Ken Hallenius
Host of Ethics and Culture Cast
Ken Hallenius is the communications specialist for the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, handling the dCEC's public relations, social media engagement, website, and donor relations. He joined the Center in 2016 after 15 years at the University of Portland, where he worked in alumni relations and residence life. In addition to his work at the Center, he writes a monthly column on humor and joy for Today's Catholic newspaper, and for 8+ years he co-hosted (with Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers) the show "Living Stones," a nationally syndicated weekly radio conversation about the Catholic faith. He holds an M.A. in pastoral ministry from the University of Portland and a B.A. in philosophy from the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (Berkeley, CA).
Ken Hallenius has hosted 84 Episodes.
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Episode 72: Bo Bonner
July 19th, 2022 | 47 mins 10 secs
health, mercy, newman, philosophy
Bo Bonner is senior advisor of mission initiatives and director of the Center for Human Flourishing at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines.
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Episode 71: Fr. Harrison Ayre
June 23rd, 2022 | 31 mins 15 secs
book, faith, priest, sacraments
Fr. Ayre is pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Nanaimo, British Columbia, co-host of the award-winning "Clerically Speaking" podcast, and author of the new book "Mysterion: The Revelatory Power of the Sacramental Worldview."
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Episode 70: Paul Blaschko
June 9th, 2022 | 45 mins
author, book, ethics, morality, philosophy
Paul Blaschko is an assistant teaching professor of virtue ethics, the director of the Sheedy Family Program in Economy, Enterprise, and Society, and the co-author of "The Good Life Method: Reasoning through the Big Questions of Happiness, Faith, and Meaning."
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Episode 69: Dr. Kristin Collier
May 12th, 2022 | 34 mins 45 secs
health, medicine, spirituality
Dr. Kristin Collier is a medical internist and the director of the University of Michigan Medical School's program on Health, Spirituality & Religion.
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Episode 68: Dr. John Bruchalski
April 29th, 2022 | 34 mins 35 secs
abortion, evangelium vitae, health, medicine
Dr. Bruchalski earned his medical degree from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in 1987. He completed his OB/GYN residency at Eastern Virginia Medical Center and the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Virginia in 1991. He is the recipient of the 2022 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal for his lifetime of pro-life advocacy and care.
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Episode 67: Greg Wolfe
April 7th, 2022 | 34 mins 10 secs
art, humanism, writing
Greg Wolfe is a writer, editor, publisher, and teacher. He was the founding editor of Image Journal and currently is the editor of Slant Books.
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Episode 66: Hon. Dan Lipinski
March 17th, 2022 | 27 mins 35 secs
abortion, government, law, politics, prolife
Daniel Lipinski is the former US Representative for the 3rd Congressional District in Illinois.
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Episode 65: Abigail Favale
February 24th, 2022 | 35 mins 28 secs
catholic, feminism, gender, saint
Abigail Favale, Ph.D., is a writer, professor, and speaker. She is Dean of the College of Humanities at George Fox University, and previously directed and taught in the William Penn Honors Program, a Great Books curriculum at George Fox.
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Episode 64: Fr. Matthew Schneider, LC
January 14th, 2022 | 26 mins 35 secs
bioethics, moral theology, morals, privacy, social media, theology
Fr. Matthew Schneider, LC is a priest of the Legionaries of Christ, currently writing a dissertation on issues of informational privacy and the Church. We chat about how the Church engages secular thinkers on these important questions, and how he has used social media as a channel of evangelization.
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Episode 63: Christopher Beha
November 18th, 2021 | 34 mins 42 secs
author, catholic, memoir, novel, writing
Christopher Beha is the author of a memoir, The Whole Five Feet, and the novels Arts & Entertainments and What Happened to Sophie Wilder. His latest novel, The Index of Self-Destructive Acts, was nominated for the 2020 National Book Award. He is the editor of Harper’s Magazine.
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Episode 62: Alex Jones of Hallow
November 4th, 2021 | 31 mins 43 secs
catholic, prayer, technology
A chat with Alex Jones, co-founder and CEO of Hallow, the #1 Catholic app for prayer, meditation, music, and sleep
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Episode 61: Petra Farrell
October 29th, 2021 | 28 mins 58 secs
abortion, dcec, pro-life, prolife
Petra Farrell is the Culture of Life Program Manager at the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture.