On this day in history, C.S. Lewis, JFK (both nicknamed “Jack”), and Aldous Huxley died. What you may not know about “Jack” Lewis. Plus: “The Son of Man came eating and drinking”. Why? Some “food for thought” for Thanksgiving!

Today’s Feast of the Presentation of Mary features some intriguing scriptures: Why the Jehovah’s Witnesses are wrong that only 144,00 will make it to heaven? What’s the real meaning behind the “widow’s mite”?

At his annual dinner, Cardinal Collins gives his recipe for thriving in our secular age. Plus: A sailor thought he was “done like dinner” but survived 60 hours at the bottom of the sea; and, is the Instant Pot “done like dinner”? An item once coveted on Black Friday can now be had for a song. Why gadgets just don’t satisfy our hunger.

Cale looks at the biblical, theological, and just plain old common-sense evidence for Purgatory.

The 8 billionth person was born yesterday! Why some aren’t so happy about it. Plus: The “Sweet 16” Bible verses to go to when you’re combating lust.

Cale reveals the Top 10 things you need to know from the 5 Books of Moses (the Pentateuch). Plus: a lightning round of Tuesday Trivia, and Callers also weigh in on their favorite ginger ale, and Cale reveals the legend behind the creation of Canada Dry, the “Champagne of Ginger Ales”.

Why are employees raging against RTO (“Return to Office”) mandates from corporations? The answer, oddly enough, may be found in lost tribes of hunter-gatherers, and what we’ve lost about the way humans used to work.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/office-space/lessons-from-the-deep-history-of-work

On this Veterans’ Day, Cale asks listeners who they wish to honor for their military service. Also: the unsung heroes of military chaplaincy, and the unlikely Quaker who started the Marines in a pub! Plus: The Father and the Furious; the Franciscan who spectacularly cheated death.

A famous Jewish comedian converts to Catholicism, how to ask better questions to get what you need, and Abraham Lincoln…Street Fighter?

Today is the feast day of…a building? What does it all mean? Plus: on this day in 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. And, Michaela returns with more Pledge Drive Kid Jokes!