Uncommon Sense - The Official Podcast of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Marie and Grace from Pints with Chesterton jump into a Father Brown mystery written by G.K. Chesterton which is entitled “The Blue Cross”.  pintswithchesterton.com chesterton.org

Joseph Pearce, Director of Publishing, The Augustine Institute Joseph Pearce shows how Chesterton’s virtue infuses his sense of humour, his joie de vivre, his use of paradox and his Christian witness to the inextricable unity of faith and reason. Summer Conference 2021 Lisle, IL chesterton.org

Nancy Brown is joined by Susan Sucher to discuss another of our favorite Chesterton essays, Babies and Distributism.  This essay is found in the book The Well and the Shallows. Listen to this lively discussion. Feedback welcome at nancy@chesterton.org chesterton.org

Nancy Brown reads Babies and Distributism (or is it Babies and Localism?) from the G.K. Chesterton book The Well and the Shallows. Next week, Nancy and Susan will discuss this essay, so if you want to be prepared, listen to this first! chesterton.org

Eric DeMeuse, Headmaster, Chesterton Academy, Milwaukee Dr. DeMeuse describes the power that stories and healthy discourse have to teach people to encounter crisis with discernment and joy. Summer Conference 2021, Lisle, IL chesterton.org

Host Nancy Brown is joined by co-host Noel Culbertson and guest Susan Sucher to discuss one of our favorite Chesterton essays, The Emancipation of Domesticity.  This essay is found in the book What's Wrong with the World, in Part Three: Feminism, or, The Mistake about Woman. Listen to this lively discussion. Feedback welcome at nancy@chesterton.org chesterton.org

Nancy Brown reads The Emancipation of Domesticity (and fractures the French sentence it contains) from the G.K. Chesterton book What's Wrong with the World, Part III: Feminism, or, the Mistake about Woman. Next week, Nancy, Noel and Susan will discuss this essay, so if you want to be prepared, listen to this first! chesterton.org

Kyle Mann, Editor-in-Chief, The Babylon Bee The secular left is killing satire by turning reality into a parody of itself and by censoring satirists they don’t like. And they accomplish the latter by mischaracterizing satire as misinformation. What would Chesterton say? Summer Conference, 2021, Lisle, IL chesterton.org

Irrational Optimism and Chesterton’s Theology of the Ordinary Lydia Webster, Boyce College, Louisville, KY This Chesterton scholar discusses how irrational optimism is not mere positive thinking, but a powerful manifestation of the Christian virtues of hope and love. Summer 2021 Conference Lisle, IL  chesterton.org

Learn about the Archbishop’s exciting vision to save Christianity in post-ISIS Iraq by serving families who courageously remain in their homeland. From the Annual Chesterton Conference in July, 2021 Lisle, IL chesterton.org