In this episode, Steve sits down with Mike Church for a wide-ranging conversation on Catholicism, politics, media, conversion, conservatism, the neocon movement, SiriusXM, Steve Bannon, Catholic Louisiana, American history, and the future of Catholic broadcasting.

Mike shares his journey from talk radio and neocon conservatism to a deeper embrace of the Catholic faith, including how reading, Catholic formation, humility, and serious reflection changed his understanding of politics, war, media, and the social order. He also tells the story of his years in terrestrial radio, SiriusXM, the founding of the Crusade Channel, and the tensions that followed.

Mike Church’s sites mentioned in this episode:
mikechurch.com
crusadechannel.com
shop.mikechurch.com

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0:00 Intro: “If you’re listening to this, you are the resistance”
0:46 Welcome to Mike Church
1:36 Mike remembers first contact with Steve
2:29 The CDs that helped shape Mike’s Catholic journey
3:31 Catholic prayers, Latin devotion, and early influences
4:04 Listening to Mike on SiriusXM in the early days
6:17 How Mike became “too Catholic” for the program
6:39 Chris Ferrara and Liberty: The God That Failed
7:28 Catholic philosophy, formation, and rejecting conservatism without Christ
9:18 Learning phase, mistakes, and growth
9:40 The Litany of Humility and Steve’s book
11:24 Why Mike stopped praying the Litany of Humility daily
12:35 Humility, judgment, ethics, and eternal perspective
13:49 Politics as a means, not an end
14:34 Mike’s old neocon phase and how his thinking changed
15:12 Catholicity, obedience to the unenforceable, and Catholic sense
16:50 Ron Paul and the break from neocon foreign policy
17:19 Reading the Founders, Washington, Hamilton, and foreign entanglements
20:39 Mike’s documentaries, CDs, and historical productions
21:22 How The Road to Independence was born
23:22 The Faith of Our Fathers, Spirit of ’76, Lincoln, and Catholic productions
24:11 Permission to Die and the Carmelite martyrs
24:51 Mike’s store, merchandise, and resources
25:24 MAGA, Pat Buchanan, and America First
26:26 National Review, neocons, and the old Catholic intellectual world
26:47 Triumph magazine and great Catholic writers
27:45 Abbeville Institute, Don Livingston, and rethinking the union
29:36 Steve’s book and the revolutions of 1848
31:03 Protestantism, history, and Catholic memory
32:04 North American martyrs and America’s Catholic past
32:15 The real first Thanksgiving and Catholic history in the Americas
32:27 Our Lady of Guadalupe and the conversion of Mexico
33:31 Mexico, Santa Muerte, and what a Catholic social order could look like
35:00 Garcia Moreno and Catholic government
35:57 Louisiana as a deeply Catholic place
36:22 Our Lady of Prompt Succor and New Orleans
36:44 The secret Catholic history of New Orleans
37:15 Louisiana was founded by Catholics for Catholics
38:29 French Catholic New Orleans and the Catholic symbol of the pelican
39:19 A possible Catholic Louisiana pilgrimage
41:08 Mike’s radio history: from local AM to SiriusXM
42:21 Founding the Crusade Channel
43:20 Where to listen now and what Mike is doing today
43:55 The Steve Bannon question
44:15 Breitbart, SiriusXM, and how things started
45:30 Bannon as fill-in host and audience backlash
46:19 Becoming more Catholic on a secular patriot channel
47:28 The claim that Bannon worked behind the scenes to replace Mike
48:38 Trump, Breitbart, and the SiriusXM audience Mike built
49:45 The alleged blacklist against Mike Church
52:06 Mike confronts Bannon in person
54:10 The “fatwa” returns and media silence
56:33 Catholic media, rivalry, and lack of solidarity
57:12 Why secular platforms often cooperate better than Catholics
58:29 Truth, Christendom, and what really matters
59:16 What people can expect from The Mike Church Show
1:00:30 War, Iran, Christian Zionism, and current events
1:01:23 Movie reviews, cultural commentary, and family guidance
1:02:20 Prayer requests, community, and the Crusade Channel family
1:02:54 Where to find Mike Church online
1:03:05 Homeschooling resources and free copies for homeschoolers
1:04:09 Final request: pray for faithful Catholics in media

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