Avoiding Babylon

Avoiding Babylon Crew
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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 channel that being Catholic is a joyful and exciting experience. We seek true Catholic fraternity and eutrapelia with other Catholics who, like us, are doing their best to live out their vocation with the help of God’s Grace.  Above all, we try to bring humor and joy to the craziness of this fallen world, for as Hillaire Belloc has famously said: “Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, There’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!”

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  1. 7h ago ·  Video

    Elliott Hulse: With Age Comes Wisdom – What I Wish I Knew in My 20s and 30s

    Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Fear doesn’t always feel like fear. Sometimes it shows up as “being responsible,” “being prepared,” or “staying in control.” We sit down with Elliot Hulse to talk about the moment that illusion breaks, and what happens when God starts asking for more than your habits, your hustle, or your plans. Elliot walks us through his backstory: growing up Catholic, drifting after the sacraments, wrestling with identity, and going deep into philosophy and Eastern spirituality before finding his way back to Jesus through charismatic Protestantism. Then YouTube success hits hard, and so does the crash. What follows is one of the most concrete parts of the conversation: repentance that leads straight to confession, daily Mass, and a Catholic reversion that reshapes his marriage, his parenting, and his entire home. We also go into modern masculinity and the manosphere, why young men look online for the guidance they can’t find elsewhere, and how “red pill” insights can rot into rage when Christ is removed. From there we turn to the pandemic mindset, prepping, homesteading, and the spiritual trap of believing we can save ourselves. Elliot connects it all to Abandonment to Divine Providence and the daily practice of acting from love and peace instead of fear and mammon. If this conversation challenges you, share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and leave a review so more people can find it. Support the show Get 10% off an amazing Black Monk Rosary by going to https://www.blackmonkrosaries.com/?ref=AVOIDINGBABYLON and using code AVOIDINGBABYLON at checkout! Check out our sponsor, Nic Nac, at www.nicnac.com and use code "AB25%" for 25% off of your first order! Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsxnv80ByFV4OGvt_kImjQ?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.avoidingbabylon.com Merchandise: https://avoiding-babylon-shop.fourthwall.com Locals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.com Full Premium/Locals Shows on Audio Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1987412/subscribe RSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rss

  2. 8h ago • Subscribers Only

    Elliott Hulse: With Age Comes Wisdom – What I Wish I Knew in My 20s and 30s (Full LOCALS Show)

    Fear doesn’t always feel like fear. Sometimes it looks like “being responsible,” stacking money, building the perfect plan, or prepping for the disaster you can’t stop thinking about. We sit down with Elliot Hulse to get brutally honest about what happens when control becomes an idol and why God, in His mercy, will sometimes let our projects collapse just to win our hearts back.Elliot shares his backstory from growing up Catholic and drifting, to searching through philosophy and Eastern religion, to encountering Christ through Protestant circles, and then hitting a wall at the height of YouTube fame. The turning point is simple and shocking: repentance that leads straight to confession. From there we talk about reordering family life, bringing a spouse and teenagers into the sacraments, and what it looks like to parent when you can’t “make” faith happen for your kids.We also go straight at the modern male crisis: the manosphere, red pill insights, and why men get blackpilled on marriage when Christ is removed from the conversation. Along the way we connect pandemic-era anxiety, disaster fantasies, and cultural fear campaigns to the spiritual solution Elliot keeps coming back to: Abandonment to Divine Providence.If you’ve been wrestling with Catholic conversion, confession, masculine purpose, marriage, money stress, or chronic anxiety, this one will hit close. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review with the biggest takeaway you’re trying to live this week.

  3. 5d ago ·  Video

    E. Michael Jones on Social Engineering and the Synagogue's Influence on Catholic Media

    Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! A highway can change more than traffic, it can dissolve a community. We talk with Dr. E. Michael Jones about the argument behind *The Slaughter of Cities*: how urban renewal, redevelopment, and forced dispersion reshaped Catholic ethnic neighborhoods and quietly reduced their cultural and political influence. Along the way, we get specific about the mechanics, not just the slogans, including what archives revealed, why certain neighborhoods emptied out, and how “progress” can become a tool of social engineering. The conversation also turns to credibility and censorship: what happens when a controversial writer is removed from major platforms, and why citations and documentation matter more than ever. We dig into how information travels through Catholic media, how narratives get framed, and why funding, gatekeeping, and distribution channels can determine what the average listener even hears. Some of the claims raised are provocative and hotly disputed, so we constantly come back to a practical listener question: what can you verify, and where are the sources? We close by zooming out to demographic decline and mass migration in Europe, plus the deeper issue of institutional formation, from Catholic schools to public history. Whether you come for urban planning, Catholic culture, deplatforming, or media literacy, you’ll leave with a clearer sense of how power operates through infrastructure, publishing, and “respectable” messaging. If this episode challenges you, share it with someone who will actually argue the details, then subscribe and leave a review so more people can find the conversation. Support the show Get 10% off an amazing Black Monk Rosary by going to https://www.blackmonkrosaries.com/?ref=AVOIDINGBABYLON and using code AVOIDINGBABYLON at checkout! Check out our sponsor, Nic Nac, at www.nicnac.com and use code "AB25%" for 25% off of your first order! Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsxnv80ByFV4OGvt_kImjQ?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.avoidingbabylon.com Merchandise: https://avoiding-babylon-shop.fourthwall.com Locals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.com Full Premium/Locals Shows on Audio Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1987412/subscribe RSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rss

  4. 5d ago • Subscribers Only

    E. Michael Jones on Social Engineering and the Synagogue's Influence on Catholic Media (Full LOCALS Show)

    A claim can rack up millions of views, but if nobody can point to the book, the documents, and the footnotes, it floats in midair and gets swatted down the moment it threatens power. We sit down with Dr E Michael Jones to talk about what it means to do research that is “not allowed,” why credit and citations are more than academic etiquette, and how deplatforming turns distribution into ideology.From there we widen the lens to social engineering in the real world: urban renewal, highway systems, and the quiet way neighborhood Catholic life can be shattered by planning decisions that look “neutral” on paper. We connect that to demography, birthrates, and the political consequences of dispersing once unified communities into suburbs where identity thins out and influence evaporates.We also get into modern mental health and spiritual formation, including the cultural swap from confession and pastoral care to a medication centered model, plus the hard questions that surface when tragedy and pharmaceuticals collide. Then we move into Church politics and Catholic media, discussing how narratives around Vatican II, public messaging, donor networks, and “dialogue” frameworks can change what Catholics hear and what they feel permitted to say. We close with reflections on evangelization, Benedict XVI, Cold War context, and why controlling the story often matters more than winning the argument.If you care about free speech in publishing, Catholic media criticism, Vatican II history, urban renewal and community displacement, and the future of evangelization, listen through and weigh the claims carefully. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves sources and history, and leave a review telling us what topic you want us to tackle next.

  5. Sep 9 ·  Video

    What Really Happened on 9/11? 25 Years Later We Examine The Evidence

    Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! The world before September 11 felt slower, smaller, and oddly harder to explain to anyone who didn’t live it. We’re not just talking about flip phones and dial-up, but the way information moved, the way rumors spread, and the way a single day could lock an entire country to the television like it was the only window to reality. We share where we were when the towers were hit, what we saw from New York, and what it felt like trying to reach the people we loved when networks went down and the city shut its doors.  From there, we follow the aftershocks: the blackouts, the anthrax scares, the rise of the 24-hour news cycle, and the emotional stampede into the War on Terror. We also wrestle with why doubt persists for some people, including how footage replays, controversial TV clips, and long-running claims about timing and collapses keep resurfacing every 9/11 anniversary. Our goal is not to turn grief into entertainment, but to talk honestly about memory, media literacy, and why “trust the narrative” became such a loaded demand after a national trauma.  We end by tracing the line from 9/11 to Iraq, “shock and awe,” and the political world we’re living in now, where suspicion is common and unity feels rare. If you care about September 11 history, World Trade Center remembrance, Building 7 debates, or how propaganda and polarization take root, this conversation will give you a lot to think about. Subscribe for more, share this with someone who remembers that day differently, and leave a review with the one detail you think the country still misunderstands. Support the show Get 10% off an amazing Black Monk Rosary by going to https://www.blackmonkrosaries.com/?ref=AVOIDINGBABYLON and using code AVOIDINGBABYLON at checkout! Check out our sponsor, Nic Nac, at www.nicnac.com and use code "AB25%" for 25% off of your first order! Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsxnv80ByFV4OGvt_kImjQ?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.avoidingbabylon.com Merchandise: https://avoiding-babylon-shop.fourthwall.com Locals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.com Full Premium/Locals Shows on Audio Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1987412/subscribe RSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rss

  6. Sep 9 • Subscribers Only

    What Really Happened on 9/11? 25 Years Later We Examine The Evidence (Full LOCALS Show)

    A single morning can freeze in your memory so sharply that you can still smell the air years later. We start by walking back through 9/11 as people who lived in and around New York, from the scramble to reach loved ones when cell service collapsed, to the nonstop television coverage that defined the early 2000s, to the long, grim Ground Zero aftermath that seemed to dominate public life for months. From that shared memory, we move into the arguments that never went away: why some viewers immediately questioned the physics of the collapses, why World Trade Center Building 7 remains a flashpoint, and how distrust grows when officials, media, and institutions demand certainty while leaving obvious questions hanging. We also talk about “predictive programming” and narrative priming, using examples like The Lone Gunman, Wag the Dog, and The Matrix to explore how stories can shape what the public is ready to believe, especially during crisis. Then the episode pivots to a different kind of cultural pressure cooker: the Lindsay Clancy case. We break down the insanity defense debate, what “reasonable doubt” is supposed to mean in a jury room, and how high-profile trials turn into social media propaganda where emotion often replaces careful moral and legal reasoning. If you care about 9/11 history, Building 7, Iraq War messaging, media manipulation, or how public narratives spread, there’s a lot here to wrestle with. Subscribe for more, share this with a friend who won’t shy away from hard conversations, and leave a review with the question you still can’t stop thinking about.

  7. Sep 4 ·  Video

    A Lawyer Breaks Down the Lone Holdout in the Lindsay Clancy Trial

    Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! One juror. One note to the judge. One phrase that can blow up weeks of testimony: “refusing to follow the instructions.” We bring on our longtime friend Mark, a working attorney who lives in the world of jury trials, to help us sort out what’s actually happening inside the Lindsay Clancy trial and what the court can legally do next. We walk through how jury instructions function, what “reasonable doubt” is supposed to mean, and why it gets messy fast when real people bring their own definitions into the jury room. We also dig into the high-stakes choices that follow a deadlock: questioning a juror, seating an alternate, risking a mistrial, or setting up the case for appeal. Along the way, we talk about the practical reality that the public rarely sees: juries are persuadable, courtroom procedure matters, and a case that lives on social media doesn’t stay neatly inside the courthouse. From there we get into the insanity defense and why Massachusetts rules around burden of proof can change the entire shape of a verdict. We also tackle the fairness problem nobody can wish away, especially in a headline case: if jurors aren’t sequestered and they go home to phones, feeds, and opinions, how “untainted” can deliberations really be? Mark also shares real-world stories from municipal court and CPS work that show the moral weight behind legal systems, then we close with a clear breakdown of Fourth Amendment basics, probable cause, DWI checkpoints, drug-sniffing dogs, and why polygraphs don’t deserve the trust pop culture gives them. If you want clearer thinking about jury deliberations, reasonable doubt, and the insanity defense, subscribe, share this with a friend who’s following the trial, and leave us a review with your take on what the judge should do next. Support the show Get 10% off an amazing Black Monk Rosary by going to https://www.blackmonkrosaries.com/?ref=AVOIDINGBABYLON and using code AVOIDINGBABYLON at checkout! Check out our sponsor, Nic Nac, at www.nicnac.com and use code "AB25%" for 25% off of your first order! Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsxnv80ByFV4OGvt_kImjQ?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.avoidingbabylon.com Merchandise: https://avoiding-babylon-shop.fourthwall.com Locals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.com Full Premium/Locals Shows on Audio Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1987412/subscribe RSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rss

  8. Sep 2 ·  Video

    The FBI's SHOCKING Allegations Against Traditional Catholics

    Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! A hung jury sounds like a procedural hiccup until you ask what it exposes about the whole system. We start with the Lindsay Clancy hung jury and the obvious elephant in the room: when a case is drenched in TikTok clips, podcast commentary, and public protest energy, how can a non-sequestered jury realistically stay “clean”? We talk through jury dynamics, why one holdout matters, and what a retrial, institutional sentence, or appeal could look like when the internet is effectively sitting in the jury box.  Then we get into the argument everybody wants to shortcut: SSRIs, postpartum depression claims, and the temptation to turn tragedy into a blanket excuse. We’re not pretending medication and mental illness never matter, but we are worried about precedent and accountability in criminal law. If the standard becomes “the system did it,” what happens to future cases, especially cases involving child abuse where online fandoms can blur moral clarity into therapy-speak and sympathy campaigns?  From there we pivot to institutions watching institutions: the Richmond FBI memo on “radical traditionalist Catholics,” the Latin Mass, “integralism,” and the wild framing that compares orthodox Catholic ideas to Islamist ideology. We react to the screenshots, talk about why insular communities attract scrutiny, and even contrast that with other tight-knit religious enclaves in New York. We close by teeing up the Deloney clip and the modern therapy trap where “counsel” can quietly plant suspicion and divorce inside a marriage.  If you got something out of this, subscribe, share the episode with a friend, and leave a rating and review so more people can find the show. Support the show Get 10% off an amazing Black Monk Rosary by going to https://www.blackmonkrosaries.com/?ref=AVOIDINGBABYLON and using code AVOIDINGBABYLON at checkout! Check out our sponsor, Nic Nac, at www.nicnac.com and use code "AB25%" for 25% off of your first order! Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsxnv80ByFV4OGvt_kImjQ?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.avoidingbabylon.com Merchandise: https://avoiding-babylon-shop.fourthwall.com Locals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.com Full Premium/Locals Shows on Audio Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1987412/subscribe RSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rss

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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 channel that being Catholic is a joyful and exciting experience. We seek true Catholic fraternity and eutrapelia with other Catholics who, like us, are doing their best to live out their vocation with the help of God’s Grace.  Above all, we try to bring humor and joy to the craziness of this fallen world, for as Hillaire Belloc has famously said: “Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, There’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!”

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  • Creator
    Avoiding Babylon Crew
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    713
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Avoiding Babylon
  • Show Website
    Avoiding Babylon
  • Provider
    Robert Blyton

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