In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by Charles Spencer. Charles is the 9th Earl Spencer, the youngest brother of Diana, Princess of Wales and uncle to Prince William and Prince Harry. Charles is an author of a number of bestselling historical non-fiction titles and has recently written a book about his experience as a young boy at one of England’s most exclusive boarding schools called, “A Very Private School”. In an attempt to come to terms with the trauma he endured, Charles reflects upon the misery, hopelessness and abandonment he felt being sent to the all boys boarding school at the age of eight.

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In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by stage and screen actress Kelli O’ Hara.  Kelli is currently starring on Broadway in the musical, “Days of Wine and Roses’ and she marks her 12th Broadway show with this production. Kelli has been nominated for 7 Tony Awards, winning the 2015 Tony Award for  “Best Actress in a Musical” for “The King and I”. Kelli talks about her life, her career, her family, her latest role on Broadway and the Catholic faith and values that sustain her.

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In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by Mike Sapraicone. Mike is a retired New York City Police Department Detective who is the Republican Party’s nominee for the United States Senate in New York. Mike speaks about his life, his career, his family, the Catholic faith and values that sustain him and why he’s running for the United States Senate.

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In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by actor Ted McGinley. Ted can currently be seen alongside Harrison Ford and Jason Segal in the Apple TV series “Shrinking”. This spring he’ll be starring in the faith based family drama “The Baxters” opposite Roma Downey on Amazon Prime. Ted talks about his life, his career, his family, and why making faith-based films is so important to him.

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In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by Tom Kiley. Tom graduated from Chaminade High School on Long Island in 1962. He has co-written a book about his experience there called, “The Perfect Season: The Untold Story of Chaminade High School’s First Undefeated and Untied Varsity Football Team”. Tom talks about his life, his family, his Catholic faith and his experience at Chaminade High School.

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In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by filmmaker Alejandro Monteverde. Alejandro is best known for his work as a director, writer and producer on the 2023 film, “The Sound of Freedom”. Alejandro and Angel Studios re-teamed for the new movie, “Cabrini” which will launch in theaters nationwide on March 8th. The movie tells the story of Francesca Cabrini, later to be Mother Frances Cabrini, then St. Frances Cabrini, the first U.S. citizen to be canonized.

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In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by Matthew Brown. Matt is the director and co-writer of Sony Picture Classics “Freud’s Last Session”, which opened in theaters December, 2023 and stars actors Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode. The film imagines a meeting between avowed atheist Sigmund Freud, who invented psychoanalysis, and the Christian apologist writer C.S. Lewis, as they debate the existence of God.

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In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by Christopher Bell. Christopher is the President and Executive Director of Good Counsel Homes, a ministry which helps homeless pregnant women in need.

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In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by Fr. Stephen Gadberry. Fr. Gadberry is a young priest for the diocese of Little Rock in Arkansas who competed in the NBC show “American Ninja Warrior” in 2018 and 2020, wearing his clergy shirt and Roman collar. Fr. Gadberry speaks about his life, losing his father as a child, serving in the U.S. Air Force and his priestly vocation.

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In this episode of Personally Speaking, Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined again by the Emmy Award winning actress Susan Lucci. Susan is best known for her role as Erica Kane on the ABC Daytime Drama “All My Children”, a role she played for 41 years. In 2022 Susan lost her beloved husband of 53 years, Helmut. Susan speaks about her heart health scare, her Catholic faith, her family and life after loss.

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