The Counsel of Trent

In this episode Trent shares what’s going on at home and at his church, reflects on his conversation with Tom Jump, and explores issues related to the philosophical discipline of epistemology.

Tropes are common storytelling devices that can become clichés if you’re not careful. In this episode Trent teaches you how to spot lampshade hanging, Flanderization, bottle episodes, and a host of other common tropes in television and film.

Trent sits down with prolific Youtuber Tom Jump to talk atheism and philosophy with some magic and unicorns thrown in for good measure.

In this episode Trent refutes anti-natalism (the view that having children is immoral) in both popular environmental literature and more advanced philosophical arguments.

Trent takes us to the mid-19th century to meet doctors and scientists like John Snow and Louis Pasteur whose discoveries revolutionized medicine and saved countless lives.

In this episode Trent sits down with Fr. Deacon Dozier to better understand our Orthodox brethren and how to restore unity between East and West.

How do we get kids off of screens and back into reality? Trent sits down with David Williams of Valor and Dan Kerr to discuss how to implement the principles of a classical, wisdom-based education.

Did you know your map of the world is probably lying to you? From fake cities to fake dimensions, Trent takes us on a tour of the science of cartography.

Trent takes questions from the premium subscribers on tough objections to the pro-life argument, how to reduce the abortion rate and whether you can “accompany” a friend who is having an abortion.

In this episode Trent sits down with Cy Kellett to give listeners a primer in how to talk about abortion as the commemoration of Roe v Wade comes up this week.

In this free-for-all-Friday Trent talks about the four basic personality temperaments: cholerics, sanguines, melancholics, and Phlegmatics and how to understand them. Laura also stops by and she and Trent reveal their temperaments and what it does to and for their marriage.

In this episode Trent defends a contingency argument for the existence of God and includes sound bites from scientists like Lawrence Krauss, Sean Carroll, and Max Tegmark to make his case.

In this episode Trent talks about the conversation he had with Shannon Q on whether a fetus is a person and also on some attitudes he is concerned about among Catholics that reject using dialogue for evangelization.

In this episode Trent talks about his first job at Harkins movie theaters and reveals both the history of movie theaters and the secrets of how they really work.

In this episode Trent sits down with atheist Youtuber Shannon Q to talk about the issue of abortion and whether a fetus is a person.