#186 // Dr. Dale Ahlquist | How G.K. Chesterton Predicted The Future

In this episode I talked with Dr. Dale Ahlquist. Dr. Ahlquist is the foremost leader in Chestertonian studies in the world. He is President of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. He is the creator and host of the EWTN television series, “The Apostle of Common Sense.” He is the author of eight books, the editor of sixteen more books, and Publisher of Gilbert magazine. He is the co-founder of the first Chesterton Academy, a classical Catholic high school in Hopkins, Minnesota, which gave birth to the growing Chesterton Schools Network that now includes over 70 schools in the U.S. and nine other countries. In our interview, we discussed G.K. Chesterton's economic theory called localism. Dr. Ahlquist explains what localism is, why it's fundamentally different from Communism and Socialism, and why it's the most Christian of all economic theories. We also discuss aspects of Dr. Ahlquist's essay on localism written for The Paradox Press – if you haven't already, we encourage you to read that here. Go subscribe to The Paradox Press now!Follow me on X: https://x.com/andyschmitt99