Episodes

  • Papa Stronsay

    Papa Stronsay
    May 2 2026
    Inspired by the father of all monks, Saint Antony of the Desert, a group of Irish Catholic monks set sail more than 1,400 years ago to discover a “desert in the pathless sea.” They sought an island that, while physically set apart could also be made holy—made Catholic—by God working through those willing monks and their life of worship in the language of the ancient Church, through contemplative prayer and by a life of service via the Great Commission, to spread the Gospel to lands far and wide. They found that island: Papa Stronsay, or “Little Priest's Island.” Today, the island is home to the spiritual descendants of those men and of St Alphonsus Liguori: the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, also known as the Transalpine Redemptorists. This order has been in the news lately because of their "Open Letter," a document published last fall that protests the modernist changes in the Church. Listen as Fr. Anthony Mary, FSSR, Rector of Golgotha Monastery, provides some history of both the order and their controversial "Letter."
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    29 mins
  • Tales of Wakken Wood with E.P. Cowley

    Tales of Wakken Wood with E.P. Cowley
    Apr 25 2026
    In Tales From Wakken Wood, by E.P. Cowley, bullies pick on Peter Thornburg because of his shining silver eyes. Because of that, his dad sent him to live with relatives on the island. But something there does not add up. Strange creatures appear and disappear out of the corner of his eye. Stores are ransacked in the dead of night. As Peter settles into his new life at Wakkenburg House, he learns that his eyes carry a great power—and a great responsibility. Then, an old woman emerges to unveil the truth: the entire island population is in danger. Peter, along with his best friend, Pixel, discovers that Wakken Wood is a borderland where wonders walk and myths unfold. This dramatic and delightful saga of virtue responding to danger and sadness immerses young readers in an enchanted world drawing from the folklore and language of the Isle of Man. In Wakken Wood, the battle between good and evil requires not only bravery, but also careful attention and a love of wonder.
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    27 mins
  • Nyansa Classical Education

    Nyansa Classical Education
    Apr 18 2026
    Nyansa Classical Community provides classical, Christian curricula and programming designed to connect with and draw students from diverse backgrounds into the beauty of classical literature and the Great Conversation. Their curricula and programming cultivates the poetic and moral imaginations, deepens enjoyment of classical literature, language, and art and encourages students to cultivate truth, goodness, and beauty. For too many children, the only transcendent experience in public school is daydreaming of something more. Nyansa counters this by helping children uncover their virtue, always within an environment of love.
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    29 mins
  • The Shock of Holiness with Michael Pakaluk

    The Shock of Holiness with Michael Pakaluk
    Apr 4 2026
    In Michael Pakaluk's The Shock of Holiness, moms at Mass are heroes—not unlike the soldiers who landed at Iwo Jima. Children open us up to radical charity—the kind lived by martyrs. Obscure priests in backwoods France can change the world—not by debating, but by loving God. And a little bottle of holy water—available for free at any Catholic church—proves that the most precious things in life have no price. These are just a few of the extraordinary everyday insights from a philosopher who attests that Christian sanctity is much nearer and far more beautiful than we think and that the truths of the Catholic faith are simultaneously simple and profound. Our thanks to Ignatius Press and Publicist Brian O'Neel.
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    28 mins
  • Bread Grows in Winter J. Bryson

    Bread Grows in Winter J. Bryson
    Mar 28 2026
    Ida Friederike Görres was one of the brightest, most penetrating and colorful Catholic writers in twentieth-century Europe. Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), at her funeral, labeled her a “brave and faithful woman,” with “an insightful certainty . . . about the pressing questions and tasks of the Church today.” Yet her work is almost entirely unknown in the English-speaking world today. The time has come to discover Ida Görres. This collection of vibrant, piercing, often hilarious essays was written in the tumultuous years surrounding Vatican II. Rising out of this confusion, Görres reveals the raw, majestic splendor of the Catholic Church. If you think you have fallen out of love with Catholicism, read Bread Grows in Winter: a brutally honest yet poetically inspired meditation on the heart of the faith. Originally published in 1970, it is perhaps more important today than ever. Can we still trust the “leaky ship” of the Church? Yes, we can, and yes, we must. Our thanks to Ida Görres, Jennifer Bryson, Ignatius Press and publicist Brian O'Neel.
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    29 mins
  • St. Patrick

    St. Patrick
    Mar 21 2026
    29 mins
  • Karl Marx The Divine Tragedy

    Karl Marx The Divine Tragedy
    Mar 7 2026
    Karl Marx: The Divine Tragedy presents a groundbreaking exploration of Karl Marx’s life, revealing the man not just as a revolutionary thinker, but as a flawed prophet consumed by his own radical vision. Robert Orlando traces Marx's descent through the lens of Dante’s Divine Comedy. unveiling a deeply spiritual and haunting journey through the inferno of Marx’s personal and ideological struggles. Against the backdrop of 19th-century Europe, a time of revolution, political intrigue, and social upheaval, Karl Marx: The Divine Tragedy follows Marx’s perilous path, blending history. philosophy, and spiritual reflection in an epic narrative.
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    29 mins
  • Hypocrites

    Hypocrites
    Mar 14 2026
    28 mins