Conversations with Consequences

Updated: 21 Aug 2025 • 339 episodes
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“Conversations with Consequences” is the voice of The Catholic Association, offering a weekly hour of thoughtful dialogue—with the leading thinkers of our time— on the most consequential issues of our day.

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With so many young adults opting not to have children, Dr. Ray Guarendi, the Catholic father of 10 adopted children discusses the real joys of big families and how "love doesn't divide, it mutliplies." We also hear about the truths of naprotechnology and how the science heals the issue, not a workaround like IVF does.

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With a recent study highlighting some very sobering statistics on teens that author Jonathan Haidt said only reifies the hards truths in The Anxious Generation, Alvaro de Vicente of The Heights School discusses the success he's had in forming young men to thrive in this digital world by teaching generosity, self-master

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With the big news last week of Cardinal John Henry Newman being declared a doctor of the church, Dr. Paul Shrimpton joins to give us a glimpse into the impact the saint had on Catholic education. Word on Fire's Haley Stewart also delves into her recent book, "Women of the Catholic Imagination: Twelve Inspired Novelists

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As we near closer to the first 100 days of a Leonine papacy, EWTN News Vatican editor Frank Rocca shares some thought-provoking facts about this quiet American that has brought so much form and traditon back into the Catholic Church. TCA resident chaplain Msgr. Roger Landry also offers us his take on nearly 1 million y

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As the world witnessed an affair that went viral at a Coldplay concert, the TCA team discusses the sad reality of adultery and why our first reaction when we are caught sinning is to hide. As Maddie Kearns opened up about her road to motherhood, we talk with her doctor, Dr. Gavin Puthoff about his decision to work in n

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After a historic meeting between Pope Leo XIV and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Gary Marx sheds light on the true realities behind the missing children of Ukraine. The host of the Peace & Power Ukraine podcast says the number is closer to 35 thousand kidnapped children and has met directly with some of those

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