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Sword&Spade
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Stop Raising Your Kids to Leave Home w/ Javier Velazquez
Most people drive through a forgotten small town without a second look. Javier Velazquez, writer of the Substack Exiled Heart and founder of the consulting…
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More Rules Won’t Win Back Your Son (But This Will) w/ Alvaro de Vicente
Alvaro de Vicente has led the Heights School, a Catholic school for boys in Maryland, since 2002. He joins Jason Craig to explain why a boy hitting puberty…
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Stop Handing Your Son an App. Give Him Something Real w/ Dominic Andres of Roughhouse Magazine
Dominic Andres had a job and a visa lined up to sell cars at military bases in Japan. He stayed home to start Roughhouse, a print adventure magazine for boys…
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Your Success Won’t Heal Your Wounds w/ Jerry LoCoco
Jerry LoCoco grew up in a trailer in rural Yuma, Arizona, the son of a violent father and a mother who became a meth addict when he was thirteen, and he spent…
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Evangelization Isn't Your Primary Job as a Catholic Man w/ Marcellino D'Ambrosio
Marcellino D'Ambrosio spent years in youth ministry trying to win kids back from the school day and the sports schedule. It didn't work. He joins Jason Craig…
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Your Children Will See Your Failings Someday w/ Adam Taylor
Adam Taylor, a former Marine and the son of Poetic Knowledge author James Taylor, has spent the last six years teaching his father's vision of education at St…
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Stop Hunting the Devil and Look in the Mirror w/ Dr. Dan Schneider
Jason Craig asks Dr. Dan Schneider, author of The Liber Christo Method, whether the Catholic fascination with exorcism is actually helping men fight. Schneider…
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How to Discover the Life God Wants for Your Family w/ John Cuddeback
Jason Craig sits down with philosopher, homesteader, and Christendom College professor John Cuddeback, author of The Intentional Household, to ask why a home…
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Fathers, You Have More Power than You Realize w/ Alexander Hettinga
When a thousand women who had abortions were asked who they consulted about the decision, the father of the baby came out first, and by a wide margin the most…
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Fathers, Stop Waiting Until You Know What You're Doing w/ Brandon Sheard
Jason Craig sits down with Brandon Sheard of Farmstead Meatsmith, a professed melancholic who set out to build a walled Eden where virtue would grow on trees…
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Stop Paying Other People to Raise Your Family w/ Shawn and Beth Dougherty
Jason Craig talks with Shawn and Beth Dougherty, who bought the worst land in Ohio, spent years growing food on it, and now live in a house their own children…
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Don’t Let Homeschooling Emasculate Your Son w/ Adam Taylor, Thomas Fickley & Patrick Faus
Recording on location at the Kingfisher Folkfest, Jason Craig puts a blunt question to an expert panel featuring Adam Taylor of St. Martin's Academy, Thomas…
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Your Catholic Culture Is Just a Sticker on the Same Old Life w/ Joel Trumbo
Joel Trumbo spent ten months a year overseas doing embassy security work before he took a teaching job that barely covered his mortgage and turned a childhood…
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What Recorded Music Took From Us (and How to Get it Back) w/ Andrew Tolkmith
Andrew Tolkmith is the assistant literary editor at Word on Fire and author of "We Are What We Sing" in the Winter 2025 issue of New Polity. Today, he joins…
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Stop Waiting for a Bigger Life than This One w/ Tyler Blanski
Jason Craig sits down with Tyler Blanski, author of Find Your Fight: Rugged Wisdom for Faithful Dads Who Refuse to Settle, who grew up certain that following…
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Your Money is Making the World Worse w/ Joseph Pearce
Jason Craig welcomes his old friend Joseph Pearce. They make the practical case for localism and "small is beautiful" economics, tell the story of a whole…
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Stop Watching Videos of Men Making Things w/ Joe Maki
Joe Maki spent his working life in manufacturing—grinding, cutting, and polishing fake bones on a production floor—until his brother Mike told him to quit…
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Your Son Must Bleed Before He Can Be Blessed w/ Marcellino D'Ambrosio of Sherwood Fellows
Marcellino D'Ambrosio, co-founder of Sherwood Fellows, joins Jason Craig to talk about what actually forms a man. Once the frontman of a punk band, Marcellino…
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The Virtue Men Have Stopped Practicing w/ Daniel Padrnos of Supra Dinner Society
Daniel Padrnos—co-founder of Supra Dinner Society and trained Tamada based in Seattle—joins Jason to explore the Georgian Supra: an ancient tradition of ritual…
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You're Living in Your Head. Here's How to Get Back. w/ James Taylor Foreman
James Taylor Foreman is a writer, the voice behind The Metaphor on Substack, and a contributor to Sword & Spade magazine. In this conversation with Jason…
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What Your Sons Need From You w/ Devin Schadt of The Fathers of St. Joseph
Devin Schadt, founder and executive director of Fathers of St. Joseph, joins Jason Craig to trace the wounds men carry into marriage, the spirituality of St…
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The Moral Case for Hunting: Why the Hunter Cares More for Creation Than Any Activist w/ Sebastian Morello
In a world engineered to keep men indoors and inside their heads, philosopher and author Sebastian Morello—student of the late Roger Scruton and author of The…
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Why a Father's Invisible Library Is His Most Important Inheritance w/ Dr. Jason Baxter
The men who shaped you left you something—a set of stories, images, and convictions you draw on long after they're gone. Dr. Jason Baxter, Dante scholar and…
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The Christian Imagination: The Imago Dei in the Age of AI with Stephen Crotts
Jason Craig sits down with Stephen Crotts—illustrator of Malcolm Guite's Galahad and the Grail—to talk about what it means to be a maker in an age of AI slop…
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The Way Forward Is the Way Back: Rick Seigmund on Protecting Your Family, Homes, and Craft
Rick Seigmund spent two decades on the front lines of federal law enforcement fighting human trafficking and online predation — and came home with a message…
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You Believe in Myths: David Russell Mosley on Myth, Fatherhood, and Classical Education
David Russell Mosley—convert, poet, and teacher —joins Jason Craig to discuss the cultural heritage of the Church, the importance of aesthetic choices, and…
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What Aristotle Got Wrong About Work (and What Christ Set Right) w/ Jacob Imam
Dr. Jacob Imam of The College of St. Joseph the Worker and New Polity joins Jason to talk about a school that refuses to choose between the life of the mind…
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Apologetics Without the Ego: Joe Heschmeyer on Winning Souls, Not Arguments
Joe Heschmeyer has spent nearly two decades at the forefront of Catholic apologetics—first as a blogger and lawyer, now as an apologist for Catholic Answers…
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The Gatekeepers of Culture: Gregory Wolfe on Literature, Faith, and the Books That Last
Gregory Wolfe has spent 40 years hunting for something most men assume doesn't exist anymore: serious, beautiful, Catholic literature written by people still…
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Something Worth Worshiping: Ross Arlen Tieken on Paganism, Magic, and Conversion
Ross Arlen Tieken is a writer, educator, and seventh-generation Texan whose path into the Church ran through paganism, medieval scholarship, and a profound…
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Taste, Formation, and the Perpetual Adolescent w/ Joshua Gibbs
Jason Craig sits down with Joshua Gibbs, a classical literature teacher of 19 years, author, and director of the Classical Teaching Institute at the Ambrose…
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Stop Critiquing, Start Building: Walker Larson on Marxism, Localism, and Cultural Restoration
Walker Larson is a writer, former classical school teacher, and the voice behind The Hazelnut Substack, a journal dedicated to the pursuit of the good, the…
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Beyond the Catholic Manosphere: Resentment, Self-Knowledge, and Real Masculinity w/ Sam Guzman
Jason Craig sits down with longtime friend and fellow veteran of the Catholic men's online world, Sam Guzman, the founder of The Catholic Gentleman and now a…
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The Case for Reading in an Age of Noise w/ John Clarke
What does it actually mean to be literate, and do men in the trenches of daily life actually have time for it? Jason Craig sits down with John Clarke of Cluny…
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The Value of Catholic Imagination in Forming Young Men w/ Dr. Mark Adderley
Mark Adderley is an English convert to Catholicism, high school literature teacher, and author of a 10-book Catholic adventure series for boys. In this…
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You Owe God: Justice, Tithing, and Catholic Culture w/ Dr. Jared Staudt
In this episode, we discuss: Why the virtue of religion falls under justice Why tithing is not generosity but justice What Christian Smith's research actually…
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Skipping College, Finding Vocation and Dignified Work
Cody and Sebastion share their journey from schooling to careers in framing and construction instead of college. They discuss starting in the trades as…
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Beyond "Cranking Out Kids": A Conversation on Family Life w/ Joel Stroot
Jason sits down with Joel Stroot, a permaculture farmer and dentist from Dallas, North Carolina, who runs an 85-acre beyond-organic farm called Faith Family…
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Digital Overreach: How to Protect Your Family in the Age of the Machine
Sean Tario, a seasoned digital privacy advocate, and Jason Craig discuss the influence of tech giants, including Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and…
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Guiding Children into Work, Wisdom, and Adulthood with Chad Rosamond
Whether you’re a father, educator, or simply interested in the relationship between faith, work, and family, this episode offers thoughtful insights and…
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From Airwaves to the Altar: A Hollywood Voice Actor’s Conversion to Catholicism
In this episode, Jason Craig welcomes John Oliver, a veteran voice actor and Catholic convert. John shares his remarkable story of faith, his candid struggle…
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Defending the Constitution Behind Enemy Lines: Fraternus Commander Rob Green Speaks Out
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Fraternus Commander Rob Green, author of Defending the Constitution Behind Enemy Lines, to hear his story of…
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Libertarianism is Not Enough: Why We Need Laws that Favor Local Butchers
In this episode of the Sword&Spade Podcast, host Jason Craig sits down with neighbor and friend Craig Taffaro, founder of Melvin Hill Meats, to discuss the…
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The Restoration of Fraternity
Jason Craig (Executive Director) and Trae Bailey (Content Editor) get to the heart of what Catholic brotherhood really means. Why do men need fraternity? How…