The America Magazine Podcast
By America Press, Inc.
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Podcast Description
Interviews with editors and writers of America magazine, the national Catholic weekly. Hosted by Online Editor Tim Reidy.
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May 28 Podcast — Architecture as Catechesis | Arthur J. Sikula talks with associate editor Kerry Weber about church architecture as a form of both controversy and catechesis. Sikula, a liturgical architect, was a member of the task force that prepared "Built of Living Stones," the U.S. bishops' document which details guidelines for the relationship between church art, architecture, and worship. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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May 21 Podcast — Lifting Up the Lowly | Barbara E. Reid, O.P. talks about women prophets in the Bible and Elizabeth Johnson talks about the power of the Magnificat. | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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May 14 Podcast — From the President’s Office | John P. Schlegel, S.J., and Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J., both served long tenures as presidents of Jesuit colleges. For our annual Jesuit education issue, they talk about the challenges facing Catholic colleges in a pluralistic society and how the implementation of Ex corde ecclesia affected the way Jesuit schools think about their Catholic identity. Fr. Schlegel, the current president and publisher of America, is the past president of the University of San Francisco and Creighton University. Fr. O'Donovan served as president of Georgetown University. | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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May 7 Podcast — ‘The Other America’ Then and Now | When The Other America was published in 1962, Michael Harrington only expected it to sell a few thousand copies. The book, a study of the "invisible" poor in America, went on to become a national bestseller and helped shape the government's War on Poverty. Here Tom Landy of the College of the Holy Cross explains the impact of The Other America, and why we need someone like Harrington today. Holy Cross recently convened a conference on the legacy of Harrington's seminal book. An audio archive of the talks can be found here. This podcast includes excerpts from the remarks delivered by Maurice Isserman, Harrington's biographer. | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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April 30 Podcast — A Priest Behind the Iron Curtain | James Martin, S.J., joins Tim Reidy for a discussion of Walter Ciszek's With God in Russia, which chronicles the imprisonment of an American Jesuit in the Soviet Union. The Vatican recently gave formal approval for Fr. Ciszek's cause for canonization to proceed. The Pennsylvania-born priest spent five years in the notorious Moscow prison, Lubyanka, and later in Siberian work camps. He developed a deep reliance and belief in the providence of God, and risked his life ministering to his fellow prisoners. | 4/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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April 16-23 Podcast — A Nation of Immigrants | Cardinal Roger M. Mahony discusses immigration reform at the L. A. Religious Education Congress. Interview by Kerry Weber. | 4/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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April 9 Podcast — Where It All Begins | Thomas J. Scirghi, S.J., talks about his new book, Everything is Sacred: An Introduction to Baptism, on our Easter podcast. Fr. Scirghi explains why baptism is the foundation of the sacramental life of Christians, and addresses controversies surrounding "limbo" and infant baptism. | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Special Podcast — A Visit to J Street | Excerpts from America's interview with Jeremy Ben-Ami, founder of the Jewish lobby J Street. Read Fr. Raymond Schroth's article on J Street. | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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April 2 Podcast — In Search of Simone | Producing "An Encounter with Simone Weil" was a deeply personal experience for Julia Haslett, who spent six years on the project. Here she talks with Associate Editor Kerry Weber about her journey and what she discovered about the French activist and writer. Haslett's film premiers on March 23 at Quad Cinema in New York City. It will be released on DVD this summer. | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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March 26 Podcast — A Martyr’s Death | Associate Editor Kevin Clarke talked to Virginia Farris, a foreign policy adviser to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, shortly after the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti, a Pakistani minister who was fighting the blasphemy laws in his country. Here we provide an excerpt from that interview, and an update on the promotion of Bhatti's cause as a saint and martyr. | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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March 19 Podcast — From Libya to Syria | Thomas G. Weiss, the director of the Ralph Bunch Institute for International Studies at the City University of New York Graduate Center, explains how the international norm known as the "responsibility to protect" helped prevent humanitarian disaster in Libya, and how it might guide the international response to Syria. | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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March 12 Podcast — Young Jesuit Evangelists | How do you talk to young people about the Catholic faith in a way they can understand? For the editors of The Jesuit Post, the answer lies at the intersection of faith and popular culture. In this conversation, the Jesuit scholastics Paddy Gilger, Eric Sundrup, Jim Keane and Sam Sawyer explain the genesis of The Jesuit Post and how they hope to connect to young seekers via the Web. | 3/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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March 5 Podcast — A Catholic Look at ‘Downton’ | James Martin, S.J., and Tim Reidy discuss the hidden themes of grace, suffering, love and forgiveness in the PBS' series "Downton Abbey." And why the word "Abbey" is important. | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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February 27 Podcast — Deconstructing Oscar V | For the fifth year in a row, Bill McGarvey of CathNewsUSA and James Martin, S.J., join Tim Reidy for a discussion of the Oscar contending films. Among their favorites, "The Tree of Life" and The Descendants," two films with spiritual themes that treat them in very different ways. | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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February 20 Podcast — A Mentor’s Legacy | In 1968, shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., John Brooks, S.J., of the College of the Holy Cross set out to recruit a group of African Americans to attend the small Catholic college in Worcester, Massachusetts. Among those he would bring to the school were Clarence Thomas and Theodore V. Wells, Jr. In the new book Fraternity, author Diane Brady follows five of the young men Fr. Brooks recruited to Holy Cross, a group that also included the respected novelist Edward P. Jones. In this panel discussion Diane Brady joins Mr. Wells, Fr. Brooks and Dr. Malcolm Joseph, class of 1971. | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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February 13 Podcast — Assessing the Council | In an archive interview from the 2010 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Richard Gaillardetz examines the successes and the still yet unrealized goals of the Second Vatican Council. Should Catholics today focus anew on implementing the Council's vision, or instead turn outward to evangelize the culture? Or perhaps, fifty years after Vatican II, is a followup council needed to address the questions--like the role of lay ministers and women in the church--not taken up by the Council fathers? | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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January 30-February 6 Podcast — Witnesses to Injustice | Timothy A. Byrnes talks about his new book Reverse Mission, which looks at three religious communities and the unique ways they have shaped U.S. foreign policy. Byrnes, a professor of political science at Colgate University and a panelist on the Ivory Tower Half Hour, focuses here on the story of the six Jesuits who were killed in El Salvador by military forces and the coordinated response of Jesuits in the United States. | 1/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Special Podcast — The Continuing Mission | There’s been a change of leadership this month at Catholic Relief Services, the relief and development arm of the U.S. Catholic Church, but will that mean a change of direction? Kevin Clarke recently spoke with Catholic Relief Services new CEO Carolyn Woo. Ms. Woo comes to CRS after a lengthy tenure as dean of The University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business. View a slideshow highlighting the work of CRS | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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January 16-23 Podcast — Children in Wartime | This week we spoke with Mary Meehan, a freelance writer and public speaker, who is sought after to give talks about life issues at universities and other locations across the country. Her recent article for America, "In Harm's Way," looks at the effects of war on children, both born and unborn. Mary spoke to us by phone from her home in Maryland. Her writing and reporting on life issues can be found at meehanreports.com. | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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January 3-10 Podcast — Signs of the Spirit | Rev. Brendan Leahy, professor of theology at St. Patrick's College in Maynooth, Ireland, talks about his new book, Ecclesial Movements and Communities, which traces the origins and significance of movements such as L'Arche, Focalare, Communion and Liberation and the Community of Sant'Egidio. Fr. Leahy discusses the unique charisms of these communities and the ways in which they were shaped by the Second Vatican Council. He also explains how they serve as an important form of church life for both priests and lay people at a time when vocations are dwindling and parishes attendance is in decline. | 12/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 20 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Great podcast!
This is an excellent podcast. I really like that one topic is covered in depth in each episode. The topics are interesting and timely. Even when there's an episode where I'm not particularly interested in the topic, I give it a try, and I'm always glad that I did.
