‘The Brothers Karamazov’ Helped Inspire the Catholic App Hallow

《卡拉马佐夫兄弟》启发了天主教应用程序Hallow的诞生

Old School with Shilo Brooks

2026-02-26

54 分钟
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Alex Jones was using apps like Headspace and Calm to quiet his mind, but he had fallen away from his Catholic faith. Then he read The Brothers Karamazov, and everything changed. Alex, who went on to recommit himself to Christ and start Hallow, the Catholic prayer app with millions of users worldwide, believes Dostoevsky’s classic is the perfect book to read for Lent.  In this conversation, Alex explains to Shilo how the novel mirrors Christian scripture, explores Dostoevsky’s answer to the problem of evil, and shares why he chose the Silicon Valley start-up model as his unlikely but powerful way to bring millions of people back to daily prayer. Old School is proudly brought to you by the Jack Miller Center. If you believe in the importance of civic education and want to help prepare the next generation to carry on our democracy, join us at JackMillerCenter.org. Become a paid subscriber to The Free Press today to enjoy exclusive bonus episodes and reduced ads. Click here to subscribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • I'm Shiloh Brooks.

  • I'm a professor and CEO, and I believe reading good books makes us better men.

  • Today, I'm talking to Alex Jones.

  • Alex is the founder and CEO of Hallow.

  • The Brothers Care Maws Off by Fedor Dostoevsky published in 1879 changed Alex's life.

  • Today, I'm asking him why.

  • This is old school.

  • Alex Jones welcome to old school.

  • Oh,

  • thanks so much

  • for having me brother has an honor So I want our listeners to get to know a little bit about you and who you are before we discuss the book choice

  • because the book choice is the brothers Karamazov,

  • which not every human being would choose I'm telling you're a special guy.

  • That's an 800 page Russian novel that weighs 50 pounds So tell us a little bit about you about hallow.

  • What is it?

  • Why did you found it?

  • That's a great question I love Pope Francis' answer to, who are you?

  • I'm a sinner is the shortest answer.

  • But yeah, the Hallow story and my story are really pretty similar.

  • I was raised, religious, I was raised Catholic,