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The Catholic Frequency episodes

October 28 She Took The Ten Days
Mae West chose a jail term over a fine in 1927, and the coverage taught a crowd that a morals charge could sell seats. Later popes still called the screen a gift that could teach.
8 min
October 26 They Prayed Over The President
Bishops prayed over the president in the Oval Office, and some Catholics treated the prayer itself as the offense.
5 min
October 24 Regrets, Too Few to Mention
Sinatra's My Way calls a finished life the one where the regrets stay unmentioned. Confession is the decision to mention them.
6 min
October 22 They Burned the Building Where a City Argues
On October 17 they set the Limoges town hall on fire. John Paul II did not predict that fire. In 1998 he named what happens when a people can no longer aim at a shared truth.
6 min
October 21 The Medium is the Message — Marshall McLuhan's Slow Revelation of the Danger of Technology
Marshall McLuhan warned that the screen matters more than the show on it. Five books, from a stocking ad to a wired planet. He was a Catholic the whole time.
17 min
October 20 The Perfect Game
A reading of The Perfect Game, from G.K. Chesterton's Tremendous Trifles. The essay stands on its own.
9 min
October 19 The Most Dangerous Woman You've Never Heard About
Shulamith Firestone's 1970 program did not stop at a fairer workplace. It wanted the difference between man and woman erased. The Church calls that envy.
7 min
October 17 The Secret of a Train
A reading of The Secret of a Train, from G.K. Chesterton's Tremendous Trifles. The essay stands on its own.
10 min
October 16 A Piece of Chalk
A reading of A Piece of Chalk, from G.K. Chesterton's Tremendous Trifles. The essay stands on its own.
10 min
October 15 Tremendous Trifles
A reading of the first essay in G.K. Chesterton's Tremendous Trifles. The book and the essay share the name. These readings stand on their own.
9 min