Special Broadcasts

Location: Fargo Studio Hosts: Lynne Devitt & Wayne Sanders Guests: Bishop Andrew Cozzens & Jack + Doreen Kennelly

Location: Detroit Lakes, MN Hosts: Sunshine Diem & Brandon Clark Guests: Carol Foltz & Doreen Richard

Location: Two Harbors, MN Hosts: Margaret Ricci & Anna Koski Guests: Barb Haynes, Katie Joslyn, & Fr. Steve Laflamme

Location: Bismarck, ND Hosts: Karen Selensky and Fr. Kregg Hochhalter Guests: Bishop David Kagan, Stuart and Kyla Anderson, Dr. Jerry Obritsch , & Dave Sandy

Location: Grand Forks, ND Hosts: Fr. James Gross and Fr. Jason Lefor Guests: Pat O'Neill, Ron & Patty Vasek, & Randy and Gail Severson

Location: Alexandria, SD Hosts: Cammy Brechtel and Christine Lemmer Guests: Darin Kayser, Barbara + David Hoiten, & Jake Geis

Location: Fargo, ND Hosts: Aaron Bosh & James Maertens Guests: Griffin Serio, Heather Karrow, & Aaron McWilliams

Location: Superior, WI Hosts: Margaret Ricci & Rosemary Tarnowski Guests: Bonita Thom, Larry French, & Bill + Kate Isles

Location: Wall, SD Hosts: Cammy Brechtel & Fr. Grant Gerlach Guests: Deacon Lloyd and MaryAnn Frein, Kelly Kjerstad, & Carl Poss

Location: Strasburg, ND Hosts: Karen Selensky & Fr. Shannon Lucht Guests: Kathy Dosch, Allan and Becky Rohrich, & Kristen Vetter

Location: Crux Coffee in Fargo, ND Hosts: Sunshine Diem & Lynne Devitt Guests: Justin + Grace Vossen, Nathan Sather, & Kevin Fisher

Location: St. James Coffee in Rochester, MN Hosts: Melissa Scaccio & Michael Goldsmith Guests: Fr. John Sauer, Fr. Randall Kasel, Tom Oste, & Bishop Robert Barron

Location: Lead, SD Hosts: Cammy Brechtel & Dcn. Tim Minihan Guests: Bishop Scott Bullock, Fr. Francis Nsubuga, & Mary Demarcus

Location: Valley City, ND Hosts: Sunshine Diem and Steve Splonskowski Guests: Mike & Pam Clemens, Bishop John Folda, & Dcn. Kirk and Leann Ripplingers

Location: Garrison, ND Hosts: Karen Selensky & Fr. Christy Pathiala Guests: Amanda Botner, Travis Klein, & Fr. Logan Obrigewitch

Location: Dell Rapids, SD Hosts: Dylan Reinhardt & Lynne Devitt Guests: Pascal Bedard, Bishop Donald DeGrood & Matt Mueller

Location: St. James in Duluth, MN Hosts: Fr. Richard Kunst & Cindy Jennings Guests: Bishop Daniel Felton, Fr. Steve Langenbrunner, & Emily Homan

Location: Fargo Studio Hosts: Sunshine Diem & James Maertens Guests: Teresa Tomeo & Mike Bannach

Why do so many young people drift away from God and the Church, and how can we help them return? This is a pressing question for all Catholics, but especially for parents who are brokenhearted about their own sons or daughters who have become unaffiliated. In today’s episode, Bishop Barron and Brandon Vogt discuss Brandon’s new book, just published by Word on Fire, titled Return: How to Draw Your Child Back to the Church, which provides a game plan for parents hoping to see their loved ones come back to the faith. A listener asks, what is the promise that God gives us if we keep His commandments? Eternal life, or something else? And what, exactly, is eternal life?

Stoicism is experiencing a cultural moment, especially among Millennial techies. What is this ancient school of philosophy? Why is it seeing a revival today? And how does it compare to Christianity? Bishop Barron discusses both worldviews in this episode of the “Word on Fire Show.” A listener asks if the word “holy” means set apart for a particular purpose, what exactly does it mean when we say God himself is holy?

The annual United Nations World Happiness Report, which measures the happiness of different countries, is always dominated by Scandinavian nations. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland have always been in the top ten. But what’s striking is that these happiest countries are also those which rank among the least religious. On the flip side, most African countries, which tend to be the very religious, consistently land near the bottom of the U.N. Happiness Report. What does Bishop Barron make of this? How should we actually define happiness, and what have the great thinkers and saints throughout time said about finding happiness? That’s what we discuss in today’s episode. A listener asks how we reconcile all the violence/competition seen in nature with the Creator God of peace.

How do we make sense of all the names, groups, and movements surrounding the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)? What are the key things to know, and how have they shaped today’s Catholic Church? Bishop Barron explains. A listener asks why secular philosophy departments tend to discount Scholasticism in favor of modern philosophy.

Today, Bishop Barron answers questions from several non-Catholics, including: How to foster unity between Protestants and Catholics? Why focus on Mary and the saints instead of the Trinity? I’m converting to Catholicism, but how will that affect my wife? Why doesn’t the Church canonize non-Catholics? How to recognize genuine spiritual movements of the soul? What is apostolic succession? Why must bread and wine be used in the Eucharist?