Building a Strong Company Through Culture
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Managing a business is a challenge no matter the context. Talent comes and goes, supplies change, an...
Growth and Development in Africa [Rebroadcast]
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anyone of a certain age will remember the massive hit that was “We Are The World,” the Michael J...
Education for a Free Society
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, Acton librarian and research associate Dan Hugger sits down with Acton researc...
Questioning Questions
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are living in the age of deconstruction. We are constantly bombarded online, in schools, and some...
The Rise of Religious Anti-Liberalism
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we bring you a recent Acton Lecture Series event with Kevin Vallier. The 20th centu...
How to Experience Everyday Freedom
24 Jan 2024
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On today’s episode, Acton librarian and research associate Dan Hugger speaks with lawyer and chair...
Misconceptions About China
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After decades of trade and investment with advanced democracies, China is far richer and stronger th...
Connecting Family, Property, and Liberty
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Acton Line, Dylan Pahman, Acton research fellow and executive editor of the Jour...
Imagining Hope for the Future
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, Acton, director of marketing and communications, Eric Kohn, speaks with AEI ec...
The Great Unlearning
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 1960’s as the hippie movement was shredding norms of hygiene and cleanliness in order ...
A Christian Perspective from Visiting Israel
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, Acton director of marketing and communications Eric Kohn speaks with Mike Cosp...
Canceling Cancel Culture
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, Acton director of marketing and communications Eric Kohn speaks with Greg Luki...
Can We Solve Poverty?
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of Acton Line, we bring you a conversation about poverty recently held on our s...
Entrepreneurs Serving Entrepreneurs
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Your strengths, relationships, and self-awareness are all essential in determining how your business...
A Classical Education for Contemporary Students
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2007, Thales Academy was born with a simple vision: provide an excellent and affordable education...
A Consensus for the People
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve probably heard the phrase “America isn’t a democracy—it’s a republic.” This is ty...
Aquinas and the Market
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we present the most recent installment of the Acton Lecture Series, with Dr. Mary ...
Maximum Innovation for Maximum Social Impact
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Acton director of programs and education Dan Churchwell speaks with Leah Kral, an e...
Shining a Light on the Darkest Place in the World.
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Learn more about Acton UniversityOn today’s episode, we present a discussion from Acton University...
The History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Acton’s director of marketing and communications, Eric Kohn, talks with Jonathan ...
Bill Courtney and a Life Undefeated
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Acton director of marketing and communications Eric Kohn speaks with Bill Courtney ...
The Gender Wage Gap with Dr. Angela Dills
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Angela Dills is a labor economist who teaches at Western Carolina University and whose work focu...
Enlightenment about the Enlightment(s)
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. John Pinheiro speaks with Dr. Joseph Stuart about the complexity of the Europea...
Mythic Realms
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bradley J. Birzer, Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies and professor of history at Hills...
Freedom and Prosperity Around The World
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Lemoine, deputy director of the Freedom and Prosperity Center at the Atlantic Council, joins ...
Engaging Homelessness with Better Way Detroit
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Better WAY Detroit engages, pays, feeds, and counsels homeless persons, and connects them to service...
Organizational Culture with Dr. Brandon Vaidyanathan
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brandon Vaidyanathan, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at The Cath...
Navigating the Rising Tide of Political Polarization
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dylan Pahman interviews Dr. Rachel Ferguson about her lecture at Acton University...
The Law of Conservation of Welfare—And What Energy Source Can Transform It?
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The law of conservation of mass dates from Antoine Lavoisier's 1789 discovery that mass is neither c...
Cronyism, Corporate Welfare, and Inequality
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Acton Line, Dylan Pahman, executive editor of the Journal of Markets and Morality...
Filthy Rich Politicians
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you asked people to describe our current cast of politicians in America right now, they might say...
The New Catholic Integralism
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Vallier, political philosopher and associate professor of philosophy at Bowling Green State...
Christian Workers and the Entrepreneurial Vocation
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Father Roger J. Landry, a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, and...
The Philosophical Roots of Wokeism
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re bringing you one of the plenary lectures from this year’s Acton University, fea...
Economic Potpourri with David Bahnsen
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the campaign themes that launchd Bill Clinton into the White House in 1992 was, “it’s the...
The Informant's Path to Faith and Redemption
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode starts with a clip from the trailer for 2009 comedy/drama “The Informant!,” dire...
Storks Don't Take Orders From the State
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 2007. Spider-Man 3 is the top grossing film at the box office. Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable”...
Growth and Development in Africa
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Anyone of a certain age will remember the massive hit that was “We Are The World,” the Michael J...
The China Nexus
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
June 4 marked the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, in which the Chinese Communist ...
Friendship in a Democratic Age
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into some of the profound changes occurring in American society. Back in th...
Rev. Tim Keller on The Problems of Modern Identity
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode of Acton Line, we’re bringing you the remarks by Rev. Timothy J. Keller at the Ac...
Against the New Paganism
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There’s been much discussion of how “wokeness,” for lack of a better term, operates as a form ...
Mere Natural Law
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We live in what appears at first glance to be a highly skeptical age, one characterized by moral rel...
A Closer Look at Aircraft Industrial Policy
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The last time you took a commercial airline flight, odds are that you were on a plane that was manuf...
Free Enterprise and the Common Good
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode of Acton Line, Dylan Pahman, the editor of the Journal of Markets and Morality and ...
Unleashing the Entrepreneur
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode of Acton Line, we’re bringing you a panel discussion from the Grand Rapids editio...
The Mainstreaming of Marx
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Karl Marx. If you’re listening to this podcast, it’s unlikely that I need to explain to you who ...
Hope and Transformation at New City Kids
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over the course of the last year here at the Acton Institute, we’ve been bringing in local social ...
Unrestrained Government Spending and Economic Prosperity
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode of Acton Line we’re bringing a panel discussion from the Free Market Road Show - ...
The Right’s Economic Left Turn
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A belief in the positive power of free markets has been a part of the political and philosophical pr...
Religious Freedom in a Secular Age
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Religious freedom is a bitterly contested issue that spills over into political, public, and online ...
Should Businesses Embrace Remote Work?
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Should businesses allow their employees to work remotely? Almost all employers and employees have wr...
Connecting Cops and Community
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When people think of interactions between the police and the public these days, for many, the first ...
The Intellectual Life
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The feminine genius,” a term coined by Pope St. John Paul II, has become something of a buzzwor...
Are Artists Really Free to Express Themselves?
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In March 2021, Winston Marshall was the banjo player and guitarist for Mumford & Sons, the highly po...
The Legacy of Ed Koch
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If money is the mother’s milk of politics, then rhetoric is its currency. And few political charac...
The Errors of the 1619 Project (Rebroadcast)
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Since debuting in the New York Times Magazine on August 14, 2019, the 1619 Project has ignited a deb...
Company Culture and the Human Person: A Compelling Vision
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Colin Duff, a co-founder and head of operations at Styx Golf, delivers a speech on how to align comp...
Martin Luther King Jr. and Russell Kirk: A Consensus of First Principles
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In their own time, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Russell Kirk occupied different ends of the politi...
The Social Teaching of Pope Benedict XVI
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI—scholar, teacher, theologian, prefect of the Congregation of the Doctri...
Taxes, Spending, and Powerball Winnings
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On November 7, 2022, the jackpot for the Powerball lottery reached an astonishing $2.05 billion. Eve...
Who Was Lord Acton?
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Acton Institute is named in honor of John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton (1834–1902), 1st Baron ...
The Beatles and Economics (Rebroadcast)
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Beatles will go down in history as one of the most prolific music acts of all time. Their music ...
The Godly Path to Adam Smith’s Liberal Plan
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Klein is professor of economics and JIN Chair at the Mercatus Center at George Mason Universi...
Jimmy Lai’s Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, we’re presenting the final evening plenary from Acton University 2022. This ple...
The Wounds of Beauty
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sarah Negri, research project coordinator at the Acton Institute, sits down with Ma...
Who Is To Blame For Poverty?
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, we're bringing you a session from our recent Poverty Cure Summit, a debate between...
Mary Kissel at Acton Institute’s 2022 Annual Dinner
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we're bringing you the keynote address from Mary Kissel at this year's Acton Instit...
The Gift of Disillusionment
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can leaders respond to discouragement in their work? Noah Gould sits down with Peter Greer, Pres...
Men Without Work
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2016, Nick Eberstadt’s book “Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis” brought to light...
No Free Lunch
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Common economic perceptions pervade our discourse on policy. Dr. Caleb Fuller’s latest book, No F...
The Next American Economy
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of America’s greatest success stories is its economy. For over a century, it has been the envy...
Conservatism and Its Current Discontents
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
American conservatism appears to be coming apart at the seams. What, if anything, can bring the vari...
Blockchain Technology with Alexander Romanowski
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alexander Hernandez Romanowski is a crypto research analyst at Tribal. Formerly a blockchain rese...
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
5G. Microchips in vaccines. Crisis actors. Chemtrails. It seems that tales of conspiracy theories ...
Free Trade and Globalization
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Booth is professor of finance, public policy, and ethics and director of Catholic Mission at ...
Judaism and the Market Economy
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin serves as the president of the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty and is ...
The Rise of the New Puritans
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In The Rise of the New Puritans, Commentary Magazine associate editor Noah Rothman explains how, in ...
How History Frees and Forms Christians
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David George Moore, founder and president of Two Cities Ministries, discusses his recent book Stuck...
Economic Inequality and Envy
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
P. J. Hill, professor of economics emeritus at Wheaton College (Illinois) and a senior fellow at the...
Does the university have a future?
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Rev. John Arthur Nunes, Ph.D., is a Lutheran pastor and senior fellow at the Center for Religion...
7 Deadly Economic Sins
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve heard of the Seven Deadly Sins: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. Each ...
Emerging Leaders at the Acton Institute
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Acton Institute’s Emerging Leaders Program is a leadership development initiative that brings ...
Taking rites seriously with Francis Beckwith
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Francis Beckwith, professor of philosophy and church-state studies at Baylor University, discusses t...
Check your financial privilege
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Gladstein, chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation, discusses his new book, “Ch...
Mike Cosper on ‘The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill’
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” is one of the most popular Christian podcasts of the past year....
Fatherhood, fraternities, and moral formation
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Bradley, professor of religious studies at The King’s College, NYC, and Acton research fel...
Literature and the scandal of holiness
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning author Jessica Hooten Wilson has written an exciting new book—“The Scandal of Holi...
Betsy DeVos on fixing education
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Betsy DeVos joins Eric Kohn, Acton’s director of marketing and communications, in the studio to di...
How savings banks and credit unions help prevent poverty
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dan Churchwell, Acton’s director of program outreach, sits down with Dr. Richard ...
Reason, nature, and the human good
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Wagner, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of philosophy at Aquinas College, sits down with...
'Conservatism: A Rediscovery'
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sam Gregg sits down with award-winning political theorist Yoram Hazony to discuss H...
The next generation of church leaders
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Acton Line, Dylan Pahman, research fellow and executive editor of the Journal of ...
‘A Catholic Pilgrimage through American History’
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Schmiesing, director of research at the Freedom & Virtue Institute, takes you on a journey thr...
“The Economics of the Parables”
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rev. Robert A. Sirico, Acton’s president emeritus, and Dan Hugger, Acton’s libr...
"The Essential Works of Thomas More”
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gerard Wegemer, professor of English at the University of Dallas, sits down with Sa...
“Trust in a Polarized Age”
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Vallier, political philosopher and associate professor of philosophy at Bowling Green State Un...
The hundred-year war for American conservatism
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Continetti’s new book, The Right, gives readers a clear historical perspective of the cons...
Being American in an age of division
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Acton Line, Eric Kohn, our director of marketing and communications, sits down wi...
College sports economics
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Kohn, Acton’s director of marketing and communications, sits down with Matt Brown, sports jou...