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It's Time to Build (Unsiloed Edition)

Building a place where Athens, Jerusalem, and Silicon Valley meet

Jul 12, 2024 •

Invisible Appetites

To fully understand what René Girard meant by human 'desire', we need a more comprehensive framework.

Jul 9, 2022 •

25 Anti-Mimetic Ideas

A guide for navigating the world of mimetic desire in a more intentional way

Dec 11, 2021 •

Athens, Jerusalem, Silicon Valley

An update on what this newsletter is about

Sep 26, 2021 •

Lessons from René Girard Part II

6 More Things I've Learned from a Great Interdisciplinary Mind

Jun 9, 2021 •

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NOVITATE Conference 2023

59:46

Liturgical Resistance to Mimetic Contagion

Lecture by Michael Matheson Miller on René Girard and Dietrich von Hildebrand

Dec 31, 2024 •

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The Eschatological Problem of Technology

Jon Askonas provides an anthropological eschatology proper to René Girard.

Jul 19, 2024 •

59:23

Trialogue: What Is Political Atheism?

Joshua Mitchell, Shadi Hamid, and Jerry Bowyer discuss one of René Girard's most paradoxical terms (Moderated by Justin Lee)

Jun 13, 2024 •

58:33

Girard x McLuhan: The Medium is the Mimesis

A conversation between Andrew McLuhan, Brett Robinson, and Michael Murphy, moderated by Jon Askonas

May 17, 2024 •

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Mimesis, Technology, and the Apocalypse

Tobias Huber & Byrne Hobart's Presentation at NOVITATE 2023

May 12, 2024 •

1:01:28

Trialogue: The Three City Problem

What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem, and what do they have to do with Silicon Valley? Or the fight for the supremacy of metaphysical assumptions…

Apr 26, 2024 •

55:42

The Quest for Authentic Freedom

A conversation between Cynthia Haven, Johnathan Bi, and Rev. Robert Sirico, moderated by Julie Barrios

Apr 6, 2024 •

56:23

Beyond Deceit: René Girard and Luigi Giussani on the Meaning of Desire

A conversation between Maria Elena Monzani, Tyler Graham, and Thomas Deutsch, moderated by Professor Brandon Vaidyanathan

Mar 13, 2024 •

Interviews

Transcending the Transactional

The Art vs. Content Question, Continued

Aug 15, 2023 •

A Conversation on Political Atheism

An audio recording and transcript of this week's special seminar

Mar 31, 2023 •

Dr. Hollis Robbins Leads a Group Discussion on Sam Bankman-Fried and The Emperor's New Clothes

We also discussed the Apple TV show "Severance", the terrifying return to the sacred, and the role mimesis plays in preventing anyone from calling a…

Nov 19, 2022 •

A Conversation with Thomas J. Bevan—Audio from Our Group Zoom

Listen now (96 mins) | On "Podcast Voice" and Form, Content vs. Art, Writing Fiction, Being Outside, Anti-Mimetic Models, and lots more...

Aug 24, 2022 •

1:36:14

A conversation with Demetri Kofinas: "Mimetic Attention"—Full Audio, Video, and Transcript

Listen now (59 mins) | Luke Burgis, Demetri Kofinas, and guests talk about mimetic attention in regards to geo-politics, the economy, and more.

Jul 14, 2022 •

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Mimetic Monday: December 13, 2021

On Getting Cancelled, Anti-Mimetic Antidotes, and (of course) Houellebecq

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Mimetic Monday: October 18, 2021

'Goth' Kourtney, Mimetic Mentors and Mentees, and Your Chief Want

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