Grain of Wheat

Don't Be Woke About the Woke Right (Audio Version)

This is the audio version of the entirety of my series on James Lindsay, Charles Haywood, and the debate over the “woke right”: Links to written versions: (0:00-25:05) Part I talks about the background of James Lindsay as well as arguments for what he is right about [https://grainofwheat.substack.com/p/dont-be-woke-about-the-woke-right?r=1mcpmt]. Audio for Part I only [https://grainofwheat.substack.com/p/dont-be-woke-about-the-woke-right-34d] (25:05-46:25) Part II focuses on where he is wrong through flaws inherent in his praise of classical liberalism or at least where he is much more paranoid than he should be [https://grainofwheat.substack.com/p/dont-be-woke-about-the-woke-right-40c]. (46:25-1:08:18) Part III discusses the future, and how the right should view and relate to Haywood and Lindsay [https://grainofwheat.substack.com/p/a6ca1861-4264-4b5e-8e33-733e1b7af0c1?postPreview=paid&updated=2025-01-01T19%3A44%3A48.164Z&audience=everyone&free_preview=false&freemail=true]. Thanks for reading Grain of Wheat! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. More about the Modernist Fish podcast, available through this Substack site and newsletter alongside YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@modernistfish], Rumble [https://rumble.com/c/c-7040750], and various other podcast platforms: We're all moderns in a modernist world, swamped and distracted from the truth by secularism, "the deep state", the "deep church" and more. And so, we have to put in extra effort to relearn how to live a fully traditional Christian life again. James Green and Tim Dominik are two such "modernist fish" here to journey with you on this process of relearning. Here, we'll discuss theology, philosophy, free will, Catholic spiritual life, politics, history, and more in conversations sure to be full of hot takes, wild claims, and how to see the world as it really is, which is most definitely not what the world has been telling you it is. This is the podcast accompaniment to the Grain of Wheat Substack at grainofwheat.substack.com and conversations will often parallel or accompany written pieces from the site, with audio versions of selected articles also to be made available on this podcast feed. Oh, and also just like our Substack page, everything somehow relates to John 12:24! (Music is "Chant of the Ancients" by Cheryl Vera licensed for reuse with attribution and a public domain version of the 13th century Spanish song "Santa Maria, Strela do Dia") This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit grainofwheat.substack.com [https://grainofwheat.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Don't Be Woke About the "Woke Right": Part III

This is the audio version of Part III of a multi-part series as the whole James Lindsay saga is massive, and he, as well as his opponents, are crazily prolific. . Part I detailed the background of James Lindsay as well as arguments for what he is right about [https://grainofwheat.substack.com/p/dont-be-woke-about-the-woke-right?r=1mcpmt]. Part II focused on where he and his much-loved vision of classical liberalism are wrong, or at least how he is much more paranoid than he should be, as well as how he is falling into the same sort of mimetic dialectical trap that he critiques [https://grainofwheat.substack.com/p/dont-be-woke-about-the-woke-right-40c]. This, Part III will discuss the future, and how the right should view and relate to Haywood and Lindsay. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit grainofwheat.substack.com [https://grainofwheat.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Don't Be Woke About the Woke Right: Part II

This is the audio version of Part II of a multi-part series as the whole James Lindsay saga is massive, and he, as well as his opponents, are crazily prolific. He has for example published over 272,000+ X posts (tweets). Part I detailed the background of James Lindsay as well as arguments for what he is right about [https://grainofwheat.substack.com/p/dont-be-woke-about-the-woke-right?r=1mcpmt]. This, Part II will focus on where he is wrong, or at least where he is much more paranoid than he should be, as well as how he is falling into the same sort of mimetic dialectical trap that he critiques. Part III will discuss the future, and how the right should view and relate to Haywood and Lindsay. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit grainofwheat.substack.com [https://grainofwheat.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Modernist Fish: Episode 2 - Jordan Peterson? Lunatic, Liar, or Believer

Episode 2 of the Modernist Fish podcast [https://grainofwheat.substack.com/podcast] is about Jordan Peterson and how Christians ought to relate to him and to his work. This is the audio version of the show. You can watch the original video version on Rumble at https://rumble.com/c/c-7040750 [https://rumble.com/c/c-7040750] or on YouTube here: Several diatribes against Jordan Peterson have been published online recently, bringing new criticism against the otherwise conservative favorite. Who is he? Why, given that his work seems very Christian and he has brought many people back to Christ, does Jordan himself not seem to believe? Is Jordan lying to himself or the world? Is he a lunatic in some way or another, and incomprehensible to others and to himself? Or is Jordan on his way to becoming a Christian? But what’s holding him back? We're going to look into Jordan's philosophy and his wrestling with his own faith to determine how Christians should wrestle with and relate to Jordan's work and other similar popular (and controversial) public intellectuals. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcjxSThD54&t=0sJordan Peterson on the Power of the Easter Message: Against Jordan Peterson - by Sanfedisti: JORDAN PETERSON: CANADIAN PSYCHO - Frank Wright: Navigating Belief, Skepticism, and the Afterlife | Alex O'Connor CosmicSkeptic | EP 451: The Terror of Believing in Christ | John Rich: More about the Modernist Fish podcast, available through this Substack site and newsletter alongside YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@modernistfish], Rumble [https://rumble.com/c/c-7040750], and various other podcast platforms: We're all moderns in a modernist world, swamped and distracted from the truth by secularism, "the deep state", the "deep church" and more. And so, we have to put in extra effort to relearn how to live a fully traditional Christian life again. James Green and Tim Dominik are two such "modernist fish" here to journey with you on this process of relearning. Here, we'll discuss theology, philosophy, free will, Catholic spiritual life, politics, history, and more in conversations sure to be full of hot takes, wild claims, and how to see the world as it really is, which is most definitely not what the world has been telling you it is. This is the podcast accompaniment to the Grain of Wheat Substack at grainofwheat.substack.com and conversations will often parallel or accompany written pieces from the site, with audio versions of selected articles also to be made available on this podcast feed. Oh, and also just like our Substack page, everything somehow relates to John 12:24! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit grainofwheat.substack.com [https://grainofwheat.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Modernist Fish Podcast Episode 1: Why Byzantine?

Episode 1 of the Modernist Fish podcast features a discussion between James Green [https://substack.com/profile/98010821-james-green] and Timothy Dominik [https://substack.com/profile/261305735-timothy-dominik] about the relationship and differences between the Roman and Byzantine Rites, why Tim became Byzantine, the differing strengths and weaknesses of being one or the other, and what each Rite has to offer the other. We live-streamed our discussion originally on Rumble earlier today [https://rumble.com/v5ut6uz-modernist-fish-episode-1-why-byzantine.html], but had some minor confusion at the beginning of our discussion and one of our computers randomly shutting down in the middle, so the audio version has been lightly edited for clarity. The end product is a little sub-optimal still, but we will hopefully have technical details improved a bit by the time of our next interview show. Thank you for your patience. Modernist Fish features interviews and discussions about all the same sorts of topics covered on this site along with audio versions of some of our most popular essays. It is available through this Substack newsletter alongside YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@modernistfish], Rumble [https://rumble.com/c/c-7040750], and various [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/modernist-fish/id1782626768] other [https://podbay.fm/p/modernist-fish] podcast [https://pca.st/f3htkfg7]platforms: Podcast Summary: We're all moderns in a modernist world, swamped and distracted from the truth by secularism, "the deep state", the "deep church" and more. And so, we have to put in extra effort to relearn how to live a fully traditional Christian life again. James Green and Tim Dominik are two such "modernist fish" in this modernist pond, here to journey with you in this process of relearning how to be a Christian again. Here, we'll discuss theology, philosophy, free will, the Catholic spiritual life, politics, history, and more in conversations sure to be full of hot takes, wild claims, and how to see the world as it really is, which is most definitely not what the world has been telling you it is. This is the podcast accompaniment to the Grain of Wheat Substack at grainofwheat.substack.com and conversations will often parallel or accompany written pieces from the site, with audio versions of selected articles also to be made available on this podcast feed. Oh, and also just like our Substack page, everything somehow relates to John 12:24! (Podcast intro music by Charl Vera: “Chant of the Ancients”) Thanks for reading Grain of Wheat! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit grainofwheat.substack.com [https://grainofwheat.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]