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Ep. 120 - An Evening with Christian Wiman
Season 1 Episode 120
Last month, Commonweal hosted a book launch in New York City with poet Christian Wiman. The topic was his new book Zero at the Bone: 50 Entries Again…
2 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 119 - Best of 2023
Season 1 Episode 119
On this special year-end episode, we’re revisiting four of our favorite conversations from the past year.
Sociologist Matthew Desmond explains how th…
2 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 118 - Why Conservatives Should Be Pro-Labor
Season 1 Episode 118
American workers have fared poorly in recent decades, suffering the loss not just of purchasing power, but of political power, too.
On this episode, …
2 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 117 - Processing the Synod
Season 1 Episode 117
Last month’s Synod on Synodality in Rome is perhaps one of the most important ecclesial gatherings to take place since the Second Vatican Council in …
2 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 116 - Saving Liberalism
Season 1 Episode 116
Today, the political and social philosophy known as liberalism—which champions democracy, individual rights, and free enterprise—is on the defensive.…
2 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 115 - An Opera for ‘Life People’
Season 1 Episode 115
Dead Man Walking, based on the acclaimed memoir by Sr. Helen Prejean, may be the world’s most popular contemporary opera. But it had never before bee…
2 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 114 - Moving With the Ocean
Season 1 Episode 114
With its frequent earthquakes, mudslides, wildfires, and other maladies, California is no stranger to environmental disaster. But in the long run, ev…
3 years ago
Ep. 113 - How to Abolish Poverty
Season 1 Episode 113
The fact that nearly 40 million Americans live in poverty is a national embarrassment. But it’s also a choice. If poverty exists, it’s because we “wi…
3 years ago
Ep. 112 - Has News Always Been ‘Fake’?
Season 1 Episode 112
The 2016 presidential election brought “fake news” to the center of national debates over media bias, election interference, free speech, and content…
3 years, 1 month ago
Ep. 111 - Writers Shouldn’t ‘Prance’
Season 1 Episode 111
John McPhee is widely regarded as America’s most prolific nonfiction author. Over a career spanning seven decades, McPhee has written more than thirt…
3 years, 1 month ago