The America Magazine Podcast
Every week America's podcast features interviews with editors, writers and friends of the magazine. To subscribe to our podcast via ITunes, click here.
November 23 Podcast - A Vatican Visitation
Doris Gottemoeller, R.S.M., discusses Rome's investigation of women religious.
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November 16 Podcast - Deaths in the Family
Kevin Burke, S.J., remembers the martyrs of El Salvador on the twentieth anniversary of their deaths.
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November 9 Podcast - Rediscovering Dorothy Day
Robert Ellsberg talks about the letters and diaries of Dorothy Day.
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November 2 Podcast - The Trouble with Social Conservatives
William Bole reports on the state of the culture wars in the age of Obama.
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October 26 Podcast - Crisis in Honduras
Kevin Clarke interviews John Donaghy, a lay missionary from Honduras, on the country's political crisis.
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October 19 Podcast - A Man of Restless Delight
The Australian poet Peter Steele, S.J., reads selections from his writings.
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October 12 - St. Francis's Mission of Peace
Paul Moses talks about his new book, The Saint and the Sultan.
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October 5 - Birth and the Prayer Life
Susan Windley-Daoust makes a spiritual case for natural childbirth.
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September 28 Podcast - Mad Men's Existential Thrills
James Martin, S.J., analyzes the award-winning television show on AMC.
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September 14-21 Podcast - Ethics and Public Policy
Ethicist Thomas Massaro, S.J., considers the legacy of Robert McNamara and the Vietnam War.
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August 31- September 7 Podcast - Waiting for Health Care Reform
Editorial director Karen Sue Smith reports on the progress of health care reform.
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August 17-24 Podcast - Obama's Long War
Alon Ben-Meir, professor of international relations at New York University, assesses the progress and challenges of the war in Afghanistan.
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August 3-10 Podcast - Torture and the Rule of Law
William Michael Treanor, one-time lawyer on the president's Office of Legal Counsel, talks about the expansion of executive power under George W. Bush.
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July 20-27 Podcast - An Irishwoman in 'Brooklyn'
America's Book Club considers Colm Toibin's new novel about a Wexford woman who finds a home in New York.
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July 6-13 Podcast - Struggling with Infertility
A conversation with Julie Irwin Zimmerman, author of "A Spiritual Companion to Infertility."
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June 22-29 Podcast - Gone Walkabout
Jim McDermott, S.J., recounts his seven-month sojourn in Australia, which served as the final stage of his Jesuit formation.
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June 8-15 Podcast - A Prayer for the Motor City
Detroit native Dave Nantais reports on the mood of the Motor City as the American auto industry continues to shrink.
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May 25-June 1 Podcast - Whither the Ambo?
Jaime Lara of Yale Divinity School considers trends in church architecture from Vatican II until the present.
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May 18 Podcast - Getting to Know Thoreau
Robert Sullivan talks about rats, swamps and his new book, The Thoreau You Don't Know.
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May 11 Podcast - Catholic Schools and Education Policy
Robert J. Birdsell, the president and chief executive officer of the Cristo Rey Network, talks about the future of Catholic education.
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May 4 Podcast - A Saint in the Family
Justin Catanoso talks about his book, My Cousin the Saint: A Search for Faith, Family and Miracles.
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April 20-27 Podcast - The Green Bible Revealed
J. Matthew Sleeth, a former physician who now writes and preaches on care for the environment, introduces "The Green Bible."
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April 13 Podcast - The Editors Reminisce
Members of the editorial staff share memories of America on the occasion of the magazine's 100th anniversary.
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March 30-April 6 Podcast - Remembering Karl Rahner
Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J., a former student of Karl Rahner, remembers the great Jesuit theologian and offers five questions to guide the reading of his work.
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March 23 Podcast - The Human Poetry of Faith
Michael Paul Gallagher, S.J., author of The Human Poetry of Faith, talks about how to nourish the religious imagination.
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March 16 Podcast - The End of Catholic Health Care?
Daniel Sulmasy, O.F.M., discusses the unraveling of Catholic health care in New York City, and the lessons it holds for the rest of the country.
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March 9 Podcast - Women in Parish Leadership
Mary M. Foley discusses the four years she spent as a pastoral life coordinator in a Midwest parish. Listen to this episode
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February 23 Podcast - Oscar Race 2008
James Martin, S.J., and Bill McGarvey of BustedHalo.com analyze this year's Oscar nominees for Best Picture. Listen to this episode
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February 16 Podcast - The Radical Roots of the Pro-Life Movement
James R. Kelly analyzes the roots of the pro-life movement. Listen to this episode
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February 9 Podcast - The Spirituality of 'Lost'
Two America staff members, and rabid fans of the ABC TV show “Lost,” look back over the hit show’s four seasons and analyze the various themes that have emerged. Listen to this episode
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February 2 Podcast - Greg Kandra on Blogging
Deacon Greg Kandra talks about his blog, "The Deacon's Bench," and making the move from CBS News to New Evangelization Television, a new cable channel run by the Brooklyn diocese. Listen to this episode
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January 19-26 - Xavier: Missionary and Saint
Jeff Johnson, SJ, discusses a documentary he co-wrote and produced on St. Francis Xavier. Listen to this episode
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