Secret Third Thing – Details, episodes & analysis

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Secret Third Thing

Germán S. Díaz del Castillo, Virginia Aabram

Arts

Religion & Spirituality

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/35d. Total Eps: 5

This is a show about contemporary culture. First Things editors Virginia Aabram and Germán S. Díaz del Castillo discuss modern, online trends. Are they good, bad, or a secret third thing?

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🇫🇷 France - books
19/06/2026
#75
🇺🇸 USA - books
19/05/2026
#87
🇺🇸 USA - books
18/05/2026
#73
🇨🇦 Canada - books
17/05/2026
#64
🇺🇸 USA - books
17/05/2026
#49
🇨🇦 Canada - books
16/05/2026
#51
🇺🇸 USA - books
16/05/2026
#53
🇨🇦 Canada - books
15/05/2026
#35
🇨🇦 Canada - arts
15/05/2026
#96
🇺🇸 USA - books
15/05/2026
#59

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The Fanfiction Reckoning (ft. Veronica Clarke)

Episode 1

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 • Duration 01:23:44

Further reading:

"The Fanfic Temptation" by Veronica Clarke.
"The Goon Squad" by Daniel Kolitz.
The Absolute Degeneracy of Modern Writing by The Second Story.

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Conservative Culture Isn’t Real (ft. Dave Greene)

Episode 4

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 • Duration 01:38:31

Further reading:

All of Dave Greene's essays: "Letters from Fiddler's Greene."
Dave's YouTube channel.

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Timothée Chalamet Is Right About Art (ft. Suzy Weiss)

Episode 3

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 • Duration 01:22:09

Further reading:

"Timothée Chalamet & Matthew McConaughey" by Variety & CNN Town Hall.
"The Case Against Aesthetic Castration" by Adam Lehrer (Compact).
"Marty Supreme mirrors Timothée Chalamet’s desire" by Germán Saucedo (The Spectator)
"It’s Over for Anthony Bourdain’s Fanboys" by Suzy Weiss (The Free Press)

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Dimes Square: An Oral History (ft. Nick Allen)

Episode 2

Thursday, February 26, 2026 • Duration 01:33:39

Further reading:

"Frontier Cities" by Nick Allen (IM-1776).
"New York’s Hottest Club Is the Catholic Church" by Julia Yost (New York Times).
Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right by Laura K. Field.
"The Party Politics of Sovereign House" by Emma Green (New Yorker)
"Reconstructing the Mystical Feminine from the Ashes of the Feminine Mystique" (The Portal)

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The Church of Claude (ft. Dan Hitchens)

Episode 5

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 • Duration 01:02:13

Further reading:

"Magnifica Humanitas" by Leo XIV
"AI Doesn’t Know What It’s Doing" by Thomas Fowler (First Things)
"The Future of Reading" by Wessie Du Toit (First Things)
"A Boomer, But An Augustinian" by Jacob Phillips (First Things)
"The Pope Should Be Going to War Against A.I. Why Isn’t He?" by Matthew Walther (New York Times)
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky

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Secret Third Thing – Details, episodes & analysis

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Secret Third Thing – Details, episodes & analysis

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