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1. 30. Sept.

   Daybreak

   Good morning from The Little Station on Commercial Street. Daybreak is Chesterton Radio’s daily morning conversation, bringing together worthwhile stories from Newman Guide colleges and Chesterton Academies with Catholic life, books, histor
   34 min
2. 26. Sept.

   Before the Collar: How Young Father Brown Learned to See the Truth | A Deep Dive

   Before he became the quiet priest-detective who understood the secrets of the human heart, Father Brown was a boy who enjoyed being right. In this Chesterton Radio deep dive, we explore The Mislaid Parcel, the opening mystery in our origina
   32 min
3. 26. Sept.

   William Keenan: Spies, Saints & Secrets

   A spy disappears into the shadows of Cold War Europe. A policeman walks a lonely beat. Three shepherd children in Portugal witness something that will change the world. What connects these seemingly different stories? The remarkable imagina
   50 min
4. 25. Sept.

   J. B. Priestley: The Dangerous Art of Ordinary Life

   An innocent question at a dinner party. A respectable suburban household hiding an extraordinary secret. A family haunted by the past. And a clock that may not be telling the whole truth. Welcome to the remarkable world of J. B. Priestley,
   41 min
5. 25. Sept.

   Nanci Griffith’s Other Voices: The Songs and Friends That Made Her

   Nanci Griffith was one of America’s great songwriters. Yet at the height of her career, she did something remarkable: she turned the spotlight away from herself. With Other Voices, Other Rooms and Other Voices, Too, Nanci celebrated the wri
   36 min
6. 24. Sept.

   Sherlock Holmes vs. Shakespeare

   Sherlock Holmes or Shakespeare? Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce take on murder in the moonlight, the Fifth of November and Christmas at Baker Street. Richard Burton goes to Agincourt. Orson Welles tackles Twelfth Night and Hamlet. Leslie How
   22 min
7. 24. Sept.

   Was St. Augustine Drinking? Aristotle vs. Augustine

   Aristotle tells us how to become good: practice virtue, form good habits, develop character, and learn to desire what is worthy. Then St. Augustine arrives. He steals pears he doesn’t even want. He agonizes over desire. He discovers that kn
   38 min
8. 23. Sept.

   Superman, Batman & the Secret of Kryptonite

   Before kryptonite became one of the most famous weaknesses in popular culture, it was part of an extraordinary chapter in The Adventures of Superman on radio. In the great 1945–46 saga, kryptonite falls into the hands of criminals, Superman
   34 min
9. 23. Sept.

   Padre Pio: The Flying Friar

   Padre Pio: The Flying Friar During World War II, Allied bomber pilots flying over southern Italy reportedly encountered something extraordinary: a Capuchin friar appearing in the sky, seemingly warning them away from the town of San Giovann
   43 min
10. 23. Sept.

    Candy Matson & Carter Brown: Two Detectives, Two Continents, One Hard-Boiled World

    Candy Matson lived on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. Carter Brown never existed. Yet put their mysteries side by side, and they seem to walk the same rain-slicked midnight streets. In this Chesterton Radio Deep Dive, we enter two remarkab
    32 min