Omnium Gatherum: Sports on Sunday, Kanye West, and the Death of New Atheism

Derek, Alastair, and Matt catch up and discuss... whatever they feel like. Kids' sports? Kanye West? New Atheism? Yes.

Derek, Alastair, and Matt catch up and talk about the miscellaneous issues they are seeing and experiencing today: Kid’s sports on Sundays, Kanye West, the problem of over-booked and busy schedules, the death of New-Atheism, and more.

Resources mentioned:

Article: “Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore,” by Judith Shulevitz

Video: “Kanye West Airpool Karaoke,” with James Corden

Article: “NEW ATHEISM: THE GODLESSNESS THAT FAILED,” by Scott Alexander

Timestamps

0:00
Intro
1:45
Derek is shown to be an aggressive Twitter-user / Kid’s sports on Sundays / Professionalization of youth sports culture
12:50
Kanye West / Overbooked and over-scheduled adult life in the 21st-Century
22:22
The Death of the New Atheists? / “Wokeness” / God’s justice in scripture / Commercialized authenticity outside and within the church
41:50
Matt corners Derek and brings the discussion full circle to worship on Sunday + Conclusion

Follow Derek, Andrew, and Alastair for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to Caleb Wait for keeping us organized. Special thanks to Tim Motte for sound editing. And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.

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