Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchVirtue and the Meaningful Life – Dr. David McPherson
Season 12
Dr. David McPherson argues that human beings are “meaning-seeking animals” and that an adequate neo-Aristotelian ethics must see the virtues as const…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
St. Thomas Aquinas: His Life, Wisdom, and Relevance Today – Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.
Season 12
Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy presents Aquinas as a medieval theologian whose love of Scripture, clear metaphysics of happiness, integrated view of body and s…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Why We Need the Saints – Prof. Adam Eitel
Season 12
Prof. Adam Eitel argues that God’s divine pedagogy makes the examples of the saints indispensable for our salvation, since their concrete, imperfect …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Does Marketing Make Us Less Human? – Dr. John-Paul Heil
Season 12
Dr. John-Paul Heil critiques modern marketing’s implicit anthropology, explaining that marketing driven by manipulation, simulation, and quantity und…
9 months ago
A Breastplate of Stillness and a Book of Thanksgiving: The Fruits of Patience in the Face of Boredom – Prof. Carl Vennerstrom
Season 12
Prof. Carl Vennerstrom explores how perseverance, prayer, ordered work, and thanksgiving transform boredom and the temptation to acedia into opportun…
9 months ago
Theology of the Body – Prof. Paige Hochschild
Season 12
Prof. Paige Hochschild analyzes John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, contrasting the Catholic vision of bodily integration, purity, and vocation with…
9 months ago
Identity vs. Nature: Aquinas on Who Creates Me – Prof. Jacob Wood
Season 12
Prof. Jacob Wood contrasts Aquinas’s account of nature, cause, and purpose with modern identity theory, showing that human nature—created and ordered…
9 months ago
The Way of Beauty: The Church and the Arts – Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P.
Season 12
Fr. Innocent Smith explores how beauty in art, architecture, and liturgy forms the soul, elevates worship, and points to God, showing that the Church…
9 months ago
Mariology 101: Part 1 – Fr. James Brent, O.P.
Season 12
Fr. James Brent presents a systematic introduction to Mariology, demonstrating that all Marian titles and attributes find their source and unity in h…
9 months, 1 week ago
Finding Meaning Amidst the Chaos Or: Why Get Out of Bed in the Morning? – Dr. Robert McNamara
Season 12
Dr. Robert McNamara explores the problem of meaninglessness and chaos in contemporary life, showing how wonder, intellectual attention, and the culti…
9 months, 1 week ago