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Acton Unwind is a weekly roundtable discussion of news and current events through the Acton Institute's lens on the world: promoting a free and virtuous society and connecting good intentions with sound economics. Host Eric Kohn is joined by Acton Institute experts for an exploration of news, politics, religion, and culture.

How old is too old to be president?

66 hours 44 mins; July 18, 2022

Shinzo Abe and Boris Johnson fall

59 mins; July 11, 2022

Bloody Independence Day

63 hours 44 mins; July 05, 2022

All about Dobbs

62 hours 39 mins; June 27, 2022

Is it ethical to watch Saudi-backed golf?

55 mins; June 20, 2022

Partisan vitriol threatens the economy—and lives

59 mins; June 13, 2022

How do we grapple with Uvalde?

59 mins; June 06, 2022

The evangelical crackup

43 mins; May 31, 2022

The Orthodox Church and Ukraine

59 mins; May 23, 2022

The arrest of Cardinal Zen

54 mins; May 16, 2022

The future of abortion in America

77 hours 10 mins; May 09, 2022

Why are we uncomfortable with religion in the public square?

50 mins; May 02, 2022

Fall of the House of Mouse in Florida?

62 hours 42 mins; April 25, 2022

Blunt reaction to Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

63 hours 31 mins; April 18, 2022

The populist right rises (in France)

61 hours 23 mins; April 11, 2022

"Boys" and "Girls" banned from Disney World

67 hours 45 mins; April 04, 2022

“Best Assault at the Oscars” Goes To…

62 hours 33 mins; March 28, 2022

Lia Thomas and the nature of the human person

62 hours 20 mins; March 21, 2022

The ballooning problem of inflation

59 mins; March 14, 2022

The church’s response to Ukraine and Russia

66 hours 20 mins; March 07, 2022

The post–Cold War world order ends

59 mins; February 28, 2022

Parents’ public school revolt comes to San Francisco

59 mins; February 21, 2022

Truckin’ and Blockade’n

57 mins; February 14, 2022

The Georgetown Law crying game

63 hours 37 mins; February 07, 2022

Stephen Breyer, inconsequential consequentialist justice

65 hours 47 mins; January 31, 2022

Help desperately needed for American employers, American Jews, and Joe Biden's rhetoric

55 mins; January 17, 2022

Manhattan DA’s light-on-crime approach is a threat to meaningful criminal justice reform

53 mins; January 10, 2022

Omi-chronic COVID panic

61 hours 11 mins; December 20, 2021

Not-so transitory inflation and crisis time for global Catholicism

62 hours 3 mins; December 13, 2021

How overturning Roe v. Wade can reset the civil order

58 mins; December 06, 2021

Omicron, here we go again

54 mins; November 29, 2021

Thinking clearly in a time of ideology

57 mins; November 22, 2021

Whip inflation now, again

47 mins; November 15, 2021

Is national conservatism the future of the right?

60 hours 18 mins; November 08, 2021

Is a parent-driven revolution brewing in public education?

55 mins; November 01, 2021

The growing threat from China

55 mins; October 25, 2021

Netflix stands up to the woke mob over Dave Chappelle

61 hours 29 mins; October 18, 2021

The revolt against COVID-19 vaccine mandates

63 hours 5 mins; October 11, 2021

J.D. Vance wants to seize the wealth to own the libs

53 mins; October 04, 2021

What obligations do we have to refugees?

52 mins; September 27, 2021

What the Met Gala says about the state of our elites

53 mins; September 20, 2021

Are we prepared for exponential technological growth?

40 mins; September 13, 2021

The Texas abortion law & the social responsibility of business

51 mins; September 07, 2021

We are not cogs for social engineers

61 hours 9 mins; August 30, 2021

Have the Taliban changed?

54 mins; August 23, 2021

The Taliban retake Afghanistan

52 mins; August 16, 2021

They're not gonna pay rent

44 mins; August 09, 2021

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