The Catholic Culture Podcast

Regina Doman joins the podcast to talk about the currently forbidden topic of modesty—why it is almost impossible to talk about it without women getting angry, the three spiritual-social layers of modesty, why there is a different emphasis for women vs. men when it comes to this virtue, and above all, her very helpful advice for how parents can teach their daughters modesty from a young age. Links Regina Doman articles: "Why We Should Dress Our Little Girls Modestly" https://reginadoman.substack.com/p/why-we-should-dress-our-little-girls "The Elements of a Woman's Dress, Part 1" https://reginadoman.substack.com/p/the-elements-of-a-womans-dress-part "The Elements of a Woman's Dress, Part 2" https://reginadoman.substack.com/p/elements-of-a-womans-dress-part-2/ "Why the Way We Dress Has Changed" https://reginadoman.substack.com/p/why-the-way-we-dress-has-changed Subscribe to Alto using discount code CATHOLIC10 https://ascension-press.linkjolt.io/l/catholic-culture-podcast DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters

In his 1881 encyclical Diuturnum, Pope Leo XIII reaffirmed the Scriptural teaching that all civil rulers derive their authority from God, not solely from the consent of the governed. Links Article version https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/pope-leo-xiii-on-authority-state/ Diuturnum www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=4857 Episode on Yves Simon's A General Theory of Authority w/ Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. www.catholicculture.org/commentary/episode-56-vindicating-authority-aquinas-guilbeau-op/ Episode on the Christian understanding of authority/hierarchy with Andrew Willard Jones https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/hierarchy-and-woman-aristotle-vs-aquinas-w-andrew-willard-jones/ Subscribe to Alto using discount code CATHOLIC10 https://ascension-press.linkjolt.io/l/catholic-culture-podcast

Thomas Mirus and Eamonn Clark discuss a statement they co-authored for Catholic Culture called the Pledge Against AI Catholic Content and Text (PAACCT). The pledge has been signed by a prominent Catholic writers, thinkers, and artists. Links PAACCT https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/pledge-against-ai-catholic-content-and-text-paacct/ Eamonn's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@eamonnclark Subscribe to Alto using discount code CATHOLIC10: https://ascension-press.linkjolt.io/l/catholic-culture-podcast DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters

Timothy Flanders rejoins the podcast for a freewheeling conversation in which he and Thomas interview each other. Timothy talks about his upcoming book on Catholicism in Russia, and then Thomas gives his thoughts on the place of jazz in the Western music tradition, improvisation as an analogy to the moral life, and the fundamental problem with AI music: AI has no song in its heart. Links The Meaning of Catholic https://meaningofcath.substack.com/ Thomas's lecture on God's role in artistic inspiration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH5KBsOIz_Y Structure and Freedom in Music and in Christ, w/ Mark Christopher Brandt https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/episode-33-structure-and-freedom-in-music-and-in-christ-mark-christopher-brandt/ Christians against AI art, w/ Susannah Black Roberts https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/188-christians-against-ai-art-susannah-black-roberts/ DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters

Thomas Mirus's keynote address at the first annual conference of the Thomistic Artists Guild, on May 30 at the parish of St. Vitus in Los Angeles, CA. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH5KBsOIz_Y Thomistic Artists Guild: https://thomisticartistsguild.org/ DONATE at http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter http://www.catholicculture.org/newsletter

Groundbreaking Catholic political thinker Andrew Willard Jones joins the podcast to discuss a brilliant lecture he recently gave at the New Polity Conference. St. Thomas Aquinas is often said (dismissively) to have gotten his view of woman from Aristotle's biology. But while he did accept some of Aristotle's biological errors, they disagree on something far more fundamental, namely their metaphysical interpretation of difference and inequality among human beings. A comparison between the Aristotelian view and the Christian/Thomistic view of inequality is profoundly instructive for how we see not only the difference between the sexes, but civil society and the entire cosmic hierarchy willed by God.  LINKS  New Polity https://newpolity.com/ Andrew Willard Jones, The Two Cities: A History of Christian Politics https://stpaulcenter.com/store/the-two-cities-a-history-of-christian-politics Episode transcript https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/hierarchy-and-woman-aristotle-vs-aquinas-w-andrew-willard-jones/ DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters

Ralph Martin returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, The Coming Judgment: Are We Ready? He and Thomas discuss the lack of a Scriptural worldview among many present-day Catholics, and the reluctance of many to believe in or preach what the Church has always believed hell, the urgent need for repentance, and the judgments of God. Links Ralph Martin, The Coming Judgment: Are We Ready? stpaulcenter.com/thecomingjudgment Thomas Mirus, "Bring back 'negative spirituality'" https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/bring-back-negative-spirituality/ Eamonn Clark, "The Revenge of Amoris Laetitia" https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/revenge-amoris-laetitia/ DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio  SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters

Timothy Flanders joins the podcast to discuss Pope Leo XIII's two letters addressed to the Catholic Church in America. Links  Article summarizing Leo's writings on America https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/pope-leo-xiii-on-america-and-americanism/  Leo XIII, Longinqua https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_06011895_longinqua.html  Leo XIII, Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae https://www.papalencyclicals.net/leo13/l13teste.htm  Timothy Flanders at The Meaning of Catholic https://meaningofcath.substack.com/ DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters  

On May 30, Thomas is giving the keynote address at the first annual conference of the Thomistic Artists Guild at the parish of St. Vitus in Los Angeles, CA. Free to attend! https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/thomistic-artists-guild-2026-conference

Thomas Mirus, Nathan Douglas, and Andrew Petiprin gave this panel session at the 2024 Notre Dame Fall Conference, presented by the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. The theme of the conference was "Ever Ancient, Ever New: On Catholic Imagination." 30 Years of the Vatican Film List – Catholic Cinema's Past and Future Thomas Mirus (Catholic Culture) – The Vatican Film List: Introduction and Reflections Nathan Douglas (Independent Scholar/Filmmaker) – The Filmmaker as Auteur Andrew Petiprin (Spe Salvi Institute; Word on Fire Institute) – Europe for Everyone: Yesterday's Vatican Film List and Catholic Imagination Today Chair: John O'Callaghan (University of Notre Dame)  Video of the panel: https://youtu.be/-7oE8d6RcCw?si=x4cTzl847-A8bG5M