The Patrick Madrid Show: April 22, 2026 - Hour 1
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Patrick welcomes listeners into discussions sparked by tough questions on ethics, from the morality of tax write-offs to shopping at pharmacies that sell abortion pills. He responds to callers about everything from investing with Catholic values to questions about Communion posture and the purpose of prayer, all while pointing out real resources for those struggling with divorce or weighing homeschooling. Each exchange feels direct, sometimes surprising, as Patrick links the big questions of faith to what actually fills people’s days.
- Mark (email) – Writing off an expense (01:08)
- Michael - CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid distributed the abortion pill. What are Catholics' obligations who work or shop there? (03:42)
- Jacob - Is there any easy way to figure out which Eucharistic prayer is being prayed? (13:30)
- Email – Why pray at all if, as you say, God exists outside of time? (18:16)
- Michael – I would also raise the issue of investment when it comes to supporting or not supporting companies that promote evil. I think as Catholics, we need to insist that HR Department give us an investment package that is sensitive to our beliefs. (23:41)
- Email question about home schooling (31:28)
- Nathaniel - Our Bishop told us we couldn't have kneelers at the front of the church. (37:51)
- Valerie - Would it be ok for a widow and widower to co-habitat? (42:43)
- Henry - My wife and I have found that it is important to let people know why we are boycotting them. Sometimes businesses are clueless. (46:25)
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, |
| 0:12.0 | encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.0 | It's the Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:18.0 | Good morning and much enchiladas, everybody. |
| 0:22.5 | It's good to have you here. |
| 0:23.3 | Thank you for listening. |
| 0:25.5 | And as ever, my number is 888, 914949. |
| 0:30.0 | 88, 911, 9149. |
| 0:32.6 | And please send emails to Patrick at Relevantradio.com. |
| 0:36.9 | Got one right here as people get into an orderly queue to get on the air. |
| 0:41.5 | We have space right now, but that won't last very long. The phone lines tend to get jammed up pretty |
| 0:45.9 | quickly. This is from Mark, and he says, I was listening to, it was a replay of an earlier show, |
| 0:52.9 | and you were recapping an issue that Carlos raised about the ethics of quote-unquote writing off an expense. |
| 0:58.6 | I'm not sure how, but the topic became something that Carlos wasn't even asking. |
| 1:03.6 | As I understand it, his friend planned to travel sounded like a vacation. |
| 1:07.6 | And while traveling, apply for jobs with absolutely no intention of taking a job |
| 1:12.4 | offer or taking a job if offered in doing so is travel um this is i guess it's a traveling |
| 1:21.0 | a known traveling tactic he says but it's in no way related to a business expense reimbursed by |
| 1:27.4 | your employer it's deceiving the federal government a business expense reimbursed by your employer. |
| 1:28.1 | It's deceiving the federal government and fellow tax players. |
| 1:30.5 | It certainly doesn't meet your three question criteria for morality |
| 1:34.2 | as it's obviously planned deception. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Relevant Radio, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Relevant Radio and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.