• Dr Mads Larsen - Collapsing Birthrates from an Evolutionary Perspective
    59 mins
  • John Johnson - The Albertus Magnus Institute, Liberal Education, and John's Gospel and Revelation
    Dec 5 2024

    John Johnson is the cofounder and volunteer Executive Director of the Albertus Magnus Institute (a free online platform offering a truly liberal education) and host of the Magnus podcast. He is also the CEO of Patmos Hosting. He joins Mark to AMI, the benefits of liberal education, and his insights into the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Dale Ahlquist - G.K. Chesterton on Shakespeare, Families & Children, Localism, Paradox, and Education
    Dec 5 2024

    Dale Ahlquist, is the President of the American Chesterton Society and co-founder of the Chesterton Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He joins Mark to discuss Chesterton's interest in Shakespeare (and his Catholicism, in particular), the relationship of the family to the state, localism (formerly 'distributism'), his love of paradox, and the return to classical education.

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    56 mins
  • Monica Doumit - De-Christianization, Turning the Cultural Tide, and St Margaret Clitherow
    Dec 5 2024

    Monica Doumit, the Director of Public Affairs and Engagement at the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and a regular contributor The Catholic Weekly. She joins Mark to discuss de-Christianization, fighting on in the culture war, and her favourite saint (perhaps after St Thomas More!), St Margaret Clitherow.

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    58 mins
  • Professor Tracey Rowland - The Sisters of Mercy, JPII Institute, and the State of Catholic Education
    Dec 5 2024

    Professor Tracey Rowland is the St John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia, recipient of the 2020 Ratzinger Prize, and was the original Queensland organiser for the Thomas More Centre. Dr Rowland discusses her education under the Sisters of Mercy in Ipswich and Rockhampton, her time as Dean of the JPII Institute in Melbourne, and issues related to Catholic education in Australia today.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Dr Alan Harrelson - Donald J. Trump Election Edition
    Dec 5 2024

    Alan Harrelson, an historian and pipe enthusiast, returns to the podcast to discuss the 2024 US Presidential election. He and Mark discuss the rural-urban divide, the history of the Democratic Party, and the prospect of Robert F. Kennedy Jr taking on Big Ag,

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Kevin Bailey - SAS Veteran, Former Consul General for Timor Leste, and Catholic Philanthropist
    Nov 14 2024

    Kevin Bailey is a former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier and honorary Consul-General to Timor Leste who now dedicates himself to Catholic philanthropy. He joins Mark to discuss his how his career in finance - for which he became well-known in Australian media - progressed into a mission to revive the Catholic faith in Australia.

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Luke McCormack - For a Fairer, Family-Friendly, Australia
    Nov 14 2024

    Luke McCormack is the National President of the National Civic Council (NCC), a grassroots organisation guided in its actions by five principles: upholding the belief that the family, not the individual, is the fundamental unit of society; making decisions in the national interest; privileging economic and political decentralisation; protection human dignity; and recognising the importance of Christianity to the continuation of our civilization. He joins Mark to discuss what's needed for a fairer income tax system and more equitable childcare arrangements, as well as demographic decline and the need for affordable housing.

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    52 mins