FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Do you fear failure? Or do you appreciate it and learn from it? This week, we're taking a much-needed break from our heavy philosophical discussions and focusing on a more practical topic: fear of failure. Inspired by a quote from Dan Milman's book Body Mind Mastery: Training for Sport and Life, we'll explore the importance of making peace with failure, appreciating it, and learning from it. Key Points from the Epis…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message What if the major crimes of the 20th century could be traced back to one simple cause: "Men have forgotten God"? Join us as we explore Alexander Solzhenitsyn's powerful words upon accepting the Templeton Prize in 1983, reflecting on the Russian Revolution and the horrors that ensued when human consciousness was deprived of its divine dimension. Despite the Soviet's attempts to erase religion, millions of believ…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Do you ever wonder why humility is considered the foundation of all virtues? In our enlightening discussion, we explore the crucial role humility plays in our lives, helping us recognize our own strengths and weaknesses, and ultimately enabling us to better serve others without seeking attention or praise. Drawing from various sources such as the Bible and St. Augustine, we dive deep into the importance of humility in our relation…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message What does it mean to be a true patriot, and how does it differ from the dangerous territory of nationalism? Join us on this thought-provoking journey as we tackle these complex concepts and shed light on their implications. We debunk the notion of Fatherland and explore St. Thomas Aquinas's description of patriotism, tying it to the virtue of piety. Discover the roots of American exceptionalism through the words of Alexis de …
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message What's the secret to achieving the American dream and living a flourishing life? Discover how essential virtues hold the key to happiness and why there is a war on virtue in this thought-provoking episode! Our guide in todays MM's is Bill Donahue and his excellent book, The War on Virtue. Key Points from the Episode: We dive into Aristotle's idea of virtue through self-controlled acts and explore the critical virtue…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Has trust by political parties with the American people been shattered with the recent debt deal passed by both houses of Congress? In todays Liberty Minute 🗽 , we're here to dissect the votes, where more Democrats supported the bills than Republicans, and the implications of this broken trust. Join us as we investigate the true nature of the debt deal, challenge the narrative spun by media outlets, and explore the potential …
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message What's stopping you from achieving success? It's often the mere act of starting! Join us in today's Mojo Minute as we explore the power of taking that first step and embracing a 1% better intention. We'll share insights from Brian Cain's One Percent Better: A Story About How to Close the Gap from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be plus, we will pull some good stuff from Darren Hardy's "The Com…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Today's MOJO Minute episode is super-quick but super-good! We feature Brian Cain's book, One Percent Better: A Story About How to Close the Gap from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be Key Points from the Episode: How to use your time wisely to get juicedDo you invest 1% of your time each day to getting intentionally better?14 mins and 24 seconds = 1% of your dayOther resources: More goodness Get our top book recommend…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this Special Memorial Day episode, we salute all those who gave their last full measure of devotion to our country by giving their lives. We REMEMBER THEM TODAY! As a fitting tribute, we will cover an excellent book written by Dick Winters, Beyond the Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters Key points: A British family helps Dick Winters to prepare for the tough challenges aheadLeadershi...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message On todays show, we stay with putting theory into action and keeping it super practical. Today's book, 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management: The Productivity Habits of 7 Billionaires, 13 Olympic Athletes, 29 Straight-A Students, and 239 Entrepreneurs by Kevin Kruse helps us clarify how to use our time wisely! Key Points from the Episode: Identifying your MIT (Most Important Task) each and every day.One of th…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Occasionally I come across a book that I get fired up about and todays is one such book. Manage Your Day-to-Day edited by Jocelyn Glei brings to us by "highlighting the best practices for making ideas happen." On todays show, we will talk about executing on those ideas and putting theory into action. Key Points from the Episode: Our teachers--and our old friends-- from this book, Seth Godin, Mark McGuinnes...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays Liberty Minute 🗽, we dig into the John Durham report released this past Monday. We get some excellent help from the Washington Examiner and their reporting. Here's a link to all reporting on this important subject. Key Points from the Episode: New Media is offering a host of wonderful interviews especially Patrick Bet David & the folks at Valuetainment. Here's the link to the Tulsi Gabbard interview.&am…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Today we chat about the greatest WW2 historical documentary ever produced, The World At War and why we--the living--should never forget and always REMEMBER! Key Points from the Episode: The massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane The 26-Hour long episodes with incredible footage and interviews The music and narration helps to tell this vital story for generations. A story we should never forget! Other resources: More g...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays episode, we stay in pre-war Europe of the 1930’s with our book The Pope Last Crusade: How An American Jesuit helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign to Stop Hitler by Peter Eisner. We will discuss what three things 1930’s Germany can teach us today. Key Points from the Episode: Our Nation’s report card with very poor marks for our young ones in civics and historyWe dive into pre-war history at the French and G...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Happy Mother's Day 2023 Inspired by Paul Harvey's 1978 'So God Made a Farmer Speech' - Dodge Ram Trucks Super Bowl commercial in 2013. originally written and played on Mothers Day 2022 Other resources: Want to leave a review? Click here, and if we earned a five-star review from you **high five and knuckle bumps**, we appreciate it greatly, thank you so much! Because we care what you think about what we think an…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Today's episode we take a break from philosophy and divert our attention to The American Masterpiece. America's number one written novel. Much like Russia has War and Peace as that great classic treasure of world literature so too must America have her own masterpiece. Today we share that American masterpiece as the Winds of War, the great historical fiction novel written my Herman Wouk. Its sweeping narrative ...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message This week we are continuing our Philosophy 101 mini-course with Aristotle. Again, our guide and mentor is Peter Kreeft and his excellent and fascinating four-volume series, Socrates Children. Todays show is quite heady and stuffed with some big nuggets of wisdom. If you like that stuff, by all means ENJOY. If you don't, hang in there. We will unpack it more in later episodes especially Aris...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays Liberty Minute 🗽, we review cable journalism's major earthquake that happened two weeks ago---the firing of Tucker Carlson by Fox News. To gain some insight, we review Tuckers speech at the 50th anniversary of the Heritage foundation the weekend before his firing and we review his latest book published in 2021, The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism. Key Points from the Episode: Tuckers most p...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Continuing in our Philosophy 101 mini-course with Plato, Socrates pupil. Again, our guide and mentor is Peter Kreeft and his excellent and fascinating four-volume series, Socrates Children. So don't be intimidated by the nature of the reading, Kreeft helps us navigate through the thick intellectual brush of Plato to see the beauty of his logic and philosophy. Key Points from the Episode: Why is Plato im...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message This week we jump back into the deep end of the pool (figuratively!) with our resumption of Philosophy 101--Socrates. Don't be intimidated though, we have an excellent guide and mentor on this trip though, Peter Kreeft and his excellent and fascinating four-volume series, Socrates Children. Key Points from the Episode: Why is Socrates important? What is lesson #1and what is our lesson #2 Other resources: More goodnes...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Todays show, we will look back at a fascinating epoch in our US history and specifically at the election of 1844 with the help of the great David Walker Howe and his excellent tome, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848 Key Points from the Episode: The candidates themselves The importance of the pivotal election of 1844 and the many shenanigans in New York and Michigan with 3rd party votes Th...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message This week, we will take a break from Philosophy 101 with a question I often get, "where does your love for books come from?" To help answer that question will be today's book of the day, Sundays at Eight with Brian Lamb Key Points from the Episode: What are the characteristics of a great interview?My impromptu meeting with Mr. Brian LambGreatness hidden and disguised.Still looking for those nuggets of wisdom!Other r…
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays Liberty Minute 🗽, we will look back at the Worst. President. Ever! We will do so with our guide and author, Robert Strauss and his work Worst. President. Ever! on our 15th President of the United States, James Buchanan. Key Points from the Episode: In fact, comparing, JB the 15th President of the United States with JB, the 47th President of the United States, the res...
FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Continuing our series in this week of MOJO Minutes which is all about philosophy, we will keep learning from our mentor and guide on this trip, Peter Kreeft and his excellent and fascinating four-volume series, Socrates Children Key Points from the Episode: Why this book? The Great ConversationThe Big Nine PhilosophersThe battle of the great ideas is better than the battle of armies.Other resources: More goodnes...