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NCR In Conversation

In Conversation is an in-depth look at the week's Catholic news as seen by the staff at National Catholic Reporter. Hosted by NCR engagement editor Brittany Wilmes, In Conversation features the top th... Read more

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Episode 17: Dorothy Day play; Joan Chittister calls for politics for the common good

Episode 17: Dorothy Day play; Joan Chittister calls for politics for the common good

In this episode, NCR Bertelsen intern Shireen Korkzan and playwright Patty McCarty discuss McCarty's play "This Other Lo... Read more

30 Jun 2017

26mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 11: The Keepers and Knights of Columbus

Episode 11: The Keepers and Knights of Columbus

In this episode, Brittany talks to Sr. Rose Pacatte about the new Netflix documentary series "The Keepers," which focuse... Read more

19 May 2017

24mins

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Episode 27: A conversation on sexuality, gender and the Catholic Church

Episode 27: A conversation on sexuality, gender and the Catholic Church

In this episode, NCR books editor Jamie Manson, feminist theologian Mary Hunt, and Dignity USA executive director Marian... Read more

20 Oct 2017

23mins

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Episode 62: Is the church in crisis? Updates on clergy sex abuse

Episode 62: Is the church in crisis? Updates on clergy sex abuse

NCR's Joshua McElwee, Heidi Schlumpf, Michael Sean Winters and Dennis Coday talk about the summer's events that have led... Read more

7 Sep 2018

52mins

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Episode 29: A Nation Under Trump

Episode 29: A Nation Under Trump

In this episode, host Brittany Wilmes is joined by some NCR reporters who are looking at key political issues a year aft... Read more

3 Nov 2017

24mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 52: Gaudete et Exsultate

Episode 52: Gaudete et Exsultate

On Monday April 9, the Vatican announced the release of a new papal document titled Gaudete et Exsultate, or “Rejoice an... Read more

13 Apr 2018

33mins

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Episode 61: Humanae Vitae at 50

Episode 61: Humanae Vitae at 50

Released by Pope Paul VI in 1968, Humanae Vitae, or “Of Human Life,” established church teaching on family planning and ... Read more

15 Jun 2018

27mins

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Episode 41: Young Catholics leaving the faith, immigration updates

Episode 41: Young Catholics leaving the faith, immigration updates

NCR contributor Julie Bourbon reports on a study of "nones" — that is, n-o-n-e-s, or young adults who don’t identify wit... Read more

26 Jan 2018

25mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 44: Contemplation for Lent

Episode 44: Contemplation for Lent

Nancy Sylvester, founder and director of the Institute for Communal Contemplation and Dialogue, talks today about contem... Read more

16 Feb 2018

20mins

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Episode 23: Ken Burns' 'The Vietnam War'

Episode 23: Ken Burns' 'The Vietnam War'

In this episode, former NCR editor and publisher Tom Fox discusses Ken Burns' documentary series "The Vietnam War." Tom ... Read more

22 Sep 2017

24mins

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Episode 14: Islam for Christians

Episode 14: Islam for Christians

Brittany talks to Jordan Denari Duffner of Georgetown University's Bridge Initiative. They discuss Islamophobia, how Jor... Read more

9 Jun 2017

28mins

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Episode 32: The Communion of Saints (and Souls)

Episode 32: The Communion of Saints (and Souls)

NCR contributor Melissa Musick Nussbaum speaks about liturgical traditions that remember the dead and how Catholics can ... Read more

23 Nov 2017

23mins

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Episode 35: Congregational racism, gun violence prevention

Episode 35: Congregational racism, gun violence prevention

Global Sisters Report staff writer Dawn Araujo-Hawkins talks about how congregations of women religious are working to m... Read more

15 Dec 2017

21mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 25: Deepening spirituality through yoga and the internet

Episode 25: Deepening spirituality through yoga and the internet

In this episode, NCR contributor Julie Bourbon explains kriya yoga and the Assisi Institute's inaugural kriya yoga confe... Read more

6 Oct 2017

26mins

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Episode 36: Christmas for Skeptics

Episode 36: Christmas for Skeptics

In this episode, NCR columnist and blogger Tom Carney argues that the mystery of Christmas is drowned out by the commerc... Read more

22 Dec 2017

28mins

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Episode 54: In new book, LCWR revisits the doctrinal assessment

Episode 54: In new book, LCWR revisits the doctrinal assessment

In a newly released book, former presidents of the Leadership Congregation of Women Religious, members of the organizati... Read more

27 Apr 2018

27mins

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Episode 57: Tom Roberts and Joan Chittister on Catholic journalism

Episode 57: Tom Roberts and Joan Chittister on Catholic journalism

Sr. Joan Chittister, recently joined NCR staff and friends to ask Tom Roberts to reflect on his decades in Catholic jour... Read more

18 May 2018

39mins

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Episode 47: Pro-Choice and Christian, National Catholic Sisters Week

Episode 47: Pro-Choice and Christian, National Catholic Sisters Week

NCR contributor Kelly Stewart and Episcopal priest Kira Schlesinger discuss Kira's book “Pro-Choice and Christian: Recon... Read more

9 Mar 2018

32mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 2: Austen Ivereigh on Pope Francis

Episode 2: Austen Ivereigh on Pope Francis

In this episode, host Brittany Wilmes speaks with Catholic author and journalist Austen Ivereigh, based in London. Auste... Read more

17 Mar 2017

20mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 16: Web of Life and The Field Hospital

Episode 16: Web of Life and The Field Hospital

In this episode, Brittany talks to GSR contributor Tracy Barnett, who's reporting from Panama on an eco-spiritual retrea... Read more

23 Jun 2017

26mins

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