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Bring back taboos; Corporate "Pride" displays are compelled speech
Jun 19, 2026
53m 37s
One-step Vatican reform; the non-SSPX crisis
Jun 12, 2026
52m 18s
Spanish Bishops challenge Amoris Laetitia; will Pope Tawadros move the Catholic Church away from gay blessings? And wokeness comes for classic mystery novels!
Jun 5, 2026
53m 13s
Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo's document on AI
May 29, 2026
58m 40s
SCOTUS and the abortion pill; Pope Leo and AI
May 22, 2026
58m 43s
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| 6/19/26 | ![]() Bring back taboos; Corporate "Pride" displays are compelled speech | Show Notes:llinois Gov. JB Pritzker just signed a bill making it LEGAL to knowingly expose others to HIV — including through BLOOD DONATIONS.The Dangers of Compelled Speech by Jake WarnerThe Power of the Powerless, by Václav Havel Live Not by Lies, by Aleksandr SolzhenitzynFor when people renounce lies, lies simply cease to exist. Like parasites, they can only survive when attached to a person.We are not called upon to step out onto the square and shout out the truth, to say out loud what we think—this is scary, we are not ready. But let us at least refuse to say what we do not think!This is the way, then, the easiest and most accessible for us given our deep-seated organic cowardice, much easier than (it’s scary even to utter the words) civil disobedience à la Gandhi.Our way must be: Never knowingly support lies!Robert Reilly, Making Gay Okay: How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything (affiliate link)Sword of Honor trilogy, by Evelyn Waugh (affiliate link)“Evelyn Waugh,” Rev. Paul Mankowski, S.J., Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome [Update: the links in this series are broken; I will try to see if we can get a fix from the Center. Meanwhile, please read this book review, in which Fr. Mankowski discusses Waugh’s satire, including in his historical novel, Helena: Waugh on the Merits, First Things, Oct. 1, 2017. ~ Leila]Your paid subscription means a lot to us and helps us continue our work, but we are happy for you to receive our podcast in your email for free!Want to tell a friend? Please do! It’s a great way to help us!How about this, if you enjoyed listening to this one episode: Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe | 53m 37s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | ![]() One-step Vatican reform; the non-SSPX crisis✨ | Vatican reformSSPX crisis+3 | — | Happy Despite Themleilamarielawler.substack.com+1 | — | Vatican reformSSPX crisis+3 | — | 52m 18s | |
| 6/5/26 | ![]() Spanish Bishops challenge Amoris Laetitia; will Pope Tawadros move the Catholic Church away from gay blessings? And wokeness comes for classic mystery novels!✨ | Catholic ChurchAmoris Laetitia+5 | — | Coptic Orthodox ChurchEpiscopal Conference+4 | — | Amoris Laetitiagay blessings+7 | — | 53m 13s | |
| 5/29/26 | ![]() Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo's document on AI✨ | Pope Leo XIVAI+3 | — | New AtlantisNew York Times+6 | — | Pope Leo XIVAI encyclical+4 | — | 58m 40s | |
| 5/22/26 | ![]() SCOTUS and the abortion pill; Pope Leo and AI✨ | abortionAI+4 | — | GENBIOPRO, INC.LOUISIANA | — | abortion pillPope Leo+5 | — | 58m 43s | |
| 5/15/26 | ![]() The SSPX and "the State of Necessity"; Daycare's deceptions; a 250th book for all✨ | SSPXdaycare+4 | — | The FederalistThe American Book of Fables | — | SSPXdaycare+6 | — | 52m 58s | |
| 5/8/26 | ![]() How to think about the origins of the cosmos✨ | origins of the cosmosIntelligent Design+3 | — | Minnesota State University, MankatoThe Story of Everything+3 | — | origins of the universeIntelligent Design+3 | — | 48m 55s | |
| 5/1/26 | ![]() Phil on the US-UK-Vatican "Special Relationship"; Leila: surrogacy is evil and already illegal; bees & books!✨ | US-UK-Vatican relationsChristian unity+4 | — | CatholicCultureFirst Things | — | surrogacyChristian unity+5 | — | 56m 27s | |
| 4/24/26 | ![]() Are we still on Flight 93; Measles; Democrats, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and you✨ | politicspublic health+3 | — | CDCSouthern Poverty Law Center+3 | — | Flight 93 Electionmeasles+5 | — | 48m 23s | |
| 4/17/26 | ![]() President Trump v. Pope Leo; Dumbarton Oaks and Beverley Nichols✨ | politicsreligion+3 | — | — | — | TrumpPope Leo+5 | — | 41m 39s | |
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| 4/10/26 | ![]() How Boston's forced desegregation busing led to nationwide judicial tyranny today; Easter conversion trends analyzed; and more!✨ | desegregationjudicial tyranny+5 | — | National Catholic RegisterNew York Times+2 | — | desegregationjudicial tyranny+5 | — | 42m 14s | |
| 4/3/26 | ![]() Supreme Court free speech cases you haven't heard of; the death of infamous abortionist, Kermit Gosnell; playing bridge with our grandchildren✨ | free speechgovernment censorship+4 | — | NCLASins of omission: The Kermit Gosnell defenses the press dared not mention+2 | — | Supreme Courtfree speech+5 | — | 50m 11s | |
| 3/27/26 | ![]() Interview: Katy Faust on why the "Same Sex Marriage" Obergefell ruling must -- and can -- be overturned✨ | same sex marriageObergefell ruling+5 | Katy Faust | Them Before UsHappy Despite Them+1 | — | Obergefellsame sex marriage+5 | — | 50m 58s | |
| 3/20/26 | ![]() Vatican mistrial analysis; the wrongest man in history; Carrie Gress' Something Wicked review✨ | Vatican trialfeminism+4 | Carrie Gress | The PillarNew York Times+3 | — | Vaticanmistrial+5 | — | 54m 09s | |
| 3/13/26 | ![]() La Trappe monastery and the Economy of Salvation; Christian Deaths in Lebanon✨ | ChristianityLebanon+5 | — | Holy SeeVatican News+8 | — | La Trappe monasteryChristian deaths+7 | — | 49m 45s | |
| 3/6/26 | ![]() Just War in Iran? SCOTUS hands down landmark decision for parental rights; and more!✨ | just warparental rights+5 | — | AxiosBlessed: The martyrs of Compiègne | Iran | just warIran+5 | — | 48m 09s | |
| 2/27/26 | ![]() The challenge of the SSPX; The Cristeros and Just War | Show Notes:What if I’m wrong? Phil’s CatholicCulture column on the SSPX imbroglio. “For all these reasons I deeply regret the SSPX plan to proceed with the episcopal ordinations. But what if I’m wrong?”The reckoning the SSPX requires by Phil LawlerCardinal McElroy’s Conscience Trap (Synodality) by Leila Marie LawlerFilm: For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012) The Cristero Counterrevolution and the Battle for the Soul of Mexico Os Justi PressViva Cristo Rey! The Cristeros Versus the Mexican Revolution (This Rock) by Christopher CheckCatholic World News News Feature: Beatification for Cristeros martyrs September 02, 2005Your paid subscription means a lot to us and helps us continue our work, but we are happy for you to receive our podcast for free!Want to tell a friend? Please do! It’s a great way to help us!How about this, if you enjoy listening: Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe | 48m 53s | ||||||
| 2/20/26 | ![]() Notre Dame University offense (not football!); Marco Rubio's speech; and more! | Show Notes:Bishop Rhoades expresses ‘strong opposition’ to pro-abortion professor’s appointment at Notre Dame (EWTN)Amid criticism by bishops, Notre Dame says pro-abortion professor ‘well prepared’ to lead institute (EWTN)More bishops call for Notre Dame to drop appointment of pro-abortion professor (EWTN)Notre Dame must choose courage. An excellent piece by a Notre Dame undergraduate, Liam Kelly, in the independent campus newspaper, The Observer. “Notre Dame is now at a time for choosing. It must decide whether it will remain resolutely and unapologetically a Catholic university or if it will continue down the slow and lamentable drift of secularization.”Why I’m Done with Notre Dame (Professor Christian Smith in First Things)The Land O’ Lakes Statement Has Caused Devastation For 50 Years (Essay by Patrick Reilly of the Cardinal Newman Society, from 2017)God and Man at Yale, by William F. Buckley, Jr. (1951) (affiliate link)Josef Pieper, Not Yet the Twilight: An Autobiography 1945-1964 (affiliate link)Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s address to the Munich Security ConferencePope Benedict XVI: The quote about Zionism can be found on pp. 16 and 17.IHRA working definition of antisemitism. (US Dept. of State)Your paid subscription means a lot to us and helps us continue our work, but we are happy for you to receive our podcast for free!Want to tell a friend? Please do! It’s a great way to help us!How about this, if you enjoy listening: Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe | 53m 47s | ||||||
| 2/13/26 | ![]() How to repeal Obergefell; Synodality fatigue; Our favorite history books, military and otherwise! | Show Notes:Them Before Us: Katy FaustGreater ThanIs Germany facing ‘synodal fatigue’? by Luke CoppenSome favorite history books, military and otherwise (if it’s an Amazon link, a small amount goes to us without costing you more — thank you!):Thucydides: The History of the Peloponnesian WarThe Face of Battle by John Keegan (all his books)Shelby Foote: The Civil War (3 volumes)WWI: Barbara Tuchman: The Guns of August; The Sleepwalkers by ChapmanWWII: The Storm of War by Andrew RobertsHistorical fiction:The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraIn a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella HaasseThe Red Horse by Eugenio CortiAugust 1914 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynYour paid subscription means a lot to us and helps us continue our work, but we are happy for you to receive our updates for free!Want to tell a friend? Please do! It’s a great way to help us!How about this, if you enjoyed this episode: Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe | 44m 33s | ||||||
| 2/6/26 | ![]() China has a demographics problem; AI will teach your children trash; books and more! | Confidential to the commenter who asked about Phil’s history reading recommendations (sorry, it’s impossible to search Notes here and I didn’t record your name, alas): We will get to his list next week!Show Notes:Xi Jinping Is Accelerating China’s Collapse by Steven MosherChina’s demographic crisis threatens the Party’s grand plans by Phil LawlerMatt Walsh: The Solution To The Immigration Problem That No One Is Talking About (plus a discussion of an AI history series). Taking Religion Seriously by Charles Murray (affiliate link)A social scientist seeking faith by Phil LawlerNetflix: The Seven Dials based on a book by Agatha ChristieThe Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence by Matthew Spalding (affiliate link)Lawler Family Book Club: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (affiliate link)Your paid subscription means a lot to us and helps us continue our work, but we are happy for you to receive our updates for free!Want to tell a friend? Please do! It’s a great way to help us!How about this, if you enjoyed this episode: Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe | 45m 10s | ||||||
| 1/30/26 | ![]() Alex Pretti, Minneapolis, and confusion about civil unrest, excessive force, gun rights, and First Amendment freedoms | Show Notes:Minnesota DHS Employee on Welfare Fraud: “This Is Real” - City JournalTHE LAW on “Excessive Use Of Force Claims” -- Public Sentiments Do Not Reflect The Realities Of Legal Principles. (Bio of the author of this post from X: 22 years as DOJ prosecutor; Rep’d 91 Jan 6 clients.)Tim Walz compares Minnesota ICE actions to Holocaust and Anne Frank: ‘Hiding in their houses’ - Fox NewsFederal Affidavit: Church Invaders Blocked Parents from Kids, Told Them Their Parents Were ‘Nazis’The Bill of Rights: The First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence by Matthew Spalding (affiliate link)Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out MysteryYour paid subscription means a lot to us and helps us continue our work, but we are happy for you to receive our updates for free!Want to tell a friend? Please do! It’s a great way to help us!How about this, if you enjoyed this episode: Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe | 52m 52s | ||||||
| 1/23/26 | ![]() Thoughts on a few prelates and their pronouncements -- and discreditable ties; Greenland, NATO, and Trump; and more! | Show Notes:{Our apologies for the quality or lack thereof of Leila’s audio. We’ll try to do better next time! Thanks for sticking with us!}Finland’s president is a bit overconfident about not needing US military help — and immediately contradicts himself!President Trump’s full speech at Davos — in Leila’s opinion, even the seeming digressions off topic have meaning, and the whole thing will go down in history as a watershedEmmanuel Macron wants massive Chinese investmentNATO General Secretary declares Trump correct on the need for a strategic resetNew York Times: Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy (archived here)Broglio: US troops could refuse Greenland orders (The archbishop’s statement is more nuanced than the headline, but concerning nonetheless for reasons we discuss.)Your paid subscription means a lot to us and helps us continue our work, but we are happy for you to receive our updates for free!Want to tell a friend? Please do! It’s a great way to help us!How about this, if you enjoyed this episode: Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe | 48m 42s | ||||||
| 1/16/26 | ![]() Minneapolis once more on the fault line | Show Notes:This week, Phil and I are really just talking about larger social issues creating a serious divide in our country, so we don’t have any particular show notes.Here is the tweet Leila read: Rob Henderson on X: 95% of children in 1960 were raised by two married parents regardless of social class… For on-the-ground reporting: Andy Ngo is a good source.Megyn Kelly has lots of information on events in Minneapolis and their effect on the public on her site, including a story about women reacting on social media and losing their minds. Black Lives Matter Activists Executed A Shocking $83 Billion Shakedown Of American CorporationsDo you look forward to our podcast? Do not hesitate to subscribe! It’s free! Or you can choose to support us financially if you are able— either way, we appreciate you!Your paid subscription means a lot to us and helps us continue our work.Want to tell a friend? Please do!Don’t wish to take out a paid subscription just now? We understand!How about this, if you enjoyed this episode: Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe | 42m 59s | ||||||
| 1/9/26 | ![]() Cardinals' consistory; Diocesan conflict; Venezuela: Just War? Monroe Doctrine? | Show Notes:A Consistory to Revitalize the College of Cardinals by Fr. Daniel Gallagher (The Catholic Thing)Charlotte priests submit Dubia to Vatican over liturgical changes (The Pillar)Is our society normalizing dark things while our bishops polish their managerial skills? Nicole Shanahan: Burning Man; Mike Cernovich: Ayahuasca trips. What does the Church teach? Here is a more optimistic take.Phil Lawler:Pros and cons on the politics of the Venezuela action: Rich Lowry and Megyn KellyAnd what about the Just War aspect? Phil:My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (affiliate link) and the whimsical movie based on the book (highly enjoyable, not without mild adolescent themes, in keeping with the “coming of age” aspect).Do you look forward to our podcast? Do not hesitate to subscribe! It’s free! Or you can choose to support us financially if you are able— either way, we appreciate you!Your paid subscription means a lot to us and helps us continue our work.Want to tell a friend? Please do!Don’t wish to take out a paid subscription just now? We understand!How about this, if you enjoyed this episode: Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe | 50m 47s | ||||||
| 1/2/26 | ![]() Daycare fraud: bad, but also inevitable; what to know when someone on the right gains "strange new respect"; and more! | Show Notes:Nick Shirley’s report on MN daycare fraud.Minnesota’s Massive Somali Fraud Scandal Is a Warning to Every State, Including Maine by Ben Midgley, Republican candidate for governor (not an endorsement; we don’t know anything about him)Andy Ngo addressing claims that the legacy media already reported on the MN fraudWashington State AG Warns Citizen Journalists To Stop Investigating Somali Daycares Or Face Potential Hate Crime Charges ~ ZerohedgeLegislators move to protect fraudstersPeachy Keenan: “You had to send your baby to a real daycare to pay a Somali to open a fake one.”The New York Times moves in to neutralize Nick Shirley (I said this article was unlocked but I’m not sure about that now.)There was even a Strange New Respect award! Tom BethellThe Bishop’s WifeSeven housewifely [and mostly universal] New Year’s resolutions that will actually change things from The School for HousewivesDo you look forward to our podcast? Do not hesitate to subscribe! It’s free! Or you can choose to support us financially if you are able— either way, we appreciate you!Your paid subscription means a lot to us and helps us continue our work.Want to tell a friend? Please do!Don’t wish to take out a paid subscription just now? We understand!How about this, if you enjoyed this episode: Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe | 55m 13s | ||||||
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