The Tradistae Podcast

The Tradistae Podcast


Latest Episodes

A Conclusion to the Tradistae Podcast (Easter 2022)
April 19, 2022

A concluding episode to three great years of the Tradistae Podcast, with three big announcements in the life of Holy Family Catholic Worker, a brief history of Tradistae, and an outline of what comes

#50 - A Distributist Deep Dive w/ Chris Smaje
March 09, 2022

A deep dive with Chris Smaje on the definition of "ecomodernism", the limits of socialist theory and rhetoric, modes of property ownership, how the "Small Farm Future" aligns with distributism, to wha

Easy Excerpt: Vladimir Lenin on the Errors of the Sexual Revolution
February 19, 2022

Tradistae is a Catholic Worker organization promoting distributism, integralism, and ecological conversion.The goal of the Easy Excerpt is to provide insight and inspiration to those seeking the King

Easy Excerpt: Wendell Berry on the ”Cheerful Prophets” of Modernity
January 25, 2022

Tradistae is a Catholic Worker organization promoting distributism, integralism, and ecological conversion.The goal of the Easy Excerpt is to provide insight and inspiration to those seeking the King

Easy Essay: Were Premodern Peasants Starving and Overworked?
January 22, 2022

Tradistae is a Catholic Worker organization promoting Catholic Social Teaching.The goal of the Easy Essay, inspired by Peter Maurin, is to blow the dynamite of Catholic Social Teaching by boiling do

#49 - ”A Manifesto of the New Traditionalism” by Chapp, Domencic, & Barnes
January 11, 2022

Developed from the outline discussed by Sean in Episode #42, the "Manifesto of the New Traditionalism" is co-written by him, Dr. Larry Chapp, and Marc Barnes. In it, the gladtrad gang "affirms not onl

#48 - Chris Smaje, author of ”A Small Farm Future”
December 14, 2021

An introduction to the peasant populism of Chris Smaje, author ofA Small Farm Future: Making the Case for a Society Built Around Local Economies, Self-provisioning Agricultural Diversity, and a Share

Easy Essay: What are the Commons?
November 30, 2021

Tradistae is a Catholic Worker organization promoting Catholic Social Teaching.The goal of the Easy Essay, inspired by Peter Maurin, is to blow the dynamite of Catholic Social Teaching by boiling do

#47 - Julie Brown, friend of Jess Reznicek, Catholic Worker and Water Defender
November 06, 2021

Sean interviews Julie Brown, a long-time friend and fellow activist of Jessica Reznicek, having lived and served together at the Des Moines Catholic Worker.Jess is well known for her many non-violent

Easy Essay: What is Liberation Theology?
October 26, 2021

Tradistae is a Catholic Worker organization promoting Catholic Social Teaching.The goal of the Easy Essay, inspired by Peter Maurin, is to blow the dynamite of Catholic Social Teaching by boiling do