In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with the Acton Institute’s Stephen Barrows, chief operating officer, and John Pinheiro, director of research, about the life and legacy of Pope Francis. This wide-ranging conversation covers Pope Francis’s perspective on the market, the environment, liturgy, synodality, business, ecumenicism, and the poor. Which p…

In today's Act On This LIVEstream, Producer Petch and I look at the ABUNDANCE of high-end TV that's in production, in the UK RIGHT NOW! It's an EXCITING time to be an actor! Not an Act On This member yet? Want online coaching from the BIGGEST casting directors, agents, actors, writers, directors & producers in TV - EVERY single week this year? Come…

The 2024 PovertyCure Summit “Dignity, Agency & Charity” was a virtual event put on by Acton’s Center for Social Flourishing. Over two days, participants learned from scholars and practitioners involved in the global struggle against poverty—and against the “toxic charity” that hinders people’s ability to rise. On today’s episode, we bring you the k…

In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Marvin Olasky, executive editor for News and Global at Christianity Today and the founder and chairman of Zenger House. They discuss many of the news stories that won the 2025 Zenger Prizes. What is the state of journalism today? How does honoring excellence in journalism encourage better journalism? What mak…

In today's Act On This LIVEstream, Producer Petch and I look at an article in The Guardian that demonises self-tapes YET AGAIN! Where do you stand on tapes? Like them or loathe them - let us know! Not an Act On This member yet? Want online coaching from the BIGGEST casting directors, agents, actors, writers, directors & producers in TV - EVERY sing…

In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Ryan Bourne, R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics, and Alex Nowrasteh, VP for Economic and Social Policy Studies, both at the CATO Institute, about all things DOGE. What does efficiency mean in the context of government? What has DOGE been doing? Is its process as chaotic as it has b…

In his latest book, “Broken Altars: Secularist Violence in Modern History,” Thomas Albert Howard presents three principal forms of modern secularism that have arisen since the Enlightenment: passive, combative, and eliminationist. Howard argues that the latter two have been especially violence-prone and says Westerners do not fully grasp this becau…

On today’s episode, Dan Churchwell, Acton’s director of programs and education, talks to James Hartley, professor of economics at Mount Holyoke College, ahead of James’ Acton Lecture Series event. They survey the discipline of economics and how James came to study it for over 30 years. The lecture, entitled “Tariffs, Trade Wars, and the State of th…

In today's Act On This LIVEstream, Producer Petch and I look at an article in The Times, that's put many actors into a spin. Rather than read the headlines, we break the article down and explain what's REALLY going on in the TV industry right now! Not an Act On This member yet? Want online coaching from the BIGGEST casting directors, agents, actors…

The 2024 PovertyCure Summit, “Dignity, Agency & Charity,” was a virtual event put on by Acton’s Center for Social Flourishing. Over two days, participants learned from scholars and practitioners involved in the global struggle against poverty—and against “toxic charity” that hinders people’s ability to rise. On today’s episode, we bring you a prese…

In today's Act On This LIVEstream, world record-breaking high-performance mindset coach Matt Hall and I pull the curtain back on our flagship coaching program 'Bulletproof Actor: Unstoppable Confidence - Infinite Success V2.0' - and explain how a brand new mindset can help you live the life & career of YOUR DREAMS! Grab your place on this GAME-CHAN…

In today's Act On This LIVEstream, we're again joined by world record-breaking high-performance mindset coach Matt Hall, exploring 5 MORE mindset traps killing actors' careers right now! Grab your place on our flagship high performance mindset coaching program 'Bulletproof Actor: Unstoppable Confidence - Infinite Success V2.0' here: https://www.bul…

On today’s episode, we bring you a conversation from Acton University between Acton’s director of programming, Dan Churchwell, and Scott Rae, professor of philosophy and Christian ethics at Biola University. They discuss medical and business ethics, death, and the Resurrection. Acton University is Acton’s flagship conference, focused on building th…

In today's Act On This LIVEstream, we're again joined by world record-breaking high-performance mindset coach Matt Hall, as we look at a ChatGPT prompt that BLEW MY MIND! Join our FREE 'Bulletproof Actor' mindset training on Sat March 1st at 10AM (UK). Register here: https://www.actonthis.tv/mindset Not an Act On This member yet? Want online coachi…

In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Stephen Smith, dean of the humanities, Temple Family Chair in English Literature, and professor of English at Hillsdale College, about St. Thomas More, William Shakespeare, and Christian humanism. What is the Christian humanist tradition? How does St. Thomas More exemplify that tradition? How was William Shak…

In today's Act On This LIVEstream, we're joined by world record-breaking high-performance mindset coach Matt Hall, to look at 3 BIG mindset mistakes that are keeping actors STUCK! Join our FREE 'Bulletproof Actor' mindset training on Sat March 1st at 10AM (UK). Register here: https://www.actonthis.tv/mindset Not an Act On This member yet? Want onli…

In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Andrew M. McGinnis, assistant director of research at the CRCD and managing editor of the Journal of Religion, Culture & Democracy, about the Acton Institute’s recently completed Sources in Early Modern Economics, Ethics, and Law (Second Series). What is historical ressourcement, and why does it matter? What …

The 2024 PovertyCure Summit, “Dignity, Agency, & Charity,” was a virtual event put on by Acton’s Center for Social Flourishing. Over two days, participants learned from scholars and practitioners involved in the global struggle against poverty—and against “toxic charity” that hinders people’s ability to rise. On today’s episode, we bring you a pane…

On today’s episode, Acton’s director of research, John Pinheiro, speaks to Gerard Wegemer, founding director of the Center for Thomas More Studies. They discuss More’s life, writings, and understanding of law, liberty, and citizenship. Subscribe to our podcasts Center for Thomas More StudiesAv Acton Institute

This week, host Dan Hugger is joined by John Pinheiro and Dylan Pahman to discuss the presidential transition. What have past presidential transitions looked like, and how does this one compare? What should we make of the flurry of pardons from Presidents Trump and Biden? How many amendments does our Constitution, in fact, have—and what do they eve…

In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Kevin Vallier, professor of philosophy at the Institute of American Constitutional Thought and Leadership, about his book-in-progress on American fusionism. How exactly do religion and liberty go together? What can theologians and social scientists learn from each other? Why is fusionism still the only intell…

Director of the Acton Institute’s Collins Center for Abrahamic Heritage Nathan Mech mediates a discussion between Mustafa Akyol and Rabbi Reuven Firestone on the current crises in Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations. Drawing from their respective religious traditions, Akyol and Rabbi Firestone confront the challenges of tribalism and discuss how reli…