Best Catholic And A Heathen Podcasts (2024)

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Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds & the tradition of English verse w/ James Matthew Wilson 1:17:22

2d ago1:17:22

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Poet & philosopher James Matthew Wilson rejoins the show to read poems from his new collection, Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds, published by Word on Fire; and to discuss the tradition of English poetry, especially with regard to meter. Don't miss the title poem, a verse setting of a passage from Aquinas's Summa Theologiae! Links Saint Thomas …

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Episode 2: Group Projects from Hell: The Satanic Panic 53:06

8d ago53:06

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The Satanic Panic: the collective fear of Satanism sweeping North America in the 1980s. What really happened? Does playing D&D actually invoke Satan? How many times can the gang say the word “debunked”? MK tells us about his favorite ex-Satanist comedian/minister growing up, Ian breaks down the cultural timeline of events, and Kathy shares her skep…

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Catholics create huge new ballet: interview with producer, composer, and choreographer of Raffaella 1:44:21

16d ago1:44:21

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On June 29 and 30, in South Bend, Indiana, there will be a major and even unprecedented event in the history of American Catholic art: a new, full-length classical ballet production with a new story, new music, new sets and costumes, and nationally known dancers - with a cast of about fifty. This fairytale ballet, titled Raffaella, was commissioned…

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178 - Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage? w/ Jessica Hooten Wilson 40:49

2M ago40:49

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A new book presenting material from Flannery O’Connor’s unfinished third novel shows the great Catholic writer pushing beyond her established fictional territory. Jessica Hooten Wilson returns to the podcast to discuss her book, Flannery O’Connor’s Why Do the Heathen Rage? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress. Please consider donating to …

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177 - "The Catholic Bach": Jan Dismas Zelenka 58:20

2M ago58:20

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Jan Dismas Zelenka was a Bohemian Catholic baroque composer who has at times been called "The Catholic Bach" because his best compositions are on par with those of J.S. Bach, who indeed knew and esteemed Zelenka. This episode covers Zelenka's career at the Catholic court chapel in Dresden with its grand liturgies inspired by Habsburg piety and Jesu…

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Episode 1: "We're not Catholic, we don't do that" 58:20

2M ago58:20

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In which we introduce ourselves and explain a little about what it is we think we're doing here—practically, spiritually, and otherwise. MK relives getting in trouble for crossing himself, Kathy likens Catholics to a cool biker gang, and Tech Cherub Ian gets nostalgic about Narnia. — Jesus That's Weird is a podcast about our relationship with relig…

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176 - God and the City - D.C. Schindler 1:04:26

3M ago1:04:26

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One of the most brilliant philosophers working today, D.C. Schindler, returns to the Catholic Culture Podcast to discuss his latest book, God and the City: An Essay in Political Metaphysics. In it, he draws an analogy between metaphysics as the most comprehensive science in the theoretical order and politics as the most comprehensive science in the…

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175 - St. Aldhelm's Riddles, Poetry & Public Service - A.M. Juster 1:19:15

4M ago1:19:15

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Today’s guest is a man with two names and two careers. For decades he has been a distinguished poet and translator under the name of A.M. Juster. This is an acronym for his Christian name, Michael J. Astrue, who for many years was a lawyer, biotech executive, and public servant, most notably serving as Commissioner of the Social Security Administra…

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174 - Medieval Mystery Plays w/ Gregory Roper 1:11:36

4M ago1:11:36

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Gregory Roper, a professor of literature at the University of Dallas, joins the podcast to discuss medieval “mystery plays” (also called “miracle plays”). In England these plays, often grouped together in cycles spanning all of salvation history, were performed by town guilds for the festival of Corpus Christi. This tradition, which developed out o…

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173 – Chastity, Integrity and the Desert Fathers – Bishop Erik Varden 1:06:04

4M ago1:06:04

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Erik Varden, bishop of Trondheim, Norway as well as Trappist monk, joins the podcast to discuss his new book Chastity: Reconciliation of the Senses. Topics discussed include: Recovering the true meaning of the word “chastity” Continence and chastity are not the same thing What the Desert Fathers can teach us about chastity Why we need to meditate o…

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172 - Fr. John Saward on turning away from von Balthasar, and on the invisible world of angels 55:31

5M ago55:31

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The renowned English theologian Fr. John Saward makes his podcast debut to discuss his new book on angels, the role of art and beauty in his theological work, and his turn away from the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar after years of studying and translating his works. Fr. Saward’s books named in this episode: World Invisible: The Catholic Doctri…

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The Heresies—Judaizers and Ebionites: Denying Christ’s Divinity 33:59

5M ago33:59

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Is Jesus Christ God? Is he a man? Is he both? Spoiler alert: the mainstream Church answered with the both/and, but the factions on the fringes tended to choose one or the other. For our first heresy, we take a look at the Ebionites, and their New Testament-era predecessors, the so-called Judaizers. These concluded that Jesus Christ was a mere human…

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Highlights: Jonathan Roumie, classical Christian education, Nouvelle théologie 1:13:31

6M ago1:13:31

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This episode collects highlights from episodes 74-76 of the Catholic Culture Podcast. Links to full episodes: Ep. 74—What Is Classical Christian Education?—Andrew Kern https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/ep-74-what-is-classical-christian-education-andrew-kern/ Ep. 75—Don’t Scapegoat the Nouvelle Théologie—Richard DeClue https://www.catholicc…

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171 - St. Jerome's Letters to Friends in Mourning - David G. Bonagura, Jr. 40:24

7M ago40:24

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A new collection of letters shows the tender side of St. Jerome, as he writes to console various friends on the death of their loved ones. Translator and editor David G. Bonagura, Jr., joins the podcast to discuss Jerome's Tears: Letters to Friends in Mourning. Topics include: Jerome's Christian twist on the "consolatory epistle" genre practiced by…

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170 - Art Participates in God's Governance - Bradley Elliott, O.P. 1:01:02

7M ago1:01:02

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Fr. Bradley Elliott, a professional drummer turned Dominican friar, joins the podcast to discuss his book, The Shape of the Artistic Mind: A Search for the Metaphysical Link Between Art and Morals in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas. Themes include: Man’s capacity to participate in God’s creative activity and governance of the world How human artistic…

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169 - The Good Death of Kate Montclair - Daniel McInerny 48:12

7M ago48:12

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Daniel McInerny joins the podcast to discuss his novel, The Good Death of Kate Montclair, the modern cult of authenticity, the desire for control that tempts people to euthanasia, and what it truly means to accept your death. Publisher’s description for the novel: Kate Montclair is dying. She has arrived at late middle age loveless, childless, and …

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The Catholic Culture Podcast Soundtrack 30:09

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6:51 Franciscan Eyes 14:33 Forbearance 15:52 The Mourners 20:19 Spiritual Combat 25:56 Passage Compositions and piano by Thomas Mirus; recorded spring 2018, Brooklyn. Listen to this music on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/CVqC2ZukI9o Download these tracks as lossless .wav files here: https://www.catholicculture.org/multimedia/thomas_mirus_2018.zip …

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168 - Tolkien's Hard-Won Faith - Holly Ordway 1:28:06

8M ago1:28:06

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Holly Ordway continues to break new ground in Tolkien scholarship with her latest book, Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography. This work sheds important light on the experience of Catholics like Tolkien and his mother in the hostile Anglican establishment of their time, on the crucial influence of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri on the young Tolkie…

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Highlights: Esolen in the Wild West, Thomas More’s conscience, and more 1:18:17

8M ago1:18:17

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Looking back at highlights from past episodes of the Catholic Culture Podcast and Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast. Full episodes below: Catholic Culture Podcast Ep. 65—Reason with Stories, Philosophize with Your Life (Vision of the Soul Pt. III)—James Matthew Wilson https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/ep-64-reason-with-stories-philosophi…

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167 - Early Feminism Was Worse Than You Think - Carrie Gress 59:42

10M ago59:42

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Catholic critics of feminism often start with the assumption that the "first wave" of feminism, led by 19th-century figures such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was basically a good thing and compatible with Catholic teachings; only later in the 1960s and 70s, according to this narrative, was the movement "hijacked" by "radical femi…

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166 - Poetry of St. John of the Cross w/ Carla Galdo 1:29:49

10M ago1:29:49

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St. John of the Cross is not only one of the Church’s greatest mystics, but also one of the most important figures in the Spanish poetic tradition. A new book of translations of St. John’s poems, brought into English by contemporary bilingual poet Rhina Espaillat, gives us a chance to discover or rediscover this singular spiritual and artistic mast…

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165 - Gifts of the Holy Spirit w/ John of St. Thomas & Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. 1:50:38

10M ago1:50:38

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Anyone who went through confirmation prep at some point learned the list of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. But most would struggle to define the gifts, especially the ones that sound a bit similar, like wisdom, knowledge, and understanding? The great 17th-century Thomistic commentator John of St. Thomas discoursed on the gifts of the Holy Spir…

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164 - When "engaging the culture" means loving mediocrity - Joshua Gibbs 1:38:11

11M ago1:38:11

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Today it's taken for granted that we as Christians are called to "engage the culture" in order to evangelize. Often "engaging the culture" means paying an inordinate amount of attention to popular commercial entertainment in order to show unbelievers how hip we are, straining to find a "Christ-figure" in every comic book movie, and making worship m…

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Highlights: Cultural appropriation, ugly beauty, English poet-martyrs, Polish cinema 1:13:59

11M ago1:13:59

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Looking back at highlights from past episodes of the Catholic Culture Podcast and Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast. Full episodes below: CCP Ep. 63—Beauty Revealing Being (Vision of the Soul Pt. II)—James Matthew Wilson https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/ep-63-beauty-revealing-being-vision-soul-pt-2-james-matthew-wilson/ CCP Ep. 69 - The…

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163 - Reconciling Distributism and Economics - Alexander W. Salter 1:23:27

11M ago1:23:27

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Distributism, the social-political-economic philosophy advanced by G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc under the influence of Catholic social teaching, offers intriguing ways of rethinking the modern social-political-economic order. But distributists have often been found lacking in serious practical plans to bring about their ideal social order, an…

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162 - Saints Who Inspired Saints - Kimberly Begg 35:09

12M ago35:09

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Kimberly Begg joins the podcast to discuss her new book, Unbreakable: Saints Who Inspired Saints to Moral Courage. The book tells the story of four saints - St. Joan of Arc, St. José Luis Sánchez del Río, Bl. Jerzy Popiełuszko, and St. Teresa of Calcutta - and for each of those saints, includes the stories of the saints who influenced him or her. T…

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Catholic And A Heathen Podcasts

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The Catholic Culture Podcast

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Jesus That's Weird

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The Modern Heathen Podcast

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A Catholic and a Heathen

A Catholic and a Heathen

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Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds & the tradition of English verse w/ James Matthew Wilson 1:17:22

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Episode 2: Group Projects from Hell: The Satanic Panic 53:06

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Catholics create huge new ballet: interview with producer, composer, and choreographer of Raffaella 1:44:21

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178 - Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage? w/ Jessica Hooten Wilson 40:49

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177 - "The Catholic Bach": Jan Dismas Zelenka 58:20

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Episode 1: "We're not Catholic, we don't do that" 58:20

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176 - God and the City - D.C. Schindler 1:04:26

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175 - St. Aldhelm's Riddles, Poetry & Public Service - A.M. Juster 1:19:15

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174 - Medieval Mystery Plays w/ Gregory Roper 1:11:36

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173 – Chastity, Integrity and the Desert Fathers – Bishop Erik Varden 1:06:04

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172 - Fr. John Saward on turning away from von Balthasar, and on the invisible world of angels 55:31

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The Heresies—Judaizers and Ebionites: Denying Christ’s Divinity 33:59

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Highlights: Jonathan Roumie, classical Christian education, Nouvelle théologie 1:13:31

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171 - St. Jerome's Letters to Friends in Mourning - David G. Bonagura, Jr. 40:24

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170 - Art Participates in God's Governance - Bradley Elliott, O.P. 1:01:02

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169 - The Good Death of Kate Montclair - Daniel McInerny 48:12

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The Catholic Culture Podcast Soundtrack 30:09

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168 - Tolkien's Hard-Won Faith - Holly Ordway 1:28:06

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Highlights: Esolen in the Wild West, Thomas More’s conscience, and more 1:18:17

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167 - Early Feminism Was Worse Than You Think - Carrie Gress 59:42

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166 - Poetry of St. John of the Cross w/ Carla Galdo 1:29:49

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165 - Gifts of the Holy Spirit w/ John of St. Thomas & Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. 1:50:38

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164 - When "engaging the culture" means loving mediocrity - Joshua Gibbs 1:38:11

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Highlights: Cultural appropriation, ugly beauty, English poet-martyrs, Polish cinema 1:13:59

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163 - Reconciling Distributism and Economics - Alexander W. Salter 1:23:27

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162 - Saints Who Inspired Saints - Kimberly Begg 35:09

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