The AntiSocial Network: Recent Episodes
Tyler
The ASN is a weekly podcast dedicated to finding fascinating voices on the internet to discuss politics, theology and entertainment on a weekly basis! Every episode is labeled according to it's subject matter so if you only want to hear about movies or religious debates, you can skip right to the topic that interests you!
Fellow GUG contributor Tyrone Barnes returns to discuss the spiritual implications of Amazon Prime's controversial new series Hazbin Hotel.
Ian Kirkpatrick joins the podcast once again to discuss the third book in her new trilogy Grievemore Bodymore.
Redeemed Zoomer joins the podcast to discuss the efforts of Operation Reconquista, attempting to make a change in Protestant Mainline churches.
Wheaton College Professor John Waldon joins the show to discuss his heterodox opinions on the creation story in the Book of Genesis.
"The Other Paul" joins the podcast to discuss the state of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion, post-schism.
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The editor-in-chief of NRO joins the podcast to discuss the 15th anniversary of Buckley's passing.
Returning guest Wesley P. Warroll discusses conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's new book "The Great Reset."
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Film Critic Ethan McGuire returns to discuss his new article in PomoCon's substack.
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VoegelinView editor Paul Krause discusses the pursuit of beauty through life in the arts.
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The owner of North Arrow Coffee to discusses his time at the March for Life 2023.
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The history and theology of Unitarian Christianity, with the president of the Unitarian Christian Alliance.
Discussing Oscar nominations with the president of the Music City Film Critics Association, Sean James.
YouTuber and Avatar superfan Mineya discusses his favorite film of 2022: Avatar - The Way of Water.
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Academic artist Meaghan Green uses romantic poetry to understand faith.
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@DarthRaider117 discusses her alienation from fundamentalist Christianity and how she's approached faith as a skeptical adult
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Film critic Lindsey Dunn joins to discuss James Grey's new film Armaggedon Time!
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This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined once again by Ian Kirkpatrick to discuss her new fourth novel, the second novel in her Bodymore trilogy.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Wesley P. Worrell (@GreyDuckBlues) to discuss the problems with the radical edges of the Trad movement and how Christianity manifests in people's lives.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Tim Bukowski to discuss his Biblical defense of Christian Universalism, the belief that Hell is not a permanent eternal condemnation.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined Matt Whitman, the host of Ten Minute Bible Hour, to discuss his approach to ecumenical discourse!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by political commentator Bill Whittle to discuss the idiocy of elites and the failures of the modern space program!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by returning guest Eric McDonough to discuss the theological implications of the Book of Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Megan Lee Writes to discuss the ongoing housing crisis in Nashville.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Fr. James, host of Barely Protestant, to discuss his life as an Anglican Priest!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Katelynn Richardson to discuss the recently infamous Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by @SteveDPhd on Twitter to discuss the nature of literary theory and how it should be practiced by creative writing students and students of literature!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by the CEO of Hope Clinic for Women in Nashville, TN to discuss the role Crisis Pregnancy Centers will play in the post-Roe Vs. Wade world.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again by Lindsey Dunn to discuss last weekend's two major blockbuster releases, Jordan Peele's Nope and The Russo Brother's The Gray Man!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again by Tripp Parker and Arlie Coles to discuss whether Google's Lambda A.I. has become sentient and whether A.I. presents a danger to mankind!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again by Hannah Long and Ethan McGuire, contributors to The Dispatch, to discuss the themes and ideas beneath the surface of Top Gun: Maverick, one of 2022's most successful films!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Dale Ahlquist, the president of the Chesterton Society, who joins the podcast to discuss the revival of Chesterton's literature!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller, a sizably large Lutheran YouTuber, to discuss his path towards joining the Lutheran Church and what sets it apart from other Protestant and Catholic sects.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again by ProperHorrowshow to discuss the nature of political themes and assumptions in contemporary and classical cinema!
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Music Composed by Melissa La'Fira and Guap Squad Gang.
Graphics by Crystal Cali: https://www.artstation.com/crystalcali
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again by Lou Aguilar and by first-time guest Vareck to discuss the recent turbulence between Disney and the state of Florida.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by first-time guest Abby Libby, host of Chatting with Abbey, to discuss the Alito draft decision!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again by Ethan McGuire to discuss the new Robert Eggers film The Northman!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again Ian Kirkpatrick to discuss her newest book!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again by Stephen Michael Davis, professional military industrial complex promoter and semi-regular guest on Deep Fat Fried and The Adam and Sitch Podcast, to discuss his thoughts on the ongoing war in Ukraine.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by the creator of Nashville's Pamphleteer to discuss the growth of the city and how to fight the culture war through creating things!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by George William of the Daily American Press to discuss his daily political reporting and how the country can be saved.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Kaleb of Atlanta, an Eastern Orthodox social media influencer, who has introduced his faith to thousands of people online!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Pr. Rachel Fulton-Brown and Anastasia Cosmo, writer from CulturalReuve, to discuss anti-medieval prejudices in three of 2021's strangest films: The Green Knight, The Last Duel, and Benedetta.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Siraj Hashmi, host of Habibi Power Hour, and Blake Beye to discuss journalism and the future of alt-tech!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again by Arlie Coles to discuss the meaning of the Liturgical Calendar, the official calendar of the Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox, and other traditional denominations!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Mariah Lynch to discuss Ethan Nicole's new book Chesterton's Gateway!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Tyler Smith to discuss our mutual grievances as film critics and what the purpose of a film critic is.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Laloni Harrison, a young Christian who found herself sucked into the Black Hebrew Israelite cult, who discusses how she fell out of it.
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“Disclaimer: get in these comments or our emails acting a fool if you want to. We will act a fool right back. Keep it cute.” - LH
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Matt Lamb of The College Fix to discuss the rise of Cancel Culture on college campuses.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Po the Person, a political YouTuber, to discuss the political state of the world and the future of the west.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Louis Markos joined the show to discuss his new book From Plato To Christ!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, returning guest Christian Toto discusses his new book "Virtue Bombs" which releases this Tuesday!
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and Hollywood in Toto editor in chief Christian Toto talk about 2019 as a year in movies and the 2020 Oscars.
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and Josh Karp, author of Orson Welles' Last Film and producer of Theyll Love Me When I'm Dead, joins the show to talk about The Oscars, favorite films in 2018 and The Other Side of the Wind!
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and returning guest Sarah Hargett talk about 2019's Oscar Nominations.
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and special guest Sarah Hargett, blogger for HowtoWatchaMovie, talk 2019's best and worst contemporary films!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by return guest Esther O'Reilly (Bethel McGrew) to discuss life after graduating her doctoral program and moving out of the home for the first time!
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and special guest Alfonzo Rachel talk issues regarding consumerism, capitalism and faith.
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and first-time guests Eric and Sannah McDonough come on the show to discuss movies and life during the coronavirus quarantine.
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and special guest Michael Schlecht hangout, talk about movies and their mutual appreciation for the Beauty and the Beta podcast!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by three guests to discuss our lists for the best films of 2021 as of 12/29/21.
Guest Links:
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Sarah's Reviews: http://howtowatchamotionpicture.blogspot.com/
Lindsey's Reviews: https://www.1ofmystories.com/
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and the bois talk about their favorite movies of the year!
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler, Andrew and AJ sit back on New Year's Eve to discuss the best movies of 2018!
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and the gang do a round up of our personal favorite films of 2017!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Chloe, the host of Proper Horrorshow, to discuss the bizarre themes and purpose of Christmas Movies.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Dr. David Falk, host of the YouTube channel Ancient Egypt and The Bible, to discuss his work as a professor of archeology and religion.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Crystal Downing, the director of the Marion Wade Center at Wheaton College, to discuss her career as a scholar of the late scholar Dorothy L. Sayers.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined Ariel, host of "Trans Regret Snoopy Presents the Bible." Ariel has a small online presence but has made a niche for herself offering Bible studies for gay and trans individuals interested in Christianity.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Jennifer Kabbany, the editor of The College Fix, to discuss her work as a journalist and her passion for science fiction!
In this interview for GeeksUnderGrace, Max McLean of the Fellowship for Performing Arts joined us to discuss his new film The Most Reluctant Convert, now in theaters!
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This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Traci Rhoades. She is an author, a Bible study teacher and a self proclaimed "listener" who shares her experience visiting different church traditions and teaching the Bible to young women.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by film critic Lindsey Dunn to discuss what a film critic is, should be, and shouldn't be!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Ian Kirkpatrick joins the show for her second time to discuss today's release of her second novel!
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and special guest Oliver Buckley, host of Embrace the Film, talk about several of their favorite horror films in the lead up to Halloween!
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and special guest Leo from the channel Implicitly Pretentious talk spoilers for Star Wars: Episode 9!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Ginger (Fighting the Void), Tripp Parker (The Federalist), Jacob Airey (Studio Jake) and Trevor (BookstoreThor) to discuss the release of Dune: Part One!
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and special guests Faith Moore and C.S. Johnson join the show to talk about the release of Frozen II late last year and how Disney approaches storytelling.
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and DailyWire Senior Editor Emily Zanotti joins the show discuss what it's like to be a successful millennial and how she created the Catholic Yenta project.
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and special guest Jacob Airey (Dailywire/Studio Jake) talk about the best films of the 2010s!
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and special guest Jacob Airey (DailyWire) talk movies and comic books!
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and returning guest Ethan Collins discuss what it means to approach life as an adult and how to talk about art.
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and special guest Ethan Collins of The ED Blog discuss movies and religion.
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler, Wuten and BroTron talk all things geeky and political!
This week on the Groupthink Podcast, Tyler and special guest Hannah Long join together to discuss working as at an editor for a major book publisher as well as the recent Oscar nominations.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Blake Beye joins the show to discuss his run for local political office in Kansas City and what his thoughts on the Pfizer vaccine are!
This week, we're joined by Bethany and Clay, the social media managers for BillWhittle.com who have a long history working for The Daily Wire!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, returning guests Hannah Long and Ethan Collins joined the show to discuss our differing but complex opinions on this year's most confounding and surreal work of cinema, David Lowry's The Green Knight.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Ben Stanhope, recent graduate in Manuscript Studies from Hamberg University, joined the show to discuss his work as a defender of theistic evolution, how the theology of the Old Testament should be read and why the Creation Museum gets alot wrong!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Mrs. Tea With Tolkien joins the show to discuss the life of Twitter's #1 JRR Tolkien fangirl!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again by Tripp Parker to compare and contrast the philosophies of Aristotle, Aquinas and the Christian Reformers!
In this archived episode, Tyler and special guest C.S. Johnson talk about writing, publishing books and life!
In this archived episode, Esther O'Reilly joined the podcast for the first of several appearances to discuss her work as a writer covering Christianity and American culture!
In this archived episode, former political YouTuber Scotch Oikos joined the show to share his thoughts on the then-ongoing 2020 election!
In this archived discussion, film critic Tyler Smith of Battleship Pretension joined the podcast to discuss the ways in which his Christian faith and his love of filmmaking collide in interesting and controversial ways!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Arlie Coles joins the show to discuss her faith in Anglicanism and what makes it a unique faith among protestant sects!
SBCP Project - https://cwtc.gitlab.io/scriptural-bcp/
In this archived episode, Tyler talks with Abbey and Servaas Hofmeyer, a pair of missionaries doing ministry work in South Africa about their experiences working as missionaries in one of the most poverty-stricken and racially divided places on earth.
Editor's Note: Apologies for the TERRIBLE audio... The connection between here and South Africa over Skype was some of the lowest quality audio I've ever heard. Attempts were made to EQ it slightly and adjust its tonality and legibility but it's still very bad...
In this archived discussion, I was joined by Sean Malone from the foundation for Economic Education who shared his thoughts about libertarian economics and how to best run a society's economy!
In this archived episode, Pastor Paul Vanderklay joined the show to discuss his journey as a Calvinist minister and a minor YouTube celebrity!
In this archived episode of the podcast from 2020, author Samuel Lively joined this show to discuss his book The Trojan Mouse.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again by Andrea with the Bangs to start a mini-series called Christianity at the Crossroads!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again Trevor (@BookstoreThor) to discuss the qualitative arc of the Fast and Furious franchise and it's most recent entry F9!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again Ginger once again to discuss the merits of the private space race between Space X and Blue Origin!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined again by Professor Rachel Fulton-Brown of the University of Chicago who joined us to discuss her recent dive into the films of Mel Gibson such as The Patriot and Apocalypto!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined Professor Alaric Naude from Suwon Science College in South Korea. He's the author of the new book THE BABYLON CIPHER and recently go caught up in a cancel culture battle with the website RES PUBLICA which I covered for CollegeFix.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, your host Tyler is made to look like a bleeding heart by his twitter buddy Mathias Kloss. Mathias is a traditional Lutheran and a conservative who makes the case for values that wouldn't have seemed out of date forty years ago but sound shocking now... Even to me!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Professor Matthew Gear, a film scholar and specialist on the works of Orson Welles. This week, we reviewed the recent release of The Other Side of Gary Graver and discuss an underrated figure in the history of cinema!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Hans Fiene joined us to describe his creative process as the creator of the web series Lutheran Satire.
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This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by fellow YouTuber Haryan Glaeddyv to discuss our mutual opinions on Jordan Peterson's new book Beyond Order!
EDITOR's NOTE: Due to a corrupted audio file, the final third of our conversation was cut off. I salvaged as much as possible but our complete discussion of all 12 rules is incomplete...
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This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by returning guest Stephen Michael Davis! He recently started up a full series to debunk progressive election myths such as the popular belief that Bernie's Democratic nomination was stolen from him via a massive establishment conspiracy.
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This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Eric and Sannah McDonough to discuss our favorite depictions of Christ on film! We talk about silent classics like King of Kings and Ben Hur, 1970s movies like Gospel According to St. Matthew, Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ Superstar, and more recent films like Passion of the Christ and The Chosen!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by fellow Rebeller Media alum Jessica Crets to discuss her recent essay on the empathetic depiction of trans-people in Brian De Palma's masterpiece Dressed to Kill!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, our resident bomb-thrower and Zack Snyder critic Jacob Airey briefly joined the show to discuss his initial reactions to HBO Max's Snyder-Cut of Justice League!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, we were joined by BookTuber Steve Donoghue who discussed his work as an online book reviewer!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, my fellow writer at Geeks Under Grace joined the show to discuss his life as "Black Conservative", a Christian and how he goes about doing ministry as a Christian artist!
This week, we are joined by my College Sound Design professor from Tribeca Flashpoint College in Chicago who tells us about what it was like to work as a sound editor at LucasArts in the late 1990s!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, returning guest Sarah Hargett joins the show to talk about her thoughts on current political events!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Ginger, host of Fighting the Void, joins the show to discuss his conversion experience and his decision to join the Catholic church.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, John J. Miller, professor at Hillsdale College and host of The Great Books Podcast, joined the show to discuss classical literature and how it's touch in modern schools!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, two guests joined the show to discuss their favorite/least favorite films of the last year!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Adam Yenser joins the podcast to discuss his career as a conservative comedian and his new web series Canceled News!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Kirk Wilcox joins the show to discuss his online career as a comedian and a student of objectivism speaking out against populism and authoritarianism on both sides of the aisle!
This eight-minute segment is a pre-show segment from this week's episode where we both spoke off-camera and had a few fun tangential discussions that we both agreed ought to be put online!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Tyler and Andrea with the Bangs discuss the Meaning Crisis and how to approach complex philosophical discussion online!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, friend of the show Ian Kirkpatty, host of the YouTube channel KirkPattieCake and author of Dead End Drive, joins us to discuss her interests in book writing, political radicalism and sympathy for serial killers!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Taras of LNG joins the show for a third time to discuss the new Troy Denning novel Halo: Shadows of Reach and Halo: Infinite's indefinite delay.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Jennifer Greenberg, author of Not Forsaken, joins the show to offer her heartbreaking experience as a victim of child abuse and talks about how her walk in faith has helped her overcome trauma alongside her husband!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Lou Aguilar, a novelist and writer with the American Spectator, discusses his newest book The Christmas Spirit!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Professor Rachel Fulton-Brown of the University of Chicago discusses her new lecture series The Forge of Tolkien at Unauthorized TV.
This week on AntiSocial Entertainment, returning guest Ethan Collins returns to discuss the launch of our new website CulturalRevue.com!
Hello and welcome to the first episode of The AntiSocial Network! This is the inheritor of the GroupThink Podcast following it's 100 episode run! You may notice the improved music, added visual elements and seeing our faces on screen for the first time! This is a trial run so elements may be swapped out to increase the quality of the show going forward! In the coming weeks, the show will also be premiering on Apple Podcasts as well!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Leo from Implicitly Pretentious joined the show to talk about how he's been handling the quarantine lockdown and what we've been watching of late!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, returning guest Chicago Liberal joins the show following our mess of previous discussion to mull over the legitimate role of government and the direction of politics across the world!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Alkazei and Chicago Liberal from the Spergonomics Podcast talk about that state of politics during the 2020 election, the electoral college and the role of government in modern politics.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Pastor Alex Zenk joins the show discuss his life as a substitute pastor, how he's come to terms with his faith and running an online ministry!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Pastor Alex Zenk joins the show discuss his life as a substitute pastor, how he's come to terms with his faith and running an online ministry!
Taras of LateNightGaming is back already! In this brief followup to our initial interview, we discuss some further news about Halo: Infinite dropped in the days since it's teaser!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Taras of LateNightGaming offers his reaction to the Halo Infinite teaser trailer and offers some behind the scenes insights about the upcoming game!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, South African missionary Servaas Hofmeyr (@servaas_hofmeyr) joined the podcast to discuss his time as a post-graduate student studying under the late Roger Scruton.
This week on the AntiSocial Network, Tripp Parker joins AntiSocial Politics to discuss the cross section of politics and religion in modern debate!
This week on the AntiSocial Network, YouTuber MITCH joins the show to discuss the differences in how the United States and the United Kingdom are handling their disease lockdowns and how politicization is damages individual industries, economies and lives.
This week on AntiSocial Politics, three of my favorite YouTubers join the show to discuss the recent party conventions and the consequences of the upcoming presidential election!