The Josias Podcast

As May—the month of Our Lady—comes to a close, Matthew Walther, editor of The Lamp Magazine, joins Amanda and Fr. Jon Tveit for a conversation on St. John Henry Newman and Our Blessed Mother. Bibliography * St. John Henry Newman, Mary: The Virgin Mary in the life and writings of John Henry Newman (ed. Philip Boyce) Header Image: Sir John Everett Millais, John Henry Newman (1881) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Urban Hannon returns to the podcast to join Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda for a conversation about the virtue of religion—what it is theologically, and what it demands practically of us and our society. Bibliography * St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, II-II Q.80-81 * Fr. Franck Quoex, Liturgical Theology in Thomas Aquinas (transl. Zachary Thomas) * R. Jared Staudt, The Primacy of God: The Virtue of Religion in Catholic Theology * The Josias Podcast Episode XIX: Justice Header Image: Jules Breton, The Blessing of the wheat in Artois (1857) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda are joined by Deacon Harrison Garlick and Chris Ruckdeschel for a discussion on education, avoiding the pitfalls of the “Great Books,” and recovering the classical liberal arts. Bibliography * Alcuin Institute for Catholic Culture * Septem Artes Liberales * Ascend – The Great Books Podcast * Christopher Ruckdeschel, On the Nature of the Classical Liberal Arts * Dcn. Harrison Garlick, “Avoiding the Unreal: How to Read the Great Books Well” * Jeffrey Bond, “On the Modes of Teaching” (Part I; Part II; Part III) (The Josias) Header Image: Francesco Pesellino, Seven Liberal Arts (c. 1450) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda are joined by Gideon Lazar for a conversation on Pope Francis’ Laudate Deum and a Catholic approach to environmentalism. You may follow Gideon on (the website formerly known as) Twitter, @ByzCat. Bibliography * Pope Francis, Laudate Deum * Pope Francis, Laudato si’ * USCCB, “Global Climate Change” (January 2016) * Gideon Lazar, “Ecology and the Theology of Creation” (The Josias) * Br. Anthony Maria Akerman, O.P., “Reading Laudate Deum in Context” (The Josias) * Pater Edmund Waldstein, “A Magnificent, a Wonderful Encyclical” Header Image: George Inness, The Old Mill (1849) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

In his final episode (pre-recorded prior to entering seminary), Urban Hannon is joined by Nathaniel Gotcher and special guest Prof. Philip Bess, for a discussion about the theological and philosophical foundations of urbanism—and how we should think about urban form. Prof. Philip Bess is a Professor at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. You may read Prof. Bess’s full academic profile here. Bibliography * Philip Bess, Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred (2006) * Professor Bess’s “Notre Dame Plan of Chicago”: https://afterburnham.com/ * Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago * Supplemental information about the Burnham Plan * Nolli Map of Rome * Nathaniel Gotcher, “Urbanism and the Common Good” (The Josias) Header Image: Gentile Bellini, Procession in Piazza San Marco (1496) If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Urban Hannon is joined by Lauren Onak for a conversation about the American Solidarity Party, third-party politics, and harmonizing political with spiritual. Lauren is the American Solidarity Party’s Vice Presidential candidate in the 2024 election. Bibliography * Lauren Onak’s Acceptance Speech for ASP VP Nominee, 2023 ASP National Convention. Header Image: A Pelican Feeding her Young, Ms. Ludwig XV 3 (83.MR.173), fol. 72 (c. 1270). If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Urban Hannon is joined by Zac Mabry and Amanda for a conversation about the most memed and screened double feature of the year. Bibliography * Helen Andrews, “Barbie: A Millennial Mom Movie” (The American Conservative). * Nina Power, “Socialism or Barbie-ism” (Compact). If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Archduke Eduard of Austria, of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, Hungarian Ambassador to the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta, joins Urban Hannon for a conversation on Bl. Karl of Austria, his family, and his most recent book: The Habsburg Way.  Eduard Habsburg’s book, The Habsburg Way: 7 Rules for Turbulent Times, is available for purchase here.  Bibliography * Charles A. Coulombe, Blessed Charles of Austria: A Holy Emperor and His Legacy. * Death of an Emperor  * Click here to listen to a video interview with Empress Zita.  * Talk by Eduard Habsburg, “When Blessed Karl returned to Hungary.“ Header Image: Karl and Zita’s wedding, 21 October 1911.  If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Thomistic theology is rarely associated with liturgical prayer. So, in this episode, Urban Hannon turns the conversation toward St Thomas Aquinas’ mystagogy of the Mass—that is, his theological teaching on the meaning and purpose of its various rites. The handout mentioned in the episode may be found here. Bibliography * St Thomas Aquinas, In IV Sent., d. 8, ex. * In IV Sent., d. 12, ex. * ST IIIa, Q. 83, a. 4. * ST IIIa, Q. 83, a. 5. Header Image: Detail from ‘Mass of the 5 wounds of Our Lord,’ in the Da Costa Hours, Morgan Library MS M.399 (fol. 36v), c. 1515. Image courtesy of Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz/Austria. If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.

Urban Hannon is joined by Ed and Pat Smith for a conversation about Charles De Koninck’s unpublished course notes on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.  Bibliography * Charles De Koninck’s Course Notes on Nietzsche, which we have made available here. Header Image: Frans Francken the Younger, Mankind’s Eternal Dilemma – The Choice Between Virtue and Vice (1633). If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Many thanks to our generous supporters on Patreon, who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. If you have not yet joined them, please do so. You can set up a one-time or recurring donation in any amount. Even $1 a month would be splendid.