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On today’s episode, Dan Churchwell, Acton’s director of programs and education, sits down with Stix Golf co-founders Gabe Coyne and Collin Duff to discuss entrepreneurship, product design, and building purpose-driven brands. 

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This month on the Acton Rundown Dan & Mark chat about upcoming Acton events and new video content.

Winter 2025 Religion & Liberty:

Orthodox Social Thought and the Public Square by Anne Bradley

The Upside-Down Kingdom of Jesus of Nazareth by Jordan Ballor

Video content:

Dylan Pahman Breaks Down the History of Economic Thought

Isaac Willour Is Helping Corporate America Move on from ESG

Dave Hebert Rings in 2026 by Analyzing America’s Economy

Noah Gould Is Finding Skeptics Finding God

Upcoming events:

Who Do We Trust Now? Charisma, Expertise, and the Future of Leadership

March 19, 2026 • 12:00pm • Grand Rapids, MI ALS Molly Worthen

Chicago Luncheon

Rethinking Charity: "Building Civil Society” FAVs

April 30, 2026 – May 2, 2026 Courtyard Marriott

Grand Rapids, MI

Acton University 2026 | Acton Institute June 22, 2026 to June 25, 2026

Acton’s 36th Annual Dinner

November 10, 2026 6:00pm

In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Noah Gould, Alumni and Student Programs Manager at the Acton Institute, about the shape that religion and faith in God takes for those who journey from atheism and skepticism to the Christian faith.

Why are high-profile skeptics taking a fresh look at the Christian faith? Are we experiencing more general revival? What can churches do to be open to a new generation of seekers?

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A Political Scientist Contemplates God | Noah Gould

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Why I Am Now a Christian

What Happened to Historian Molly Worthen? | Molly Worthen

Joe Rogan, Kid Rock, Bigfoot … and the Resurrection | Dan Hugger

Perspective: What the data really says about religious revival and Gen Z | Ryan Burge

Joe Rogan Experience #2252 — Wesley Huff

Taking Charles Murray Seriously | Anthony Sacramone

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In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Dave Hebert, a senior research fellow at AIER and an affiliate scholar here at the Acton Institute, about the state of the American economy, economic policy, and how American politics on both the left and the right is increasingly economically illiterate.

How is the U.S. economy doing? What is the relationship between the stock market and the economy as a whole? Can politicians really make things more affordable for ordinary people?

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Trump Credits ‘Mister Tariff’ for the Country’s Strength. Economists Beg to Differ.

What to Know About the Criminal Investigation of the Fed Chair

China Announces Record Trade Surplus as Its Exports Flood World Markets

Fixing Affordability Isn’t Easy. Here Are Four Suggestions.

A Lack of Affordability Is a Supply Side Issue

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In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Isaac Willour, an analyst at Bowyer Research, America's leading pro-fiduciary proxy consulting firm, about all things ESG, an investing principle that prioritizes environmental issues, social issues, and corporate governance.

What is ESG and how does it influence corporate governance and investment? What moral responsibilities do shareholders have in corporate governance? How do large state pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and institutional investors fit into the world of ESG? What is the role of consumers and political polarization in driving corporate activism? Are right-wing and left-wing corporate activists two sides of the same coin?

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Who Benefitted from DEI Initiatives? | Acton Line

Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation | Business Roundtable

Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia—CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Annual Summary of Engagements with Corporations 2024–25

Bowyer Research

David Bahnsen: My Speech at the Gilead Sciences Shareholder Meeting

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In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Dylan Pahman, research fellow at the Acton Institute and founder and president of the St. Nicholas Cabasilas Institute for Orthodoxy & Liberty, about his account of the history of economic thought found in his new book, The Kingdom of God and the Common Good: Orthodox Christian Social Thought (Ancient Faith, 2025).

What is the Christian prehistory of economics? How do moral questions inform the work of the classical political economists? Why does modern economics distance itself from moral questions?

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The Kingdom of God and the Common Good: Orthodox Christian Social Thought | Dylan Pahman

Dylan Pahman Is Starting the Conversation on Orthodox Christian Social Thought | Acton Line

From Christian Political Economy to Christian Socialism | 2nd Annual Academic Colloquium

The Mainstreaming of Marx: Measuring the Effect of the Russian Revolution on Karl Marx’s Influence | Phillip W. Magness and Michael Makovi

History of Economic Analysis | Joseph A. Schumpeter

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This month on the Acton Rundown Dan & Mark chat about upcoming Acton events and new video content.

Winter 2025 Religion & Liberty:

Why Orwell Still Matters by John Rodden

Video content:

Stephanie Slade Is Chronicling the New Right

Peter Boettke Is Teaching the Humanistic Foundations of Austrian Economics

Rev. Robert A. Sirico Responds to Jimmy Lai's Guilty Verdict #freejimmylai

Stephen Barrows Explains the Jimmy Lai Verdict

Acton Institute's 2025 Christmas Message

Father Robert Sirico on What Christmas Is All About

Kris Mauren Is Thinking About Think Tanks

Upcoming events:

Entrepreneurship and the Economy in Uncertain Times

Chicago Luncheon

Acton University 2026 | Acton Institute

In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Kris Mauren, co-founder and president of the Acton Institute, about all things Acton. What was the original, animating idea behind the founding of the Acton Institute? Why a think tank? What makes Grand Rapids so grand? What are the greatest challenges Acton faces in fulfilling its mission? What new initiatives should viewers be on the lookout for?

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Acton Institute

Sources in Early Modern Economics, Ethics, and Law (First Series)

Sources in Early Modern Economics, Ethics, and Law (Second Series)

Journal of Markets & Morality

Makers of Modern Christian Social Thought

The History of Freedom | Lord Actonnotes

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In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Father Robert Sirico, co-founder and president emeritus of the Acton Institute, about the true meaning of Christmas.

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A Charlie Brown Christmas | Charles M. Schulz

A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens

Pied Beauty | Gerard Manley Hopkins

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In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Stephen Barrows, chief operations officer of the Acton Institute, about the recent conviction of entrepreneur and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, who was found guilty by a Hong Kong court on Monday in a landmark national security trial.

Who is Jimmy Lai, and what is his long-standing relationship with Acton? What were the charges brought against him, and why are there reasons to doubt their fairness? How does Jimmy’s arrest, trial, and conviction show the erosion of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the rule of law in Hong Kong? What has been the reaction of the international community to the conviction? How can freedom-loving people show solidarity with Jimmy Lai?

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Hong Kong Court Finds Jimmy Lai Guilty in National Security Trial

Governments and groups condemn conviction of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai

Rev. Robert A. Sirico Responds to Jimmy Lai's Guilty Verdict #freejimmylai

The Hong Konger (documentary)

The Call of the Entrepreneur (documentary)

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