Focused on Life Podcast

Focused on Life Podcast

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Season 3 | Episode 2: The "Focused on Life" World Cup Rankings
World Cup fever is here! As Canada, the United States, and Mexico host the 2026 World Cup, Uju and Matt get in on the action. Soccer or football - depending on where you're from - meets the pro-life movement as they rank all 48 World Cup nations based on their legal protection for human life from conception. Which countries make the top of the table, and which finish at the bottom? Will the most pro-life nation lift the cup? Tune in to find out!
Season 3 | Episode 1: Remembering Jim Hughes
After a longer than expected hiatus, we're BACK for a new season with new episodes. On May 18th, 2026, the pro-life movement lost one of it's leading patriarchs - Jim Hughes. Uju and Matt share about their relationship with the 'pope' of Canada's pro-life movement and how God brought Jim into our lives and into the lives of so many. We also play a short clip from our interview with Jim back in 2024. Be sure to listen to Season 1 | Episode 10: Remembering Pro-Life Giants with Special Guest Jim Hughes for our long conversation with Jim. WATCH Mass of Christian Burial for Jim Hughes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z-j2qEE-GE&t=5s Homily delivered by Fr. Louis DiRocco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNP32NIUVag&t=11s
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Season 2 | Episode 4: Abortion Pill Reversal 101 with Dr. Dermot Kearney
As a very busy summer comes to an end, Uju and Matt sit down with the one and only Dr. Dermot Kearney, a consultant cardiologist and former President of the Catholic Medical Association (UK), who is a leading expert in Abortion Pill Reversal. Tune in to learn more about chemical abortions, the antidote, and the wonderful success stories of lives saved. Resources: abortionpillreversal.com is a wonderful resource. If you know someone who has taken the first abortion drug (mifepristone) and is regretting it, please share this page with them. It can save a life! Follow Dr. Dermot on X (twitter) @DermotKearney3
Season 2 | Episode 3: Ugandan Martyrs, School-board victories, bubble-zones, abortion in the DRC, and is 'pride' fizzling out?
It's June! The month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the month of martyrs! This is one of those episodes where we chat a little bit about everything. Good news - Something big happened in one of the largest school boards in Canada - Bad news - anti free speech bubble zones continue to sweep across the West. Resources for personal research: One of the largest Catholic School Boards in Canada vote against flying of 'pride' flags: https://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/clc-blog/id/382/title/miracle-on-matheson-blvd- Learn about the Ugandan Martyrs and their Shrine in Namugongo, Uganda: https://www.ugandamartyrsshrine.org.ug/about-martyrs/martyrdom Read the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa AKA "The Maputo Protocal": Microsoft Word - Protocol on the Rights of Women (ohchr.org)
Season 2 | Episode 2: Euthanasia and assisted-suicide are closer than they appear with leading expert Alex Schadenberg 
What is euthanasia? What is assisted-suicide? And how did Canada become the model for activists pushing euthanasia laws around the world? Matt and I had the opportunity to chat with leading expert and executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Alex Schadenberg. Alex has been fighting the good fight in the eye of the storm for the past 25 years. If you think you and your family are safe from euthanasia and assisted suicide, guess again. - Uju Resource for personal research: Go to https://epcc.ca/ for more information. This is the number one resource in the world on Euthanasia and Assisted-suicide. Read Alex's blog with articles and commentary posted almost daily https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/ Contact us via email with any and all questions, comments, news bits etc. at focusedonlifepodcast@gmail.com Don’t forget to subscribe and share!
Season 2 | Episode 1: Pro-life victories in Canada?
Description: We're back for Season 2 of Focused on Life Podcast. In our first episode of season 2, Uju and I chat about some recent pro-life and pro-family victories in Canada. 2024 started off well, but there's no time to slow down. The work continues! - Matt Contact us via email with any and all questions, comments, news bits etc. at focusedonlifepodcast@gmail.com Don’t forget to subscribe and share!
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Episode 10: Remembering Pro-Life Giants with Special Guest Jim Hughes
We made it to Episode 10 of Focused on Life Podcast! On this last episode of 2023, we have the privilege of chatting with the one and only, 'pope of the Canadian pro-life movement', Jim Hughes. Sit back and enjoy. Jim's stories of times past never disappoint. - Matt PS - This is our last episode of the year and of Season 1. We'll be back in the new year! Merry Christmas! WATCH: Epic debate between Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Henry Morgentaler on live TV. Enjoy the throwback to TV in the 80s:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-GY_hb3100&t=2337s NOTES: Jim name-dropped a lot - Saints John Paul II and Mother Teresa, Jerome Lejeune, Bernard Nathanson, Joe Borowski. Google them to learn more about these wonderful pro-life Heroes. For more information go to focusedonlifepodcast.com or email us at focusedonlifepodcast@gmail.com
Episode 9: Feminism, the good, the bad, and the ugly
Episode 9 is out – In this episode, Uju and I discuss feminism. The origins, how it's changed over the years, and what it looks like today. Spoiler alert - it ain't pretty - Matt Contact us via email with any and all questions, comments, news bits etc. at focusedonlifepodcast@gmail.com For more info go to www.focusedonlifepodcast.com Don’t forget to subscribe and share!
Episode 8: Abortion on demand in the Buckeye State? With special guest Beth Vanderkooi
Episode 8 is out – Ohio’s anti-life constitutional amendment which received majority support on the ballot a few weeks ago is set to take effect this week (December 7th). Matt and I had the opportunity to chat with my good friend Beth Vanderkooi, Executive Director of Greater Columbus Right to Life about what just happened and what’s next for the right to life and the family in Ohio - Uju Resources for personal research: Watch: Issue 1 Conversation with Beth Vanderkooi via Garden City Church, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cAzkXK_GeU&t=3656s Read: In depth analysis on Issue 1 via the Greater Columbus Right to Life https://www.gcrtl.org/stop What happened on Nov. 7 and why? What do we do now by Beth Vanderkooi, Nov 30, 2023. https://catholictimescolumbus.org/voices/beth-vanderkooi/what-happened-on-nov-7-and-why-what-do-we-do-now Contact us via email with any and all questions, comments, news bits etc. at focusedonlifepodcast@gmail.com For more info go to www.focusedonlifepodcast.com Don’t forget to subscribe and share!
Episode 7: Maternal Health – What’s abortion got to do with it?
Episode 7 is out – Uju and I discuss Maternal Health and the solutions to ending maternal mortality. These solutions are all within reach and abortion is NOT one of them! - Matt Resources for personal research: Watch: UN side event hosted by the Holy See Mission in cooperation with Campaign Life Coalition, Culture of Life Africa, SPUC, and MaterCare International, March 17, 2016. Best Practices for Maternal Health Care in Africa: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1j/k1j6tf7bdp Read: Importance of Maternal Nutrition in the First 1,000 Days of Life and Its Effects on Child Development, October 2022. National Institutes of Health. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9640361/ Contact us via email with any and all questions, comments, news bits etc. at focusedonlifepodcast@gmail.com For more info go to www.focusedonlifepodcast.com Don’t forget to subscribe and share!
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