Resonate Recordings https://resonaterecordings.com 436977 en-us Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:17:34 +0000 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:17:34 +0000 https://www.austin-institute.org https://storage.googleapis.com/com-resonaterecordings-public/cover-art/dAsU5YFKsAbhnVVL1LbqEpuJJVa2wjqEzGgUfAUR.jpeg https://www.austin-institute.org Austin Institute false episodic Austin Institute Austin Institute podcast@austin-institute.org No false The Desecration of Man: A Conversation with Carl Trueman Abortion, pornography, euthanasia: at the height of our technological development, most of the Western world seems unable to find purpose and meaning. Unable to overcome challenges and natural limi... full 1be69de2-7f9d-49b1-ade6-726acd633fcf Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 3216 false false The Death of Prestige? 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Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia, as he and Dr. Marianna Orlandi sit down to discuss the impen... full b5b4fd6b-6f3f-4c66-b14f-93cdf14fa8f5 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000 3169 false false 1 4 S4 E1 : How the Modern Redefinition of Womanhood is Destructive to True Feminine Liberation with Dr. Abigail Favale Dr. Abigail Favale, writer and professor at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, joins Dr. Marianna Orlandi to discuss the ways in which women’s dignity is actuall... full b4d0e775-87de-410f-875d-dd9afaaae964 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000 2990 false false 14 4 S3 E14 : Why Talking About Fidelity Now Matters More Than Ever with Dr. William Bellet To kick off Fidelity Month, Clinician and Consultant, Dr. William Bellet speaks to us about why fidelity matters, now, more than ever. 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While many countries struggle with below-replacement birth rates, the average woman desires more children than she will actua... full 601f473d-ce58-4173-a725-fa1442a176d8 Thu, 11 May 2023 13:16:00 +0000 2669 false false 11 4 S3 E11 : Beating Hearts, A Concert (and Talk) with Marie Bellet We often think that finding love is all about being the best version of ourselves. But what if love is not about us at all? What if love is about our ability to receive another? Love, marriage ... full a748efed-5620-41c3-973e-ba82eeb21a34 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:00:00 +0000 6016 false false 10 4 S3 E10 : Are you a Monkey? A Conversation with Professor Clifford Fry Is your ancestor a monkey? Or perhaps, are you a monkey? These are the questions the world has been asking for over a century now. As a result, our understanding for the source of human life has dr... full 79bf4598-c4ed-4b47-8256-49ff0eb7847e Fri, 31 Mar 2023 19:25:00 +0000 2755 false false 9 4 S3 E9 : Marriage, Divorce, and Human Flourishing, a conversation with Dr. Amy Hamilton In a world where marriage is promoted as inconsequential, more and more couples in today's society look for an easy way out. Is divorce the best solution? According to UT research associate, Dr. Am... full 984627c3-d2ea-4ad6-9e46-ef7f67674aa6 Fri, 17 Mar 2023 19:58:00 +0000 4160 false false 8 3 S3 E8 : A Conversation on the Future of Abortion Laws and Policies with Heather Gebelin Hacker, JD The Dobbs v. Jackson case brought about a new era within the political spectrum. For many, the case gave way to great disapproval, and raised various ethical concerns surrounding abortion. In this ... full f19a5d33-f157-4adc-98ea-756eeab00a36 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:57:00 +0000 2895 false false 7 4 S3 E7 : What Should We Think of Oscar Wilde? with Professor Paul Fortunato In the picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde tells the story of a life corrupted by sin. In one of his plays, he reminds us that nobody is perfect and even equates love with charity. Yet, the Irish poet an... full 0e33f192-f65e-4d8a-981f-71030e5e8a89 Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:19:00 +0000 2233 false false 6 4 S3 E6 : Our Loneliness? A Weapon in the Hands of Tyrants: A Conversation with Stella Morabito Do you ever keep your opinion for yourself, fearing that speaking your mind would isolate you? Do you ever do or say something not because you want to, but because that is what everybody does? 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Will it support divorce and abortion, or will it enact pro-fam... full fc4464d8-93fa-42c0-9c6f-612adf99dde2 Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:25:00 +0000 2397 false false 1 4 The Lost (but Needed) “Art of Dying”: A conversation with Lydia S. Dugdale, MD Let’s begin at the end... The first episode of this new season is an engaging and provocative conversation on one of the most serious events of our human life: its natural end. Join in to lis... full 8950efb9-3b61-4393-abd8-bae37063549e Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:02:00 +0000 2977 false false 19 3 The Meaning of Education in Today's World Dr. Marianna Orlandi and Associate Professor of Philosophy Dr. Melissa Moschella discuss parental rights, school choice, critical race theory, and the meaning of education in today’s world. Meli... full 31718d65-276b-4fc1-8a3a-0ba1f95af0ae Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:41:00 +0000 2518 false false 18 3 Strange New World How did the world arrive at its current, disorienting state of identity politics, and how we respond? 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It is a commodity that can be gained, spent, or lost. But before the invention of the clock, people understood time as God’s time, something too b... full ebfba148-fcde-4101-b872-725f59ec2ef5 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 15:35:00 +0000 1211 false false 12 3 Attitudes in the U.S. toward Transgenderism In this episode, Dr. Mark Regnerus, Professor of Sociology at UT Austin and Senior Fellow and founder of the Austin Institute, joins us to discuss a recent study he carried out concerning the appro... full 90a6359d-2e59-4ca5-b651-4a713d0192c7 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 17:32:00 +0000 1621 false false 11 3 Conservatism in the EU and the U.S. In this episode, Alvino-Mario Fantini, Editor-in-Chief of "The European Conservative," joins us to discuss his quarterly journal which features news articles and reviews concerning the state of Eur... full 23e73026-94e0-462c-aa0d-9b4dd8544728 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 15:35:00 +0000 2247 false false 10 3 Does Liberalism Have Anything to Teach Us about Happiness? 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Budziszewski On Saturday, November 20th, 2021, three scholars and senior fellows of the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture conversed with journalist and author Sohrab Ahmari. Focusing on th... full 1069e636-2009-4586-ab86-a3dbb87853a3 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 16:50:00 +0000 1979 false false 14 2 The Benefits of Reading to Your Child In this episode, Dr. Joseph Price, Professor of Economics at BYU and Senior Fellow for the Austin Institute, discusses a recent study he conducted on the benefits of mothers reading to their childr... full 10af3bd9-4f68-4d7e-82e2-b77a129d2f5a Fri, 31 Dec 2021 16:20:00 +0000 1197 false false 13 2 "The Unbroken [Academic] Thread" Part 1: Sohrab Ahmari and Fr. Jonathan Raia "As a young father and a self-proclaimed 'radically assimilated immigrant,' Sohrab Ahmari realized that when it comes to shaping his young son's moral fiber, today's America comes up short." During... full 08e6ddd0-5385-4204-ab61-490ac99622b3 Fri, 17 Dec 2021 20:41:00 +0000 5290 false false 12 2 Time to Think and Thoughts About Time In this episode, UT Professor of Philosophy Dr. Daniel Bonevac joins us to discuss the contents of a recent seminar he presented at Stumberg Hall on the philosophy of time. He discusses and explain... full 64c238d6-b172-4f96-b93e-32d93dbdb719 Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:02:00 +0000 3579 false false 11 2 Called to Freedom: Healing One Day at a Time Everyone suffers. For many Catholics, however, deep psychological and emotional pain persists despite our frequent encounter with the sacraments. We're rightfully confused when we do not receive a... full c0fb5481-7eb4-498e-aeed-a0eddbf1f8ad Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0000 6124 false false 10 2 Conservatism in the Church In this episode, Professor in Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and Senior Fellow of the Austin Institute Mark Regnerus discusses his latest research on the state of the Roman Catholic... full 1c9f581e-f231-444b-ab99-92a7561fa709 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:38:00 +0000 1882 false false 9 2 Mismatches in the Marriage Market with Professor Joseph Price In this episode, Dr. Joseph Price, Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University and Senior Fellow of the Austin Institute, discusses matches in the marriage market, particularly for women wit... full 9cafd803-0b22-48bb-a6db-c9160fd78e75 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000 1440 false false 8 2 Table Talk: The Miracle of the Tuscan Casentino: “...things visible and invisible...” with Professor Emeritus Norman Farmer The art of the Faith — i fiori della Fede— in places of the Faith -- nei luoghi della Fede — are visible prayers. They are to be meditated upon in the manner of a ‘lectio divina’, rather a ‘visio d... full b5ab804e-c30e-4c9a-a2bc-88b6a396de18 Fri, 05 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000 3536 false false 7 2 The Dramatic and Underrepresented Effects of Religion on Prisoners (and on Us) Professor Byron Johnson joins us for a conversation on a core piece of the human experience that many of us hold dear but has been neglected in studies of criminology and other fields for decades: ... full 07a86d4f-ee1d-48f6-b68c-2ba52a272bd3 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:13:00 +0000 2064 false false 6 2 Lecture: Soulmates and Other Myths about the Family in America This fast-paced talk reviews a number of the puzzles, paradoxes and misconceptions about the family in America, including the myth of soulmate marriage, the myth of the good divorce, and the myth t... full 38cb417a-4d46-4cf2-8d04-efbefa1ef1fe Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:00:00 +0000 4414 false false 5 2 American Women Quietly Defying the Nation's Birth Dearth, with Professor Catherine Pakaluk In the year 2019, Professor Catherine Pakaluk traveled to ten American regions and talked with women who were raising (or had raised) five or more children, to understand who they are and why they ... full ab6d55bf-68b0-4c60-867c-c93eef4ebf2c Fri, 15 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0000 2391 false false 4 2 Table Talk: What is Time? Reflections from a Catholic Physicist This special episode is the recording of a table talk that Dr. Kurt Schroder gave for the Austin Institute on September 21st, 2021. Tune in to listen how our board member, a Ph.D. in Physics and a ... full a6d985d9-ffe3-4fd4-acf7-6b19c8a6bce7 Fri, 08 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0000 3477 false false 3 2 What is CanaVox and Who Needs It?, with Dr. Ana Samuel Marriage, in vitro fertilization, pornography, these are all very hot and very divisive topics. But if we do not address them with our children, someone else will do it for us. Dr. Ana Samuel, Acad... full 1468ab60-6c92-4a3f-abf4-d7b1089355f7 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0000 1650 false false 2 2 Memory and Mortality, with Dr. Rachel Alexander Have you ever wondered how an immortal life would look like? In this episode, we have privilege to discuss some fascinating aspects of this topic with Dr. Rachel Alexander. 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Co-author... full a5471d36-8a9d-4c1d-adac-b3189d810ce0 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000 2658 false false 36 1 Recovering Virtue: Humility in the Age of Social Media, with Dr. Melissa Moschella As promised, Dr. Melissa Moschella came back on our show! This time, we talked about true humility and about the ways in which exercising this virtue would improve all of our social interactions. I... full 697a3097-6ee9-4aa8-8287-3a540412353f Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:56:00 +0000 2156 false false 35 1 No, We Can't Not Talk About Pornography, with Dr. Jimmy Myers **This episode contains mature content** If there is one thing we absolutely must talk about, that is pornography. 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During lockdow... full 462fb320-f0d1-4a5e-a4f8-343bbb726e73 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 19:33:00 +0000 1527 false false 32 1 The Family or the State: To Whom Do Children Belong? with Melissa Moschella Drawing from the research presented in her 2016 book, philosophy professor and Austin Institute senior fellow Dr. Melissa Moschella discusses the status, the nature, and the reasonableness of paren... full 55f49032-6e81-4200-baf1-d6776528b661 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 14:25:00 +0000 2293 false false 31 1 Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean with Author and Professor Ligia Castaldi In this episode, Professor Ligia Castaldi, Ave Maria School of Law, discusses her book "Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean" with another attorney, Dr. Marianna Orlandi. Tune in to listen t... full 999d1858-a8ca-4bb5-b0d1-f621181804c1 Tue, 25 May 2021 15:18:00 +0000 1419 false false 30 1 What We Think of Abortion: Irreconcilable Differences? with Professor Christopher Kaczor This talk focuses on the question of "what" precisely divides people on the abortion issue. What are the real sources of the polarization and lack of dialogue? Is it revival ideas of freedom, of pe... full 70b63419-86a4-4682-b21a-cb682294cf26 Wed, 19 May 2021 14:16:00 +0000 4591 false false 29 1 Let's Talk About Beauty! with Michael Raia In this episode, Michael Raia, president and founder of Studio io, tells us more about his work as liturgical design consultant and about his calling to restoring beauty in today's world. Sit down ... full 6179e713-3fda-4620-9b5b-e4a4d7924587 Wed, 12 May 2021 15:38:00 +0000 1811 false false 28 1 Latinos and the Future of Conservatism: A Conversation with Alfonso Aguilar Alfonso Aguilar, president of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, was a recent speaker for an event co-sponsored by the Austin Institute and the Texas Public Policy Foundation. In t... full 2ae43e4b-b8f0-4bcc-9179-2c145e5b2da2 Wed, 05 May 2021 17:16:00 +0000 1523 false false 27 1 The Problem of Evil with Professor Christopher Kaczor In this week's episode, renowned Thomist and Philosophy Professor Christopher Kaczor spoke on some of the most complex and fundamental questions of philosophy, theology, and of our daily lives. Wit... full 032a5244-37b9-44ce-a888-2b3e3eeb893f Thu, 29 Apr 2021 16:25:00 +0000 1794 false false 26 1 The Great Divides in Our Country with Dr. Kevin Stuart In this episode, our Executive Director, Dr. Kevin Stuart, identifies four main areas of division in today's American politics: geographical sorting, “liberalism”, 1619 vs. 1776, and God. He shares... full d1b12026-694f-48ed-8c5c-82546e9d2200 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:38:00 +0000 1932 false false 25 1 Rival Theories of Sexual Difference with Professor Timothy Fortin What is the nature and meaning of human sexual difference? Is it a stable reality given to us by nature and nature's God for fixed and discernable purposes that pertain to not only body and biology... full ab2f0fca-ac80-49a7-8198-10434fc0e78c Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:10:00 +0000 6489 false false 24 1 Policy Update: Religious Liberty and Women's Sports Do you ever wonder what's the purpose of promoting social science research? Do you need to be reminded about the importance of supporting—and donating!—to the Austin Institute for the Study of Fami... full d68918fc-3105-42fc-825a-b2d9c064d8ec Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:10:00 +0000 1598 false false 23 1 Prudence, Law, and Algorithms In this episode, it is finally Dr. Marianna Orlandi who answers to Dr. Kevin Stuart's questions! Based on a talk she gave last fall at the Austin Institute, our very own Associate Director describe... full cc530d14-46f2-44e1-b57b-87b510aad104 Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:50:00 +0000 1813 false false 22 1 The Pros of Becoming - and Being - a Father In this episode, Dr. Patrick Fagan, founder and director of the Marriage and Religion Research Initiative (MARRI) shares some insights on the importance of fathers and on how their relationship wit... full a45e09e6-65d2-4d24-a6b3-5ad9722f01ef Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:30:00 +0000 1568 false false 21 1 Like a Family: Reasonable Disagreements within SCOTUS In this episode, Dr. Alan Sager shares some insights on the reasons why the U.S. Supreme Court could be a model for us all. Throughout history, Supreme Court Justices have rarely reached unanimous ... full c7c39f5c-a526-4cf8-8aea-f24dd9cbf3c0 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:07:00 +0000 1095 false false 20 1 Is Climate Changing? A Philosopher’s View and What We Can Know A Snowstorm in Texas? Seriously? What’s wrong with the climate, if anything, and what can we know about it? In this episode, Dr. Daniel Bonevac, Professor of Philosophy at UT Austin, and an expert ... full d6ff5867-3052-4f65-9429-9bf3285f5287 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:30:00 +0000 2162 false false 19 1 Saving Women's Athletics from the Equality Act With the Equality Act moving forward through the U.S. Senate, we decided to bring on accomplished women athletes Margaret Craycraft Swensen and Olivia Craycraft, daughters of moral theologian Profe... full 7a3c735d-8687-45ba-a125-b880010fc1b2 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:38:00 +0000 2299 false false 18 1 Research to Make the Future of Christian Marriage a Brighter One! In this episode, our senior fellow and author of "The Future of Christian Marriage," Professor Mark Regnerus, shares some advice on how to react to the constant decline of marriage rates. We need t... full 2d656701-ac81-4a0f-9da5-fe4846e134cd Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:00:00 +0000 896 false false 17 1 Rethinking the Working Class: Dr. Ashleen Menchaca-Bagnulo on Latinos and Conservatism In this episode, Austin Institute's Fellow Dr. Ashleen Menchaca-Bagnulo talks about her recent article "Rethinking the Working Class: Toward a Multi-Ethnic Conservative Coalition." She also answers... full 8aba1e1c-37cf-43c1-8345-0d36603b7a53 Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:43:00 +0000 1304 false false 16 1 “Disputes in Bioethics” with Professor and Author Christopher Kaczor Philosophy Professor Christopher Kaczor recently published a new and extremely important book on abortion, euthanasia, and other controversies, "Disputes in Bioethics." In this episode, Dr. Orla... full 07e0d4de-7205-4c96-9fea-96101daeec02 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:22:00 +0000 1473 false false 15 1 Blacklisting and Cancel Culture Come for the Senate with Tom Spence Senator Josh Hawley was dropped by his publisher and as an ensuing movement to blacklist him gained momentum, Regnery agreed to publish his next book. 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Dr. Kevin Stuart interviews AI Senior Fellow Dr. Robert C. Koons on what this scientific development is and what it mea... full 16a8b628-a0d9-4310-9baa-ad8116656473 Tue, 29 Dec 2020 14:51:00 +0000 1116 false false 11 1 What it Means to Be Human with Professor Carter Snead According to the Wall Street Journal, What it Means to Be Human is one of the best 10 books of 2020. During this episode, Dr. Orlandi discusses some of its main themes with the author, Carter Snead... full 9a8d3895-52aa-48ba-a152-c7cb182da688 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:00:00 +0000 1766 false false 10 1 Aquinas on Prudence and Other Virtues (That We Seem to Have Lost) with. Professor J. Budziszewski In this coffee break, UT Professor and Senior Fellow of the Austin Institute J. Budziszewski explains the Thomistic understanding of prudence, explores the imprudence of a world that has lost God, ... full a875f39b-af26-4597-8b67-c12f5f8e1244 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 15:32:00 +0000 1207 false false 9 1 An Aristotelian View of Prudence with Dr. Erik Dempsey The Aristotelian understanding of prudence was at the core of a seminar Dr. Erik Dempsey recently offered for the Austin Institute. In this episode, he will summarize for us some of that content. D... full 4a3d7232-e140-41d3-bc04-3dc7d79799d8 Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:44:00 +0000 1246 false false 8 1 New Research: Religion's Impact on Everything Well, okay, maybe not everything. But lots of things, from marital equality to happiness at home in a pandemic. Professor Jason Carroll of BYU and the Wheatley Institution joins us to discuss his h... full 58be78f0-d085-4ecd-9058-62729eddd664 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000 1164 false false 7 1 Lecture: Masks, Charity, and the Meaning of Medicine, Prudence and Public Health with Dr. Stuart Wolf, M.D. We have a bonus episode for y’all! In addition to our podcast conversation with Dr. Stuart Wolf, M.D., we are releasing Dr. Wolf’s lecture. Public health is undoubtedly the most prominent and... full 274e7323-1fd2-41a1-9dcd-74da65e0e2b4 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:11:00 +0000 1713 false false 6 1 Masks, Charity, and the Meaning of Medicine, Prudence and Public Health with Dr. Stuart Wolf, M.D. Public health is undoubtedly the most prominent and most discussed theme of 2020. Dr. Staurt Wolf Jr., M.D. tells us something more about it, about the role of prudence, and of charity, in making g... full 3143e005-6592-45a3-be38-2401ad2fe6c5 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:16:00 +0000 839 false false 5 1 Prudence, Religious Obligations, and Civil Liberties with Rev. Father Thomas Joseph White O.P. While waiting for his live-online lecture on Nov. 19th, we asked the extra notorious Rev. Thomas Joseph White O.P. to illuminate us on Christians's and on state's duties in pandemic times. A Thomis... full 946b6182-88a3-40ac-afad-dddea195864d Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:00:00 +0000 1370 false false 4 1 The Future of Christian Marriage Very few peole get married nowadays, that's not news. But why is it that even practicing Christians remain single? Professor Mark Regnerus explores this question in its latest book. In this coffee-... full 0f214bf2-1815-421f-8121-451636279169 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 18:34:00 +0000 1031 false false 3 1 Prudence and Politics with Dr. Kevin Roberts In this episode, Dr. Kevin Roberts of the Texas Public Policy Foundation talks with Dr. Kevin Stuart about what it means for an elected official to have a responsibility greater than the scientists... full e84bf9e4-8b70-491b-b332-f8f1d9f4bc9d Wed, 04 Nov 2020 01:11:00 +0000 883 false false 2 1 Prudence in Science, Politics, Social Media & More Areas with Dr. Kevin Stuart Today's failures of science and crises in politics are attributable, more often than not, to the same source: a lack of prudence. Dr. Kevin E. Stuart explores the meaning of this missing virtue, ad... full 815b4ac2-7901-4e21-a628-949811aa6f23 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:00:00 +0000 1419 false false 1 1 Your Coffee for Truth There are many topics of conversation that have come up in 2020 that we can't not talk about--so let's talk about them! Tune-in to our inaugural episode with Austin Institute Executive Director Dr.... full 33b1ea96-ac9e-42e8-8664-4c1556a8041d Tue, 20 Oct 2020 09:00:00 +0000 523 false false