Way of the Fathers BONUS: Interview with Mike Aquilina
In this bonus episode originally from the Catholic Culture Podcast, CatholicCulture.org’s director of podcasts, Thomas V. Mirus, interviews voice actor James T. Majewski (Catholic Culture Audiobooks) and author Mike Aquilina (Way of the Fathers) about how they make their shows and the effect reading and studying the Church Fathers has had on them personally.
Contents
[2:15] James’s training in philosophy and acting as preparation for narrating the Fathers
[7:00] How Mike meandered into a career writing about the Fathers
[9:27] The original idea for audiobooks and podcasts at The Catholic Culture
[15:33] How Mike distills scholarship into an accessible and edifying presentation of early Church history
[21:20] The accessibility and affordability of creating a good-sounding podcast
[24:16] James’s process for preparing nuanced readings of the Fathers at a rapid pace
[33:03] Mike’s and James’s recourse to the intercession of the holy authors they study
[37:38] St. John Henry Newman and the early Fathers as masters of media
[42:40] The mastery of the Fathers’ work and its relevance today
[45:55] The spiritual effects of narrating the writings of saints
Links
Support CatholicCulture.org’s podcasting efforts https://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio
Catholic Culture Podcast https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/category/catholic-culture-podcast/
Catholic Culture Audiobooks https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/category/audiobooks
James T. Majewski https://www.jamestmajewski.com/
Mike Aquilina https://fathersofthechurch.com/