What YOU Can Do to Save Music
In this video, I share the MTLV Framework that I think musicians and producers can use to help "save the music."
Jon Hersey Dec 23, 2024
Spiritual Values in Charles Dickens’s Holiday Stories
The warmth of Dickens's happy endings and the joy he envisions as possible to everyone make his Christmas stories a cozy pick for reading beside a crackling fire this winter.
Four Trends Killing Pop Music
In this video, I discuss the 4 Vs and how they are killing pop music.
Emma by Jane Austen
As Emma discovers that the way to love people is to encourage their independence, she builds a life that’s not only delightful on the surface, but deeply fulfilling.
The Good, The Bad, and Moana
Moana 2, although not an especially bad film, is symptomatic a range of serious problems in our culture.
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale is a fascinating story that highlights the importance of self-esteem, individual thought, and personal choice through a stylized and engaging narrative.
The Student Conductor by Robert Ford
The Student Conductor is a touching, bittersweet story of a man learning how to pursue the things he loves—and what could stop him from doing so.
The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games trilogy highlights many important aspects of tyranny and rebellion, the most important of which is that pursuing your values requires freedom.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Empathy, religion, war, and social hierarchies in Dick's 1968 sci-fi classic.