Thomas More Centre Podcast

Nicholas de Santo - Iranian Dissident, Pro-Life Comic, Vexillologist

Robert Nugent (Decrevi) - On Catholic Mysticism, 'Occult', Mary's Two Births

Laura Rogers - Kidney Disease and Medical Ethics during the Pandemic

Dr Joanne Paul - St Thomas More: The Man versus the Myths

Steve Lawrence - AFL Premiership Player, Leadership Coach, Friend of Cardinal George Pell

Dr Andrew Quinlan - Training Priests in Ukraine, Soviet Thinking, Confusion in the Roman Rite

Dr Andrew Quinlan is an Australian liturgist who has been training seminarians in Ukraine for the past 13 years. He discusses the challenges faced by the Church in Ukraine, the communist-built intellectual prisons which

Fr John Behr - Unlearning theology, the problem of "the Bible", "born again"?

Dr Stephen McInerney - His Early Poetry, Mass Immigration, and the Boomer Ruination

Professor Barry Spurr - On Poetry, Liturgy, and the Ordinariate

You can find a review of Barry's book at https://newsweekly.com.au/newsweekly/book-review-language-in-the-liturgy-past-present-future/

Dr Tom Gourlay - The Dawson Society Conference (feat Marc Barnes)

Dr Rachel Fulton Brown - On Myths, Mary, and Milo

Dr Philippa Martyr - What's to be done about the Catholic Church in Australia?

Dr Philippa Martyr is an historian, university lecturer and academic researcher. Her new book is "Witness: The Future Catholic Church in Australia" and she joins Mark to discuss issues such as vocational discernment and

Anna Krohn - Family, Feminism, and the Thomas More Centre

Anna Krohn OAM is the Executive Director of the Thomas More Centre. Anna discusses her upbringing in a political and culturally engaged working class family, what differentiates her pro-woman mentality from feminism, and

Dr Mads Larsen - Collapsing Birthrates from an Evolutionary Perspective

John Johnson - The Albertus Magnus Institute, Liberal Education, and John's Gospel and Revelation

John Johnson is the cofounder and volunteer Executive Director of the Albertus Magnus Institute (a free online platform offering a truly liberal education) and host of the Magnus podcast. He is also the CEO of Patmos Hos

Dale Ahlquist - G.K. Chesterton on Shakespeare, Families & Children, Localism, Paradox, and Education

Dale Ahlquist, is the President of the American Chesterton Society and co-founder of the Chesterton Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He joins Mark to discuss Chesterton's interest in Shakespeare (and his Catholicism, i

Monica Doumit - De-Christianization, Turning the Cultural Tide, and St Margaret Clitherow

Monica Doumit, the Director of Public Affairs and Engagement at the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and a regular contributor The Catholic Weekly. She joins Mark to discuss de-Christianization, fighting on in the culture

Professor Tracey Rowland - The Sisters of Mercy, JPII Institute, and the State of Catholic Education

Professor Tracey Rowland is the St John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia, recipient of the 2020 Ratzinger Prize, and was the original Queensland organiser for the Thomas More Centre. Dr

Dr Alan Harrelson - Donald J. Trump Election Edition

Alan Harrelson, an historian and pipe enthusiast, returns to the podcast to discuss the 2024 US Presidential election. He and Mark discuss the rural-urban divide, the history of the Democratic Party, and the prospect of

Kevin Bailey - SAS Veteran, Former Consul General for Timor Leste, and Catholic Philanthropist

Kevin Bailey is a former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier and honorary Consul-General to Timor Leste who now dedicates himself to Catholic philanthropy. He joins Mark to discuss his how his career in finance - for which