In this episode we talk to Deacon Stephen Frezza and Justin Greenly about their recent paper, "Identifying Core Engineering Virtues: Relating Competency and vVrtue to Professional Codes of Ethics". We talk about codes of ethics, the virtues mos

Michael Healy on the Philosophy of John Paul II

Aug 18th, 2022 56m 14s

In this episode we interview Michael Healy about his recent book A Primer in the Philosophy of John Paul II. We discuss JPII's life, the role of his work in Dr. Healy's life, and the importance of his philosophy today.

Mike Sirilla on Lectio Scripturae in Aquinas's Theology and Preaching

Jul 29th, 2022 1h

In this episode we talk to Mike Sirilla about his article "Lectio Scripturae at the Heart of Aquinas's Theology and Preaching" from the book Thomas Aquinas: Biblical Theologian. We talk to Mike about Aquinas's role and work in a 13th century un

Emily Sobeck on Paraeducators and Inclusive Education

Jul 6th, 2022 48m 36s

In this episode, we talk to Emily Sobeck about her recent articles on paraeducators and inclusive education. After asking her what paraedcuators and inclusive education are, Emily explains her interest in the topic from her time teaching specia

Brandon Dahm on Correcting the Vice of Acedia through Wonder and Gratitude

May 17th, 2022 47m 38s

In this episode we talk to Brandon Dahm about his recent article, Correcting Acedia through Wonder and Gratitude. We talk about virtue formation and fight vice, the nature of emotions and acedia, and how practicing gratitude and wonder corrects

John Walker on Writing and Playing G.K. Chesterton

Apr 27th, 2022 46m 52s

In this episode we interview professor John Walker about his work writing and acting as G.K. Chesterton (promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEwi8qA3w3U). We discuss the process of researching, the affects of playing Chesterton, and the role

Daniel Kuebler on Seizures and Diet in Fruit Flies

Mar 24th, 2022 40m 7s

In this episode we interview Daniel Kuebler about his research on the relation between diet and seizures in flies and how it applies to humans. (Radlicz, C., Chamber, A., Olis, E., and Kuebler, D (2019) The addition of a lipid-rich dietary supp

Logan Gage on John Henry Newman, Fallibilism, and Certainty

Feb 3rd, 2022 51m 58s

In this episode, we talk to Logan Gage about his recent article, "A Saint for Our Times: Newman on Faith, Fallibility, and Certitude" (Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 23 (2): 60-76 (2020)). We talk to Gage about Newman's view

Matt Breuninger on Alcoholics Anonymous and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Jan 18th, 2022 51m 53s

In this episode we talk to Matt Breuninger about his recent paper "Treatment of alcohol use disorder: Integration of Alcoholics Anonymous and cognitive behavioral therapy" in Training and Education in Professional Psychology. Matt explains why

Robert McNamara on the Christian Philosophy of Edith Stein

Dec 13th, 2020 30m 19s

Robert McNamara, ‘The Concept of Christian Philosophy in Edith Stein’, in American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, 94.2 (2020), pp. 323-46.In this session (which was our first recording!), Dr. Robert McNamara discusses his paper examining the

Matt Breuninger on Hypnosis and God Attachment

Nov 29th, 2020 43m 25s

Abigail Williams, Matthew Breuninger, ‘A Pilot Investigation of Attachment-focused Self-Hypnosis to Change Insecure God Attachment’, in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 68.2 (2020), pp. 246-262.Dr. Matthew Breuninger

Sarah Wear on St. Cyril of Alexandria on the Trinity and Incarnation

Nov 15th, 2020 42m 17s

Sarah Klitenic Wear, ‘Language of Interaction in Cyril’s Trinitarian Theology and Proclus’s Theory of the Henads’, and ‘The Rational Soul of Jesus and the Word in Cyril’s Scholia on the Incarnation’, forthcomingIn this session, Dr. Sarah Kliten

Brandon Dahm on Virtue and Sleep

Nov 1st, 2020 47m 4s

Brandon Dahm, ‘The Virtue of Somnience’, in American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly , 94 (4): 611-637. 2020.In this session, Dr. Brandon Dalm discusses the virtue of ‘somnience’, a newly coined virtue that has a relation to sleep as its speci

William Newton on Aquinas and the Charismatic Renewal

Oct 18th, 2020 53m 22s

William Newton, ‘The Catholic Charismatic Renewal through the Eyes of St. Thomas Aquinas’, in The Downside Review, 137.2 (2019), pp. 31-46.Dr. William Newton discusses the Catholic Charismatic Renewal through the lens of the thought of St. Thom

John Crosby on the Personalism of St. John Paul II

Oct 4th, 2020 41m 5s

John Crosby, The Personalism of John Paul II (Steubenville, OH: Hildebrand Press, 2019).Dr. John Crosby discusses his recently republished short and eminently readable book on the personalism of Pope St. John Paul II. Although originally writte