The Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture invites visiting scholars and faculty authors of new work that helps us to appreciate the shape of life today, both in its dynamism and its timelessness. Here we approach the mysteries of reality with wonder from multiple disciplinary angles, all centered on a commitment to truth. Here authors make their case for how and why their books are important, not just for specialists in their field, but for all of us who seek wisdom for a life well-lived.

Ep. 12 - Lydia Dugdale
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Ep. 12 - Lydia Dugdale

Student fellow talks with Dr. Lydia Dugdale about her new book, The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom. Dr. Dugdale, M.D., speaking from her own experience caring for dying patients, invites us to recover our sense of our own finitude and reconsider what it means to die well.

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Ep. 11 - Ryan J. Marr
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Ep. 11 - Ryan J. Marr

Collegium Institute student fellow talks with Dr. Ryan J. (Bud) Marr, Associate Provost of Mercy College in Iowa and director of the National Institute for Newman Studies and associate editor of the Newman Studies Journal, about his new book, Seeking God with St. John Henry Newman.

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Ep. 10 - Kate Soper
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Ep. 10 - Kate Soper

Collegium Institute student fellow talks with Kate Soper, philosopher, author, and professor emerita at London Metropolitan university, about her 2022 book, Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism, which proposes a new understanding of the good life that delinks prosperity from endless growth.

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Ep. 9 — Joshua Stuchlik
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Ep. 9 — Joshua Stuchlik

Collegium Institute undergraduate fellow talks with Dr. Joshua Stuchlik, Professor of Philosophy at University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, and assistant editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, about his new book, Intention and Wrongdoing: In Defense of Double Effect.

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Ep. 8 — David Deavel and Jessica Hooten Wilson
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Ep. 8 — David Deavel and Jessica Hooten Wilson

Collegium Institute student fellow talks with Dr. David Deavel, associate professor of Theology at University of St. Thomas, and Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson, inaugural Seaver College Scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine university. Join us as we discuss Dr. Deavel and Dr. Wilson’s collection, Solzhenitsyn and the American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West.

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Ep. 7 — Nate Anderson
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Ep. 7 — Nate Anderson

Collegium Institute staff and students talk with Nate Anderson, deputy editor at Ars Technica and author of In Emergency, Break Glass: What Nietzsche Can Teach Us About Joyful Living in a Tech-Saturated World, about what we can learn from Nietzsche in the 21st century.

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Ep. 6 - Mary Hirschfeld
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Ep. 6 - Mary Hirschfeld

Student fellows converse with Professor Mary Hirschfeld about her book Aquinas and the Market: Toward a Humane Economy on the thought of Thomas Aquinas and how it relates to contemporary economic practice.

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Ep. 5 - Remi Brague
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Ep. 5 - Remi Brague

Collegium student fellows enter into dialogue with Dr. Remi Brague to discuss his new book The Legitimacy of the Human. They discuss the history and the nuances of humanistic philosophy, and its role in our modern cultural context.

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Ep. 4 - Jeremy McInerney
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Ep. 4 - Jeremy McInerney

Collegium Student Fellows engage in conversation with Dr. Jeremy McInerney to discuss his scholarship on Ancient Greece and why the study of classical antiquity remains relevant for us today.

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Ep. 3 - David Deavel
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Ep. 3 - David Deavel

Collegium staff and students converse on the legacy of John Henry Newman with Professor David Deavel, editor at Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture.

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Ep. 2 - Carlos Eire
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Ep. 2 - Carlos Eire

Collegium student fellows interview Carlos Eire on his work on the Protestant Reformation. They discuss the nature of this radical change in western culture and how it has come to shape the modern world.

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Ep.1 - Makoto Fujimura
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Ep.1 - Makoto Fujimura

Collegium Institute staff discuss the intersections of artistic creativity and the religious experience with Christian artist, Makoto Fujimura

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