Sit down with us as we talk to professor of Neuroscience and the Program Director for the Physician Assistant Program about mental health.

Emma Weinheimer talks with Professor Mary Johnson about the literary works of Flannery O'Connor, known as a Southern, Catholic writer.

Emma Weinheimer and Dr. Joshua Hochschild talk with Dr. John Hersey, Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University.

Their topic: Plato’s Republic.

Emma Weinheimer and Dr. Joshua Hochschild bring us episode 2 of season 2 of the Great Eight. They talk with Dr. Christopher Anadale, Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University. 

Emma Weinheimer and Dr. Joshua Hochschild return for another season of the Great Eight. They talk with Dr. Susann Samples, Professor of World Languages at Mount St. Mary's University.  Dr. Samples entered the world of King Arthur through her study of German, particularly the High Middle Ages. She compares the German and British traditions and brings to life the Arthurian ideal of fellowship and virtue. 

We are back for season 2! Emma Weinheimer and David McCarthy discuss -- with Dr. Paige Hochschild -- John Paul II's apostolic constitution on Catholic Universities, Ex Corde Ecclesiae: The Heart of the Church.

Emma Weinheimer and Dr. Joshua Hochschild speak with Prof. Stephen McGinley, who teaches philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University and farms his land in Emmitsburg. See https://goodsoilfarmllc.com/. Good Soil Farm practices regenerative agriculture in line with Catholic social thought. Prof. McGinley discusses Beowulf, an epic of the 7th century, and Song of Roland from the 11th. Along the way connections are made with Aldos Huxley's Brave New World and G.K. Chesterton's The Ball and the Cross. What pulls it all together? Celebration.

David McCarthy gives a quick word on Season 2 and a few stats about our listeners across the globe.

Emma Weinheimer and Dr. Joshua Hochschild discuss Greek tragedy with Dr. Kurt Blaugher, long-time theatre professor at Mount St. Mary's University. Dr. Blaugher draws out the enduring themes of two plays, "Antigone" and "Philoctetes," and he focuses on the ritual and performative aspects of theatre for the Greeks and for us today. Along the way, we learn some interesting Mount history and that Emma has caught the theatre bug.