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Ep. 144 - Best Interviews of 2024
Season 1 Episode 144
As you probably know by now, 2024 was a big year for Commonweal, marking one hundred years of continuous publication.
It was also an important one fo…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 143 - ‘Hope Grows in the Dark’
Season 1 Episode 143
What does it mean to “have hope,” especially during challenging times? Is it something we can possess, like a talisman to ward off despair?
No, argues…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 142 - ‘What Backlash Looks Like’
Season 1 Episode 142
In the wake of the 2024 election, many are wondering how to make sense of the results—including how a capable, qualified woman could lose to a man li…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 141 - Follow the Money
Season 1 Episode 141
The invitation-only Catholic prelature known as Opus Dei, founded in Spain in 1927 by the recently canonized priest Josemaría Escrivá, currently coun…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 140 - Fewer Screens, More Meaning
Season 1 Episode 140
It’s no secret that there’s a mental health crisis affecting young people in the United States. Rates of anxiety, symptoms of depression, and even su…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 139 - Detroit’s Black Christian Utopia
Season 1 Episode 139
The Trump campaign has made us all too familiar with the ideology of Christian Nationalism, with its violent rhetoric and racist undertones.
Far less…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 138 - The Work AI Can’t Do
Season 1 Episode 138
Corporate boosters of artificial intelligence promise that the technology will vastly improve efficiency in the world of work. But is that actually d…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep. 137 - Epic in the Everyday
Season 1 Episode 137
Garth Greenwell’s latest novel, Small Rain, is set in a midwestern ICU during the early days of the pandemic, as its unnamed narrator, a writer, expe…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep. 136 - Are Catholic Colleges Unique?
Season 1 Episode 136
As the fall semester begins, colleges and universities are bracing for fresh controversies over free speech, affordability, and the disruptive potent…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep. 135 - When A Church Dies
Season 1 Episode 135
Religious disaffiliation, the drifting away of Americans from their churches, isn’t a new story. But it’s certainly a true one.
And yet it’s also not…
1 year, 7 months ago