Re-Visiting the Opioid Disaster: Exposing the Gods Who Demand Human Sacrifice
Season 3, Episode 336, May 06, 2021, 08:27 AM
We re-visit the opioid disaster in our country. With litigation beginning this week in West Virginia, and with recent statistics from the CDC showing that opioid deaths increased during pandemic time to their highest yet, it’s time to reflect again on the stories we tell ourselves about meaning and purpose. When did neo-liberal (libertarian) free markets, and the profit motive, become gods?
Our show pushes back against the unexamined, often unconscious ways that we frame public questions using political or economic modes of thinking. We aim to be part of a growing movement of people who are critical of the narrowness of political and economic categories, and who want to revive a vision of human flourishing that is grounded in the wisdoms of theological and moral philosophical tradition. We see these habits and ways of thinking as being pre-political, and foundational to a healthy and civil shared life in families, communities, economies, and polities.
In short, we want to foster conversations, develop habits, and create communities that are grounded in curiosity, going deep, and shining light.
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