Salt the Earth

In this episode, Dominik speaks with Brendan Kalisz about their views and concerns over the old trend of telling children about Santa Claus. They raise both moral and practical approaches to thinking about what parents should consider when deciding how to address Santa Claus with their children. To hear more conversations like this and other writing, you can visit dominikbfleury.com This is a publ...

In this episode, Dominik speaks with Brendan Kalisz about what the reactions to Charlie Kirk’s assassination mean about the state of civil discourse, and how the reactions of different groups reflect their worldview positions. To hear more conversations like this and other writing, you can visit dominikbfleury.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers o...

In this episode, Dominik speaks with Dan Schneider about his experience as a missionary for Totus Tuus. While I am unassociated with them, I find them to be an excellent missionary group; you can find out more about Totus Tuus at their website here: https://totustuus.church/ To hear more conversations like this and other writing, you can visit dominikbfleury.com Music: The Loneliness by Sergey Che...

In this episode, Dominik speaks with Robert Kalaj, owner of Ardiana’s Restaurant on 10 Mile Road in Novi, MI. His story about growing up under the anti-religious government of communist Albania showcases the provident love of God who continually guides us to Himself by mysterious and awesome ways, and who has a unique timing for the spiritual progress of all His children. If you are in town, feel...

In this episode, Dominik reflects on his interview with Joe Kirkish and the thoughts which it aroused in him on ecumenism. To hear more, you can visit dominikbfleury.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dominikbfleury.com

Joe Kirkish is a 100 year old professor emeritus of humanities at Michigan Technological University, resident of Houghton, Michigan, and a lifetime Catholic. Dominik speaks with Joe about growing up as a Catholic in Houghton among a largely Protestant demographic, about how that faith alongside a strong sense of ecumenism has influenced him in his adult life, and about how a recognition of persona...

Joe Kirkish is a 99 year old professor emeritus of humanities at Michigan Technological University. He was the founder of WGGL FM in 1968, the first FM station in the Keweenaw Peninsula and one of the earliest in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He was present for the beginning of National Public Radio station and wrote his doctoral dissertation on its first four years. Dominik speaks with him about th...

In this episode, Dominik is joined by Lucy Cousino to talk about the nature of art. They touch on what makes art good, where art comes from, the concept of subcreation and what the Church has to say about it, and how art signifies the eternal. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dominikbfleury.com

In this episode, Dominik is joined by nobody to talk about what the term ‘worldview’ means, how your education contributes to your worldview, and the difference between American ‘gen-eds’ and a true liberal arts education. See more content like this at dominikbfleury.substack.com or dominikbfleury.com YouTube: Dominik B. Fleury Spotify: Salt the Earth This is a public episode. If you would like to...

In this episode, Dominik is joined by Brendan Kalisz to talk about the context of political discussion in the current United States as relevant to Catholics. They talk about topics such as university politics, talking about abortion, and diversity. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dominikbfleury.com

In this episode, Dominik is joined by Brendan LaFave to talk about the incongruity between education and the reality of human nature that has developed in the United States. They discuss the College of St. Joseph the Worker and how it gives a model for how education serves the whole person. This based on the Christian view of the intrinsic dignity of the human person and of the work he performs. T...

In this episode, Dominik is joined by Andy Dzik, Caleb Taggert, and Wesley Vis to talk about the Beloved Dinner, an event recently hosted by the Knights of Columbus of St. Albert the Great University Parish in Houghton, MI. They discuss the basic elements of the dinner, how we put the event on, and advice for how you may put on such an event at your local community. To find more of Dominik's conte...

On the intellectual dissolution that is occurring in Western culture at large. This intellectual degradation has happened despite the rich tradition of reason that the West has inherited from prior centuries. The intellectual life of Christendom should have continued to grow more consistently, yet has in some ways peaked prior to and during the Enlightenment and come to decline with the rise of du...

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings masterfully depicts the Catholic worldview in its depiction of providence, women, and the everyman. See more content like this at dominikbfleury.substack.com or dominikbfleury.com See Lucy's work on The Path to Happiness at lucycousino.com YouTube: @dominikbfleury This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

STE001 Welcome to the Salt the Earth podcast. This podcast is dedicated to spreading a covenantal theistic worldview through intelligent conversation among young people. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dominikbfleury.com