As crises in Syria and Iraq reach a crescendo, Kevin Hartigan, Catholic Relief Services’ regional director for the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe, speaks from Baghdad about responding to families fleeing conflict in the region.
Podcasts
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The Booming Business of Fake News
In this week’s podcast Sam Sawyer, S.J., talks to Kerry Weber and Matt Malone, S.J., about why and how fake news came to dominate the media landscape. Several callers pitch in to describe their interactions with fake news.
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A Guide to Brokering Peace
In this week’s podcast, Senator George J. Mitchell speaks to Tim Reidy and Kevin Clarke about his experience negotiating peace deals in the Middle East and Northern Ireland. His latest book, A Path to Peace, written with Alon Sachar, lays out possible avenues for peace in the Middle East going forward. George J. Mitchell was […]
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Who is the Real Pope Francis?
This week, Mark Shriver chats to Olga Segura and Matt Malone, S.J., about his new book. In Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis, Mark Shriver explains who Jorge Bergoglio was before he took on papal responsibility.
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How to Live a Committed Life
Following Rhona Tarrant’s news review, this week Eileen Markey speaks to Kerry Weber and Matt Malone, S.J., about her latest book, A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura. In this clip Eileen Markey discusses why Sister Maura was assassinated in El Salvador and the great contributions of the Maryknoll sisters.
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How Our Next President Was Elected
The morning after the election of Donald J. Trump, America‘s National Correspondent, Michael O’Loughlin, and Associate Editor at America, Robert David Sullivan, discuss how the election unfolded with Kerry Weber and Tim Reidy.
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How Alcoholics Anonymous is Connecting People to God
In this week’s podcast Bill McGarvey speaks to Tim Reidy and Kevin Clarke about how Alcoholics Anonymous is connecting people to God outside of the church. For Bill McGarvey, many of the most grounded and spiritually open people he knows are members of A.A. In an age where fewer people are willing to affiliate with institutional […]
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Hollywood takes on heaven
This week America‘s L.A. Correspondent, Jim McDermott, S.J., talks to Kerry Weber and Matt Malone, S.J., and they discuss how Hollywood portrays religion—for better and for worse. For Jim McDermott, many attempts to explore religious territory in film and television are kitschy, but a new show called “The Good Place” has a particularly sophisticated take on […]
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What is the new Jesuit Superior General really like?
This week Tim Reidy and Ashley McKinless welcome America‘s editor at large James Martin, S.J., into the studio. Together they discuss the new Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Arturo Sosa, S.J., and what type of leader he will make in comparison to his predecessor.
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Who Should We Consider Saints?
This week Robert Ellsberg discusses his book, Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses, with Kerry Weber and Matt Malone, S.J. The book includes reflections on the stories of canonized saints, and well as lay, non-Christian and non-religious individuals. The purpose of sharing these stories is to provide readers with daily spiritual guidance. […]