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Episodes
Elise Graveline Hilton on Human Trafficking
11 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's podcast, Elise Graveline Hilton talks about her monograph and provides some basic resources for everyone interested in fighting the sco...
Jeffrey Tucker on Capitalism and Love
27 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey Tucker, Author, speaker, founder and Chief Liberty Officer of Liberty.me, joins Radio Free Acton this week to discuss the relationship between...
Luba Markewycz on Remembering Holodomor
31 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of Radio Free Acton, Paul Edwards speaks with Luba Markewycz of the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago, Illinois about the H...
Frank Buckley on Crown Government in America
12 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Radio Free Acton, Marc Vander Maas talks with F. H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University School of Law and auth...
Gerard Lameiro on Renewing America's Heritage of Freedom
29 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we welcome Gerard Lameiro to Radio Free Acton to talk about the subject of his recent Acton lecture and his book, Renewing America an...
The Global Vatican Part 2
20 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of Radio Free Acton, Research Fellow Michael Matheson Miller continues his conversation with former US Ambassador to the Holy See Fran...
The Global Vatican, Part 1
08 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Radio Free Acton, Ambassador Francis Rooney speaks with Acton Institute Research Fellow Michael Matheson Miller regarding his tenur...
David Bromwich on Edmund Burke, Part 2
20 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Radio Free Acton, Michael Matheson Miller - Research Fellow at the Acton Institute - continues his interview with Yale's Sterling P...
Sound Money with Robert P. Murphy
16 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Radio Free Acton, we talk about sound money with economist and author Robert P. Murphy. What is money? Why does it have value? What...
Chelsen Vicari on the Religious Left
15 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Radio Free Acton, Sarah Stanley speaks with Chelsen Vicari, Evangelical Program Director at the Institute on Religion and Democracy...
David Bromwich on Edmund Burke, Part 1
13 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Radio Free Acton, Michael Matheson Miller - Research Fellow at the Acton Institute - interviews Yale's Sterling Professor of Englis...
Os Guinness on Our Augustinian Moment
09 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As we head into the fall of 2014, the world seems in many ways to be a very dark and dangerous place. Between the rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria (and ...
500 Years of Reformation
06 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
2017 will mark the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther's posting of his 95 Theses on the door of Wittenberg Castle Church, the event that would eventua...
Culture Care with Makoto Fujimura
25 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean for Christians to use our gifts to fulfill God’s purposes in cultural flourishing? Makoto Fujimura, internationally renowned artis...
The Acton University Experience: Father Hans Jacobse
23 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Father Hans Jacobse, founder of the American Orthodox Institute and regular contributor to Orthodoxy Today, discusses his experience as a participant ...
Andrew Abela on A Catechism for Business
08 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What is the end – the goal – of business anyway? Is it to merely maximize a profit or to do good, or some balance between the two? And what exactl...
Human Exceptionalism with Wesley J. Smith
26 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Edwards talks with Wesley J. Smith of the Discovery Institute and author of the Human Exceptionalism blog on National Review Online about the ver...
Douglas Rushkoff on Human Flourishing in a Digital Age
21 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We would all agree that digital technology has made life better in many respects. But in what ways do smartphones, email, social media and the Interne...
Evaluating the Presidents with Lawrence Reed
18 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Radio Free Acton, Paul Edwards talks with Lawrence Reed, President of the Foundation for Economic Education, about the changing nat...
For The Life Of The World: Writing the Letters to the Exiles
17 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of Radio Free Acton, Paul Edwards goes behind the scenes at the premiere of For the Life of the World: Letters to the Exiles, the new ...
Hidden No More: Exposing Human Trafficking
11 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On March 28 2014 at the Acton Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Acton Institute will be hosting Hidden No More: Exposing Human Trafficking in We...
Examining the Ukrainian Crisis
21 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of Radio Free Acton, we take a look at the current state of the crisis in the Ukraine. Paul Edwards takes the mic as host, and talks w...
The Acton University Experience with Becki Essner
15 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What does Acton University have to offer to a high school teacher? We talk with Becki Essner (AU'11, '12 & '13) about her experiences at Acton U, the ...
Reflecting on the Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI Part 2
28 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Reflecting on the Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI Part 2 by Acton Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Primary Education
29 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Radio Free Acton crew expands this week to include Director of Programs Michael Miller and Acton Research Fellow Anthony Bradley, who join regular...
Reflecting on the Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI
27 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Radio Free Acton, Michael Matheson Miller is joined by Acton's Director of Research Samuel Gregg to reflect on the papacy and legac...
Amity Shlaes and 'Coolidge'
06 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of Radio Free Acton, Amity Shlaes - bestselling author of The Forgotten Man - joins the show to talk about her forthcoming biography o...
Concealing Christian Identity
16 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Radio Free Acton hits the web once again, this time featuring an exchange between Hunter Baker, author of The End of Secularism, and Jonathan Malesic,...
More on American Exceptionalism: The Podcast
07 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
There has been quite the uptick regarding the topic because of fears that America has lost its greatness. "America's Destiny Must Be Freedom," is a co...
The Stewardship of Art, Part 2
30 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
David Michael Phelps continues to lead the discussion between Professors Nathan Jacobs and Calvin Seerveld, who previously debated this topic in the C...
The Stewardship of Art, Part 1
29 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
September in Grand Rapids means the return of ArtPrize, which bills itself as a "radically open" art competition, juried by the general public, and aw...
Perspectives on Health Care Reform, Part 2
28 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Donald Condit and Kevin Schmiesing join us to discuss the ins and outs of the healthcare system as well as viable options for reforming and improv...
Perspectives on Health Care Reform, Part 1
27 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Donald Condit and Kevin Schmiesing join us to discuss the ins and outs of the healthcare system as well as viable options for reforming and improv...
Glenn Sunshine on why you think the way you do
24 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Glenn Sunshine, professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, joins us to talk about his book 'Why You Think The Way You Do', which de...
Obama and Religion
20 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Radio Free Acton crew takes on the controversy over the highly-publicized statements of Rev. Jeremiah Wright who served as pastor of Chicago's Tri...
Remembering Buckley and Contemplating Consumerist Religion
27 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of the podcast, we pause to remember the contributions of William F. Buckley to the Acton Institute and to the conservative movement a...
Happiness Without God?
27 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Radio Free Acton crew discusses whether or not a "rich and famous" lifestyle can produce true happiness, and concludes that money can't buy happin...
Radio Free Acton: The Premiere Episode
13 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The first edition of Radio Free Acton hits the web with a look at the influence of religion on the upcoming Michigan primary, which takes place on Tue...