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.
Sept. 1 Podcast
Sister Regina Bechtel, S.C. discusses the life and work of this uniquely American saint. Listen to this episode
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August 18-25 Podcast
Camille D’Arienzo talks about her article in the August 18-25 issue of America, “Mercy Toward Our Fathers.” Listen to this episode
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August 4-11 Podcast
An interview with Austen Ivereigh, former deputy editor of the London Tablet, about Lourdes' jubilee year and the once-a-decade meeting of Anglican bishops in England. Listen to this episode
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July 21-28 Podcast
Chris Korzen talks about what the Catholic notion of the common good can offer to U.S. society. Listen to this episode
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July 7-14 Podcast
An interview with Ron Hansen about his new novel, Exiles. Listen to this episode
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June 23-30 Podcast
An interview with Karen Sue Smith about her article, "Courting the Latino Voter," from the June 23-30 issue of America. Listen to this episode
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June 9-16 Podcast
An interview with Michael Suarez, S.J., winner of the 2008 Foley Poetry Contest. Listen to this episode
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May 26-June 2 Podcast
Msgr. Thomas J. Shelley, professor in the theology department at Fordham University, discusses his new history of the archdiocese of New York. Listen to this episode
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May 12-19 Podcast
An interview with playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, author of "The Little Flower of East Orange" and "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot." Listen to this episode
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May 5 Podcast
David Gibson, author of The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World, discusses the pope's recent visit to the United States, including his private meeting with sexual abuse victims and his address to the U.N. Gibson also offers a first-hand view of the liturgies in Washington and New York, and reflects on how the trip might shape Benedict's papacy and the American church as a whole. Listen to this episode
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April 28 Podcast
In this excerpt from "Pathways of Learning," Sister Marie Pappas' weekly show on "The Catholic Channel Sirius Radio 159," America associate editor Jim Keane, S.J., and Fordham University professor Angela O'Donnell discuss their "top 10" Catholic novels. Among the authors who make the list are Graham Greene, Flannery O'Connor, Ron Hansen and the science-fiction author Walter Miller. Listen to this episode
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April 21 Podcast
Donna Freitas, author of Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and Religion on America's College Campuses, describes the "hook-up culture" prevalent on both Catholic and non-Catholic campuses, and why students aren't happy about it. Many students yearn for a more traditional romantic culture, Freitas explains, yet they are unsure how to attain it. Only evangelical schools seem to have succeeded in creating an alternative environment, with the cultivation of elaborate courtship rituals. Can such a model be brought to Catholic schools? Maybe not, but Freitas offer advice for young people trying to escape the degrading excesses of the college party culture. Listen to this episode
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April 14 Podcast
With its April 14, 2008 issue, America begins its 100th year of publication. On this week's podcast, editor Drew Christiansen, S.J. discusses the magazine's long history, how much has changed since 1909, and how much remains the same. Joining him are acting publisher James Martin, S.J., and James Keane, S.J., who along with Jim McDermott, S.J., will be editing a series of historical pieces for the centennial year. Listen to this episode
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March 31-April 7 Podcast
Filmmaker Martin Doblmeier discusses “The Power of Forgiveness,” his new documentary for PBS. The film tells stories of both individual and group forgiveness, and reports on forgiveness studies, a blossoming field of scientific inquiry. Doblmeier talks about his trip to still-segregated Northern Ireland, where experts are trying to integrate the lessons of forgiveness into the curriculum, and recounts the heated reaction to the proposal to build a “garden of forgiveness” at the Ground Zero memorial in New York City. To see when the film will be playing in your city click here. You can order the film, and “The Power of Forgiveness” book, on the Journey Films Web site. Listen to this episode
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March 24 Podcast
March 24 marks the 28th anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. Michael E. Lee, a professor of theology at Latin American studies at Fordham University, discusses the life of Archbishop Romero, and the status of his cause for canonization. Among the issues addressed is whether Romero in fact experienced a "conversion" shortly after his appointment as archbishop. Listen to this episode
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March 17 Podcast
Roger Haight, S.J., visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary and author of a three-volume work on ecclesiology, Christian Community in History, discusses the extraordinary flowering of Catholic Theology since Vatican II. Among the figures he reflects upon are Karl Rahner, Johannes B. Metz and Elizabeth Johnson. According to Fr. Haight, the "expanded territory covered by the theologians of our era bears comparison to the transition from the monastery to the university in the High Middle Ages." Listen to this episode
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March 10 Podcast
Catholic poet Angela O’Donnell talks about her work, including her “saint” series of poems, which includes odes to such unconventional “saints” as Herman Melville and Vincent van Gogh. Features readings of two of her poems published in America. Listen to this episode
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March 3 Podcast
Fr. Jim Martin, associate editor of America, and Bill McGarvey, editor-in-chief of Busted Halo, discuss this year's Best Picture nominees. Covered this week: "There Will Be Blood" and "Atonement," plus our Oscar picks. Part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to this episode
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February 25 Podcast
Fr. Jim Martin, associate editor of America, and Bill McGarvey, editor-in-chief of Busted Halo, discuss this year’s Best Picture nominees. Covered this week: “Michael Clayton,” “No Country for Old Men” and “Juno.” Part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to this episode
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February 18 Podcast
Peter Schineller, S.J., new associate editor at America, discusses his years in Nigeria, and the difficulty adjusting to American culture after such an extended time abroad. Read Fr. Schineller's article on the tragic plane crash that killed 60 of his students. Also available: his 1991 article on "Culture Shock on Returning to America." Listen to this episode
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February 11 Podcast
An interview with Sidney Callahan, author of Created for Joy: A Christian View of Suffering. Listen to this episode
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February 4 Podcast
James T. Keane, S.J., discusses his article "Vocation and Crisis," about his decision to enter the Jesuits during the height of the sexual abuse crisis. Listen to this episode
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January 21-28 Podcast
Fr. John Paris on end of life care and other bioethical dilemmas. Listen to this episode
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January 7-14 Podcast
Maureen O'Connell looks at community murals in Philadelphia as "theological texts." Listen to this episode
Watch an audio slide show of the murals she discusses.
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