Podcasts

Speaking to Tim Reidy and Kerry Malone, in this week's podcast Maryann Cusimano Love explains the foreign policy stances of the presidential candidates. This is a subject Maryann Cusimano Love is well qualified to discuss; she advises the Secretary of State and the Federal Advisory Commission on how the government can engage with civil society and […]

In this week's podcast, Greg Erlandson, the editor-in-chief of the Catholic News Service, talks to Matt Malone, S.J., and Ashley McKinless about the challenges Catholic print media is facing today. As he wrote in the pages of America, Greg Erlandson argues that the value of Catholic print media remains, but it must change in order […]

Kenneth L. Woodward is the author of Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama, a book that fuses memoir, history, and religious scholarship. In this podcast he speaks to Matt Malone, S.J., and Kerry Weber about the moments in history he witnessed as religion editor for Newsweek, […]

This week Christopher Pramuk, a professor of theology at Xavier University, ponders raising his young son in a post-9/11 world. Together with Pramuk, Kevin Clarke and Matt Malone, S.J., discuss how American lives have been spiritually, culturally and psychologically altered by the tragedy.

In this week's podcast the theologian and writer Jonathan Malesic speaks to Matt Malone, S. J., and Kerry Weber about why we need a theology of work. Drawing on St. John Paul II and Benedictine thought, Malesic argues that it is important set boundaries around our work lives, because a person's dignity is not derived […]

The artist Alfonse Borysewicz, who received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995, brings his paintings to parishes and talks to parishioners about how art interacts with faith. In this podcast Alfonse speaks to Tim Reidy and Kevin Clarke about the role of art in Catholic communities, and how Catholic artists depict sacred figures today.

David Stewart, S.J., is America's London correspondent. He talks to Matt Malone, S.J., and Kerry Weber about the aftermath of the Brexit vote, and discusses how the Scottish independence movement has been affected.

What can the church do on the parish level for people with disabilities? Matt Malone, S.J., and Kevin Clarke talk with Steve Riley of Potomac Community Resources about how one parish's ministry is expanding across the archdiocese, and what it means for a parish to be inclusive.