Ave Maria Radio: Church And Culture

Dr. Bronwen McShea talks about new book, Women of the Church: What Every Catholic Should Know (Ignatius Press & Augustine Institute, 2024).

Deal talks with conductor Kenneth Woods about his recording with the English Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Phillip Sawyer's Mayflower on the Sea of Time, an oratorio celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower setting out to Plymouth Rock.

Fr. Lawrence Carney talks about his recent book, Preparation for Total Consecration to the HOLY FACE of JESUS Tan Books 2024

Guy Rickards plays and discusses the music of the English composer, Sir Malcolm Arnold.

Samuel Jones, a great American composer, joins me to play and comment on a recent recording of his concerti for violin, flute, and trombone.

Stan Butt joins me to discuss the comic novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole. Stan talks about the author’s background, the meaning of the book, and whether it should be called ‘Catholic.’

Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, talks about the upcoming election and his years in the George W. Bush White House.

Patrick K. O’Donnell talks about his latest book, THE UNVANQUISHED: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations.

Tod Worner talks about the books that have shaped his life and faith.

Prof. Jane Adolphe discusses worrisome aspects of Laudate Deum that match the aims of the World Economic Forum.

Chris Weir talks about the El Camino Schools project. As executive director, Chris is in the process of founding a school for single-sex classical education for K-8 in Orange County, CA.

Carl E. Olson talks about the controversy generated by the commencement speech of Harrison Butker at Benedictine College.

Professor and author Mike Foley joins Deal to discuss more about St. Augustine

Deal gives a one-of-a-kind endorsement to author Andrew McNabb whose newest book talks about one his great ancestors.

Deal Hudson shares pieces of music that he considers ‘moments of transcendence,’ when in Hopkin’s words we experience the “the dearest freshness deep down things.”

Austin Ruse, president of C-FAM, joins me to discuss the First World War including its causes and its disastrous impact on the modern world.

Stephen Baskerville talks with me about the radical religion of Hamas and Hezbollah and its parallels with American Puritanism.

Kyle Washut, president of Wyoming Catholic College, discusses their Great Books curriculum and the ban on cell phones in the foothills of the Teton Mountains.

Deal's guest is Steven Nelson.

Music critic Guy Rickards discusses the life and work of composer Herbert Howells with excerpts of his music.