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Bonus: Coach Flynn

Bonus: Coach Flynn

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JD details his basketball team’s recent win.<...

2026-01-17 01:37:06 91
Ep. 244: Contra men, and Fulton Sheen

Ep. 244: Contra men, and Fulton Sheen

The Vatican is expected to soon announce a date for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen. JD and Ed talk about why Sheen’s initial 2019 beatif...

2026-01-17 01:24:50 4398
Bonus: "Hosie"

Bonus: "Hosie"

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JD goes down a linguistic rabbit hole.
...

2026-01-09 22:29:57 91
Ep. 243: Let boring be boring, please

Ep. 243: Let boring be boring, please

Ed is tan, rested, and ready to talk with JD about this week’s consistory in Rome.
This week’s episode is brought to you by The BIG Catholic Pl...

2026-01-09 22:24:48 2914
Bonus: Venezuela, with The Pillar's Edgar Beltrán

Bonus: Venezuela, with The Pillar's Edgar Beltrán

JD Flynn is joined by Pillar Rome Correspondent Edgar Beltrán to talk about the developing situation in Venezuela, the role of the local Church, and E...

2026-01-07 20:32:38 4097
Bonus: Of course Mary knew!

Bonus: Of course Mary knew!

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JD and Ed talk about Christmas carols and gif...

2025-12-20 03:10:45 90
Ep. 242: Sing a new Hicks into being

Ep. 242: Sing a new Hicks into being

The Archdiocese of New York has a new archbishop. JD and Ed talk about the bad takes on the appointment that saturated the internet and secular media....

2025-12-20 02:42:20 3901
Bonus: Strawberry milk, and a Venezuelan in Rome

Bonus: Strawberry milk, and a Venezuelan in Rome

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Edgar Beltran joins the bonus episode to talk...

2025-12-12 22:32:54 90
Ep. 241: China, Venezuela, and a slick transition

Ep. 241: China, Venezuela, and a slick transition

Ed unpacks the recent installation of a new bishop in China, and what it could signal about the state of the Vatican-China deal.
Then, Pillar R...

2025-12-12 22:25:40 3378
Ep. 240: Women deacons, and room for better conversation?

Ep. 240: Women deacons, and room for better conversation?

A visit to a Capuchin crypt in Rome sparks a conversation about relics and the resurrection of the body.
A Vatican commission says the Church sh...

2025-12-05 23:03:49 3645
An event! A happening!

An event! A happening!

Don’t miss The Pillar’s Live Show Jubilee Roman Extravaganza!
Thursday, December 4 at the Drunken Ship Pub in Rome’s Piazza Campo de’ Fiori. We’...

2025-11-27 01:37:18 93
Ep. 239: Turkey in Turkey, and unity with the Orthodox

Ep. 239: Turkey in Turkey, and unity with the Orthodox

Pope Leo XIV released this week an apostolic letter about ecumenism, in anticipation of his Turkey Day trip to Turkey. JD and Ed talk about the aposto...

2025-11-26 21:30:46 4122
Bonus: Live from Notre Dame!

Bonus: Live from Notre Dame!

JD and Ed talk about evangelization and tradition at the University of Notre Dame in this live taping of The Pillar Podcast.
This episode featur...

2025-11-22 02:38:34 4142
Bonus: What Leo didn't say, and the end of Christendom

Bonus: What Leo didn't say, and the end of Christendom

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Ed was surprised by what Pope Leo XIV didn’t...

2025-11-22 02:37:16 90
Ep. 238: Pope Leo meets with young people, and the pension crisis

Ep. 238: Pope Leo meets with young people, and the pension crisis

Pope Leo XIV’s virtual conversation today with young people at NCYC sparks a conversation about the evolving relationship Catholics have with the petr...

2025-11-22 02:29:03 3699
Bonus: Bishop or bot?

Bonus: Bishop or bot?

During this week’s live show in Baltimore, JD and the audience compete in a round of ‘Bishop or Bot?’

2025-11-14 18:42:26 861
Ep. 237: Live (and united) from Baltimore!

Ep. 237: Live (and united) from Baltimore!

JD and Ed recap the U.S. bishops’ fall meeting in Baltimore this week.
Then, JD plays a round of French retirement ‘Yes or No.’

2025-11-14 18:39:36 3677
Bonus: The catechetical content we need

Bonus: The catechetical content we need

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Oscar cams. Consider it, bishops!
Are y...

2025-11-07 22:57:25 91
Ep. 236: Blacklisted, and the horse race

Ep. 236: Blacklisted, and the horse race

JD and Ed look ahead to the elections at the U.S. bishops’ fall meeting in Baltimore next week.
Join JD and Ed next week for two live tapings of...

2025-11-07 22:43:34 4023
Bonus: Our Halloween bonus episode

Bonus: Our Halloween bonus episode

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JD and Ed talk costumes and more in this Hall...

2025-11-01 03:48:29 90
Ep. 235: Maybe it isn’t all signaling?

Ep. 235: Maybe it isn’t all signaling?

JD and Ed wrestle with a question about Pope Leo XIV.
Then, JD asks Ed for some advice.
This episode is sponsored by SEEK 2026.
Go...

2025-10-31 22:22:43 3970
Bonus: Mr. Big Shot going to the big house

Bonus: Mr. Big Shot going to the big house

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JD and Ed talk about the gambling and sports...

2025-10-24 22:22:13 91
Ep. 234: It’s not easy being the king of Canada

Ep. 234: It’s not easy being the king of Canada

JD and Ed take a deep dive inspired by Pope Leo XIV’s meeting this week with King Charles III.
This episode is sponsored by Decided Excellence C...

2025-10-24 22:01:22 3976
Ep. 233: The end of the Leonine honeymoon

Ep. 233: The end of the Leonine honeymoon

JD recaps his time at SeaWorld. He and Ed talk about a couple more Leonine appointments this week— Cardinal Blase Cupich to the Pontifical Commission...

2025-10-17 22:26:01 4193
Bonus: A few frustrations

Bonus: A few frustrations

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Ed visits an allergist.
Then, he shares...

2025-10-11 01:35:41 90
Ep. 232: Definitions, and a disposition toward the miraculous

Ep. 232: Definitions, and a disposition toward the miraculous

JD and Ed answer a canon law question from a Pillar reader.
The Diocese of Lincoln has said a vibrating relic is “not of supernatural origin.” J...

2025-10-11 01:31:07 3580
Ep. 231: A canonical mailbag episode!

Ep. 231: A canonical mailbag episode!

JD and Ed answer some questions about marriage from listeners.
This episode is sponsored by The Catholic Family Emergency Binder from Wallet Win...

2025-10-03 12:00:00 3351
Bonus: Kids these days!

Bonus: Kids these days!

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Ed shares a story from his Sunday.
Are...

2025-09-26 23:55:54 90
Ep. 230: Our first Leo data points

Ep. 230: Our first Leo data points

JD is not boycotting homework. Then, Pope Leo makes some appointments. JD and Ed talk about what the appointments may tell us about Pope Leo and his e...

2025-09-26 23:50:10 3549
Ep. 229: What Pope Leo said

Ep. 229: What Pope Leo said

JD and Ed talk about recently published excerpts of Pope Leo XIV’s first interviews— including his reflections on the papacy, Vatican finances, and th...

2025-09-19 13:46:24 4069
Bonus: God loves JD

Bonus: God loves JD

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JD has a story for Ed.
Are you a paying...

2025-09-15 13:14:18 90
Bonus: A bonus bonus?!

Bonus: A bonus bonus?!

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This is the west.
Are you a paying subs...

2025-09-12 20:52:03 94
Bonus: Overheard, in Terminal 5

Bonus: Overheard, in Terminal 5

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What doe...

2025-09-12 20:46:26 1846
Ep. 228: Cooperation with China, and 'Traditionis custodes'

Ep. 228: Cooperation with China, and 'Traditionis custodes'

Ed talks about reactions to Pope Leo XIV’s suppression of two dioceses and creation of a new diocese in mainland China. Then, the Traditional Latin Ma...

2025-09-12 20:41:30 3963
Ep. 227: What is your horizon?

Ep. 227: What is your horizon?

Ed is joined this week by Pillar columnist Stephen White to look ahead to this weekend’s canonizations of Bls. Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis....

2025-09-05 13:26:39 3443
Ep. 226: Minneapolis and America’s royal wedding

Ep. 226: Minneapolis and America’s royal wedding

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JD and Ed react to the news out of Minneapolis this week, reflect on the lasting effects on the c...

2025-08-29 12:58:56 3521
Bonus: Draft day, continued

Bonus: Draft day, continued

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JD and Ed share the rest of their draft picks...

2025-08-22 17:02:55 115
Ep. 225: It's draft day, baby!

Ep. 225: It's draft day, baby!

JD and Ed speculate how the first American pope might mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Then, they share their pick...

2025-08-22 16:50:07 3251
Bonus: Pretty much everywhere, it’s gonna be hot.

Bonus: Pretty much everywhere, it’s gonna be hot.

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It’s too hot in Rome.
Are you a paying...

2025-08-15 15:48:56 60
Ep. 224: No silver bullet, and Pope Leo’s first 100 days

Ep. 224: No silver bullet, and Pope Leo’s first 100 days

Ed is on vacation— so JD is joined this week by Pillar Rome correspondent Edgar Beltrán to talk about declining Catholic identity in the United States...

2025-08-15 15:46:11 3668
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