After Virtual: Chris Arnade

20/12/2022 40 min Episodio 14
After Virtual: Chris Arnade

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Episode Synopsis

Chris Arnade, the keynote speaker at the After Virtual conference, has traded global finance for skid row photography.  Chris discusses his journey from Wall Street board rooms to a booth at McDonald’s and the associated rejection of careerism and self-definition. 
Speaker:  Chris Arnade—An Address in the Universe of Meaning 
Highlights 
3:00 Prayer time around the world 
6:45 The liberal emancipation project (of destruction) 
10:30 Transcendent values first seen in a traffic jam 
16:00 “Everything we believed was wrong” 
27:00 Place and the giant sucking sound of NAFTA 
30:00 Family ties 
32:00 The “meaning” address and its replacement 
 
Resources 
Speaker bios 
Conference videos 
Save the date:  2023 Conference in Madison, Wisconsin (October 21, 2023) 
Dignity:  Seeking Respect in Back Row America  
The Substack home of a traveling man 
An NPR story on Chris Arnade 
Arnade’s work at The Guardian and The Atlantic 
Thanks to Wendell Kimbrough for his musical talents