From the Rooftop with Msgr. Winslow and Fr. Kauth

About From the Rooftop with Msgr. Winslow and Fr. Kauth

From the Rooftop is a podcast brought to you by TAN Books, in which Msgr. Patrick Winslow and Fr. Matthew Kauth invite you to join their conversation out in the open air, looking out at the world around us from the rooftop of the Church. Together with right reason, clear thinking, and the light of faith, we can better understand the world we live in and all the ways in which we encounter it. Each episode discusses topics ranging from the joy found in acts such as true devotion, the proper celebration of liturgical seasons, and aging gracefully to the compassion and charity necessary to manage ourselves in a fallen world with difficult personality types, progressive ideologies, extreme narcissism, and more. For updates about new episodes, special guests, and exclusive deals for From the Rooftop listeners, sign up at RooftopPodcast.com. And for more great ways to deepen your faith, check out all the spiritual resources available at TANBooks.com.

Publisher

TAN Books

Category

religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Aug 2022

Latest episode

9 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 60 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 60: Are We Still Speaking the Same Language? Truth, Words & the Catholic Mind

   Monsignor Patrick Winslow and Father Matthew Kauth discuss how language shapes our understanding of truth, the intellect, and the soul in this interview.

2. 

   1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 59: The Forgotten Virtue of Perseverance

   Monsignor Patrick Winslow and Father Matthew Kauth explore the forgotten virtue of perseverance, connecting it to fortitude, endurance, hope, and the Christian vocation in this interview.

3. 

   6 May 2026

   Episode 58: How to Discover the Divine Purpose in the Natural World

   Monsignor Winslow and Father Kauth engage in a thoughtful conversation about how people can better navigate life's challenges by developing a sacramental vision of creation. They discuss the importance of seeing metaphor, analogy, and patterns in the natural world as communications from God, drawing on concepts from neuroscience about left-brain versus right-brain thinking.

Inside a recent episode

Episode 60: Are We Still Speaking the Same Language? Truth, Words & the Catholic Mind

Published 9 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Because I often would think about maybe German or English as being hyper-precise and technical, logical, insofar as languages are that. But even something like Spanish comes off as being rather algebraic and mathematical in comparison to just some of these languages which are so spoken that the idea of the written formulation and almost mathematical constructs, they're just kind of after the fact. But even more to the point, aside from just appreciating some of the facial differences or even maybe some of the internal differences and how language evolves and develops, I think most people don't really consider how important language is and all of the implications of language, you know, we just simply use it, right? […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

2,019,553

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

30 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

85

Contact From the Rooftop with Msgr. Winslow and Fr. Kauth

Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

Shows with a similar audience

• 

  Pints With Aquinas

• 

  First Things Podcast

• 

  Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

• 

  The Megyn Kelly Show

• 

  Candace

Questions about From the Rooftop with Msgr. Winslow and Fr. Kauth