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Ep. 90 - A City to Live In
Season 1 Episode 90
It’s no secret that access to affordable housing in America is increasingly out of reach. Activists in the growing YIMBY (“Yes In My Back Yard”) move…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 89 - Life Inside, and Out
Season 1 Episode 89
It’s no secret that the United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Less well known, though, is what actually takes place …
4 years ago
Ep. 88 - A Hidden Struggle
Season 1 Episode 88
For many Catholic women experiencing infertility, the Church has not been a welcoming, listening place—and that’s something that needs to change.
On …
4 years ago
Ep. 87 - Sounds of Silence
Season 1 Episode 87
Ancient monks entered the desert wilds of Egypt and the Holy Land in search of solitude and silence. What they found instead was a rich sonic landsca…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ep. 86 - Not Too Late
Season 1 Episode 86
Intractable racism, increasing inequality, and intensifying climate change—for author and environmental activist Bill McKibben, these are some of the…
4 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 85 - Should Catholics Promote Democracy?
Season 1 Episode 85
For most of its history, the Catholic Church clung to a deep skepticism concerning the legitimacy of democracy.
But that all changed during the twent…
4 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 84 - Forward & Backward
Season 1 Episode 84
One quality of a Catholic poet is a heightened capacity to see—not just into the future, but into the past as well.
On this episode, poet Paul Mariani…
4 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 83 - ‘An Early Spring’
Season 1 Episode 83
In the American Church today, few figures are as outspoken about the need for Catholics to treat LGBTQ people with love, respect, and compassion as J…
4 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 82 - ‘Broken Places’
Season 1 Episode 82
Few living writers speak as eloquently and incisively about the terrible contradictions of armed conflict as Marine Corps veteran and award-winning a…
4 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 81 - Is This What We Wanted?
Season 1 Episode 81
It’s been just over a week since Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion appearing to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to the press.
On thi…
4 years, 5 months ago