This morning, my latest little Catholic internet project went live as the first episode of The View from Down Here was released. The show features your truly and the brothers Malone having a chinwag about some of the big news stories from the United States that touch on Catholicism, politics or — better still — both.

In the first episode, we talked about the controversy over President Obama’s contraceptive mandate as part of health care reform. We also had the first of what will be many discussions on the 2012 presidential election, and specifically the Republican primary contests.

I’d be interested to get people’s thoughts on the show, which you can listen to by clicking here