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A Closer Look™ with Sheila Liaugminas features notable experts, newsmakers, elected officials, scholars and clergy on a variety of current event topics including social and moral issues, politics, and... more
FAQs about A Closer Look:How many episodes does A Closer Look have?The podcast currently has 832 episodes available.
February 12, 2020Politics, Media, Equal Rights Claims & Abortion: People Need Clarity 2.11.20Beverly Hallberg: DC Media Group communications expert looks at messages, ‘narratives’, claims and reach of political candidates and those in office now; how to get and hold people’s attention, tell people what they need to hear (instead of what media, politicians want them to hear); all the talk about abortion. Serrin Foster: Feminists for Life […]...more49minPlay
February 11, 2020Films, Storytelling & Human Drama; ERA Revival Push & Pushback 2.10.20Barbara Nicolosi: Is Hollywood learning from culture or leading it? How do films influence us? Are Americans tuning out Hollywood or watching more selectively?; Aristotle’s elements of good storytelling; Pope Francis choosing storytelling as theme for World Day of Communications Message. Ed Whelan: Deadline for ratifying the ERA passed 40 years ago, why is it […]...more49minPlay
February 08, 2020St. Bakhita, Patron of the Oppressed & Human Rights Education; Human Trafficking Crisis & Awareness 2.7.20Prof. William Saunders: CUA’s Master of Arts in Human Rights program entrusted to St. Josephine Bakhita, patron of the oppressed; what we can and must learn from saints who witnessed heroic faith, peace and trust in God when people are persecuted and human rights are denied. Elizabeth Yore: International Day of Prayer and Awareness against […]...more51minPlay
February 07, 2020Family, Moral Education, Religious Liberty as Primary, Next Gen Women for Life 2.6.20Patrick Von Dohlen, Melissa Beckett: San Antonio Family Association Education Series focuses on school curriculum of sex-ed inappropriate for children; parents must be involved, guard against “stolen innocence”, be first educators of their children. Lathan Watts: First Liberty observes Ronald Reagan’s birthday reminding Americans that Reagan’s defense of religious liberty was “prophetic”, Reagan’s famous statement […]...more54minPlay
February 06, 2020Why Be Catholic? What’s So Special About the Church? 2.5.20Fr. Robert Spitzer: ‘The Essence of Things’; Why be Catholic? What’s so special about the Catholic Church?; The Church’s incredible work with charity and social teaching, remarkable legacy in science, faith, and reason, the Eucharist itself, the Sacrament of Reconciliation. ...more56minPlay
February 05, 2020Pro-Life Battles, Victories, Messages for Americans 2.4.20Alison Centofante: Live Action’s ongoing battles with social media censorship on Facebook and Twitter, expanded to TikTok; why the silencing and how is Live Action continuing to get their message out to tens of thousands of followers? Michael New: A good decade for the pro-life movement, from defense to offense to leading the cause of […]...more54minPlay
February 04, 2020Catholics & Social Action for Religious Freedom, Civil Rights, Just & Virtuous Society 2.3.30Brian Burch: Catholic voters need to understand the deepest levels of meaning underlying prevailing liberal ideologies, and their impact on human lives, relationships, communities, governance and flourishing or destruction. Andrea Picciotti-Bayer: Lessons to learn from Justice Thomas’ Life; Secularists are imposing their own religion; the central role of religious liberty in our nation’s history & […]...more54minPlay
February 01, 2020Religious School Advocates, Live Action vs. TikTok 1.31.20Alison Centofante: Social Media app TikTok bans pro life group, Live Action, but later allows their content. Fr. Ben Johnson: Supreme Court’s Espinoza v. Montana case gives justices opportunity to strike down antiquated, counterproductive, discriminatory laws against religious schools, paving the way for greater school choice; only prejudice in US history not addressed by ‘the […]...more49minPlay
January 31, 2020Transformative Power of Shared Family Meals, Being People of the Beatitudes 1.30.20Fr. Leo Patalinghug: Saving the Family: The Transformative Power of Sharing Meals With People You Love; proven, significant benefits of regular family meals for children, from physical health to mental, emotional social and spiritual health. Msgr. Stuart Swetland : Pope’s new cycle of catechesis on the Beatitudes; Pope Francis’ message for World Day of Communications; […]...more49minPlay
January 30, 2020Stress, Burnout, Mental & Spiritual Health 1.29.30Dr. Gene Neri: ‘Lonely, burned out, and depressed: The state of millennials‘ mental health entering the 2020s’; ‘Physician Burnout Is Widespread, Especially Among Those in Midcareer’; ‘From moms to medical doctors, burnout is everywhere these days’; recognizing & treating symptoms; faith, hope & health. Caller, Michelle: my mother is living with me. I need help […]...more49minPlay
FAQs about A Closer Look:How many episodes does A Closer Look have?The podcast currently has 832 episodes available.