Solomon & Smith

Solomon & Smith are a writer-composer duo asking the big questions about art, literature, cinema, and the looming abyss. This podcast combines rigorous study and fun-lovin' daisy-pickin', in discursive, winding episodes that explore the mysteries of faith, love, death, and - crucially - life.

Solomon & Smith is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Solomon & Smith, a arts show with 14 episodes published.

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  How Horror Movies Created Real Religious Beliefs | Dr. Joseph Laycock

  Jun 24, 20262h 7mS0

  <p>Please help up to keep these conversations going, and join our reading community, by supporting us over on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/solomonsmith/membership How much do movies (especially schlocky movies) really shape what we believe? In this episode of Solomon & Smith, we sit down with religious studies professor Dr. Joe Lacock to talk about how horror films like The Exorcist didn’t just reflect culture—they changed it. We speak about the rise of modern exorcisms, figures like the Bradys (infleunce for the Conjuring franchise) the spread of the satanic panic, and other conspiracy theories, such as t...

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  How Horror Movies Created Real Religious Beliefs | Dr. Joseph Laycock

  Jun 24, 20262h 7m

  Please help up to keep these conversations going, and join our reading community, by supporting us over on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/solomonsmith/membership How much do movies (especially schlocky movies) really shape what we believe? In this episode of Solomon & Smith, we sit down with religious studies professor Dr. Joe Lacock to talk about how horror films like The Exorcist didn’t just reflect culture—they changed it. We speak about the rise of modern exorcisms, figures like the Bradys (infleunce for the Conjuring franchise) the spread of the satanic panic, and other conspiracy theories, such as the Lizard people. We break down the surprising feedback loop between pop culture and real-world belief systems. How does entertainment quietly influence how millions of people see reality itself? What We Cover: How The Exorcist influenced real exorcism practices Why satanic panic took off in America The link between horror films and religious belief How media shapes fear, faith, and conspiracy thinking Why educated people aren’t immune to these effects

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  Mysticism, Madness, & Medieval Women Who Spoke to God | Sue Niebrzydowski

  Jun 24, 20261h 57mS0

  <p>Please help up to keep these conversations going, and join our reading community, by supporting us over on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/solomonsmith/membership In this episode we talk to Professor Sue Niebrzydowski (Bangor) about Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe—two women who claimed to experience intense visions of the divine, but whose lives could not have been more different. Julian's visions drove her into intense isolation as an anchorite—and Margery Kempe's threw her out into the world, to travel, preached, and openly shar her experiences. The hidden world of anchorites and medieval solitude Public vs p...

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  Mysticism, Madness, & Medieval Women Who Spoke to God | Sue Niebrzydowski

  Jun 24, 20261h 57m

  Please help up to keep these conversations going, and join our reading community, by supporting us over on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/solomonsmith/membership In this episode we talk to Professor Sue Niebrzydowski (Bangor) about Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe—two women who claimed to experience intense visions of the divine, but whose lives could not have been more different. Julian's visions drove her into intense isolation as an anchorite—and Margery Kempe's threw her out into the world, to travel, preached, and openly shar her experiences. The hidden world of anchorites and medieval solitude Public vs private expressions of faith Mysticism, madness, and medieval psychology How society judged female visionaries The origins of some of the earliest writing by women in English How people distinguished God visions from Devil visions from mental illness

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  Faust Explains Modernity Better Than Any Philosopher | Johannes Niederhauser

  Jun 13, 20262h 16mS0

  <p>Please help up to keep these conversations going, and join our reading community, by supporting us over on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/solomonsmith/membership Modern civilisation: is it best explained by philosophy—or by myth? In this conversation we talk about Goethe’s Faust, Nietzsche’s Zarathustra, the everlasting crisis of Western civilization, and the philosophy doomscape of modern academia. Faust captures the restless drive that defines the modern world: the desire to know everything, experience everything, and reshape reality itself. Nietzsche interrogates the same drive at greater length, in greater depth. We discuss: • Faust and modernity • Goethe, Ni...

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