Why You Should Be Orthodox (and Not a Modernist)

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There are two kinds of Christians in the Church today: those who believe it’s all real—and those who treat it like a social club. In this video, Brian Holdsworth explores the difference between authentic faith and modernist imitation. Drawing on vivid analogies and personal conviction, he explains why orthodoxy isn’t about rigidity—it’s about survival, integrity, and salvation.

As a former metalhead and guitarist, I wrestled with that question after becoming Catholic. In this video, I explore what great thinkers like Plato, Aristotle, the Church Fathers, and St. Thomas Aquinas actually said about music, emotion, and virtue — and how those insights might apply to modern music like heavy metal.

Cannibalization of Pop Culture: Why Disney and Hollywood Are Collapsing

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Pop culture was supposed to be the “common culture” of our age. But as Disney, Marvel, and other cultural giants fail spectacularly—remaking classics into flops and replacing tradition with ideology—we’re witnessing the bankruptcy of pop culture itself. In this video, I argue that pop culture isn’t really culture at all: it’s anti-culture. It divides instead of unites, isolates instead of bonds, and replaces authentic tradition with shallow consumerism.