Ethics and Culture Cast

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

81 episodes of Ethics and Culture Cast since the first episode, which aired on September 28th, 2017.

  • Episode 45: Anja Renkes, ND '20

    May 14th, 2020  |  19 mins 53 secs
    art, ireland, irish studies, sorin fellow, theology

    We chat with Anja Renkes, an undergraduate Sorin Fellow of the Notre Dame class of 2020.

  • Episode 44: Fr. Terry Ehrman, C.S.C.

    January 16th, 2020  |  21 mins 39 secs
    csc, priest, science, theology

    Fr. Terry Ehrman is the chaplain to the de Nicola Center and teacher of the popular theology course, "Science, Theology, and Creation." In our conversation, we chat about how he came to Notre Dame, his vocation as a Holy Cross priest, and how he challenges his students to move from created things to the creator himself.

  • Episode 43: Steve Barr

    December 12th, 2019  |  28 mins 18 secs
    faith, reason, science

    In this episode, we chat with Steve Barr, a theoretical particle physicist and the president of the Society of Catholic Scientists. In our conversation, we chat about the relationship between science and faith, and why people of faith should not be threatened by scientific research.

  • Episode 42: Therese Cory

    December 5th, 2019  |  23 mins 58 secs
    aquinas, artificial intelligence, muslim, philosophy, theology, thomas

    Therese Cory is an associate professor of philosophy and a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas.

  • Episode 41: Dr. Mark Komrad, MD

    November 20th, 2019  |  32 mins 50 secs
    ethics, euthanasia, medical ethics, suicide

    Dr. Mark Komrad, MD is a psychiatrist on the clinical and teaching staff of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, and the author of "You Need Help: A Step-by-Step Plan to Convince Your Loved One to Get Counseling." He spoke with us about the emerging ethical crisis surrounding physician assisted suicide and euthanasia of patients with non-terminal mental disorders.

  • Episode 40: James Matthew Wilson

    November 15th, 2019  |  29 mins 28 secs
    fall conference, friendship, poetry, whit stillman

    James Matthew Wilson is a poet whose most recent published work is "The River of the Immaculate Conception." He is associate professor in religion and literature in the department of Humanities and Augustinian Traditions at Villanova University.

  • Episode 39: Digital Friends

    November 13th, 2019  |  23 mins 29 secs
    podcasting, social media, theology

    We chat with Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble, FSP of the Daughters of St. Paul, and Fr. Harrison Ayre and Fr. Anthony Sciarappa of the Clerically Speaking podcast about friendship in the digital age and the use of social media in pastoral ministry.

  • Episode 38: J. J. Wright

    October 31st, 2019  |  23 mins 48 secs
    jazz, music, prayer

    J. J. Wright is the director of the Notre Dame Folk Choir and the composer of "Vespers for the Immaculate Conception," the follow-up to his bestselling album "O Emmanuel," which topped the Billboard Classical chart for 8 weeks upon its debut in 2016.

  • Episode 37: Dale Ahlquist

    October 17th, 2019  |  29 mins 36 secs
    chesterton, english, writing

    Dale Ahlquist is president of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton and the author of "The Complete Thinker" and "Common Sense 101."

  • Episode 36: Arthur Brooks

    October 3rd, 2019  |  32 mins 50 secs
    dignity, love, pro-life

    We chat with Arthur Brooks, the former president of the American Enterprise Institute and the author of "Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt."

  • Episode 35: Ernest Morrell

    September 12th, 2019  |  35 mins 59 secs

    Ernest Morrell is the Coyle Professor in Literacy Education and Director of the Center for Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame, and a member of the dCEC's Faculty Advisory Committee.

  • Episode 34: Jennifer Newsome Martin

    August 30th, 2019  |  30 mins 11 secs

    Jenny Martin is a theologian in the Program of Liberal Studies, and the author of Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Critical Appropriation of Russian Religious Thought (University of Notre Dame Press, 2015).