Is American culture now story-less?

Is American culture now story-less?

From our archives, Michael Kammen compares popular and mass culture, and Philip Fisher analyzes the idea that new cultural forms inevitably dissolve old ones. (26 minutes)
Sports in America

Sports in America

FROM VOL. 21
Robert Higgs looks at the history of sports in American experience and at how organized religion has interacted with that history. (12 minutes)
Nihilism in popular culture

Nihilism in popular culture

FROM VOL. 44
Thomas Hibbs, author of Shows about Nothing, discusses the nihilism that runs through films and television shows in recent American popular culture. (9 minutes)
Don't feel bad

Don’t feel bad

James Twitchell discusses a few of the themes in his book about the confusing state of the evolution of shame and shamelessness. (20 minutes)
The Necessity of Tradition

The Necessity of Tradition

“If a society wishes to find a way of ensuring that newly emergent and valuable techniques are passed on and preserved, its members must feel themselves under an ethical obligation to leave the best possible world not only for their children, but also for their grandchildren.”