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EP093: Sara Huff

Sara Huff was a celebrity leading Brazil’s feminist revolution – persecuting the Church, decrying the pro-life movement – but she didn’t realize the exploitative darkness she was defending. 

Sara shares her incredible conversion story with Erika and the disturbing exploitation the feminist movement wreaks on women.

From her own experience with subversive feminist training camps to a near-death experienc...

EP092: Ross Douthat

Is there a new kind of conservatism? With Trump on the brink of his second term, America is about to experience a great reckoning – but what will it look like?

New York Times columnist and author, Ross Douthat, joins Erika to address what’s next for our country.

Ross also shares his conversion story, and what it’s like to be the “conservative voice” of the New York Times.

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EP091: Heather Heying

Science is racist? In 2017, evolutionary biologists and professors Heather Heying and her husband, Bret Weinstein, were violently threatened by a mob of students fueled by DEI adherents.  

Heather joins Erika to share how this new woke religion is suppressing science, beauty, and autonomy. 

From COVID to transgenderism, those claiming to “follow THE science” have put America’s education system...

EP090: Ryan Ellis

Is the American Dream no longer affordable? 

Groceries are 30% higher, young families can’t afford homes, inflation is through the roof. 

Is it ever going to get better? 

Center for a Free Economy’s Ryan Ellis breaks down all you need to know about our current economic state – from the Catholic stance on economic policy to the best financial tips for young people. 

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EP089: Carlos Eire

Will America be the new Cuba?

 As a child, Carlos Eire watched communism destroy his country under Fidel Castro and he’s warning America to be wary of the same disturbing signs. 

Carlos shares his incredible odds-defying story from being airlifted into America during the 1962 operation Pedro Pan to becoming a Yale professor of Catholic Intellectual Tradition. 

BONUS: Professor Eire details how his...

EP088: Peter Wolfgang

Have the raging culture wars doomed America? 

Children are being mutilated in the name of “gender identity,” millions are flooding the border illegally, and who is even running our country?   

Time may be running out, but Family Institute of Connecticut’s Peter Wolfgang joins Erika to unpack how there’s still a chance for Catholics to save America.

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EP087: Ken Tashjy

Title IX is getting a makeover – one that could jeopardize women’s safety across college campuses to favor biological “trans-identifying” males. 

Campus Reform’s Ken Tashjy joins Erika to do a deep dive into these troubled times for higher education. 

DEI-favoring admissions. The elimination of women’s private spaces. Pro-Hamas riots and the First Amendment. Find out what’s at stake for American colleg...

EP086: Catherine Pakaluk

America is facing a crisis in its birth rate – in just 200 years, the number of children born has plummeted from around 7-8 children per woman to only 1.5. But is it still desirable to have multiple children today? 

Despite our modern age’s wealth and prosperity, people are intentionally having fewer children. American economist and mother of eight, Dr. Catherine Pakaluk, is here to break down why. 

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EP085: Bree Solstad

Money, power, success. Bree Solstad was entrenched in the porn industry as a producer and actress –  but a dramatic encounter with Catholicism transformed her life. 

Bree shares her incredible conversion journey with Erika and explains why no one is too far gone for the Lord’s mercy. Her story of a soul pierced by truth’s beauty encourages hope in a culture lost in the exploitation of sexuality. 

EP084: Keara Burke

“Your child will be born in terrible pain. This will put your fertility at risk. Abortion is the compassionate response.” 

This is the advice most frequently given to parents when they receive a life-limiting fetal diagnosis like Trisomy 18 or anencephaly for their baby. But is fear and death the only answer?

Keara Burke lived through this experience when her son Rory was diagnosed with Trisomy 18 in uter...

EP083: Dr. Quentin Van Meter

It’s a tough time to be a kid. Doctors and counselors are pressuring children to irreversibly change their bodies in the name of “identity,” while parents are coerced to play along with a fantasy or risk losing their child.

What ever happened to the adolescent experience?

Dr. Quentin Van Meter has seen it all as a pediatrician and joins Erika to break down why “gender medicine” doesn’t follo...

EP082: John Bursch 

Kindergartners are being asked to proclaim their sexual identity. Vatican documents are full of unclear language on human sexuality. 

Where does a Catholic stand in the midst of the mass confusion of gender ideology – especially when vulnerable children are at risk? 

Alliance Defending Freedom’s John Bursch sheds light on the ideology’s origins and where society is heading. 

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EP081: Samantha Povlock

Should women stay at home with their kids? What are we to think of working moms?

Disagreement over the role of women in society is at the forefront of many conversations today. Women are pitted against men in a constant competition, but on both sides of the political aisle, there’s a tendency to reduce femininity and motherhood to a narrow set of requirements.  

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EP080: Brad Wilcox

Does marriage spell the end of personal freedom and happiness? Are most married couples fated to end up divorced and jaded? 

Our cultural elites paint a picture of marriage that is largely negative and unfulfilling, but is that reality? 

In this episode, sociologist and author Brad Wilcox shares the eye-opening facts that the elites aren’t telling you about the success of marriage and family life. 

EP079: Fr. Joseph Krupp

Anti-Catholicism is on the rise. American Catholics are constantly faced with attacks ranging from ideological to legislative to physical.

It seems like Christianity will soon no longer be the societal default — or will it?

Fr. Joseph Krupp joins Mary on the EDIFY Podcast to examine the possible end of cultural Catholicism and where people of faith should turn their attention. 

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EP078: Monica Snyder

Monica Snyder walked into an abortion clinic at 28 weeks pregnant on an undercover mission – to expose the terrible reality of late-term abortion.

On this episode, Monica joins Mary to share her undercover experience and her work now as Executive Director of Secular Pro-Life.

As a pro-life atheist, Monica explains how her organization defends life from a non-religious standpoint. She also gives her ...

EP077: Mark Morgan

Does concern for national security conflict with the humanitarian response to immigrants crossing our border? 

On this episode, former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan shares why the media has intentionally conflated these two separate issues to push a dangerous agenda of open borders. 

Mark and Mary discuss the solutions needed to protect both Americans and immigrants an...

EP076: Jamie Baxter

Why are so many non-practicing Catholics drawn to Ash Wednesday Mass? And does a cold shower have anything to do with your spiritual life? 

With Lent just around the corner, Exodus 90 founder Jamie Baxter joins Mary to discuss the Church’s ancient practices of prayer, penitence, and fraternity, and what that means for men today.  

Exodus 90’s ascetic practices generally get the most attention, but Ja...

EP075: Leah Sargeant

Gun control – it’s one of the most divisive issues today, but are any of the proposed solutions even practical? 

In this episode, writer and author Leah Sargeant joins Mary to discuss the underlying issues behind the horrors caused by gun violence and what can actually be done to reduce it. 

Leah also shares the problem with gender-neutral family policies, how “wedding culture” has spun out of contr...