Episode Details

On this special year-end episode, we’re revisiting four of our favorite conversations from the past year. 

Sociologist Matthew Desmond explains how the United States can choose to abolish poverty. Sr. Helen Prejean and singer Ryan McKinney discuss the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Dead Man Walking. Poet-scholar and slam champion Joshua Bennett talks about the history of spoken word. And philosopher Zena Hitz unpacks the spirit of “wholeheartedness” at the center of religious life. 

Listen to the full conversations here: 

• Matthew Desmond on poverty in America
• Sr. Helen Prejean and Ryan McKinney on Dead Man Walking
• Joshua Bennett on spoken word poetry 
• Zena Hitz on the essence of religious life