Cracks in Postmodernity

Rose Lyddon joins the pod to discuss martyrdom, the desire to die, the death of academia, the future of Substack, Simone Weil, Augustine, & Teresa of Avila.Check out her Substack https://roselyddon.substack.com/Check out Stephen's work on wanting to die young https://wisdomofcrowds.live/p/i-cant-stop-fantasizing-about-my and on Augustine & Teresa https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/the-sexual-personae-of-augustineFollow us at https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Marwa al-Sabouni joins the pod to discuss mosque architecture, urban design, the limits of modernism, and what the West gets wrong about Islam.Check out her book https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/mosque-an-architects-exploration-of-form-faith-and-meaning-hardcoverAnd follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Matthew Vines joins the pod to discuss his NYTimes article about how queer theory is ruining everything for the gays. Check out his article https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/opinion/queer-gay-rights.htmlAnd follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Catherine Liu joins the pod to talk about trauma scripts, AOC and other fragile millennials, Laschian narcissism, the identitarian co-opting of the Left, and how to get over yourself. Check out her new book ‘Traumatized’ https://www.versobooks.com/products/3263-traumatized?srsltid=AfmBOopbQa25m4AqVp8AJGGAEUOiQwk8D6B1dJbtl6cKPEPz6w4Wcc1M And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Stephen joins Juan Martinez and Juan Merchan on El Matiz podcast to talk about the evils of air conditioning, Baudrillard's love (and my hate) of hyperreal America, Lorca’s Poems, Shakira, the terror of shopping malls, the Floridian hellscape, and Canadian cathedrals.For more, check outhttps://elmatizdifusion.substack.com/https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/take-this-lorca-waltzhttps://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/american-portals-reaching-the-alchemicalhttps://www.theblaze.com/lifestyle/my-crusade-against-air-conditioning

Steven Christoforou joins the pod to talk about Orthobros, internet Orthodoxy, Charles Taylor, cradle ethnic Orthodox, and other Orthodox things.Check out FOCUS https://focusnorthamerica.org/And Steven's page https://stevenchristoforou.substack.com/And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Jacob Savage joins the pod to discuss why it's so hard to be a white [passing] cisgender millennial male writer, and why you should feel bad for us. Jk. We discuss everything from DEI in publishing to our favorite dude writers. Check out is work here https://substack.com/@jacobksavageAnd follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Nick Leeper SJ joins the pod to discuss his recent art exhibit, Andy Warhol, being a Jesuit, what constitutes sacrilege, and plays a round of "hot or not" with us.Check out his work https://www.nkleepersj.com/Read Stephen's review of his exhibit https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/nick-leeper-sj-isnt-pissing-on-the?utm_source=publication-searchAnd follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Luke Burgis joins the pod to discuss his new book 'The One and the Ninety-Nine', the tribalism of the culture wars, internet Catholicism, the loss of agency, and Dorothy Day.Get a copy of his book here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250373038/theoneandtheninetynine/And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/

Julie Bindel joins the pod to discuss her book "Lesbians: Where are we now?", the gay man vs. lesbian rivalry, UK vs US cultural politics, TERFdom, conversion therapy, and more.Check out her work https://juliebindel.substack.com/And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/