In this episode we consider the different ways in which identity is constituted, and how our identities might be in tension or even conflict.

You can find the substack piece we reference here.

In this episode we consider some classic questions about the ethics of Jesus and the Church's relationship to culture.

In this episode we examine the current intellectual and ideological foundations of the New Right in America, and consider how the right and the left seem to mirror some ancient Christian heresies.

We reference and quote a recent episode of The Ezra Klein Show. You can find the episode and the transcript of it here.

In this episode we talk about what to do when you come across a repugnant idea. With T.S. Eliot as our guide, we consider what strong visceral reactions to ideas and ideologies might tell us about ourselves.

The inspiration for the conversation was a Substack piece Scott published today. You can find it here. We actually discussed the Eliot essay we reference in episode 154 of this podcast, which you can find here.

In this episode we talk about Bishop Mariann Budde's recent sermon, in which she personally addressed and exhorted President Trump. We wonder what the Gospel is for President Trump, and the great Robert Farrar Capon would have done in Bishop Budde's shoes.

You can find Bishop Budde's sermon here.

You can find a host of Capon quotes for your reading pleasure here.

In this episode we talk about what it means to walk by faith and not by sight in public life.

In this episode we consider whether our democracy can adequately respond to the concerns and crises that face the American citizenry.

We were inspired in part by a conversation Jon Stewart just had with American historian Jon Meacham. You can watch the conversation here, or listen to it wherever you get your podcasts.

It's Monday and we have a few things to say with the Inauguration just a week away!

In this episode we engage with a talk given by Bishop Robert Barron at the Acton institute. The topic of the address is the philosophical roots of "wokeism."

You can listen to the talk here, or read a transcript of it here.

In this episode we talk about Original Sin and human origins, inspired in part by an essay on the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that appeared in a recent issue of the Christian Century.

You can find the article we reference here..