Catholic History Trek

This has been a favorite podcast to listen to with my children (and without). Most episodes are short enough for their attention spans, provide wonderful information on the church, and they are great conversation starters.

I think this show could be really good, however, the cadence of this guy’s speech is very distracting. It makes it hard to absorb what he’s saying.

I have found that Scott is offensive in the past, but the start of the Civil War is something that I am familiar with as a historian. His narrative is distorted going back to the tariff of abominations. He also makes it sound like North was responsible for the Civil War, which it was not, I would suggest that he read the de demon of unrest by Eric Larson if he wants a good read on the start of the Civil War. Whenever Scott uses the term, Woke, I know he is speaking from ignorance. How he could describe Woke for European history is beyond me. The pope became a prisoner of his own accord after the Italian unification. He was not in prison by the state; he did it to protest the unification of Italy and the taking of the Papal States. The church is much better off now that it does not have temporal territory. The Pope can concentrate on spiritual matters. I will listen to podcasts by Kevin, but I will Mark as played whenever Scott does the podcast. He is just too inaccurate and I question his reading of history.

Thank you both for this work you’ve doing. This has become one of my favorite podcasts.