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Back to SearchOld Progressives vs. Young Trads: Generational Battles in the Pews (#367)
Episode 369
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Greg and Cory dive into the often-confusing generational conflicts simmering in many Catholic parishes, where aging baby boomers…
7 months, 1 week ago
Kids in Church, Part 2: Discipline? Boredom? Learning? (#366)
Episode 368
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Greg and Cory revisit the challenges parents of small children face in bringing their children to Mass. In Episode #360, Greg ha…
7 months, 1 week ago
Hollywood's Catholic Caricatures: Fat Bishops, Mean Nuns, and the Big Con (#365)
Episode 367
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] In this lively conclusion to a three-part series looking at myths about Catholicism, Greg and Ed the Protestant unpack how "Holl…
7 months, 1 week ago
Hollywood's Hidden Script: How Media Warps Our View of the World (#364)
Episode 366
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] In this engaging opener to a two-part series, Greg and Ed the Protestant dive into how "Hollywood"—a catch-all for mass media fr…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Noble Savages and Black Legends: How Stories Stack the Deck Against Catholicism (#363)
Episode 365
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Greg lays the intellectual foundation for how the "noble savage" trope, rooted in Enlightenment thinkers like Rousseau, converge…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Escaping the Argument Clinic: When Faith Debates Go Nowhere (#362)
Episode 364
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Greg shares a listener's email from Dylan, whose honest conversation with his former Calvinist pastor turned into a one-sided ba…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Judaism, Israel, and Catholicism: Addressing a Convert's Concern (#361)
Episode 363
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Greg Smith responds to a listener's email expressing shock at perceived anti-Semitism in Catholic online spaces. He clarifies th…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Kids in Church: Why Catholic Mass Beats Evangelical Entertainment (#360)
Episode 362
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Greg responds to a listener's heartfelt email about her journey toward Catholicism and a major hesitation: how the Church approa…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Church's Messy Past: How a Thought Experiment Helped Me Convert (#359)
Episode 361
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Greg responds to listener Shandra's heartfelt question about the Catholic Church's historical involvement in injustices like the…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Translation Traps? Manuscript Mysteries, Word Wars, and the Sola Scriptura Sinkhole (#358)
Episode 360
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Building on Part 1's takedown of KJV-onlyism, Greg delves into the heart of Bible translation debates in this thought-provoking …
7 months, 3 weeks ago