Culture Wars with Jonathon Van Maren
128 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsJonathon Van Maren gives cutting edge analysis and interviews with top culture warriors, journalists, authors.
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Jonathon Van Maren interviews Mark Steyn
October 26, 2015 14:36 - 25 minutes - 35 MBMark Steyn is a commentator and New York Times best-selling author. On this episode of The Bridgehead, Mark and Jonathon chat about demographics, abortion, and the rise of Islam.
Ezra Levant on Freedom for Christians
October 26, 2015 14:31 - 25 minutes - 35 MBEzra Levant is a Canadian activist, journalist, author, and television host at the TheRebel.media. He joined Jonathon Van Maren to talk about the state of free speech and the silencing of Christians in Canada.
Dr. Robert Jensen on Porn and Masculinity
October 26, 2015 14:27 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBDr. Robert Jensen is a porn researcher and the author of Pornography and the End of Masculinity. He joined Jonathon Van Maren to discuss how porn is destroying men and the culture.
Jonathon Van Maren interviews Rev. Gerard Wilberforce
October 26, 2015 13:52 - 20 minutes - 28.5 MBRev. Gerard Wilberforce is a priest from the United Kingdom—and great-great grandson of the abolitionist William Wilberforce. He joined Jonathon to discuss the legacy of his ancestor—and what William Wilberforce would be doing today if he were alive.
Jonathon Van Maren interviews former porn star Shelley Lubben
October 22, 2015 21:51 - 28 minutes - 39.1 MBShelley Lubben is a former porn star and founder of the Pink Cross Foundation. She joined Jonathon to talk about what really goes on inside the porn industry.
Jonathon Van Maren Interviews Author Joel C. Rosenberg
October 22, 2015 21:13 - 5 minutes - 6.91 MBJoel C. Rosenberg is a New York Times best-selling fiction and non-fiction author. He joined Jonathon to talk about the persecution of Christians overseas as well as the duty of Christians to defend the defenceless here at home.
Jonathon Van Maren interviews MP Maurice Vellacott
October 22, 2015 21:09 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MBMaurice Vellacott is an outgoing Member of Parliament. He joined Jonathon to talk about political strategies of moving the abortion debate forward.
Jonathon Van Maren interviews Nazi-Hunter Efraim Zuroff
October 22, 2015 21:00 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MBDr. Efraim Zuroff is an Israeli historian of American origin who has played a role in bringing Nazis indicted for war crimes to trial. Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center office in Jerusalem, is the coordinator of Nazi war crimes research worldwide for the Wiesenthal Center and the author of its annual (since 2001) “Status Report” on the worldwide investigation and prosecution of Nazi war criminals which includes a list of “most wanted” Nazi war criminals. He joined Jonathon to di...
Immaculee Ilibagiza on the Rwandan Genocide
October 22, 2015 20:44 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBImaculee Ilibagiza is a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide. She wrote her powerful story in the book Left To Tell. She joined Jonathon to discuss her experiences, and the power of forgiveness.
Jonathon Van Maren interviews Phyllis Schlafly
October 22, 2015 20:32 - 24 minutes - 33.5 MBPhyllis Schlafly, is an American constitutional lawyer, conservative activist, author, and founder of the Eagle Forum. She is known for her staunch social and political conservatism, her opposition to modern feminism and for her campaign against the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. Author of many books, she is arguably the most successful political activist of the last century. She joined Jonathon to talk about where social conservatism stands today.
Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems on Emmett Till's murder
October 22, 2015 20:08 - 24 minutes - 33.4 MBDr. Clenora-Hudson Weems is the author of the ground-breaking book Emmett Till: The Sacrificial Lamb of the Civil Rights Movement. She joined Jonathon Van Maren to talk about the impact of imagery on the Civil Rights movement—and what we can learn from the story of Emmett Till.
Jonathon Van Maren interviews Barbara Kay on abortion
October 22, 2015 18:14 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBBarbara Kay is a columnist and editor with the National Post who writes often on Canada’s no-holds-barred abortion regime. Although she is pro-choice, she regularly speaks out against pro-choice fanaticism. She joined Jonathon to talk about where pro-lifers and pro-choicers can find common ground.
Jonathon Van Maren interviews Gavin McInnes
October 22, 2015 18:02 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBGavin McInnes is a Scottish-Canadian writer, creative director, actor, and co-founder of Vice Magazine. He used to be a liberal pro-choice celebrity. Now, he’s pro-life. He came on The Bridgehead to tell us why.
Jonathon Van Maren interviews Kathy Shaidle
October 22, 2015 17:47 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MBKathy Shaidle is a bomb-throwing Canadian blogger, columnist, and poet. She joined Jonathon Van Maren to talk chat about the state of free speech in Canada.
Macleans Editor Paul Wells on Stephen Harper
October 22, 2015 17:31 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBA well-known Canadian journalist, Paul Wells is an editor at Maclean’s and author of several books. He joined Jonathon Van Maren to talk about his most recent book on Stephen Harper, The Longer I’m Prime Minister.
Jonathon Van Maren interviews Peter Hitchens on the culture
October 22, 2015 17:15 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBPeter Hitchens is a renowned journalist, commentator, and author hailing from the United Kingdom. His scathing tomes having taken on everything from left-wing ideology (The Abolition of Britain) to the flamboyant atheism of his brother Christopher (The Rage Against God.) He came on The Bridgehead to discuss the current state of the West—and dig into some of the issues we face.
Eva Schloss: Anne Frank's Step-Sister
October 22, 2015 17:02 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBJonathon interviews Eva Schloss, Holocaust survivor, author of Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale, and stepsister of Anne Frank.
Rescuing Christian children from ISIS with Lord Weidenfeld & Steve Maman
October 17, 2015 04:46 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MBJonathon Van Maren speaks with with Lord George Weidenfeld of the British House of Lords, and Steve Maman of the Liberation of Christian and Yazidi Children of Iraq. Lord Weidenfeld, a Holocaust survivor, shares how a conversation with Pope John Paul II and a long-standing debt of gratitude to Christians spurred him to act. Steve Maman, often called "the Jewish Schindler," talks about what his negotiators are doing on the ground in Iraq to rescue children from ISIS.
Jonathon Van Maren Interviews Dr. Monica Miller on the abortion wars
October 15, 2015 20:51 - 25 minutes - 32.3 MBJonathon Van Maren interviews Dr. Monica Miller, author of "Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars."
Sophie Scholl And The White Rose with Frank McDonough
October 15, 2015 20:48 - 28 minutes - 37.7 MBJonathon Van Maren interviews historian Frank McDonough about his book Sophie Scholl: The Woman Who Defied Hitler.
The History Of Abolition with Adam Hochschild
October 15, 2015 20:44 - 26 minutes - 34.8 MBJonathon Van Maren interviews author, journalist, and lecturer Adam Hochschild about his book Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebel's in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves and his history of abolition.
On Schindlers List- Leon Leyson's Story
October 15, 2015 20:32 - 25 minutes - 29.1 MBThe late Leon Leyson, the youngest Jew on Oskar Schindler's famous list, joined Jonathon Van Maren some time ago to tell his story--of knowing Oskar Schindler, of his rescue, and of what we can learn.
Chris Slattery on fighting for life in North America's Abortion Capital
October 15, 2015 18:41 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBChris Slattery of Frontline Crisis Pregancy Centres joins Jonathon from Manhattan to talk about how he fights the highest abortion rate in North America--seven out of ten pregnancies aborted--in New York City, the Abortion Capital. His stories horrify--one woman who had 26 abortions--and thrill--she cancelled her 27th and chose life.
MP Rob Anders on Canadian social conservatism
October 15, 2015 17:51 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBMember of Parliament Rob Anders joins Jonathon Van Maren to talk about the uphill battle social conservatives have in politics--and what they must do to win.
Bobby Schindler talks euthanasia and his sister Terri Schiavo
October 15, 2015 17:30 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBTerri Schiavo's brother Bobby Schindler joins Jonathon Van Maren to talk about the judicial murder of his sister--and the culture of death that threatens the elderly, the disabled, and the vulnerable.
Author Wendy Shalit on modern sex education
October 09, 2015 19:25 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBWith debates raging on how modern sex education effects kids, Jonathon Van Maren is joined by Wendy Shalit, author of "A Return to Modesty," on why modern sex education is so dangerous.
Jill Stanek on witnessing babies being born alive and left to die
October 09, 2015 18:37 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBJill Stanek, a prominent pro-life leader and speaker, first witnessed babies being born alive and left to die as a nurse at Christ Hospital, Illinois. She led the charge to pass the Born Alive Infant's Act--which Obama voted against.
Os Guinness on being a Christian in today's culture
October 09, 2015 18:30 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBChristian author and intellectual Os Guinness speaks with Jonathon Van Maren on gay marriage, Christian culture, and how to confront the forces of secularism.