Stay ConnectedWhat 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.
Copyright: © Umar Lee and Augustine Wetta
The boys talk about pro-life, pro-choice, pro-Trump, and the "Insurrection"
Father Augustine and Umar discuss pop culture, contraception, Pope John XXIII and fat saints...
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.
Ramadan vs Lent...plus terrorism, a bad word for Catholics, and we plan a paintball crusade: Muslims vs. Catholics!
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.
We talk about the "vocation crisis", the decline of the Church in Ireland (and Islam in SIria), conservatives vs. liberals, and so on...
Father Augustine and Umar discus sex, celibacy, polygamy, feminism, the Incel movement, Dave Chapelle, The Decline and Fall of Mars Hill...and more!
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 dialogue.
The opinions expressed in this podcast are exactly that. While our religious convictions inform these opinions, neither of us claims to present an infallible—or even an accurate—representation of the dogmas or defenses of our respective faiths. We try to be true to our respective traditions, but if listeners are seeking apologetic or dogmatic expositions, they are invited to look elsewhere.
Why does the world need this podcast? Because we’ve got enough outrage, conflict, competition, and contempt in the media. We feel that the world could use an example of civil dialogue—conversation, as opposed to debate.*
*Not that there’s anything wrong with debate. The world needs provocateurs, agitators, debates, and protests. That’s just not what we’re doing here.
With that in mind we:
1. Will not use notes or electronic devices during the podcast. Otherwise, it just becomes a battle of the cell phones. (Listeners can ‘fact check’ if they like. In fact, we encourage you to do so in the comments section. As for us, we trust that one another’s facts are exactly that.)
2. We will feel free to tease one another, but never disrespect or dismiss.
3. We will seek first to understand rather than to be understood.
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.
In this episode, Father Augustine introduces himself...and we throw in just the tiniest bit of provocative content.
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