FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Today we chat about the greatest WW2 historical documentary ever produced, The World At War and why we--the living--should never forget and always REMEMBER! Key Points from the Episode: The massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane The 26-Hour long episodes with incredible footage and interviews The music and narration helps to tell this vital story for generations. A story we should never forget! Other resources: More g...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays episode, we stay in pre-war Europe of the 1930’s with our book The Pope Last Crusade: How An American Jesuit helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign to Stop Hitler by Peter Eisner. We will discuss what three things 1930’s Germany can teach us today. Key Points from the Episode: Our Nation’s report card with very poor marks for our young ones in civics and historyWe dive into pre-war history at the French and G...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Happy Mother's Day 2023 Inspired by Paul Harvey's 1978 'So God Made a Farmer Speech' - Dodge Ram Trucks Super Bowl commercial in 2013. originally written and played on Mothers Day 2022 Other resources: Want to leave a review? Click here, and if we earned a five-star review from you **high five and knuckle bumps**, we appreciate it greatly, thank you so much! Because we care what you think about what we think an…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Today's episode we take a break from philosophy and divert our attention to The American Masterpiece. America's number one written novel. Much like Russia has War and Peace as that great classic treasure of world literature so too must America have her own masterpiece. Today we share that American masterpiece as the Winds of War, the great historical fiction novel written my Herman Wouk. Its sweeping narrative ...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message This week we are continuing our Philosophy 101 mini-course with Aristotle. Again, our guide and mentor is Peter Kreeft and his excellent and fascinating four-volume series, Socrates Children. Todays show is quite heady and stuffed with some big nuggets of wisdom. If you like that stuff, by all means ENJOY. If you don't, hang in there. We will unpack it more in later episodes especially Aris...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays Liberty Minute 🗽, we review cable journalism's major earthquake that happened two weeks ago---the firing of Tucker Carlson by Fox News. To gain some insight, we review Tuckers speech at the 50th anniversary of the Heritage foundation the weekend before his firing and we review his latest book published in 2021, The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism. Key Points from the Episode: Tuckers most p...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Continuing in our Philosophy 101 mini-course with Plato, Socrates pupil. Again, our guide and mentor is Peter Kreeft and his excellent and fascinating four-volume series, Socrates Children. So don't be intimidated by the nature of the reading, Kreeft helps us navigate through the thick intellectual brush of Plato to see the beauty of his logic and philosophy. Key Points from the Episode: Why is Plato im...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message This week we jump back into the deep end of the pool (figuratively!) with our resumption of Philosophy 101--Socrates. Don't be intimidated though, we have an excellent guide and mentor on this trip though, Peter Kreeft and his excellent and fascinating four-volume series, Socrates Children. Key Points from the Episode: Why is Socrates important? What is lesson #1and what is our lesson #2 Other resources: More goodnes...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Todays show, we will look back at a fascinating epoch in our US history and specifically at the election of 1844 with the help of the great David Walker Howe and his excellent tome, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848 Key Points from the Episode: The candidates themselves The importance of the pivotal election of 1844 and the many shenanigans in New York and Michigan with 3rd party votes Th...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message This week, we will take a break from Philosophy 101 with a question I often get, "where does your love for books come from?" To help answer that question will be today's book of the day, Sundays at Eight with Brian Lamb Key Points from the Episode: What are the characteristics of a great interview?My impromptu meeting with Mr. Brian LambGreatness hidden and disguised.Still looking for those nuggets of wisdom!Other r…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays Liberty Minute 🗽, we will look back at the Worst. President. Ever! We will do so with our guide and author, Robert Strauss and his work Worst. President. Ever! on our 15th President of the United States, James Buchanan. Key Points from the Episode: In fact, comparing, JB the 15th President of the United States with JB, the 47th President of the United States, the res...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Continuing our series in this week of MOJO Minutes which is all about philosophy, we will keep learning from our mentor and guide on this trip, Peter Kreeft and his excellent and fascinating four-volume series, Socrates Children Key Points from the Episode: Why this book? The Great ConversationThe Big Nine PhilosophersThe battle of the great ideas is better than the battle of armies.Other resources: More goodnes...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message This week's MOJO Minutes will be all about philosophy and our guide will be the esteemed professor, Peter Kreeft and his top 100 hundred philosophers in his fascinating four-volume series, Socrates Children Key Points from the Episode: Pretty cool that we get the top 100 philosophersPhilosophy is only good if you remember the big ideas that will help you shape your lifeLet us not be the snobs of the present and start our flou…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays Catholic Corner, we will be tackling the second part of this daunting task which to conveyto you, what is--I think--the second greatest story ever told. Today is part two: Now is the time of My Mercy. Yesterday was part one. So be sure you start with part one if you missed it. We will do so with our expert guide and author, Fr. Michael Gaitley and his book, The Second Greatest Story Ever...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays Catholic Corner, we will be tackling a daunting task, conveying to you, what is arguably--the second greatest story ever told. Today will be part one. Tomorrow will be part two. We will do so with our expert guide and author, Fr. Michael Gaitley and his book, The Second Greatest Story Ever Told: Now Is The Time of Mercy Key Points from the Episode: The importance of understanding the First greatest sto...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Let's continue our walk through history and make a stop in the year 800 on Christmas Day in this MM! Our guide will be Tom Holland and his book Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World and what was the flood-tide of Christ that washed over the European continent. Key Points from the Episode: Charlemagne and his renaissance in the 9th century.The great rise of literacy and culture and penmanship ...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays MM, lets go back in history and hang out with the Great Augustine of Hippo in the year 430 A.D. To help us with our trip, our guide and author for today will be Thomas Cahill and his excellent book, How the Irish Saved Civilization Key Points from the Episode: Who is this people called the Irish?The importance of Irish Monasticism and the importance of their scribes.Skellig Michael, a fascinating place for the monks to .…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message CORRECTED the audio issues from an earlier upload. My apologies! In this special Easter holiday episode, we share more special excerpts--in our holiday tradition-- from Fulton J Sheen's incredible book, The Life of Christ Key points: Christ's appearance on Easter Morning to Mary Magdalene.His recognizable voice of noticeable love when he spoke her name, Mary.May we hear his voice of love in our hearts as w...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays MM/CC, we continue our exploration in faith "poco a poco" and since it is Holy week--the most important week on the Christian Calendar--we will continue our journey with our guide and author this week, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames and his book, Habits for Holiness: Small Steps for Making Big Spiritual Progress. Key Points from the Episode: Poco a Poco, "little by little"Grace perfects natureCreative loveOther r…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Since it is Holy week--the most important week on the Christian Calendar--todays episode and Thursday's episode will be a cross between a MOJO minute and a Catholic Corner. Our guide and author for today will again be Fr. Mark-Mary Ames and his wonderful little book, Habits for Holiness: Small Steps for Making Big Spiritual Progress. Key Points from the Episode: The Spiritual war all around us has indeed "leveled up"…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Todays Catholic Corner is a reminder of creating our personal Culture as leaven to the bread of world caught by the spirit of the age. Most especially, as we enter into Holy Week. We can be guided by studying this wonderful little book, Habits for Holiness: Small Steps for Making Big Spiritual Progress by Fr. Mark Mary-Ames, CFR and its nuggets of spiritual wisdom. Key Points from the Episode: Perha...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message The last 48 hours has witnessed America's Descent into Tyranny and the Democrat's obsession with empty prizes. In todays Liberty Minute 🗽, we discuss both. Key Points from the Episode: LM#3---the Antidote to TyrannyLM#22--Do what you said you would doLM#17--Justice Corrupted Other resources: WSJ editorial More Goodness: Academy Review membership program Want to leave a review? Click here, and if we earned a five-star ...…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message We will continue our conversation on movement in todays MOJO Minute. Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success by Rory Vaden will be our resident expert on today's show. Key Points from the Episode: Discipline = Freedom and the standard is the standard are phrases we have adopted in the MOJO Academy on how we measure ourselves. check out MM#175 & MM#176 for more goodness a...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Let's talk movement on todays MM. Our guide for todays nugget of wisdom is Frank Ring the author of Walking for Health and Fitness: The Easiest Way to Get in Shape and Stay in Shape. Key Points from the Episode: Did you know the Amish walk roughly 18,000 steps per day?Did you know our ancestors walked anywhere between 6-9 miles per day?Walking just a mile a day can help to reduce many chronic health issuesOther resour...