The 5 Best The Catholic Culture Podcast Episodes
1) 142 - The Genesis of Gender - Abigail Favale
Abigail Favale returns to the show to discuss her new book, The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory. Topics include: Understanding "lived experience" in light of theology and anthropology Learning ...Show More
2) 153 - The Lost Radical History of the Pro-Life Movement - Randall Terry
One might assume abortion has always been a hot-button topic in American politics since the Supreme Court ruling legalizing it in 1973. But that is not the case. The US pro-life movement was so non-ro...Show More
3) 151 - Liberal Women & Drag Queens - Darel Paul
What's behind the increasing popularity of drag queens and drag shows in America? Why is half the audience of RuPaul's Drag Race now composed of young liberal women? How has the drag subculture, origi...Show More
4) 141 - Libertarianism, Jazz & Critical Race Theory - Edward Feser
Catholic philosopher Edward Feser joins the podcast to discuss his new book, All One in Christ: A Catholic Critique of Racism and Critical Race Theory. But before getting to that, he and Thomas discus...Show More
5) 139 - Response to Fr. Gregory Pine: Movies, Music & Contemplation
In a recent video on the Pints with Aquinas channel, Gregory Pine, O.P. voiced his concern that mass entertainment, particularly music and movies, is often an obstacle to achieving the heavenly end of...Show More
6) Pope Leo XIII against Freemasonry
Pope Leo XIII's 1884 encyclical Humanum Genus is the Church's most comprehensive explanation of why, ever since 1738, she has forbidden Catholics to become Freemasons. Reading the encyclical today, on...Show More
7) Seeking Beauty in the Old World w/ David Henrie
Actor, writer, and director David Henrie (Wizards of Waverly Place, How I Met Your Mother) joins the podcast to talk about his new EWTN travel series, Seeking Beauty with David Henrie - season 1 is a ...Show More
8) Phil Lawler on four decades of independent Catholic journalism
Veteran Catholic journalist Phil Lawler recently retired as the editor of Catholic World News at CatholicCulture.org. Phil was the first lay editor of Boston's archdiocesan newspaper, The Pilot, but n...Show More
9) Resisting modernist "demolition troops": Ida Friederieke Görres, w/ Jennifer Bryson
Ida Friederieke Görres is little-known to English-speaking Catholics (except perhaps for her biography of St. Therese of Lisieux), but she was a major voice of the orthodox Catholic laity in mid-20th-...Show More
10) Leo XIII on what marriage owes to the Church
Thomas Mirus discusses Leo XIII's 1880 encyclical Arcanum, on Christian marriage. This was "the first formal and synoptic teaching on marriage since the Council of Trent" – a gap of four centuries. Ar...Show More