Jacob Buscher

Cutting The Gordian Knot

Religion EN ↓ 237 episodes

Lighthearted and informative commentary on theological, philosophical, societal, and economic topics all from a Catholic perspective.

Author

Jacob Buscher

Category

Religion

Podcast website

www.thegordianknot.org

Latest episode

Apr 21, 2026

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Episodes

Scriptural Exegesis: The Tower of Babel 06.05.2022

We read through this passage and unpack what it means. If you have a passage that you would like me to address email me at thegordianknot101@gmail.com

Annihilationism: 4 Philosophical Objections 02.05.2022

Annihilationism is a strong view, Catholics need to take it seriously and be prepared to make strong counter-arguments.

Education savings accounts 29.04.2022

I share a little bit of my lobbying materials. I encourage you to advocate for education savings accounts in your state as well.

New Argument For a Finite Past 25.04.2022

This one is short but fun. If you are interested in this topic, I have an interview with Wade Tishammer on his argument in a earlier episode.

Usury! Usury! Half The Sin It Used To Be 22.04.2022

The Church changed its teaching on charging interest. Morality didn’t change, Scripture didn’t change, tradition didn’t change, reason didn’t change, but, the economic system did. The Church responded correctly. I’ll explain what Usury actually is and why it’s rare today.

Interview with Rabbi Tovia Singer 18.04.2022

Rabbi Tovia and I had a wonderful discussion covering lots of questions, dispelling common misunderstandings, and defending the Historicity of the Exodus and other vital events in our Faith.

Interview with Vanessa Forsblad on Apologetics in the University 15.04.2022

Vanessa has a YouTube channel, “ That one Catholic girl” on this episode she shares her story and some of her experiences defending the Faith in an environment that is anything but amenable to her convictions.

Why Distributism must be stopped! 11.04.2022

I know it’s cool and trendy in Catholic circles to consider Distributism as an alternative to the Free-Market. But that’s a bad idea and here’s why.

Holy Week 08.04.2022

I’m talking about Holy Week this week in RCIA. I figured I would share the talk with you on this podcast.

Income Inequality: Why the Marxist Hordes are Wrong Again 04.04.2022

This is a fun and data rich episode where are you may learn some new stuff about the state of income inequality, the way wages are set, and how the gender pay gap is laughably bogus

Interview with Bruce Killian On Why Christ Had to Rise in 3 Days (and a ton of other cool stuff) 01.04.2022

This is a long chat that covers all sorts of things in Scripture. Ever wonder where the wood of the cross came from? What was the actually timeline for Holy Week? Listen and find out

The Marxist vs Christian approach to History 28.03.2022

This is part two on Marxism. The first part was on Marxist philosophy and what’s wrong with that. Here we talk about what’s wrong with Marxist history and hit a few questions in the mail bag.

It’s Lent: Should we be giving money to homeless people? 25.03.2022

I share a couple stories of my interactions with homeless people where some went well and some went poorly and I try to give some practical tips of what you can do.

Top 10 Reasons to be a Christian 21.03.2022

The third in a series of top 10 episodes. I hope you find this one helpful. Towards the end we also read an article about the messianic age. I hope you enjoy that too.

Interview With John Derosa on Apologetics 18.03.2022

John and I talk about his book “One less god than you” Where he gives answers to a number of popular atheist slogans.

Scriptural Exegesis: John 8 The Woman Caught in Adultery. 14.03.2022

We also talked about a little known Eucharistic passage, and we hit the Mailbag!

Interview With Wade Tisthammer on The Eternal Society Paradox 11.03.2022

This is my Favorite argument for the finitude of the past. We deal with every objection we can can think of.

Interview with Fr. Gregory Pine on Prudence 07.03.2022

In this hilarious and informative episode Fr. Gregory Pine tells us about his forthcoming book on prudence.

What’s Wrong with Marxist Philosophy? 04.03.2022

Today’s episode is a whirlwind tour of issues in Marxist and Hegelian philosophy. Plus, we hit a few mailbag questions!

Debrief of Jacob Imam Episode and Why Distributism is Wrong 28.02.2022

The Interview with Jacob has become the most popular episode. I have gotten a ton of feedback and need to address a few points.

Top 10 Reasons to be a Theist 25.02.2022

This is a whirlwind tour of at least 10 reasons to reject atheism and believe in God. Enjoy! (And ignore the awkward editing break in the middle of the Kalam argument…..technology…)

Three languages of politics: How our life together went wrong 21.02.2022

We read an article from the site, say hello to our growing Japanese listenership and hit the Mailbag hard!

Interview with Noelle Mering on her book “Awake not Woke” 18.02.2022

We discuss various strains of thought which influence progressive ideology, note the profoundly religious nature of the woke movement, and talk about what to do about it.

Interview with Pat Flynn on The Problem of Evil 14.02.2022

This was a great conversation that addresses why the presence of evil is actually more of an argument For God than against him. We discussed various theodicies and answer a few objections along the way.

Interview with Decon Dillon Bruce on Christ’s decent into Hell 11.02.2022

What happened with his soul? His body? His Divinity? What where the other members of the Trinity up too, and what and where is Hell anyway? Have a listen.

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