About this episode

This episode explores the impact of conspiratorial thinking in modern culture and how C.S. Lewis can provide guidance on staying grounded.

While it is certain that any number of things may be "really going on," it is not difficult to make the case that the modern internet-saturated culture is plagued by unhealthy conspiratorial thinking. What drives these tendencies? How can C.S. Lewis help us to stay grounded in reality and responsibility? In this episode, I seek answers to these questions with the help of Stephen Kent, who is a political TV commentator and columnist, author of How the Force can Fix the World, and host of Geeky Stoics. Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/ACUz4222oEA Become a patron of Mythic Mind at patreon.com/mythicmind Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind podcasts: Mythic Mind Mythic Mind Games Mythic Mind Movies & Shows (or become a patron to get all three shows in one ad-free feed) Once we hit 100 paid patrons, C.S. Lewis and the News will become a regular show! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support .

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Snyder

Guest: Stephen Kent

Topics covered

• conspiratorial thinking
• C.S. Lewis
• friendship
• internet culture
• responsibility

Keywords

• C.S. Lewis
• conspiracies
• friendship
• internet culture
• political commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: How the Force can Fix the World, C.S. Lewis and the News

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