The Counsel of Trent

In this episode Trent sits down with Dr. Scott Hahn to talk about his latest book Hope to Die: The Christian Meaning of Death and the Resurrection of the Body and how the recent pandemic sheds light on our mortality and helps us understand the true meaning of life.

In honor of St. Anselm’s feast day Trent takes a look at the ontological argument: one of the most interesting arguments for the existence of God first developed by St. Anselm of Canterbury in the 11th century.

In this episode Trent explores strange noises recorded around the world and the even stranger explanations behind them.

In this episode Trent replies to Matt Walsh’s criticisms of the cosmological argument and shows how these criticisms actually undermine Walsh’s preferred arguments for the existence of God.

In this episode Trent takes questions from podcast supporters about whether confirmation is redundant, why priests can’t reveal what’s said in confession, and whether Protestant apologists have a decent case against baptismal regeneration.

What would it be like to go on a bus trip between hell and heaven? In this episode Trent sits down with Pints with Jack co-host David Bates to talk about C.S. Lewis’s book The Great Divorce.

What would it be like to spy on demons as the plan to tempt us? In this episode Trent sits down with Pints with Jack co-host David Bates to talk about C.S. Lewis’s book The Screwtape Letters.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent talks about how life is going under the Coronavirus lockdown and shares some big news about his family. He also lets his sons Matthew and Thomas show off their podcast skills!

In this episode Trent shares a portion of his rebuttal to pastor Mike Winger on the papacy and talks about how to answer objections to the idea that Peter was the first pope.

In this episode Trent talks about how he was drawn into the debate over assisted suicide in 2014 and what you need to know about the history of this pernicious attack on human dignity.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent reveals the secret history and strategies behind your favorite childhood board games and how some of them were purposefully designed to frustrate you into learning an important life lesson.

Do Church scandals or personal struggles leave you or your loved ones feeling jaded and hopeless? In this episode Trent sits down with author Devin Rose to find out what ingredients always make saints and how we can apply them to become “lion-heart” Catholics. NOTE: Recorded one month ago before the COVID-19 pandemic

Did Jesus have brothers? Do Matthew 1:25 and Luke 2:7 disprove the idea that Mary was ever virgin? In honor of the upcoming feast of the annunciation Trent tackles common objections to this important Marian dogma.

In this adorable free-for-all-Friday Trent shares the results of scientific experiments that show us how babies understand the world and the best ways for us to communicate with them.

In this episode Catholic speakers Jackie and Bobby Angel join Trent to talk about living under the “lockdown conditions” in Southern California and how to live out the Faith in these hard times.