Dustbowl Diatribes

About Dustbowl Diatribes

We'll dive into discussions of Christian community and Christian anarchism, the thought and practice of Catholic Worker houses past and present, why we're stuck in cycles of futility, and possible means of transcendence.

Publisher

Laurie M Johnson & Spencer Hess

Category

education · religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Mar 2022

Latest episode

26 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

74 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Sept 2026

   Season 4, Ep. 15: This Just In! Third Estate Still Out to Satisfy Its Desires Without Losing Its Pretensions

   Laurie and Spencer discuss Abbé Sieyès' famous essay "What is the Third Estate," which lit a match under the French Revolution. Was the third estate up to the task of civil society?

2. 

   29 Aug 2026

   Season 4, Ep. 14: Kingsnorth On How Cooked We Are in the Age of the Machine

   Laurie and Spencer interview Paul Kingsnorth, author of New York Times bestseller Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity, about what we're up against.

3. 

   31 Jul 2026

   Season 4, Episode 13: How We’re Learning to Stop Worrying & Love the AI Buildout

   Spencer and Laurie discuss AI, data centers and the possibility of ethical guidelines from the Church and other sources in this July 2026 episode of Dustbowl Diatribes. The "Secret Grange," for patrons of the Maurin Academy only, followed.

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