Caroline Roberts

Caroline Roberts is a managing editor at the Acton Institute and produces Acton's weekly podcast, Acton Line.

Posts by Caroline Roberts

December 19, 2018

RFA Redux: David LaRocca on Brunello Cucinelli’s new philosophy of clothes

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, we revisit a previous RFA interview with David LaRocca: a philosopher, author, and filmmaker who has released a documentary on Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur Brunello Cuccinelli. Continue Reading...

December 12, 2018

Radio Free Acton: The Church and the market; Who is Lord Acton?

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Senior Editor at Acton, Rev. Ben Johnson, speaks with the Director of the Center for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics, Rev. Richard Turnbull, about the role the Church should take in the market and how that has played out specifically in the UK. Continue Reading...

December 05, 2018

Radio Free Acton: A.J. Jacobs on coffee and gratitude; The story of freedom in Estonia

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, producer Caroline Roberts speaks with A.J. Jacobs, journalist and New York Times bestselling author, about his latest book “Thanks a Thousand,” detailing his trip around to world to find and thank each person who worked to produce his morning coffee. Continue Reading...

November 28, 2018

Radio Free Acton: The legacy of C.S. Lewis; Marvel’s Daredevil

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, producer Caroline Roberts speaks with Michael Ward, a British Scholar and professor of apologetics at Houston Baptist University, about the work of the 20th century writer C.S. Continue Reading...

November 21, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Gratitude in a tight knit world

In this special Thanksgiving episode of Radio Free Acton, occasional host Anne Marie Schieber speaks with Liz Hilton, a designer, entrepreneur and 3D knit innovator. In 2015, Liz founded KNITit in response to the global need for customized knitting and is now finding purpose in helping others with her creativity. Continue Reading...

November 14, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Defining a human right; Understanding Brexit

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Trey Dimsdale, director of Program Outreach at Acton, speaks with Adam MacLeod, professor of law at Faulkner University, on the definition of a basic human right and how the concept is understood today. Continue Reading...

October 31, 2018

Radio Free Acton: The story of Arthur Vandenberg; Russell Kirk’s horror fiction

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Gleaves Whitney, Director of Grand Valley State University’s Howenstein Center for Presidential Studies, talks with Hank Meijer, Co-Chairman and CEO of US supermarket chain Meijer, about the story of Arthur Vandenberg (1884-1951), a US senator from Michigan who became one of the founders of modern US foreign policy. Continue Reading...

October 30, 2018

The economy is booming! Or is it?

The economy is booming. Since the market crash in 2008, the rate of unemployment is at an all-time low, with the latest study showing an unemployment rate of 3.7 percent. In the second quarter of 2018, GDP increased 4.2 percent and in the third quarter, 3.5 percent. Continue Reading...

October 24, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Hot, dirty, noisy: Purposeful work at Kerkstra Precast; Media blackout on Gosnell movie

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, award winning news anchor Anne Marie Schieber speaks with James Morgan about his job at Kerkstra Precast, an industrial plant. We get a look into James’ daily work and how he finds meaning and motivation in what he does. Continue Reading...

October 17, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Was Jesus a socialist? The importance of poetry

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Dan Hugger, Research Associate at Acton, speaks with Larry Reed, President of the Foundation for Economic Education, about the question that seems to be cropping up everywhere nowadays: Was Jesus a socialist? Continue Reading...

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