Fr. Jason Charon episode correctly captures the entire Ukraine issue—and it’s so frustrating to hear Matt reveal he has no idea what Fr. Jason is talking about, and is basing his knowledge of Russian piety on 200-year-old Dostoyevsky novels.

Pints is constantly challenging me, and I feel that I have grown very much listening to this podcast. I love the long podcast length, and I am always sad when they end. I love whenever Friers are on the show. Bring back Father Gregory Pine!

Carrie’s definition of feminism is so off track. Feminism is not against marriage or men. The true definition of Feminism is: the belief that women and men should have equal political, economic, and social rights. Women have been longing for same freedoms afforded to men, by men since the beginning of time. We don’t need to live in a world where men believe “your body, my choice”. I had to laugh at her Hillary is the “Anti-Mary” yet no accountability for men in power as “Anti-Christ”.

I agree with the request to have Erika Bachiochi on! I love Carrie Gress’ Theology of home project, but in the Aquinasian spirit it’s good to give both sides of the Catholic feminism topic their fair due

Protestant listener here. The theological insights in the latest Christopher West episode are powerful, healing, and worth revisiting several times over. But more powerful still is two men having a truly open conversation about their pain and process. Thank you for this!!! I’ve shared it many times already.

“Where the thinking of the philosopher halts, there the heart of the believer presses on in love and adoration … in order to follow in [Christs’s] footsteps.” Pope Frances, Dilexit Nos. This quote gets to the heart of Matt’s ministry: pondering in the depths of the heart. Thank you for sharing your heart and spirituality with the church! Your vulnerability and spiritual intimacy are so life giving! Your most recent episode with Christopher West blessed me, my husband, and many of my family members.

I appreciate the idea. However if you dive into the host’s personal social media, you will find many sarcastic, intolerant, backhanded comments that are concerning given the nature of the podcast. The host is not very often a very Christ-like ambassador, and his following generally isn’t familiar with the doctrines and dogmas of the Catholic Church according to the catechism, and instead resort to reactionary responses and personal insults. Jesus would not live this guys life. He has the ability to guide people to God - I hope to see that in the future.

This show has so much promise but Matt has a maddening habit of repeatedly, back to back interrupting guests when they are trying to answer his questions or talk about their expertise. It turns this into more of a one man monologue in the company of a guest than a long form podcast with interesting guest perspective. Some episodes he does better than others.

Esit again! Please have Erika Bachiochi on!!! I would love to hear some respectful pushback on Carrie Gress! And your audience would benefit from hearing a different perspective. With respect. Great show Edit: 3 years later. I have respect for Carrie Gress’s Theology of Home project and enjoyed the interview. But could you please also invite Erika Bachiochi on to offer a different perspective on the historical arc of feminism and how it is relevant to catholics today. I grew up Protestant and Pints with Aquinas is one of the many factors that has led me to seek conversion to catholicism. Thank you for your excellent conversations and intellectual approach to the faith, as well as your love for Christ

There episodes are very long but they are very full mental nutrition.

Fradd has become transparently louche and mysogynistic. Saying a wife who is ill should just put up with sex, having mysogynistic fools on and agreeing with them, demanding his own wife put on makeup and get dressed up for him during a down time...need more? Keep trying to prove to yourself you're a man, Matt, with the chain smoking and getting drunk. You're deeply sickening.

This show has carried me through cancer. Then an infection due to cancer. Than to realizing I don’t trust God. Then to realizing just how much I need to grow but also the hope in how to do that. And after each and every single episode, I get the same feeling that I get after a down-to-the-wire football game in double overtime. I take out my AirPods. I wipe my tears. And I realize- dang. I love God so much.

Can you please get back to a more reasonable length show? Say, 90 minutes maximum. Few people want to spend three hours plus listening to you drivel on… absolutely positive anything you say of worth can be whittled down by half. I’m not judging content here, that’s usually, at least more than half the time, quality and guests are good but the nonsense has got to be filtered. Especially when other podcasts are covering the same material and recently have done so much more qualitatively and succinctly. Seriously, Fradd? Do better. On the other hand thanks for the nap, I didn’t feel like I missed much when I dozed off mid-broadcast. Quality content or Quantitative content. Can’t have both.

I feel as a convert this show has exponentially helped improve my knowledge as a Catholic and helped to give me the ambition to improve upon my knowledge of the Catholic church.

It’s almost embarrassing how often I bring this show up in conversation, but I can’t help it cause it’s that good! Great topics, excellent guests and easy and enjoyable to listen to. I look forward to every new episode.

Dang. Was really enjoying this show until the hosts started heaping praise on Jordan Peterson. Wasn’t surprised to find out one of the hosts thinks sexual assault isn’t a big deal.

Moo goo gai pan! Listened to the whole show and loved it. Twice!!!

I love how Matt is not afraid to ask the questions we are all thinking.

I have listened to a few of the episodes and used to enjoy Matt and guests. Today’s unfiltered reaction to Trump winning the presidency is nothing related to Catholicism and is a painful pandering to untruths and Newsmax conspiracy theories. You lost a follower today as I have unsubscribed from the show. Keep politics out of an otherwise interesting and sometimes rewarding podcast.

Why align yourself with Trump? You know this alienates a large number of Christians.

I love this podcast and the casualness in which Matt converses with guests. Matt is the main reason I’ve returned home to the Catholic faith. Thanks Matt.

I’ve been a long time listener and I love this podcast! The casual, long form conversations are really enjoyable and super fruitful. I love how some interviews are just normal, down to earth people with deep interior lives. Matt Fradd is a great interviewer. I appreciate his authenticity and candor. Please keep up the great work!

I fell asleep listening to John Bergsma while Protestant and I accidentally woke up Catholic.

This is the best Catholic podcast there is. Especially love Mother Natalia’s episodes, and Fr Gregory Pine’s too. I also appreciate the casual long-form episodes with guests. They make my long drives a lot more enjoyable.

Some fantastic conversations with some enlightened and fascinating guests. Fulfills a Catholic media niche that we need imo. Unfortunately you often enjoy the podcast in spite of Matt Fradd, not because of him. Stay vigilant and discerning of the takes you hear, brothers and sisters.

You always have fantastic guests, but I find Kreeft the most entertaining. Keep up the hard work Matt (and team, of course)!

When I went to the Lofi link it was gone.

This is a great show for people who like listening to discussions (of which i am one). The topics are a little political at times, but I would say that the pros outweigh the cons in this excellent podcast.

The rosary is what led to my conversion from Southern Baptist to Catholic neophyte. The only Catholic word that I knew was “rosary” from reading a book about Bobby Kennedy’s assassination. So when the spirit led me to visit my local parish for the first time I got a rosary and learned the prayers from Kristin’s Crosses on YouTube. I loved meditating on the mysteries because I was a Sunday school teacher at my church. After about a month of praying the rosary I told my wife “I don’t know what this is but I know there’s power in this. I have an awe like when I was a child and I got to shoot my dads gun”. The next day someone shared a Padre Pio quote that said “The rosary is the weapon for these times” and I’ve never looked back. My wife and I were confirmed at Easter and I am so thankful to God for leading me to Blessed Sacrament. Love y’all and God bless you.

I’m far from an expert with this stuff. However, I am familiar, and the podcast is very good at making St Thomas’ work more clear to me. It is very well done, easy to listen to, and frankly it’s enjoyable. If you like reading St Thomas Summa, you will love this podcast!

As a child of parents matched in the 1970's Korean Moonie cult who finally was converted by Saint Thomas Aquinas in the bathtub, I couldn't love this podcast more!!! Matt Fradd and Christopher West may not think their reach is as great as Jordan Peterson's but they are leading a whole bunch of us to Sainthood, I believe it. I and my family are so blessed by this podcast. Thank you for all that you do!!

Matt is one of the best interviewers I’ve ever heard. The content is awesome, and the guests are phenomenal. Five stars all the way! 🤩

Been a long time listener, but the increasing political nature of the show and the decreasing amount of people who just wanna talk about Jesus has me tuning in less and less. Huge bummer

I’ve been listening to this podcast for several years now, and there are some really great interviews with great people about the faith. Unfortunately, the content seems to be increasing more political. I tried listening to some Daily Wire content based on Matt mentioning them several times in a positive way, and was let down by how much fear and hate mongering it is, and a complete lack of charity for the other side. I’m going to keep listening because there is great content here, but please focus more on the faith!

Whether you’re a Catholic or not. This podcast is full of incredible insights, stories, and advice. Matt is among the best interviewers you could listen to. He allows guest to speak and rarely does he interrupt them. The production is top notch!

My husband got me hooked on Pints With Aquinas. I prefer shorter episodes ~45-60 minutes, because time. But if I have a long drive without kids I will “binge” one episode haha. I personally do not enjoy listening to the mother Natalia series but do love the fr Gregory pine cameos. However I would prefer they had their own podcasts if not only so that my queue isn't packed with extra material I may not want..

After listening to that interview with the author of Jesus Shock- I’m definitely hooked…

Just finished all six and half hours of the Jimmy Akin episode from March 2024. Great episode, get Jimmy back soon!

This podcast is so great! It has brought me so much knowledge and has fostered spiritual and personal growth in my life. The lack of intro was jarring at first, I would rewind a couple times to make sure I didn’t miss something. Now that I am used to it and I understand that it’s intentional, I really appreciate it. I am able to learn everything about the guest naturally through the conversation with no preface to color my judgement. Matt, thank you for providing a healthy and admirable example of masculinity, I know that you have helped me grow as a man personally and I know it’s something that is much needed in our culture.

One of the best Catholic Podcasts I’ve ever listened to. Great content, always God-centered, and inspiring.

Good afternoon, I have been listening to your show ever since my friend sent me the Fr.Carlos Martins episode last July. I had just started my journey away from freemasonry, after being elected an officer in my lodge. I wanted to know why I was supposed to hate Catholics so much. I walked away from the lodge life, and away from my oentecostal church, after encountering your show, and church taking a Hillsdale college class on church history. You may no be as pleased to find out that I wound up as an Anglican. My diocese is the most Anglo-Catholic diocese in the ACNA, and the relationship with the local churches if better with the Roman Catholic then the Episcopal. But as an Anglican, and an Anglo-Catholic specifically, I can appreciate the more Roman leanings that y'all have, and I still respect the Pope as the Roman Primate. Because of that, your show has opened me up to a wealth of information, and helped me in my personal walk with Christ. After the Fr. Augustine Wetta episode, I began discerning the Order of Saint Benedict, and am working on becoming an Oblate of the Order. I would love to talk to you sometime about the Anglican tradition. Thank you for what you do! N.T. Carlson

Thank you Matt for this wonderful gift of this show. My brother told me about it and you wonderful work against pornography. This show has brought me closer to Christ and to the sacraments. Added bonus was I grew up Byzantine Catholic and have always been a little disappointed about Roman Rites not even knowing of our existence within the church. So excellent to have you in the Byzantine Rite. We attend St. Therese of Lisieux in St.Petersburg Florida so if you are ever on vacation in Florida feel free to come by for Divine Liturgy. I’m a little embarrassed to admit I started at episode 1 around Christmas time 2024 and I’ve already made it to episode 96 because it’s been so captivating. Love the beauty of St. Thomas and how simple he puts everything and you have been a gift sharing his work in this easy to understand vessel.

The long interview form allows for so much depth in conversation and topics covered. Thank you for bringing such thoughtful content!

Moogoogaipan.Took me a full week, but the time was well worth it.

Matt brings out the best and the most spiritual from his guests

This is just an excellent podcast all around. Matt has been instrumental in opening up the Catholic faith to me and turning me from Protestantism to the Church. Bonus having Fr. Gregory Pine and Mthr. Natalia on as well. I’ve been especially getting so much from Mthr. Natalia lately. Cheers and God Bless this ministry!

Thank you Mother Natalia for the wonderful, thoughtful, truthful podcast on compassion and what it means. I received a life changing perspective as we enter into Holy Week.

MooGooGipan! It may take me a few days to listen to the full interview but is always worth it. Love the long form and the guests are fantastic!! Peter Kreeft is always my favorite but wow Jimmy Akin is fantastic too!

MooGooGaiPan. It took a few sittings though.

I’m a long time fan but I’ve been listening a little less with Matt’s new platform of guests. But there are several powerful shows that I go back to and enjoy many times and the latest with Jimmy Aiken is one of those . This is the platform that Matt does best…a great guest and a lengthy, intellectual dive into the corners of Catholic theology and culture. This Lent I will be watching again, for the 10th time, Matt’s interview with Fr Andrew Dalton and the Shroud of Turin, truly the most moving and meaningful presentation on the Passion of Christ ever made. I also enjoy the shows featuring Mother Natalia and Fr Pine, just wish they were a bit longer . I pray that God will continue to bless Matt and Cameron and their family and crew, who all elevate the Catholic faith and lovingly share the gospel…would love to see more with our good priests and bishops.