An exclusive first interview with the author of Inferno: A Journey Through Modern Hell in Search of Eternal Truth, Augustine VirgilI am joined by Augustine Virgil (Fourth Eclogue Substack - https://goodvirgil.substack.com/) for a first look at his new book on the modern media hellscape, published by Stabat Mater Press.https://stabatmaterpress.com/products/inferno?pr_prod_strat=collection_fallback&pr_rec_id=b97929cc9&pr_rec_pid=9939468845341&pr_ref_pid=9938877972765&pr_seq=uniformWe explore the outer rings of the infernal landscape; the quasi liturgical and religious nature of false political movements; the discordian officially-approved conspiracy sphre; the Neo-Nietzschean ‘land of sun and steel’; and the gnostic spheres of the light magicians and the perfecti. LA COMMEDIA MODERNA is a full length trilogy that is to be published by independent Traditional Catholic publisher Stabat Mater Press, with the INFERNO released on the 8th of December 2025, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It will then be followed by the two sequels: PURGATORIO and PARADISO.To support my research and channel, and to access premium content please consider joining either my Locals or Substack (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.comhttps://substack.com/@thetwocitiespodcast?

A major feature of contemporary politics, media and culture is the humiliation ritual. Will Tucker and I explore Aristotle's writings on Tyranny and its means of preservation, including humiliation of the subjects.Mr Tucker presents his research on the occult metaphysics of ritual humiliation; Noahidism as 'decapitation through humiliation'; Nicholas de Cusa's concept of "learned ignorance" and the relations with kenotic theology, personalism and kabbalah. Will Tucker traces the humiliation ritual as a heterodox form of esoteric mystagogy to condition the intellect and will towards "divine nothingness."Mr Tucker's substack: https://analogia.substack.com/The Analogia Entis channel: https://www.youtube.com/@analogiaentisTo support my research and channel, and to access premium content please consider joining either my Locals or Substack (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.comhttps://substack.com/@thetwocitiespodcast?

The recording of a talk I gave in London for a study day on the institution of the Feast of Christ the King by Pius XI in Quas Primas (1925).It is an extended elaboration of the essay advocating a positive vision and strategy for the laity in realising the Kingship of Christ over societies today.To support my research and channel, and to access premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com

Pope Leo XIII taught: "It is a most sacred law of nature that a father should provide food and all necessaries for those whom he has begotten... by the ownership of productive property, which he can transmit to his children by inheritance."In the first of a two-part episode on property and inheritance law, I draw from the writings of Côme de Prévigny, Frédéric le Play, Oscar Mendez and modern studies to examine the importance of primogeniture inheritance for the conservation and flourishing of family patrimony and its corollary: diffuse economic and political power.I compare the case studies of historic inheritance regimes in France, the United States of America and England to extract the perennial Catholic economic principles that we may apply today and in the future. To support my research and channel, and to access premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com

'Philip II' is an historical work written by William Thomas Walsh, published by TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., 1987. All rights acknowledged.Back cover:"Philip II by William Thomas Walsh is one of the crucial books for Catholics today and for all who would understand how our world came to its present state. For this monumental life-story, Walsh's greatest book, is far more than the definitive biography of the man considered to have been Europe's most powerful king ever. It is besides a virtual panorama of Christendom in the 16th century, the pivotal century that gave birth to Protestantism - which out of the 15 major heresies that have confronted the Catholic Church, was the first which the Church did not overcome. Not only is Spanish history covered in this fast-paced biographical masterpiece, but also the interrelated events simultaneously developing in England, France and Europe in general, so that the reader comes away with a global view of an entire era and of the forces which the Catholics of that day were facing as the Protestant Revolt, with its seductive rebellion against all authority, both human and divine, was carried from country to country, purposefully destroying the Ancient Faith and the Christian social fabric."Modest donations are gratefully accepted to support my research costs, enable a higher frequency of broadcasts and improve production values: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5Y9AE7F4SHHA4To support my research and channel, and to access premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com

'Philip II' is an historical work written by William Thomas Walsh, published by TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., 1987. All rights acknowledged.Modest donations are gratefully accepted to support my research costs, enable a higher frequency of broadcasts and improve production values: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5Y9AE7F4SHHA4To support my research and channel, and to access premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com

'Philip II' is an historical work written by William Thomas Walsh, published by TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., 1987. All rights acknowledged.Modest donations are gratefully accepted to support my research costs, enable a higher frequency of broadcasts and improve production values: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5Y9AE7F4SHHA4To support my research and channel, and to access premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com

In the first of a projected irregular series on Traditionalist Economics, I draw from the writings of John Lane, Pius XI and other Catholic economic thinkers to consider the first question of political economy: who is responsible for the money supply?I consider: the fundamental causes of inflation; the sovereignty of money creation; fractional reserve banking; the gold standard; the nature of our current usury money versus Medieval economic stability and leisure, before proposing some initial Catholic solutions to these essential problems.With particular thanks to John Lane for his insights.To support my research and channel, and to access premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com

Originally published at OnePeterFive, this two-part essay is my attempt at offering a positive vision and strategy for the laity in their mission of reconstituting a Catholic political and social order (building Christendom). I am interested in having conversations and sharing ideas with anybody who is planning, or involved in, relevant constructive projects.https://onepeterfive.com/the-little-way-of-christendom-part-1/https://onepeterfive.com/the-little-way-of-christendom-part-2/To support my research and channel, and to access premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com

Will Tucker and I discuss the 'lost' draft encyclical of Pius XI on the unity of the human race, the Jewish Question, anti-Semitism, and racism - Humani Generis Unitas.The section on the Jewish Question and anti-Semitism can be found here:https://ccjr.us/dialogika-resources/primary-texts-from-the-history-of-the-relationship/hgu1938Welcoming the clarity of the document, we examine the draft encyclical's explanation of the Church's teachings on: St Paul and fulfilment theology; the deicide charge; the enmity of the Synagogue towards the Church; the Church's condemnation of anti-Semitism and her answers to the Jewish question.Mr Tucker's substack: https://analogia.substack.com/The Analogia Entis channel: https://www.youtube.com/@analogiaentisTo support my research and channel, and to access regular premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com

Will Tucker and Augustine (Fourth Eclogue Substack - https://goodvirgil.substack.com/) join the Two Cities podcast to discuss his satirical essay on the cacophonous contemporary media landscape.https://substack.com/home/post/p-158779067We consider: how many media figures function as Synagogue discourse gatekeepers; the debasement of public discourse; the Trump "assassination attempt"; counterfeit Satanism; the phenomena of cheap alarmism and "pornography of indignation". Whilst Augustine argues that we are saturated in mutually reinforcing layers of the liberal media spectacle, Mr Tucker analyses the Judaic meta-dialectics of the media spectacle.Mr Tucker's substack: https://analogia.substack.com/The Analogia Entis channel: https://www.youtube.com/@analogiaentisTo support my research and channel, and to access regular premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com

Dr Peter Chojnowski joined the Two Cities Podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on Catholics and the Cold War. Topics discussed include: Operation Gladio; intelligence agencies; the bitter fruits and legacies of the Cold War; the potential infiltration and subversion of Triumph Magazine and Christendom College; the Catholic inferiority complex in the face of pagan ideologies; the subversion of remaining Catholic societies in Spain and Portugal; the false dichotomy of liberal capitalism and socialism; the illusion of the "counter-revolutionary moment" of the 1980s and the 'deoxygenating' of Catholic political thought within the Americanist milieu. We conclude by asking, where is the Catholic counter-revolutionary movement today? Dr. Chojnowski has written 2 books and over 300 articles and reviews for a variety of publications, including the British Catholic Medical Journal, Catholic Family News, the Latin Mass magazine, the Journal of Metaphysics, and the Fatima Crusader. In November of 2017, Dr. Chojnowski established Sister Lucy Truth incorporated in order to investigate the life and identity of Sister Lucy dos Santos of Fatima.https://sisterlucytruth.org/To support my research and channel, and to access regular premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com

The poet and author Andrew Thornton-Norris discusses his work, 'The Spiritual History of English':https://osjustipress.com/products/the-spiritual-history-of-english We discuss the Latin origins of English language and literature; the 'Protestant novel'; Romanticism, the heroic self and the Catholic revival; modern and postmodern despair and the potential signs of the future revitalisation of English culture once she returns to the Faith of her forefathers.To support my research and channel, and to access regular premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com

Dr Sebastian Morello rejoins The Two Cities Podcast to discuss one of our mutual loves - JRR Tolkien's Legendarium and the political philosophy within it. Topics explored include: the politics of the Shire; subsidiarity; the dichotomy between authority and power; monarchy and regnative prudence; the common good; the corruption of power as exemplified by Saruman and Denethor; the mystery of Tom Bombadil; technology and nature; and tradition vs. 'progress'. We conclude by discussing Tolkien's political theology and the dynamic of fallen men seeking the infinite in a finite world.Dr Morello is the author of the recently released book, Mysticism, Magic, and Monasteries: https://osjustipress.com/products/mysticism-magic-monasteriesHe is also the co-host of The Gnostalgia podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC9ajVAJ50H6OigNptVECwwTo support my research and channel, and to access regular premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com

S.D. Wright from the WM Review (https://www.wmreview.org/) joins the podcast to discuss the conciliar betrayal of the Kingship of Christ. We examine this 'fundamental issue' of apparent rupture in the Church's witness and its interpretations and implications. Further topics discussed include: St Thomas à Becket and the true liberty of the Church, Professor Thomas Pink's attempted reconciliation of Dignitatis Humanae with the Church's traditional doctrine, and Archbishop Lefebvre's stand against 'Religious Liberty' (what Pope Leo XIII called "deceptive words for the legal apostasy of society").St Thomas Becket died for the liberty of the Church—not for religious liberty:https://www.wmreview.org/p/becket-liberty-churchTo support my research and channel, and to access regular premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage):https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com