A super-special episode for Thanksgiving and Black Friday! This week the show explores an episode of the Cartoon Network show The Amazing World of Gumball called “The Money.” The episode humorously shows how under capitalism, human beings effectively cease to exist without money. Making this episode extra-special, however is the fact that Danny is joined by his wife, Kim, and their two daughters, Nora and Ella. The whole Anderson family tackles the subject with humor and insight and the Anderson youngsters will blow you away with their brains and charm. Tune in before giving up Thanksgiving for Black Friday!

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Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Ernest Cline’s divisive 2011 novel is the subject of this episode. Jordan Poss of Piedmont Technical College and Nathan Magee of Mount Aloysius College join Danny for this discussion. Cline’s novel, though initially beloved suffered the scorn of critics in the wake of Gamergate. How has Spielberg’s adaptation addressed those concerns? What is it about the 1980s that fosters such nostalgia right now? What political position does this film take on consumerism and corporations? Exactly what kind of an artist is Spielberg and why is he obsessed with Stanley Kubrick? All this and much much more!

Links:
Constance Grady, “The Ready Player One
Backlash Explained
Inkoo Kang, “Ready Player One Is a Feat of State-of-the-Art Pop Culture Navel-Gazing”
Yuval Leven The Fractured Republic
Warren Ellis Transmetropolitan

Danny once again welcomes Coyle Neal from the City of Man Podcast to discuss that wiggly, squishy, zany concept of “Authenticity.” Learn about Jonathan Edwards and his concept of authenticity and the use and abuse of external standards. Was Emerson “the great villain?” Can you be “spiritual but not religious?” What does Sheryl Sandberg actually believe? Have postmodernists rediscovered truth in the Age of Trump? Lionel Trilling, Sincerity and Authenticity. Authenticity as performance. Is the House Church movement suffering from Authenticity overload? Coyle authentically begs listeners to write their prayers down. Authenticity that undermines art. Danny mangles Walter Benjamin. Stephen King’s writing advice and art. Danny can’t distinguish Foucault from Barthes. Donald Trump as the perfect embodiment of Authenticity. Obama versus Hillary: writer throw-down. What is the moral cost of insincerity? The fakeness of talk radio and the American media. All this and much more!

Links:

Obama Bests Clinton At Craft of Writing - The New York Sun
http://ift.tt/2uRmRmm

​America’s First Postmodern President
http://ift.tt/2uBFAly

This fake TED Talk about nothing might be the best you've ever seen
http://ift.tt/25S3UiZ

Sheryl Sandberg: The Importance of Authentic Communication - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nRENaRCvLI

Jonathan Edwards: Religious Affections
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Affections

David Wells: The Courage to be Protestant
https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Protestant-Truth-lovers-Marketers-Postmodern/dp/0802840078

Neil Cole’s ChurchPlanting
http://www.churchplanting.com/neil-cole/#.WZ2ysiiGNPY

Daniel Franklin: Politics and Film
https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Film-Political-Culture-United/dp/0742538095

Francis Schaeffer: The God Who is There
https://www.amazon.com/God-Who-There-Francis-Schaeffer/dp/0830819479

Danny is joined by Rob Osborn and Kim Anderson for a discussion about the philosophy of Minimalism, a lifestyle of reducing one's possessions and overall footprint. Focusing on the 2015 documentary Minimalism, the trio discuss consumerism, a healthy materialism, spirituality, and class privilege. And bonus (!) listen to the first two submissions to the Sectarian Review fake ad contest. Get your submissions in by August 15!

Links:

The Art of Letting Go | The Minimalists | TEDxFargo
How might your life be better with less? Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, known to their 4 million readers as "The Minimalists," are the executive…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7rewjFNiys

Marie Kondo and the Ruthless War on Stuff
J oy points upward, according to Marie Kondo, whose name is now a verb and whose nickname is being trademarked and whose life has become a philosophy. In April…

http://ift.tt/29oF8iZ

"Minimalism, Spirituality, and Why it Matters" by Joshua Becker
Journey Church Meets Sundays @ 9 & 10:30 AM Liberty Auditorium http://ift.tt/zYaYLP video production by Jeff Cools Productions http://ift.tt/1usB3iZ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2qIRr51zBo

Investopedia Video: Veblen Good
Named after economist Thorstein Veblen, who introduced the term "conspicuous consumption," a Veblen good is one whose demand increases as its price increases…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56TIQ1rcHek

bush: go out and shop
Find out why AnarchyEnsues Loading... Unsubscribe from AnarchyEnsues? Working... 14 Loading... Loading... Working... Want to watch this again later? Sign in to…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxk9PW83VCY

Story of Stuff (2007, OFFICIAL Version)
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM

Century of the Self
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s

How Much Cotton Does it Take to Make a Shirt?
Cotton has been around for thousands of years, but it's drawing new interest these days with talk of sustainable clothing. That soft and comfy T-shirt you…

http://ift.tt/2vK1eod

Study: Child Laborers In Bangladesh Are Working 64 Hours A Week
Babu, 8, works at a brick factory in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. KM Asad/LightRocket via Getty Images In Bangladesh, a new report finds, impoverished children are…

http://ift.tt/2gc0l3O

10% Happier

http://www.10percenthappier.com/mindfulness-meditation-the-basics/

McMansion Hell

http://mcmansionhell.com/

Project 333

https://bemorewithless.com/project-333/