The Lamplighters

The official podcast of The Lamp magazine, hosted by Matthew Walther and Nic Rowan.

The Lost World 07/25/2024

The Lost World Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda P. join our hosts to discuss dinosaurs, paleontology, and Genesis. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/32290477

Interview with a Robot 05/07/2024

Interview with a Robot Timothy Nerozzi joins our hosts to discuss his for the website and to interview its subject, the recently laicized AI priest, Father Justin. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/31174707

The Travel Team Trap 04/25/2024

The Travel Team Trap Timothy P. Carney of the Washington Examiner joins our hosts to discuss his new book, , and to debate "" with Nick Cotta, a father of eight children, two of whom play travel sports. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/30985323

More Impossible Things 04/05/2024

More Impossible Things Stanley Fish joins our hosts to discuss "Impossible Things," his for the magazine, in which he catologues the latest attempts in a perennial project to clean up human behavior, from blind submission to critical legal studies to artificial intelligence. Professor Fish is the presidential scholar in residence at New College, Florida, and the author of many books, most recently, Law at the Movies: Turning Legal Doctrine into Art, which is available for purchase . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/30694648

The Tootsie Pop Test 03/01/2024

The Tootsie Pop Test Urban Hannon joins our hosts to discuss Lenten practices, as well as his new book, . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/30150358

The Melting Pot 02/02/2024

The Melting Pot Megan McArdle of the Washington Post joins our hosts to discuss immigration and what it means to be American. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/29774453

The Bad Old Days 11/22/2023

The Bad Old Days Amanda Piccirillo of the Josias podcast and Lydia Sherwood join our hosts to discuss memories (and false memories) of the Church of our youth. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/28760343

Houses in Motion 11/16/2023

Houses in Motion Stephen White, executive director of the Catholic Project, joins our hosts to discuss his organization's recent examining generational differences among the men who are ordained to the priesthood. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/28671083

Why This Girl? 10/19/2023

Why This Girl? Father Joseph Koczera, S.J., a professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and Andrew Petiprin, a columnist for Catholic World Report and host of the Ignatius Press podcast, join the Lamplighters to discuss the legacy of The Excorcist. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/28356503

Was King Arthur Real? 09/26/2023

Was King Arthur Real? Shawn Phillip Cooper joins the Lamplighters to discuss King Arthur, Thomas Malory, and the Sword in the Stone. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/28150856

The Crisis of Catholic Atheism 07/13/2023

The Crisis of Catholic Atheism Michael Hanby joins the Lamplighters to discuss his in the Trinity 2023 issue of the magazine. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/27457014

The Life of Pablo 06/19/2023

The Life of Pablo Jaspreet Singh Boparai joins our hosts to discuss art criticism and an exhibition of Picasso's works at the Brooklyn Museum. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/27192948

'Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here 05/29/2023

'Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here Jake Neu joins the Lamplighters to discuss how parents with young children participate at Mass. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/26978808

Should Birth Be Free? 04/27/2023

Should Birth Be Free? Tom Shakely of Americans United for Life and Megan McArdle of the Washington Post join our editor to discuss family policy after the fall of Roe v. Wade in a panel hosted with the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America. A video recording of the event is available . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/26672832

The Habsburg Way 04/20/2023

The Habsburg Way Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen joins our hosts to discuss his family and his new book, The Habsburg Way: 7 Rules for Turbulent Times, which can be purchased . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/26602974

Breakfast for Easter 03/28/2023

Breakfast for Easter Marlo Slayback and Chris McCaffery join our hosts to discuss Easter feasts. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/26371101

The Great Fast 03/14/2023

The Great Fast Timothy Nerozzi and Jeremy Christiansen join our hosts to discuss fasting, abstinence, and other Lenten practices. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/26230719

Thank Them Now 02/27/2023

Thank Them Now Steven Knepper and Timothy McLeod join our hosts to discuss cycling and mentorship. Subscribers can read Steven's recent piece on the subject . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/26058165

Benedict's Legacy 02/15/2023

Benedict's Legacy Father Jon Tveit joins our hosts to discuss Pope Benedict XVI's life and legacy. The Lamp's latest issue, which commemorates Joseph Ratzinger, is available for sale or through a . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/25938867

Mama Shot the Deer! 01/16/2023

Mama Shot the Deer! Ryan T. Anderson and Anna Anderson join the Lamplighters to discuss farming and raising children around animals. Subscribers can read Ryan's recent essay on the subject . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/25620051

Powers and Dominions 12/14/2022

Powers and Dominions Ross Douthat, columist at the New York Times, and Minoo Dinshaw, author of Outlandish Knight: the Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman, join our hosts to discuss the new Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones television shows. Minoo both in our Christ the King issue, which is available along with the rest of the magazine at a through the end of the year. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/25327308

Goodnight Dr Pepper Hat 11/30/2022

Goodnight Dr Pepper Hat Robert Wyllie and Vijaya Bodach join our hosts to discuss children's literature and reading to children. Rob recently wrote on one of his favorite books from childhood, The Velveteen Rabbit, free to read . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/25180281

The Eternity of Hell Torments Considered 11/01/2022

The Eternity of Hell Torments Considered Father Harold Potter and Jane Cooper join our hosts to discuss Hell and damnation. Subscribers can read The Lamp's recent symposium on the subject . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/24874032

From the Susquehanna to the Tiber 10/18/2022

From the Susquehanna to the Tiber Jeremy Christiansen joins our hosts to discuss growing up Mormon and becoming Catholic. His memoir of conversion, which will be excerpted in the Christ the King issue of The Lamp, is available . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/24724860

Balloon Arches 10/07/2022

Balloon Arches Meredith Thornburgh, neé McDonough, joins our hosts to discuss bureaucratic and social hurdles to marriages. Her essay on the topic, published in the Lent issue of the magazine, is available to read . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/24618102

The Old Brass Spittoon 09/21/2022

The Old Brass Spittoon Good Tweetman and Lydia Sherwood join our hosts to talk all things football. Our editor recently wrote a long essay on his love of the New England Patriots, available to read . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/24445422

Up to Poughkeepsie 09/07/2022

Up to Poughkeepsie Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review joins our hosts to discuss why he began attending the Latin Mass even before Summorum pontificum made it widely available and how that decision continues to influence him today, especially in light of Traditionis custodes. /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/24302223

Where Peter Actually Is 08/24/2022

Where Peter Actually Is Father Ambrose Dobrozsi joins our hosts to discuss the papacy and the nature of obedience. His recent piece on the subject is available to read . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/24146529

Strange Powers 08/15/2022

Strange Powers Alberto Miguel Fernandez joins our hosts to discuss reading, fantasy, and King Solomon's Mines. Several issues ago, he wrote about learning right from wrong in the pulp novels of his youth. Subscribers can read his piece . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/24059946

Canada Mayflower 07/27/2022

Canada Mayflower Chris Arnade and Father Jon Tveit join our hosts to discuss urban hikes, prayer, and taking the bus. Father Tveit recently wrote about walking while praying his breviary, which subscribers can read . /episode/index/show/6b493087-4986-46f5-9d92-deaa94e3f301/id/23877327

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