Episode 18 Special Guests: Dr. R.J. Snell & Dr. Kathleen Sullivan.

We know what they took from us...beauty, Catholic culture, dancing, erotic weddings, and good storytelling. Dr. Snell gives a whimsical case.

Then Dr. Sullivan tries to sell me on Jane Austen...I may be persuaded by Persuasion. You'll have to listen to find out!

Sound Engineer: Mark Coming

Episode 17 Special Guests: Ivana Greco & Patrick Brown

What is the childcare blob? Ivana Greco dives into what the mainstream consensus is when it comes to who will watch the baby, comparing it to the Washington, D.C. foreign policy blob.

Then I go back and forth with EPPC's Patrick Brown over whether an agnostic or "neutral" policy (if such a thing exists) is the best approach to take when it comes to what's in the best interest of children.

This is part two of a two part series attempting to reframe the childcare debates...instead of asking, "What can we do to help working mothers? Let's start with asking, "What's best for the child? What's best for the family?"

Episode 17 Segments: I'm Listening (Should Catholics flirt?)

Sound Engineer: Mark Coming

Episode 16 Special Guests: Kelsie Long & Carrie Kaczmarek Bland

Research shows that the first three years of a child's life are critically important in developing healthy attachment to their primary caregiver (the mother). Instinctively at four, I knew daycares were metaphorical orphanages, but what about private nannies? Better ratio, right? I decided to talk with two nannies about their experiences in stepping in for "Mom."

This is part one of a two part series attempting to reframe the childcare debates...instead of asking, "What can we do to help working mothers? Let's start with asking, "What's best for the child? What's best for the family?"

Episode 16 Segments: Call Her Traddy

Sound Engineer: Mark Coming

Episode 15 Special Guests: Maria Perrone & Verily Editor-in-Chief Mary Rose Somarriba.

Does everyone have an attachment disorder? What are some explanations for the relational trends we're seeing? What are some ways we can be more attractive as men and women? How can millennials recreate the Roseto Effect? I discuss with Maria.

Then I interview the current Editor-in-Chief of Verily Magazine Mary Rose (who is practically my neighbor) about what sets Verily, the first publication in alternative women's media apart from her competitors.

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Episode 14 Special Guests: The American Conservative's Emile Doak.

Should a Catholic stay in their hometown, move to modern day Sodom and Gomorrah, or one of these Catholic Meccas? I discuss with Emile, long-time defender of staying in your hometown who is on the verge of moving his family to one of these thriving Catholic communities.

Then I talk with my newlywed friend Maria about what she's learned in her first few months of marriage and why it's so important to marry the right person who feels like home. Then I pop off about Trad Larpers (they must be stopped!)

Episode 14 Segments: I'm Listening, Call Her Traddy

Sound Engineer: Mark Coming

Episode 13 Special Guests: New Polity's Jacob Imam.

Are we more pagan or Catholic with how we think about money? Jacob comes on for a fun exchange on why the Church has always condemned usury, and how investing in the market (investing as 'pure speculation') goes against Church Tradition, and points out that we are funding the companies (through 401Ks) with our big bank accounts that are trying to steal the very assets we want to buy with those big bank accounts.

Then my married mom friend calls in to chat about previous episode discussions regarding men and women and gives her take on what's wrong with guys and girls in the Catholic dating scene!

Episode 13 Segments: I'm Listening

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Episode 12 Special Guests: Former Director of Nursing Elisa Huelskamp, Former NICU Nurse Christina Vescera, Former Oncology Nurse Julia Beatty.

Nursing was once the most trusted profession, but would you still consider that to be true based on today's standards? I talk with the three closest nurses in my life about what they think of the medical field, their experiences during Covid, and when they have felt morally or otherwise compromised in their former jobs.

Sound Engineer: Mark Coming

Episode 11 Special Guests: Catholic Writer & Speaker Leah Libresco Sargeant, Americans United for Life's Senior Fellow Zak Slayback, and Hillsdale Graduate Matthias Rhein.

What is the Catholic approach and ethic to end of life issues? I discuss that with Leah!

Then I talk with Zak about the industrialization of healthcare and what's going on in the pro-euthanasia movement. I ask him if there's a connection between the pro-bodily autonomy movement of the sexual revolution and the pro-bodily autonomy movement of "the right to die" movement, and how it's sadly turning into the "duty to die" movement.

Then Matthias brings to my attention a new stat that just came out on the rise of body cremation over traditional burials and the implications that will have on younger generations.

Sound Engineer: Mark Coming

Episode 10 Special Guests: A lot of Thompson's...AKA my mom’s side.

Watching Venmo transactions got me thinking....Who should pay during the course of a romantic relationship? What does it look like for the man to be the provider in marriage and does that start in dating? (There's an obvious answer, but in our culture, people want to act like there's not).

Episode 10 Segments: Call Her Traddy & Krames Korner

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Episode 9 Special Guests: Catholic wife, mother, & writer, Emily Stimpson Chapman.

This episode was made in response to the growing trend of mostly male conservative commentators placing worldly pressure (mostly on women) to get married young in an effort to solve the country's fertility crisis. But is marriage something you can control outside of God's will, or is it a gift and miracle? And is the marriage decline really due to feminism, or are we instead in the midst of an invisible WWIII with spiritually dead men lost to the sexual revolution?

Episode 9 Segments: Krames Korner & Call Her Traddy

Sound Engineer: Mark Coming