Tolkien and the Secret Fire
Joseph Pearce2026-06-19T16:20:11+00:00Two great Tolkien scholars, Peter Kreeft and Stratford Caldecott, on the presence of the Holy Spirit in Middle-earth... Audio File
Home Alone with Leo
Joseph Pearce2026-06-19T16:23:30+00:00Ladydale DiarySaint Romuald 2026A week at home with my son while my wife and daughter visit Washington DC...The photograph is at least ten years old, when Leo was young and I was not! Audio File
Reading Scripture with Tolkien
Joseph Pearce2026-06-17T10:00:17+00:00My conversation with that fine theologian, Jared Staudt, on my series on "The Return of the King" with Exodus 90... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSwrbo6XIU
Poetic Conceit
Joseph Pearce2026-06-15T15:47:27+00:00Comparing the conceit of the metaphysical poets with the paradoxes of G. K. Chesterton... https://rumble.com/v7b3hh4-in-a-nutshell-with-joseph-pearce-45-the-conceit-of-the-metaphysical-poets.html
The Sacred Heart of the Matter
Joseph Pearce2026-06-13T02:59:22+00:00The history of devotion to the Sacred Heart reveals the deeper conflict between Catholic France and the secular ideals of the Revolution... https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/pearce-sacred-heart-of-the-matter
Mercy and Forgiveness in Modern Literature
Joseph Pearce2026-06-12T14:27:16+00:00Where is mercy and forgiveness found in works by Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Emily Brontë, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Victor Hugo, Tolkien, Lewis and Flannery O'Connor? https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2026/06/mercy-forgiveness-modern-literature-joseph-pearce.html
Poetic Patriotism
Joseph Pearce2026-06-11T23:48:28+00:00Loving our country with a love of words... Audio File
A Midsummer Shakespeare
Joseph Pearce2026-06-11T22:34:55+00:00Ladydale Diary Saint Barnabas 2026 Shakespeare in the sun and cocktails on the patio... Audio File
Sex and Culture
Joseph Pearce2026-06-11T22:19:23+00:00Why can't Mick Jagger get no satisfaction? Audio File
On Pilgrimage with Hilaire Belloc
Joseph Pearce2026-06-11T22:11:58+00:00Hiking to Rome with Belloc... Audio File