More McGrady with Katie
Katie Prejean McGrady
Every morning, on SiriusXM's The Catholic Channel, from 7:30 to 10 ET, Katie McGrady tells stories, analyzes the headlines, interviews interesting guests, comments on the culture, explains the lives of the saints and explores church history, tells you what you should pay attention to, and keeps listeners entertained with her family's antics, her opinions, and a unique blend of humor and insights.
This is the "best of" pod, sharing the best of each day's show, and more, from the daily Katie McGrady Show on SiriusXM, Channel 129.
This is the "best of" pod, sharing the best of each day's show, and more, from the daily Katie McGrady Show on SiriusXM, Channel 129.
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Feb 2, 2026 • 31min
Bring Light, not Heat: A conversation with USCCB President Archbishop Coakley
In the face of tension, unrest, division, and suffering, the USCCB President has issued a summons to prayer, inviting Catholics in the U.S. to make Holy Hours to pray for peace, and an undoing of the knots that seem to bind us at this moment.
Feb 2, 2026 • 7min
Siobhan Fallon Hogan has a new Catholic podcast
SNL alum, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, has had an illustrious career, starring in film and TV, writing and directing plays, and now taking to the mic with a new Catholic podcast from EWTN+, Catholics and Cappuccinos.
Jan 30, 2026 • 23min
A Conversation with Rian Johnson, Director of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson, the director of Wake Up Dead Man, the third in the wildly popular Knives Out franchise on Netflix, chose a Catholic parish as the setting of his latest film for a variety of reasons, the main one being: Catholicism looks cool. And, let's be real, it is cool. Hear how this latest Knives Out movie is ultimately about a journey through some big ideas about community, faith, what we owe each other, and what we come to believe.
Jan 30, 2026 • 28min
What You Owe Your Parish with Patrick Neve of Bropostles and JD Flynn of The Pillar
Do you "church hop" or do you go to your territorial parish, closest to your actual dwelling? You're called to invest in a place of worship, an active participant who cares about what happens there. And canon law has something to say about where we go to worship, and the people in our neighborhood. Katie talks to author Patrick Neve about his new book on saving your parish and J.D. Flynn about our canonical responsibilities, and our pastoral call, about where (and how) we worship.
Jan 29, 2026 • 46min
Grouchy Gluttons and God's Goodness
It seems that the opportunity and occasion to complain comes up more frequently today than it used to. Is this because of social media? Do comment boxes give rise to keyboard warriors who, in the end, just turn out to be cowards? Are we all secretly living in the Oscar the Grouch trash bin because the wamrth of our complaining is easier than the fresh cool awareness of God's goodness?
Jan 28, 2026 • 1h 14min
Happy LEGO Day
On January 28, 1958, the patent for LEGO bricks was filed. Since then, these interlocking plastic bricks with studs and hollow tube bottoms have been the most popular toy on the market, enduring for generations. Why do we love our toys (and LEGO bricks) so much? And what does the story of the invention of LEGO bricks have to teach us about our faith? Today, we share a clip of a full 90 minutes from The Katie McGrady Show, with callers taking to the air to tell us about their favorite childhood toy.
Jan 28, 2026 • 23min
'Lil Tommy Quine Quine
St. Thomas Aquinas, the greatest mind in the history of the Church, wasn't just smart. He was also holy. And his prayer in front of the crucifix should become our own.
Jan 27, 2026 • 8min
BONUS: Fr. Nate Wills, CSC, on Notre Dame's ACE program
Notre Dame's ACE program educates Catholic educators. Fr. Nate, chaplain of Notre Dame Football, shares about the program near and dear to his heart.
Jan 27, 2026 • 32min
The Queens of Catholic Schools: St. Angela Merici & St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Born 300 years apart, on opposite sides of the world, Angela Merici and Elizabeth Ann Seton both experienced great heartbreak early in life. Their sadness and struggle in abandonment and loss was an impetus for them both to ensure young girls would never be ignored, uneducated, or forgotten again, and in Italy and Baltimore, they both founded Catholic schools that would change the face of Catholic education forever.
Jan 26, 2026 • 30min
Saints for our time: The Ulma Family
They hid Jews in their attic & barn. They had the parable of the Good Samaritan underlined in their family Bible. They died in defense of the faith. They're saints to look to in our time, the first family beatified together, the Ulmas.
