Into the Deep with Ross Douthat

The General Eclectic

Rod and Kale are joined by New York Times columnist (and friend) Ross Douthat to discuss his new book The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness & Recovery. His harrowing account opens up spaces for rethinking what we think we know, the limitations of official accounts, and the deep mysteries of the buffered and porous self. Links:

• Charles Taylor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Secular_Age
• Michael Specter's The Lyme Wars: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/01/the-lyme-wars
• Ross's Substack preview: https://douthat.substack.com/p/the-deep-places-a-preview
• Rod's Blog Post: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/ross-douthat-the-deep-places-tick-bite-prophet-lyme/