The Roots of Everything

In trying to understand what the West really is, it's helpful to contrast the things that we as a culture find intuitive with a culture that would NOT have found them intuitive at all: the Greeks and Romans, whose cultures were basically the exact opposite of ours. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Is the West dying? Can we save it? What should Christians do? To answer these questions, we need to take a big step back and answer not just the question "What is the West?" but "What is culture itself?" To do that we turn to Oswald Spengler and his theory of history. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Curtis Yarvin says the Left always claims to be the victim, but still always beats the right, because the Left-Right dichotomy—along with Democracy—is a construct. Dr. Zac puts this view into an Orthodox framework and assesses Yarvin's solutions. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Why is there a budding nostalgia movement interested in bringing fascism back? Dr. Zac explains the appeal of this movement, why it's built on the failures of liberalism, and how it nevertheless doesn't offer a Christian alternative. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

People say that Marxism starts as a critique of capitalism and then evolves into an economic system. The reality? It starts as liberalism and turns into a societal method for weaponizing resentment. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

To understand the political landscape of the 21st century, we need to understand the way neoliberalism controls all definitions about all politics and the way we as a culture interpret the World Wars mythologically in order to justify both Left and Right politics. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

It's difficult to define the Right because, historically speaking, the Left and Right are fraternal twins with the same definition of the human being—a secular, Enlightenment definition that ultimately isn't compatible with a traditional Christian one. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

While the liberal democracies and socialism were at odds politically throughout the 20th century, they've started to merge because they share a core belief about the human being: egalitarianism—which turns out to be yet another secularization of an ancient Christian idea. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

To understand the left politically, we need to look at the history of how secular ideologies emerged in Enlightenment Europe and realize that we're not just talking about politics but about a view of humanity and morality—one that's deeply indebted to historic Christianity. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Modern political ideologies are pseudo-religions that want to replace and subvert all your other religious beliefs. Left or right, they are all based on a radically new political idea that no previous religious cultures had entertained: secularism. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

The "hero's journey" is essentially male; what is the female equivalent? Today we explore archetypes in folk stories, mythology, Orthodoxy, and pop culture alike. Why are these archetypal stories about girls still resonant, and what can they tell us about feminine virtue? Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

The religious conversation about "headship" and "submission" in marriage is confused by our modern narratives about oppression, power, and secular equality. But what if I told you that the fundamental element constituting hierarchy was love? Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

PARENTAL ADVISORY: This episode may contain some adult themes. Masculine and feminine are constantly portrayed in the Bible and mythology as fundamental aspects of the cosmos: creator and creation, heaven and earth, Yin and Yang, husband and wife. How do these dynamics work, and what happens when they go wrong? Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Before we can begin to have the conversation about the role of women in culture or religion, we need to go back to the basics on sex and gender, because a female is not merely a biological reality; the feminine is one of the cosmic, enchanted elements of being itself. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Everyone knows that Tolkien started the fantasy literature genre, but it wasn't the fantastical that made it special; it was his moral, imaginative framework, especially in contrast with later disenchanted fantasy stories like Harry Potter. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

In the transition from newspaper to radio to film and TV, the Western world transitioned to picture-thinking, the most powerful force in shaping our imaginative framework. Movies become profoundly influential, and Star Wars becomes a cultural phenomenon. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

The early fathers of science had grand visions for the domination of the earth and the future utopia, but it isn't until the 20th century's pop culture that their ideas become firmly implanted in the imaginative framework of Westerners. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

With the World and Cold Wars of the 20th century, Western culture sees the rise of something it had never experienced before: youth culture. But sex, drugs, and rock and roll aren't just pastimes: they become our new cultural mythology. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

The 19th century was home not only to many brand-new American religions but also to a large philosophical movement towards esotericism, mysticism, and new-age thinking that would influence all the major social movements of the time. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

America is the birthplace of an astounding number of new religions, but what's surprising is that many of them have their starting place, directly or indirectly, in a specific time and place: Upstate New York in the 19th century. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

It's often admitted that America has a strong Protestant influence, but what were the actual beliefs of these colonial religions? Utopianism, Kabbalism, and the belief that America is a new Israel are just a few of the ideas that characterize early American Protestantism. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Is the United States a Christian nation? While the colonies mostly consisted of Protestants fleeing the European wars of religion, the answer is complicated by the strange new beliefs of many of these groups and the occult religious interests of the Enlightenment thinkers. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

"Feminism" is a modern, secular ideology with many different, conflicting manifestations. Today we explore the roots of this movement, and contrast it with the way Orthodoxy defines and grounds the dignity of the person—male and female alike. Follow Dr. Zachary Porcu: https://zacharyporcu.substack.com/

"Feminism" is a modern, secular ideology with many different, conflicting manifestations. Today we explore the roots of this movement, and contrast it with the way Orthodoxy defines and grounds the dignity of the person—male and female alike. Follow Dr. Zachary Porcu: https://zacharyporcu.substack.com/ Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Feminism is more than the desire for women to be treated with respect. It arose in a very specific set of cultural circumstances—the industrial revolution and the technologization of society—and it still bears the marks of those movements today.

Feminism is more than the desire for women to be treated with respect. It arose in a very specific set of cultural circumstances—the industrial revolution and the technologization of society—and it still bears the marks of those movements today.

For the last 50 years, women have been steadily gaining more opportunities, education, and financial independence—yet at the same time, according to massive studies across the world, they've also been getting unhappier. What accounts for this seeming paradox?

For the last 50 years, women have been steadily gaining more opportunities, education, and financial independence—yet at the same time, according to massive studies across the world, they've also been getting unhappier. What accounts for this seeming paradox?

Despite it's triumphant optimism, the Enlightenment and scientific revolution didn't lead to utopia, but instead to the complete breakdown of the idea of truth. How did scientific rationalism lead to postmodernism, neo-Marxism, and nihilism? Find out on today's episode. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Despite it's triumphant optimism, the Enlightenment and scientific revolution didn't lead to utopia, but instead to the complete breakdown of the idea of truth. How did scientific rationalism lead to postmodernism, neo-Marxism, and nihilism? Find out on today's episode.

While we often think of the Enlightenment and the scientific revolution as "unbiased" or "neutral", the reality is that, historically, the thinkers behind these movements were in fact quite biased and had a particular project in mind: destroying the past. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

While we often think of the Enlightenment and the scientific revolution as "unbiased" or "neutral", the reality is that, historically, the thinkers behind these movements were in fact quite biased and had a particular project in mind: destroying the past.

While modern secularism is famous for being skeptical, the Reformation actually played a central role in destroying the religious culture of Europe and paving the way for the Enlightenment. Martin Luther is doing the same sort of project as Descartes!

While modern secularism is famous for being skeptical, the Reformation actually played a central role in destroying the religious culture of Europe and paving the way for the Enlightenment. Martin Luther is doing the same sort of project as Descartes! Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

How do you know what you know? It's a simple question but trying to answer it reveals something very deep about our culture: an almost neurotic fixation on doubt. Why are we like this? Where did it begin? Join me as we embark on one of the most defining topics of our era.

How do you know what you know? It's a simple question but trying to answer it reveals something very deep about our culture: an almost neurotic fixation on doubt. Why are we like this? Where did it begin? Join me as we embark on one of the most defining topics of our era. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

For being supposedly non-religious, secular people are surprisingly interested in weird phenomenon, everything from A.I. worship to UFOs to drug-induced mystical experiences. It's almost like we're building new religions—but how new are they, really? Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

For being supposedly non-religious, secular people are surprisingly interested in weird phenomenon, everything from A.I. worship to UFOs to drug-induced mystical experiences. It's almost like we're building new religions—but how new are they, really?

Can we build a god out of A.I.? As it turns out, the ancients were already doing much the same thing, and the "science of idol-making" is a recognized technique going back many centuries. Is what we're doing with A.I. the same? Are idols real creatures? Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Can we build a god out of A.I.? As it turns out, the ancients were already doing much the same thing, and the "science of idol-making" is a recognized technique going back many centuries. Is what we're doing with A.I. the same? Are idols real creatures?