GCBC Podcast

February 26, 2026 · Episode 2

<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">What does Kendrick Lamar's Good Kid, m.A.A.d City have to do with your soul? More than you might expect.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">In this episode, Sadie Woodley takes a slow, attentive walk through one of the most celebrated albums in hip-hop — not as a music critic, but as a fellow pilgrim. Kendrick's Compton is a world of competing loyalties, fractured identity, and a conscience that won't go quiet. It turns out to be a surprisingly rich place to explore questions of grace, sin, and the long reach of God into the darkest corners of our lives.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">We look at how good kid wrestles with identity, morality, and the longing for something more — and what that longing reveals about the role of faith in art, and in us.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Every book is Catholic. Every album, too.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">The Great Catholic Book Club is an online community for people who want to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ through good literature and art, read through the lens of the Catholic faith. We believe that beauty is a path to God, and that "the glory of God is man fully alive."</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]">🌐 greatcatholicbookclub.com</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]">📚 2025 Reading List: greatcatholicbookclub.com/books</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]">✝️ Join the Club: greatcatholicbookclub.com/join</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Gloria in excelsis Deo.</p>

February 25, 2026 · Episode 1

<p>Tyler and Sadie from the Great Catholic Book Club discuss their February pick, Robert A. Heinlein’s Starship Troopers, critiquing the book’s vision of an atheist, militarized utopia and its behaviorist view of human nature.</p> <p>They contrast Heinlein’s prescription of force and elite rule with Christian ideas of human dignity, love of neighbor, and the Imago Dei, drawing on C.S. Lewis and St. Ignatius to argue for formation rather than mere conditioning.</p> <p>They also acknowledge strengths in Heinlein’s depiction of soldierly psychology and voluntary sacrifice, invite listeners to their discussion meeting, and encourage community conversation about faith, society, and true human flourishing.</p> <p> </p> <p></p>