Episodes

  • Health Update: Post-Surgery

    Health Update: Post-Surgery
    May 20 2025
    I wanted to provide a health update, in light of all of the well-wishes and inquiries that I have received. I had the gallbladder surgery, which was successful. I now have four small wounds in my abdomen, which are healing nicely…
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    4 mins
  • Don’t Read a Pope Like a President

    Don’t Read a Pope Like a President
    May 11 2025
    As Catholics and commentators alike dissect Pope Leo XIV’s past, we’re reminded that the papacy is not a political office—and treating it like one blinds us to its spiritual reality.
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    4 mins
  • Health Update: Surgery Pending

    Health Update: Surgery Pending
    Apr 30 2025
    I have been told that I need to have surgery, and that I may not safely delay. I have lost the ability to eat most foods, because my gallbladder needs to be removed. Surgery is scheduled for May 6th, and I would appreciate your prayers for its success and a rapid recovery.
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    2 mins
  • In the Wake of Pope Francis

    In the Wake of Pope Francis
    Apr 23 2025
    With Pope Francis’ passing, many rush to praise. Let’s have a more honest reckoning—acknowledging ambiguity, failures, and the need for mercy.
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    4 mins
  • Indifference Amidst the Cries

    Indifference Amidst the Cries
    Apr 15 2025
    In a world that trivializes evil and buries grief, we must confront both the brokenness within and the ruin around us. Easter is a reckoning.
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    5 mins
  • Resisting the Collapse, One Room at a Time

    Resisting the Collapse, One Room at a Time
    Apr 13 2025
    As the West unravels, hope endures—not in online echo chambers, but in rooms where people still care about truth, beauty, and rebuilding what was lost. This is how we fight the collapse.
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    3 mins
  • To Chicago—Because the Truth Must Be Spoken

    To Chicago—Because the Truth Must Be Spoken
    Apr 9 2025
    Ahead of a speaking event in Chicago, a candid reflection on the necessity of real-world community, the failures of DEI, and the delusions of disarmament in violent cities. Some things still need to be said face-to-face.
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    4 mins
  • The Cultivation of Despair: How Modern Society Breeds Hopelessness

    The Cultivation of Despair: How Modern Society Breeds Hopelessness
    Apr 1 2025
    Modern society cultivates despair by depriving people of meaning, heroes, and true human connection. In a world that denies the soul and offers no redemption, isolation and hopelessness thrive. But we were made for more.
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    6 mins