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A New & Improved Year for Higher Education? (Micaiah Bilger) 1/14/25

Release Date: 01/14/2025

Let's Take a Closer Look: Here's Goliath! Where's David?

The Catholic Current

Lent is easy for people to get wrong. What is the most important question to ask yourself to begin Lent well? If you don't know, and if your focus is wrong, you will do more harm than good in this season. Fr. McTeigue takes a closer look. Watch on YouTube:

The Case Against IVF (Stacy Trasancos) 3/11/25

The Catholic Current

We welcome Stacy Trasancos to discuss IVF, examining both the biological and moral flaws. Father and Stacy explore alternatives for women and whether IVF is merely the lazy choice for doctors. Father finishes with timely thoughts. Show Notes

Let's Take a Closer Look: Why They Won't Leave Us Alone

The Catholic Current

Totalitarians refuse to simply leave Christians alone, to let them live and worship in peace. Have you ever wondered why? Father McTeigue takes a closer look. Watch on YouTube:

Is It 1943 Again? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/7/25

The Catholic Current

Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. takes on this week's Let’s Talk About This by comparing the time that we are in now with a prior year in which so much change was taking place. Can we use the mistakes of the past to forge a better future? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes

Can Anyone Afford Feminism? (W.M. Briggs) 3/6/25

The Catholic Current

We welcome William M. Briggs, known as Statistician to the Stars, to talk about feminism in the workplace and academia, as well as what the data can really show us. He explores the victim mindset and how we have built institutions around perceived oppression. Show Notes

Let's Take a Closer Look: Questioning Lent

The Catholic Current

Are You Down to Your Last Lent? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/4/25

The Catholic Current

Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. presents a pre-Lenten special, so that listeners might be ready to embrace this penitential season, and draw closer to Christ. Show Notes

Let's Take a Closer Look: IVF: Mr. President—You're Wrong. Call Me.

The Catholic Current

IVF is presented as the opposite of abortion—a pro-life measure to bring more children into the world. Yet, if we take a closer look, that's not quite right. Watch on YouTube:

No More First World Problems? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/28/25

The Catholic Current

Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. takes on this week's Let’s Talk About This by discussing how our modern lives and the over-use of technology can keep us from a right relationship with God. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes

Canon Law and Immigration (Fr. Gerald Murray) 2/27/25

The Catholic Current

We welcome back Fr. Gerald Murray to discuss recent pronouncements from the Vatican about immigration, in light of canon law and the tradition of the Church. Show Notes

More Episodes

We welcome Micaiah Bilger of The College Fix to discuss the Department of Education, the use of AI in education, and the growing pushback against DEI initiatives. What might we see in 2025 in terms of higher education? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

Year in Review: 120 campus cancel culture incidents in 2024 | The College Fix

Michael Knowles ‘creates unsafe’ campus for ‘LGBTQ+ students,’ U. Illinois complaint says | The College Fix

Five predictions for higher education in 2025 | The College Fix

Arizona charter school board approves curriculum entirely taught by A.I. | Not the Bee

When Race Trumps Merit (Heather Mac Donald) 6/29/23

When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives

Faithful Catholic colleges see enrollment boom in face of nationwide higher ed problems

College of St. Joseph the Worker

Reclaiming the Trades: A New of Form of Higher Education (Mike Sullivan) 12/19/23

Let’s Rethink Higher Education (Dr. Jacob Imam) 5/14/24

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