# The West’s Forgotten Resource Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/doctor-john-patrick-5582517/the-west-s-forgotten-resource Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/doctor-john-patrick-5582517/the-west-s-forgotten-resource.md Podcast: [Doctor John Patrick](https://stenobird.com/podcast/doctor-john-patrick-5582517) Published: 2026-03-11T06:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://doctorjohnpatrick.podbean.com/e/the-west-s-forgotten-resource/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qzdq3368n8yr8k4n/01_27_2026_post_lanchbskkk.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/doctor-john-patrick-5582517/episodes/the-west-s-forgotten-resource Duration seconds: 2037 ## Resource Join our weekly book club and keep thinking deeply about faith, culture, and truth: πŸ”— https://pxllnk.co/bookclubpod Considering college? Explore Augustine College, a one-year classical Christian program in Ottawa that prepares students to think and live faithfully in a secular age: πŸ”— https://pxllnk.co/augustinepodcast πŸŽ“ Join the Book Club with Dr. John PatrickLearn how to read, think, and wrestle with the big ideas alongside Dr. John Patrick and a private community.β†’ https://pxllnk.co/johnpatrick In this deeply reflective episode, Dr. John Patrick examines what the modern West has forgotten about its greatest resource, not minerals, markets, or military power, but spiritual, moral, and cultural capital. Drawing on global events, personal medical experience, and powerful conversion stories emerging from Iran and Africa, Dr. Patrick reflects on the disappearance of wisdom from public life, the limits of scientific and technological thinking, and the consequences of abandoning moral truth for tribal loyalty. // LINKS // Website: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ Podcast: https://doctorjohnpatrick.podbean.com/ Biblical Literate Quiz: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/meaning-metaphor-and-allusion/ Recommended Reading list: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/book-list/ Ask Doctor John: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ask/ LINKS: https://beacons.ai/doctorjohnpatrick ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/doctor-john-patrick-5582517/episodes/the-west-s-forgotten-resource/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/doctor-john-patrick-5582517/the-west-s-forgotten-resource.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.