We welcome Dr. Stanley Ridgley to share how DEI is deeply woven into our institutions, how much money its proponents are being paid to promote it, and why so many schools are afraid to say no. Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

DEI Exposed: How the Biggest Con of the Century Almost Toppled Higher Education

Sowell EXPOSES Everything WRONG with IVY LEAGUE Schools (Video)

Apple executive sorry for saying white people can be diverse

Daily Beast Mocks Stabbing Victim Salman Rushdie for Canceling Commencement Address

Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline

America’s College Towns Go From Boom to Bust

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Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. explains why saying Truth with a capital T sends today’s academics into meltdown—and how Christ offers not control, but fulfillment.

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What have we lost through an ignorance of our collective history? What are being manipulated into forgetting? Father McTeigue confronts these questions in this week's episode of Let's Talk About This. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

Nicholas Carr | What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

Teachers Quit because of Technology

The Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember

Amusing Ourselves to Death 20th (twentieth) edition Text Only: Neil Postman

The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains

Forgotten Customs of Rogation Days - OnePeterFive

Another Sort of Learning: Schall S.J., Fr. James V.

Restoring Lost Customs of Christendom

Hey! We Found Your Culture! (Matthew Plese) 1/23/25

Social media giant hit with scathing ad campaign amid anger over AI chatbots sexually exploiting kids

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We welcome Cassandra Nelson to discuss whether there is value in fiction in terms of our spiritual lives. Is there an implicit message about the human soul that can be revealed by reflecting on how Christ used stories to teach?

Show Notes

A Theology of Fiction: Nelson, Cassandra

Cassandra Nelson: Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture

A Theology Of Reading: The Hermeneutics Of Love: Jacobs, Alan

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction: Jacobs, Alan

Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind

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Some of those publicly pontificating about our new pope are understanding him through only a secular lens, then they are adding partisanship and distorting moral doctrine. Let's take a closer look.

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We welcome Diane O'Toole to talk about what crisis pregnancy centers really do, and how the state of Massuchusetts is using tax dollars to persecute such places and keep women away from the help that they need. Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

Pregnancy Care Alliance of Massachusetts

Choice Begins Here

The Fatima Center

Rachel's Vineyard

Worldwide Directory of Pregnancy Help

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From battling heresy to confronting modern chaos, the legacy of three great Leos may shape the mission of the Church’s newest shepherd. Fr. McTeigue connects the dots—and offers a call to prayer.

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5/9/25 - Change of plans... we have a new Pope! Joe McClane, host of A Catholic Take, joins Father McTeigue as we unpack the first sermon delivered by Pope Leo XIV and consider some potential "first steps" that our Holy Father may consider taking.

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