Ethics and Culture Cast

From the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture

About the show

Lively conversations with professors, fellows, scholars, and friends of the University of Notre Dame's de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. The Center is committed to sharing the richness of the Catholic moral and intellectual tradition through teaching, research, and public engagement, at the highest level and across a range of disciplines. For more information visit http://ethicscenter.nd.edu

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Episodes

  • Episode 84: Dr. Elvira Parravicini

    May 10th, 2024  |  25 mins
    babies, evangelium vitae, prolife

    Dr. Elvira Parravicini established the Neonatal Comfort Care Program (NCCP) at Columbia University Medical Center in 2008 to address the complex medical and non-medical needs of infants affected by life-limiting or life-threatening conditions.

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    Episode 83: Church Life Africa

    April 25th, 2024  |  45 mins
    church, conference, graduate student, sorin fellows

    We welcome three of our Graduate Sorin Fellows, the Nigerian priests Father Ken Amadi, Fr. Joachim Ozonze, and Fr. William Orbih. They are the primary organizers of the Church Life Africa conference series, which has been partially funded by the de Nicola Center since it started in 2022.

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    Episode 82: Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy

    April 12th, 2024  |  43 mins 32 secs
    art, catholic, faith, marriage, music

    The entertainment world is filled with extraordinary stories. But few match the beguiling true-life tale of Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, Canada’s reigning couple of Celtic music, whose dazzling career achievements underpin an incomparable off-stage life.

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    Episode 81: Fr. Fred Jenga, C.S.C.

    March 18th, 2024  |  31 mins 12 secs
    csc, holy cross, peyton, pray, prayer

    Fr. Fred Jenga is president of Holy Cross Family Ministries, dedicated to inspiring, promoting and fostering the prayer life and spiritual well-being of families throughout the world.

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    Episode 80: Randall B. Smith

    January 26th, 2024  |  41 mins 31 secs
    death, incarnation, jesus, sacraments, saints

    We bring friend of the dCEC Randy Smith back to the studio to discuss his book, "From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, and the Resurrection of the Body."

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    Episode 79: Gary Anderson

    January 12th, 2024  |  42 mins 30 secs
    atonement, bible, christianity, incarnation, judaism, salvation, tabernacle, theology

    Gary Anderson is the Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Thought in the theology department at Notre Dame. We chat about his latest book, "That I May Dwell Among Them: Incarnation and Atonement in the Tabernacle Narrative."

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    Episode 78: Michael New

    February 10th, 2023  |  26 mins 20 secs
    abortion, policy, prolife, research

    Dr. Michael New is a social researcher and commentator who has been a faculty member of the dCEC's Notre Dame Vita Institute since its foundation. We talk about some of the positive trends that he sees in pro-life legislation, and the importance of connecting intellectual theory with boots-on-the-ground action.

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    Episode 77: Micheal Flaherty

    November 22nd, 2022  |  32 mins 25 secs
    films, movies, podcasts

    Micheal is the founder of Inkling Entertainment and Think Again Studios, and former President and Co-Founder of Walden Media. Blessed husband of Kelly and father of Christian, Eieen and Reagan.

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    Episode 76: Archbishop Anthony Fisher, OP

    November 4th, 2022  |  43 mins

    Archbishop Anthony Fisher is the ordinary of the Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia.

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    Episode 75: Aimee Murphy

    September 22nd, 2022  |  27 mins 59 secs
    abortion, dignity, human rights

    Aimee Murphy is founder of Rehumanize International, and author of "Rehumanize: A Vision to Secure Human Rights for All".

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    Episode 74: Sofia Carozza

    September 8th, 2022  |  34 mins 20 secs
    cl, giussani, science, sorin fellow, theology

    Sofia Carozza is an alumna of the dCEC's Sorin Fellows program, the Valedictorian of the Class of 2019, a Marshall Scholar, current PhD candidate in Cognition and Brain Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and co-host of the podcast "The Pilgrim Soul".

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    Episode 73: Lenny DeLorenzo

    August 25th, 2022  |  34 mins 8 secs
    lewis, narnia, theology

    In this episode, we chat with Leonard J. DeLorenzo, the director of undergraduate studies at the McGrath Institute for Church Life, host of the radio show and podcast Church Life Today, and editor of the new book "The Chronicles of Transformation: A Spiritual Journey with C.S. Lewis" from Ignatius Press. We chat about how his work connects academic research with pastoral ministry, how truly good children's literature is also good reading for adults, and how a chance response to a meeting invitation has made all the difference in his life and vocation.