All Episodes

Samuel Gregg Defends The Civilization of Commerce

Paulo Ghedini on Religion & Liberty in Brazil

Dave Hebert on How Pittsburgh Beat Detroit to Economic Renewal

Stephen Barrows Examines Bill Gates’s New AI Essay

William Haun Explains How and Why the Catholic Church is a Perfect Society

Kevin Vallier Makes the Christian Case for Using AI Well

Stephanie Slade Is Contending for a Conservative Return to Fusionist Roots

David Bahnsen on the Past, Present, and Future of Dividend Growth Investing

Stephen Barrows on the Fertility Crisis and the Economics of More Children

Luke Burgis on Forming Solid Selves in an Age of Social Contagion

Acton Rundown | August 2026

Marcel van Hattem Upholds Free Speech in Brazil

Acton's Emerging Leaders Program with Abigail Buritica and Joshua Sprinkle

Brad Birzer Unpacks the Republican Virtues of the Declaration of Independence

Acton's Emerging Leaders Program with Beenish Fatima and Emerson Morris

Julia LaGrand and Dan Hugger Review Acton University 2026

Acton's Emerging Leaders Program with Arthur Montoya and John Sariego

Dan Churchwell on Faith and Work in a Technological Age

Acton's Emerging Leaders Program with Julia LaGrand

Noah Gould Reports on Community Revival in Fishtown

Acton Rundown | July 2026

Thomas Dias Compares Dorothy Day’s and Zohran Mamdani’s Approaches to Fighting Poverty

James Patterson Explains Why Postliberalism Failed

Dylan Pahman and John Pinheiro Are Exploring the Christian Roots of American Liberty

Ismael Hernandez Is Rethinking Charity

Dave Hebert Explains the Economic Consequences of the Iran War

Acton Rundown | June 2026

Pope Leo XIV Defends Humanity in the Age of AI: Magnifica Humanitas Roundtable

On The New Things | AI & Humanity with Michael Matheson Miller

On The New Things | AI & History with Dr. John Pinheiro

On The New Things | AI & Economics with Dr. Stephen Barrows

Anne Bradley Unpacks What Makes Things ‘Affordable’

Thomas Howes Explains Why Postliberalism Failed

Caleb Whitmer on Fraud and the Flood of Cataclysmic Money in Minneapolis

Acton Rundown | May 2026

Dylan Pahman and John Pinheiro Are Documenting the Christian Roots of American Liberty

Jeffrey Polet on the Philosophy of Gen. Stanley McChrystal

Jason Sorens Builds a Case for Reforming American Housing Policy

Molly Worthen Refines the Definition of “Charisma”

Acton Rundown | April 2026

Daniel Darling Is Defending Christian Patriotism

Josh Herring Finds the Gender Theory We Need in C.S. Lewis

Fr. Robert Sirico and Kris Mauren on Richard DeVos

Jordan Ballor Expounds How Christ Is King

John Pinheiro on Alexander Hamilton’s and Thomas Jefferson's Conflicting Visions

Acton Rundown | March 2026

Claire Lai Is Sharing the Spiritual Strength of Her Father, Jimmy Lai

Stephen Barrows Responds to Jimmy Lai’s 20-Year Prison Sentence

A Message from Fr. Robert A. Sirico on the Sentencing of Jimmy Lai

Gabe Coyne and Collin Duff Want to Build Brands that Solve Real Problems

Acton Rundown | February 2026

Noah Gould Is Finding Skeptics Finding God

Dave Hebert Rings in 2026 by Analyzing America’s Economy

Isaac Willour Is Helping Corporate America Move on from ESG

Dylan Pahman Breaks Down the History of Economic Thought

Acton Rundown | January 2026

Kris Mauren Is Thinking About Think Tanks

Father Robert Sirico on What Christmas Is All About

Stephen Barrows Explains the Jimmy Lai Verdict

Peter Boettke Is Teaching the Humanistic Foundations of Austrian Economics

Stephanie Slade Is Chronicling the New Right

Acton Rundown | December 2026

Andrew Abela Is Popularizing the Virtues with “Superhabits”

John Wilsey Is Priming Conservatives for Religious Freedom

Peter Lipsett Is Podcasting to Answer the Question, "What Is the Right?"

Anne Bradley Interrogates Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s Abundance

Acton Rundown | November 2025

John Pinheiro Interrogates Thomas Jefferson on Limited Government

Dylan Pahman Is Starting the Conversation on Orthodox Christian Social Thought

Anthony Bradley Finds the Answer to Anxiety in Exodus

Pope Leo XIV Exhorts Us in DILEXI TE to See Christ in the Poor

Brent Beshore Stewards Companies That Care About the Future

Acton Rundown | October 2025

Jeffery Degner Says the Family Has a Future

Noah Gould Links Corporate Social Responsibility … and Fraud

Brad Birzer Wonders if Russell Kirk’s Conservative Movement Has a Future

Stephen Barrows Integrates Catholic Social Teaching and Economics

Acton Rundown | September 2025

Nathan Mech on Interfaith Dialogue at the Collins Center for Abrahamic Heritage

Clara Piano on Markets, Morals, and Vocations Professional and Personal

Jenna Robinson on the Crisis in Higher Ed and the Prospects for Academic Renewal

Samuel Gregg Remembers the Thoroughly Catholic Capitalist Michael Novak

Dave Hebert Unpacks America’s Recent Economic Policy Missteps

Acton Rundown | August 2025

Acton’s 2025 Emerging Leaders

Kevin Vallier Is Infusing Fusionism with New Arguments

How the CEO of America’s Future Is Preparing for America’s Future

David Bahnsen on the State of the U.S. Economy

Acton Rundown | July 2025

Marcel van Hattem on the Fight for Freedom in Brazil

Silicon Valley Revival?

A Preview of Acton University 2025

Acton Line: Now on Video!

Technological Threats to Liberty

The Role of Business in Society

Who Benefitted from DEI Initiatives?

An Ascetic Way of Life in a World of Abundance

Pope Leo XIV and 'New Things'

All Things Conclave

Being Rich in This World and the Next