On today’s show World Footprints explores the plight of the endangered Panther, we chat with one of the rising IZOD Indycar stars Simona de Silvestro, and we also view Catholicism through the lens with Father Robert Barron.  

Panthers once roamed the entire southeastern United States but in 1967 the panther was added to the Endangered Species List. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Park Ranger Sandy Mickey joins us to talk about some of these initiatives. 

Then, we enjoy a chat with one of the IZOD Indycar series rising stars, Simona de Silvestro.  Simona is one of a handful of female Indycar racers and she is one of the most prominent racecar drivers on the track. 

Finally, we will talk to Father Robert Barron, the Francis Cardinal George Professor of Faith and Culture at Mundelein Seminary and a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, about his PBS series