AK47 Season 2 Episode 38: A Commentary on Nacho Libre. . . But Not Really

 Aaron and Kyle get together to do their very first film commentary.  We watch Nacho Libre and talk about it. . . Though we mostly end up talking about politics, American history, ministry, and related topics.  After the movie is over, we continue talking about church involvement in the lives of its single congregants.  We encourage you to watch the movie with us during the course of the episode, but you don't have to in order to understand or benefit from our conversation!

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AK47 Season 2 Episode 37: The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis and Idolatry

Aaron and Kyle talk about C.S. Lewis's influential sermon, The Weight of Glory, what its message is, and how it affected their lives.  They also talk about C.S. Lewis's other book, Till We Have Faces.  Eventually, they start talking about idolatry, what it is, and how to tell if you're idolizing something or not.  They then end off by talking about what's going on with their lives and COVID.

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AK47 Season 2 Episode 32: Socialism and More

Aaron and Kyle discuss socialism, capitalism, presidential candidates, and government control, to the best of their ability at least.  As usual, their conversation takes several turns.  They talk about how technology will change our lives at home, how we work, and how get get an education, medicare for all, and they warn everyone to not catch the Coronavirus.

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Sources used or mentioned in the show

1. Tom Woods T.V.

2. Property and Ownership from the Encyclopedia of Philosophy

AK47 Season 2 Episode 31: Star Wars

The new Star Wars trilogy is over, so Aaron and Kyle give their thoughts on the movie, the prequel series, and more.  They discuss the Star Wars T.V. shows like The Mandalorian, The Clone Wars, and Rebels, and some of their favorite expanded universe stuff like Shadows of the Empire and Knights of the Old Republic.  A little politics injects itself into the conversation as well.

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AK47 Season 2 Episode 24: The New Chappelle Special, Comedy, and Joshua Harris

Aaron and Kyle are back after hiding in the shadows for way too long!  They discuss Chappelle's new comedy special on Netflix, comedy in general, and a little bit about what recently happened to Joshua Harris, the author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye.  Of course, politics are big part of the conversation as well.  About an hour and 26 minutes into the recording you'll notice a pause because we ended up having some technical difficulties and had to cut our conversation short, but we'll try to continue the Joshua Harris conversation when we're more prepared in a future episode.

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The AK47 Podcast Season 2: Episode 18

Aaron and Kyle come together to discuss various issues in politics, discussion, arguing logically, the state of discourse, and more.  Aaron tells us about his recent radio appearance and work at a private Christian university, we talk about everyone's desire to control others, Kyle expresses an unusual amount of frustration with how stupid and evil people are, we talk a little about the Mueller Report, and the recent backlash that Nathan Pyle, the creator of the Strange Planet comics, experienced over a tweet a couple of years ago.

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The AK47 Podcast Season 2: Episode 6

Aaron Gleason has Mark Hemingway, formerly of the Weekly Standard, back on the show.  They give their thoughts on the government shutdown, the border wall and border security, Trump, free markets, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Green New Deal, and more.

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The AK47 Podcast Season 2: Episode 2

Aaron and I risk our careers to talk about a very controversial figure, Milo Yiannopoulos.  We are giving commentary on the recent Eric Metaxas show that Milo appeared in.  We talk about the strange disconnect between Milo's beliefs about homosexuality and his lifestyle, how hosts interact with guests on interview shows, whether or not Milo is really conservative, and a host of other issues.

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Metaxas' interview with Milo can be found here.

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The AK47 Podcast Season 2: Episode 1

Aaron's description of the episode

We're starting off season two with a BANG! Mark Hemingway (formerly of the murdered Weekly Standard) graced us with his presence. Not physically of course, but Spiritually. We discuss being married to women who make more money than us, free markets, social values, and get some amazing musical recommendations. The Hemingways are notorious music snobs, which means when they recommend stuff its good. 

The Music recommendations were: 

S. Carey

Big Red Machine

Robbie Robertson, specifically his self titled album from 1987

The Blue Nile

And the Portlandia article can be found here

Also Mark sent me the quotation he couldn't remember, and its pretty epic: 

"One is reminded of an observation of the philosopher Rémi Brague. “Faith produces its effects only so long as it remains faith and not calculation,” Brague wrote in the 1990s. “We owe European civilization to people who believed in Christ, not to people who believed in Christianity.”" - Reflections on the Revolution in Europe by Christopher Caldwell

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The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episodes 46 and 47

Here are the last two parts of Aaron's and Alan's premier of their new podcast, The New Worlders, which will have its own site at some point.  This premier finally finishes off the first season of our podcast!  They talk more about conservatism, society, politics, and other issues.

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Listen to episode 47 here.

Check out the Salisbury Review.

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The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 44 and 45

Aaron's description of the episode.

Aaron and a good friend of his are starting another podcast dedicated to Conservatism and all sorts of other chicanery. This is where that podcast will be launching! Eventually it will have its own site, etc. They have decided to call it The New Worlders and are dedicating it to Roger Scruton and The Salisbury Review. Happy New Year! We might make it to 47 episodes tonight!!!!!!

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Check out the Salisbury Review website.

The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 36

This is part two of our conversation.  In this episode, Aaron and I go through a "white fragility" test by Ally Henny, answer the questions, and give our thoughts on things like white fragility, privilege, racial issues, and the like.  Do Aaron and I exhibit "white fragility?"  Do you?  Take the test with us!

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Books Mentioned in this Episode

Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl.

The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness by Timothy Keller.

Other Sources Mentioned on the Show

The Argument with Ross Douthat, Michelle Goldberg, and David Leonhardt

The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 35

Aaron and I ended up recording for over two hours, so I divided that recording into two episodes.  This is part one.  In this episode, Aaron and I give brief updates on our lives and Aaron talks about some interesting things he's learned from Dr. Hellerman about the ancient world's and early church's view on poverty and homelessness and how that applies to today.

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Books Mentioned in the Episode

Early Christian Care for the Poor by K.C. Richardson.

The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff.

Them: Why We Hate Each Other and How to Heal by Ben Sasse.

12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson.

You are Not Your Brain by Jeffrey Schwartz and Rebecca Gladding.

The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 34

Aaron and Kyle talk about "woke" Christianity, social justice, critical theory, intersectionality, and their compatibility with the Christian worldview.  We get into issues of politics, freedom, the Gospel, and some book recommendations.

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McArthur's social justice statement.

Find the Neil Shenvi articles cited on the show here and here.

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The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 31

In today's episode, Timothy Hsiao (Ph.D candidate in philosophy at the University of Reading) returns for a third interview.  This time, we talk about the ethics of immigration.  Why is illegal immigration impermissible?  What laws should change?  What about compassion and love?

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Listen to my other interviews with Hsiao: Episodes 25 and 26.

For more from Hsiao, including his articles, go to his website.

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The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 30

Kyle interviews Daniel Vargas, a software engineer and immigrant from Venezuela, on socialism and the state of Venezuela under socialism.  What is Socialism?  What role did it play in Venezuela's decline?  Is Capitalism any better?  What should Christians think of political theories like Socialism and Capitalism?

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The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 29

Kyle interviews Neal Hardin on Assembly Bill 2943 in California and sexual orientation change therapy.  This is a bill being passed around in California, but listeners who are not citizens of California should care about this topic because of the freedoms it could affect.  We talk about what the bill says, Neal's concerns with the bill, and the nuances of orientation change therapy.

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The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 26

Timothy Hsiao, a philosophy teacher at Grantham University and Ph.D candidate in philosophy at the University of Reading, returns to talk about gun rights.  Hsiao argues for a more permissive view of gun rights and ownership and criticizes arguments for more gun restrictions.

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For Hsiao's papers on the subject of guns, check out his website.

For my first interview with him, click here.

The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 20

Aaron and I talk about a dialogue that happened between Pastor Timothy Keller and Dr. Jonathan Haidt called The Closing of the Modern Mind.  Keller and Haidt talk about living in a pluralistic society and what resources their viewpoints have to offer to help people live in and foster a pluralistic society.  Aaron and I talk about the issue of civility when living around and talking with different people, the strengths Keller has as a speaker and representative of Christ, and the problems with identity politics.

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This is the article Aaron mentions about Jim Jefferies and Jordan Peterson

The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 16

Aaron and I discuss whether or not a sin like adultery should automatically mean that someone is not fit to be a leader of the country, why we named our podcast AK47, and some updates on future interviews.  Aaron also does a Woody Allen voice.

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