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We Three kings
19 Dec 2021
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Send us a textFact or Fiction? we talk about the Three Magi with Father Dwight Longenecker. Author of Mystery of the Magi: The Quest to Identify...
Be not Afraid
17 Dec 2021
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Send us a textPope John Paul II is undisputedly one of the towering men of both the Twentieth and Twenty-first Century. As a Charismatic, Energeti...
Dracula in Advent
10 Dec 2021
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Send us a textWhat does Bela Lugosi, the Korean War and a charming Irish story teller have in common? A great novel! Join me in conversation with K....
It's not your father's library
02 Dec 2021
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Send us a textEveryone has seen the coffee table book of the world's most beautiful libraries but what about the books in the library? Join me ...
St Gallen Mafia
26 Nov 2021
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Send us a textMany were surprised by the election of Pope Francis. Author Julia Melonia, in her meticulously researched and well written book, ST Gall...
400 years of Thanksgiving!
18 Nov 2021
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Send us a textLooking for a great hostess gift for Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving; the Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience is a fun, fact fill...
Scandal, Media, and The Roman Catholic Church
12 Nov 2021
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Send us a textThis episode is not for the faint of heart..but is worthwhile in considering where the truth may stand in media reporting. Bill Donahu...
Dare to be a REACTIONARY!
05 Nov 2021
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Send us a textWhat is happiness? Michael Warren Davis author of The Reactionary Mind; When Conservative isn't Enough published by Regnery Gatew...
DRACULA!!
29 Oct 2021
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Send us a textBecause you can never get enough Dracula this time of year. This is a repeat performance! Dracula..the Motherlode of all horror storie...
Providence Blue
22 Oct 2021
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Send us a textFrom HP Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, and to Penitent Angels join me in with Dr David Pinault, author of Providence Blue; A Catholic Fan...
RACE CRAZY!
15 Oct 2021
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Send us a textRace Crazy is a great book club read for lively conversation and perhaps the beginning of change. Do not buy what BLM and 1619 are sel...
No so perfect people for liberty
08 Oct 2021
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Send us a textDr Robert Tracy McKenzie of Wheaton College, author of We The Fallen People ;The Founders and the Future of American Democracy , publish...
As Earth Without Water
02 Oct 2021
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Send us a textMany have said Catholic literature has produced nothing new since Tolkien and O'Connor. First time novelist, Katy Carl in her beaut...
Putin's Plan
24 Sep 2021
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Send us a textwant to truly understand what happened in the 2016 election? Why it happened may be scarier than what happened. While the purported co...
Socrates and Plato are Super Heroes
17 Sep 2021
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Send us a textJoin me in this dynamic interview with Dr Louis Markos, author of From Plato to Christ; How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Fai...
Lafayette; Hero of Two Worlds
11 Sep 2021
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Send us a textThis is a heck of an interview with the one and only Mike Duncan, creator of the History of Rome series podcast about his blockbuster, ...
Close to the Soul.
02 Sep 2021
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Send us a textA discussion with award winning author Mary Jo Thayer about her novel Close to the Soul, published by Full Quiver Publishing. The ...
An 18th century Hottie!!!
27 Aug 2021
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Send us a textJoin me in a great discussion with author Rhonda Ortiz about her historical romantic fictional tale In Pieces. For those out there who...
Step aside Harry potter!
20 Aug 2021
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Send us a textMystery tales and morality in a medieval setting woven into a charming coming of age story. Join me in my discussion with author Antony ...
Constitutional thought Endangered
13 Aug 2021
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Send us a textAn interview with Dr Ronald J Pestritto , author of America Transformed: The Rise and Legacy of American Progressivism published by th...
My brother is a Werewolf
05 Aug 2021
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Send us a textWhere are the Werewolves?? Join me for a thrilling discussion with Catholic author Eleanor Bourg Nicholson in her new Gothic Catholic Th...
Life Everlasting, Life Beyond
29 Jul 2021
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Send us a textWhere do we go after this life? Join in a fascinating discussion with author Catherine Wolff about her book Beyond: How Humankind Th...
Hope for the Future
22 Jul 2021
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Send us a textThe Church and America is in Crisis. But there is hope for a brighter future. Todd Hartch author of A Time to Build Anew ; How to Fi...
Informed or being formed? Reading the News Sanely
15 Jul 2021
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Send us a textIs staying informed all the time, healthy or sane for an individual or a community?. Join in a great conversation with Dr Jefferey B...
Deadly Indifference
08 Jul 2021
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Send us a textAn interview with Eric Sammons, editor in chief of Crisis magazine, discussing his latest book Deadly Indifference (Crisis publications ...
Follow the Frenchman! On the Lafayette Trail
01 Jul 2021
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Send us a textA discussion with Julien Icher about the Lafayette Trail . The Marquis de Lafayette, French Aristocracy and American Revolutionary H...
The Rifle and The Greatest Generation
24 Jun 2021
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Send us a textThe M-1 Garand, the standard rifle for World War II Infantry man. becomes a microphone for the living members of the Greatest Gene...
Three Rogues n Gettysburg
17 Jun 2021
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Send us a textNow more than ever it is necessary to speak about the US Civil War. Join Michele McAloon in a discussion with J. Geoffrey Barber, author...
Curious about Curiosity
10 Jun 2021
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Send us a textJoin me in a delightful interview about a delightful book as I talk to Professor F.H. Buckley about his new book Curiosity and Its Twe...
The Unbroken Thread
03 Jun 2021
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Send us a textTo interview the author of one of the most currently talked about books today is always a great opportunity. To talk to an author who ...
Rock and Roll and the founding of America
27 May 2021
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Send us a textWhen Jimi Hendrix played the Star Spangled banner at Woodstock was he breaking tradition or displaying a distinctly American heritag...
Everything is symbol or parable.
20 May 2021
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Send us a textJames Matthew Wilson, one of the foremost literary artists in America today talks about his beautiful book "The Strangeness of ...
Gentlemen and Chivalry
13 May 2021
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Send us a textThis one book could save our society. A stunning interview with Brad Miner, author of The Compleat Gentleman; The Modern Man's Guid...
Charging the Sniper's Nest
06 May 2021
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Send us a textThere is no Finer Time to be a FAITHFUL Catholic. A great interview with Austin Ruse, author of Under Siege: There is No Finer Time To...
An Imperfect History: Real Heroes and Faulted Men
30 Apr 2021
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Send us a textA marvelous interview with Dan Leroy author of Liberty's Lions; The Catholic Revolutionaries Who Established America" publis...
"Fighting for the Life we want to live"
22 Apr 2021
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Send us a textA wonderful interview with first time novelist Kathryn Goodwin Tone about her coming of age young adult novel "The King's Broa...
Running and winning in life and faith
15 Apr 2021
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Send us a textA fun and inspiring interview with one of the busiest shepherds in the Church. Bishop Thomas John Paprocki author of Running for a...
Is a nickel worth a dime anymore?
08 Apr 2021
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Send us a textA charming interview about money and the American psyche with a truly great American author Lance Morrow . He talks about sin , a fish, ...
From Stone vessels to the German Church
31 Mar 2021
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Send us a textA delightful conversation with Michael Heseman, author of Jesus of Nazareth, "Archaeologists retracing the footsteps of Christ"...
Who will be the Next Pope?
25 Mar 2021
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Send us a textIn the 21st century few positions garner as much attention as the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Who will be the next Pope? What q...
A lamb and A Wolf. A Primer for Identity Politics
18 Mar 2021
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Send us a textA Discussion with Dr Joshua Mitchell on his sensational book An American Awakening : Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our ...
Hearing His Mother
11 Mar 2021
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Send us a textFrom a Robert Frost poem to a faded postcard how do we find the influence of Our Mother? Dr Michael Pakaluk, an Aristotelian scholar a...
A Most English Princess..An interview with Clare McHugh
03 Mar 2021
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Send us a text A tale of politics, royalty, family, and the commitments which define us all. An interview with author Clare McHugh "A Most Eng...
Legacy of Secrecy in the Roman Catholic Church
03 Mar 2021
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Send us a text Why is the Roman Catholic Church still shrouded in Secrecy? An interview with Dr Dyan Elliot, author of The Corruptor of Boys, So...
Land of Hope...A Great American Story
03 Mar 2021
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Send us a textIn times of Change and Danger we must look backward to look forward. This is an interview with Dr Wilfred McClay of the highly acc...
Interview with Charles Coulombe author Blessed Charles of Austria
08 Feb 2021
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Send us a textMichele McAloon speaks with Charles Coulombe the author of the recently published book Blessed Charles of Austria. In this delightful ...