Episode 216: No One Is Enjoying Their Life

In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk favorite comedians, status games, personal progress, deconversion narratives, and the allure of re-enchantment. Also, somehow RJ keeps winning. He's insufferable that way. Click here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxD3pT8C9-A) to watch Norm Macdonald deliver the Moth Joke. Click here (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/29/we-all-play-the-status-game-but-who-are-the-real-winners) to read Will Storr's article on Status Games in The Guardian. Click here (https://unherd.com/2021/09/life-is-one-big-status-game/?fbclid=IwAR0CTppnvmGeHQcDyNX_1m6wc5gmNIULZkgzCsorFoptR8BZg3N__zS9ePs) to read Ed West's review of Storr's book on UnHerd. Click here (https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2021/august-web-only/covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-personal-progress.html) to read Hannah Anderson article in Christianity Today on how COVID Killed Our Sense of Personal Progress. Click here (https://thepointmag.com/criticism/uncertain-terms/) to read Shivani Radhakrishnan's article "Uncertain Terms" in The Point. Click here (https://amzn.to/3hHpX6l) to order Megahan O'Gieblyn's new book God Human Animal Machine.