Catholic Phoenix Podcast

The boys discuss the implications of Mary's virginity. The sponsor for this week is liturgicalcalendars.com-Modern calendars for a timeless faith. Also, if you need audio services (music composition or editing), consider our friend, Chris Waters. He edited many of our episodes over the last year or so (he did the ones that actually sound good). Please rate us on iTunes.

Ryan, Alex and Doug discuss continence, abstinence and celibacy, particularly as practiced by the Catholic clergy throughout the ages. The sponsor for this episode is The Bearded Savant. Live handsome! Please rate us on iTunes!

Phoenician Michael Garibaldi talks about his new initiative, StoryStrong, an acting and writing initiative designed to create the next generation of storytellers, grounded in Christian anthropology and an acting approach known as the Meisner Technique. Our sponsor this week is The Mortgage Brothers Team (formerly Eddie Mortgage). Phoenix-area residents need to see them for all of their home loan needs. Please rate us on iTunes

Alex and Ryan give Doug the week off and discuss something that should be kind a regular thing on a Catholic podcast: sacraments. The sponsor for this week is liturgicalcalendars.com-Modern calendars for a timeless faith. Please rate us on iTunes.

The boys discussion demographic trends for Catholic, Alex drops science on confession and Ryan lauds Parisian cop Arnaud Beltrame. The sponsor for this week is liturgicalcalendars.com-Modern calendars for a timeless faith. Please rate us on iTunes.

In typical Catholic fashion, the show is behind the times (in this case, about two weeks) as Ryan and Doug discuss The Atlantic and its two week experiment with intellectual diversity in the form of hiring and firing Kevin Williamson. The sponsor for this episode is The Bearded Savant. Live handsome! Please rate us on iTunes

Doug and Ryan give Alex a break for the week and talk about the Tepeyac Leadership Initiative, Padre Pio and demon-proofing your home by making it authetically Catholic. Our sponsor this week is The Mortgage Brothers Team (formerly Eddie Mortgage). Phoenix-area residents need to see them for all of their home loan needs. Please rate us on iTunes.

The boys tackle the subjects of conversion, midday prayer and the history of Confession (it used to occasionally be done in public!). Our sponsor this week is The Mortgage Brothers Team (formerly Eddie Mortgage). Phoenix-area residents need to see them for all of their home loan needs. Please rate us on iTunes.

Ryan, Alex and Doug step up to the mike this week to discuss prayer, some optimistic news for the the state of the priesthood and why Catholics want baptism for their kids ASAP. The sponsor for this week is liturgicalcalendars.com-Modern calendars for a timeless faith. Please rate us on iTunes.

In this latest episode (which was recorded weeks ago), the guys delve into money, John 6 and the unfolding situation with the Catholic bishops in China. Our sponsor this week is The Mortgage Brothers Team (formerly Eddie Mortgage). Phoenix-area residents need to see them for all of their home loan needs. Please rate us on iTunes.

After a brief hiatus, Doug, Alex and Ryan and back! This week Ryan tackles the Rosary, Alex teaches us about indulgences and Doug talks about the various pro-life activities happening in January (when this episode was recorded). Too late for the March for Life, but just in time for 40 Days for Life. The sponsor for this episode is The Bearded Savant. Live handsome! Please rate us on iTunes.

Doug is joined by past guests (and new co-hosts...if they don't screw it up) Alex Julian and Ryan Scharber. The sponsor for this week is liturgicalcalendars.com-Modern calendars for a timeless faith. Please rate us on iTunes.

After a two week absence, we are back! This episode features podcast contributor Alex Julian talking with George Heiler, Kevin Murphy, and Tristan Gaynor. The are three ASU students (not graduates, as Doug mistakenly says in the intro) who were involved in starting a chapter of Phi Kappa Theta, a Catholic fraternity, at Arizona State University. The sponsor for this episode is The Bearded Savant. Live handsome! Please rate us on iTunes.

Local educator Mike Austin joins the show for a talk about how math makes better people. Find his earlier shows here and here. Our sponsor this week is The Mortgage Brothers Team (formerly Eddie Mortgage). Phoenix-area residents need to see them for all of their home loan needs. Please rate us on iTunes.

Sean Bryan was a breakout star of the latest season in ANW, claiming third place as "The Papal Ninja". Here, he joins the show for a chat about his experience on the show, his background as a physics/gymnast major at Cal-Berkeley and his current vocation as The Lay Mission Project's Animatin Director. He can be found on Twitter at @papalninja. The sponsor for this episode is The Bearded Savant. Live handsome! Please rate us on iTunes.

New board member and repeat contributor Alex Julian talks with Doug about Fr. Weinandy's letter to Pope Francis and his ensuing departure from the USCCB. The sponsor for this week is liturgicalcalendars.com-Modern calendars for a timeless faith. Please rate us on iTunes.

Kira Rugen is the founder and artistic director of Solis Camerata, a professional choir based in Phoenix. Kira is the director of Choral Activities and Musical Theatre at Arizona Christian University. She has also taught at Grand Canyon University and served as a faculty associate at Arizona State. Solis Camerata will be performing at annual Catholic Phoenix Sacred Music Concert on Nov. 19 at the Chapel of Our Lady at Xavier Prep. She stops by the program to talk about this year's program, Voyage: From Spain to Colonial Latin America. Our sponsor for this episode is Caritas Press-Great Catholic Reading for Everyone! Review us in iTunes!

The guest for this week is Trent Horn, an author, speaker and apologist for Catholic Answers. He talks with Doug about his latest book and the joys and pitfalls of face-to-face evangelism. He can be found at trenthorn.com and on Twitter at @Trent_Horn. The sponsor for this episode is The Bearded Savant. Live handsome! Please rate us on iTunes.

Gracy is a repeat guest on the podcast, her first visit was back in episode 55. She is currently the associate managing editor at The Federalist, and her work has also appeared in The American Conservative, Christianity Today and Rural Catholic Life. She joins Doug to talk about her latest articles and a few other topics, from everything ranging to farming to the estate tax to British murder mysteries. She can be found on Twitter at @gracyolmstead. The sponsor for this episode is Connolly Asset Management. Investment advice, life insurance and financial planning for people of all types. Please rate us on iTunes.

Brad Wilcox joins the show to discuss the socioeconomics of marriage. He's the Director of the National Marriage Porject at the University of Virginia. Additionally, he's authored and co-authored many books, most recently Soul Mates: Religion, Sex, Love, and Marriage Among African Americans and Latinos . Brad can be found on Twitter at @WilcoxNMP. The sponsor for this week is liturgicalcalendars.com-Modern calendars for a timeless faith. Please rate us on iTunes.