Is The University System Dead? (Jacob Imam)

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

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🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

This Live Interview is with Jacob Imam, who was born into a Muslim home, and converted to Catholicism under the guidance of his godfather, Walter Hooper (C. S. Lewis's personal secretary). He graduated from the University of Oxford as a Marshall scholar with his masters and doctorate, writing his dissertation on theology and economics.

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0:00.0	you and pray that those who watch this would not be hindered in their walk with Christ,
0:04.5	but would be led into a real communion with him and the Holy Catholic Church.
0:09.5	Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
0:12.3	Blessed art thou among women.
0:13.8	Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
0:15.8	Holy Mary, Mother of God, and pray for our sinners now and the hour for death.
0:19.3	Amen.
0:20.7	Looks like we're live now did it
0:25.2	did you have to click it or did it actually just do it either way we're live jacobie mom thanks for being
0:31.0	on the show please be with you florida version yeah so we've titled i feel like I moved on from that little Florida version too quickly.
0:41.2	I was dismissing you.
0:42.9	Sorry.
0:43.8	Let me do it again.
0:45.0	Yeah.
0:46.1	Anyway, Jacob, so listen, the thing is, mate, we've titled this something rather provocative today.
0:53.2	But it's a serious question.
0:55.0	Is the university system dead?
0:57.0	I grew up in Australia when I was 17 years old, graduated high school.
1:02.0	Small town, South Australia, I would say maybe 20% went to uni.
1:07.0	But it wasn't a mark of shame at all.
1:10.0	Sure. Then I meet this... To not go to the mark of shame at all. Sure.
1:12.5	Then I meet this... To not go to the university.
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