Ave Maria in the Afternoon – December 26, 2024 – Hour 2
In this hour of the year-end review we look at the thought of Nietzsche with Brad Birzer and Christine Rosen asks if Americans can learn to trust again. We also hear the last interview Al Kresta ever recorded.
Behold the Demon: Nietzsche as Destroyer
In his mockingly titled autobiography and final published work, Ecce Homo, Friedrich Nietzsche presented himself as the prophet of modernity. No one should underestimate Nietzsche’s own vision of himself with the title. Intellectually brutalized, bloodied, and tortured, the nineteenth-century philosopher presented himself—in his final and last words to a world he wanted to overthrow. We talk more about it with Brad Birzer.
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Can Americans Learn to Trust Again?
Distrust of elites, cultural institutions, political parties, and even our neighbors is at an all-time high. Are we fated to come apart as a nation? Or is there hope to be found right next door? Christine Rosen is our guest.
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What Changed after the Fall? – Al Kresta’s last interview
When faced with the question of why there is so much suffering in the world, the default Christian answer is because of Adam’s sin. But the fossil record shows that animals were dying long before humans inhabited the planet. So what in the Created order changed as a result of Adam’s sin? This conversation with Matthew Ramage was the last interview Al ever recorded. We look back on it today.
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