Cross Word Michele McAloon

Who has not wondered through the Christmas Tree lot trying to avoid the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree?  In 1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas made its debut. The first TV special based on the comic strip Peaunts garnered wide acclaim and throughout the decades it has become an American Christmas tradition.  Join me in conversation with Blake Ball author of Charlie Brown's America: The Popular Politics of Peanuts. 

My apologies for the re-runs. I will start a new season January 2023       

Join me in conversation with Melanie Kirkpatrick to talk about all things Thanksgiving!! Have a great Thanksgiving!

What is purgatory? is it horrible? Does it lack joy? What is it suppose to achieve? Join me in conversation with first time author Michael Norton to discuss his book A Hitchhiker's Guide to Purgatory published by Ignatius Press.  This is a charming tale of the possible journey toward eternity. 

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To some it was a disaster and the ruin of the Roman Catholic Church to others a saving grace..Vatican II from its very inception until today has been the center of a storm of controversey.  Join me in conversation with none other than the leading Catholic intellectual in the world today--Mr. George Weigel as we talk about his book To Sanctify the World ; The Vital Legacy of Vatican II (Basic Books)

You can find George Weigel's writings at the Catholic Difference on https://eppc.org/  

Because you can never get enough Dracula this time of year. This is a repeat performance!  Dracula..the Motherlode of all horror stories just  in time for all hallows eve and all souls day .
Join me in conversation with Dr Doug Mitchell, my friend with a PhD in literature, as we talk about Brahm Stoker"s 1897 classic Dracula.  Redemption. purity, bats and werewolves all rolled into this towering gothic novel.  We discuss the Catholic and literary themes that have long held a fascination for a classic Halloween tale

Ignatius Press Critical Edition of Dracula
https://www.ignatius.com/promotions/ignatiuscriticaleditions/stoker-dracula.htm


Meet the Minds behind the Dracula Edition
Eleanor Bourg Nicholson is the assistant executive editor for Dappled Things and assistant editor for the Saint Austin Review (StAR). She is editor of several Ignatius Critical Editions volumes, and has collaborated with other editors to provide footnotes for numerous others.

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St Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope, Alabama

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The Sassoon family was one of the richest families in the world in the 19th century, From a Baghdadi Jewish community to the dizzying heights of British aristocracy the Sassoons were an economic success story  mirroring the fortunes of colonial Britian. Join me in conversation with Joseph Sassoon, author of The Sassoons: The Great Globbal Merchants and the Making of an Empire  published by Pantheon Books.