The First Orthodox Person I Ever Met

Europeans Discover America

We’re back! But who knows for how long… summer is rough, y’all. We are going to have a few more weeks of spotty posts based on summer schedules, but are happy to be here today talking UK politics, World Cup, beach vacations, and more. Should have another post up this week, things might get spotty around the 4th and then mid-July. Thanks for being here and as always we’d love any and all comments here on substack - and if you’d like to do a subscriber live sometime? Let us know below. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ithinklessofyou.substack.com/subscribe [https://ithinklessofyou.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Why is Everyone Sponsored by Kalshi

Today we talk a major political scandal, a friend, Spencer Pratt, Lee being open to being bought by companies, and more. Worth reading from Lyndsey, published early this morning: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ithinklessofyou.substack.com/subscribe [https://ithinklessofyou.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Corporations Get a Vote, Too

This one is kind of all over the place… we recorded at night so some of us were a bit more chaotic than normal. (Some of us being me.) The tweet Lee references about a random man in Los Angeles yelling at Hasan Piker over his dog abuse: At the end of the podcast we make a little plea: leave a comment! We hear that you’re listening, but comment here - let’s get a chat going! This helps us be seen by the algorithm, but also makes us feel a lot less like we’re talking to an empty wall, which we would probably still do to hear ourselves talk, but is decidedly less fun. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ithinklessofyou.substack.com/subscribe [https://ithinklessofyou.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Good People are Terrible Leaders

Its the first podcast of summer, so a little programming note, as it were - both of our kids are out of school for the summer (and Courtney is mid-moving across the country in August chaos) - so we might only have one episode some weeks. Apologies! To check out Courtney on the Walk ins Welcome episode with Bridget Phetasy (so so so much fun to do!) find it here: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ithinklessofyou.substack.com/subscribe [https://ithinklessofyou.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

The First Orthodox Person I Ever Met

This one is both political - in we’re talking Massie - and the church sense, as we switch to Orthodox drama. We’re not really diving into religion on this though, just outlining a major scandal that took place last week and the reaction/fallout from it on twitter. We recorded this before Massie lost, but he kept things as classless as we expected last night. The second part of the podcast, we dip into a scandal that is mostly online, but starting to work its way into Orthodox (and many Catholic) churches - the tradbros - and specifically, a major scandal that erupted on twitter last week with the digital stoning of a woman who wrote an article about how young people in the church, mostly converts, are having problems finding spouses and dating - and quickly devolved to an incredibly dark scandal. For a rundown on the controversy that ran through Twitter orthodoxy, I recommend these posts (this is not an endorsement of any of the authors, just good accounts of what exactly happened): If you’re curious about the article that kicked it all off, you can find it here: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ithinklessofyou.substack.com/subscribe [https://ithinklessofyou.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]