DISAGREEMENT
by Umar Lee and Augustine Wetta
What do a Muslim activist and a Catholic monk have in common? It’s not a joke, it’s a podcast.We are two men with wildly different religious, political, and social convictions seeking mutual understanding. The point is dialogue--with some silliness thrown in.
Episodes
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BONUS Special (Ops) Edition!
The guys are invited back for another discussion with another Ethics class... Welcome to another episode of “disagreement” with Umar Lee and Father Augustine Wetta. Today I will be interviewing two special forces operatives. Retired Master Sergeant John Addleman didn't just serve in the Army—he...
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Special (Ops) Edition!
Father Augustine tries (and fails) to disagree with a Green Beret (John Addleman) and a DELTA force operative (Mark Collazos)!!
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BONUS EPISODE: THE NEED FOR SPEED
Father Augustine tries to argue with Robbie McGehee, race car driver, who competed in the Indy Racing League and won the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award in 1999. What is Indy Car Racing? Are some drivers better than others? Can you show us some examples? (YouTube?). Can you describe…
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Season4 Episode 3-THE IIMMIGRANT SOLUTION
The boys disagree about immigration--then agree about it.
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THE IRAN SOLUTION
The boys solve the crisis in Iran...and reach the top 5% of podcasts worldwide!
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THE FISH FRY SOLUTION
The boys discuss Fish Fries, Yemeni coffee shops, world hunger, and genetic augmentation...
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THE POPECAST!
Umar and Augustine meet in front of the Pope's old novitiate in Saint Louis to meet with eminent local historian Christian Naffziger to discuss the neighborhood, gentrification, French people, Duke Ferdinand, flat earthers, confederate monuments, and pretty much anything Fr. Augustine's A.D.D.…
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CYCLONECLAVE!
While the boys discuss the newly elected pope, a massive tornado rips through Saint Louis!
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SPECIAL EDITION: THE PAPAL "ENCLAVE"
Umar and Augustine choose the next Pope…in their own special “Papal Enclave.”
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Season 2 Episode 1: Umar Goes to Priory
Umar visits Father Augustine's Sexual Ethics Class and answers questions: What is Truth?What is Reality?What is evil?What is sin?Can god change the “rules” of ethics if he wants to?Are human beings basically good or basically bad?What is a human being/What does it mean to be human?Does the world...
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Season Finale 3 (of 3)
In the exciting finale to the finale to the first season...the boys discuss great books, the World Cup, and America's lost moral authority.
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Season Finale 2 (of 3)
The guys discuss the archaeology of Israel, how to eat dog, and inter religious dialogue.
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Season Finale 1 (of 3)
Auschwitz, Antisemitism, and Israel
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12.3 Umar Becomes a Traditionalist Catholic
Umar and Augustine talk liturgy...and other things.
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Episode 12.2: Umar Makes a Big Announcement
Umar makes a big announcement and the boys talk about saints.
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Episode 12.1: Umar Goes to Mass
The guys discuss Catholicism, Catholic v. Protestant liturgy, divorce, and slavery...whew!
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Episode 11: Far Right Catholicism
Umar Lee and Father Augustine interview a self-professed "reactionary conservative" priest--and things get a little crazy!
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Episode 10.4 SPECIAL EDITION: Ismail Royer cont'd...
Umar and Father Augustine interview convicted terrorist turned religious freedom advocate, Ismail Royer...Part 4
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Episode 10.3 SPECIAL EDITION: Ismail Royer cont'd...
Umar and Father Augustine interview convicted terrorist turned religious freedom advocate, Ismail Royer...Part 3
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Episode 10.2 SPECIAL EDITION: Ismail Royer cont'd...
Umar and Augustine interview convicted terrorist turned religious freedom advocate, Ismail Royer...Part 2
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Episode 10.1 SPECIAL EDITION: Ismail Royer
Umar and Augustine interview convicted terrorist turned religious freedom advocate, Ismail Royer...Part 1
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EPISODE 9: Politics and Dating Advice
The boys discuss politics as fornication, Hilary Clinton and Pat Bucanan, Father Augustine gets the number of Supreme Court justices wrong, and Umar gives dating advice to our listeners...
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EPISODE 8: Umar and Augustine finally disagree!
The boys talk about pro-life, pro-choice, pro-Trump, and the "Insurrection"
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Episode 7: POP CULTURE
Father Augustine and Umar discuss pop culture, contraception, Pope John XXIII and fat saints...
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Episode 6: Lent, Ramadan, and a Special Guest
Father Augustine explains Lent...and midway through, a special guest arrives! Then on to Critical Race Theory, shifting norms, trophy wives, trophy husbands, and what constitutes "attractive" in America, among other things.
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Episode 5: Ramadan vs. Lent
Ramadan vs Lent...plus terrorism, a bad word for Catholics, and we plan a paintball crusade: Muslims vs. Catholics!
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Disagreement: The Slap Heard Round the World
Father Augustine slaps Umar! Just kidding. Instead, they discuss the Oscars, the state of Marriage in America, and what it means to be a man.
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Episode3: Conservatives and Liberals
We talk about the "vocation crisis", the decline of the Church in Ireland (and Islam in SIria), conservatives vs. liberals, and so on...
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Disagreement 1.0 - The Sex Episode
Father Augustine and Umar discus sex, celibacy, polygamy, feminism, the Incel movement, Dave Chapelle, The Decline and Fall of Mars Hill...and more!
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BONUS EPISODE 2: The Disagreement Manifesto
Father Augustine Wetta and Umar Lee read "The Disagreement Manifesto" The purpose of the podcast is not to convince, convert, propagandize or win. Unlike other podcasts, we are two men with wildly different religious, political, and social convictions seeking mutual understanding. The point is...
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BONUS EPISODE 1: When Umar Met Augustine
In a talk to the Catholic Deacons of Saint Louis, Father Augustine gives his perspective on the racial tensions in Ferguson and tells the story of how he first met Umar Lee.
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Introducing Disagreement, Part 2
In this episode, Father Augustine introduces himself...and we throw in just the tiniest bit of provocative content.
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Introducing Disagreement, Part 1
In this episode, Umar introduces himself, and we throw in just the tiniest bit of provocative content.
About this show
What do a Muslim activist and a Catholic monk have in common? It’s not a joke, it’s a podcast.We are two men with wildly different religious, political, and social convictions seeking mutual understanding. The point is dialogue--with some silliness thrown in.
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Umar Lee and Augustine Wetta
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