Ethics and Culture Cast

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.

Episode 12: Gilbert Meilaender

March 8th, 2018  |  23 mins 13 secs

adoption, book, christianity, ethics, living will, theology

A chat with Gilbert Meilaender, author of "Not By Nature But By Grace: Forming Families Through Adoption."

Episode 11: Patrick J. Deneen

February 22nd, 2018  |  25 mins 23 secs

catholic, conservative, history, liberal, philosophy, politics

Patrick J. Deneen is a professor of political science at Notre Dame, the acting director (Spring 2018) of the Center for Ethics and Culture, and author of "Why Liberalism Failed" (Yale University Press, 2018).

Episode 10: George Weigel

February 8th, 2018  |  19 mins 54 secs

author, catholic, john paul, pope, rome

George Weigel is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. We chat about his new book, "Lessons In Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II," as well as other books he's written over the years.

Episode 9: Randall B. Smith

January 25th, 2018  |  24 mins 23 secs

aquinas, faith, preaching, sermons, theology

Randall Smith is a former Myser Visiting Research Fellow at the Center and the author of "Reading the Sermons of Thomas Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide."

Episode 8: Nicole Stelle Garnett

January 18th, 2018  |  22 mins 24 secs

education, law, vocation

Notre Dame Law School professor Nicole Stelle Garnett is a member of the Center's Faculty Advisory Committee, a Senior Policy Advisor at the Alliance for Catholic Education, and a Fellow of the Institute for Educational Initiatives.

Episode 7: Ross Douthat

December 14th, 2017  |  25 mins 52 secs

catholic, columnist, journalism, newspaper, nyt, opinion, vocation

This episode features New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. We talk about the vocation of the Catholic journalist, the influence of G. K. Chesterton on his own conversion, and the contemporary discussion surrounding "The Benedict Option" and "Disarming Beauty" as Christian approaches to the world.

Episode 6: John O'Callaghan

November 30th, 2017  |  27 mins 51 secs

aquinas, philosophy, teaching

Philosopher John O'Callaghan is the director of the Jacques Maritain Center and a Senior Advisor at the CEC.

Episode 5: CEC Fellow Aly Cox

November 16th, 2017  |  14 mins 55 secs

internship, law, pro-life, prolife, public policy, right to life, sorin fellow

Our guest is Alyson Cox, the CEC's Law & Public Policy Fellow for 2017-18. We chat about her experience in the CEC's Sorin Fellows program, the internships that she undertook while at the Center, and her work as the president of Notre Dame Right to Life.