# The Thomistic Institute

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Author: The Thomistic Institute
Episodes: 1969

## Resource

The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone. The Thomistic Institute Podcast features the lectures and talks from our conferences, campus chapters events, intellectual retreats, livestream events, and much more. Founded in 2009, the Thomistic Institute is part of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.

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## Episodes
- [The AI Apocalypse Already Happened (And What You Can Do About It) - Mahon McCann](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-ai-apocalypse-already-happened-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-mahon-mccann) — 2026-07-29T11:00:00+00:00
- [Artificial Intelligence: A Theological Investigation - Fr. Ezra Sullivan, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/artificial-intelligence-a-theological-investigation-fr-ezra-sullivan-o-p) — 2026-07-28T11:00:00+00:00
- [I Compute, Therefore I Am: The Distinctively Human in the Age of AI - Dr. Robert McNamara](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/i-compute-therefore-i-am-the-distinctively-human-in-the-age-of-ai-dr-robert-mcnamara) — 2026-07-27T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Efficient Cause of Evangelization: The Spirit Empowering the Blessed Virgin's Word - Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-efficient-cause-of-evangelization-the-spirit-empowering-the-blessed-virgin-s-word-fr-andrew-hofer-o-p) — 2026-07-24T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Formal Cause of Evangelization: The Grace of the Blessed Virgin's Word - Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-formal-cause-of-evangelization-the-grace-of-the-blessed-virgin-s-word-fr-irenaeus-dunlevy-o-p) — 2026-07-23T11:00:00+00:00
- [Does Nature Make Laws? An Introduction to the Natural Law Tradition - Prof. Paige Hochschild](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/does-nature-make-laws-an-introduction-to-the-natural-law-tradition-prof-paige-hochschild) — 2026-07-22T11:00:00+00:00
- [Why Stories Matter for Transmitting the Faith – Prof. Michael Dauphinais](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/why-stories-matter-for-transmitting-the-faith-prof-michael-dauphinais) — 2026-07-21T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Mystery of Love - Prof. Maria Fedoryka](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-mystery-of-love-prof-maria-fedoryka) — 2026-07-20T11:00:00+00:00
- [Why Forgive: Accepting the Good News of Forgiving Others - Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/why-forgive-accepting-the-good-news-of-forgiving-others-fr-andrew-hofer-o-p) — 2026-07-17T11:00:00+00:00
- [St. John Henry Newman and the Failure of the University - Prof. Lewis Ayres](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/st-john-henry-newman-and-the-failure-of-the-university-prof-lewis-ayres) — 2026-07-16T21:25:00+00:00
- [Why Is There Evil In The World? - Prof. Ross McCullough](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/why-is-there-evil-in-the-world-prof-ross-mccullough) — 2026-07-15T11:00:00+00:00
- [Deo Gratias: A Theology of Gratitude - Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/deo-gratias-a-theology-of-gratitude-fr-andrew-hofer-o-p) — 2026-07-14T11:00:00+00:00
- [To What End? Reclaiming Meaning with Saint Thomas Aquinas  - Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/to-what-end-reclaiming-meaning-with-saint-thomas-aquinas-fr-irenaeus-dunlevy-o-p) — 2026-07-13T11:00:00+00:00
- [Why Get Married: The Catholic View of the Meaning and Purpose of Marriage - Prof. Paul Gondreau](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/why-get-married-the-catholic-view-of-the-meaning-and-purpose-of-marriage-prof-paul-gondreau) — 2026-07-10T11:00:00+00:00
- [What do you seek? Study and the Moral Life in St Thomas Aquinas - Fr. Thomas Aquinas Pickett](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/what-do-you-seek-study-and-the-moral-life-in-st-thomas-aquinas-fr-thomas-aquinas-pickett) — 2026-07-09T11:00:00+00:00
- [Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin: Aquinas on the Limits of Charity - Prof. Michael Krom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/love-the-sinner-hate-the-sin-aquinas-on-the-limits-of-charity-prof-michael-krom) — 2026-07-08T11:00:00+00:00
- [The First Theologians: Who Were the Church Fathers and Why Do They Matter? - Prof. Mathew Thomas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-first-theologians-who-were-the-church-fathers-and-why-do-they-matter-prof-mathew-thomas) — 2026-07-07T11:00:00+00:00
- [Historical Arguments for God's Existence: Anselm, Aquinas, and Scotus - Prof. Thomas Ward](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/historical-arguments-for-god-s-existence-anselm-aquinas-and-scotus-prof-thomas-ward) — 2026-07-06T11:00:00+00:00
- [Creation and the Big Bang: What's the Big Deal? - Prof. John O'Callaghan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/creation-and-the-big-bang-what-s-the-big-deal-prof-john-o-callaghan) — 2026-07-03T11:00:00+00:00
- [Secularism and the Modern World - Prof. Brad Gregory](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/secularism-and-the-modern-world-prof-brad-gregory) — 2026-07-02T11:00:00+00:00
- [Are All Religions Different Paths Up the Same Mountain? – Prof. Christopher Kaczor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/are-all-religions-different-paths-up-the-same-mountain-prof-christopher-kaczor) — 2026-07-01T11:00:00+00:00
- [How John Paul II Used the Saints Against the Communists – Prof. James Felak](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/how-john-paul-ii-used-the-saints-against-the-communists-prof-james-felak) — 2026-06-30T11:00:00+00:00
- [Flannery on Art and Truth – Prof. Jennifer Frey](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/flannery-on-art-and-truth-prof-jennifer-frey) — 2026-06-29T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Family, the Polity, and the Church – Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-family-the-polity-and-the-church-fr-brad-elliott-o-p) — 2026-06-26T11:00:00+00:00
- [Flannery O'Connor: Hillbilly Thomist or Hillbilly Nihilist? – Prof. Jennifer Frey](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/flannery-o-connor-hillbilly-thomist-or-hillbilly-nihilist-prof-jennifer-frey) — 2026-06-25T11:00:00+00:00
- [Is There a Right to Steal? – Prof. Michael Krom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/is-there-a-right-to-steal-prof-michael-krom) — 2026-06-24T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Mystical Body of Christ: What Does Jesus Have to Do with Me? – Dr. Edmund Lazzari](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-mystical-body-of-christ-what-does-jesus-have-to-do-with-me-dr-edmund-lazzari) — 2026-06-23T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Creator of Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence: Natural Law, Inalienable Rights, and a Just Political Order – Prof. Christopher Kaczor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-creator-of-jefferson-s-declaration-of-independence-natural-law-inalienable-rights-and-a-just-political-order-prof-christopher-kaczor) — 2026-06-22T11:00:00+00:00
- [Rights, Liberties, and the Nature of Medicine – Prof. Christopher Tollefsen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/rights-liberties-and-the-nature-of-medicine-prof-christopher-tollefsen) — 2026-06-19T11:00:00+00:00
- [Aquinas' Philosophy of the Angels – Prof. Gregory Doolan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/aquinas-philosophy-of-the-angels-prof-gregory-doolan) — 2026-06-18T11:00:00+00:00
- [Private Property and the Universal Destination of Goods: How a Right to Private Possessions Serves the Common Good – Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/private-property-and-the-universal-destination-of-goods-how-a-right-to-private-possessions-serves-the-common-good-fr-brad-elliott-o-p) — 2026-06-17T11:00:00+00:00
- [Thomistic Sacramental Theology – Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/thomistic-sacramental-theology-fr-thomas-joseph-white-o-p) — 2026-06-16T11:00:00+00:00
- [Pope Leo XIII and Communism – Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/pope-leo-xiii-and-communism-fr-brad-elliott-o-p) — 2026-06-15T11:00:00+00:00
- [Nagasaki Prays, Hiroshima Rages: God's Providence and Narratives of Suffering – Prof. James Nolan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/nagasaki-prays-hiroshima-rages-god-s-providence-and-narratives-of-suffering-prof-james-nolan) — 2026-06-12T11:00:00+00:00
- [What is Catholic Social Teaching? – Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/what-is-catholic-social-teaching-fr-brad-elliott-o-p) — 2026-06-11T11:00:00+00:00
- [Mercy and Justice in Political Life: Augustine, Seneca, and Nussbaum – Prof. Sarah Byers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/mercy-and-justice-in-political-life-augustine-seneca-and-nussbaum-prof-sarah-byers) — 2026-06-10T11:00:00+00:00
- [The University and the Search for Wisdom in the Middle Ages – Dr. Brian FitzGerald](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-university-and-the-search-for-wisdom-in-the-middle-ages-dr-brian-fitzgerald) — 2026-06-09T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Good Citizen: Lessons from Tocqueville on Democratic Citizenship in the 21st Century – Prof. Raymond Hain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-good-citizen-lessons-from-tocqueville-on-democratic-citizenship-in-the-21st-century-prof-raymond-hain) — 2026-06-08T11:00:00+00:00
- [How John Paul II Used the Saints Against the Communists in Poland – Prof. James Felak](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/how-john-paul-ii-used-the-saints-against-the-communists-in-poland-prof-james-felak) — 2026-06-05T11:00:00+00:00
- [Musical Dependence: What's Behind It and How We Can Move Beyond It – Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/musical-dependence-what-s-behind-it-and-how-we-can-move-beyond-it-sr-anna-wray-o-p) — 2026-06-04T11:00:00+00:00
- [Silence, Contemplation, and Non-Being – Fr. Ephrem Reese O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/silence-contemplation-and-non-being-fr-ephrem-reese-o-p) — 2026-06-03T11:00:00+00:00
- [Boredom: The Threshold of Great Deeds – Fr. Ephrem Reese O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/boredom-the-threshold-of-great-deeds-fr-ephrem-reese-o-p) — 2026-06-02T11:00:00+00:00
- [Why We Need or Don't Need Utopias – Dr. Jan Bentz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/why-we-need-or-don-t-need-utopias-dr-jan-bentz) — 2026-06-01T11:00:00+00:00
- [Catholic Social Teaching – Prof. James Felak](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/catholic-social-teaching-prof-james-felak) — 2026-05-29T11:00:00+00:00
- [Astonished at the World: G. K. Chesterton's Philosophy of Wonder – Joe Grabowski](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/astonished-at-the-world-g-k-chesterton-s-philosophy-of-wonder-joe-grabowski) — 2026-05-28T11:00:00+00:00
- [Receiving a Share of God's Kingdom: Vocation and Christian Life according to St. Paul – Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/receiving-a-share-of-god-s-kingdom-vocation-and-christian-life-according-to-st-paul-fr-jordan-schmidt-o-p) — 2026-05-27T11:00:00+00:00
- [Principles of Discernment – Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/principles-of-discernment-fr-gregory-pine-o-p) — 2026-05-26T11:00:00+00:00
- [Attainment of Happiness – Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/attainment-of-happiness-fr-gregory-pine-o-p) — 2026-05-25T11:00:00+00:00
- [Life to the Full: Are You Surviving or Thriving? – Sr. Mary Madeline Todd, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/life-to-the-full-are-you-surviving-or-thriving-sr-mary-madeline-todd-o-p) — 2026-05-22T11:00:00+00:00
- [Science, Reason... and Beyond – Prof. Alexander Pruss](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/science-reason-and-beyond-prof-alexander-pruss) — 2026-05-21T11:00:00+00:00
- [Aquinas and Catholic Theology – Prof. Gaven Kerr](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/aquinas-and-catholic-theology-prof-gaven-kerr) — 2026-05-20T11:00:00+00:00
- [Diagnosing Dignity in the Era of AI – Prof. Paul Scherz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/diagnosing-dignity-in-the-era-of-ai-prof-paul-scherz) — 2026-05-19T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Idea of a University – Prof. Raymond Hain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-idea-of-a-university-prof-raymond-hain) — 2026-05-18T11:00:00+00:00
- [Does Vatican II Permit a Hermeneutic of Rupture? – Prof. Christopher Malloy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/does-vatican-ii-permit-a-hermeneutic-of-rupture-prof-christopher-malloy) — 2026-05-15T11:00:00+00:00
- [Like Soul to Body?: The Church's Developing Understanding of Her Relation to the State – Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/like-soul-to-body-the-church-s-developing-understanding-of-her-relation-to-the-state-fr-brad-elliott-o-p) — 2026-05-14T11:00:00+00:00
- [Foreigners’ Views on American Secularism: Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, and G.K. Chesterton – Prof. James Nolan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/foreigners-views-on-american-secularism-alexis-de-tocqueville-max-weber-and-g-k-chesterton-prof-james-nolan) — 2026-05-13T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Catholic Imagination of Oscar Wilde – Prof. Guiseppe Pezzini](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-catholic-imagination-of-oscar-wilde-prof-guiseppe-pezzini) — 2026-05-12T11:00:00+00:00
- [Catholic Social Teaching: Highlights from the Popes – Prof. James Felak](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/catholic-social-teaching-highlights-from-the-popes-prof-james-felak) — 2026-05-11T11:00:00+00:00
- [Mary's Necessary Role in the Spiritual Life – Fr. John Mark Solitario, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/mary-s-necessary-role-in-the-spiritual-life-fr-john-mark-solitario-o-p) — 2026-05-08T11:00:00+00:00
- [How to Marry Your Best Friend: Thomas Aquinas on Friendship, Marriage, and Children – Dr. Nathaniel Peters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/how-to-marry-your-best-friend-thomas-aquinas-on-friendship-marriage-and-children-dr-nathaniel-peters) — 2026-05-07T11:00:00+00:00
- ['I Cannot Tell a Lie': Thomas Aquinas on the Moral Permissibility of Lying – Prof. Christopher Tomaszewski](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/i-cannot-tell-a-lie-thomas-aquinas-on-the-moral-permissibility-of-lying-prof-christopher-tomaszewski) — 2026-05-06T11:00:00+00:00
- [Newman on the Dangers of Liberal Education – Prof. Thomas Hibbs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/newman-on-the-dangers-of-liberal-education-prof-thomas-hibbs) — 2026-05-05T11:00:00+00:00
- [To Live is to Change: Newman on Cognitive, Moral, and Spiritual Development – Prof. Thomas Hibbs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/to-live-is-to-change-newman-on-cognitive-moral-and-spiritual-development-prof-thomas-hibbs) — 2026-05-04T11:00:00+00:00
- [After Death Comes Life...to the Soul in the Grace of Jesus Christ – Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/after-death-comes-life-to-the-soul-in-the-grace-of-jesus-christ-fr-gabriel-o-donnell-o-p) — 2026-05-01T11:00:00+00:00
- [Order and Disorder among the Capital Vices – Dr. Carl Vennerstrom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/order-and-disorder-among-the-capital-vices-dr-carl-vennerstrom) — 2026-04-30T11:00:00+00:00
- [Death Comes to the Soul: The Vulnerable Christian in Distress – Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/death-comes-to-the-soul-the-vulnerable-christian-in-distress-fr-gabriel-o-donnell) — 2026-04-29T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Devil's Unveiling in the Temptation of Christ: A 'Perfect' Temptation – Dr. Carl Vennerstrom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-devil-s-unveiling-in-the-temptation-of-christ-a-perfect-temptation-dr-carl-vennerstrom) — 2026-04-28T11:00:00+00:00
- [An Image of an Image (of God): Athens, Jerusalem, and Artificial Intelligence – Dr. Kevin Kambo](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/an-image-of-an-image-of-god-athens-jerusalem-and-artificial-intelligence-dr-kevin-kambo) — 2026-04-27T11:00:00+00:00
- [John Henry Newman on Following Your Conscience – Dr. Christopher Mooney](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/john-henry-newman-on-following-your-conscience-dr-christopher-mooney) — 2026-04-24T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Gift of Disability and the Hope for Healing – Prof. Paul Gondreau](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-gift-of-disability-and-the-hope-for-healing-prof-paul-gondreau) — 2026-04-23T13:00:00+00:00
- [Thomas Aquinas and the Philosophy of Punishment – Dr. Peter Koritansky](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/thomas-aquinas-and-the-philosophy-of-punishment-dr-peter-koritansky) — 2026-04-22T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Roots of the Church in the Old and New Testament – Prof. Nina Sophie Heereman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-roots-of-the-church-in-the-old-and-new-testament-prof-nina-sophie-heereman) — 2026-04-21T11:00:00+00:00
- [Becoming a Good Conversationalist: How Not to Bore, Boast, or Otherwise Blather . . . and More! – Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/becoming-a-good-conversationalist-how-not-to-bore-boast-or-otherwise-blather-and-more-fr-gregory-pine-o-p) — 2026-04-20T11:00:00+00:00
- [St. John Henry Newman’s Idea of the Saint – Dr. Rebekah Lamb](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/st-john-henry-newman-s-idea-of-the-saint-dr-rebekah-lamb) — 2026-04-17T11:00:00+00:00
- [I Want to Live a Good Life, Where Do I Start? – Dr. Wes Siscoe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/i-want-to-live-a-good-life-where-do-i-start-dr-wes-siscoe) — 2026-04-16T11:00:00+00:00
- [Is Abortion Morally Acceptable to Save the Life of the Mother? – Prof. Steven Jensen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/is-abortion-morally-acceptable-to-save-the-life-of-the-mother-prof-steven-jensen) — 2026-04-15T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Savonarola Option: Why We Should Elect Christ as King – Dr. John-Paul Heil](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/the-savonarola-option-why-we-should-elect-christ-as-king-dr-john-paul-heil) — 2026-04-14T11:00:00+00:00

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