Your Radical Truth podcast

What is Opus Dei really like behind closed doors? Former member Anne-Marie Allen joins Deacon Margaret Mary O'Connor to share her powerful firsthand account of life inside one of the Catholic Church's most controversial organizations. Anne-Marie, author of Serve! My Lost Years at the Heart of Ireland's Opus Dei , reveals how she was recruited into Opus Dei as a teenager, believing she was answerin...

Excommunicated for Saying Yes to God: Father Anne, the Twelve Apostles, and the Future of Women's Leadership in the Church What happens when a woman believes God has called her to the priesthood, but the Church says no? In this thought-provoking episode of Your Radical Truth , Deacon Margaret Mary O'Connor welcomes Father Anne, a Roman Catholic woman priest who chose to follow what she believed wa...

What if the adventures that nearly killed you were actually preparing you for your life's true purpose? In this fascinating episode, John Graham shares his remarkable journey from adrenaline-fueled adventurer to global peacebuilder. As a teenager, he shipped out on a freighter, hitchhiked through the Algerian Revolution, helped make the first ascent of Denali's dangerous North Wall, and reported f...

What if the question the Catholic Church has been asking about women's ordination is the wrong question entirely? In this powerful episode of Your Radical Truth , host Margaret Mary O'Connor welcomes back Father Anne for a deeply thought-provoking conversation about ordination justice, hidden church history, women's roles in early Christianity, and the future of the Catholic Church. Together, they...

What if the story you've been told about the Church is only part of the truth? In this episode of Your Radical Truth, Margaret Mary O'Connor welcomes back Father Anne for a conversation that goes far beyond surface-level discussion. This is the beginning of an ongoing monthly series where real issues are explored without filtering or softening the message. The focus of this episode centers on wome...

What does it really mean to follow a calling when the very institution that shaped your faith no longer recognizes you? In this powerful episode of Your Radical Truth Podcast , Margaret Mary O'Connor sits down with Reverend Shanon Sterringer for a deeply honest conversation about vocation, excommunication, and the courage it takes to walk a path that few are willing to take. Shanon's journey began...

What happens when a woman devotes her life to faith and still finds herself shut out of leadership? In Episode 49 of Your Radical Truth Podcast , Debra Flint returns for a powerful and unfiltered conversation about spiritual and political power abuse within Catholicism. Drawing from her book No Place for a Woman , Debra shares her personal journey through the Church, her calling to consecrated lif...

Mandatory celibacy has shaped the Roman Catholic Church for nearly a millennium, yet questions continue to surface about its origins, purpose, and long-term impact on clergy, leadership, and the faithful. Why did the Church require priestly celibacy? Was it theological, political, or institutional? And what might the future hold for reform? In this episode of Your Radical Truth , Deacon Margaret M...

In this episode of Your Radical Truth , Deacon Margaret Mary O'Connor sits down with Father Anne for a deep and unflinching conversation about incarnation, conscience, women's ordination, and why authentic Christian faith must lead to justice rather than harm. Father Anne shares how witnessing the cruelty, deception, and systemic injustice normalized under the Donald Trump administration compelled...

What if women held real authority in the early Church and history was later rewritten to erase it. In this powerful episode of Your Radical Truth , host Deacon Margaret Mary O'Connor sits down with award winning journalist and author Nancy Fitzgerald to uncover the suppressed history of Saint Brigid of Kildare, a fifth century Christian leader recognized in early sources as a bishop. This conversa...

What if the calling inside you never went away because it was never meant to? For French Irish spiritual director Soline Humbert, the answer has always been no. At just 19 years old, she felt a clear, undeniable call to priesthood in the Catholic Church. The problem? She had been taught that only men could be called. No internet. No mentors. No permission. Just a voice that would not be silenced....

What happens when the very laws meant to protect children instead give predators a license to abuse? In this episode of Your Radical Truth Podcast , host Margaret Mary O'Connor speaks with survivor, advocate, and bestselling author Donna Simmons, whose life story exposes the devastating reality of child marriage in the United States. Donna reveals how systemic failures, generational trauma, and ou...

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations, revealing a system that treats childbirth as an illness rather than a natural process. Reverend Brighid Danielle Curby Hegdale, ordained in the Reformed Anamkara Celtic Church and a longtime doula, joins host Margaret Mary O'Connor on Your Radical Truth Podcast to uncover the truth about midwifery, doulas, and the n...

What happens when life ends suddenly, without warning or time to say goodbye? Few people have confronted that mystery as closely as Father Nathan G. Castle, O.P., a Dominican priest with an extraordinary ministry. For more than three decades, Father Nathan has been called in dreams to help souls who died traumatically or abruptly. Over 600 individuals who passed through accidents, violence, or sud...

Up to 70% of new moms face crushing exhaustion and overwhelm in their baby's first year — yet many suffer in silence. On this episode of Your Radical Truth , Margaret Mary O'Connor talks with Maria Moreno, founder of Mindful Mother, about her journey from postpartum depression and dangerous sleep deprivation to becoming a certified sleep consultant and motherhood life coach. Maria shares gentle, p...

Kellina Powell was a happy-go-lucky four-year-old when her world suddenly changed. After experiencing severe illness, she lost her hearing. What followed could have been a story of limitation, isolation, and struggle. Instead, it became one of resilience, transformation, and leadership. Today, Kellina is a Deaf coach, international speaker, 4X best-selling author, and entrepreneur who is deeply co...

Only 1 in 5 women feel comfortable talking about menopause. That statistic is not just shocking—it's damaging. On my podcast, Your Radical Truth, I had the honor of speaking with Dr. J. Michelle Vann about why this silence is so harmful and how we begin to break it. We talked about the vital conversations that should be happening between mothers, daughters, and grandmothers. Dr. Vann shared the in...

Thousands of children are believed to be born to Catholic priests, yet their stories have been buried under decades of secrecy and shame. On this episode of the Your Radical Truth Podcast, I sat down with Linda Kelly Lawless, an Australian genealogist who discovered through DNA testing that her biological father was a Catholic priest. What followed was a six-year uphill battle to have the Church s...

Only a small fraction of military veterans become priests, and fewer still find their calling in an independent Catholic tradition like the Celtic Christian Church. In this inspiring episode of Your Radical Truth , host Margaret Mary O'Connor welcomes Father Thomas Marble, a combat medic turned priest, healer, and author. Father Thomas shares how a life of constant relocation, 22 years in the mili...

Did you know nearly 12 million adults in the U.S. are misdiagnosed annually, with some errors leading to serious harm or death? This staggering fact set the stage for a jaw-dropping episode of the Your Radical Truth Podcast , hosted by Margaret Mary O'Connor. In this deeply moving interview, guest Jessica Summers shares her harrowing and ultimately redemptive journey from thriving fashion designer...

According to Statistics Canada, nearly 1 in 5 Canadians aged 15 and older live with one or more disabilities—yet many of their stories remain untold. On this episode of Your Radical Truth , host Margaret Mary O'Connor shines a spotlight on one of those voices. Meet CJ Janzen—"The Singing Speaker"—a queer, disabled advocate, storyteller, and artist living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), a seve...

Despite selling over 90 million books worldwide, Judy Blume remains one of the most banned authors in America. On Your Radical Truth , host Margaret Mary O'Connor welcomes bestselling author and cultural commentator Rachelle Bergstein to explore Blume's fearless legacy - and the fierce censorship she faced. In this powerful episode, Rachelle, author of The Genius of Judy , shares why Blume's hones...

You Change Your Frequency, You Change Your Life  Featuring Selina Maitreya on Your Radical Truth Podcast www. YourRadicalTruth.com/033-Selina-Maitreya   What if the key to transforming your life isn't outside of you—but within your energy? In this enlightening episode of Your Radical Truth , host Margaret Mary O'Connor welcomes internationally respected author and spiritual teacher Selina Maitreya...

80% of women entrepreneurs report feeling held back by limiting beliefs. That startling statistic underscores why conversations like this one with Erin Newman matter so much. On the Your Radical Truth podcast, hosted by Margaret Mary O'Connor, Erin dives deep into how unexamined beliefs can sabotage success—and how tapping, hypnosis, and somatic practices can radically transform your life and busi...

In the 1960s, as images of police dogs and fire hoses unleashed on Black Americans filled TV screens across the nation, a generation of children—Black and white—were learning, in real time, the searing reality of racism in America. It was a pivotal time, one that promised change with the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, but failed to deliver on that promise for decades. Today...