Too often modern debates between religious and secular people are presented as the secular coming with all the reliable, empirical datum, and religious as appealing to only vague notions of metaphysics or objective morality. But is this so? Does secular society with it's god, science, actually have a history that offers mankind the best outcome? Join as we here discuss the dark history of secular science's attempts to exterminate whole classes of humans because of their perceived undesirability. We will also be specifically tracing the modern contraceptives movement to the eugenics movement, and how you don't get the former without the ideological roots of the latter.

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H. L. Mencken said of it, "Let no one mistake it for comedy, farcical though it may be in all its details. It serves notice on the country that Neanderthal man is organizing in these forlorn backwaters of the land, led by a fanatic, rid of sense and devoid of conscience."

The way it's been presented for decades is that in July 1925 Christian fundamentalist's put science and truth on trial. Their goal: to suppress the advancement of human knowledge and flourishing, to bring mankind back to the dark ages.

Was this what really happened? Or have the irreligious Secularists once again manipulated history to fit a narrative that places themselves in a significantly better light than the truth? Join as we discuss the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial.

It was the 1930s; unemployment was at record highs, soup lines were growing, people were scared they would lose their homes. In the midst of this, on the new mass media format of radio, Fr Charles Coughlin took to the airways. At the height of his popularity he had millions of Americans tuning into his radio program. President Franklin D Roosevelt thought he was one of the most dangerous men in America. He's been called the founder of hate media.

Was he a hate preacher or maligned moral crusader? Join as we discuss the life of his incredible priest, Fr Coughlin.

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Before the reforms of the Council of Trent, the Catholic priesthood was markedly different in its day to day expressions. While all modern Catholics would recognize what took place at a medieval liturgy, few would walk away not scandalized by the lives many priest and religious lead outside the Mass. Often times this was due more to circumstantial necessities than any commitment to sin, but nonetheless, it is jarring for many when they are first exposed to the truth. Join as we discuss the life of priests and monastics in the Middle Ages.

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So you think views on men and women are confused and frustrating today? You think roles have been abandoned or reversed? Well, as always, you ain't seen nothing yet. Medieval society was one where the pull between ancient prejudices were constantly up against developing ideas of the Church. Join as we discuss this complex interaction of man and woman in the Middle Ages.

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Medieval religious practice was many things. It was admirable, pious, devoted; it was dangerous, bigoted, insular; it was changing, irreverent, otherworldly. Join us in this 3rd installment of our talk on the Middle Ages as we discuss Medieval Piety- Its good, its bad, and its ugly.

From its historical sources to its art and architecture, from its science to its religious devotions, the question is, were the Middle Ages really "dark"? Join as we discuss.

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You think things are crazy in the Church today? Well, you ain't seen nothing yet.

This is the first part in an ongoing series we'll be doing covering medieval people- their faith, their lifestyles, and the many other topics we could pursue. In this one we're taking a broad approach, an aerial view of just what was going on in their world and how it differs from our own today.

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