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Ep. 130 - What Plants Know (And Why We Should Care)
Season 1 Episode 130
Can trees ‘hear’? Can flowers ‘see’? Are shrubs ‘intelligent’?
A decade ago, these questions might have seemed absurd. But an emerging scientific cons…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 129 - Judaism’s Loving Heart
Season 1 Episode 129
One of the misconceptions about Judaism is that the religion is concerned primarily with justice and the law, not love and grace.
That’s precisely ba…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 128 - Diagnosing Disadvantage in America
Season 1 Episode 128
For decades, discussions of poverty and inequality in America have tended to focus on cities. That’s understandable—cities are often the places where…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 127 - Criticism as a Way of Life
Season 1 Episode 127
Vinson Cunningham is one of the most dynamic critics working today. Best known as the New Yorker’s theater critic and co-host of the weekly podcast C…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 126 - God, According to Marilynne Robinson
Season 1 Episode 126
We’re all familiar with the tired stereotype of the “God of the Old Testament,” a capricious creator Who subjects His chosen people to endless cycles…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 125 - What Are Universities For?
Season 1 Episode 125
The past year or so hasn’t been the best one for higher education. Debates over affirmative action, free speech, and affordability, combined with rec…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 124 - The GOP Attack on Catholic Shelters at the Border
Season 1 Episode 124
Recent weeks have seen an intensification of the Republican campaign against Catholic groups that offer assistance to migrants and refugees along the…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 123 - The Hall Beside Belief
Season 1 Episode 123
For many religious people, the pandemic accelerated a decline in institutional allegiance and trust that was already well underway. Many Catholics st…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 122 - The New Suburbia
Season 1 Episode 122
For the first time, a majority of Americans now live in the suburbs—places that have been transformed over the past several decades by boom-and-bust …
2 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 121 - Rescuer of the Written Word
Season 1 Episode 121
For decades, Fr. Columba Stewart, a Benedictine Monk of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, has traveled the world in an effort to preserve …
2 years, 8 months ago