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Send us Fan Mail In a world without God  can suffering and evil be understood? What makes a Mass Shooter? Kaye Park Hinkcley author of Shooting At Heaven's Gate explores these questions in her well written fictional story set in Alabama. Ms Hinkcley creates a crisp, poignant and sometimes humorous narrative in asking how does suffering and faith shape our lives. Summer Reading at its Best! Fi...

Send us Fan Mail July 31st is the Feast Day of St Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. Join me in  dicussion with  German Professor Markus Friedrich as we discuss his book The Jesuits; A History,   an Amazon's  Editor's pick. (published Princeton University Press) From St Ignatius, a wounded war veteran to Pope Francis I, Jesuits have always been on the forefront of contempro...

Send us Fan Mail Who really was this man President Andrew Jackson?  Join me in conversation with David S. Brown author of The First Populist; The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackon    published by Scribner.  Andrew Jackson looms large in the American historical imagination  Find out who the man really was from frontiersman, war hero to the seventh president of the Untied States. A very well informed an...

Send us Fan Mail July 14 is Bastille Day. A great way to commenorate this auspicious event is to grab a glass of chmpagne or a good bordeaux and listen to my interview with Professor Olivier Zunz, author of The Man Who understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville published by Princeton University Press.  A wonderfully well crafted biography about a French man who truly beleived in democ...

Send us Fan Mail How does a person live with the moral injury of war?  Through hope and faith.  Benjamin Sledge, combat veteran of the Afghanistan and  Iraq battlefields, author of Where Cowards Go To Die -Regnery Gateway Publishing, talks about PTSD, loss, growth and hope.  How does one grow out of horrific expereinces? Sledge tells of his path of resiliency and coming home after combat. Connect...

Send us Fan Mail Join me to discuss the hottest topic in the nation with Alexandra Desanctis coauthor of Tearing US Apart; How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing, published by Regnery.    Written before the Court decsion to overturn Roe vs Wade, Ryan Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis were able to foretell some of the logic used by the Supreme Court justices to come to their historical dec...

Send us Fan Mail The Best Years of Our Lives was a 1946 movie classic.  The movie narrates a  story of three veterans returning from the front lines of  World War II and their struggles to adapt to the front lines of home life, work and family.  Alison Macor, film critic and author has written a charming book about the making of  this award winning classic . Join me in discussion as we talk about...

Send us Fan Mail In light of DDay June 6, I have decided to rerun this interview made for Veteran's Day of last year.   The  M-1 Garand, the standard rifle for  World War II Infantryman. becomes a microphone for the living members of the Greatest Generation.  Join me in conversation with Mr. Andrew Biggio, US Marine, combat veteran, and Massachusetts police officer,  author of The Rifle: Comb...

Send us Fan Mail D-Day is June 6. We have all heard of Easy Company, the Band of Brothers and Dick Winters but little has been written of Ronald Speirs, the longest serving commander of Easy Company. Join me in conversation with co-author Jared Frederick as we discuss his new book Fierce Valor: The True Story of Ronald Speirs and His Band of Brothers  published by Regnery History.        

Send us Fan Mail Beware of Davos and the World Economic Forum. Join me in conversation  with authors Michael D. Greaney and  Dawn K. Brohawn as we talk about their recent book;    The Greater Reset: Reclaiming Human Sovereignty Under Natural Law   published by Tan Books   https://tanbooks.com/ Forget the conspiracy theories but find out why the solutions of Karl Schwab and the Great Reset might no...

Send us Fan Mail   Zelensky: The Unlikely Ukrainian Hero Who Defied Putin and United the World is a compelling account of this fascinating, enigmatic leader.  Join me in conversation with Andrew Urban as we discuss Zelensky's childhood, family history, and astonishing transformation from TV celebrity to president of Ukraine.  We also talk about the anti- hero Putin and  what the world communi...

Send us Fan Mail On May 15, 2022 Pope Francis will declare Father Charles de Foucauld a saint. Learn the story of this enigmatic man  of the dessert  who began life as a champagne drinking French aristocrat to become a follower of Jesus Christ in the middle of the Saharan dessert.  Join me in conversation with Dr David Pinault, a Middle Eastern scholar and a Roman Catholic to talk about the Church...

Send us Fan Mail The most beautiful and famous ballerina of the world may have been poisoned by Stalin, the brutish dictator of the USSR.  There is an eerie line between Stalin's grim poison lab and Covid 19.  Join me in conversation with John E. O'Neill and Sarah C. Wynne coauthors of The Dancer and The Devil; Stalin. Pavlova and the Road to the Great Pandemic    published by Regnery Pu...

Send us Fan Mail Catholic literature is on fire these days.  Catholic publishing houses, press, and journals are booming.  Join me in conversation with  Dr Joshua Hren,  one of the founders of the University of  St Thomas at Houston Master of Fines Arts programming in Creative Writing--a series of comprehensive seminars in the Catholic literary and intellectual tradition.  Dr  Hren is also the fou...

Send us Fan Mail Padre Pio is a spiritual superstar.  In his 80 year life, he bore the wounds of Christ, he could be located in two places at once, fought the devil, healed people, read souls, and prophesized.  None other than the former Chief Exorcist of the Vatican tells the story of Padre Pio's life     Tony Ryan of Ignatius press joins me in conversation to talk about  Padre Pio Stories a...

Send us Fan Mail You are designed to be happy and you can be happy. What is Happiness?  Why is it important to the Human Experience? How Can you Be Happy? Join me in conversation with Professor J. Budziszewski author of How and How Not to be Happy  published by Regnery Gateway!  Find Dr Budziszewski on his website The Underground Thomist  https://www.undergroundthomist.org/ Find Regnery publishing...

Send us Fan Mail What is the difference between sex and gender?  How did these two realities diverge in modern culture?  Join me in conversation with Dr John Grabowski, author of Unraveling Gender published by Tan books.  Understand what is at the heart of gender confusion and personal  identity. You can  Dr Grabowski's book on Tan Books https://tanbooks.com/   You can find me on Twitter @Mic...

Send us Fan Mail Good Grief  Brown! We talk to Dr Blake Ball, author of Charlie Brown's America, The Popular Politics of Peanuts  about the social commentary of the Peanuts.  The security blanket of Linus, the Christmas pageant and Franklin were Charles Schulz's gentle commentary about American society in the last half of the Twentieth Century.  If you are a Peanuts Fan, no matter what a...

Send us Fan Mail Who was the worst president in US history?  Often Warren G Harding is ranked at the bottom but Ryan S Walters author of the The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding   published by Regnery History shows how this much maligned president earned a reputation he did not deserve.  Mr. Walters writes an engaging history about this little known and much criticized president.  W...

Send us Fan Mail What are Putin's real intentions?  Last Fall I had the opportunity to interview Rebekah Koffler author of Putin's Playbook; Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America  by Regnery Publishing.  Much of what Rebekah Koffler predicted we are watching play out on the world stage.  There are other events of which she writes that have yet to happen but could still happen...the...

Send us Fan Mail What do you get when you mix a fictional history, and a mystery thriller with a touch of humor?  The Father Gabriel series written by Fiorella De Maria and published by Ignatius Press.  In this charming mystery series set in the immediate aftermath of World War II Father Gabriel. an amateur detective, bumbles around the English country side solving murders while dealing with some...

Send us Fan Mail In this achingly beautiful book about parenthood, Maya Sinha in her debut novel The City Mother narrates a tale of  humanity and salvation.  Her literary down to earth description of the Holy Mother reverberates truth and meaning that echo's though the lived reality of every parent facing the challenge of   raising children and supporting a family.  If you read one novel this...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview with Father Joseph Fessio, president of Ignatius Press, we talk about the publishing industry, books, beer and being a Jesuit.  In 1978, Father Fessio began Ignatius Press with the publication of two books. Today, almost two million copies a year are published by Ignatius Press, who has became a standard bearer for quality publishing in both the secular and Catho...

Send us Fan Mail From 1536-1540 king Henry VIII closed 850 monasteries in England and Wales. The consequences of this decision have reverberated from his day until now. Join me in a fascinating  conversation  with James Clark, author of The Dissolution of the Monasteries published by Yale University press.  You can find Professor Clark's book https://yalebooks.yale.edu/author/clark-james You...

Send us Fan Mail  John Fisher and Thomas More lived in a time as difficult as ours, but chose to live with truth and fidelity, even at the expense of their earthly lives . Join me in conversation with the Honorable Judge Robert Conrad , author of J ohn Fisher and Thomas More; Keeping Their Souls While Losing Their Heads published by Tan Books.   Judge Conrad writes an extraordinary account of how...