This episode I had Jake Buscher, a fellow Catholic YouTuber who runs the channel Cutting the Gordian Knot (link below), on to discuss the intersection of Catholicism and free market economics. We touched on things like the Biblical case for capitalism, stumbling blocs around on usury and feudalism, how Catholic Social Teaching may lean on John Locke to help formulate the right to property, and why distributism is more a vibe than a school of economics.

In this video, I interview senior lecturer of history at University of Exeter Dr. Nicholas Terry, called the "the UK’s foremost academic” on the subject of Holocaust denial by the Observer. Dr. Terry co-founded the Holocaust Controversies website, which exposes in detail the blunders and errors Holocaust deniers make historically and scientifically. We discuss why these theories are all faulty and why certain online Catholic figures seem to be trying to revive them anyway. We discuss figures like Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes and his Groypers, E. Michael Jones, Fr. James Mawdsley, and the original Holocaust deniers, like Germar Rudolph. He goes over the main points that tend to make, how they've all reached scientific and logical dead ends, and motivations they might have for holding these views. Here is Dr. Terry's website: https://holocaustcontroversies.blogsp...

A very serious debate arose on social media this week, with some self-described Christian Nationalists and Catholic Groyper Trads saying women should stay home and bake pies and should not nag men about looking at porn or being out all night drinking with their sidepiece. Women, they said, also should not vote or make fun of super-serious pastors who wage holy war online and use phrases like "fake and gay," or to be more precise, "gay and fake." On the other side were sane people, the Catholic magisterium, men who loves their wives, women who like talking (which, let's be honest, is most of them), and those who agree with Jesus and Paul about the importance of Christian charity.

Some have asked me to say a bit more about myself. So here you go -- my full life story. To not make it totally self-focused, I also tried to use it as an opportunity to speak to young men, especially the new Groyper Nick Fuentes types and rad trad Catholics. Hopefully they, and other young men, can get something from my story, which is full of tons of twists and turns and mistakes and grace. What I didn't mention is now I'm a married father of three who works in conservative media and public policy for my day job.

Normie Catholics and conservatives are learning a lot this week about Nick Fuentes and his "Groypers." But in my opinion, this group of traditionalist Catholic wannabe Groypers are even more dangerous because they give the over-the-top youthful trolling (which few actually take serious) a more religious and ideological backing.

In Catholic liturgical documents, it says to focus on the human voice, ease of participation for the congregants, and taking into account both the cultural relevance and traditional forms like chant. Could Appalachian ballad singing, with roots in the British Isles and some even more ancient sources, be a potential avenue to achieving all these goals?

Matt Walsh is being pushed to condemn Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes for their antisemitism and conspiracy nonsense. Seth Dillon of the Babylon Bee wrote in the Free Press that uniting the right by accepting people like them into our fold is foolish. I'll review some Nick Fuentes footage and let you know my thoughts.

I review Peter Santello's interview with Mark Laita as they walk Skid Row.

Many Protestants and those converting to Catholicism are uncomfortable with certain Catholic language about Mary. Do they have a point? I think so. I discuss Marian maximalism and Marian minimalism -- two positions in the Catholic Church on Mary, and why the latter fits better with our actual teachings.

My first in a series of interviews with former trads, here I speak with David Massa, a Long Island native who spent time the Institute of Christ the King and SSPX. As a Catholic, I'm sorry to learn he no longer considers himself part of the Church, but it was good to hear his story. I asked people to reach out if they had been traditionalists but had left, and I had quite a few people reach out. I did not know any of them (so far) before speaking to them, so their stories were largely a mystery to me too (although I did message a bit just to make sure they were real people and had some knowledge of the movement).

• Disclaimer: I'm just letting them tell their stories. I'm sure there are other sides of these stories. Any accusations or details they divulge have not been pre-screened by me earlier. If someone wants to tell another side, please reach out.