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BHoP#092 Climate Control

May 12, 2022 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk open the show by discussing Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and the change the internet has undergone over the last two decades, then discuss climate politics as another example of a strange social movement gaining traction by manipulating the visible and invisible.

Book mentioned: The Visible Hand, Alfred Chandler

Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead – Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#065 Going Dark

November 4, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the differences between mediums of communications, government surveillance through apps, the internet’s role in the collapse of privacy leading to collapse of the soul and the body, how this prevents you from being able to live in any sustainable way, and how “going dark” by reducing the ways you can be watched gives hope of dignifying the human soul.

Mentioned in this episode: Dead Internet Theory: Most of the Internet is Fake

Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead – Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#004 Pejorative Pride: The Irish in Wonderland

September 3, 2020 ·

What is the difference between Irish and Scots-Irish (or Scotch-Irish) and Irish? How is Alice in Wonderland a metaphor for the internet? What do these questions have to do with life in America today? Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk discuss these topics in today’s episode.

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead – Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford