The Wise Guys Podcast

How do we reconcile the belief in the God who loves us unconditionally and the just God who holds us accountable to his commandments? Join us as we explore the difficulty of not falling into the trap of feeling we need to perform well for God to love us or that God is tolerant of our sinfulness.

In this episode we discuss the influence of Elon Musk and other tech geniuses on the human experience. Is technological progress inevitable and, even more importantly, is it good for us? Join us as we reflect on these important issues and discuss the Church’s critical role in providing the formation we need to participate in a technocratic age.

Join us as we discuss the role of faith in coming to know God and what God cares about. Dr. Therrien dives in to help us get our heads around the role that the gifts of the Holy Spirit play in our ability to know the truths God reveals to us through His Word.

In this episode we tackle a very challenging topic—the nature of truth and how we as human beings support truth claims. In a world dominated by the empirical sciences, are there ways to attain knowledge outside the scientific method? And can we know things with certainty that cannot be measured by empirical methods?

In this episode - as we come off a rather intense election season - we discuss the reasons why we love America and why our system of government is so successful, election after election. The American system works, so join us as we discuss why Judeo/Christian values make America a great nation and how we, as disciples of Jesus, make America great because of our defense of life, liberty, and the proper pursuit of happiness.

In this episode we wrestle with understanding the causes of the human struggles we all face in our day to day lives. How active is the devil in the things we suffer in life. And what’s our responsibility for the things that happen to us? Join us as we explore this puzzling mystery of human existence. 

In this episode, we wrestle with the meaning and implications of Pope Francis’ recent remark that all religions are paths to God. Join us as we explore the importance of understanding the history and culture of humanity’s religious sense and the place of Catholicism within man’s universal search for true religion.

In this episode, we explore the faith journey of our friend, Vaughn Thomas, who having grown up in a cradle Catholic home outside of Pittsburgh, found himself needing much more as the difficult challenges of life brought him to his knees.

As we bring our series on Catholic social teaching to a close, we explore Critical Theory, the archnemesis to the Judeo-Christian view of society and the greatest threat to world peace. Listen in as Dr. Therrien explains the philosophy behind Marxism, critical race theory, radical ecology, wokeism, and various other ideologies that threaten the founding principles of America.

In this episode, we discuss the relationship between personal responsibility and rights and how this needs to shape our understanding of healthcare, food production, and environmentalism. Listen in as we wrestle with what it means to be responsible stewards of God’s creation.