Ethics and Culture Cast

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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."

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.

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.

Episode 76: Archbishop Anthony Fisher, OP

November 4th, 2022  |  43 mins

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

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".

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".

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.