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Radio Free Acton: Paul Kengor on Reagan and Pope John Paul II; Upstream on It and Mother!
Radio Free Acton: Paul Kengor on Reagan and Pope John Paul II; Upstream on It and Mother!
Oct 29, 2025 5:47 AM

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Caroline Roberts talks with Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College about his new book on the extraordinary relationship between President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II. Then, on the Upstream segment, Bruce Edward Walker talks with James Hohman, director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, about the recent horror films It and Mother!.

Check out these additional resources on this week’s podcast topics:

Read the book: “A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century by Paul Kengor”

Register for Acton on Tap to hear Paul Kengor on October 10

Register for the Acton Institute conference on Education and Freedom on October 19

Do you have questions for the Radio Free Actonteam that you would like answered in future podcast segments? Leave a message at 888-705-4180 or email [email protected]

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