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The official podcast of Kolbe Academy with lively discussions on home & distance education, Kolbe Academy, and our Catholic community.

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#327
August 26 · 59 min
326 Discerning & Discovering Joy at Walsh University with Dr. Tim Collins
AMDG. Today we welcome Dr. Tim Collins to the Kolbecast. Dr. Collins is the president at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio – a Newman Guide school. We get to hear a bit about Dr. Collins’s background, what great things are happening at Walsh University, and what makes it unique among the Newman Guide colleges. Dr. Collins also shares his experience and wisdom in discernment and how we can always be in communication with God for guidance, especially for those big questions and decisions. Links mentioned & relevant: Walsh University, one of Kolbe Academy’s college partners CatholicHigherEd.com, a tool for families by Dr. Collins Let the Fire Fall by Fr. Michael Scanlon The Brothers of Christian Instruction Related Kolbecast episodes: 265 Chosen to Be a Saint: Commencement 2025 featuring Dr. Collins as keynote speaker 183 Gratuitous Gifts: Charisms with Sherry Weddell 84 The Essence of Catholic Education and 157 Renewal, Revival, Variety, and Unity with Patrick Reilly of The Cardinal Newman Society 123 A Change of the Ages and 224 Forming Apostolic Hearts with Msgr. James Shea Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#326
August 19 · 1 hr
325 Skipping School with Dixie Dillon Lane
AMDG. Today we welcome homeschooling mother, historian, editor, and author Dr. Dixie Dillon Lane to the Kolbecast. Dixie has recently written a book about the history of homeschooling called Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How it Went Mainstream. Through research, Dixie traces the origins of homeschooling through the lens of the homeschool movement in Southern California and its evolution to its current form today. In addition to this history, Dixie also shares her wisdom and experience as a homeschooling mother to talk about the benefits of homeschooling and navigating some of the challenges that it can present. Links mentioned & relevant: Dixie’s book Skipping School: A History of Homeschooling in the United States and How It Went Mainstream Dixie on Substack The Bad Moms Homeschool, Dixie's collaboration with Ivana Greco and Nadya Williams Hearth & Field Research by Ivana Greco & Elliot Haspel on stay-at-home parents Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#325
August 12 · 1 hr 2 min
324 Common Pitfalls and Stumbling Blocks
AMDG. Today we’re joined by three experienced homeschooling mothers and Kolbe Academy academic advisors. Rylan Buchanan, Diana Hayes, and Sarah Turley take up the topic of common pitfalls and stumbling blocks that can come up when homeschooling. From planning to balancing multiple children, avoiding burnout and surviving times of illness and disruption, our guests provide us with a great deal of practical wisdom along with a reminder to be kind and patient with ourselves. Links mentioned & relevant: Kolbe Academy’s Family Advising Services Kolbe Academy’s Partnership Meetings Related Kolbecast episodes: Advisor series: 313 Preparing for a Stellar School Year 319 Tapestry in the Making 320 College Considerations 321 Building a Strong Extracurricular Profile 323 Ordinary Days 232 Part of the Family Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#324
August 5 · 52 min
323 Ordinary Days
AMDG. Today, Kolbe Advisors Michelle Koechle, Jennifer Thomas and Sarah Turley join the Kolbecast to discuss approaches to homeschooling and what a day of homeschooling might look like. From schedules and spaces to adjusting to moves and when the unexpected comes up, our guests give us some models for what this can look like and some wisdom on how we can adjust. Links mentioned & relevant: Kolbe Academy’s Family Advising Services Kolbe Academy’s Student Support Services Related Kolbecast episodes: Advisor series: 313 Preparing for a Stellar School Year 319 Tapestry in the Making 320 College Considerations 321 Building a Strong Extracurricular Profile 197 Tools in a Toolbox: Kolbe Student Support Services 232 Part of the Family: Parents & Advisors as Partners 269 Resources and Roadmaps 203 Guided Freedom (Classical Composition) 256 An Education that Reflects God’s Beauty with Nicole O’Connor and Maggie Hayden Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#323
July 29 · 1 hr 13 min
322 Intentionality, Greatness, Dignity, Vision, and Faith - Commencement 2026
AMDG. Today, we bring to you the speakers from the 2026 Kolbe Commencement. Kolbe Academy’s senior enrollment director Jon Bates serves as Master of Ceremonies, introducing Fr. Raymond Pendelton, who gives the invocation, and Kolbe Academy’s chief academic officer Megan Lengyel, who gives the welcome address. Then we hear from student speakers Laura Hill and Holden Mora, Kolbe instructor and theology chair Nick Senz, and Dr. Stephen Minis, president of Benedictine College. We hope that you enjoy the words of wisdom from all of these individuals, however, if you’d like to jump to a particular speaker, here are the timestamps for each speaker: Invocation by Fr. Raymond Pendleton: 01:16 Welcome address by Mrs. Megan Lengyel: 02:41 Laura Hill: 04:36 Holden Mora: 12:03 Nicholas Senz: 31:14 Stephen Minnis: 53:41 Relevant links & Kolbecast episodes: Kolbecast episodes with faculty speaker Nick Senz: 300 The Gift of the Sacraments with Brendan Murphy discussing Nick’s book on the sacraments 91 Kernels of Truth with Chrissy Almanzar Watch the entire 2026 commencement ceremony here. Benedictine College in Atchison, KS, is one of Kolbe Academy’s college partners. Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#322
July 22 · 47 min
321 Building a Strong Extracurricular Profile
AMDG. Today, Kolbe advisors Pam Castor, Abby Ehlers, and Krysten Pizzurrro join the Kolbecast to discuss extra-curricular activities in homeschooling. Homeschooling is certainly about educating the minds of our children, but we’re always striving to bring about the well-being of the whole person. Activities outside of schooling can play an important role in this, with activities such as sports, serving in the parish, and groups such as scouting. These advisors give us some examples of how this can be done and provide us with advice on how to find balance. Links mentioned & relevant: Articles from the Academics & Advising section of the Help Center: Scheduling Recommendations Cultivating Friendships and Enriching Social Activities for Homeschool Students Scheduling the Elementary and Middle School Day Extracurricular Activity Tracker High Academics, Non-Academics, and Activities Related Kolbecast episodes: 258 Seeking, Finding, and Building Community - Groups and Extracurriculars 313 Preparing for a Stellar School Year 320 College Considerations 125 Call the Advisor 284 Flexibility and Structure for the Early Years with Pam Castor and Emmanuelle Wilhelm Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#321
July 15 · 55 min
320 College Considerations
AMDG. Kolbe Academy advisors Cecilia Byers and Elyse Williams return to the Kolbecast in a conversation about preparing students for college. From early preparations to discerning what might be the right field and the right college, Cecilia and Elyse provide great advice on how to navigate this journey and also how our Kolbe families can lean on them as advisors to help them along the way. Links mentioned and relevant: Career Guidance and Discernment section of Kolbe’s Help Center website Interest & Ability Tools article High School Graduation Plan Progress article College Planning section of Help Center Related Kolbecast episodes: 313 Preparing for a Stellar School Year 230 A Multi-Pronged Approach to College Prep 296 Tips for Testing Success 241 Renew, Resolve, Reengage with Elyse, which discusses various types of career and aptitude testing 84 The Essence of Catholic Education and 157 Renewal, Revival, Variety, and Unity with Patrick Reilly of the Cardinal Newman Society Episodes with the College Partners and Life after Kolbe tags on the Kolbe.org/Podcast page Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#320
July 8 · 54 min
319 Tapestry in the Making
AMDG. Today, Kolbe Advisors Rylan Buchanan and Sarah Howard join the Kolbecast to offer some tips and advice on homeschooling. They also remind us of how Kolbe’s family advisors can help our parents effectively navigate their homeschooling journey. As Sarah points out, homeschooling can be a bit like making a tapestry. When you’re in the thick of it you can see the knots and it can look messy, but when you turn it around, you can see the beautiful work that has been done. Advisors like Rylan and Sarah help our families with that homeschooling work and can also encourage us to see the beautiful progress when we’re in the thick of it. Links mentioned & relevant: Kolbe Academy’s Family Advising Services HSLDA.org Help Center articles Grade Level Course Selection Guides 6th-12th Grade Math & Science Sequence High School Graduation Plan Progress and Fillable Graduation Planner Scheduling Your Elementary and Middle School Day Scheduling Your High School Day Monitoring & Verifying Store Credit Related Kolbecast episodes: 197 Tools in a Toolbox: Kolbe Student Support Services 232 Part of the Family: Parents & Advisors as Partners 269 Resources and Roadmaps 243 Drawing Distinctions - Classical Education, Liberal Arts, and Liberal Education Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#319
July 1 · 58 min
318 Matthew Mehan, an Aesop for America
AMDG. Kolbe’s own Neva Hernandez joins Bonnie and Steven to welcome Dr. Matthew Mehan to the Kolbecast. Dr. Mehan is a best-selling author and the Associate Dean and Professor of Government at the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College’s Washington D.C. campus. As we come to our country’s 250th birthday, we discuss history, poetry and Dr. Mehan’s new book The American Book of Fables. This new book explores our country and its history through the eyes of American animals and has materials for “Littles”, “Middles” and “Bigs” and with its beautiful illustrations can be enjoyed by the whole family. Links mentioned and relevant: The American Book of Fables by Dr. Matthew Mehan Trailer for The American Book of Fables Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Book of Mythical Mammals and The Handsome Little Cygnet, also written by Dr. Matthew Mehan and illustrated by artist John Folley Dr. Mehan is @mtmehan on Instagram and X Watch trailers for Dr. Mehan's books on YouTube Dr. Gerard Wegemer of the Thomas More Studies program at the University of Dallas Relevant Kolbecast episodes: 192 Kitchen Doings, Neva’s Kolbecast debut 175 A Both-And Approach with Dr. Jonathan Sanford, president of the University of Dallas 312 Educating for Liberty with Dr. Tom Harmon Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#318
June 24 · 48 min
317 Saints in the Making with Lisa Hendey
AMDG. We are joined by mother, grandmother, author, speaker, and podcaster Lisa Hendey. Many parents, or at least their children, will be familiar with Lisa’s Chime Travelers series of books, which explore children who travel through time to meet saints who help them solve problems in their own time. The books have recently been made into an animated television series. We discuss the origins of the series and the process of bringing these wonderful stories on screen. We also visit about Lisa’s wide-ranging writing and speaking for audiences of all ages. Links mentioned and relevant: Chime Travelers website Chime Travelers trailer Lisa’s website Lisa’s Substack Holy Cross Family Ministries Lisa’s books Chime Travelers series The Handbook for Catholic Women The Grace of Yes Jesus Every Day, Jesus Every Way Danielle Bean’s Substack Related Kolbecast episodes: 303 Hallow and the Road Home 308 Understand, Live, and Share the Faith with The Augustine Institute 131 It’s All about Relationship with Danielle Bean 133 An Audience of One with Kolbe Academi alumni turned students of John Paul the Great Catholic University 73 Through Beauty and Technology with Leila Castillo and Dolores Mihaliak Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#317
June 17 · 55 min
316 Fatherly Advice
AMDG. Today we are joined by Kolbe homeschooling fathers Scott Patterson and Tony Guzzaldo. As we know, homeschooling can take all sorts of forms, and today we hear how two fathers work to make homeschooling successful in their families. We hear how their children are thriving in Kolbe’s homeschooling program and how homeschooling has enriched their relationships with their children along the way. Related Kolbecast episodes: 181 Chef Dad with Tony Guzzaldo 263 Exploring God’s Cosmos: Astronomy for Everyday People 162 Let Latin Conquer You with Steven’s wife Maggie Hayden and Dr. Jordan Almanzar 62 Due Diligence with Darren Jones of the Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#316
June 10 · 57 min
315 Rebecca Dougherty on Practicing the Presence of God
AMDG. Today we are joined by Rebecca Dougherty. For many years, Rebecca put her master's degrees in theology and education to work in teaching high school theology, but these days she’s putting her gifts to work homeschooling her own children and providing insight and knowledge via her podcast. Additionally, she and her brother Fr. Gregory Pine are set to release a series of podcasts through Ascension Press’ Catholic Classics podcast covering Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection’s The Practice of the Presence of God. We are able to get some insight into homeschooling from Rebecca and also get a preview about the writings of this 17th century monk and the wisdom they contain. Links mentioned & relevant: More about Rebecca Dougherty Trailer and Facebook group for Ascension’s presentation of The Practice of the Presence of God Rebecca on Godsplaining Catholic Light podcast Fr. Gregory Pine discussing Pope Leo’s new encyclical Magnifica Humanitas Social media handles: Instagram: @ascensionpress, @catholiclightpodcast Facebook: @AscensionPress and @rebecca.raintreehoa X: @AscensionPress Related Kolbecast episodes: 179 Translation Tug of War with Dr. Matthew Minerd, the translator of Ascension’s edition of The Practice of the Presence of God 222 Something No One Has Understood Before and 278 The Compatibility of Catholicism and Evolution with Dr. Daniel Kuebler Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#315
June 3 · 1 hr
314 Evangelizing Brick by Brick with Kevin & Mary O'Neill
AMDG. Today we are joined by Kevin and Mary O’Neill, authors of the Building Blocks of Faith series which utilizes Lego blocks and figures to explore and explain the faith. Kevin and Mary tell us about the origins of this series and the steps that go into creating the scenes and stories in the books. We also explore typology and how the figures and stories of the Old Testament are images of the coming of our Lord and the Paschal Mystery. Links mentioned & relevant: The Power of Prayer Building Blocks of Faith Series by Kevin & Mary O’Neill Upon This Block, the O’Neills’ website Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by David Currie Relevant Kolbecast episodes: 287 Emily Stimpson Chapman Sees the World through Catholic Eyes 252 The Timeliness of Fulton Sheen with Cheryl Hughes Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#314
May 27 · 54 min
313 Preparing for a Stellar School Year
AMDG. Today we are joined by three Kolbe academic advisors and veteran homeschool moms to get some advice on how to make a good start to homeschooling in general and specifically homeschooling with Kolbe Academy. Krysten Pizzurro, Jennifer Thomas, and Elyse Williams have years of homeschooling experience. They discuss everything from finding your homeschool space, preparing for a new year to different ways to structure your day. All with an eye to making homeschooling fruitful for the whole family. Links mentioned and relevant: Principle of Subsidiarity Article in Kolbe website Help Center Welcome Packet Sarah Mackenzie’s Teaching from Rest Bookstore section of Kolbe Help Center Related Kolbecast episodes: 124 In This Together, Krysten Pizzurro’s Kolbecast debut 207 A Privilege of a Lifetime, introducing Elyse Williams 211 Continuity & Community: Homeschooling on Base with Jennifer Thomas & Krysten Pizzurro 103 Above and Beyond featuring now-retired Kolbe bookstore manager Nancy Nelson Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#313
May 20 · 53 min
312 Educating for Liberty with Dr. Tom Harmon
AMDG. Today we are joined by the University of St. Thomas’s Dr. Tom Harmon, who catches us up on the many good things happening at UST but also tells us about the recent grant that the university received from the National Endowment for the Humanities to promote the strengthening of civic life. Links mentioned and relevant: More information about UST’s NEH grant The University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, one of Kolbe Academy’s college partners Related Kolbecast episodes: 72 Participatory Citizens 119 The Hope Throughout with Tom & Noelle Crowe of The American Catholic History Podcast 290 There is No Neutral with Brett Salkeld Office Hours with Clara Davison of Holy Heroes 109 A Lifetime Venture with Dr. George Harne, formerly of UST/currently of Christendom College 84 The Essence of Catholic Education with Patrick Reilly of the Cardinal Newman Society Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#312
May 13 · 46 min
311 Serving Christ and Discovering Truth at Belmont Abbey College
AMDG. As the end of the school year approaches and Kolbe Academy prepares to graduate another class of students, we combine a college visit with an alumnae meet up when Kolbe graduates and Belmont Abbey students Hannah Feeney and Lily Robinson join the Kolbecast. Hannah and Lily give us a virtual tour of this Newman Guide college in North Carolina and share their experiences of their life there. We also reminisce on their Kolbe days and talk about how their Kolbe experience prepared them well for their life as students after graduation. Links mentioned & relevant: Belmont Abbey College Kolbe Academy’s College Partnerships Related Kolbecast episodes: 93 Good Thinking, Hannah’s Kolbecast debut 188 Dr. Kevin Majeres Sees Challenges as Opportunities Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#311
May 6 · 59 min
310 Dr. Greg Bottaro on Holy Curiosity in the School of Love
AMDG. Many of our listeners will be familiar with today’s guest. Dr. Greg Bottaro is a Catholic psychologist, founder of the CatholicPsych Institute, host of the Being Human podcast, author, husband and father of eight children who are all presently under the age of 12. Dr. Bottaro joins the Kolbecast to discuss integration and what that means and Catholic anthropology. We also discuss his new book: The Power of Listening Well. This new book shares important information for everyone but is especially an excellent resource for parents who are learning to help their children with difficult problems and to have difficult conversations. Links mentioned & relevant: CatholicPsych and the Being Human podcast Dr. Greg Bottaro on Substack Franciscan Friars of the Renewal Gaudium et spes Related Kolbecast episodes: Dr. Brett Salkeld on episodes 290 There Is No Neutral and 298 Educating for Freedom 270 Dr. Peter Kreeft on Joy, Suffering, Conversion, and Truth 146 Our Call to Holiness and 196 Greatness Awaits with Bobby Angel 45 Grace Perfects Nature with Dr. Peter Malinoski Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#310
April 29 · 43 min
309 Keeper of the King with Emily Stimpson Chapman
AMDG. Today we welcome author, speaker and podcaster, Emily Stimpson Chapman back to the Kolbecast! It seems that Emily is becoming a regular on the podcast, and with good reason. She’s been busy with even more new books and joins us to discuss them and to share her wisdom. Her new book is Joseph, Keeper of the King, a children’s book about St. Joseph and his role as the father of our Lord. This is part of a collection of books that she’s worked on with Scott Hahn and illustrator Tricia Dugat through Emmaus Road Publishing. Links mentioned and relevant: St. Joseph, Keeper of the King The entire ‘God’s Word for God’s Children’ set by Emily Chapman and Dr. Scott Hahn will be available at 20% off from April 7–30, 2026. Journey through Scripture series The Story of All Stories The Visitation Sessions podcast Study with Emily Stimpson Chapman in Austria May 2026 St. Paul Center Emily’s website Emily’s Substack Through a Glass Darkly Related Kolbecast episodes: 130 The Gifts We Have, Emily’s Kolbecast debut, and 287 Emily Stimpson Chapman Sees the World with Catholic Eyes 291 Good St. Joseph, Keeper of the Mystery with Fr. Serafino Lanzetta Poetry 168 The Adventure of a Lifetime featuring Melissa Dee of the Saints Alive podcast 150 A Family Apostolate: Liturgical Living with Kendra Tierney Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
#309
April 22 · 52 min
308 Understand, Live, and Share the Faith with the Augustine Institute
AMDG. Today, Steven and Bonnie are joined by Erik Hesla, director of curriculum at the Augustine Institute. In addition to sharing a bit about the history of the Augustine Institute, Erik tells us a bit about all of the great things that are happening over there! Whether it is their graduate program, their books and formation materials, the Formed platform, or the Amen app, it’s wonderful to hear about all of the amazing things that are happening in the educational apostolate of the Augustine Institute! Links mentioned & relevant: The Augustine Institute Formed.org Amen app Handing Down the Faith by Amy Adamczyk and Christian Smith Word of Life series The Homer Encyclopedia Related Kolbecast episodes: 144 The Word Made Known with Mark Brumley of Ignatius Press 150 A Family Apostolate: Liturgical Living with Kendra Tierney Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!
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April 15 · 58 min
307 In Tune with Capital B Beauty
AMDG. Today, Bonnie and Steven are joined by Kolbe teachers Olivia Knuffke and Carl Hasler to discuss music and music theory. They begin with a discussion of the importance of music and its place in a classical education and follow with an account of music from the perspective of Plato. We also discuss the role of the Church in understanding music and the role of music in the life of a Christian. We discuss how the understanding of music theory helps to open our minds to the beauty that we hear in music, and the classes and resources that Kolbe offers to help students come to this understanding. Be prepared for a litany of musical puns as you join us in this conversation. Links mentioned & relevant: Kolbe Academy course catalog for more information about the Music Theory course Pope St. John Paul II’s Letter to Artists Related Kolbecast episodes 186 Full Circle of Fifths and 201 The Soundtrack of Life, the first two conversations in this musical series 242 Finish line in Sight with (among others) Ignatius, student co-founder of Kolbe’s St. Cecilia music club 263 Exploring God’s Cosmos: Astronomy for Everyday People 34 A Beauty-Linked Life with Professor Carol Reynolds Have questions or suggestions for future episodes or a story of your own experience that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. We’d be grateful for your feedback! Please share your thoughts with us via this Kolbecast survey! The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles). Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast!

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