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Breakpoint

Controversial Commencement Speeches, Solzhenitsyn, and "Metamodernism"

Breakpoint

Colson Center

News, Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Christianity

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

John and Maria look at two commencement speeches that drew criticism this week, perhaps the greatest commencement speech in Harvard's history, and something called "metamodernism."

 

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Segment 1 - Graduation Speeches 

Full Text: Harrison Butker of Kansas City Chiefs Graduation Speech 

Three of the Greatest Commencement Speeches of All Time

Breakpoint: Solzhenitsyn at Harvard: A Graduation Speech to Remember

Jerry Seinfeld's Commencement Speech at Duke 2024 

Segment 2 - Metamodernism

Goodbye Postmodernism, Hello Metamodernism 

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0:00.0

You're listening to Breakpoint this week where we're talking about the top stories of the week from a Christian perspective.

0:06.8

Today we're going to talk about commencement speeches from the controversial to the sarcastic.

0:12.1

We're also going to talk about post-modernism. Are we still in a post-modern

0:15.6

age or have we moved on to something called meta-modernism? We have a lot to get to today.

0:20.1

We're so glad you're with us. Stick around.

0:26.0

Welcome to Breakpoint this week. From the Coulson Center for Christian Worldview,

0:28.0

I'm Maria Bear, alongside John Stone Street,

0:30.0

president of the Coulson Center.

0:32.0

John, do you have any graduators in your family this year?

0:36.0

Kindergarten, eighth grade, middle school?

0:38.2

No, none of that?

0:39.0

Okay.

0:40.0

Well, it's been a big year for graduation speeches as it always is and this is fun.

0:44.8

We've talked about this in years past because there's always somebody making a splash and

0:49.9

this year is no exception.

0:51.5

So probably the biggest speech

0:54.3

that's been making the biggest waves, I should say,

0:56.3

this year is the Kansas City Chiefs.

0:58.6

Kicker, Harrison Butker spoke at Benedictine University,

1:02.2

a Catholic school. He,ine University, a Catholic

1:02.6

a Catholic, he of course is Catholic, and his speech

1:06.3

is making lots and lots of big waves warranted or not.

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