Ethics and Culture Cast

Episode 24: Elizabeth Lev

February 7th, 2019  |  30 mins 38 secs

art, michaelangelo, vatican

Elizabeth Lev is an art historian, author, and tour guide based in Rome. In Fall 2018, she was in residence as the Myser Fellow at the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, working on turning her 2016 Fall Conference talk "The Gift of the Magi" into an extended biography of the Vatican Museums.

Episode 23: Francis J. Beckwith

January 24th, 2019  |  17 mins 5 secs

abortion, philosophy

Francis Beckwith is professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies and Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy at Baylor University. We chat about philosophical arguments surrounding the issue of abortion.

Episode 22: Matthew Mehan

September 20th, 2018  |  23 mins 56 secs

formation, philosophy, poetry

Matthew Mehan is a teacher at The Heights School in Washington, D.C. and the author of "Mr. Meehan's Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals."

Episode 21: Pete Hlabse

September 13th, 2018  |  23 mins 43 secs

internships, pilgrimage, research, rome, sorin fellows, student formation

Pete Hlabse is the Student Program Manager in the Center for Ethics and Culture, overseeing the Sorin Fellows Program for undergraduate and graduate students at Notre Dame, Saint Mary's College and Holy Cross College.

Episode 20: James Hankins

May 17th, 2018  |  33 mins 50 secs

catholic, ethics, italy, macintyre, renaissance, virtue

James Hankins is a professor of intellectual history at Harvard University and a Visiting Researcher at the Center in the Spring 2018 semester.

Episode 19: Rémi Brague

May 10th, 2018  |  26 mins 12 secs

christianity, culture, islam, philosophy, politics

CEC Acting Director Patrick Deneen interviews philosopher Rémi Brague, professor emeritus of Medieval and Arabic Philosophy at the University of Paris I (the Sorbonne) and Romano Guardini chair emeritus at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität of Munich.

Episode 18: Fr. William R. Dailey, C.S.C.

May 3rd, 2018  |  24 mins 51 secs

catholic, education, ireland, irish, law, newman, reason

Fr. Bill Dailey, C.S.C. is the Center's Thomas More Fellow and Director of the Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith and Reason in Dublin, Ireland.

Episode 17: Katherine Smith

April 16th, 2018  |  12 mins 21 secs

catholic, pro-life, rome, student, studies

We chat with Katherine Smith, an undergraduate Sorin Fellow studying in Rome and interning at the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Episode 16: Richard Doerflinger

April 12th, 2018  |  23 mins 3 secs

Richard M. Doerflinger is a Vita Institue Fellow at the Center and the retired associate director of the USCCB's Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.

Episode 15: D. C. Schindler

April 5th, 2018  |  29 mins 21 secs

family, liberty, locke, marriage, metaphysics

David Schindler is the author of "Freedom From Reality: The Diabolical Character of Modern Liberty" and professor of metaphysics and anthropology at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at the Catholic University of America.

Episode 14: Mary Eberstadt

March 22nd, 2018  |  26 mins 32 secs

abortion, catholic, contraception, happiness, humanae vitae, lonleliness, paul vi, pope, sociology

Mary Eberstadt of the Faith and Reason Institute chats with us about "The Prophetic Power of Humanae Vitae."

Episode 13: Mary O'Callaghan

March 15th, 2018  |  24 mins 45 secs

advocacy, advocate, development, disability, down syndrome, fellow, psychology

Mary O'Callaghan is a Vita Institute Fellow at the CEC and an advocate for persons with disabilities.