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In this episode you will learn:

• How reliable Matthew is as an historian
• Why describing the Magi a function of myth doesn’t not take away from their historicity
• How the colorful additions (Caspar? Melchior? Balthasar? Camels?) to the biblical story arose
• The multiple meanings of “the East” for the Jewish people
• How the arrival and worship of the Magi set the Incarnation onto an international setting
• How to see the accretions of the Magi part of the story with Santa Claus and the original story of St. Nicholas

Resources recommended in this episode:

• Mystery of the Magi: The Quest to Identify the Three Wise Men by Dwight Longenecker
• More Christianity by Dwight Longenecker
• Life of Christ by Fulton J. Sheen
• The Day Christ Was Born by Jim Bishop

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This episode debuted exactly five years ago, and I could think of no better show this year to honor my all-time favorite movie, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)  through the eyes of two women with close ties to its creation.

If Mr. Capra didn’t write it, why do I call it “Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life? It’s because that’s how the movie was marketed, which helps explain why the film got only a so-so reception when it was first released. Most of Mr. Capra’s pre-World War II movies were so sweet-hearted that they later earned the moniker “Capracorn,” not meant as a compliment.

It’s a Wonderful Life is one of the most critically acclaimed films ever made. Nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture, recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 best American films ever made, and placed number 11 on its initial 1998 greatest movie list, it also ranked number one on its list of the most inspirational American films of all time.

Think about that. In light of the fact that hundreds of thousands of movies have been made, this is a jaw-dropping achievement.

By the end of the Second World War, though, the mood of the movie-going public had shifted, as I wrote about the making of the movie in National Review a few years ago HERE.

The next day after it was published, an appreciative email from a woman named Mary Owen arrived in my inbox. Turns out, Mary is the daughter of actress Donna Reed, who played Mary Bailey, the wife of James Stewart’s George Bailey.

I thanked her for the lovely email and we had a few back-and-forths. After my podcast was up on two feet and spreading around the world (110 countries and counting), I thought it would be fun to have her on the show to talk about her mother’s role in this now-international favorite Christmas movie and to learn some back story to her mother’s career and her commitment to writing back to the G.I’s who wrote to her from the trenches and the gun turrets of World War II.

The interview segues nicely into the next one, a rich conversation with actress Karolyn Grimes who played Zuzu, one of the four Bailey kids. Remember Zuzu’s petals? This was a real treat for me who loves the movie so well, and I know it will be for you as well.

I learned, among other things, how much Mrs. Grimes suffered as a teen when her mother died and then the next year her father was killed and she became a ward of the state—then “rescued” by an aunt and uncle in Missouri, which was an unhappy home situation. Karolyn also played Debbie, the daughter of David Niven and Loretta Young in another Christmas favorite, The Bishop’s Wife.

For those of us who can’t gobble up enough trivia and true stories about It’s a Wonderful Life, Mrs. Grimes is a treasure trove of first-hand memories and insights! Yes, I was star-struck, okay? Is that so wrong?

Merry Christmas!

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In this episode you will learn:

• Why we say Mary is the Mother of God and not just the Mother of Jesus
• Why all Marian doctrine is Christological in nature
• How the medieval era got things right regarding the role of Mary in the life of the Church
• When devotion to Mary went into eclipse and how to revive it
• Why Our Lady is a powerful intercessor for all mankind, not just Catholics
• The reason why all the titles of Mary in all the litanies can never exhaust her beauty nor the full truth about her person and mission.

Resources mentioned in this episode

• Mary and the Art of Prayer: The Hours of the Virgin in Medieval Christian Life and Thought by Rachel Fulton Brown
• From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, 800–1200 by Rachel Fulton Brown
• The World’s First Love by Ven. Fulton J. Sheen
• Diabolical: How Pope Francis Has Betrayed Clerical Abuse Victims Like Me—and Why He Has To Go by Milo Yiannopoulos

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POINTS COVERED

👉The brief history of Fauci’s corruption and manifest crimes
👉The deaths of thousands of homosexuals with AIDS who were killed with Fauci-endorsed AZT
👉How the oligarchs who operate the pandemic have funneled more billions into the pockets of already-billionaires
👉How under Fauci’s reign, allergic, autoimmune, and chronic illnesses have mushroomed to afflict 54 percent of children, up from 12.8 percent when he took over NIAID in 1984
👉Why allergic diseases like asthma, eczema, food allergies, allergic rhinitis, and anaphylaxis suddenly exploded beginning in 1989, five years after he came to power.
👉Fauci’s historic role as the leading architect of “agency capture”—the corporate seizure of America’s public health agencies by the pharmaceutical industry.
👉The connections between the cabal that killed Kennedy’s father and uncle, and the cabal currently imposing global lockdowns and mass death today.

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In case you missed it, a fantastic encore episode with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.  Finally, someone has exposed the corruption of the tiny tyrant from Brooklyn, Anthony Fauci. And who better than trial attorney and best-selling author Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. chairman of Children’s Health Defense?  Fauci’s crimes predate the Covid catastrophe of 2020 and date back to the AIDS era in which thousands of homosexuals were killed by the toxic chemical drug AZT authorized by Fauci himself?

Kennedy spoke with me about his book, which brings the receipts: The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health. Massively and meticulously researched, this is an extremely important contribution to the fight for health and sanity.