Avoiding Babylon
Avoiding Babylon was started during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. During these difficult and dark days, when most of us were isolated from family, friends, our parishes, and even the Sacraments themselves, this channel was started as a statement of standing against the tyrannical mandates that many of us were living under. Since those early days, this channel has morphed into an amazing community of friends…no…more than friends…Christian brothers and sisters…who have grown in joy and charity. As we see it, our job here at Avoiding Babylon is to remind ourselves and those who enjoy the chann...
Faithful in the Crisis: A Priest's Advice for Catholics w/ Fr. Amato
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Death doesn’t schedule itself, and when it arrives suddenly it can make even strong people feel numb, angry, or terrified. We sit down with Father Anthony Amato to talk about what happens on the ground when a family gets that midnight phone call and a priest gets asked to step into the shock, the hospital room, and the aftermath. Along the way, we clear up the st...
Rome Has Spoken: The Last Pope-King & the Council That Declared Him Infallible | Vatican I
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Rome Has Spoken: The Once Liberal Pope Who Tried to Warn Us | Quanta Cura & Syllabus of Errors
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A pope gets crowned as the hero of progress and then publishes a document telling bishops to treat modern ideas like a “fatal pestilence.” That swing sounds impossible until you walk the road with Pope Pius IX from 1846 to 1864, with riots in the streets, assassination in Rome, and the slow, methodical dismantling of the Papal States hanging over every decision.
We start with the version of P...
Government Officials Warned Pastors: Alien Disclosure is Coming w/ Daniel O'Connor & Joshua Charles
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The strangest part of the UAP “disclosure” wave is not a blurry video or a leaked memo. It’s the insistence that what’s coming will “rewrite history,” redefine our place in the cosmos, and trigger a new kind of spiritual awakening. When the Pentagon, politicians, and the media ecosystem all amplify that same promise, we think the real question becomes: what story are we being trained to accept?
Rome Has Spoken: Gregory XVI's Prophetic Warning Against Liberalism | Mirari Vos
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A pope in 1832 looks out at Europe and sees something most people still refuse to name: ideas can riot. Revolutions do not stay in streets and parliaments. They move into schools, pulpits, newspapers, and finally into the way ordinary people talk about truth, conscience, and God. That’s the world behind Pope Gregory XVI’s Mirari Vos, and it’s why we wanted to start a series that r...
Benedict XVI and the Mystery of Evil in the Church
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The mystery of iniquity is no longer hidden — it's operating in broad daylight. In this full episode, we take the long view on what Scripture, the Church Fathers, and Pope Benedict XVI all warned was coming: the unraveling of the Restrainer, the rise of lawlessness, and the unmasking of evil in our own time.
This isn't a book review. This is a discussion about what 2 Th...
Pope Leo Just SHUT DOWN Same-Sex Blessings — "We Do Not Agree"
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Pope Leo XIV just shut the door on the German bishops' push to formally bless same-sex couples — and the four-word line everyone is repeating tonight is "We do not agree." Leo's response, aimed squarely at Cardinal Reinhard Marx and the German Synodal Way, didn't stop there. He reframed the entire conversation away from sexual morality and toward "justice, equality, the freedom of men and women, and religious fr...
Trump vs Pope Leo: What Cardinal Manning Warned Us About 150 Years Ago
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Cardinal Manning warned that before the Antichrist arrives, Rome would be surrounded — and the Pope, even a weak one, would be the last thing standing between the Church and the secular powers gathering against her. Tonight we read that prophecy through what's unfolding right now between Trump and Pope Leo.
Drawing from Cardinal Manning's The Present Crisis of the Holy See and Tychonius's Commentary on th...
Constantinople Fell in 1453, But These Men Refused to Bow
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A city that called itself Rome is surrounded, outnumbered, and running out of time. We bring on Ryan Grant to walk us through the fall of Constantinople in 1453, from the long fuse of Byzantine decline to the moment Mehmed II finally gets his prize. You’ll hear why Constantinople mattered so much to the Ottoman Empire, why Europe can’t get its act together, and how the Coun...
Pope Leo Responds as Trump and MAGA Declare War on Catholics
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Pope Leo XIV has responded — and the battle lines between MAGA and faithful Catholics have never been clearer. In this episode, we break down Trump's escalating rhetoric, the coordinated effort to cast Catholics as enemies of America, and why the election of an American Pope may be the most providential event of our time.
We discuss the rise of "kosher Catholicism" promoted through outlets like th...
Did Tucker Just Call Trump the ANTICHRIST? And Pope Leo Makes Waves
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Your feed can turn any political figure into a saint and any pope into a villain in about five minutes, and that’s exactly the trap we’re trying to name out loud. A livestream failure knocks us off YouTube, but the bigger breakdown is what we’re watching online: Catholics trading the unity of the Church for factional loyalty, outrage, and “my side can do no wrong” t...
Just Became Catholic? Here's What To Do Your First Year
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Becoming Catholic can feel like a spiritual adrenaline rush, until you hit the first real Monday morning and realize you still have to live it. We sit down with Keith Nestor, author of The Convert’s Guide to Roman Catholicism, to talk about what new Catholics actually face after OCIA: culture shock at Mass, awkward parish dynamics, and the surprisingly hard moment of telling family and friends yo...
Pax Judaica: The Empire of Spectacle w/ Dr. Deep State
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Everything feels louder than it should, and somehow less real at the same time. That’s the tension we sit with as Dr. Haugen (Dr. Deep State) joins us to talk about spectacle, propaganda, and the slow spiritual cost of living inside an attention economy that never stops asking for your fear, your outrage, and your loyalty.
We dig into the core idea behind his ne...
Traditional Latin Mass Ban Is Ending? Leo & Parolin Drop Bombshells
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A single rumor from Rome can light the fuse again: is Pope Leo quietly trying to de-escalate the fight over the Traditional Latin Mass and stop turning Catholic liturgy into a battlefield? We start with the latest chatter around easing hostility toward TLM communities after Traditionis Custodes, then zoom out to the deeper question: what does fidelity look like when Church politics, social media, and constant scandals...
Good Friday Has Changed — Most Catholics Don't Know This (with Father Mawdsley)
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Holy Week hits different when you stop treating it like a reenactment and start treating it like formation. We sit down with Father Mawdsley to talk about the older Catholic instincts that the liturgy can rebuild: steady trust under pressure, clarity about what the Church is doing at the altar, and the quiet courage to refuse performative participation when something feels spiritually off.
We get...
Protestants Team Up with Kosher Catholics to Attack Scott Hahn
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A husband posts that his wife “was formerly promiscuous” and he “was a virgin,” and somehow we’re all expected to nod along like it’s spiritual content. That moment opens a bigger problem we can’t ignore: testimony culture is starting to look like confession-as-branding, where past sin becomes a credential and conversion becomes a content strategy.
We dig into what this does to the moral imag...
The State of Tradistan w/ Catholic Esquire
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One bad Mass can haunt you for years. So can one truly reverent one that finally makes the Catholic faith click.
We sit down with Catholic Esquire to trace the path a lot of serious Catholics have quietly taken: from lukewarm Novus Ordo parish life, to apologetics and “doing all the programs,” to the shock of realizing how much the liturgy forms what we believe abou...
Christians at War Over Israel | Full Discussion with Sam Shamoun
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Christian Zionism sounds “Bible based” until you actually follow the Bible’s own rules for reading the Bible. We start with the claim that many Christians were taught: God still has a separate covenant with Israel, modern return to the land fulfills prophecy, and end times can’t happen without it. Then we put that claim under the light of the New Testament and the result is uncomfor...
Christians at War Over Israel | Full Discussion with Sam Shamoun (Full LOCALS Show)
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The fastest way to get lost in Bible prophecy is to treat the Old Testament like it outranks the New Testament. We sit down for a blunt, text-driven walk through Christian Zionism, covenant theology, and Romans 9–11, asking a question that keeps dividing Christians: can you honestly claim God maintains a separate covenant with national Israel after the New Covenant of Jesus Christ?
We start with th...
The World Is Waking Up to Jesus — Here's Why
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Something feels different lately, and we can’t be the only ones noticing it. When Joe Rogan starts talking about church, praising the teachings of Jesus, and asking out loud “who was Jesus Christ?”, that’s not just another trending clip. It’s a signal that the old certainty of the new atheist era is cracking, and millions of people are suddenly willing to take Christianity seriously again.
Has the Fourth Turning Arrived? AI, Collapse & What Comes Next
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A strange AI intro sets the tone for a conversation about power, myth, and the cracks running through our civilization. We start with Tucker’s claim that some believers try to force God’s hand, and that secular boosters dream of a tech-ruled future. From there we pull the lens wider: the Bretton Woods order is threadbare, NATO expectations are stale, and a managerial class that once kept...
Mike Pantile Tells His Side of the Clash with Catholic Inc
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Headlines, threats, and a thumbnail dust-up cracked open a bigger story: who decides what Catholics are allowed to hear? We walk through a sponsor-driven cancellation, the temptation to water down truth for access, and why the better answer is to build a new, open ecosystem where courage—not clout—sets the tone.
We get specific about the “woman question,” patriarchy, and the way language like “mutual sub...
LIVE: Joshua Charles & Anthony Take YOUR Toughest Questions
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If you could summarize the end times in three words, here’s our pick: Restrain. Release. Return. We open Scripture with the Fathers and track Revelation 20 as a map of history—Satan bound so the nations can be evangelized, the saints reigning as the apostolic Church governs, and a brief release that surrounds the camp of the saints before the Lord returns. That lens turns the chaos of o...
Divine Intimacy - Lenten Meditations for 2026 - Day 16
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What if the greatest danger to your soul isn’t failure but the pride that follows success? We open Jeremiah 17 and the parable of the rich man and Lazarus to trace a stark contrast: dryness for those who trust in themselves and living water for those who root their hope in God. From there, we step into a Carmelite meditation on humility that reframes discouragement, showing how se...
This Theology Full of Messianic Fervor Wants War in Iran
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We discuss the new war in Iran, specifically how Evangelical Dispensationalist theology seems to be purposefully driving us deeper into war.
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Divine Intimacy - Lenten Meditations for 2026 - Day 15
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When the urge to fix everything by ourselves runs hot, the Scriptures offer a better way. We open with Esther’s desperate prayer, where trust replaces leverage, and follow Jesus on the road to Jerusalem as he overturns our ideas of power: greatness is service, honor is sacrifice, and confidence is born from dependence on the Father.
We bring those threads into real life with a...
Divine Intimacy - Lenten Meditations for 2026 - Day 14
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What if your spiritual life looks busy on the outside but runs on empty within? Today we walk through Elijah and the widow, where a last handful of meal turns into daily bread, and we sit with Jesus’ words in Matthew 23 that challenge our craving for status, titles, and the appearance of holiness. The throughline is humility: the quiet reordering that places God first, neighbors next, and ou...
Divine Intimacy - Lenten Meditations for 2026 - Day 13
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We read Daniel 9 and John 8, then sit with a demanding truth from Divine Intimacy: humility is not a mood or a vibe; it’s the foundation that lets charity stand. If love is the house, humility is the bedrock—and without it, even our best intentions warp into self-reliance.
We talk honestly about what that looks like in modern life. Creating content that serves people can...
Divine Intimacy - Lenten Meditations for 2026 - Day 12
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A bright cloud, a trembling heart, and a voice that still calls us by name: the Second Sunday of Lent leads us up Tabor to glimpse what grace intends to complete. We read the traditional Mass texts and sit with the Transfiguration, then follow the thread back into ordinary life where sanctification looks like chastity, fairness, and fidelity when no one applauds. The light isn’t a de...
Divine Intimacy - Lenten Meditations for 2026 - Day 11
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A hard headline at dawn and a holy invitation at hand: we step into Ember Saturday with fasting, prayer, and a clear-eyed look at how grace meets a restless world. We keep the focus tight—covenant fidelity in Deuteronomy, the lived texture of Christian charity in First Thessalonians, and the mountain light of Matthew’s Transfiguration—then move into a grounded guide on confession that trades clichés for c...
Divine Intimacy - Lenten Meditations for 2026 - Day 10
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Ready for a reset that goes deeper than giving up dessert? We take Ember Friday as a clarifying lens on Lent: why the season spans 46 calendar days, how abstinence and fasting work today, and why these practices still matter for real conversion. Then we open Ezekiel 18 and John 5 to trace a through line from personal responsibility to healing grace, where God’s mercy moves first and then as...
Divine Intimacy - Lenten Meditations for 2026 - Day 9
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What if the one obstacle to holiness isn’t scandalous sin but quiet hesitation—the elegant excuses that slip between intention and action? We open Scripture with Ezekiel’s hard clarity on personal responsibility and the Gospel scene where a marginalized mother refuses to let go until mercy answers. Those readings set a challenge: justice must be lived, and faith must persist, even when it’s uncomfortable.
Reacting to Reactions on Our Own Video: A Lesson in Pointless Endeavors
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Ant and Rob react to your reactions from the last video. Is this pointless? Probably. Will it still be peak content? Absolutely.
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Divine Intimacy - Lenten Meditations for 2026 - Day 8
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A cloud on Sinai, bread in the desert, and three days in the heart of the earth: today’s journey moves from spectacle to substance, asking what truly builds a life aflame with God. We read Exodus as Moses steps into the cloud for forty days, follow Elijah from exhaustion to angelic strength on the road to Horeb, and listen to Jesus refuse showy signs while pointing to...
Voices Across A Century: A Memorial to My Grandparents
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A century speaks when you can hear it. Rob opens his family archive to share a carefully restored 2002 interview with his grandparents—two voices that carry Minnesota farm grit, German cadence, and the quiet strength of a marriage begun at sixteen. What starts as a personal memorial becomes a living piece of oral history: Depression-era setbacks, threshing crews and one-room schoolhouses, a boy who learned English after fi...
Voices Across A Century: A Memorial to My Grandparents
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A century speaks when you can hear it. Rob opens his family archive to share a carefully restored 2002 interview with his grandparents—two voices that carry Minnesota farm grit, German cadence, and the quiet strength of a marriage begun at sixteen. What starts as a personal memorial becomes a living piece of oral history: Depression-era setbacks, threshing crews and one-room schoolhouses, a boy who learned English after fi...
Divine Intimacy - Lenten Meditations for 2026 - Day 7
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A city trembles at Jesus entering Jerusalem, money changers scatter, and prayer reclaims the Temple—then Isaiah reminds us that God’s word never returns empty. That collision of images frames a hard truth we often dodge: we grieve material losses faster than we grieve the loss of grace. We walk through Isaiah 55 and Matthew 21 before opening Divine Intimacy to explore how charity unites us to God whil...
Divine Intimacy - Lenten Meditations for 2026 - Day 6
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Judgment that looks like mercy, a Shepherd who refuses to lose a single sheep, and the honest truth about what happens to our good habits after Easter—this conversation brings Scripture and daily life into the same room. We open with Ezekiel 34’s promise that God Himself will seek, gather, and feed His people, then let Matthew 25 confront us with a standard that is both simple and sear...
Divine Intimacy - Lenten Meditations for 2026 - Day 5
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The desert exposes what we truly love. We open Lent’s first Sunday by sitting with Saint Paul’s urgency—now is the day of salvation—and then step beside Jesus as he refuses the devil’s plausible shortcuts: bread without trust, spectacle without obedience, power without worship. Each scene becomes a mirror for our lives, where comfort, image, and control tug at the heart. Instead of rules alon...
Divine Intimacy - Lenten Meditations for 2026 - Day 4
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Want a Lent that actually changes you? We walk through Isaiah’s fierce call to mercy and the Gospel scene of Jesus striding over the waves, then pivot to the quiet battlefield where most of us either grow or stall: the daily opportunities for mortification we didn’t plan. Instead of chasing dramatic sacrifices, we look at the humbler path of accepting illness, fatigue, awkward conversations, and inco...
