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- Aug 6, 202654 min
What did Pope Pius XII think about America?
In this podcast, Marc Barnes and Reuben Slife discuss Pope Pius XII’s 1939 letter to America on the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the hierarchy of bishops. They discuss both Pope Pius’s praise for America and his warnings regarding the degradation of the family and cultural decline of the pre-war era. Subscribe by August 15th to receive Issue 7.3: https://newpolity.com/magazine We are running a Summer Sale on all books and magazines! Check it out here: https://newpolity.com/summer-sale Grab a copy of America in the Mystery of Christ and the Church by David L. Schindler with an introduction and edited by Reuben Slife. New Polity is starting a blog series on AI with new articles every Friday. Subscribe to our email list here: https://newpolity.com/essays/#subscribe New Polity is a non-profit organization entirely supported by listeners like you. Please donate to help us make more! https://newpolity.com/donate
- Aug 4, 20261h 14m
Why Employee Ownership Works w/ Flocknote CEO Matthew Warner
Does employee ownership really work? Matthew Warner, founder and CEO of Flocknote, says it certainly does. In this podcast, Marc Barnes interviews Matthew on his experience transitioning Flocknote to an employee owned company, and the benefits it brings to his company. They also discuss Catholic Social Teaching on ownership and labor, and how Catholics can incorporate these teachings. Subscribe by August 15th to receive Issue 7.3: https://newpolity.com/magazine We are running a Summer Sale on all books and magazines! Check it out here: https://newpolity.com/summer-sale New Polity is starting a blog series on AI with new articles every Friday. Subscribe to our email list here: https://newpolity.com/essays/#subscribe New Polity is a non-profit organization entirely supported by listeners like you. Please donate to help us make more! https://newpolity.com/donate
- Jul 23, 202642 min
AI: The Hype vs The Real
Marc Barnes and Alex Denley are happy to announce the next New Polity Magazine, Issue 7.3, on AI: The Hype vs The Real. In this podcast, they discuss the loss of textual communities, AI generated homilies, the technocratic paradigm, and other topics from the new magazine. Subscribe by August 15th to receive Issue 7.3: https://newpolity.com/magazineWe are running a Summer Sale on all books and magazines! Check it out here: https://newpolity.com/summer-saleNew Polity is starting a blog series on AI with new articles every Friday. Subscribe to our email list here: https://newpolity.com/essays/#subscribePlease donate to help us make more! https://newpolity.com/donate
- Jul 17, 202648 min
From Catholic Blogs to Social Media Algorithms w/ Joe Heschmeyer
Marc Barnes and Joe Heschmeyer are from the old world of the Catholic blogosphere. With catchy titles like "Bad Catholic" and "Shameless Popery," the Catholic blogs were the place for long comment threads and an active community. Social media has made that community mostly obsolete, and social media is the default place where people go. In this podcast, they discuss producing content for social media algorithms and how to preserve and encourage attention. New Polity is running a summer sale on all our books and magazines! Check it out here: https://newpolity.com/summer-saleSubscribe to New Polity magazine! https://newpolity.com/magazineDonate to help us make more. Thank you! https://newpolity.com/donateHere is the essay by Simone Weil referenced by Joe: https://rohandrape.net/ut/rttcc-text/...
- Jul 9, 202659 min
Fear and Trembling in Las Vegas w/ Author Will Hoyt
In The Seven Ranges, Will Hoyt sought answers to how and why small, self-sufficient landholders in eastern Ohio consented to the destruction of once-thriving townships and even topography itself via strip mining in the 1960s. In his new sequel, Fear and Trembling in Las Vegas, Hoyt describes the collapse of Western Civilization as experienced by residents in eastern Ohio, Cleveland, and Michigan between 1994 and 2024. In this podcast, Marc Barnes interviews Will Hoyt about his new book and how a sense of America and its grandeur can be brought back. You can buy a copy of Fear and Trembling in Las Vegas from New Polity here: https://newpolity.com/books-in-inventory/fear-and-trembling-in-las-vegasSubscribe to New Polity Magazine! Next one's on AI and will be releasing by August. https://newpolity.com/magazine New Polity is a non-profit organization entirely supported by listeners like you. Please donate to help us make more! https://newpolity.com/donate
- Jul 7, 20261h 6m
The Nation-Saving Prayer of Judith | The Book of Judith Part 3
In this podcast, Marc Barnes and Star Plato discuss the final chapters of the Book of Judith. Specifically, they look at the prayer at the end of the Book, where Judith praises God for victory. This is final part of the series on Judith. You can view the full series here.Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! Next one's on AI and will be releasing by August. New Polity is a non-profit organization entirely supported by listeners like you. Please donate to help us make more!
- Jul 1, 20262h 0m
What Was the Americanist Heresy? (Did it Really Exist?)
America is a special place. And, it even has its own heresy. In this podcast, Reuben Slife and Marc Barnes discuss Leo XIII's condemnation of "Americanism," and the controversy that it caused. Some US bishops replied to the Pope that no one actually adhered to Americanism, and that it was effectively a "phantom heresy." But, is there something particular to the American way of being Catholic that needs correction? How does this teaching on Americanism relate to America today, on the 250th anniversary?New Polity Press has just released a new book by David L. Schindler, America in the Mystery of Christ and the Church, which addresses this central question: What does it mean to be holy in America? Order it now at https://newpolity.com/books-in-invent...Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! Next one's on AI and will be releasing by August. https://newpolity.com/magazineNew Polity is a non-profit organization entirely supported by listeners like you. Please donate to help us make more! https://newpolity.com/donate
- Jun 18, 20261h 33m
The Political Philosophy of Magnifica Humanitas
Magnifica Humanitas has been called the "AI Encyclical," but there's far more to the document: a thorough analysis of Catholic Social Doctrine, an extensive treatment of modern warfare, and how power works in the world today. In this podcast, Alex Denley and Andrew Willard Jones discuss the political philosophy of Magnifica Humanitas, and how the Pope's analysis helps us to understand our future with AI, how the powerful will use it, and what we as Christians can do about it. If you haven't read the encyclical yet, don't watch this! Spend some time reading (and re-reading) the document here. Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! Check out our essays.Donate to help us make more! Thank you.
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