Master Samwise (aka Sam Roden) tells David Hahn that our culture has lost its villains because it no longer believes in evil, and has come to treat explanation as absolution. Drawing on Chesterton, Maleficent and Rings of Power, they ask why a world without objective morality still leaves no room for repentance.

Chapters:
0:00 Heroes by happenstance
0:24 Chesterton and the missing virtue
2:13 The misunderstood villain
3:17 Where did the villains go?
4:07 Explanation is not absolution
5:03 Rings of Power, orcs and demons
7:58 Where is repentance?

Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnP1lhu-biA

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Hosted by: David Hahn
Guest speaker: Sam Roden
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