Episodios

  • Episode 90: Antonio Marchi

    Episode 90: Antonio Marchi
    Oct 10 2025
    Antonio serves as 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. He is a Notre Dame graduate and an alumnus of the de Nicola Center's Vita Institute prolife intellectual formation program. Special Guest: Antonio Marchi.
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    31 m
  • Episode 89: Bishop Andrew Cozzens

    Episode 89: Bishop Andrew Cozzens
    Sep 25 2025
    Bishop Andrew Cozzens is the bishop of Crookston, Minnesota. He led the Eucharistic Revival on behalf of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops that gathered more than 60,000 people for the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in the summer of 2024. Special Guest: Bishop Andrew Cozzens.
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    29 m
  • Episode 88: Leah Libresco Sargeant

    Episode 88: Leah Libresco Sargeant
    Sep 16 2025
    Leah Sargeant is the author of The Dignity of Dependence, Arriving at Amen, and Building the Benedict Option. Her substack, Other Feminisms, is about how to advocate for women as women in a world that treats them like defective men. Special Guest: Leah Libresco Sargeant.
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    28 m
  • Episode 87: Tony and Phyllis Lauinger

    Episode 87: Tony and Phyllis Lauinger
    Aug 29 2025
    Tony has served as president and chairman of Oklahomans for Life since 1978 and vice president of the National Right to Life Committee since 1995, which seeks to defend human life through education, legislation, and public policy. As a physician, Phyllis has dedicated her medical expertise to providing free health care to Tulsa’s uninsured and has delivered pro-life lectures to various audiences. They are the parents of eight children, all Notre Dame alumni, and grandparents to 19. Special Guest: Tony and Phyllis Lauinger.
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    33 m
  • Episode 86: Bill Mattison

    Episode 86: Bill Mattison
    Aug 14 2025
    Bill Mattison is the Wilsey Professor of Theology at Notre Dame and author of Growing in Virtue: Aquinas on Habit. Special Guest: Bill Mattison.
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    34 m
  • Episode 85: Jennifer Newsome Martin

    Episode 85: Jennifer Newsome Martin
    Jan 3 2025
    Jennifer Newsome Martin is an associate professor in the Program of Liberal Studies with a joint appointment in the Department of Theology, and, as of July 2024, the director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. We chat about her first semester in the director's chair, our recently-concluded Fall Conference on the Catholic Imagination, and preview some exciting new initiatives at the de Nicola Center. Special Guest: Jenny Martin.
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    29 m
  • Episode 84: Dr. Elvira Parravicini

    Episode 84: Dr. Elvira Parravicini
    May 10 2024
    The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture presented the 2024 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal—the nation’s most important award for heroes of the pro-life movement—to Dr. Elvira Parravicini, founding director of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program and professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center. She established the Neonatal Comfort Care Program (NCCP) in 2008 to address the complex medical and non-medical needs of infants affected by life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Today, the NCCP connects families with medical professionals, speech pathologists, lactation consultants, child life specialists, psychologists, and chaplains who work together to provide comfort, support, and specialized medical care for babies and their families in a compassionate environment. Special Guest: Elvira Parravicini.
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    25 m
  • Episode 83: Church Life Africa

    Episode 83: Church Life Africa
    Apr 25 2024
    The growing population and vibrant faith of African Catholics have engendered a long-expressed hope that the future of the Church is in Africa. Based on a model of solidarity and mutual enrichment between the Church in Africa and the Church in the United States, Church Life Africa (CLA), a strategic initiative at the University of Notre Dame, takes this hope seriously and calls for an intentional investment in its promise. Special Guests: Fr. Joachim Ozonze, Fr. Ken Amadi, and Fr. William Orbih.
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    45 m