Catholics, the "New Right", & Politics in 2023: Dr. Laurie Johnson INTERVIEW | The Simpleton Podcast

The Simpleton Podcast | Catholic Culture, Mission, and Politics with Clark Massey and Laura Hehman

Dr. Laurie Johnson, Professor of Political Philosophy and co-founder of the Maurin Institute, sits down with Clark for this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.

Also in this episode:

• Are liberalism and Christianity compatible?

• Being Catholic in academia

• Should we be trying to reinvent society?

• Catholic Integralists & Distributists

• Dr. Laurie's Catholic conversion

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To learn more about Dr. Laurie and/or the Maurin Institute, search "Dr. Laurie Johnson" on YouTube or go to https://pmaurin.org/

--- Chapters:

0:00 Start

0:41 Signpost

1:01 Dr. Laurie's Catholic conversion

11:21 Being Catholic at a state university

14:44 Going into academia in 2023

18:34 Dr. Laurie's podcast

19:14 Are liberalism and Christianity compatible?

28:33 The New Right & politics in 2023

40:52 Maurin Academy, the JPII Catholic Worker, & their goals

51:16 What quality of life do we have, and will we have?

1:00:37 Should we be trying to reinvent society?

1:08:01 Catholic Integralists & Distributists

1:19:12 The destructiveness of ideological obsession

1:23:50 The usefulness of outside ideologies --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee.

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