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In this episode we talk to Deacon Stephen Frezza and Justin Greenly about their recent paper, "Identifying Core Engineering Virtues: Relating Competency and vVrtue to Professional Codes of Ethics". We talk about codes of ethics, the virtues most important for a good engineer, and how their work is being applied in Franciscan's new engineering program.

In this episode we interview Michael Healy about his recent book A Primer in the Philosophy of John Paul II. We discuss JPII's life, the role of his work in Dr. Healy's life, and the importance of his philosophy today.

In this episode we talk to Mike Sirilla about his article "Lectio Scripturae at the Heart of Aquinas's Theology and Preaching" from the book Thomas Aquinas: Biblical Theologian. We talk to Mike about Aquinas's role and work in a 13th century university, how this can help us read Scripture, and trends in biblical theology.

In this episode, we talk to Emily Sobeck about her recent articles on paraeducators and inclusive education. After asking her what paraedcuators and inclusive education are, Emily explains her interest in the topic from her time teaching special education. We discuss the problems facing paraeducators relating to their training, supervision, time with students, and some ways to help.Emily's articles: Sobeck, E.E., Chopra, R., Uitto, D., Douglas, S., & Morano, S. (2020). Paraeducator s...

In this episode we talk to Brandon Dahm about his recent article, Correcting Acedia through Wonder and Gratitude. We talk about virtue formation and fight vice, the nature of emotions and acedia, and how practicing gratitude and wonder corrects acedia. The discussion includes the thought of the desert fathers, Evagrius and Cassian, Aquinas, G.K. Chesterton, and Robert Roberts.

In this episode we interview professor John Walker about his work writing and acting as G.K. Chesterton (promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEwi8qA3w3U). We discuss the process of researching, the affects of playing Chesterton, and the role of theater and beauty in Catholic life, among other things.

In this episode we interview Daniel Kuebler about his research on the relation between diet and seizures in flies and how it applies to humans. (Radlicz, C., Chamber, A., Olis, E., and Kuebler, D (2019) The addition of a lipid-rich dietary supplement eliminates seizure-like activity and paralysis in the Drosophila Bang sensitive mutants. Epilepsy Research, 155: 106153. doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2019.106153 ) We discuss the paper, how they made the discovery, and doing research with students.

In this episode, we talk to Logan Gage about his recent article, "A Saint for Our Times: Newman on Faith, Fallibility, and Certitude" (Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 23 (2): 60-76 (2020)). We talk to Gage about Newman's view of that we can have knowledge without certitude and how that relates to skepticism, faith, and Catholic views of the certainty of faith. We discuss how this works in ordinary life, its philosophical importance, and the life of faith. Gage then expl...

In this episode we talk to Matt Breuninger about his recent paper "Treatment of alcohol use disorder: Integration of Alcoholics Anonymous and cognitive behavioral therapy" in Training and Education in Professional Psychology. Matt explains why AA and CBT are so often not integrated, the history of AA, and what he hopes comes out of this paper.

Robert McNamara, ‘The Concept of Christian Philosophy in Edith Stein’, in American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, 94.2 (2020), pp. 323-46.In this session (which was our first recording!), Dr. Robert McNamara discusses his paper examining the concept of ‘Christian philosophy’ in the mature thought of Edith Stein (St. Teresia Benedicta a Cruce), a twentieth century Carmelite martyr and noted philosopher of the phenomenological movement. Over the course of the conversation Dr. McNamara relate...