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S3E4 Vanity of Vanities: Celebrity
Matt and Dan begin with a mid-Lent wrist inspection, checking for spiritual pulse and early signs of influencer disease. It’s that penitential time of year when you ask: am I fasting from meat, or am I fasting from relevance?This episode they turn to celebrity, especially the Christian habit of baptising it and calling it evangelisation. Platform equals influence equals Gospel. Simple math but suspicious theology.The Asians suggest celebrity isn’t a neutral bamboo steamer. It’s more like hotpot broth: everything you drop in starts tasting like the algorithm. The influencer world doesn’t just…
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