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Péter Heltai

Péter Heltai is a journalist, editor, and podcast host based in Budapest. He previously served as a diplomat in the Hungarian humanitarian programme Hungary Helps and as an international adviser to Minister for Family Affairs Katalin Novák. He now edits and hosts the digital platforms of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium including the magazine and opinion-site Corvinak.hu, MCC Podcast, and MCC GeoPod. His articles frequently appear in Hungarian and international newspapers. He holds a BA in History from Pázmány Péter Catholic University and an MA in European Studies from the Catholic University of Leuven.
Unlike the loud and bloody scandal of twentieth-century totalitarian ideologies, today the respect for tradition, continuity, and constancy is vanishing silently, while often attacked and put into the same box
‘Live Not by Lies’ – goes the famous Solzhenitsyn quote which is also the title of Rod Dreher’s recently published new book. Our podcast host and contributor, Péter Heltai speaks
As Live Not by Lies makes clear, we are facing the zealots of a new sect with its own dogmas, clergy, and easily uttered anathemas.