Life After Philosophy

Life After Philosophy

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Life After Philosophy episodes

  • Episode 40: THE ENTOMOLOGIST +1 Year Philosophy Major

    Makala Harrison is a graduate student in entomology at the University of Maryland and a 2024 graduate of Mount St. Mary's University.

    0:00 Introduction

    3:21 Daddy Longlegs Project

    8:45 Philosophy in Retrospect

    11:21 Closeted Philosophers

    16:57 Teaching

    21:50 Covert Instruction

    26:01 Pluralism vs Common Vision

    31:04 Advice to Students

    Hosted by Christopher Anadale

    36 min
  • Episode 37: THE PROSECUTOR +6 Years Philosophy Major

    Daniel Scully is a prosecutor in the District Attorney's Office of Queens County, New York.

    He is a 2018 graduate of Mount St. Mary's University with a philosophy major and earned his JD from Fordham University School of Law in 2023.

    0:00 Path to Now

    5:00 Intake Bureau

    10:05 Justice System

    12:36 Law School

    15:59 Working in the System

    21:10 Discerning

    24:19 Philosophy in the Prosecutor's Office

    26:35 Advice to Students

    Hosted by Christopher Anadale

    Links:


    33 min
  • Episode 36: THE CANCER SURVIVOR +13 Years Core Philosophy

    David McGinley (MSMU Class of 2011) is a husband, father, CPA, and cancer survivor. He is also the brother of Stephen McGinley, interviewed in Episode 18: THE FARMER. He took philosophy courses as part of the Mount St. Mary's Core Curriculum.

    0:00 Introduction

    1:13 Cancer Story

    11:24 Full Time Sick

    15:13 Philosophy Consolation

    23:44 Enhanced Experience

    25:46 Advice to Students

    Hosted by Christopher Anadale

    Links:

    https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/testicular-cancer/about.html

    30 min
  • Episode 35: THE PHYSICIAN +20 Years MA in Philosophy

    Dr. Brian Tullius graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2003 with a BA double major in in philosophy and biology, and then completed an

    MA in philosophy.

    He earned an MD from University of Nebraska College of

    Medicine in 2008 and did a pediatric internship at Naval Medical Center San Diego, but then was selected as a flight surgeon. He got his wings in Pensacola and then went to the fleet as a flight doctor for 5 years. He returned to civilian pediatric residency and graduated in 2017. 

    He then went to pediatric hematology oncology fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, graduating in 2020. The following year he finished a pediatric bone marrow transplant and cellular therapy fellowship. 

    Since then he has been research medical director for pediatric cellular therapies at AdventHealth for Children in Orlando, Florida.

    0:00 Introduction

    1:58 Present Medical Work

    4:10 Phenomenology of Cells

    7:17 Semester in Austria

    9:34 Flight Surgeon

    11:35 Working with Sick Children

    13:55 Philosophers Who Become Physicians

    16:35 Admiral Stockdale

    19:25 Ethics Boards

    21:00 How to Get More Humanist-MDs

    22:36 Self-Care

    25:19 Advice from Alan Rickman

    Hosted by Christopher Anadale

    Links:

    30 min
  • Episode 34: THE MOTHER SUPERIOR +14 Years Philosophy Major

    Mother Asterone Dodeka Garry (MSMU Class of 2010) is a sister of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará community (Servadoras), part of the religious family of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE).

    She is also the local superior of the Servadoras missionary community in Thurmont, Maryland, and a collaborator for the Cornelio Fabro Cultural Project.

    Hosted by Christopher Anadale

    0:00 Philosophy & Conversion

    8:20 Catholic Attitudes to Modernity

    16:00 Translating Fabro

    20:40 Being a Superior

    25:30 Ministry

    28:50 Challenges of Religious Life

    34:00 Advice to Students

    37:40 Advice to Discerners

    Links:

    https://iveamerica.org/ssvm/

    https://www.corneliofabro.org/en/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelio_Fabro

    42 min
  • Episode 33: THE LATINIST +18 Years Philosophy Major

    Fr. Dylan Schrader is a priest of the diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri.

    Fr. Schrader completed his philosophy studies at Conception Seminary College in 2006. He was ordained in 2010, and completed a PhD in systematic theology at the Catholic University of America in 2019.

    He is currently pastor of parishes in Westphalia and Folk,

    Missouri, and teaches regularly for the Veterum Sapientia Institute.

    Hosted by Christopher Anadale

    0:00 Introduction

    1:15 Theology & Parish Life

    5:30 Pastor as Educator

    8:15 Precise Use of Language

    10:12 Latin

    16:50 Authoritative Texts

    21:18 Learning Latin

    22:50 Celibacy & Transcendence

    26:00 Celibacy in Pop Culture

    28:00 Liturgical & Military Images of Celibacy

    30:00 Habits

    Links:

    https://veterumsapientia.org/

    34 min
  • Episode 32: THE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW* +14 Years MA in Philosophy

    Dr. Edward David is a (former) postdoctoral fellow at Oxford University, and now Lecturer in Ethics and Values in the Department for Theology and Religious Studies, King's College London, as well as Director of the Associateship of King's College.

    He earned an MA in Philosophical Studies degree from Mount St. Mary's University in 2010.

    0:00 Introduction

    1:12 Update August 2024

    6:57 Original June 2024

    10:08 Being an Outsider

    18:38 Research Project

    30:27 Natural Law & Zagzebski

    37:23 Advice for Students

    Hosted by Christopher Anadale

    Links:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwardadavid/

    https://x.com/edwardinoxford


    44 min
  • Episode 31: THE MONK +15 Years Philosophy Major

    Fr. Etienne Huard OSB is a Benedictine monk of Conception Abbey in Conception, Missouri.

    Fr. Etienne holds a BA in Philosophy (2009) from Conception Seminary College, as well as Master of Divinity, MA in Systematic Theology, and MS in Psychology degrees.

    He teaches Scripture, Theology, and Psychology at

    Conception, and is the director of seminary liturgy and director of propadeutic stage of seminary human formation.

    0:00 Introduction

    1:17 Seminary Formation

    5:00 Growth in Virtue

    12:25 Loneliness & Community

    21:25 Living for Truth

    24:14 Masculine Identity

    29:15 Advice for Men Today

    Hosted by Christopher Anadale

    Links:

    Conception Abbey: https://www.conceptionabbey.org/

    Conception Seminary College: https://www.conception.edu/

    About Four O'Clock Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5VV0IquSkSAnxvXvTTayon?si=5251b476f8524ef8

    Article in Homiletic and Pastoral Review:

    ⁠https://www.hprweb.com/2024/03/saint-paul-masculinity-and-priestly-identity/


    34 min

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