First Things RSS Feed - Rein Staal https://www.firstthings.com/author/rein-staal en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:53:48 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/rein-staal 60 My Ten Favorite Episodes of “Conversations with Mark Bauerlein” https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/08/my-ten-favorite-episodes-of-conversations-with-mark-bauerlein https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/08/my-ten-favorite-episodes-of-conversations-with-mark-bauerlein Wed, 23 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0400 Over the last few years, I have worked my way through the entire archive of the First Things podcast series “Conversations with Mark Bauerlein.” Though I also listened to the thought-provoking series “The Editor's Desk” (hosted by editor R. R. Reno) as well as “The First Things Podcast” (under the wry, cheeky leadership of impresario senior editor Julia Yost), my focus was Bauerlein's conversations. I started this project in 2020, a time when many Americans were exploring the attractions of the great indoors. By listening to one podcast a day, I was able to finish my journey through the backlog this past winter.

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]]> The Forgotten Story of Postmodernity https://www.firstthings.com/article/2008/12/004-the-forgotten-story-of-postmodernity https://www.firstthings.com/article/2008/12/004-the-forgotten-story-of-postmodernity Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 In February 1943, standing before thousands of loyal Nazis in the Sportpalast in Berlin, Josef Goebbels called for “total war.” Total war it was, and within a few years the Sportpalast was part of the smoldering ruins of the National Socialist movement.

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