What We Can't Not Talk About

In the picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde tells the story of a life corrupted by sin. In one of his plays, he reminds us that nobody is perfect and even equates love with charity. Yet, the Irish poet and playwright is often considered a major contributor, a key-player in that cultural change that led to the sexual revolution. Quid iuris? Dr. Orlandi discusses these and other questions with Professor Paul Fortunato, author of "Modernist Aesthetics and Consumer Culture in the Writings of Oscar Wilde.” Join us, as we explore Oscar Wilde’s approach to the positive power of consumerism and what he believed it meant to be an artist. In this episode, Dr. Orlandi and Dr. Paul Fortunato will discuss some of Wilde’s famous work. Once widely deemed “immoral” by a predominantly Christian society, Wilde ironically puts forth hidden morals within his plays such as: charity, forgiveness, and behaviors that lead to self-destruction. Book: Modern Aesthetics Consumer Culture https://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Aesthetics-Consumer-Culture-Writings/dp/0415803020 Book: Picture Dorian Gray https://www.amazon.com/Picture-Dorian-Gray-Oscar-Wilde/dp/0141439572 Book: Ideal Husband https://www.amazon.com/Ideal-Husband-Oscar-Wilde/dp/154802404X Book: Strange New World https://www.amazon.com/Strange-New-World-Activists-Revolution/dp/1433579308

Do you ever keep your opinion for yourself, fearing that speaking your mind would isolate you? Do you ever do or say something not because you want to, but because that is what everybody does? Well, if you do, you are just very human. At the same time, you might be contributing to a new, modern-time tyranny. In this episode, our Executive Director, Dr. Marianna Orlandi hosts journalist and international relations expert Stella Morabito, where Morabito shares the insights of her book “Weaponization of Loneliness.” She speaks on the importance of free speech, community, and simple dialogue with others in order to dismantle the “machinery of loneliness” that gives way to totalitarian regimes. Order a copy of “Weaponization of Loneliness” https://www.amazon.com/Weaponization-Loneliness-Tyrants-Isolation-Silence/dp/1637582021 Film: Experimenter https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3726704/ “Obedience to Authority” https://www.amazon.com/Obedience-Authority-Experimental-Perennial-Thought/dp/006176521X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3T161AI01JOYM&keywords=Obedience+to+Authority%3A+An+Experimental+View&qid=1674838496&s=books&sprefix=obedience+to+authority+an+experimental+view%2Cstripbooks%2C97&sr=1-1

Following our episode on the dangers of a “contraceptive” mentality and on the beauty of our generative natures, join us for an honest conversation on family planning alternatives to contraception. In this episode, Dr. Marianna Orlandi and Grace Stark, an expert on fertility awareness methods, offer insights that are extremely valuable for men and women of all ages: be they singles or couples, worried about conceiving … or trying to. Links: The SURPRISING SCIENCE of WOMEN, HORMONES, and the LAW of UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: https://www.sarahehill.com/your-brain-on-birth-control/ Natural Womanhood: Know Your Body https://naturalwomanhood.org Viewing the Menstrual Cycle as a Fifth Vital Sign: Your period is trying to tell you something about your overall health https://verilymag.com/2021/08/menstrual-charting-cycle-irregular-period-tracking-fifth-vital-sign-hormone-imbalance-birth-control-hormonal-contraceptive-alternative-nfp-fabm-2021

Join us for a conversation (meditation, discussion, and reflection!) on the irreplaceable, indispensable, and unrepeatable identity of each one of us. In this episode, our guest, Christopher West, and our host, Dr. Marianna Orlandi, delve into the teleology of our reproductive natures — and the theology of our bodies for a much needed message! Theology of the Body Institute: https://tobinstitute.org/ Book: Eclipse of the Body: https://shop.corproject.com/products/eclipse-of-the-body-how-we-lost-the-meaning-of-sex-gender-marriage-family-and-how-to-reclaim-it Book: Love Is Patient, but I'm Not: https://shop.corproject.com/products/love-is-patient-but-i-m-not-confessions-of-a-recovering-perfectionist Pontifex Master of Sacred Arts degree, with a Concentration in the Theology of the Body: https://www.pontifex.university/page/show/339867

Who was Augusto Del Noce and why are so many people reading his books and talking about his philosophy today? Join us to find out! In this episode, Dr. Marianna Orlandi discusses the thoughts of this brilliant Italian philosopher with Professor Carlo Lancellotti, a scholar who has been translating Del Noce’s works in English —- while teaching mathematics and physics at the College of Staten Island & City University of New York! English YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/ihr-sn5dtyQ Italian YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/l2QCKC8OaiU Augusto del Noce on the "New Totalitarianism" by Carlo Lancellotti: https://www.communio-icr.com/files/44.2_Lancellotti.pdf The Religious Sense by Luigi Giussani: https://www.amazon.com/Religious-Sense-Luigi-Giussani/dp/0773516263/ref=asc_df_0773516263/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312154644197&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13004758799616701499&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028280&hvtargid=pla-320418201577&psc=1 Michael Hanby: https://www.johnpaulii.edu/academics/faculty/michael-hanby/ David L Schindler: https://www.johnpaulii.edu/academics/faculty/david-l-schindler/ Rémi Brague: https://www.remibrague.com/biography/

Taking the Soviet Union as a case study, economist Dr. Clara E. Piano analyzed the way in which an autocrat will deal with the family. Will it support divorce and abortion, or will it enact pro-family and pro-life laws? Tune in to find out: the answers will surprise you! Dr. Clara E. Piano's website: https://www.clara-elizabeth.com Dr. Clara E. Piano's work: https://www.clara-elizabeth.com/projects

Let’s begin at the end... The first episode of this new season is an engaging and provocative conversation on one of the most serious events of our human life: its natural end. Join in to listen to Dr. Marianna Orlandi and Lydia Lydia Dugdale, MD, MAR (ethics), author of “The Lost Art of Dying”. Link to our guest's book: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Art-Dying-Reviving-Forgotten/dp/0062932632. More on Ars Moriendi: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/ars-moriendi

Dr. Marianna Orlandi and Associate Professor of Philosophy Dr. Melissa Moschella discuss parental rights, school choice, critical race theory, and the meaning of education in today’s world. Melissa Moschella is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, where her research and teaching focus on natural law, bioethics and the moral and political status of the family and Fellow of the Austin Institute. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and received her Ph.D. in Political Philosophy from Princeton University. Her book, To Whom Do Children Belong? Parental Rights, Civic Education and Children’s Autonomy was published in 2016 by Cambridge University Press. Dr. Moschella speaks and writes on a variety of contemporary issues, such as brain death, end-of-life ethics, parental rights, marriage, gender, reproductive technologies, and conscience rights. Her articles have been published in scholarly journals as well as popular media outlets, including Bioethics, The Journal of Medical Ethics, The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, The American Journal of Jurisprudence, The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, The New York Daily News, and The Public Discourse. Critical Race Theory, Public Schools, and Parental Rights https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2022/03/79866/ Chesterton and the Meaning of Education https://www.ncregister.com/blog/chesterton-and-meaning-of-education

How did the world arrive at its current, disorienting state of identity politics, and how we respond? Historian Carl R. Trueman shows how influences ranging from traditional institutions to technology and pornography moved modern culture toward an era of “expressive individualism.” Investigating philosophies from the Romantics, Nietzsche, Marx, Wilde, Freud, and the New Left, he outlines the history of Western thought to the distinctly sexual direction of present-day identity politics and explains the modern implications of these ideas on religion, free speech, and personal identity. For more, order Dr. Truman's book, "Strange New World" https://www.crossway.org/books/strange-new-world-tpb/

Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and Senior Fellow of the Austin Institute Mark Regnerus discusses the science behind current issues around gender identity, such as affirmative care and the rise of gender dysphoria among youth. Especially in the United States, medical research has been affected by external political pressure and predetermined conclusions. Dr. Regnerus challenges what so much of culture is telling us to believe and encourages us to talk about these issues. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW1vetSl1rc