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Cultural Debris is a podcast hosted by Alan Cornett who interviews guests and explores culture in the tradition of Russell Kirk, Wendell Berry, the Inklings, the Agrarians, and the Distributists.
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Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Art critic William Newton joins me in this episode to discuss how to approach art. How to learn about it, appreciate it, and also acquire it. William is an attorney, a graduate of Notre Dame Law School, but also a graduate of Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London. He has written and blogged about art for over two decades, and has recently turned his writing attention to the online magazine The Federalist where you can find his art themed views and reviews.
William Newton: Website | At the Federalist | Twitter
Baumgartner Art Restoration YouTube
The Met Exhibition Catalog Digital Archive
Paris Review: 'T.S. Eliot's "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees"'
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Poet Dan Rattelle joins the podcast to discuss his new collection Commonwealth from Little Gidding Press. We discuss the idea of place and how Scotland and New England have influenced his poetry. Plus, Dan and I explore a meeting between Wendell Berry and Thomas Merton, and the article he wrote about it for The Front Porch Republic.
Little Gidding Press on Twitter
'Work and Prayer: The Brief Friendship of Thomas Merton and Wendell Berry', by Dan Rattelle
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Since we all need as much Christmas as we can get in 2020, Dr. Blake Scott Ball of Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama joins the podcast for this episode. Dr. Ball is chair of the department of History and Political Science at Huntingdon. And he has a forthcoming book from Oxford University Press titled ‘Charlie Brown’s America: The Popular Politics of Peanuts.’
He and I chat about the Peanuts holiday specials, particularly the iconic ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’. I hope it helps put you in the holiday spirit.
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
When talking about classic men’s clothing particularly the American variety, one can’t talk long without bringing up Brooks Brothers. In 2018 Brooks Brothers celebrated its 200th anniversary. In 2020 Brooks filed for bankruptcy.
My guest today, like me, is a decades long customer of Brooks Brothers, Dr. Samuel Goldman of George Washington University is executive director of the John L. Loeb, Jr. Institute for Religious Freedom and director of the Politics & Values Program. He not only is the literary editor of Modern Age, a journal founded by Russell Kirk, but he recently published an essay on the bankruptcy of Brooks Brothers in First Things magazine called ‘Lamb to the Slaughter.’ Join Dr. Goldman and me as we discuss his article, the history of Brooks Brothers, and its possible future.
Samuel Goldman - 'Lamb to the Slaughter'
Alan Flusser - 'Alan's Thoughts on Reconstructing Brooks Brothers'
Bruce Boyer - 'Boyer On Brooks, 1981'
The Triangle Club - The Ivy League Look
Spencer Reece - 'The Clerk's Tale'
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Welcome to the first episode of Cultural Debris, released on Russell Kirk's 102nd birthday!
Dr. Bradley Birzer of Hillsdale College is my guest as we discuss Russell Kirk, Brad's other projects, and end up chatting about Batman.
Dr. Bradley Birzer on Twitter
Cultural Debris on Twitter
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
If you like Russell Kirk, Wendell Berry, the Inklings, the Agrarians, and the Distributists then you may like this podcast.
I will interview guests and share books and poems and other bits of cultural debris, flotsam that the culture at large may not value, but some of us in the row boat still do.
Please take a moment to subscribe and join me as from time to time we examine a bit of Cultural Debris.