# Why Portico? (ft. Micah Mattix)

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Podcast: [First Things Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-things-podcast-829281)
Published: 2026-04-30T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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