Dr. Tom Curran Podcast
by My Catholic Faith Ministries
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About this podcast
Weekday Podcast from Dr. Tom Curran to awaken, unearth, and explore the riches of our Catholic Faith! Dr. Curran received his PhD in systematic theology from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., a graduate degree in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome, and has an undergraduate degree in philosophy. For over 15 years Dr. Curran has been the host of a Catholic weekday radio show and podcast that airs on more than 10 stations and reaches tens of thousands of Catholics online. Dr. Curran is the author of five books including The Mass: Four Encounters with Jesus That Will Change Your Life, which was listed on Top 10 Catholic Bestseller List. As a speaker, Dr. Curran has given over 2000 presentations to more than 350,000 people in 35 states and 6 countries. He specializes in many topics, including the Sacraments, marriage and family, evangelization, and the Holy Spirit. Tom lives in Eastern Washington with his wife, Kari, and their nine children.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 1,136 episodes
- November 13 -Best-of Faith and Family: Why Don’t Kids Want to Work? Busy vs. Productive · 56 min · Season 6 Episode 209From the archive! Dr. Tom and Kari Curran share tips on 5 habits to start the day and how to be more productive. Tom contrasts being a busy body with someone who is productive…
- November 12 -Best-of Archive: Dare We Hope all People be Saved? Heaven & Hell · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 208From the archive! Dr. Tom Curran explores the four last things: death, judgment, heaven and hell; as referenced in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Tom addresses a…
- November 11 -Best-of Archive: Backwards & Inside Out! Piety and the 4 Last Things · 56 min · Season 6 Episode 207From the archive! Dr. Tom Curran talks about the importance of the virtue of piety and the study of eschatology: death, judgment, heaven and hell. Tom shares a humiliating story…
- November 10 -Dedication of the Lateran Basilica: The Significance of Consecrated Spaces w/ Fr. Patrick Smith · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 206Dr. Tom Curran and Fr. Patrick Smith, Pastor of St. Augustine Catholic Church, Washington, DC, testify to the significance of consecrated spaces. Today’s hosts honor the…
- November 9 -Best-of Ask Father: What’s Great about St. Leo? Responding to Today’s Challenges · 57 min · Season 6 Episode 205From the archive! Dr. Tom Curran asks Fr. Kurt Nagel: Who are the inspirations behind the name choices of Pope John Paul II, Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV? What is notable about…
- November 6 -Best-of Faith and Family: From Disruption to Discipleship · 56 min · Season 6 Episode 204From the archive! Dr. Tom and Kari Curran explore four concepts of discipleship: disruption, desire, desperation and dynamism. The Currans testify to moments of gracious…
- November 5 -Do You Wonder? Questions to Ponder: Screen-Free Activity For Families · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 203Dr. Tom Curran asks and answers thought-provoking questions live as he takes his walk. Tom explores the gift of wonder and the process of pondering philosophical questions…
- November 4 -What is at Stake? What to do About It? Eschatology: Death & Judgement · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 202Dr. Tom Curran talks about how to prepare your family for unexpected tragedies and expected life-transitions. Tom explores the transition from the go-go years, to retirement…
- November 3 -Run the Race, Pass the Baton: Feasts of All Saints & All Souls w/ Fr. Patrick Smith · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 201Dr. Tom Curran and Fr. Patrick Smith, Pastor of St. Augustine Catholic Church, Washington, DC, share insights on All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Fr. Pat tells the story of a…
- November 2 -Best-of Ask Father: What Are All Saints Day & All Souls All Day About? · 53 min · Season 6 Episode 200From the archive! Dr. Tom Curran asks Fr. Jeff Lewis: What’s your favorite holy day of obligation? What memories do you have of All Saints Day? And, How old will we be in heaven?…
- October 29 -Renew Your Mind! Challenging Catechism Quotes · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 198Dr. Tom Curran shares insights on quotes from the Catechism of the Catholic Church. (Vatican.va) Tom explores themes, such as: The final trial/ YOUR final trial, differences of…
- October 30th -Best-of Faith and Family: Spiritual Warfare Attacks on Moms · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 199From the archive! Dr. Tom and Kari Curran share more insights on fasting: the purpose, the requirements and the effects. Tom explores the tactics of the enemy on the intellect…
- October 28 -What’s at Stake? LIVE Discernment: Test, Reflect & Don't Force It! · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 197Dr. Tom Curran explores another question for discernment: What’s at stake? Tom shares a morning offering prayer and explores many principles to help with discernment: contact…
- October 27 -Lord, Is This You? LIVE Discernment: The Camino, AI & 10X Life · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 196Dr. Tom Curran discerns the questions: How should I spend the time that remains? What are the gaps in my life? Am I on the right path? Tom prays for a “Ten Gold Coin Life.”
- October 26 -Ask Father: Be Silent, Trust & Wait! Are We Waiting on God? Is God Waiting on Us? · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 195Dr. Tom Curran asks Fr. Kurt Nagel questions related to the theme of contemplation, such as: Are we waiting on God or is God waiting on us? Why is it important to pursue…
- October 23 -Best-of Faith and Family: Know Thy Self! 7 Popular Apps & 7 Deadly Sins · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 194From the archive! Dr. Tom and Kari Curran assign popular apps to the seven deadly sins and discuss the impact of dopamine. The Currans reflect on the positive and negative…
- October 22 - Make a Difference! YES to Education Tax Credits w/ Rep. Mike Baumgartner: NO to Prop 1 w/ Dr. Katherine Aberle, MD · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 193Dr. Tom Curran interviews Congressman Michael Baumgartner, Representative of the 5th district of Washington, about the Federal Education Tax Credit and other ethical concerns…
- October 21 -Best-of Sound Insight: The Precious Gift of Old Age w/ Michael J. Lichens · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 192Dr. Tom Curran interviews Michael J. Lichens, editor at Sophia Institute Press, to discuss the new book The Precious Gift of Old Age: How to Make the Golden Years the Best of…
- October 20 -How to Interpret Scripture w/ Curtis Mitch: Ignatius Catholic Study Bible · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 191From the archive! Dr. Tom Curran interviews Curtis Mitch, Bible Projects Managing Editor and Associate Professor of Sacred Scripture at Augustine Institute. Curtis talks about…
- October 19 -Best-of Ask Father: Which Theologians, Authors & Saints Form YOUR Mind? · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 190From the archive! Dr. Tom Curran and Fr. Kurt Nagel answer the questions: Which authors have formed your mind? Which saints do you seek intercession from in your current…
- October 16- So Much Wasted Time: 20 Scriptures that WILL Change Your Life! (Part 7) · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 189Dr. Tom Curran shares insights from Mark 8: 34-38, as part of his multi-program series on 20 life-changing scripture passages. Tom talks about discerning the best use of time…
- October 15 -Defend the Truth, Defend the Faith! Our Catholic Calling w/ Fr. Wade L.J. Menezes, CPM · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 188Dr. Tom Curran interviews Fr. Wade Menezes, EWTN author and host of Open Line Tuesday, about the gift of Catholic radio and the call for Catholics to defend the truth. Tom…
- October 14 -Don’t Settle for a Withered Hand! 20 Scriptures that WILL Change Your Life! (Part 6) · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 187Dr. Tom Curran continues to share insights from 20 life-changing scripture passages. Tom talks about what it looks like to live a "withered hand existence" in the world today and…
- October 13 -You Are a Microphone: 20 Scriptures That WILL Change Your Life! (Part 5) · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 186Dr. Tom Curran continues to discuss 20 scripture passages that will change your life. Tom shares insight on the call to evangelize, as referenced in The Call of Simon the…
- October 12 -Ask Father: How Will You Spend the Time That Remains? Go Into the Deep! · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 185Dr. Tom Curran asks Fr. Kurt Nagel: How did you grow up never learning to swim? How can people overcome a spiritually deflated life? What’s wrong with the church? Tom shares a…
- October 09 -Do Something Great: 20 Scriptures That WILL Change Your Life! (Part 4) · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 184Dr. Tom Curran continues to discuss 20 scripture passages that will change your life. Tom shares insights on how to overcome comfortable dissipation through disruption…
- October 8 -I've Never Heard That: 20 Scriptures That WILL Change Your Life! (Part 3) · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 183Dr. Tom Curran continues to discuss 20 scripture passages that will change your life. Tom shares several insights from Song of Songs chapters 4-6 about how much Jesus loves YOU!…
- October 7 -Exposing Vanity & Ignorance: 20 Scriptures That WILL Change Your Life! (Part 2) · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 182Dr. Tom Curran continues to discuss 20 scripture passages that will change your life. Tom testifies to the convicting scripture passages that exposed vanity and ignorance in his…
- October 6 -Fear Not! 20 Scriptures That WILL Change Your Life! (Part 1) · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 181Best-of Sound Insight Program: Dr. Tom Curran begins to discuss 20 scripture passages that will change your life. Tom answers the question: What’s your favorite scripture in the…
- October 5 -Best-of Ask Father: 15 Promises of Praying the Rosary · 53 min · Season 6 Episode 180From the archive! Dr. Tom Curran asks Fr. Kurt Nagel: Does God want to heal us of our God-given weaknesses, or should we learn to live well with them? Is the Rosary a part of…
- October 2 -Get Plugged In! More Simple Prayers for BIG Transformation (Part 2) · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 179Best-of Sound Insight Program: Dr. Tom Curran testifies to the importance of “getting plugged in” and lists three more simple prayers for powerful transformation. (Original Run…
- October 1 -Watch What God Will Do! 8 Simple Prayers for BIG Transformation (Part 1) · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 178Best-of Sound Insight Program: Dr. Tom Curran begins to share eight simple prayers for big transformation and testifies to practical changes in his own life from praying these…
- September 29 - Ineffable: Learning to Love the God Beyond Words w/ Allison Auth · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 177Dr. Tom Curran interviews Author Allison Auth, about her new book Ineffable: Learning to Love the God Beyond Words. Allison gives practical tips for “where to start” when praying…
- September 28 -Best-of Ask Father: Insights on St. Jerome Quotes · 53 min · Season 6 Episode 176From the archive! Dr. Tom Curran asks Fr. Kurt Nagel to share insights on quotes by St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church. Today's hosts discuss themes, such as: the importance of…
- September 22 -Catching Curveballs! Surprise Questions For Catholic Answers Apologist Tim Staples · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 175Dr. Tom Curran interviews Tim Staples, Author and Semi-retired Apologist at Catholic Answers. Tim answers the questions: reflecting back on 30+ years working in Catholic…
- September 21 -Ask Father: What is Unique About the Gospel of Matthew? · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 174Dr. Tom Curran asks Fr. Kurt Nagel: Which gospel account is your favorite and what is unique about the Gospel of Matthew? Today’s hosts discuss their favorite passages from the…
- September 18 -Best-of Faith and Family: How Shall You Live? Overcome Spiritual & Physical Deflation · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 173Dr. Tom and Kari Curran talk about changes to their new season and stage in life: Senior discounts, refocused ministry work and health regimens. The Currans share practical…
- September 17 -Best-of Coaching Hour: 9 Levels of Presence (Part 1) · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 172From the archive! Dr. Tom Curran explores a concept that is difficult to understand and underappreciated in today’s society, human presence. Tom begins to list nine levels of…
- September 16 -Vote NO! Danger of Idaho Proposition 1 w/ Christian Welp · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 171Dr. Tom Curran interviews Christian Welp, Director of Encounter School of Ministry Boise Satellite Campus about many concepts, including: the power of the Holy Spirit, the work…
- September 15 -Best-of Archive: Our Lady of the Sign Book Interview w/ Dr. Abigail Favale · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 170From the archive! Dr. Tom Curran interviews Abigail Favale, Ph.D, author and professor in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, about her book…
- September 14 -Best-of Ask Father: Ask Father: Anti-Christian Culture & Our Lady of Sorrows · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 169From the archive! Dr. Tom Curran asks Fr. Kurt Nagel about the assassination of Charlie Kirk and many themes related to the 7 Sorrows of Mary: preparing for anticipatory sorrow…
- September 10 -Best-of Archive: Be a Godly Man! How to Evangelize Unconverted Catholics w/ Jesse Romero · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 168From the archive! Dr. Tom Curran interviews Jesse Romero, Catholic author and speaker, about his decades of experience evangelizing men and unconverted Catholics. Jesse talks…
- September 9 -St. Francis of Assisi’s Nontypical Practice of Poverty: At-home Camino Pilgrimage · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 167Dr. Tom Curran shares insights from the first full week of walking the Camino from home. Tom explores The Beatitudes (Sermon on the Mount, Matt. 5) and the radical style of…
- September 8 -ENCORE! What’s Life All About? Favorite Passages in the Catechism w/ Fr. Patrick Smith · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 166From the Archive! Dr. Tom Curran and Fr. Patrick Smith, Pastor of St. Augustine Catholic Church, Washington, DC, share insights from the Catechism of the Catholic Church on…
- September 7 -Ask Father: Heading Toward Ruin or Rising Out From the Rubble? Have We Hit Rock Bottom Yet? · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 165Dr. Tom Curran asks Fr. Kurt Nagel: Are we living in a time of Pope Gregory or Pope Leo? Are we headed toward ruin, or is it time to relaunch? Today’s hosts respond to quotes by…
- September 4 -Get Ready! 3 Levels of Preparation: Walking The Camino From Home · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 164Dr. Tom Curran explores three levels of preparation: remote, mediate and proximate. Tom testifies to two concepts that continue to show up on his Camino journey: “I’m my own…
- September 3 - Advancing or Settling? What Turns a Boy Into a Man: Fr. John Mosier Interview · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 163Dr. Tom Curran interviews Fr. John Mosier, pastor at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Boise, about themes related to the upcoming Inland Northwest Men’s Retreat, such as…
- September 2 -At-home Camino Journey: Satisfaction, Penance & Confession · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 162Dr. Tom Curran shares reflections on the second day of walking the Camino at home. Tom explores the sacrament of penance, making an act of penance, effects of sin, the causes of…
- September 1 -Life of a Pilgrim & Significance of the Fourth Watch w/ Fr. Patrick Smith · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 161Dr. Tom Curran and Fr. Patrick Smith, Pastor of St. Augustine Catholic Church, Washington, DC, share insights on the theology of walking, the life of a pilgrim, the significance…
- August 31 -Best-of Ask Father: One of My Favorites! What’s Great about St. Gregory the Great? · 56 min · Season 6 Episode 160From the archive! Dr. Tom Curran asks Fr. Kurt Nagel to reflect on quotes from St. Gregory the Great on many topics, such as: respect, obedience, the duty of pastors, holy fear…







