Catholic conscience in a world on fire.
The Jason Jones Show pairs long-form interviews with blunt Catholic human-rights advocacy. Its conversations move from Gaza, Nigeria, Lebanon, Iran, and the West Bank into questions of conscience, neighbor-love, politics, and what faith demands when civilians are suffering.
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The Jason Jones Show is a Catholic, interview-centered program shaped by humanitarian advocacy and a refusal to keep moral language polite. Its episodes often begin with personal setting, sponsor mission, or a campaign update, then move into long conversations about war, persecution, conscience, and the people left exposed when governments and institutions look away. Gaza is a recurring center of gravity. So are the West Bank, Nigeria, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Ukraine, and the Christian communities of the Holy Land. The show treats those places less as policy maps than as homes, churches, families, limbs, graves, and duties. It is grave, but it is not bloodless. Jason Jones jokes about noise, travel, awkward introductions, old music scenes, and his own rough edges, then turns hard toward genocide, abortion, Zionism, regime change, or the suffering of children. That tonal whiplash is part of the texture. The program lets guests speak at length, especially clergy, scholars, advocates, public servants, and people with firsthand proximity to conflict. Father Victor brings Nigeria into focus through parish life and persecution. Lex connects advocacy across Lebanon, Nigeria, and alerts about persecuted churches. Bryan Kemper opens a path back through pro-life organizing, hardcore music, and Rock for Life. Josephine Gilbeau brings military conscience and criticism of war. Daniel Benura and Dr. Zakanykis draw theology into the present crisis facing Palestinians and Christians in the Holy Land. Peter Galbraith offers a frame for unintended consequences from Iraq to Iran. Khalil Sayegh speaks from work with Palestinians and concern for West Bank Christians. John Kiriakou enters through courage, espionage, faith, and personal candor. Across those conversations, the show keeps returning to one claim: faith has to mean something when vulnerable people are under pressure. It is not a tidy current-affairs briefing. It is advocacy with interviews attached, often urgent, sometimes sprawling, and openly partisan on behalf of those it sees as abandoned. Listeners looking for detached analysis may find it too morally charged. Listeners who want Catholic conscience, antiwar argument, pro-life conviction, and humanitarian field work in one feed will understand its intensity quickly.
Made for: For listeners drawn to faith-driven conversations about war, persecution, abortion, and humanitarian duty. It especially suits people who want long interviews where theology and politics are tested against vulnerable lives.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by joining activist fundraising, Catholic moral argument, and geopolitical interviews without pretending they are separate lanes. Its strongest moments come when guests supply the facts and Jason Jones presses the moral question underneath them.
Jason is a film producer, author, activist and Catholic human rights worker. For the past 25+ years, he has worked to defend the most vulnerable — from the homeless on the streets of Los Angeles to persecuted Christians in Africa, from women in crisis pregnancies to victims of “honor killing” in Iran.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Urgent guest conversations connect Catholic moral claims to humanitarian work and the personal costs of dissent.
Jason Jones turns interviews into urgent arguments about what Catholic conscience requires amid war and persecution, especially when religious or political institutions fail vulnerable people.
Catholic conscience enters the humanitarian situation room when you want faith tested against the machinery of war.
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A blunt conversation about Gaza, faith, and Christian responsibility that ends in advocacy and fundraising.
Jones brings Josephine Guilbeau into a conversation that jumps quickly from military service to Gaza, Zionism, and the place of faith in war. It does not settle into a polished interview.
A blunt Christian argument for finding faith among the vulnerable, not the powerful.
This episode stays with a hard subject and does not try to smooth it over. Jason Jones introduces a Christian theologian from Bethlehem and lets the conversation move through Palestine, the West Bank, Gaza, Christ among the vulnerable, and Matthew 25, while also pressing on how…
A blunt conversation about vulnerability, church solidarity, and the cost of standing with the vulnerable.
Jason Jones and Joe Enders shape a conversation about the cost of public solidarity. After Enders lost his Archdiocese of Detroit job, the discussion keeps circling the tension between a church that says it stands with the vulnerable and the person who ends up carrying the…
A Ukraine war interview that treats mercy as something done, not just spoken.
The episode pairs Jason Jones with Valentina Pavzukova, and the focus stays on people living through the war in Ukraine rather than on policy talk.
A blunt Sudan update built around catastrophe, displacement, and violence against Christians.
The episode treats Sudan like a live alarm bell, with Jason Jones bringing back Brad Phillips for a fast, tense account of catastrophe, confusion in the news, displacement, famine, and violence against Christians.
Ben Rhodes and Tommy Vietor track the US-Iran war and Trump's foreign policy moves.
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Muslim politics with no soft edges.
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Connecticut talk with sharp civic instincts.
Books, media, memory, and public evidence.
This episode features an interview with Father Viktor discussing the situation in Nigeria, along with segments on Lebanon and controversies involving Trump and the Pope, while promoting the Vulnerable People Project's work.
Jason Jones discusses his shift from focusing primarily on abortion advocacy to expanding his work to defend vulnerable communities globally, including those facing genocide and ethnic cleansing.
On Easter Monday, Jason Jones interviews Captain Josephine Guilbeau, a former U.S.
On Easter Monday, Jason Jones interviews Dr.
This episode features an interview with Dr.
This episode features an interview with Ambassador Peter Galbraith discussing the potential unintended consequences of U.S.
This episode discusses the escalating violence against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, highlighting a humanitarian campaign to protect Christians and address issues like sexual assault and property destruction.
Jason Jones discusses the Vulnerable People Project's work defending persecuted Christians and other minorities in conflict zones, then introduces an interview with John Kiriakou.
Jason Jones interviews Jan Jekielek about China's organ harvesting industry and persecution of religious believers.
Jason Jones interviews former CIA officer Jonathan Kiriakou about his faith and his experience as a whistleblower on the torture program.
Jason Jones interviews Kelsey Reinhart of Catholic Vote about immigration, Iran, Gaza, and the role of Catholics in American politics.
Jason Jones interviews Joe Enders, a 31-year-old Catholic filmmaker and parish business manager who was fired by the Archdiocese of Detroit on Ash Wednesday after being placed on administrative leave on Shrove Tuesday, with his pregnant wife at home and no severance offered, and was explicitly told the archdiocese would not reveal which of his tweets violated their code of conduct.
Jason Jones interviews Dr.
Jason Jones interviews Dr.
Jason opens in Washington DC with a careful joke about Valentina Pavzukova's name.
Jason Jones broadcasts from Bethlehem, reflecting on the birth of Jesus and the legacy of early Christians in Palestine.
Jason Jones interviews the mayor of Bethlehem about his role, the challenges of serving the community, and promoting peace and tourism in Palestine.
Jason Jones discusses his recent trip to the West Bank and introduces an interview about Christian persecution, while promoting the Vulnerable People Project.
Jason Jones introduces his show's mission to cover the Uyghur genocide and other human rights issues, thanks donors for supporting Christian families in Gaza, and previews an interview with Sally Hedaya.
Jason Jones interviews Kelsey Reinhart, CEO of Catholic Vote, about her faith, her organization's political influence, and a recent column on immigration from a Catholic perspective.
Jason Jones interviews Pastor Bill about faith, humility, and their long-term friendship, with spiritual reflections and personal anecdotes.
Jason Jones introduces his show from a new studio, updates listeners on the Vulnerable People Project's recent aid deliveries to Gaza, Sudan, Nigeria, and Afghanistan, and promotes their website.
Sudan is not some faraway headline here.
Jason Jones discusses the global rise in Christian persecution with expert Nina Shea.
Jason Jones introduces an interview with Dr.
Jason Jones pays tribute to Charlie Kirk, reflecting on his character and influence in conservative politics.
Jason Jones relaunches his show with a casual episode introducing guests and discussing his pro-life work in Japan and other regions.
Jason Jones interviews an expert on China's alleged organ harvesting program, discussing human rights abuses and geopolitical implications.
Jason Jones interviews Xavier Avalid about anti-Arab prejudice in the Western church and the peace process, from Bethlehem.
Jason Jones interviews Reverend Munther in Bethlehem on the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, discussing the pastor's book and the current situation in the region.
Jason Jones discusses the imminent ethnic cleansing of Christians in the Nineveh Plains by Iranian-backed militias and calls for U.S.
This episode explores the plight of Palestinian Christians in Gaza during Holy Week, featuring a guest who lost family members and whose historic church was bombed, while discussing recent attacks and broader persecution issues.
This episode features an interview with Valentyna Pavsyukova, founder of Chalice of Mercy, discussing her humanitarian work providing medical and spiritual support on the frontlines in Ukraine.
This episode features a conversation with Nadine Maenza about the ongoing crisis in Syria, focusing on violence, persecution, and hope in the region.
Host Jason Jones discusses his recent humanitarian work in the Middle East, including delivering baby formula and organizing a hot meal festival for Christians in Gaza, while also updating listeners on documentary film projects.