consider supporting our work in any number of ways, whether by reviewing, sharing, or subscribing to our podcast!

    1h 26m

  3. NOV 18

    JUST FYI POD: IDEAS: "Our Ten Favorite Works of Philosophy: #8"

    The main task of JUST FYI POD: IDEAS' second season is to discuss "Our Ten Favorite Works of Philosophy." On today's episode, my cohost Clark Elliston analyzes CROSSING THE POSTMODERN DIVIDE (1992), written by longtime University of Montana professor Albert Borgmann (1937-2023). Next, I follow with an assessment of A SECULAR AGE (2007), the magnum opus of celebrated Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor (1931-). These are two great books, both of which intend to help us navigate the complexity of our current socio-political era. Additional content and links can be found at JUST FYI (cbarnett.substack.com). Please subscribe today -- for free! As always, we truly appreciate your support. Please consider following, liking, rating, and sharing our work.

    2h 10m

  4. NOV 7

    JUST FYI POD: CULTURE: "Decision 2024 Postmortem + Election Categories"

    Looking for more Election 2024 coverage? Interested in a point of view that does not coincide with Twitter/X sensationalism or MSM banality? Look no further than Just FYI Pod: Culture.! On today's episdode, Amy Welborn and I take a break from our usual content and offer an analysis of Tuesday's United States presidential election. But this is not just any analysis. Instead of prattling on about "Decision 2024," Amy and I have pithily subdivided our thoughts into various categories, focusing on the people and issues that made this election cycle particularly memorable. Topics include: Butler, PA, Joe Rogan, Ann Selzer, "Joy," French Fries, squirrels, Anthony Fauci, Cornpop, and the 1986 movie Hoosiers. Please visit cbarnett.substack.com for more details, links, and content. As ever, likes, ratings, shares, and "follows" are greatly appreciated!

    1h 10m

  5. OCT 28

    JUST FYI POD: IDEAS: "Our Ten Favorite Works of Philosophy: #9"

    The main task of Just FYI Pod: Ideas' second season is to discuss "Our Ten Favorite Works of Philosophy." On today's episode -- which might very well be called "Nietzsche Day" on the pod -- my cohost Clark Elliston and I discuss two key texts by the (in)famous German thinker Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). After a mutual examination of the background to Nietzsche's authorship, Clark offers an assessment of Nietzsche's 1883 opus Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen). Next, I follow with a discussion of Nietzsche's polemical 1895 book The Antichrist (Der Antichrist), which puts forward Nietzsche's key concept of the "revaluation of all values" (Umwertung aller Werte). Additional content and links can be found on Substack (cbarnett.substack.com). So click the link and subscribe today for free. As always, we truly appreciate your support. Please consider following, liking, rating, and sharing our work.

    1h 53m

  6. OCT 21

    JUST FYI POD: CULTURE: "Ten Novels That Changed Our Lives: #8"

    The main task of Just FYI Pod: Culture's second season is to discuss "Ten Novels That Changed Our Lives." On this episode, my cohost Amy Welborn and I resume our countdown—this time focusing on the #8 novel on our respective lists. Amy begins with Catholics (1972), written by Belfast-born novelist Brian Moore (1921-99), while I dive into Submission (Soumission, 2015), arguably the greatest work by France's literary enfant terrible Michel Houellebecq (1956-). Please visit cbarnett.substack.com for more details, links, and content. As ever, likes, ratings, shares, and "follows" are greatly appreciated!

    1h 31m

  7. OCT 7

    JUST FYI POD: IDEAS: "Our Ten Favorite Works of Philosophy: #10"

    During the first season of Just FYI Pod: Ideas, my cohost Clark Elliston and I counted down our ten favorite theological texts. On today’s episode, which marks the first of Just FYI Pod: Ideas' second season, we begin to rank our favorite works of philosophy. I will start our countdown with a discussion of the #10 book on my list -- namely, Joseph Schumpeter's 1942 magnum opus Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. Clark will follow with an analysis of Hannah Arendt's famous and controversial 1963 book Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil. Additional content and links can be found at cbarnett.substack.com. As always, we truly appreciate your support. Please consider liking, rating, sharing, and subscribing to Just FYI.

    1h 38m

  8. SEP 30

    JUST FYI POD: CULTURE: "Ten Novels That Changed Our Lives: #9"

    The main task of Just FYI Pod: Culture's second season is to discuss "Ten Novels That Changed Our Lives." On this episode, my cohost Amy Welborn and I resume our countdown -- this time focusing on the #9 novel on our respective lists. Amy begins with Love in the Ruins (1971), written by the great Catholic novelist Walker Percy (1916-90), while I dive into one of the more celebrated novels of the last 50 years, namely, A Confederacy of Dunces (1980) by John Kennedy Toole (1937-69). Please visit cbarnett.substack.com for more details, relevant links, and additional content. As ever, likes, ratings, shares, and "follows" are greatly appreciated!

    1h 11m
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Professor, scholar, and writer/novelist Christopher B. Barnett is joined by fellow authors Amy Welborn and Clark J. Elliston to explore issues pertaining to religion, philosophy, and contemporary culture. Episodes with Amy will be dubbed JUST FYI POD: CULTURE and anchored in topics such as movies, TV, and literature. Episodes with Clark will be called JUST FYI POD: IDEAS and centered on various topics in theology, philosophy, and higher education. In both cases, the goal is to provide informative yet accessible discussions of the issues and questions that make life meaningful.

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