Large-scale governance isn't bad, but in the hands of tyrants, it becomes a tool for alienating and atomizing the particular person from his family, friends, and his own creative reasoning, stifling rebellion before it begins. Featuring Marc Barnes and Andrew Willard Jones.

In this episode, Andrew and Marc take a deep dive into the nature of propaganda, as the primary way a tyrant creates a man-made world.

Thomas Aquinas says "cruelty" is a vice proper to tyrants. In this episode, Andrew and Marc argue that this infliction of pain is necessary, if the tyrant is going to make up for the motivating power he loses when he chooses to rule for private gain rather than the common good.

In this episode, Andrew and Marc describe bureaucracy as a necessary tool in tyranny's toolkit, and try to remind everyone that they are, in fact, a special little snowflake.

Following New Polity's Good Money podcast, this brand new series explores Good Politics. How? By contrasting it with Really Bad Politics—tyranny. In this episode, Andrew Jones and Marc Barnes describe and dissect our tyrannical social order, its technological mechanisms, its structural nature, and the Catholic alternative—a politics of peace.

Nick Plato interviews Andrew Willard Jones about his conversion (from nihilism) to Catholicism, about how he entered Catholic politics, about his family, and gets his hot takes on America. Get to know Dr. Jones in this stopgap podcast.

Andrew Willard Jones and Alex Plato redefine politics and discuss power and how it should be used in the ideal Christian society.

Many people are discussing intentional Christian communities, but rarely consider the role of money within them. Most uses of money function to degrade or undermine Christian community. In this penultimate episode, Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam discuss how money should be used—to build the Christian communities we so desire.

Plus, join us for our live season finale Q&A Tuesday, July 27 at 2pm EST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99wvYrrUNrQ

Real Estate seems like a safe, local way to invest that meets Thomas' three requirements. Right, Jacob? We've gotten this question a number of times, so Jacob Imam and Marc Barnes are sharing their responses with the world.

St. Thomas says there are six tell-tale signs that your city is obsessed with money. Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam diagnose how deep the problem goes.