Ethics and Culture Cast

Episode 52: Michael McGlinn

February 25th, 2021  |  27 mins 2 secs

adoration, alumnus, eucharist, football

Michael McGlinn is a Notre Dame alumnus, filmmaker, musician, and the founder of Adore Him Daily, a ministry that promotes Eucharistic Adoration.

Episode 51: Bill Schmitt

February 18th, 2021  |  28 mins 29 secs

Bill Schmitt is the editor of "Telling Stories That Matter," a volume of collected memoirs and essays by Fr. Marvin O'Connell, longtime professor of history at the University of Notre Dame.

Episode 50: Fr. David Guffey, C.S.C.

October 8th, 2020  |  24 mins 53 secs

csc, film, holy cross, movies, peyton, radio, venerable

Fr. Guffey is National Director of Family Theater Productions and the executive producer of the new film "PRAY: The Life of Patrick Peyton"

Episode 49: Dan Philpott and Jess Keating

September 30th, 2020  |  24 mins 23 secs

church, teaching, theology

Daniel Philpott (Political Science) and Jessica Keating (McGrath Institute for Church Life) are co-teachers of the Notre Dame undergraduate theology class "Why the Church? Making the Case for Catholicism to Millennials."

Episode 48: Fr. John Paul Kimes

September 3rd, 2020  |  30 mins 1 sec

abortion, law, priest, pro-life

Fr. John Paul Kimes teaches canon law at Notre Dame Law School and is the Raymond of Peñafort Fellow in Canon Law at the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture.

Episode 47: Zena Hitz

August 20th, 2020  |  30 mins 18 secs

book, faith, intellect, intellectual, teaching, thought

Zena Hitz is a Tutor in the great books program at St. John's College and author of the book "Lost In Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life."

Episode 46: George Weigel and "The Next Pope"

August 6th, 2020  |  29 mins 51 secs

evangelization, papacy, pope

George Weigel's newest book is "The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission." We discuss why he wrote the book, who it's for, and how every Christian, not just the Pope, has the responsibility to introduce people to Jesus Christ. Weigel is a distinguished senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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.