A conversation with Gabriella Jeakle about learning to live with loneliness at college and beyond
Jesuitical
A podcast for saints and sinners from America Media. Hosted by Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis.
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Is Augustine the most relatable saint?
James K. A. Smith tells us to forget what we think we know about St. Augustine.
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Faith and politics in Silicon Valley
A conversation with Rep. Ro Khanna of California’s 17th District
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Thinking about your death will make you a better Catholic
This week, we talk with Sister Theresa Aletheia, the founder of the Memento Mori Project.
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Lakota and Catholic: Jesuit education on the Pine Ridge Reservation
This week, we talk with Maka Clifford of the Red Cloud Indian School in South Dakota.
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Wajahat Ali reminds U.S. Catholics of their own history of discrimination
This week, we talk with Wajahat Ali, a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times, where he covers religion, family life and U.S. politics. Wajahat is also one of the producers of the Emmy-nominated series, “The Secret Life of Muslims,” which takes a look into the lives of U.S. Muslims. We talk with […]
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From alcoholism and agnosticism to converting to Catholicism: a conversation on faith with Mary Karr
“Any way I tell this story is a lie.” Mary Karr opens her memoir “Lit” with a warning about the inevitable unreliability of memory. But don’t be fooled. Mary Karr delivers many truths that you need to hear. Mary Karr is an award-winning poet and New York Times best-selling author. Her poems have been published […]
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Have we reached a turning point in the gun control debate?
As I write this, thousands of students across the country are walking out of their high schools to protest gun violence. April 20 marks the 19th anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colo., which left 13 dead. At the time, it was the deadliest school shooting in modern U.S. history. Tragically, […]
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The (Catholic) Science Guy
Whoever says you have to choose between science and faith has not met Guy Consolmagno, S.J.—a Jesuit brother and director of the Vatican Observatory. We ask what projects the pope’s astronomers are working on now, if he believes in aliens and why people in every time and place look to the stars with big questions. […]
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Sarah Silverman on whether hell exists and why she loves the Jesuits
Subscribe for Free Listen Online “You know, I don’t know about Jesuits except what I am learning,” Sarah Silverman tells us on this week’s episode of Jesuitical. “Every Jesuit I meet, I find that I adore and just love the bringing emotion and feelings and intellect together.” Every week, during the interview portion of […]