Episodes

  • #032 | NO WAY BACK: The Reality of ”Gender Affirming Care” with Stephanie Winn

    #032 | NO WAY BACK: The Reality of ”Gender Affirming Care” with Stephanie Winn
    Jun 23 2023
    Stephanie Winn is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Portland, Oregon. She runs the You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist podcast and produced the documentary “No Way Back: The Reality of Gender Affirming Care,” formerly titled “Affirmation Generation”.   Follow her on Twitter, YouTube, and Locals at @sometherapist.   http://nowaybackfilm.com/
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • #031 | The Devil and Bella Dodd with Mary Nicholas

    #031 | The Devil and Bella Dodd with Mary Nicholas
    May 1 2023
    “Step by step, I retreated from God and went forth to meet the world, the flesh, and the devil. . . . I’d join the devil himself. . . . There is no doubt that I traveled with him at my side and that he extorted a great price for his company.”   This is how Bella Dodd (1904–69) described her long battle with atheistic communism, an ideology her Church calls a “satanic scourge.” She later described it as a “school of darkness,” a school of “hate,” a school for which she was a master organizer and infiltrator of every organization—public, private, and even ecclesiastical.   Bella Dodd courageously left the Communist Party and its diabolical machinations. Her former communist affiliates then smeared her with eerily familiar epithets to modern ears, dubbing her everything from a “fascist” to a “racist.” Some things never change.   One thing that changed, however, was Bella Dodd. The man who helped pull her from the pit? A priest. A priest by the name of Fulton Sheen. Bella Dodd’s story thereafter changed dramatically from one of seduction by the devil to redemption through Christ. She dedicated the remainder of her life to a special penance: warning the world of the evil of communism and its plans.   https://a.co/d/9Uo8hN8
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    57 mins
  • #030 | Edith Stein’s Philosophy of the Feminine with Dr. Catherine Pakaluk

    #030 | Edith Stein’s Philosophy of the Feminine with Dr. Catherine Pakaluk
    Apr 13 2023
    Catherine Ruth Pakaluk (Ph.D, 2010) joined the faculty at the Busch School in the summer of 2016, and is the founder of the Social Research academic area, where she is an Associate Professor of Social Research and Economic Thought. Formerly, she was Assistant Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at Ave Maria University. Her primary areas of research include economics of education and religion, family studies and demography, Catholic social thought and political economy. Dr. Pakaluk is the 2015 recipient of the Acton Institute’s Novak Award, a prize given for “significant contributions to the study of the relationship between religion and economic liberty.” Pakaluk did her doctoral work at Harvard University under Caroline Hoxby, David Cutler, and 2016 Nobel-laureate Oliver Hart. Her dissertation, “Essays in Applied Microeconomics”, examined the relationship between religious ‘fit' and educational outcomes, the role of parental effort in observed peer effects and school quality, and theoretical aspects of the contraceptive revolution as regards twentieth century demographic trends.    Beyond her formal training in economics, Dr. Pakaluk studied Catholic social thought under the mentorship of F. Russell Hittinger, and various aspects of Thomistic thought with Steven A. Long. She is a widely-admired writer and sought-after speaker on matters of culture, gender, social science, the vocation of women, and the work of Edith Stein. She lives in Maryland with her husband Michael Pakaluk and eight children.   Read Edith Stein here:   Essays On Woman (The Collected Works of Edith Stein) (English and German Edition) https://a.co/d/7IHdJZY   Edith Stein: The Philosophical Background https://a.co/d/h8F3cIA
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • #029 | Covid: The Final Autopsy with Alex Gutentag

    #029 | Covid: The Final Autopsy with Alex Gutentag
    Mar 24 2023
    It's been three years since the rolling social, medical, and political revolution sparked by the coronavirus began. Alex Gutentag was a special needs teacher who began writing about the inconsistencies and outright lies peddled by bureaucrats during the pandemic. As she kept writing, her work gained national attention for its clarity, incisiveness, and fearless dedication to the truth. She is now a columnist at Tablet magazine as well as Compact. Follow her on Twitter for more.   https://twitter.com/galexybrane
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • #028 | Big Fertility’s Big Lies with Jennifer Lahl

    #028 | Big Fertility’s Big Lies with Jennifer Lahl
    Mar 9 2023
    The fertility industry is lying to women.   Jennifer Lahl is the founder and president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lahl couples her 25 years of experience as a pediatric critical care nurse, a hospital administrator, and senior-level nursing management with a deep passion to speak for those who have no voice.   Lahl’s writings have appeared in various publications including First Things Magazine the American Journal of Bioethics. In 2009, Lahl was associate producer of the documentary film, Lines That Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate, which was an official selection in the 2010 California Independent Film Festival. She made her writing and directing debut, producing the documentary film, Eggsploitation, which has been awarded 2011 Best Documentary by the California Independent Film Festival, has sold in over 30 countries, and is showing all over the U.S. In December 2012, she released her film, Anonymous Father's Day, which tells the stories of people created via anonymous sperm donation. An updated and expanded version of Eggsploitation was released in September 2013, adding new egg donor stories and updates. Her forthcoming documentary film, addressing Surrogacy, was released in January 2014. In 2015, Ms. Lahl released, "Maggie's Story", her first documentary short film on one woman's story of being a ten-time egg donor now battling stage IV cancer.
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    53 mins
  • #027 | Meghan, Harry, and The Losing Logic of Cancel Culture with Caylan Ford

    #027 | Meghan, Harry, and The Losing Logic of Cancel Culture with Caylan Ford
    Feb 23 2023
    Caylan Ford an international affairs specialist, documentary filmmaker, writer, and education reformer. She earned a Bachelor’s degree (Hons.) in Chinese history from the University of Calgary, then relocated to Washington DC to pursue a Master’s degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University. More recently, she graduated with distinction from Oxford University with a Master’s degree in International Human Rights Law, where she wrote her dissertation on the international crime of genocide. Her current documentary project examines the problem of “cancel culture..” A mother of two young children, Caylan is also involved in the education field. She is the founder and board chair of the Calgary Classical Academy, a new charter school offering Canada’s first public, non-denominational classical education program.    caylanford.com    
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • #026 | Why Modern Relationships Fail with Adam Lane Smith

    #026 | Why Modern Relationships Fail with Adam Lane Smith
    Feb 14 2023
    Adam worked for years as a licensed psychotherapist and now focuses his specialty as an Attachment Specialist. Through his new role, Adam helps men and women build a new foundation for their life by addressing the unique attachment wounds that are common to each. According to Adam, attachment issues as their core means you can transform your relationships in marriage, dating, work, friendship, and family. By showing his clients how to repair their attachment wounds, Adam teaches people to open up to others, find their voice, receive the love they’ve always wanted, and live with confidence.     Find him at https://adamlanesmith.com — on YouTube at @attachmentadam — on Twitter @Brometheus
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    44 mins
  • #025 | The War on Love with Dean Abbott

    #025 | The War on Love with Dean Abbott
    Feb 2 2023
    Dean Abbott is a counselor and mental health professional living in Ohio. He tweets and writes almost daily about relationships and the state of the modern soul. He is the author of two books, both of which are available on Amazon.   On Character and Community: https://a.co/d/0Z3QmyN Common Good: Reflections on Everyday Vices and Virtues: https://a.co/d/5cdCoTK    
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    1 hr and 15 mins