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Fully Human with Eliza Monts

Eliza Monts

Each Wednesday morning we’ll dig into applications of Catholic Social Teaching applied to modern-day living, covering everything from democracy and political activity, 20th century saints who served the poor in big ways, western philosophy, being pro-human in an AI-ridden world, and care for the vulnerable everywhere we go.

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  • S1 · E3
    September 30 · 25 min

    How Left-Voting Catholics Started the Modern Pro-Life Movement

    The pro-life movement in America hasn't always looked the way it does today. In fact, some of its earliest advocates were Catholics whose defense of unborn life was deeply connected to their concern for the poor, marginalized, and vulnerable. After reading Daniel K. Williams' Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement Before Roe v. Wade, I was surprised by just how much the movement, and its relationship with American politics, has changed. In this episode, I explore the Catholic roots of the pro-life movement, how abortion became increasingly associated with Republican politics, the impact of the sexual revolution and birth control, and why I believe today's pro-life movement needs to recover a truly consistent life ethic. 00:00 Pro Life Origins 02:48 Catholic Action Book Club 04:28 Choosing a History Book 06:24 Science and Personhood 09:46 Early Liberal Catholics 13:13 Politics and Sexual Revolution 16:24 Birth Control Split 20:19 Modern GOP Tensions 22:24 Consistent Life Ethic 24:12 Bipartisan Path Forward Fully Human exists thanks to the support of people like you. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend and consider becoming a paid subscriber for access to Eliza’s best writing: elizawritesthings.substack.com. Eliza Monts on Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/elizawritesthings/⁠⁠ Eliza Monts on Spotify: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/7JQzX1pCVaXOhKuNIp3hzR⁠⁠ Eliza Monts on Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fully-human-with-eliza-monts/id6812877101⁠⁠ #catholicism #catholicchurch #catholicsocialteaching

  • S1 · E2
    September 23 · 30 min

    What Happens After Democracy Collapses? The Catholic Perspective

    What happens when democracy begins slipping toward tyranny, and what are ordinary Catholics supposed to do about it? In this episode of Fully Human, I explore Plato’s warning in The Republic about the progression from democracy to tyranny and put it in conversation with Catholic social teaching on human dignity, the common good, subsidiarity, solidarity, and political participation. I also look at why Catholics cannot simply retreat from politics when government becomes unjust or authoritarian. Through the examples of saints and blesseds like Pier Giorgio Frassati, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Franz Jägerstätter, and others who resisted fascism, communism, and political oppression, I explore what courageous Catholic citizenship can look like, even when we have very little political power ourselves. 00:00 Catholic Teaching on Government 01:42 Plato and the Common Good 03:48 Why We Live in Democracy 06:11 Democracy Sliding to Tyranny 08:06 After Tyranny Wreckage 09:15 Numbness and Sanewashing 13:53 Saints Under Totalitarianism 14:39 Virtue Makes Democracy Work 17:42 Faithful Citizenship Framework 20:46 Saints Who Resisted Regimes 23:13 Franz Jägerstätter’s Witness 27:31 What We Can Do Now Fully Human exists thanks to the support of people like you. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend and consider becoming a paid subscriber for access to Eliza’s best writing: elizawritesthings.substack.com. Eliza Monts on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/elizawritesthings/⁠ Eliza Monts on Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/7JQzX1pCVaXOhKuNIp3hzR⁠ Eliza Monts on Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fully-human-with-eliza-monts/id6812877101⁠ #catholicism #catholicchurch #catholicsocialteaching

  • S1 · E1
    September 16 · 27 min

    Welcome to Fully Human with Eliza Monts

    What does it mean to be human in the world of AI? Why should we recognize that every human being has equal value? What does Catholic Social Teaching have to do with this? In the inaugural Fully Human show episode, speaker, Substack bestseller, and Penguin Random House author Eliza Monts shares her “pro-human manifesto” of what the Catholic Church teaches about the inherent worth of every single human being alive. 00:00 Industrial Revolution Misery 00:41 Rerum Novarum Begins 01:36 Romanticism Then and Now 02:51 Welcome to Fully Human 03:45 Why This Podcast Exists 05:46 Episode Roadmap 07:16 State of the Union 2026 10:46 Attacks on Human Dignity 12:28 AI and Human Worth 13:11 Why Humans Matter 15:11 Imago Dei and Pope Leo 19:04 Fully Human Manifesto 21:27 Seamless Garment Teaching 23:19 Reading the AI Encyclical 25:38 Romans Benediction Outro Fully Human exists thanks to the support of people like you. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend and consider becoming a paid subscriber for access to Eliza’s best writing: elizawritesthings.substack.com.Eliza Monts on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizawritesthings/ Eliza Monts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7JQzX1pCVaXOhKuNIp3hzR Eliza Monts on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fully-human-with-eliza-monts/id6812877101 catholicism #catholicchurch #catholicsocialteaching

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