Today Matt & Jimmy kick back to discuss everything from the ethics of marijuana usage and Aquinas’ four conditions for a genuine law, to the MKUltra program and the SSPX schism. Hold on tight, you’re in for a treat.

Ep. 596

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Jimmy’s Mysterious World: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyAkin

The Jimmy Akin Podcast: https://www.catholic.com/audio/tjap

Evidence for Christ: https://shop.catholic.com/evidence-for-christ/?srsltid=AfmBOorIW4PinBCTqKBGFDh7h0S83DSMhfVkk9Z0saqCNRCNaDvrQ467

Jimmy Akin article on the SSPX Schism: https://www.catholic.com/audio/tjap/excommunicated-the-sspx-in-schism-again

Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

Truthly 30 Day Free Trial: https://get.truthly.ai/TlbX/MATT30

Matt Fradd

Pints with Aquinas

Matt & Jimmy Talk About Everything! (Jimmy Akin)

Christopher West is here to warn against the dangers of mistaking intelligence for personhood.

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

The Truth and the Lie: What It Means to Be Human in the Age of AI - PINTS SPECIAL:
Use code TRUTH to receive 20% off your pre-order of the book AND receive free VIP access to the official book launch event on Oct. 9! https://tobinstitute.org/thetruthandthelie

Ignite Hope Retreat: https://tobinstitute.org/event-schedule/ignite-hope

The Theology of the Body Institute: https://tobinstitute.org

Fill These Hearts: Checkout code AQUINAS gets 20% off each book (no limit)  https://shop.corproject.com/collections/books/products/copy-of-fill-these-hearts-paperback 

The Good News About Sex & Marriage: Checkout code AQUINAS gets 20% off each book (no limit) https://shop.corproject.com/collections/books/products/good-news-about-sex-and-marriage 

Ask Christopher West: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-christopher-west/id1448699486

Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

Truthly 30 Day Free Trial: https://get.truthly.ai/TlbX/MATT30

You Are Not Data: Christopher West on AI and the Soul

Daily Wire's Georgia Howe shares her conversion story to Catholicism, and how doubts about determinism, evolution, and Scripture ultimately led her home to the Catholic Church.

Ep. 594

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Why We're Catholic - Trent Horn: https://a.co/d/06XqwaZo

G.K. Chesterton "Why I Am a Catholic" (essay): https://www.chesterton.org/why-i-am-a-catholic

Catechism of the Catholic Church: https://a.co/d/0etjcZwh

Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

Truthly 30 Day Free Trial: https://get.truthly.ai/TlbX/MATT30

Why I Had to Become Catholic (Georgia Howe)

YouTube skeptic Joe Schmid is here to make a shocking announcement.

Ep. 593

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Joe's Conversion Vid Part 1: https://youtu.be/erpKBoPQxN0?is=Gf47NrHPrKsKP-aY

Joe's Conversion Vid Part 2: https://youtu.be/Lk2W9mKTzIQ?is=ce1zw0VVSHapKiK-

Majesty of Reason: https://www.youtube.com/@MajestyofReason

Ethan Muse on Pints With Aquinas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp1ivUSSz2s&t=3783s

The Marian Apparitions: An Evidential Inquiry: https://a.co/d/0cDR6xTP

The Catholic Guide to Miracles: https://a.co/d/0d10PWcW

Demonic Foes: https://a.co/d/00h6AW73

Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

Truthly 30 Day Free Trial: https://get.truthly.ai/TlbX/MATT30

Popular Youtube Skeptic Becomes Catholic (Joe Schmid)

Needed to let you know we are intentionally delaying the pre-release of this week's episode to this Friday, Aug 21. You’ll still be getting it in advance of the general public just not today. You’ll understand more soon! Cheers!

A Special Announcement!

Michael (Gomer) Gormley is here to discuss AI’s impact on society and the power of building in-person communities.


Ep. 592

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Michael Gormley: https://www.layevangelist.com

Catching Foxes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catching-foxes/id1024003985

Every Knee Shall Bow: https://app.ascensionpress.com/podcasts/8f60ee88-7f3d-40a2-a877-3fe7f53dbb0e

That Man Is You: https://paradisusdei.org/that-man-is-you

Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

Truthly 30 Day Free Trial: https://get.truthly.ai/TlbX/MATT30

AI, Sex Robots & Becoming Human Again (Michael Gormley)

William Albrecht and Pastor Samuel Farag debate the bodily Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary in honor of the feast of The Assumption, August 15.

Ep. 591

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📚 Resources:

About William Albrecht: https://www.patristicpillars.com/about-us

About Pastor Samuel Farag: https://expositingtheword.org/about

Is the Assumption of Mary Biblical and Ancient? (William Albrecht vs Pastor Samuel Farag)

Ana Munley opens up the dangers of Christian content creation and her journey from divorce and apathy to an on-fire faith and passion for evangelization. 

Ep. 590

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Follow Ana Munley on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@anamunley

Follow Ana Munley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anamunley

Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

Truthly 30 Day Free Trial: https://get.truthly.ai/TlbX/MATT30

My Husband Led Me to Catholicism (Ana Munley)

Matt reacts to the viral nature of his latest interview with the wonderful, Dr. Peter Kreeft.

Enjoy the full episode here: https://dwplus.watch/PWA_DrPeterKreeft

This is going viral right now

Dr. Ralph Martin is here to discuss his new book "The Coming Judgment," the neglected doctrine of hell, the final judgment, biblical evidence for eternal damnation, objections from universalism, and the church's need to preach these truths more boldly.

Ep. 589

Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

The Coming Judgement: Are We Ready?: https://stpaulcenter.com/store/the-coming-judgment-are-we-ready

Renewal Ministries: https://www.youtube.com/@RenewalMinistries

The Hell There Is - Msgr. Charles Pope: https://a.co/d/04uEtx9G

Truthly 30 Day Free Trial: https://get.truthly.ai/TlbX/MATT30

What Every Christian Must Know About the End Times (Dr. Ralph Martin)

Fr. Scott-Vincent Borba, co-founder of e.l.f. Cosmetics and former Hollywood beauty mogul turned Catholic priest, recounts his conversion after a mystical vision of Saint Michael the Archangel, his decision to give away his multi-million-dollar fortune to charity, and his path through seminary to ordination.

Ep. 588

Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Truthly 30 Day Free Trial: https://get.truthly.ai/TlbX/MATT30

E.L.F. Founder on Giving Up Fortune to Become a Priest (Fr. Scott-Vincent Borba)

On May 31, 2026, Dr. Peter Kreeft’s beautiful wife of 63 years, Maria Antoinette Kreeft, went home to her Heavenly reward. In his own words, Dr. Kreeft told us before coming, "There is much to say about that: a story of struggle and grace." The following conversation is just that. 

Ep. 587

Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Richard Feynman’s Love Letter to His Wife: https://fs.blog/richard-feynman-love-letter/

The Two Greatest Novels Ever Written: The Wisdom of The Lord of the Rings and The Brothers Karamazov https://a.co/d/0cAPqCFS

More Books by Dr. Peter Kreeft: https://bookstore.wordonfire.org/pages/peter-kreeft?srsltid=AfmBOoomodTC18sZYXcr3d3oZ9WhWJoIJLYCRSjWevYgh0Nwwfovr9VL 

I Burned for Your Peace: Augustine’s Confessions Unpacked: https://a.co/d/07VrV7Id

Ha!: A Christian Philosophy of Humor: https://a.co/d/0fWBJM2T

Truthly 30 Day Free Trial: https://get.truthly.ai/TlbX/MATT30

Love, Loss and the Meaning of Suffering (Dr. Peter Kreeft)

Dr. Dan Allender, trauma therapist, author, and survivor unpacks how your unexamined stories, shame, and past wounds may quietly be shaping your marriage, and what to do about it.

Ep. 586

Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

The Deep Rooted Marriage: https://a.co/d/02UJXeE7

Love & War: https://a.co/d/0aX4QfzZ

Wild At Heart Podcast Episode featuring Dan & Becky Allender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ-ro23hog4

Truthly 30 Day Free Trial: https://get.truthly.ai/TlbX/MATT30

The Hidden Work That Builds Great Marriages (Dr. Dan Allender)

Catholic theologian Jacob Phillips is here to discuss papal authority, the SSPX's looming schism over unauthorized ordinations, liturgical division between the Novus Ordo and Traditional Latin Mass, and the broader crisis of institutional trust facing the modern Church.

Ep. 585

Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Jacob Phillips: https://jacobphillips.net

Truthly 30 Day Free Trial: https://get.truthly.ai/TlbX/MATT30

SSPX Ordinations, Vatican II, and the Liturgy Wars (Jacob Phillips)

Laura Le is here to share her journey from devout Buddhist and near-total despair to her conversion to Catholicism and her growing YouTube channel.

Ep. 584

Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Laura Le on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lebelauved

A Pocket Guide to the Rosary by Matt Fradd: https://a.co/d/0dm4DdgT

From Buddhism to Christianity (Laura Le)

Biblical Scholar, Dr. John Bergsma, a former Protestant pastor who converted to Catholicism, tackles the most common Protestant objections to the Catholic faith from confession and icon veneration to sola scriptura, papal infallibility, and the development of doctrine, using Scripture, early Church history, and his own conversion story.

Ep. 583

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

The Gospel of John with Dr. John Bergsma: https://StPaulCenter.com/pints

Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: https://stpaulcenter.com/store/ignatius-catholic-study-bible-old-and-new-testaments

Dr. Bergsma Bio: https://www.johnbergsma.com/biography

Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

Your Protestant Objections ANSWERED (Dr. John Bergsma)

Mother Natalia is back and it’s her first visit to the new set. She shares her vocation story as well as insights into Byzantine spirituality, sin, suffering, and intimacy with God.

Ep. 582

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Christ The Bridegroom Monastery: https://www.christthebridegroom.org

What God Is Not Podcast: https://whatgodisnot.com

Experiencing the Beautiful Love of God (Mother Natalia)

Ethan Muse is here to make watertight arguments for how the Marian apparitions of Fatima, the stigmata of Padre Pio, and the Lanciano Eucharistic miracle, each naturalistically inexplicable, collectively vindicate the core doctrines of Catholicism, such that rejecting all of them as fraud, coincidence, or demonic deception becomes increasingly implausible.

Ep. 581

Theotokos Rosaries are available here: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Ethan Muse on Substack: https://substack.com/@ethanmuse

Ethan Muse Padre Pio Substack: https://substack.com/@ethanmuse/p-174400229

St. Beluga: https://www.saintbeluga.org/our-lady-of-fatima-queen-of-the-heavens

5 Hours Investigating the Strongest Miracle Evidence for Catholicism  (Ethan Muse)

Is Islam compatible with the West? Christian apologist Michael Jones breaks down the core tenets of Islam, why it conflicts with Western civilization, and why the evidence still points to Christianity being true.

Ep. 580

Theotokos Rosaries are available here: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

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📚 More From Michael Jones:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InspiringPhilosophy

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspiringphilosophy_

The Collapse of Islam Is Closer Than You Think (Michael Jones)

Malcolm Guite joins the show for a wide-ranging conversation covering Arthurian legend, the friendship of Tolkien and Lewis, and the deep human longing for mystery and enchantment.

Ep. 579

Theotokos Rosaries are available here: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Galahad and the Grail: https://www.rabbitroom.com/merlinsisle

More on Malcolm Guite: 

https://malcolmguite.com

https://www.youtube.com/@MalcolmGuitespell

https://www.instagram.com/malcolmguiteofficial

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