No Eggshells Hugh Edmund Podcast

Joe MacMaster is a renowned fiddle player from Cape Breton who is currently studying at the seminary. Joe is a theologian who loves to explore topics relevant to our time. Honorable mention, he also has a purple belt in BJJ. 

Sam is from PEI and is also in the seminary. He is a brilliant thinker and speaker who I have recently gotten to know. Sam is interested in the liturgy of the mass, among many other areas. 

We cover the concepts of God as transcendent and imminent and how this applies to masculine vs feminine. Why women can't be priests, clericalism and the collapse of Christian culture, roles, authority, hierarchy of vocations, and Joe and Sam's personal vocations. 

Ben Corkery is a long-time friend and owner of the Tallowed Truth. A business that exploded onto the scene last year and has been making political waves ever since. 

He is a creator and pioneer exploring alternative ways to discover meaning and purpose in an age dominated by social norms. 

Topics: Purpose, meaning, fear, stepping out, business, the arts, creativity and much more. 

Fr Tom recently celebrated 40 years ordained as a diocesan priest in Peterborough. 
He’s the executive for Priests for Life.
He has a background in philosophy, canon law, theology. A professor at St Augustines seminary. Critical roles in leadership, prolife movement, social activism and reform in Canada. 
He’s a multi disciplinary scholar founder of CLC. 
(There is way more but I honestly don’t know it all).

We cover a lot of ground and move quickly through an array of topics but generally touch on culture, family, vocation, youth, agency, community, dating and relationships. 

Artist Nikola Vanderheyden speaks about art as art therapy, her perspectives on what art is, being in art school, and the topics of A.I. art, christian art, modern art, art as a platform and expression. 
A really balanced perspective on the importance of art in our culture. 

This is a really positive episode with concrete takeaways for the future!
I felt really encouraged after speaking with these three freethinkers about the road that lies ahead. 

Topics covered; 
Will/can Trump take Canada? 
Pierre Poilievre.
What are the next few months/years looking like? 
What are actions we can take? 
The world we live in and what that means practically.  

Patrick Beresford is a well informed entrepreneur/international business associate who has his ear to the ground when it comes to political news.
As business owner and father of three he has a perspective combining longevity and accuracy on the climate he is planning to bring his sons into.  

Ben Corkery is a cereal entrepreneur and business owner making waves with his political commentary channeled through branding. 
His Tallowed Truth business was born out of the Canadian Freedom Convoy and has been a social/political icon for reform within Canada.

Peter Corkery has a broad resume working in the UN, New York, working for the Vatican, and political prolife parties in Canada lookin to make social reform in our country. He is also a brilliant historian, and graduated at the top of his class with a masters in Political Science from Sianna, Italy. 

Myself and JP talk fidelity of emotions, proper boundaries for emotional and comedic chastity, helping others who feel lost when exiting a system of structure, the church as your home, and the importance of architecture for the soul. 

Christine Helferty is a school teacher, musician, and multi-talented individual.
She speaks on her experiences of living as a cloistered nun in a convent. 
Christine walks us through her experience and why she left after two years of nouvisiate discernment. 
She speaks on the beauty of religious life, the dangers of abuse, addressing the disorder of authority within a religious community. 
Discerning the difference between religious obedience and manipulation. 

In this episode I speak with Ana Maria about her work and perspective on modern culture. 
Ana Maria has a broad range of work she does with the homeless, pro life movement, and working with youth. 

It’s a good chat with many great insights. 
Topics; freedom in culture, working with homeless and youth, health, feminism and its effects on women/men and Mary our mother! 
Then a little more health at the end!

Lots of topics were discussed. 
Main point, don't let false authority dictate your life. 
Its your life and you have to live it. 

I also cover Tayler Swift, Kanye West. 
Why I stopped listening to rap music. 
Hope you enjoy. Much love from me to you!

Wayne breaks the rules when it comes to diet and suffering. 
Wayne's resilient mindset and faith in God have allowed him to live on very little food and be an energy source daily. His ability to see the good comes from many trials and tribulations.
It was a pleasure to sit down and speak with him about his life experiences and discuss the trial of suffering from the Christian perspective. Its not every day I get to meet someone who has lived through tribulation and can will share the experience first hand.