Happy Thanksgiving, guys! Before we dive into turkey, football, and pumpkin pie, let’s take a second to remember what we’re even celebrating in the first place—gratitude for all of the AMAZING gifts God has given to us. Even if you have had a very tough year, there are still fantastic blessings that the Lord has placed in your life. You may not realize this, but we actually OWE gratitude to God and the people around us, and that is a fantastic thing! In this one-on-one episode, I talk about the ...
Nov 30, 2024•29 min
Damien Walker is saving the world through beauty. In the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake in his hometown of Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011, Damien began restoring the sacred statues in his local church. What started as a hobby became a “field hospital for sacred art,” and now Damien had the largest statuary in the Southern Hemisphere! We talk about how he uses beautiful sacred heart to bring souls to Christ, why beauty will save the world (and why the Devil despises it), how to comba...
Nov 15, 2024•41 min
In this episode, I offer a Catholic perspective on voting, why it is even important to vote, and how we must approach our brothers and sisters in Christ throughout this election period. Later in the episode, I dive into the fascinating intersection of faith and professional life, exploring how we, as Christians, can boldly share our beliefs in the workplace. Joining me is Deacon Steve Greco, who brings a wealth of experience from his time as a senior vice president at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Deaco...
Nov 08, 2024•33 min
You know him from The Minority Report, Band of Brothers, and more. He’s had more than 60 epic death scenes on-camera. He’s Hollywood’s ultimate villain. Ladies and gentlemen, Neal McDonough! Neal had it all. He was a rising Hollywood star, getting huge roles, working with the biggest names in the industry. Then, he was blacklisted for one thing: refusing to do romantic on-camera scenes with women who were not his wife. Neal stuck to his Catholic values and nearly lost his career because of it! M...
Oct 25, 2024•25 min
SPECIAL THANKS TO CORPORATE TRAVEL, PRODUCERS OF THE GOOD NEWS CONFERENCE for making this interview possible. To learn more visit www.GoodNewsConference.com. If your world was ROCKED by Part One of my interview with the legendary Arthur Brooks, get ready for Part Two! We dive into the book Arthur wrote during COVID, Strength to Strength. In it, he talks about the second half of life—the part where we move from being the “doers” to being the “teachers.” For so many of us, this elicits fear, anxie...
Oct 18, 2024•37 min
SPECIAL THANKS TO CORPORATE TRAVEL, PRODUCERS OF THE GOOD NEWS CONFERENCE for making this interview possible. To learn more visit www.GoodNewsConference.com. If you have never heard of my guest today, your mind is about to be BLOWN! Arthur Brooks writes a weekly science column for The Atlantic, teaches at Harvard, is a New York Times Bestselling author, is friends with the Dalai Lama, AND is a faithful Catholic. In fact, he’s a daily Communicant! We talk about Arthur’s disciplined morning routin...
Oct 11, 2024•27 min
St. Francis of Assisi truly changed the world with his radical poverty, love of God, and JOY. I am SO excited for this episode on one of my favorite saints! We go through Francis’ life story—his lavishly wealthy upbringing, fighting in the Crusades, and eventually losing interest in worldly desires. He eventually renounced his wealth, his family, and his inheritance, for Francis realized his true inheritance was in Heaven. St. Francis never intended to start a movement with his devotion to radic...
Oct 04, 2024•15 min
Guys, I am so excited to share my conversation with Tim Moriarty with you! Tim is an actor who has been featured in House of Cards, Blue Bloods, and more. He was raised Catholic, studying under Peter Kreeft at Boston College, and even entered seminary! He eventually left the seminary and subsequently went through an intense time of spiritual dryness. Tim began studying Carl Jung, which set him on a search for truth. He began working as an actor and found success in Hollywood. Eventually, Tim's s...
Sep 20, 2024•38 min
Content Warning: This episode discusses sensitive topics. Listener discretion is advised. Guys, this is a tough conversation. But it’s one that needs to be had. Today, I’m sitting down with Shelly Linksey, a dear friend of mine and the widow of another dear friend of mine, Sean. In 2006, I was working with Sean in diocesan ministry for the Diocese of La Crosse, WI. In May of that year, Sean committed suicide, two weeks before Shelly gave birth to their fourth child. It is an understatement to sa...
Sep 13, 2024•42 min
St. Benedict was the father of…life hacks. Follow me for a second! His most famous work, The Rule of St. Benedict was filled with rules and processes and, well, life hacks that are STILL used today by monks and religious all over the world, nearly 1500 YEARS after it was written! His intense holiness and excellent rules for life made him the Father of Western Monasticism. Today, I am thrilled to welcome back Fr. Augustine Wetta, a Benedictine monk, author, teacher, and former surfer and rugby pl...
Sep 06, 2024•49 min
We spend a good deal of our time setting boundaries and expectations with family and friends who’s behavior or personalities may be harmful in one way or another, but what do you do when the finger is pointing BACK at you? Yep, we’re going there this week! Guys, I am so excited to share the final installment of my series of episodes with my friend, Dr. Peter Malinoski. Dr. Malinoski is a clinical psychologist, president and co-founder of Souls and Hearts, and host of the Interior Integration for...
Aug 23, 2024•27 min
Happy 50th Episode of the Chris Stefanick Show! Thank you guys for sticking with me for 50 episodes of fascinating people living in the joy of the Lord. Here’s to 50 more! Today, we are diving into a previously unreleased never-before-seen work of Pope St. John Paul II with Peter and Theresa Martin, and it has the power to CHANGE THE WORLD! How can it change the world? By transforming good and holy marriages, one couple at a time. As Archbishop of Krakow, Karol Wojtyła wrote a Rule for Marriages...
Aug 16, 2024•30 min
If there’s one thing we Catholics know how to do well, it’s suffering. Literally from the very beginning, Christians have endured persecution and opposition. It’s actually our ability to suffer well and “offer it up” that sets us Catholics apart from other religions. But while this life IS an exile from the true feast of Heaven, our God did not make us to be sad and miserable for our whole lives. In fact, by living our lives close to and in love with Jesus, we experience a joy more intense than ...
Aug 09, 2024•32 min
Chris’ seminars reach more than 85,000 people per year. His reality TV show, videos, and radio spots reach millions of people. He authored the Chosen: Your Journey to Confirmation program which has already formed more than 500,000 teens. A graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville, Chris is also the founder of Real Life Catholic. He is proud to be the husband to his wife Natalie and father to their six children.
Jul 26, 2024•21 min
Coming soon! SIGN UP for the waitlist for the Life Program here!! https://coaching.reallifecatholic.com... Guys, I have been all over the world, but one of the most life-changing experiences I have ever had was my 2018 trip to Haiti. It blew my mind that a place of such profound suffering and poverty also was filled with such profound JOY. It really put into perspective for me the things that matter in this life and the things that really don’t. This trip affected me so deeply that our Missionar...
Jul 19, 2024•29 min
Do you ever feel like you met a saint in real life? That’s what it’s like to talk with Immaculée Ilibagiza. Immaculée was in college when the Rwandan Genocide broke out in 1994. Her parents and brother were killed by people they knew who had turned to the side of the government. She hid in a neighbor’s small bathroom with seven other women, barely saying a word for three months just to stay alive. I mean, can you IMAGINE what that was like? We talk about her memories of the apparitions of Our La...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr
Guys, I CAN’T WAIT to share my latest guest with you! While leading a pilgrimage to Italy last month (btw, join me on pilgrimage! https://RealLifeCatholic.com/pilgrima... , I met up with the mother of a SAINT—Antonia Salzano. Her son is Bl. Carlo Acutis, the first person of the millennial generation to be named a saint. Yes, that means a PlayStation is now a second-class relic! If you have never heard of him, Carlo was born in 1991, and had a profound love of Jesus and the Holy Eucharist. He was...
Jul 05, 2024•28 min
Get ready, guys this episode is going to be wild! If you or someone you love is struggling with your gender identity, listen to this podcast! Today on the Chris Stefanick Show, we have my good friend, Jason Evert. Jason has given talks on chastity, purity, and the nature and dignity of men and women for more than 20 years now. His most recent book, "Male, Female, Other? A Catholic Guide to Understanding Gender" is a well-researched guide to modern gender theory and a blueprint for responding to ...
Jun 21, 2024•55 min
I am SO excited for you guys to meet my guest this week! Kalashi Duraiswami grew up Hindu, in the highest caste, Brahmin. He became an entrepreneur as a teenager, and eventually a tech giant in Silicon Valley who could have retired at 31. But he was so unhappy and enslaved to his desires. Then he found Jesus, and everything changed. What do Hindus really believe? What is the caste system and does it really matter to Hindus today? Are ALL religions equal, and is it arrogant to say that Christiani...
Jun 14, 2024•48 min
I’ve said it before, guys, and I’ll say it again: Jesus didn’t come to make bad people good, He came to make dead people ALIVE! That is surely the case with my good friend, Jim Wahlberg. Jim is the exact middle child of THE famous Wahlberg family. He started getting involved in drinking and crime at a very young age and by age twelve, he was a ward of the state. He spent years in-and-out of prison and even time in solitary confinement before he was 30. It was during one of his prison sentences w...
Jun 07, 2024•58 min
When was the last time you prayed a rosary? Whether it’s been a day, a week, or many years, there’s no better time than NOW to pray one! We usually talk about God on this show, today we’re going to talk TO Him! If you aren’t familiar, the rosary is an ancient prayer based in scripture. The Hail Mary and the Our Father are taken straight from the Gospels.These well-known prayers function as a background to meditate upon mysteries that are based on the life of Christ, taken from scripture. To help...
May 31, 2024•25 min
I usually don’t jump into cultural commentary, but this one’s worth talking about. First of all because it’s probably the most talked about, specifically Catholic graduation speech in my lifetime. The things he gets right are spot on. The things he gets wrong are way off. Both provide a teaching moment that we need to pay attention to. Note: While my critique of some of his points is important, the cultural context (and arguably more important issue) is this: Harrison Butker had the courage to s...
May 24, 2024•36 min
Guys, I am so excited to share this episode with you! We’re doing things a little differently this week, but there have been some interesting cultural moments recently and I really want to share my thoughts with you. Ready for a chat? First, I want to talk about Joe Rogan’s interview with Kid Rock. Kid gave some great arguments defending his Christian beliefs, but I have some tips to help make them even stronger. Next, we talk about what to do when you witness to friends and family and they say ...
May 17, 2024•24 min
I am so excited to bring back Dr. Peter Malinoski for a THIRD appearance on the Chris Stefanick Show! Dr. Malinoski is a clinical psychologist, president and co-founder of Souls and Hearts, and host of the Interior Integration for Catholic Podcast. He has worked with patients in his private practice for more than 20 years. Today, we are discussing scrupulosity. Do you know someone who is VERY strict with their spiritual and moral practices, to the point where you think it might be a problem? Or,...
May 10, 2024•34 min
I can’t wait for you guys to meet my guest this week! Fr. Augustine Wetta is a great friend and his joy and love for the Lord are just contagious. He is a Benedictine monk, lover of obscure saints, and author of Pray. Think. Act. Make Better Decisions with the Desert Fathers. He’s also living with early onset parkenson’s…which makes his contageous joy that much more inspiring. Today, we talk about some of Fr. Augustine’s favorite saints (did you know there’s a Patron saint of “unattractive peopl...
Apr 26, 2024•44 min
I am SO excited to share this episode with your guys today! We’re bringing back Fr. Robert Spitzer, a Catholic priest, scientist and author to talk about the soul. How do we know it exists? Is it just some concept Christianity made up? How do we know the soul exists? Fr. Robert and I dig into how Plato and Aristotle and even cultures BEFORE the ancient Greeks knew that a soul exists, why monkeys and other animals don’t have souls, and how the fascinating data on near-death experiences ties in pe...
Apr 19, 2024•40 min
I can’t wait to introduce you to our guest this week! Dom Raso is a Navy SEAL and member of SEAL Team Six. He is a literal HERO and an expert in dealing with fear. Do you think Navy SEALs ever get scared? Of course they do! But they have undergone extensive training to overcome their fears and use that energy and adrenaline to literally save lives. Dom and I talk about five concrete tips to get you started on your journey to overcoming your fears. As Dom says, you are anything but a victim in th...
Apr 12, 2024•25 min
Happy Easter, guys! He is risen, just as He said—ALLELUIA! If there are three words that change everything, it’s these: He is risen. Today, we’re going through Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, and how it affects your life 2,000 years later. We’ll talk about why we still experience death and what it actually means to say that Jesus “conquered death.” I’ll share a passage from this fantastic ancient homily from Holy Saturday and how the homilist reflected on Jesus meeting Adam and Eve face to fa...
Apr 05, 2024•21 min
Happy Holy Week, guys! This week before we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection on Easter is a special time in the Church. So often, we get distracted by holiday plans and preparation that we let the week go by without reflecting on the magnitude of what really happened 2,000+ years ago. So that’s what I’m going to focus on over the next two weeks—the passion, death and resurrection of our God. I’m going to be honest, this was a tough talk for me to write, and it might be tough for you to hear. But tha...
Mar 30, 2024•22 min
Get ready, guys, and maybe get a box of Kleenex for this episode! We’re talking with one of the most profound men I have ever met, Dr. Bob Schuchts. After spending more than 30 years as a therapist, Dr. Bob founded the John Paul II Center for Healing, where his team leads a number of healing retreats for individuals and couples who want to encounter the healing love of Jesus Christ. We go through the actual marriage vows said in the Catholic sacrament of matrimony and talk about what they mean, ...
Mar 22, 2024•44 min
