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The Drew Mariani Show
Hosted by Relevant Radio · EN
The Drew Mariani Show™ tackles the hottest news and issues of the day through the lens of our Catholic Faith. Host Drew Mariani keeps listeners up-to-date with news from the Church and around the world, and prays the Chaplet of Divine Mercy LIVE every weekday
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Crabgrass Catholicism: How Suburbanization Changed the Catholic Church
Apr 2400:51:13Tap to summarizeHour 1 for 4/24/26 Drew welcomes Father Stephen M. Koeth, C.S.C. from the University of Notre Dame to discuss his new book Crabgrass Catholicism: How Suburbanization Transformed Faith and Politics in Postwar America(1:00). Topics/calls: if suburbanization an American phenomenon (8:55), what is lost in suburbanization (11:00), architecture (15:38), I was forced out of suburbs (21:56), growing up in a Polish neighborhood (27:51), the clergy-laity dynamic (30:30), missing the communities of urban life (33:34), Catholic education (40:41), parish competition (44:03), politics (46:27), and growing up in Levittown (48:31). Link: Father’s book: Crabgrass Catholicism Original Air Date: 4/9/26
Transcribe →Chaplet and Angel Stories
Apr 2400:51:13Tap to summarizeHour 2 for 4/24/26 Drew and Brooke pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (1:00). Then, Drew recounts the powerful story of “Shackleton’s Fourth Man” (27:56). Finally, callers share their angel encounter stories: my mom’s death (41:23), saved from harassment (43:44), and St. Michael’s lunch (47:45). Link: https://www.ncregister.com/blog/shackleton-fourth-man Original Air Date: Hour 1 for 10/14/25
Transcribe →The Revolutionary War with Dr. Susan Hanssen
Apr 2400:51:12Tap to summarizeHour 3 for 4/23/26 Dr. Susan Hanssen joined Drew to discuss The Revolutionary Wary (1:00). Topics: Washington and the Continental Army (4:51), Battle of Yorktown (19:38), Washington and God’s Providence (25:49), Washington’s time in Barbados (33:14), fighting alongside the French (37:18), did Washington convert to Catholicism? (42:13) and favorite presidents (47:08). Original Air date: Hour 3 for 8/26/25
Transcribe →Dangers of the Occult
Apr 2300:51:13Tap to summarizeHour 1 for 4/23/26 Drew covered the surprising history of the First Ladies and the Occult (1:00). Then, Susan Brinkmann joined Drew to discuss the dangers of the occult (21:15). Topics: tapping (29:23), visiting a grave (33:27), Devil and dreams (39:48), addiction and the Devil (41:53), and Unbound (47:23). Link: https://susanbrinkmann.com/ Original air date: Hour 3 for 6/3/25
Transcribe →Literacy Rates and Church Teaching on Free Speech
Apr 2100:51:13Tap to summarizeHour 1 for 4/21/26 John Harper is joined by Jeremey Wayne Tate from Classic Learning Test discusses America's falling birth rates (1:00). Calls: problems with TV (13:54), remedial classes (16:56), studying Latin (18:32), learning at the dinner table (22:26), and the pandemic (24:59). Then, Msgr. James Shea discusses the relationship between the Church and Free Speech (29:24), online commentators (42:24), and religious liberty (46:54). Links: https://www.cltexam.com/ CometoMary.Life
Transcribe →Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Catholics Struggling with Infertility
Apr 2100:51:13Tap to summarizeHour 2 for 4/21/26 John Harper and Brooke Taylor pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (1:00). Then, Ann Koshute from Springs in the Desert discusses Catholics and infertility (28:19). Calls: 12 years of infertility (33:54), how infertility impacted my marriage (42:57), and adoption (49:24). Link: https://springsinthedesert.org/
Transcribe →Rediscovering America: Immigration at Ellis Island and Trump/Pope Fallout
Apr 2100:51:12Tap to summarizeHour 3 for 4/21/26 John Harper and Dr. Susan Hanssen discusses how immigration through Ellis Island changed the US (1:09), making cultural pilgrimages (14:56) and patriotism (20:01). Then, Dr. Jerome Foss discusses the Pope Leo/Trump dust-up (28:54). Topics/calls: protecting life (41:42), policy over personality (42:53), Trump and Pope Leo should meet (44:23), I think Trump tried peace (45:54), and the Pope and Presidents can make mistakes (49:13). Link: Relevantradio.com/udallas https://www.stvincent.edu/directory/profiles/jerome-foss.html
Transcribe →Fund for Vocations and Problems with Pot
Apr 2000:51:13Tap to summarizeHour 1 for 4/20/26 Annie Ryland from Fund for Vocations joins guest-host John Harper to discuss a major $4.5 million gift from an anonymous benefactor (8:02). Then, Dr. Kathleen Berchelmann covers the dangers associated with marijuana (28:40). Topics/calls: dulling your brain (33:50), medicinal uses (38:11), and 2nd-hand smoke (47:27). Links: https://fundforvocations.org/ https://www.kathleenberchelmannmd.com/
Transcribe →Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Catholics to Supreme Court
Apr 2000:51:13Tap to summarizeHour 2 for 4/20/26 John Harper and Brooke Taylor pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (1:00). Then, Jordan Varberg from Becket discusses a new case for Supreme Court, which will decide whether Colorado can exclude Catholic families from “universal” preschool program (36:55). Topics: why this case is going to the Supreme Court (36:55) and what happens if the Court rules against Becket (42:13). Link: https://becketfund.org/
Transcribe →Overcoming Negativity and Young Men Becoming Catholic
Apr 2000:51:13Tap to summarizeHour 3 for 4/20/26 John Harper and Dr. Greg Bottaro discusses overcoming negativity and embracing the good, true, and the beautiful (1:27). Topics: why young people seek out diagnoses (12:37), scrupulosity (15:35), overcoming darkness (18:40), and going outdoors (24:03). Then, Brendan Hodge covers the phenomenon of young men becoming Catholic (30:02). Topics/calls: why they're converting (32:54), charismatic conversion (36:16), and the importance of adoration (45:35). Links: https://x.com/Brendan_m_Hodge https://catholicpsych.com/bio
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