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Almost Good Catholics
June 1, 2023
You Set a Table Before Me
The Teenage Witch Who Became a Dominican Sister
Sr. Maria Catherine, OP
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Krzysztof Odyniec
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May 25, 2023
Down to Earth: In Pursuit of Humility
A Discussion with Richard Foster and Brenda Quinn
Richard J. Foster and Brenda Quinn
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Quaker theologian Richard J. Foster and charismatic pastor Brenda Quinn talk with me about Foster’s new book (which Quinn worked on with him), Learning Humility: A Year of Searching for …
Almost Good Catholics
May 18, 2023
Here We Stand? (with Bishop Donald Hying)
The German Bishops Challenge Catholic Social Teachings
Bishop Donald Hying
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Bishop Donald Hying of Madison, Wisconsin, wrote a statement in his diocesan journal, the Madison Catholic Herald about the German Synodal Way. The German Bishops, in defiance of Pope Francis …
Almost Good Catholics
May 11, 2023
The Miraculous Mind (with Paul Bloom)
What Does Psychology Say about Religion and Morality?
Paul Bloom
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Psychologist Paul Bloom and I talk about the human brain, morality, empathy, perversity, all the things—including Professor Bloom’s new book, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind (Ecco Press, 2023) …
Almost Good Catholics
May 4, 2023
People of the Book
What Muslims and Christians Share (and Don’t Share) in Common
Munir Sheikh
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Krzysztof Odyniec
I talk with a Muslim friend about the places that Islam and Christianity overlap, and also the places where they diverge. Of these subjects, none is more interesting than the …
Almost Good Catholics
April 27, 2023
Remember the Sabbath (with Senator Joe Lieberman)
Keeping God’s Commandment for a Day of Rest
Joseph I. Lieberman
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Today I talked with Senator Joe Lieberman—who ran for Vice President in 2000 with Al Gore, and for President in 2004 in the Democratic primary—about his book, The Gift of …
Almost Good Catholics
April 20, 2023
Catholic Movies, Part 2 (with Jonathan Fessenden)
"The Mission" and "A Man for All Seasons"
Jonathan Fessenden
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Jonathan Fessenden and I talk about two movies, Roland Joffé’s The Mission (1986) and Fred Zinneman’s A Man for All Seasons (1966), both written by Robert Bolt, and both about …
Almost Good Catholics
April 13, 2023
Revival (with Fr Norman Fischer)
The Holy Spirit at Work in Kentucky . . . and Many Other Places
Norman Fischer
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Krzysztof Odyniec
For three weeks in February of 2023, a spontaneous ‘Outpouring’ at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, set the hearts of American Christians aflame, reviving their faith and our spiritual conversation …
Almost Good Catholics
April 6, 2023
The Gospel According to Dorothy
Dorothy Sayers’ 1941 BBC Radio Play, "The Man Born to be King"
Kathryn Weir
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Krzysztof Odyniec
In 1941, Dorothy Sayers, Christian apologist, author of The Mind of the Maker, and even more famous for her Peter Whimsey mystery novels, wrote a cycle of plays on the …
Almost Good Catholics
March 30, 2023
Gary Kulik: Conscientious Objector Who Served in Vietnam
The Catholic Doctrine of Just War and How to Apply It
Gary Kulik
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Gary Kulik was a Catholic Conscientious Objector (CO) during the Vietnam War, but when he was drafted he decided to go and serve as a medic. He tells me about …
Almost Good Catholics
March 23, 2023
Education in the World not of the World
A Catholic School Director and Father Talks about Forming the Whole Child
Rich Meyer
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Rich Meyer, president of JSerra High School—named for St. Junípero Serra, the ‘Apostle of California’—in Southern California, discusses what is working in Catholic education today. He and I are both …
Almost Good Catholics
March 16, 2023
Saint Patrick the Forgiver
The History and Legends of Ireland's Bishop
Ned Bustard
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Ned Bustard is the author of a new children’s book, Saint Patrick the Forgiver: The History and Legends of Ireland's Bishop (InterVarsity, 2023). We talked about the book, the life …
Almost Good Catholics
March 9, 2023
The Exorcist
Angels, Demons, and the Cosmic Battle around Us
Monsignor Stephen Rossetti
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Krzysztof Odyniec
I asked an exorcist, Monsignor Rosetti, about the spiritual world around us, the demons he fights, and the mischief they cause. He talks about his life and work as an …
Almost Good Catholics
March 2, 2023
Who Do You Think You Are?
Thorny Questions about Sex, Identity, and Catholic Doctrine
Garrett Johnson
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Garret Johnson works with Courage, the Catholic apostolate for people experience same-sex attractions. He describes his experience living the gay lifestyle and responds to my interview with Father Jim Martin …
Almost Good Catholics
February 23, 2023
Digging for Answers
The Archaeology of Jerusalem and the Politics of Archaeology
Katharina Galor
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Katharina Galor, an archaeology professor at the at the Program in Judaic Studies at Brown University who has done a lot of excavation in Israel, is the author of The …
Almost Good Catholics
February 16, 2023
O Death, Where is Your Sting?
The Biblical Theology of Resurrection
M. Jeff Brannon
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Krzysztof Odyniec
In his new book, The Hope of Life After Death: A Biblical Theology of Resurrection (Intervarsity Press, 2022), Professor Jeff Brannon traces Resurrection and Redemption from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22 …
Almost Good Catholics
February 9, 2023
Why a Savior?
The Theology of Sacrifice and Redemption
David Basile
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Krzysztof Odyniec
As we start the second year of Almost Good Catholics, I asked my old friend David Basile, the theology teacher (and our very first guest last year) to come back …
Almost Good Catholics
February 1, 2023
“Quintessence of Dust?”
Friendly Argument about God and Man
Peter Hall
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Peter Hall is my old friend, a once-atheist who now calls himself an agnostic; we’ve known each other for fifteen years since we both taught English literature at an international …
Almost Good Catholics
January 31, 2023
Walking the Via Dolorosa
An Archaeologist Follows Jesus from His Trial to His Crucifixion
Ilka Knüppel
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Archaeologist Ilka Knüppel discusses her master's thesis—The Search for Jesus's Final Steps: How Archaeological and Literary Evidence Reroutes the Via Dolorosa—and how she came to write it. To use both …
Almost Good Catholics
January 30, 2023
The Mesopotamian Connection
Comparing the Bible to Other Literature of the Ancient Near East
Cathleen Chopra-McGowan
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Professor Cathleen Chopra-McGowan examines some the incongruities of our Bible in the context of the Ancient Near East, showing how the stories and traditions of Israel resembled and borrowed from …
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