Join Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn,, and special guest Mother Iliana, a nun of the Byzantine Catholic Christ the Bridegroom Monastery and author of the new book “The Light of His Eyes: Journeying From Self-Contempt to the Father’s Delight“, as they discuss how we know that our lives matter and that we are enough.

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: OCTOBER 2024

Other Voices for this Episode include:

Ally Lazo, Theology and Catechetics Major

Isabella Severson, Nursing Major

Joshua Costello, Manager of Guest Outreach and Satisfaction

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Join Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn,, and special guest Dr. Kevin Schmiesing, professor of Church History at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and School of Theology and author of A Catholic Pilgrimage Through American History: People and Places that Shaped the Church in the United States, as they discuss what pilgrimage is and all of the many holy sites located throughout the United States of America.

Other Voices for this Episode include excerpts from Dr. Schmiesing's book, read by John Romanowsky.

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Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, and special guest Dr. Daniel Kuebler, professor of biology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and Vice President of the Society of Catholic Scientists, as they discuss the intersection of faith and science and what the Church’s official stance on evolution is.

Want to learn more about the intersection of faith and science? Be sure to check out Dr. Daniel Kuebler podcast and video series Purposeful Lab.

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: August 2024

Other Voices for this episode include:

Sean Vander Woude, Biology and Theology Major

Emma Higgins, Biochemistry Major

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Join Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn,, and special guest Bishop Frank J. Caggiano, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut and member of the USCCB Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, as they discuss Catechesis and who needs it the most.

Other Voices for this episode include:

Bill Keimig, Deputy Director of the Catechetical Institute at Franciscan University of Steubenville

Father Drake McCalister, Coordinator of Catechetical Practicum at Franciscan University of Steubenville

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: July 2024

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Join Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, and special guest Dr. Carrie Gress, Fellow at the Ethics and Policy Center and author of The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us, as they discuss feminism and how the abolition of patriarchy has hurt women.

The Other Voices segments for this episode are excerpts from Dr. Gress' book.

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: June 2024

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Join Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn,, and special guest Bishop Andrew Cozzens, Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota and Chairman of the Board for the National Eucharistic Congress, as they discuss the gift of the Holy Eucharist and the National Eucharistic Revival.

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: May 2024

Other Voice include:

Victoria Unnerstall

Talia Tetmeyer

Ethan Peterson

Abigail Spence

Gordon Kalamasz

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Join Host Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, and special guest Dr. Abigail Favale, Professor in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and author of "The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory", as they discuss the gender paradigm and what the human body has to say about human personhood.

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: April 2024

Other Voices in this episode include quotes from Dr. Favale's book "The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory"

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Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, and special guest Dr. Brandon Dahm, Associate Professor of Philosophy and author of “Correcting Acedia Through Wonder and Gratitude“, as they discuss what the vice of acedia is and how to overcome it.

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: March 2024

Other Voices for this episode include:

John-Paul Palladino, Accounting & Communication Arts Major

Hannah Hough, Communication Arts Major

Hannah Falcone, Marketing Major

Michael Allen, Criminal Justice Major

Bernadette Bede, Theology & Catechetics Major

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Join Host Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, and special guest Dr. Paul Kengor, Senior Director of the Institute for Faith & Freedom and Professor of Political Science at Grove City College, and author of the new book The Worst of Indignities: The Catholic Church on Slavery, as they discuss the long history of the Catholic Church’s vocal— and Scriptural — opposition to the institution of slavery.

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: February 2024

Other Voices for this episode include selections from Dr. Kengor's Book, and a selection from a document by Pope Gregory XVI.

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Join Host Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Shane Owens, and special guest Dr. Scott Hahn, the Fr. Scanlan Professor of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization at Franciscan University of Steubenville, and author of the new book “Catholics in Exile: Biblical Wisdom for the Journey Home“, as they discuss how we can survive – and even change – this world that is not our true home.

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: January 2024

Other Voices for this episode include:

Daisy O'Donnell, Clinical Psychology Major

Brendan O'Neill, Engineering Major

Jonah Kane, Theology and Catechetics Major

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