The Roots of Everything

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.

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.

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?

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?

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?