Learning from Lost Futures (feat. Phil Christman)

Josiah is joined by Phil Christman (@phil_christman) to talk about the Midwest, American evangelicalism, and the future of the left. Both the Midwest and evangelicalism are made up of lost futures—radical moral or political visions that eventually lost out to the iterations we see today. In a casual discussion, Josiah and Phil ask what we can learn from history, both the good and the bad, and how that can help in imagining the future.

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Referenced works
Midwest Futures - Phil Christman

How To Be Normal - Phil Christman

The Frontier in American History - Frederick Jackson Turner 

Jesus and John Wayne - Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Latino Heartland - Sujey Vega

"Before I-235, Des Moines’ Center Street district was a bastion of Black commerce and culture" - Paul Brennan & Courtney Guein

"Unlearning the Language of ‘Wokeness’" - Sam Adler-Bell

Capitalist Realism - Mark Fisher

Music

Yesterday – bloom.

In My Dreams – bloom.