{"podcast":{"title":"Uncertain Things","slug":"uncertain-things-1365822","podcast_index_feed_id":1365822,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/55152.rss","website_url":"https://uncertain.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/55152/d5aa3021bd2e0c5c8c26c93af46f588a.jpg","author":"Uncertain Things","episode_count":115,"summary":"Everything is broken. Now what?","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T06:18:18.631352+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822"},"episode":{"title":"How the Modern World Self-Destructs (w/ Tomer Persico)","slug":"how-the-modern-world-self-destructs-w-tomer-persico","published_at":"2025-01-29T03:34:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822/how-the-modern-world-self-destructs-w-tomer-persico","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822","url":"https://uncertain.substack.com/p/why-liberalism-tomer-persico","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/155454489/d6254b7eedda755c57419f18be492418.mp3","summary":"Religious scholar Tomer Persico, now a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, returns to help us unpack why liberalism is special — and why it’s now in crisis. Mentioned in this episode: -Our first conversation with Tomer, about the implications of seeing ourselves as made in the image of God -Yascha Mounk, who talked to us about how identity politics is straining liberalism -Tom Holland, the Liberal who lost his faith -Sarah Isgur, who survived Trump’s DOJ Find us on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts. Share @UncertainPod on your social media of choice. On the agenda: -Why Liberalism [3:10-13:30]-Defining Liberalism & Individual Rights [13:31-18:23]-The Government's New Responsibility: Protect Individual Rights [18:24-29:43]-The Importance of Unprescribed, Artful Negotiations of Power [29:44-48:05]-Nationalism & Mass Conscription [48:06-1:02:32]-The Problem Liberalism is facing now [1:02:33-1:18:20] Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday thoughts, subscribe to: uncertain.substack.com. Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Religious scholar Tomer Persico, now a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, returns to help us unpack why liberalism is special — and why it’s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4749,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uncertain-things-1365822/episodes/how-the-modern-world-self-destructs-w-tomer-persico/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822/how-the-modern-world-self-destructs-w-tomer-persico.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}