{"podcast":{"title":"The Two Cities Podcast","slug":"the-two-cities-podcast-7107336","podcast_index_feed_id":7107336,"rss_url":"https://thetwocitiespodcastpodcast.podomatic.com/rss2.xml","website_url":"https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thetwocitiespodcastpodcast","image_url":"https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/56/b8/3e/thetwocitiespodcastpodcast/1400x1400_17252332.png","author":"Theo Howard","episode_count":15,"summary":"\"Two loves have built two cities: the love of self even to the despising of God, the city of the earth; the love of God even to the despising of self, the city of God.\" Following St. Augustine's City of God, this podcast views history and contemporary events in light of the deepest meaning of history: the ongoing war between the City of God (the Catholic Church) and the Earthly City until Christ comes again. To support my channel and to access premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage): https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336"},"episode":{"title":"Traditionalist Economics | Primogeniture and Family Patrimony","slug":"traditionalist-economics-primogeniture-and-family-patrimony","published_at":"2025-10-02T08:00:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336/traditionalist-economics-primogeniture-and-family-patrimony","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336","url":"https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thetwocitiespodcastpodcast/episodes/2025-10-02T01_00_32-07_00","audio_url":"https://www.podomatic.com/e/podcasts/thetwocitiespodcastpodcast/episodes/2025-10-02T01_00_32-07_00.mp3","summary":"Pope Leo XIII taught: \"It is a most sacred law of nature that a father should provide food and all necessaries for those whom he has begotten... by the ownership of productive property, which he can transmit to his children by inheritance.\" In the first of a two-part episode on property and inheritance law, I draw from the writings of Côme de Prévigny, Frédéric le Play, Oscar Mendez and modern studies to examine the importance of primogeniture inheritance for the conservation and flourishing of family patrimony and its corollary: diffuse economic and political power. I compare the case studies of historic inheritance regimes in France, the United States of America and England to extract the perennial Catholic economic principles that we may apply today and in the future. To support my research and channel, and to access premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage): https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com","meta_description":"Pope Leo XIII taught: \"It is a most sacred law of nature that a father should provide food and all necessaries for those whom he has begotten... by the ow…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3438,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336/episodes/traditionalist-economics-primogeniture-and-family-patrimony/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336/traditionalist-economics-primogeniture-and-family-patrimony.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}