Ethics and Culture Cast

From the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture

About the show

Lively conversations with professors, fellows, scholars, and friends of the University of Notre Dame's de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. The Center is committed to sharing the richness of the Catholic moral and intellectual tradition through teaching, research, and public engagement, at the highest level and across a range of disciplines. For more information visit http://ethicscenter.nd.edu

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Episodes

  • Episode 90: Antonio Marchi

    October 10th, 2025  |  31 mins 15 secs
    abortion, prolife, service

    Antonio Marchi is the executive director of Right to Life Michiana, where he advocates for the lives of unborn children and connects mothers in need to helpful resources.

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    Episode 89: Bishop Andrew Cozzens

    September 25th, 2025  |  28 mins 50 secs
    bishop, eucharist, hope, revival

    Bishop Andrew Cozzens is the bishop of Crookston, Minnesota. He led the Eucharistic Revival on behalf of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2022–2024.

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    Episode 88: Leah Libresco Sargeant

    September 16th, 2025  |  28 mins 25 secs
    dependence, feminism, macintyre

    Leah Libresco Sargeant is author of "The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto," published in October 2025 in the de Nicola Center's "Catholic Ideas for a Secular World" book series, in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame Press.

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    Episode 87: Tony and Phyllis Lauinger

    August 29th, 2025  |  33 mins 5 secs
    evangelium vitae, law, medal, prolife

    Tony and Phyllis Lauinger were honored with the 2025 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal, the nation's most important award for prolife heroes. The Lauingers, together with a small group of close friends, co-founded Tulsans for Life in 1973.

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    Episode 86: Bill Mattison

    August 14th, 2025  |  34 mins 10 secs

    Bill Mattison is the Wilsey Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, and author of Growing in Virtue: Aquinas on Habit. We chat about habit, custom, and cooperating with God's abundant grace as a disciple of Christ.

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    Episode 85: Jennifer Newsome Martin

    January 3rd, 2025  |  28 mins 55 secs
    dcec, director, ethics

    Jennifer Newsome Martin is a systematic theologian with an appointment in the Program of Liberal Studies and the Department of Theology. She was appointed director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture in 2023, succeeding O. Carter Snead in the position on July 1, 2024.

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    Episode 84: Dr. Elvira Parravicini

    May 10th, 2024  |  25 mins
    babies, evangelium vitae, prolife

    Dr. Elvira Parravicini established the Neonatal Comfort Care Program (NCCP) at Columbia University Medical Center in 2008 to address the complex medical and non-medical needs of infants affected by life-limiting or life-threatening conditions.

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    Episode 83: Church Life Africa

    April 25th, 2024  |  45 mins
    church, conference, graduate student, sorin fellows

    We welcome three of our Graduate Sorin Fellows, the Nigerian priests Father Ken Amadi, Fr. Joachim Ozonze, and Fr. William Orbih. They are the primary organizers of the Church Life Africa conference series, which has been partially funded by the de Nicola Center since it started in 2022.

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    Episode 82: Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy

    April 12th, 2024  |  43 mins 32 secs
    art, catholic, faith, marriage, music

    The entertainment world is filled with extraordinary stories. But few match the beguiling true-life tale of Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, Canada’s reigning couple of Celtic music, whose dazzling career achievements underpin an incomparable off-stage life.

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    Episode 81: Fr. Fred Jenga, C.S.C.

    March 18th, 2024  |  31 mins 12 secs
    csc, holy cross, peyton, pray, prayer

    Fr. Fred Jenga is president of Holy Cross Family Ministries, dedicated to inspiring, promoting and fostering the prayer life and spiritual well-being of families throughout the world.

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    Episode 80: Randall B. Smith

    January 26th, 2024  |  41 mins 31 secs
    death, incarnation, jesus, sacraments, saints

    We bring friend of the dCEC Randy Smith back to the studio to discuss his book, "From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, and the Resurrection of the Body."

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    Episode 79: Gary Anderson

    January 12th, 2024  |  42 mins 30 secs
    atonement, bible, christianity, incarnation, judaism, salvation, tabernacle, theology

    Gary Anderson is the Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Thought in the theology department at Notre Dame. We chat about his latest book, "That I May Dwell Among Them: Incarnation and Atonement in the Tabernacle Narrative."