Episode

Why Portico? (ft. Micah Mattix)

Podcast: First Things Podcast
Published: Apr 30, 2026
Duration seconds: 2385
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Summary

In this episode, Micah Mattix joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about Portico, a new literary quarterly published by the Institute on Religion and Public Life.