Episode 50—A Catholic Composer in Queen Elizabeth’s Court, Pt. II—Kerry McCarthy
Sep 9, 2019 One of England’s greatest composers, William Byrd is a fascinating and complicated figure of Catholic musical history. A musician in the Royal
The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 51 – Bringing Melody Back to Pop Music
Sep 19, 2019 Indie rock trio The Duskwhales formed almost 10 years ago at a small Catholic high school in Virginia. Over that decade, four
The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 52—Off-Broadway Play Accurately Portrays Conservative Thought: Zoology or Spiritual Wisdom?
Oct 21, 2019 In the new off-Broadway play Heroes of the Fourth Turning, playwright Will Arbery (son of two Wyoming Catholic College professors) offers a nuanced,
Leo XIII Against Modern Liberties
Sep 18, 2025 One of the most important encyclicals we need to rediscover is Pope Leo XIII’s Libertas (1888), on the true nature of human
The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 53 – God Made Us For Order and Surprise
Oct 30, 2019 John-Mark Miravalle is the author of a rather good popular introduction to the topic beauty, Beauty: What It Is and Why It Matters.
The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 54 – Fostering Responsible Elites
Nov 13, 2019 The Western liberal democratic order is in crisis. If it collapses or significantly wanes in power, what will replace it? A long
The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 55 – The Hundredfold
Nov 19, 2019 Having honed his skills translating Dante, Tasso and Lucretius, well-known Catholic cultural commentator Anthony Esolen has now published his first book of
Recovering Tradition, w/ Gideon Lazar
Sep 4, 2025 A number of doctrinal ruptures occurred in Catholic life after Vatican II – not in the sense that the Church’s magisterium contradicted
The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 56 – Vindicating Authority
Nov 26, 2019 Modernity has attempted to do away with authority. It does this not most commonly by advocating anarchy. Rather, it justifies its own
The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 57 – River of the Immaculate Conception
Dec 3, 2019 James Matthew Wilson’s new cycle of poems, The River of the Immaculate Conception, is a reflection on the history of the Catholic