Best John Presley Podcasts (2024)

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Ep. 70 - Farrah Fawcett 28:23

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Farrah Fawcett -- the stunningly beautiful actress best known for her iconic role on Charlie's Angels -- passed away after a courageous public battle with anal cancer on June 25, 2009. Despite showing tremendous resilience and strength throughout her health struggles, Fawcett's death was overshadowed by the sudden death of pop superstar Michael Jac…

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The Trial of Hunter Biden 44:08

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Adam and guest co-host Jenn Scott discuss the recent conviction of first son Hunter Biden on felony gun charges. Show notes: https://rebrand.ly/cts288

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Discussing recent Church news with Matthew Bunson(13 June 2024) 39:58

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Marcus and Matthew Bunson talk about recent church news. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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Discussing the upcoming Sunday Gospel with Peggy Stanton(13 June 2024) 26:58

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Marcus and Peggy Stanton read and break down the upcoming Sunday Gospel. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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Marcus Comments: Who was St Anthony of Padua(13 June 2024) 12:50

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As we celebrate St Anthony of Padua feast day, Marcus examines who St Anthony of Padua the man was. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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Engaging the World Like the Early Church - Stephen Presley(12 June 2024) 39:41

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Amid a pagan culture that regarded their faith with suspicion, early Christians founded a religious movement that transformed the ancient world. Stephen Presley shows us how we can sanctify our secular society by following in their footsteps. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message…

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Edmund Miller and Alicia Wong(12 June 2024) 13:59

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Update on Al Kresta 25:41

7h ago25:41

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Al Kresta’s health has taken a turn for the worse. Dr. Monica Miller is the director of Citizens for a prolife society. She has been a friend of Al Kresta and Ave Maria Radio for many years now. She joins us today to talk about her friendship with Al and the great benefit his program has had on the Church and in her own apostolate. --- Send in a vo…

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167. Cultural Sanctification — Stephen O. Presley 54:56

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Joining me this week to talk a little church history and political theology is the author of Cultural Santificaiton: Engaging the World like the Early Church — Stephen O. Presley. Stephen is a senior fellow for religion and public life at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy (CRCD) and associate professor of church history at the Souther…

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Thomas Hobbes and Scriptural Politics with Alison McQueen 52:51

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Jordan and Philip talk with Professor Alison McQueen about Thomas Hobbes and his engagement with Scripture. They cover topics like who is Hobbes, what is the argument of Leviathan, the importance of biblical literacy for the study of Hobbes, the theological background of some of these old debates, and more. Resources: 1) Alison McQueen's website 2)…

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St. Thomas Aquinas and the Divine Truth of Scripture - Dr. John Boyle(11 June 2024) 27:00

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Today, St. Thomas Aquinas is best known for his Summa Theologiae and is regarded as a great exemplar of systematic theology. But if you traveled back in time and told him that, he would probably be surprised, for he likely saw himself more as a teacher of Sacred Scripture. Studying his Scriptural work can be a daunting task, and we take a crack at …

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Marcus Comments: The legacy of St. Barnabas the Apostle(11 June 2024) 13:00

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Marcus explores the legacy of St. Barnabas the Apostle. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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What Every Catholic should know about Suffering - Mark Giszczak(11 June 2024) 40:00

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Just as Job was tried, all of us are tested by suffering. It comes in many different forms: grief about the past, pain in the present, and sadness about what might have been. We explore personal dimensions of suffering with Mark Giszczak. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message…

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Why Celebrate the Sacred Heart? - Steve Ray(10 June 2024) 39:55

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Catholics dedicate June to the Sacred Heart. Is there a Biblical basis for this? Steve Ray has the answer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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What did John Paul II do, and how did he do it? - George Weigel(10 June 2024) 27:58

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When John Paul II visited Poland in June 1979, the New York Times declared that the visit “does not threaten the political order of the nation or of Eastern Europe.” Needless to say, the take hasn’t aged well. How did the pope do it? George Weigel joins us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message…

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Marcus Commentary: The Catholic Undertones of Lord of the Rings 12:57

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Marcus explores the Catholic Undertones of Lord of the Rings. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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Ep. 69 - Kate Spade 23:37

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On the morning of June 5, 2018, Kate Spade - the iconic fashion designer who revolutionized the handbag and accessory markets in the 1990s and 2000s - hanged herself in her Upper East Side apartment. But despite the tragedy, Kate Spade left a legacy of singular kindness and generosity, and will forever be known as one of the most important and succ…

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Revolt against Reality - Gary Michuta(7 June 2024) 26:00

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Everywhere you look, the culture is twisting truth into lies and lies into truth. How did we get to this bizarre point in history? More importantly, how can we fight the tide of insanity and win reality back? Gary Michuta joins us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message…

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Evangelizing the “Lapsed Atheists” - Dr. Rick Clements(7 June 2024) 13:00

8d ago13:00

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Shortly after the turn of the century, a new style of Atheism started to gain popularity. Dubbed the “New Atheism” and championed by figures like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, this position asserted that religion was actually harmful to society and was not to be merely tolerated – it should be eradicated. But this New Atheism cannot answer the ba…

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How Dante’s Inferno Can Explain Hell to Modern Seekers - Louis Markos(7 June 2024) 28:00

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What can modern and postmodern seekers learn from an epic journey to hell written seven hundred years ago by an Italian poet who was as influenced by Homer, Plato, Aristotle, and Virgil as he was by the Bible? A great deal! Louis Markos tells us why. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message…

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Marcus Commentary: What is God's Love?(7 June 2024) 12:52

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In his commentary Marcus examines what God's love means in all its forms. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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The Death of Elvis Presley Pt. 3: Operation Fountain Pen 55:05

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Adam powers on alone in his quest to convince the world Elvis Presley was probably a cop. This time around, the topic of discussion is an FBI operation that might hold the answer to what really happened to Elvis in 1977. Show notes: https://youdontshow.link/ctselvis3

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The Death of Elvis Presley Pt. 1: Orion 36:55

4h ago36:55

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Adam goes it alone for the first episode in a series about the strange 1977 death (?) of music legend Elvis Presley. This time around, the topic is author Gail Brewer-Giorgio and how she accidentally nailed the details of the King's life in a work of fiction, the highly bizarre real-life Elvis clone that work of fiction inspired, and some of the st…

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#241 | Cultural Sanctification with Stephen O. Presley, Pt. 2 49:27

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We are in a time where the cultural topography is shifting. The message hasn't changed, but our position in the culture has. Is there an example we can look to to find inspiration? Stephen O. Presley believes so. Drawing upon the first three centuries of Christianity, Stephen takes us on a journey into the mind of the early church of the first few …

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The Trillias Gambit - J.V. Hillard 1:08:40

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Send us a Text Message. JV and I sit down to discuss his Warminster Series and the art and craft of writing. *** Born of steel, fire, and black wind, J.V. Hilliard was raised as a highlander in the foothills of a once-great mountain chain on the confluence of the three mighty rivers that forged his realm’s wealth and power for generations. His fath…

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The Life and Faith of Winston Churchill - Gary Scott Smith (6 June, 2024) 26:57

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What did faith mean to Winston Churchill? Churchill was far from transparent about his religious beliefs and never regularly attended church services as an adult, even considering himself “not a pillar of the church but a buttress,” in the sense that he supported it “from the outside.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod…

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Indian Supreme Court: Anti-conversion law may be ‘unconstitutional’ - Ed Clancy (6 June, 2024) 12:38

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Catholics in India have expressed optimism following the Supreme Court’s recent comments that a draconian anti-conversion law may be found to violate the Indian Constitution. Ed Clancy has the details. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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“If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.” - Peggy Stanton (6 June, 2024) 26:58

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This Sunday’s Gospel encompasses, some of the Lord Jesus ‘most famous teachings, such as “a house divided against itself, cannot stand.” And some that are puzzling, as is “whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.” Peggy Stanton joins us with more. --- Send in a voice message: http…

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FDR’s D-Day Prayer (6 June, 2024) 12:51

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It’s the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings. Later in the day, President Roosevelt addressed the nation via radio, asking them to join him in prayer. We’ll play his address, and Marcus shares some additional thoughts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message…

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The Devil and Communist China - Steven Mosher (5 June, 2024) 40:00

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As Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said, “Within the philosophical system of Marx and Lenin, and at the heart of their psychology, hatred of God is the principal driving force, more fundamental than all their political and economic pretensions.” This is certainly true of the leaders of the Communist “dynasty” that currently rules China. As we commemorate th…

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What does the Bible say about Reconciliation? - James Prothro (5 June, 2024) 28:19

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One of Jesus’ most famous parables is the tale of the Prodigal Son, and its message of God’s repentance and forgiveness. This encounter with God’s mercy receives special expression in sacrament of Reconciliation, through which God’s wayward children are forgiven and restored by God’s grace to life in the household of God, which is the Church. James…

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Feast of St Boniface (5 June, 2024) 12:48

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Marcus looks at the life and teachings of St Boniface, whose feast we celebrate today. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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Hell and the Divine Presence Model with Zachary Manis 53:13

8d ago53:13

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Jordan talks with Zach Manis about his latest work on the problem of hell. They cover topics like What is the problem of hell? Which aspect of the problem do you think is most acute? What are some "bad" ways to avoid the problem of hell? What is the divine presence model? How do you deal with passages like 2 Thess. 1:9 and Luke 16:19-31, since thos…

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BRAD COLE- Well Paid and Organized Kindergarten (Phil Collins, Supertramp, Gino Vannelli) 1:34:56

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Keyboardist, Brad Cole talks about his 30 years touring with pop icon, Phil Collins. He remembers moving to Los Angeles in the late seventies and entering the session scene. He recalls the lessons he’s learned working with all different types of musical artists and reveals his secrets to working with complicated creatives. www.thecolemine.com www.d…

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Making Moral Decisions at the End of Life - Bruce Green (4 June, 2024) 27:23

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St. Robert Bellarmine writes that a person may be “compelled, when unprepared, oppressed by disease, and scarcely possessed of reason, to give an account of those things on which when in health, he had perhaps never once reflected.” This is the foundation of Bruce Green’s new book: Now and at the Hour of Our Death: Making Moral Decisions at the End…

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DOJ Sues Monica Miller (continued from last week) 12:52

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Last week Monica Miller learned that the Department of Justice has begun legal proceedings against her and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society. She joins us to continue the story. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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Does Neuroscience Disprove the Free Will? - EJ Neafsey (4 June, 2024) 27:07

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The concept of the Free Will is essential to the Christian understanding of the world - but could principles of neuroscience "disprove" it? Dr. EJ Neafsey joins us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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What do we mean when we say Evil is real? 12:53

3d ago12:53

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The Devil is Real. Evil is Real. Easy things to say, but what does it mean to believe it? Marcus discusses. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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The Eucharist: Mystery of Presence, Sacrifice, and Communion - Dr Lawrence Feingold (3 June, 2024) 48:07

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When St Thomas Aquinas addresses the mystery of the Eucharist, he makes an analogy between what is necessary for our bodily life and what is necessary for our supernatural life. Dr Lawrence Feingold joins us with more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message…

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Discernment: The First Philosophy - Roberto de la Noval (3 June, 2024) 27:04

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Contemporary relativism is difficult to pinpoint or define. This is why theological education at the level of our times must turn to the subject, executing a new natural theology that operates as an existential anthropology. Roberto De La Noval joins us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message…

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Do Martyrs Choose Death? (3 June, 2024) 12:54

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The word Martyr comes from a Greek word meaning “witness.” In its basest form, all of us who witness the Gospel are martyrs, but the word is usually used to mean witness to the point of bloodshed or death. It is often misconstrued that martyrs “seek suicide.” Marcus discusses. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alk…

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Ep. 68 - Sonny Bono 28:28

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On January 5, 1998, Sonny Bono -- one half of the legendary Sonny & Cher duo whose hit songs and variety show became cultural touchstones of the 60s and 70s -- died after a ski accident in Lake Tahoe. Although his musical legacy remains an important piece of music history, Bono's pivot to politics later in life is perhaps the best testament to a ca…

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Catholic Doctors, Ethicists Criticize Pontifical Academy for Life Book - Matthew Bunson (31 May, 2024) 40:02

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Representatives of the Australian Catholic Medical Association, with the support of several Catholic moral theologians and bioethicists, have criticized a book published by the Pontifical Academy for Life for its lack of understanding of “current science” and specific areas of medicine. Matthew Bunson has more on this and other Church news. --- Sen…

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How Justin Martyr Rescued the Old Testament - Rod Bennett (31 May, 2024) 39:44

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On June 1st we celebrate the Feast of St Justin Martyr. He was instrumental in the first century after Jesus died in helping to determine what would become the Bible. Rod Bennett tells the story. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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The Feast of Corpus Christi - Peggy Stanton (30 May, 2024) 25:51

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This weekend we celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi – just as the Eucharistic pilgrimages continue their trek across America. We unpack the Gospel with Peggy Stanton. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alkresta/message

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#240 | Cultural Sanctification with Stephen O. Presley, Pt. 1 50:34

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What should be our posture to the quickly changing, chaotic world around us? We all know about the early church in the book of Acts, but what about after that? What was the church's approach to the world around it in the second and third centuries? Can we learn anything from them? Stephen O. Presley believes that our time is not so similar from the…

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