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The Lost World

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 42:01


Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda P. join our hosts to discuss dinosaurs, paleontology, and Genesis.

Interview with a Robot

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 41:43


Timothy Nerozzi joins our hosts to discuss his recent piece for the website and to interview its subject, the recently laicized AI priest, Father Justin.

The Travel Team Trap

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 58:42


Timothy P. Carney of the Washington Examiner joins our hosts to discuss his new book, Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be, and to debate "The Travel Team Trap" with Nick Cotta, a father of eight children, two of whom play travel sports.

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More Impossible Things

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 54:21


Stanley Fish joins our hosts to discuss "Impossible Things," his recent essay for the magazine, in which he catologues the latest attempts in a perennial project to clean up human behavior, from blind submission to critical legal studies to artificial intelligence. Professor Fish is the presidential scholar in residence at New College, Florida, and the author of many books, most recently, Law at the Movies: Turning Legal Doctrine into Art, which is available for purchase here.

The Tootsie Pop Test

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 41:08


Urban Hannon joins our hosts to discuss Lenten practices, as well as his new book, Thomistic Mystagogy: St. Thomas Aquinas's Commentaries on the Mass.

The Melting Pot

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 54:59


Megan McArdle of the Washington Post joins our hosts to discuss immigration and what it means to be American.

The Bad Old Days

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 56:25


Amanda Piccirillo of the Josias podcast and Lydia Sherwood join our hosts to discuss memories (and false memories) of the Church of our youth.

Houses in Motion

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 45:22


Stephen White, executive director of the Catholic Project, joins our hosts to discuss his organization's recent report examining generational differences among the men who are ordained to the priesthood.

Why This Girl?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 41:31


Father Joseph Koczera, S.J., a professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and Andrew Petiprin, a columnist for Catholic World Report and host of the Ignatius Press podcast, join the Lamplighters to discuss the legacy of The Excorcist.

Was King Arthur Real?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 47:52


Shawn Phillip Cooper joins the Lamplighters to discuss King Arthur, Thomas Malory, and the Sword in the Stone.

The Crisis of Catholic Atheism

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 46:58


Michael Hanby joins the Lamplighters to discuss his essay in the Trinity 2023 issue of the magazine. 

The Life of Pablo

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2023 44:52


Jaspreet Singh Boparai joins our hosts to discuss art criticism and an exhibition of Picasso's works at the Brooklyn Museum.

'Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2023 40:03


Jake Neu joins the Lamplighters to discuss how parents with young children participate at Mass.

Should Birth Be Free?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 78:45


Tom Shakely of Americans United for Life and Megan McArdle of the Washington Post join our editor to discuss family policy after the fall of Roe v. Wade in a panel hosted with the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America. A video recording of the event is available here. 

The Habsburg Way

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 28:23


Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen joins our hosts to discuss his family and his new book, The Habsburg Way: 7 Rules for Turbulent Times, which can be purchased here.

Breakfast for Easter

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 38:39


Marlo Slayback and Chris McCaffery join our hosts to discuss Easter feasts.

The Great Fast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 53:32


Timothy Nerozzi and Jeremy Christiansen join our hosts to discuss fasting, abstinence, and other Lenten practices.   

Thank Them Now

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 42:23


Steven Knepper and Timothy McLeod join our hosts to discuss cycling and mentorship. Subscribers can read Steven's recent piece on the subject here.

Benedict's Legacy

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 37:26


Father Jon Tveit joins our hosts to discuss Pope Benedict XVI's life and legacy. The Lamp's latest issue, which commemorates Joseph Ratzinger, is available for sale here or through a subscription.

Mama Shot the Deer!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 45:17


Ryan T. Anderson and Anna Anderson join the Lamplighters to discuss farming and raising children around animals. Subscribers can read Ryan's recent essay on the subject here.

Powers and Dominions

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 51:31


Ross Douthat, columist at the New York Times, and Minoo Dinshaw, author of Outlandish Knight: the Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman, join our hosts to discuss the new Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones television shows. Minoo reviewed both in our Christ the King issue, which is available along with the rest of the magazine at a discounted rate through the end of the year.

Goodnight Dr Pepper Hat

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 39:34


Robert Wyllie and Vijaya Bodach join our hosts to discuss children's literature and reading to children. Rob recently wrote on one of his favorite books from childhood, The Velveteen Rabbit, free to read here. 

The Eternity of Hell Torments Considered

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 38:58


Father Harold Potter and Jane Cooper join our hosts to discuss Hell and damnation. Subscribers can read The Lamp's recent symposium on the subject here. 

From the Susquehanna to the Tiber

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022 57:17


Jeremy Christiansen joins our hosts to discuss growing up Mormon and becoming Catholic. His memoir of conversion, which will be excerpted in the Christ the King issue of The Lamp, is available here.

Balloon Arches

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 45:02


Meredith Thornberg, né McDonough, joins our hosts to discuss bureaucratic and social hurdles to marriages. Her essay on the topic, published in the Lent issue of the magazine, is available to read here.

The Old Brass Spittoon

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 48:17


Good Tweetman and Lydia Sherwood join our hosts to talk all things football. Our editor recently wrote a long essay on his love of the New England Patriots, available to read here. 

Up to Poughkeepsie

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 45:58


Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review joins our hosts to discuss why he began attending the Latin Mass even before Summorum pontificum made it widely available and how that decision continues to influence him today, especially in light of Traditionis custodes. 

Where Peter Actually Is

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 45:05


Father Ambrose Dobrozsi joins our hosts to discuss the papacy and the nature of obedience. His recent piece on the subject is available to read here.

Strange Powers

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 32:44


Alberto Miguel Fernandez joins our hosts to discuss reading, fantasy, and King Solomon's Mines. Several issues ago, he wrote about learning right from wrong in the pulp novels of his youth. Subscribers can read his piece here.

Canada Mayflower

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 45:11


Chris Arnade and Father Jon Tveit join our hosts to discuss urban hikes, prayer, and taking the bus. Father Tveit recently wrote about walking while praying his breviary, which subscribers can read here.

Nine Urns

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 35:54


C.J. Ciaramella of Reason joins our hosts, Matthew Walther and Nic Rowan, to discuss “Nine Urns,” his recent piece in the magazine and elder abuse at the hands of police officers. Subscribers can read C.J.'s piece here.

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