The Catholic Culture Podcast

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Thomas Mirus explores Catholic arts & culture with a variety of notable guests. A production of CatholicCulture.org.

Recent Episodes
  • 196 - Theology of Hiking - Fr. John Nepil
    May 27, 2025 – 45:56
  • 195 - The Most Influential Theology Book Nobody Reads - Philipp Rosemann
    Apr 24, 2025 – 01:46:56
  • 194 - The Church’s Hour of Testing – Fr. Donald Haggerty
    Apr 10, 2025 – 56:58
  • 193 - On René Girard -Trevor Cribben Merrill
    Mar 28, 2025 – 01:24:19
  • 192 - Latin learning and classical Christian education w/ Ryan Hammill
    Mar 11, 2025 – 01:34:26
  • 191 - How the Church Invented Musical Notation - Christopher Page
    Feb 21, 2025 – 45:34
  • 190 - Fulton Sheen, Convert Maker - Cheryl C.D. Hughes
    Feb 11, 2025 – 57:34
  • 189 - St. Boethius, Stoicism and Neoplatonism - Thomas Ward
    Jan 22, 2025 – 01:19:26
  • 188 - Christians against AI art - Susannah Black Roberts
    Jan 10, 2025 – 01:08:59
  • 187 - The Roman Rite, ad orientem worship, and liturgical tradition - Fr. Uwe Michael Lang
    Dec 16, 2024 – 01:01:42
  • 186 - Is there ever enough of Mary? w/ Fr. Charles Anthony Mary, F.I.
    Dec 6, 2024 – 01:35:44
  • 185 - The Stigmatists - Paul Kengor
    Oct 16, 2024 – 01:02:22
  • Highlights: making the Church less worldly, a Catholic movie from 1903, music and conversion
    Oct 7, 2024 – 01:15:09
  • 184 - Ghosts of memory, myths, and contemporary Catholic poets w/ Ryan Wilson
    Sep 20, 2024 – 01:41:36
  • 183 - Does Angel Studios merit the hype?
    Sep 10, 2024 – 37:23
  • 182 - Duruflé's Requiem w/ Christopher Berry
    Aug 26, 2024 – 01:33:56
  • Highlights: Scott Hahn on cremation, Gene Wolfe, Ben-Hur, Jane Greer, Charlie Parker
    Aug 1, 2024 – 01:04:42
  • 181 - Beauty, Imitation, and Music - Daniel McInerny
    Jul 15, 2024 – 02:09:57
  • Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds & the tradition of English verse w/ James Matthew Wilson
    Jun 24, 2024 – 01:17:22
  • Catholics create huge new ballet: interview with producer, composer, and choreographer of Raffaella
    Jun 11, 2024 – 01:44:21
  • 178 - Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage? w/ Jessica Hooten Wilson
    May 7, 2024 – 40:49
  • 177 - "The Catholic Bach": Jan Dismas Zelenka
    Apr 30, 2024 – 58:20
  • 176 - God and the City - D.C. Schindler
    Mar 25, 2024 – 01:04:26
  • 175 - St. Aldhelm's Riddles, Poetry & Public Service - A.M. Juster
    Mar 11, 2024 – 01:19:15
  • 174 - Medieval Mystery Plays w/ Gregory Roper
    Feb 22, 2024 – 01:11:36
  • 173 – Chastity, Integrity and the Desert Fathers – Bishop Erik Varden
    Feb 15, 2024 – 01:06:04
  • 172 - Fr. John Saward on turning away from von Balthasar, and on the invisible world of angels
    Feb 8, 2024 – 55:31
  • The Heresies—Judaizers and Ebionites: Denying Christ’s Divinity
    Jan 26, 2024 – 33:59
  • Highlights: Jonathan Roumie, classical Christian education, Nouvelle théologie
    Jan 10, 2024 – 01:13:31
  • 171 - St. Jerome's Letters to Friends in Mourning - David G. Bonagura, Jr.
    Dec 15, 2023 – 40:24
  • 170 - Art Participates in God's Governance - Bradley Elliott, O.P.
    Nov 30, 2023 – 01:01:02
  • 169 - The Good Death of Kate Montclair - Daniel McInerny
    Nov 20, 2023 – 48:12
  • The Catholic Culture Podcast Soundtrack
    Nov 14, 2023 – 30:09
  • 168 - Tolkien's Hard-Won Faith - Holly Ordway
    Nov 1, 2023 – 01:28:06
  • Highlights: Esolen in the Wild West, Thomas More’s conscience, and more
    Oct 17, 2023 – 01:18:17
  • 167 - Early Feminism Was Worse Than You Think - Carrie Gress
    Sep 15, 2023 – 59:42
  • 166 - Poetry of St. John of the Cross w/ Carla Galdo
    Sep 5, 2023 – 01:29:49
  • 165 - Gifts of the Holy Spirit w/ John of St. Thomas & Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.
    Aug 24, 2023 – 01:50:38
  • 164 - When "engaging the culture" means loving mediocrity - Joshua Gibbs
    Aug 17, 2023 – 01:38:11
  • Highlights: Cultural appropriation, ugly beauty, English poet-martyrs, Polish cinema
    Aug 9, 2023 – 01:13:59
  • 163 - Reconciling Distributism and Economics - Alexander W. Salter
    Jul 24, 2023 – 01:23:27
  • 162 - Saints Who Inspired Saints - Kimberly Begg
    Jul 13, 2023 – 35:09
  • 161 - Making Gerard Manley Hopkins Accessible - Holly Ordway
    Jul 7, 2023 – 01:40:07
  • Highlights: AI is boring; liberal anti-culture; misguided Catholic feminism
    Jun 12, 2023 – 01:13:44
  • 160 - The Vocation of Thomas Aquinas - Matthew Minerd
    Jun 5, 2023 – 01:38:15
  • The Catholic sobriety test w/ Phil Lawler and Jeff Mirus
    May 23, 2023 – 01:19:17
  • When artists feel lonely in the Church (Livestream)
    May 16, 2023 – 01:12:04
  • Mike Aquilina Q&A on early Christianity
    May 9, 2023 – 01:36:18
  • 159 - Person and Act: John Paul II's Philosophy w/ Timothy Flanders
    May 5, 2023 – 01:33:32
  • Livestream announcement
    May 4, 2023 – 02:12
Recent Reviews
  • andhiggins
    New Favorite
    Excellent apostolate devoted to the discussion and discovery of culture in our lives and our lives in culture.
  • Aaron Irber
    Great podcast!
    This is a great podcast that has interesting guests and high level discussions on art from a Catholic context. Check it out!
  • LizJardim
    Thoughtful and meaningful
    I stumbled upon this podcast, and it is such a wonderful show. I am not a catholic and yet I still take away a lot of meaning and wisdom from the conversations happening here. Thank you Thomas! I recommend the Dana Gioia poetry episode!
  • Auntintheattic
    84
    I’d like to strongly echo mako_mark. I read a lot, listen to solid and thoughtful podcasts, homilies, etc. This was unusually eye opening and helpful. meliz.anz
  • mako_mark
    84
    Episode 84 offered perspective and guidance that sadly I haven’t heard anywhere else. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Thank you.
  • Ajirber
    Awesome Podcast
    This is a great show and the guests are interesting. The Gene Wolfe episode was one of the best yet. Catholics has such a rich artistic heritage and it’s important that we learn about it.
  • catholicsthink
    Overly Edited
    Dude, I like most of your discussions, conversations with your guests. But there seems to be a disconnect between you and your guests, lacking flow in your conversations, as if you are only so focused on your questions you want to ask your guests. Worse, your podcast is overly edited that you and your guests sound like they are not breathing at all, and not giving your listeners a breather in the process. Yes edit your podcast of course but dont edit it too much.
  • baskeballisfun
    In depth great convos. And awesome Tolkien eps.
    Awesome guests. Great host. In depth and insightful convos about important cultural topics. Also - highly recommend both Tolkien episodes!
  • Pius Aeneas
    You talk too much
    The host dominates the conversation to a highly unwelcome extent. I tune in to hear the guests but receive an hour of self-involved soliloquy. This is simply immature performance wasting the presence of interesting guests. This is very disappointing.
  • jennyshalo
    This Episode is An Early Christmas Present
    Eavesdropping on my intellectual betters as they shared insights on books I’ve read as well as others I want to read or will never read was a thorough delight. I’m a first time listener who can’t wait to go back and listen to the 5 most popular podcasts of the year.
  • F Ginski
    one of the better Catholic podcasts
    The host, Thomas Mirus, clearly puts considerable thought into each episode’s guests. The topics and questions are timely, fascinating and often unusual enough to really stand out from my other subscriptions. I find it hard to stop listening to an episode once I’ve started. Highly recommended!
  • StinerT
    A Grace Filled Find!
    Just listed to the first Podcast and enjoyed it immensely. The reputation the actors is not the greatest and I love it when faith filled people share there story. I look foward to listening to the other episodes.
  • RCS34567
    Fascinating interviews on a variety of topics
    Thomas V. Mius interviews a wide spectrum of guests on topics including economic theory, Catholic history and current events. He is an engaging interviewer and things definitely never get dry or prosaic. I especially enjoyed the episode on inflation, in addition to being interested food for thought on the topic, it was a great primer on and history of inflation and other economic concepts, well worth a listen just to expand ones knowledge of these often misunderstood concepts!
  • Lionsheart85
    Love this podcast!
    Thomas Mirus blends a beautiful gift of the academic and artist providing different perspectives and lesser known facts about Catholic Culture and examination of more complicated subject matter in a fascinating, robust discussion. He is a gifted interviewer, with a sharp dry wit and a penchant for discovering the unexpected. I love the intersection between Artist and the rich intellectual discussion he brings with each guest. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
  • Zeitgeist68
    Faithful, Engaging Interviews
    Interesting, smart, faithful engaging interviews. I look forward to more. I have always enjoyed his writing on the Catholic Culture site and he exhibits the same keen sensibilities in his podcast.
  • lindatheMOTHER
    A delightful listen
    Between Thomas’ style and Tony’s life - this exchange is just like a life lesson, but one you enjoy thoroughly throughout. Really, I cant recommend this episode enough. A throwback to living and combining faith & life - which gives you the fullest possible. Make sure you listen to the end because he finishes with two wonderful quotes.
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