Fr. Ambrose Criste sits down with Erika to confront the central challenges of the Church in America: Why are so many Catholics leaving the Church? What went wrong with Catholic education? And how do we turn this ship around? Fr. Ambrose also shares his personal vocation story and what it’s like to be a “celebrity priest.”

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Indiana Republicans who opposed Trump-backed redistricting efforts got crushed in Tuesday’s primaries. Meanwhile, SCOTUS pauses a major abortion-pill ruling. And finally, Utah residents revolt against a major AI Data Center project. All this and more on the LOOPcast!

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00:00 Welcome to the LOOPcast

04:00 Primary Results

27:40 SCOTUS and Mifepristone

48:41 Good News

59:00 Data Center Community Resistance

1:16:17 Homeschool Beef

1:28:55 The Life of American Children

1:42:35 Twilight Zone

2:11:03 Closing Prayer

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America needs more homes… but what if the ones we’re building are falling apart? In this episode of The Deep, Erika exposes the shocking truth behind new construction, from hidden defects to broken incentives, and why Big Building is making the housing crisis worse.

0:00 Intro: New houses are a disaster

1:40 We need more homes

3:01 Why can’t we build enough houses?

4:58 Why prefab fails

6:13 The death of craftsmanship

7:06 Poor quality materials

8:09 Broken market incentives

10:04 How large builders trap new buyers

12:44 How we solve the crisis

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