Daily Theology Podcast

By Stephen Okey

What's Daily Theology Podcast about?

The Daily Theology Podcast features conversations about the craft and vocation of theology. We speak with theologians from a variety of disciplines and traditions

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Daily Theology Podcast episodes:

02.29.2024
#51 - Jessica Coblentz
For this month’s episode of the Daily Theology Podcast, I spoke with Professor Jessica Coblentz. We talk about the influence of Henri Nouwen’s Life of the Beloved on her path to studying religion, her research on theology and depression, and...
01.31.2024
#50 - Heather Miller Rubens
For the first Daily Theology Podcast episode of 2024, we welcome Heather Miller Rubens of the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies. We talk about how her early interest in Hebrew scriptures led to the study of Jewish Catholic...
10.19.2023
#49 - Chris Bellitto
This episode welcomes Chris Bellitto of Kean University to the podcast. We talk about his first career as a journalist, as well as how that background helped him as a scholar, teacher, and public commentator on church events. We also...
09.28.2023
#48 - Nichole Flores
In our newest episode of the podcast, I talk with my friend and fellow Boston College alum Nichole Flores. We talk about how working with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers during divinity school helped her understand her vocation as a...
07.19.2023
#47 - Jon Malesic
In our second episode back from hiatus, Steve Okey speaks with Jon Malesic, author of The End of Burnout from University of California Press. They talk about how his early interest in physics and the mysteries of the universe drew...
05.23.2023
#46 - Amanda Osheim
Yes, the show is back, and for our first episode after the long hiatus, we’re sharing Stephen Okey’s conversation with Amanda Osheim. In this episode we learn how she was drawn to study theology, and in particular ecclesiology or...
05.16.2023
Long Hiatus is Over
The Daily Theology Podcast returns after almost four years away! Steve gives some life updates and some podcast updates. Support the show! Leave reviews on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/4DtBqwLYE9amYCuEkJdqwK), Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-theology-podcast/id981555001), Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/show/daily-theology-podcast), or wherever else! Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/dailytheopod), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dailytheopod/),...
06.28.2019
#45 - Anne Michelle Carpenter
The June episode of the podcast features Anne Michelle Carpenter of St. Mary’s College of California! She spoke with Stephen Okey about how reading Patristic theology led her to study Hans Urs von Balthasar, the challenge and promise of teaching...
03.30.2019
#44 - Megan McCabe
Closing out March, this episode of the podcast features Megan McCabe! She spoke with Stephen Okey about her path to studying theology, the idea of “cultures of sin” and how it relates to social sin and structures of sin, and...
02.28.2019
#43 - Katie Grimes
This episode of the Daily Theology podcast features Prof. Katie Grimes of Villanova University! She talks with Stephen Okey about how her two years of volunteering with Amate House in Chicago led her to change career plans from law school to theology,...
01.30.2019
#42 - Holly Taylor Coolman
Happy New Year from the Daily Theology Podcast! We come back with a new episode featuring Stephen Okey’s conversation with Holly Taylor Coolman. They talk about how the evangelical subculture she grew up in provided the grounding for her interest...
12.20.2018
#41 - Micah Kiel
The podcast closes out 2018 with Steve Okey’s conversation with Micah Kiel. In this episode, they talk about how Micah’s experience of studying abroad prompted his interest in theology, his time volunteering in Belize, and his thoughts on technology in...
11.14.2018
#40 - Philip Cunningham
Episode 40 of the podcast comes to you with Steve Okey’s conversation with Philip Cunningham of Saint Joseph’s University. Prof. Cunningham was visiting Saint Leo to give a presentation on “Moving Toward Mutuality? Challenges in Catholic-Jewish Relations.” He was also named...
10.24.2018
#39 - Daniella Zsupan-Jerome
Today’s podcast features a conversation between Daniella Zsupan-Jerome and Stephen Okey! Friends from their time together at Boston College, they talk about how Daniella’s experience in RCIA aided her in discovering her vocation to theology, her research into media, technology,...
10.10.2018
#38 - Fr Robert Imbelli
Today on the podcast we have Fr. Robert Imbelli! Now emeritus from Boston College, Fr. Imbelli spoke with Stephen Okey by phone this summer about how he found his vocation to theology within the Italian-American Catholic subculture of the mid-twentieth...
09.19.2018
#37 - Katherine Schmidt
Today’s podcast guest is Dr. Katherine Schmidt! She spoke with Steve Okey by phone late this past summer, where they talked about their shared interests in theological engagements with media and technology, how the encounter with Catholic Social Teaching put...
09.05.2018
#36 - Joseph K Gordon
This episode of the podcast brings us Joseph Gordon of Johnson University. He was visiting Saint Leo University to speak about Henri de Lubac and his use of scripture in resistance to the Nazis. In this conversation with Steve Okey,...
08.22.2018
#35 - Pim Valkenberg
The DT Podcast returns with this conversation with Pim Valkenberg! This past spring he was giving a lecture at Saint Leo University, where he sat down with Steve Okey. Listen as they talk about how Muslim migration to the Netherlands...
08.15.2018
An Update for 2018
We've been on hiatus for awhile, so here's a brief update on the Daily Theology Podcast, when we're returning (next week!), what we're doing the rest of this year (more interviews!), and a new way to support the show (Patreon!)...
11.30.2017
#34 - Greg Hillis
Season 3 of the podcast comes to a close with Steve Okey’s conversation with Greg Hillis of Bellarmine University! They met up at this past summer’s CTSA annual conference to talk about how a year at Bible college led to...
11.16.2017
#33 - Victoria Barnett
Season 3 of the podcast continues with Victoria Barnett! Dr. Barnett recently visited Saint Leo University at the invitation of our Center for Catholic Jewish Studies to speak on theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. She sat down to speak with Steve Okey...
11.10.2017
#32 - Jason King
Welcome back to the Daily Theology Podcast! Today’s episode features Steve Okey’s conversation with Jason King of Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, PA! Jason and Steve caught up at the CTS conference this past summer in Newport, RI. In this...
08.10.2017
#31 - Kevin Ahern
Season 3 of the podcast continues with Stephen Okey’s interview with Kevin Ahern. Since first meeting at Boston College in 2007, they have become close friends, collaborators, and occasional housemates. They sat down during the 2017 Annual Convention of the...
07.27.2017
#30 - Kim and Reggie Harris
After a long hiatus, the podcast returns for a brief but mighty season 3! Our opener is Stephen Okey’s interview with Kim and Reggie Harris. In spring 2017, they were at Saint Leo University as part of the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program for...
11.15.2016
#29 - Rabbi Abraham Skorka
Season 2 of the podcast comes to an end with this very special episode featuring Rabbi Abraham Skorka! He was visiting Saint Leo University for a series of presentations on Catholic-Jewish dialogue, so he graciously sat down with Stephen Okey...
11.04.2016
#28 - Anita Houck
Welcome to episode 28! This will be the penultimate episode of season 2, and it features Steve Okey’s conversation with Anita Houck of Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN! They talk about the spiritual dimension of Dr. Houck’s upbringing,...
10.19.2016
#27 - Mary Ellen Konieczny
Hello again from the Daily Theology podcast! Today we bring you episode 27, featuring Steve Okey’s conversation with Dr. Mary Ellen Konieczny of the University of Notre Dame! They talk about how Prof. Konieczny’s experience working for the Archdiocese of...
10.06.2016
#26 - Tricia Bruce
Welcome back to the Daily Theology podcast! We’ve been on hiatus the last two months to work on some episodes and other projects, but we return with Steve Okey’s conversation with Tricia Bruce! They discuss how Prof. Bruce became interested...
08.03.2016
#25 - Andrew Prevot
Welcome to episode 25! Today’s episode features Steve Okey’s conversation with Andrew Prevot of Boston College! Their conversation ranges from how prayer shaped Andrew’s interest in theology, the relationship between prayer and liberation theology, and the need for more sophisticated...
07.13.2016
#24 - Susanne Scholz
Welcome to episode 24 of the Daily Theology Podcast! In continuation of his Dallas trip, Mike Avery interviews Dr. Susanne Scholz of Southern Methodist university. The conversation starts with a discussion of Scholz’s influential gymnasium teacher and her later run-in...
06.07.2016
#23 - Charles Curran
Welcome to episode 23! The latest installment of the Daily Theology Podcast features Mike Avery’s conversation with Dr. Charles E. Curran of Southern Methodist University. In their conversation, the two discussed Curran’s vocation as a diocesan priest and his initial...
05.24.2016
#22 - Francis Sullivan, SJ
Welcome to back to the podcast! We took an extra week off between episodes, but this was in order to bring you this excellent episode with Fr. Francis Sullivan, SJ. During a recent visit to Boston, Steve Okey had the...
05.03.2016
#21 - John Baldovin, SJ
Season 2 shifts to Boston as episode 21 features Mike Avery’sconversation with John Baldovin, S.J. As a former student, Averyreminiscences about his time at the Boston College School ofTheology and Ministry and particularly with Fr. Baldovin’s class onthe Eucharist. The...
04.19.2016
#20 - Jessica Wrobleski
Welcome to Episode 20 of the Daily Theology Podcast! This installment features Stephen Okey’s conversation with Jessica Wrobleski of Wheeling Jesuit University. In this episode, you will hear about why Prof. Wrobleski says she was “born Catholic but raised Protestant,”...
04.05.2016
#19 - Timothy Radcliffe, OP
Season 2 of the podcast continues with a conversation with Timothy Radcliffe, OP! Fr. Radcliffe was in Chicago to give the Kennedy Lecture at Dominican University, where our own Dannis Matteson and John DeCostanza had an opportunity to speak with...
03.22.2016
#18 - John Borelli
Get ready for the newest podcast episode! As Season 2 moves along, we welcome John Borelli to the microphone. In his conversation with Stephen Okey, Dr. Borelli talks about how being drafted into the Vietnam War set him on the...
03.08.2016
#17 - Timothy O'Malley
Welcome to Season 2 of the Daily Theology Podcast! Our latest episode features Mike Avery’s conversation with Dr. Timothy O’Malley of the University of Notre Dame at the North American Academy of Liturgy conference in Houston, Texas. Much laughter took...
11.17.2015
#16 - Natalia Imperatori-Lee
Welcome to the finale of season 1 of the podcast! As we go into hiatus until the new year, feast your ears on this insightful and funny conversation between Steve Okey and Natalia Imperatori-Lee! In this episode, they talk about...
11.03.2015
#15 - Tobias Winright
Welcome to the penultimate episode of season 1 of the podcast! For our second to last offering, we have Stephen Okey’s conversation with Tobias Winright of Saint Louis University. They met up at this past summer’s CTSA convention in Milwaukee,...
10.20.2015
#14 - Andy Staron
Welcome to episode 14! This week’s podcast features guest hostStuart Squires, Assistant Professor of Theology at Brescia University in Owensboro, KY and host of the God and the Quad podcast! He talks with our own Andy Staron of Wheeling Jesuit...
10.06.2015
#13 - Tommy Humphries
Welcome to another excellent episode of the Daily Theology podcast! This one features Steve Okey’s conversation with Tommy Humphries of Saint Leo University. They became fast friends after Steve started at Saint Leo, and so naturally Steve wanted to talk...
09.22.2015
#12 - Matt Shadle
Welcome to episode 12 of the Daily Theology Podcast! This edition features Steve Okey’s conversation with Prof. Matt Shadle of Marymount University. This episode was recorded late this past summer and features the return of phone interviews! In their conversation,...
09.01.2015
#11 - Michael Murphy
Welcome to episode 11! Our latest podcast features Mike Avery’s conversation with Dr. Michael Murphy of Loyola University of Chicago. After taking in the breath taking views of Murphy’s office, the two ventured into such topics as literature and theology,...
08.18.2015
#10 - Vince Miller
For our tenth episode, the podcast welcomes Vincent J. Miller of the University of Dayton! Vince spoke with Stephen Okey at this past summer’s CTSA convention in Milwaukee, WI. They talked at length about Vince’s work on globalization and theology,...
08.04.2015
#9 - Tom O'Meara
This week’s podcast episode features a very special conversation with Tom O’Meara! Amanda Osheim and Stephen Okey spoke with Tom about his long and prolific career in theology, beginning with his joining the Dominican Order in the 1950’s. Tom shared...
07.21.2015
#8 - Colby Dickinson
In today’s podcast episode, Mike Avery talks with Colby Dickinson of Loyola University Chicago! They talk about the importance of literature for theology, what makes a great professor, and how attending to the requests of students can lead to new and unexpected courses. Colby...
07.07.2015
#7 - Anthony Godzieba
The newest episode of the podcast features Stephen Okey’s conversation with Anthony Godzieba from the annual College Theology Society convention in Portland, OR. Here, they talk about why music shapes his understanding what it means to do theology and spirituality,...
06.23.2015
#6 - Dana Dillon
Today’s podcast episode features Stephen Okey’s conversation with Dana Dillon. They had the opportunity to talk at the 2015 convention of the College Theology Society, held at the University of Portland in Portland, OR. In this episode, they talk about the...
06.09.2015
#5 - Jennifer Veninga
Our fifth episode features Mike Avery’s conversation with Jennifer Veninga. Dr. Veninga is an assistant professor of religious and theological studies at St. Edward’s University in Austin, TX. In this episode, she talks about her discernment of both academic and...
05.26.2015
#4 - Fr Louis Brusatti
Our fourth episode brings Mike Avery’s conversation with Fr. Louis T. Brusatti of St. Edward’s University in Austin, TX. Fr. Lou talks about how he prepares to preach, what he thinks makes a good priest, life as a theologian and...

What's Daily Theology Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Daily Theology Podcast episodes:

#51 - Jessica Coblentz

#50 - Heather Miller Rubens

#49 - Chris Bellitto

#48 - Nichole Flores

#47 - Jon Malesic

#46 - Amanda Osheim

Long Hiatus is Over

#45 - Anne Michelle Carpenter

#44 - Megan McCabe

#43 - Katie Grimes

#42 - Holly Taylor Coolman

#41 - Micah Kiel

#40 - Philip Cunningham

#39 - Daniella Zsupan-Jerome

#38 - Fr Robert Imbelli

#37 - Katherine Schmidt

#36 - Joseph K Gordon

#35 - Pim Valkenberg

An Update for 2018

#34 - Greg Hillis

#33 - Victoria Barnett

#32 - Jason King

#31 - Kevin Ahern

#30 - Kim and Reggie Harris

#29 - Rabbi Abraham Skorka

#28 - Anita Houck

#27 - Mary Ellen Konieczny

#26 - Tricia Bruce

#25 - Andrew Prevot

#24 - Susanne Scholz

#23 - Charles Curran

#22 - Francis Sullivan, SJ

#21 - John Baldovin, SJ

#20 - Jessica Wrobleski

#19 - Timothy Radcliffe, OP

#18 - John Borelli

#17 - Timothy O'Malley

#16 - Natalia Imperatori-Lee

#15 - Tobias Winright

#14 - Andy Staron

#13 - Tommy Humphries

#12 - Matt Shadle

#11 - Michael Murphy

#10 - Vince Miller

#9 - Tom O'Meara

#8 - Colby Dickinson

#7 - Anthony Godzieba

#6 - Dana Dillon

#5 - Jennifer Veninga

#4 - Fr Louis Brusatti