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

Grettelyn and Joe speak to Holly Ordway, author of a brand new spiritual biography of the beloved author, J.R.R. Tolkien, published by Word on Fire. To buy Holly's books, visit https://bookstore.wordonfire.org/pages/holly-ordway.

Grettelyn and Joe speak to John Sharp, co-founding director and publisher with IHS Press, which seeks to bring back classic works on economic, political, and social thought by Chesterton and his contemporaries.

Grettelyn speaks Dr. James Breen about the Benedict Medicine Consortium, an attempt to bring the practice of medicine back into line with the Social Teachings of the Church. For more info, visit benedictmedicine.org.

Joe and Grettelyn speak with Andrew Youngblood about his exciting new popular book from Word on Fire, "Know Thyself: Classical Catholic Education and the Discovery of Self." Learn more about the exciting momentum in the classical education movement! To register for November 15th's Virtual Open House visit here: https://chestertonschoolsnetwork.org/virtual-open-house-november-2023 To buy Andrew's book (on backorder) write to orders@chesterton.org.

Joe and Grettelyn speak with Alan Harrelson of Pipe Cottage about his journey to the Catholic Church, his experience reading Chesterton, his love nature, and more! To learn more about Alan, visit pipecottage.com or his channel. To learn more about the Southern Agrarians, visit Wikipedia. Our past interview about Father Vincent McNabb. Alan Cornett's talk on Russell Kirk.

Nancy joins Grettelyn to discuss her newest book, and a great present for this Christmas: The Chestertons and the Top Meadow Troupe! To get Nancy's book, visit chesterton.org/tmt (for "Top Meadow Troupe").  For the first volume, The Chestertons and the Golden Key, visit chesterton.org/goldenkey today!

Joe and Grettelyn look at Chesterton's historic newsmaking trip to Notre Dame University in October, 1930. For a sample of Father O'Donnell's poetry, see https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=13532. To hear Notre Dame's recent podcast episode about Chesterton, visit https://stories.nd.edu/podcasts/g-k-chesterton-and-notre-dame/.

Joe and Grettelyn talk about the call issued by the Bishops of the United States, in solidarity with that of the Bishops of the Holy Land, for a day of prayer and fasting for peace. Episode resources: ِA Call for Prayer and Fasting for Peace from Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land Salvifici Doloris - on Human Suffering, by Pope Saint John Paul II Hope through Suffering by Karlo Broussard (Catholic Answers Magazine) Fatima Shrine Boston (Prayers and Resources) The Queen of Seven Swords by G.K. Chesterton Message for the 46th World Day of Peace by Pope Benedict XVI Saint Francis's Prayer for Peace Psalm 83, Psalm 85, and Psalm 90

Joe and Grettelyn talk about some news and updates from the Society of GK Chesterton. To catch the Virtual Society LIVE this week, visit https://www.youtube.com/@AmCHESTERTONsoc/live.  

In honor of this coming Saturday's feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, and the anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto, we are re-airing this interview from the archives with Christopher Check, President of Catholic Answers.   Buy Chesterton's poem Lepanto with Dale Ahlquist's commentary here: https://www.chesterton.org/shop/lepanto/ Chris's longer talk on the battle with his recitation of the poem: https://shop.catholic.com/lepanto-the-battle-that-saved-the-west-mp3/