Take Every Thought Captive Podcast

A Healthy Mind in 2019 In this episode, Jason and Dr. Smith discuss the importance of intellectual development and fitting this into your New Year's resolutions. We discuss: - Physical Health and Intellectual Health- Practical Suggestions on setting up a development...

Discernment Dos And Don'ts - Fr. George Elliott In this episode, Jason interviews Fr. George Elliott, a priest of the Diocese of Tyler who recently published a book entitled, Discernment Dos and Don'ts: A Practical Guide to Vocational Discernment. We discuss:- What is...

The Relevance of Ancient Philosophy In this episode, Jason and Dr. Smith discuss the relevance of ancient philosophy, one of the new courses available at catholicstudiesacademy.com. We discuss: - What is ancient philosophy- The context of the rise of philosophy-...

A Catholic View of Economics In this episode, Jason and Dr. Bulzacchelli discuss some principles of Catholic economics. In particular, we look at communism and capitalism from an American perspective. We cover: - Communism - Right to Private Property and its...

Critiquing Modern Approaches to Education: Aristotle on Education In this episode, Jason and Dr. Smith discuss the crisis in education while reexamining the classical approach to education. We discuss: - Aristotle's view and goal of education - Habits and Virtues -...

Justice, Part 2: Commutative Justice and Capital Punishment In this second episode on justice, Jason and Dr. Smith finish discussing the distinctions of justice as laid out by St. Thomas and the topic of capital punishment. We discuss: - Brief definition and overview...

What is Justice? - Part 1 In this episode, Jason and Dr. Smith discuss justice primarily in terms of politics and ethics. We cover: - Defining justice - The division of relationships within justice - Political justice (part-whole) - Service to the common good -...

The Primacy of Adult Faith Formation In this episode, Jason talks to Joan Watson, Director of Adult Faith Formation for the Diocese of Nashville, on the topic of Adult Faith Formation (AFF). In this episode, we discuss: - The primacy of adult faith formation in the...

Philosophical and Theological Themes in Tolkien In this episode, Dr. Smith and John Carswell discuss the philosophical and theological themes of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and related writings. Mr. Carswell is the creator and host of The Tolkien Road, a...

Who is Post-Modern Man? In this episode, Jason and Dr. Smith discuss the idea and defining characteristics of post-modern man. We discuss: - historical placement of modern and post-modern man - the idea that society structures everything - social constructions -...