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The bells rang.

The tower was empty.

The dead are multiplying.

🔔 The Vicar in the Tower

Episode 2 of The Merry Paradox Mysteries is now live.

Daily mystery. Jack. Doc. Reggie. New episode every day.
https://t.co/bQ6jqHc9gR

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June 6, 1944. Millions of Americans gathered around their radios, not knowing whether the invasion of Normandy would succeed.

Hear the voices: NBC. Fibber McGee & Molly. Orson Welles.

A special @ChestertonRadio journey back to the day America listened.
https://t.co/TKj43OsiwV

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A dead man.
A ruined church.
Seven bells that no longer exist.

🔔 The Bells of Black Hollow with Jack, Doc and Reggie
The first Merry Paradox Mystery begins today.
New episodes daily
https://t.co/xaNaJLXIo6

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A grandmother is more than a relative.

She is a storyteller, a keeper of memories, a guardian of traditions, and the light in the window that says, "You belong here."

What happens when a generation loses its grandmothers?

A new @ChestertonRadio essay
https://t.co/AOCH3NkzVB

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"I hope that in victory we are more grateful than we are proud."

Those words were broadcast across America on V-J Day in 1945.

Eighty years later, they may be more relevant than ever.

MORE GRATEFUL THAN PROUD
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Podcasts shouldn't exist.

If attention spans are really shrinking, why are millions of people listening to 3-hour conversations?

The answer has less to do with media than with loneliness, community, and the human need to belong.

The Last Public Square
https://t.co/CnCcIOQpk2

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What happens when a generation loses its grandfathers?

Not just old men—but storytellers, keepers of memory, and the voices that remind us of where we came from.

A new essay from @ChestertonRadio.
https://t.co/219PnROj7x

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What if the future of healthcare depends less on technology—and more on vocation?

A forgotten 1961 BBC radio drama asks a surprisingly modern question:

What makes a great doctor?

Our latest feature:

Doctor Jo and the Lost Art of Healing
https://t.co/Xi5ZKwt1kM

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Every parent spends years teaching a child to leave.

Then one day, they do.

A new @ChestertonRadio feature about @BenedictineKS, The Culture Project, vocation, mission, and the moment when formation becomes service.

The Keeper Leaves the Goal

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What if the most hopeful story in America isn't politics or technology

...but a generation choosing mission?

We explore The Culture Project, @BenedictineKS, vocation, and why some young people are choosing service in an age of distraction.

https://t.co/ykrXi98Rjz

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What if the biggest problem in healthcare isn't the shortage of doctors...

...but the shortage of vocation?

Healing the Heartland

A new @ChestertonRadio feature on @BenedictineKS rural rural healthcare, and why America needs more Catholic doctors.
https://t.co/53q9jZZrCD

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Who builds the institutions that shape our lives?

A new @ChestertonRadio essay:

The Builder and the Benedictine

The life of William H. Dunn Sr. and the forgotten virtue of stewardship.

https://t.co/nebGoyxF5x

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What does a successful life look like?

In this @ChestertonRadio Deep Dive, we remember William H. Dunn Sr. (1923–2026)—builder, philanthropist, friend of @BenedictineKS, and a leader who believed success should serve people.

Faith. Leadership. Legacy.

https://t.co/otIdHZBXty

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What makes a song survive for 60 years?

Tonight, in The Music Room, we're listening to @JonAntoine's stunning performance of "Bang Bang." Can a great singer reveal something new in a familiar song?

Is this your favorite version?

🎵 Listen. Discuss
https://t.co/wfp08kAvys

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What if Chesterton's The Everlasting Man were published today?

Not as a classic. Not as required reading.

As a brand-new book hitting shelves

New @ChestertonRadio series, Opening Night, asks exactly that question.

📖 Opening Night: The Everlasting Man
https://t.co/ZyZvh3ot6e

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🚨 The government has abolished Thursday.

Thursday disagrees.

A new original @ChestertonRadio story:

The Ministry of Ordinary Miracles

Part fantasy. Part satire. Entirely unauthorized.

📖 Read here:
https://t.co/UvVWgY9wZW

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If AI can write, draw, compose music, and answer questions, what remains uniquely human?

A new @ChestertonRadio essay explores what G.K. Chesterton might say about AI, work, wisdom, and human dignity.

"The soul remains more important."
https://t.co/rdardSE27n

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Can a small Catholic college in Kansas help heal modern medicine?

New @ChestertonRadio Deep Dive:
@BenedictineKS Osteopathic Medical School, healthcare, faith, vocation, and the future of medicine in America.
🎧 From Atchison, Kansas.
https://t.co/YoAbZHJ9GU

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New on @ChestertonRadio Brian Wilson, Pet Sounds, Smile, fragile joy, family memory, and the harmonies beneath America.

“The beauty remains.”

#BrianWilson #PetSounds #ChestertonRadio
https://t.co/eOrPOFxSy7

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Two Popes.
Two revolutions.

One question:
Can civilization remain human when machines imitate man?

@ChestertonRadio deep dive explores Rerum Novarum and Magnifica Humanitas — from factories to AI and the permanent things technology cannot replace.
https://t.co/q6LURfqcrw