Episodes

  • Season 4, Episode 11: Is Liberal Nationalism Acceptable?

    Season 4, Episode 11: Is Liberal Nationalism Acceptable?
    May 10 2026
    Spencer and Laurie discuss Isaiah Berlin's liberal nationalism and ask whether liberalism can be held in balance with nationalism, and even whether this uncomfortable mix is inevitable.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Season 4, Episode 10: Gilmore Girls as Allegory for WASP Civilizational Decline

    Season 4, Episode 10: Gilmore Girls as Allegory for WASP Civilizational Decline
    Apr 1 2026
    For April Fools this year, we cover a millennial touchstone television series about growing up, or at least about trying to.
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    4 hrs and 53 mins
  • Season 4, Ep. 9: Why and How Patriotism Ain’t Nationalism

    Season 4, Ep. 9: Why and How Patriotism Ain’t Nationalism
    Mar 13 2026
    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Season 4, Episode 8: Charles Coulombe on the Perils of Sealing Political Pacts

    Season 4, Episode 8: Charles Coulombe on the Perils of Sealing Political Pacts
    Feb 24 2026
    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Season 4, Episode 7: Quid est Dignum et Iustum in a Wilderness of Mirrors?

    Season 4, Episode 7: Quid est Dignum et Iustum in a Wilderness of Mirrors?
    Feb 6 2026
    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Season 4, Episode 6: Cultivating Community, Redemptive Lending and Recapitulatory Theology

    Season 4, Episode 6: Cultivating Community, Redemptive Lending and Recapitulatory Theology
    Dec 8 2025
    Spencer and Laurie talk to Bert and Emma Fitzgerald of the Simon Weil Catholic Worker House in Portland, OR: https://simoneweilhouse.org
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Season 4, Episode 5: William Cavanaugh on Consumerism & Idolatry

    Season 4, Episode 5: William Cavanaugh on Consumerism & Idolatry
    Nov 6 2025
    This is a talk by Dr. William T. Cavanaugh, author of The Uses of Idolatry. It was originally given for the Center for Catholic Social Thought, October 9, 2025. We thought it was so good we asked if we could share it with our audience, and we got it from both Dr. Cavanaugh and the Center for Catholic Social Thought.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Season 4, Episode 4: Our Trips to Milwaukee, Lancaster and Beyond

    Season 4, Episode 4: Our Trips to Milwaukee, Lancaster and Beyond
    Oct 29 2025
    Spencer and Laurie discuss what they learned from their recent trips. Laurie went to Milwaukee, WI, to do research on the Peter Maurin papers and to give two talks on Maurin and Day. Spencer and Emily traveled to Pennsylvania and other spots on the East Coast to help move a friend, and along the way visited two Catholic Worker houses, the Rodale Institute, Blue Hill Farm, Dorothy Day's gravesite and more.
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    54 mins