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Evangelization & Culture Podcast

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Evangelization & Culture Podcast
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    How to Save Catholic Schools w/ Michael Ortner

    05/05/2026 | 1h 45 mins.
    Catholic schools are indispensable to the proper formation of our young. Many are blessed with visionary leaders, devoted teachers, balanced budgets, and a heart for Christ. But many Catholic schools struggle with tepid leadership, burned-out teachers, rising debts, and a loss of Catholic identity. What can be done to reclaim Catholic identity and revive the success of Catholic schools? Join Michael Ortner and I as we explore insights from The Catholic School Playbook about how to make Catholic schools soar once again on The Evangelization & Culture Podcast.
    Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of The Evangelization & Culture Podcast biweekly on  WordOnFire.org, on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
    You can get more content like this in the quarterly print journal of the Word on Fire Institute, Evangelization & Culture.
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    'The Desecration of Man' w/ Dr. Carl Trueman

    21/04/2026 | 1h 24 mins.
    When the madman from Friedrich Nietzsche's book The Gay Science burst into the marketplace declaring the murder of God, he concluded that he had arrived too soon, for those who had killed God were tragically unaware. What happens when we no longer shape our lives by the assurances and expectations, the wisdom and graces of God? Man and woman become desecrated. Join Dr. Carl Trueman and I as we explore our cultural calamity and the way to recovery in his gripping book The Desecration of Man on The Evangelization & Culture Podcast. 
    Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of The Evangelization & Culture Podcast biweekly on  WordOnFire.org, on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
    You can get more content like this in the quarterly print journal of the Word on Fire Institute, Evangelization & Culture.
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    Machine Politics & "The Last Hurrah" w/ Charles Duffy

    07/04/2026 | 1h 10 mins.
    Operators. Manipulators. Cynical. Corrupt. Sadly, these are caustic terms forever used to describe politicians. But, in truth, are politicians entirely bad? Submerged in the incorrigible human condition, are they beyond all hope of authenticity, redemption, or goodness? Join Professor Charles Duffy of Providence College and me as we explore the complicated life of Irish machine politician Frank Skeffington in The Last Hurrah, one of the greatest political novels of the twentieth century, on The Evangelization & Culture Podcast. 
    Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of The Evangelization & Culture Podcast biweekly on  WordOnFire.org, on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
    You can get more content like this in the quarterly print journal of the Word on Fire Institute, Evangelization & Culture.
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    The Virtue of Reading Classic Literature w/ Dr. Jennifer Frey

    17/03/2026 | 1h 34 mins.
    "When you read Shakespeare," Justice Antonin Scalia's high school English teacher thundered, "Shakespeare's not on trial, you are." What are we to do about college students purportedly incapable of reading, much less finishing, great novels? We are to double down and put in front of them what Matthew Arnold called, "the best which has been thought and said." Join Professor Jennifer Frey and me on The Evangelization & Culture Podcast as we discuss the virtue and necessity of reading classic literature and encouraging its meaningful consumption among the young.
    Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of The Evangelization & Culture Podcast biweekly on  WordOnFire.org, on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
    You can get more content like this in the quarterly print journal of the Word on Fire Institute, Evangelization & Culture.
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    Is Belief Believable? w/ Dr. Christopher Kaczor

    03/03/2026 | 1h 53 mins.
    Imagine you had ninety minutes to sit with an eminent philosopher who is also a devout Catholic and ask the most vexing questions about our faith. What would you ask? Does science disprove God? Are faith and reason opposed? Why isn't God's existence obvious? Does any evil disprove God's existence? These questions and many more inform Dr. Christopher Kaczor's excellent book, Is Belief Believable? Join Christopher Kaczor and me on The Evangelization & Culture Podcast as we explore the questions that lurk in the back of our minds but can be approached through sound philosophy and intelligent theology.


    Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of the Evangelization & Culture Podcast biweekly on WordOnFire.org, on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

    You can get more content like this in the quarterly print journal of the Word on Fire Institute, Evangelization & Culture.
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About Evangelization & Culture Podcast
Tod Worner discusses the culture, faith, literature, philosophy, history, and more in stimulating conversations with renown intellectuals of our time on the Evangelization & Culture Podcast. Tod also shares a reflection of his own and a book recommendation in each episode. Tod curates more content like this in the quarterly print journal of the Word on Fire Institute, Evangelization & Culture. Learn more and become a member at WordonFire.Institute.
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