Uncommon Sense - The Official Podcast of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Hosted by Joe Grabowski and Grettelyn Darkey and Grettelyn and Joe · Society of G.K. Chesterton
4.7from 152 ratings
- 569
- Episodes
- 116
- Transcribed
- 152
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2009
- First episode
About Uncommon Sense - The Official Podcast of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The Podcast of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, where we talk about everything under the sun with a Chestertonian perspective, as well as the writings and legacy of G.K. Chesterton himself. The podcast is hosted by Grettelyn Darkey and Joe Grabowski. Want to give us feedback? Email podcast@chesterton.org.
- Publisher
- Society of G.K. Chesterton
- Category
- education · religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Sept 2009
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
116 of 569 episodes have a transcript.
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
G.K. Chesterton on Mariolatry: Chronic and Quite Incurable
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
"Millions Now Alive Will Never Live": G.K. Chesterton's Warning
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why G.K. Chesterton Thought St. Gabriel More Glorious Than St. Michael
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G.K. Chesterton on Mariolatry: Chronic and Quite Incurable
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And it, and it's almost more because he's, he's a champion of the week. And I hate to call her lady weak because what a, what a figure, right? The most influential woman in all of history, arguably. And yet she, she was a woman and she was attached. She is constantly attacked. So, I don't know. I think it makes perfect sense that there's a Marian devotion thread throughout his writing. Yeah. And also his, and this will come up, I think, in one of the other poems that we're going to read, his sort of the domesticity of the faith for Chesterton, the homeliness of the faith. And this is one of the important insights of Mariology, not Mariolatry, Mariology, is that when you lose perspective on Mary, you lose perspective on Christ. […]
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