The Patrick Madrid Show: May 19, 2026 - Hour 2
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Patrick measures the fast erosion of book reading, especially among men, against an explosion of podcasts and instant digital entertainment, all while considering what’s lost when screens replace ink and paper. Candid conversations weave through everything from the fading art of handwriting to whether men are more likely than women to get lost in online lectures.
- The importance of handwriting notes and love letters (01:01)
- The explosion of podcasts coinciding with the steep decline of people reading books - https://www.wsj.com/business/media/dad-books-are-a-dying-breed-d9a28b49 (05:01
- Mark - Do men listen to lectures more than women? What is your experience? (21:18)
- Lillian - How can someone marry in the Church without being baptized? (25:24)
- Mark - Can a man become a priest if he has same-sex attractions but decides to take a vow of chastity? (34:38)
- Audio: This newly baptized Catholic woman shares the differences between Protestant and Catholic worship after only a few months of becoming Catholic. - https://x.com/Xtopher_Uzo/status/2052036604387082445 (46:49)
- Audio: An evangelical tried to defend Sola Scriptura, then he followed it to its conclusion - https://x.com/BillArnoldTeach/status/2050249984617123982?s=20 (48:47)
Transcript
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| 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. |
| 0:19.0 | What is the use of handwriting now that we've all got computers? |
| 0:21.6 | Everything. I mean this seriously. |
| 0:24.6 | Okay. |
| 0:25.6 | You can't write a love poem on a computer. If you want something from the heart, it has to come through the hand. |
| 0:31.6 | I really believe this. |
| 0:32.6 | But I don't think you're far off, Charles, because the thing is that the movements that you do in handwriting require you to process information actively, and that means there are many more |
| 0:41.9 | links between regions of the brain which process information and the ones responsible for |
| 0:45.6 | memory, for example. So I think you're right. I think there is an unlocking of creativity when |
| 0:50.2 | you use handwriting. Yeah, I agree with that. |
| 0:58.2 | Can't write a love letter on a computer, Cyrus. |
| 0:59.1 | Come on, man. |
| 1:01.7 | Do you write your books longhand? |
| 1:03.1 | No. |
| 1:06.8 | Never once did I ever do that. But if you're going to write a note to Nancy, a love letter, |
| 1:15.2 | would you use AI to help you write that? |
| 1:16.3 | Of course not. |
| 1:20.1 | Or would you write from the heart with the pencil or a pen? |
| 1:22.4 | From the heart with my hand. |
| 1:23.3 | There you go. |
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