The Pagan Asceticism of Andrew Tate

by Jonathan Culbreath

There is little space in the Christian ethic for the brutish “strength” of a Tate-esque masculinity. On the contrary, Christianity requires precisely weakness. Continue Reading »

25 Jul 2023

Understanding Gerard Manley Hopkins

by Mark Bauerlein

Holly Ordway joins the podcast to discuss As Kingfishers Catch Fire, her newly edited collection of Gerard Manley Hopkins's poems. Continue Reading »

24 Jul 2023

Catholic Education Is Taking Off

by Mark Bauerlein

The power of parents, as expressed in their choice of schools, confirms the value of Catholic liberal arts and sciences perhaps more effectively than any other factor when it comes to the public sphere and education debates. Continue Reading »

24 Jul 2023

The Consuming Fire of Love

by Peter J. Leithart

God isn’t terrifying because he’s unloving. He’s terrifying because Love is terrifying—undiluted love, love that refuses compromise with evil. Continue Reading »

21 Jul 2023

The End of Liberalism and the Lost Man

by Mark Bauerlein

Chilton Williamson joins the podcast to discuss his book The End of Liberalism. Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2023

Thinking Doesn’t Stop at the Church Door

by John Wilson

I don't think Baggini has earned the right to patronize religious believers, but it's particularly striking that he does so after telling readers to question their own questions, advice he fails to heed himself. Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2023

Forgetting the Art of Memory

by Esmé Partridge

That AI undermines the importance of our basic faculty of memory ought to concern us. It will only increase the ignorance of our fallen state. Continue Reading »

19 Jul 2023

Synodality and Sanctity

by George Weigel

If October’s Synod on Synodality is going to contribute to the evangelization of a world sorely in need of holiness, then the Synod is going to have to take the saints far more seriously than its Working Document does. Continue Reading »

19 Jul 2023

The Future of Classical Civic Architecture

by Mark Bauerlein

Justin Shubow joins the podcast to discuss his time as Chairman of the United States Commission of Fine Arts, as well as the future of classical design in federal architecture. Continue Reading »

17 Jul 2023

Keeping the “C” in the YMCA

by John Murdock

For those who do the backstroke or shoot hoops at a functionally agnostic YMCA “swim and gym,” the Christ-centered history of the institution may be surprising. Some believers seek to make it better known. Continue Reading »

17 Jul 2023