The Mystic Sisters

Ep. 16: Fasting from Christ?! Our Mental Health Crisis and Victim Culture, with Joshua Horner

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:00:00 -0500

Fasting from Christ?! Our Mental Health Crisis and Victim Culture with Joshua Horner

They may have the world at their fingertips, but young people are more depressed than ever. A "yes" culture of affirmation has created a nation of socially atomized, anxious victims. Identical twin sisters Amy and Julie interview Joshua Horner, a speaker, certified personal trainer, and peer support specialist, about why youth are struggling so much today and what God has to do with it. Plus, why fasting can help regenerate us from trauma.

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Ep. 15: Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, & the Decline & Revitalization of Pop Culture, with Kay Clarity

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:29:59 -0500

Kay Clarity is a singer and writer living in LA. She joins twins Amy and Julie to discuss how modern-day pop culture got so degenerate and the opportunity for revitalization. Plus, she shares her thoughts on what Taylor Swift's explosive rise is really about, and whether she should be emblematic of "Swiftian normality."

Support Kay's electro-pop project, Pax Paloma, and upcoming album Songs for the Apocalypse: Electro-pop anthems of hope, mid-dystopia: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/songs-for-the-apocalypse/reft/37056618/mystic

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Ep. 14: Polyamorous Circus Community, or the Eastern Orthodox Church

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:00:00 -0500

Julie appeared on YearZero podcast with Tommy Salmons to discuss how the right community is crucial for one's well-being and decision to dedicate oneself to a purpose. Find out what Julie learned being part of a polyamorous circus community in San Francisco versus being part of the Eastern Orthodox Church today. (We bet you can guess which one is more edifying.)

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Ep. 13: Is It Wrong to "Follow Your Heart"

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:00:00 -0500

Some Christians say “following your heart” is bad advice embraced by our broken modern culture — but is it? The twins talk about intuition, gut feelings, and the wisdom within.

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Ep. 12: Viral Dance Videos, Sperm Donor Ethics, Atomization, & Socialization

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 12:00:00 -0600

Are viral dance videos harmless fun or a sign of a decaying culture?

Identical twins Amy and Julie discuss the online conservative freak-out over a viral video, why parties are social infrastructure, how to make friends, plus how a sperm donor with 97 kids points to the need for fathers and the atomization that comes with being divorced from your lineage.

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Ep. 11: What Witchcraft Offers to Women

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:00:00 -0500

It's October — and that means witches are out in full force! Why are so many young women drawn to witchcraft?

Identical twins Amy and Julie discuss why witchcraft and paganism are so popular among young women today and how the mysticism of Orthodox Christianity might satisfy some of the spiritual things they are looking for.

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Ep. 10: The Degeneracy of the Online Right

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:00:00 -0500

Identical twins Amy and Julie discuss why the online right is so darn mean. Highlighting viral tweets and memes, they show how the worst of the online right drags us further into degeneracy rather than inspiring, elevating, and attracting new people.

What started out as necessary conservative ideas promoting family formation and pushing back against lawless left-wing cities has devolved into needless bullying, cruelty, and shame.

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Ep. 9: Barbie Movie Review: Hero's Journey, Archetypes, & Feminism

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 12:00:00 -0500

Identical twins Amy and Julie talk about everything wrong with the Barbie movie — and a few things they liked, too. Mostly they thought it was a hot mess. The twins discuss Barbie's poor character development, the disjointed plot, woke jargon, and why Life Size (2000) was way better.

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Ep. 8: The Trouble with Trads

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:00:00 -0500

The twins talk Twitter trads, natural birth, raw milk, farm LARPing, and finding the middle way. Find out if the twins will end up as miserable old cat ladies or live in the cottage-core paradise of their dreams.

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Ep. 7: Beauty, Religion, & the Salvation of Culture, with Tyler James Burger

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:00:00 -0500

Are modern spiritual practices sufficient to replace traditional religions? If they are, then why does our culture seem so nihilistic, with plummeting birth rates and lowering standards of behavior and beauty? How have modern views of spirituality led to things like ugly modern architecture and confusion about men and women?

Identical twins Amy and Julie welcome Tyler James Burger to discuss beauty, religion, and the salvation of culture.

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Tyler James Burger is a parkour athlete & podcaster who explores the connection between art, religion, evolution & the mystical experience. Follow Tyler on Instagram @TylerJamesBurger and on YouTube: @TylerJamesBurger

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Ep. 6: Identical Twins Discuss Marriage & Dating

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 12:00:00 -0500

What's it like for identical twins to get married? The transition from being an identical twin to being married carries very different challenges for identical twins than it does for singletons.

For most people, marriage is the first time they have a constant companion and teammate in life. Not so for twins! From birth, identical twins already have a #1 relationship in life. They don't really experience truly being single. Twins share a close relationship from the moment of birth, go through life together, and always have a teammate — someone who fully understands them. In a way, twins are already married!

So, how can identical twins make the transition to marriage when they already have their #1 in life?

Identical twins Amy and Julie (who aren't married) talk to identical twins Michelle and Maralize (who are both married with children) about the challenges that arise when identical twins go from never *really* being single to getting married.

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Michelle and Maralize host the podcast Twinning, in which they discuss what life is like as an identical twin. Catch it on Spotify!

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Ep. 5: Abortion, Hookup Culture, & Population Collapse

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Thu, 19 May 2022 12:00:00 -0500

Identical twins Amy and Julie talk about how the availability of abortion encourages hookup culture, harms women psychologically and spiritually, and contributes to ongoing population collapse.

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We both write for Evie Magazine, a women's publication that encourages women to seek truth and find beauty. Amy is a seasoned oil painter (amy-the-artist.com), and Julie is writer and media bias expert for AllSides.com. Outside of the digital realm, we also do fire dance performances together.

Ep. 4: Loving & Leaving San Francisco

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:00:00 -0600

On location in sunny Austin, TX, twins Amy and Julie talk about their time in San Francisco--how the city treats women and crime, and how it embodies the dark side of libertarianism.

0:00 - Personal History and Beauty of the City
9:45 - San Francisco's Treatment of Women
16:32 - Crime, Drugs, and Public Safety
22:25 - The Dark Side of Libertarianism
29:11 - SF Nostalgia
33:09 - Public Safety Again
35:34 - Exporting San Francisco Culture
39:28 - Spiritual Battleground
42:48 - Favorite Places in SF

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Ep. 3: Twins Talk: Lady Gaga & Feminist Celebrities

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0600

Identical twins Amy and Julie talk with Jacob about how pop stars' choices — such as Lady Gaga and Marina Diamandis — reflect the dominant feminist messaging that tells us to put careerist independence first, which can hurt when trying to form a family. We also discuss the perils of Peter Pan syndrome, Americans' "virtue" of independence above all else, the intersection of feminism and hyper-capitalism, and the aging of Western societies.

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Ep. 2: Twins Talk: Dating Apps

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 14:00:00 -0600

Identical twins Amy and Julie sit down with Jacob to discuss how people position themselves on dating apps and what that says about how our culture views gender norms.

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Ep. 1: Twins Talk: What Happened, Brittany Murphy?

Julie & Amy Mastrine — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0600

Identical twins Amy and Julie sit down with Jacob to discuss the new HBO documentary, "What Happened, Brittany Murphy?," which investigates the abusive marriage and untimely death of the actress. We discuss what lessons we can draw from the documentary about the deficiencies of modern dating, masculinity, and feminist messaging.

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