The CUA Press Podcast

The CUA Press Podcast

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Interviews with authors of Catholic University of America Press books.

Francis L. Sampson, "Look Out Below!: A Story of the Airborne by a Paratrooper Padre" (Catholic U of America Press, 2023)

October 16, 2025

Look Out Below!

Francis L. Sampson
Hosted by Allison Isidore
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A veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War, Francis L. Sampson was a real-life hero whose exploits inspired one of the most famous war films…

Michael Boler, "Introduction to Classical and New Testament Greek: A Unified Approach" (Catholic U of America Press, 2019)

April 27, 2024

Introduction to Classical and New Testament Greek

Michael Boler
Hosted by Justin McGeary

The defining feature of this textbook is the treatment of classical and New Testament Greek as one language using primary sources. All the example sen…

John P. Bequette, "Bede the Theologian: History, Rhetoric, and Spirituality" (Catholic U of America Press, 2022)

March 21, 2023

Bede the Theologian

John P. Bequette

Revered by contemporaries and posterity for both his sanctity and his scholarship, Bede (672-735) is a pivotal figure in the history of the Church. K…

Joseph T. Stuart, "Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great War" (Catholic U of America Press, 2022)

February 24, 2023

Christopher Dawson

Joseph T. Stuart

Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) was a British historian who was deeply shaken by the Great War (1914-1918) and sought to explore the history of differe…

Michael T. Rizzi, "Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the United States: A History" (Catholic U of America Press, 2022)

January 28, 2023

Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the United States

Michael T. Rizzi
Hosted by Allison Isidore

Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the United States: A History (Catholic University of America Press, 2022) provides a comprehensive history of Jesu…

Barbara E. Mattick, "Teaching in Black and White: The Sisters of St. Joseph in the American South" (Catholic U of America Press, 2022)

December 7, 2022

Teaching in Black and White

Barbara E. Mattick
Hosted by Allison Isidore

Teaching in Black and White: The Sisters of St. Joseph in the American South (Catholic University of America Press, 2022) discusses the work of the Si…

Sean Brennan, "The KGB and the Vatican: Secrets of the Mitrokhin Files" (CUA Press, 2022)

September 30, 2022

The KGB and the Vatican

Sean Brennan
Hosted by Allison Isidore

One of the greatest ironies of the history of Soviet rule is that, for an officially atheistic state, those in the political police and in the Politbu…

Sean Brennan, "The Priest Who Put Europe Back Together: The Life of Rev. Fabian Flynn, CP" (Catholic U of America Press, 2018)

December 1, 2021

The Priest Who Put Europe Back Together

Sean Brennan

Philp Fabian Flynn led a remarkable life, bearing witness to some of the most pivotal events of the twentieth century. Flynn took part in the invasion…

Adrian Reimers, "Hell and the Mercy of God" (Catholic U of America Press, 2017)

August 26, 2017

Hell and the Mercy of God

Adrian Reimers
Hosted by Franklin Rausch

A central theological and philosophical problem facing Christians is the question "How could a merciful God damn people to hell?" It is tempting to so…

Patrick J. Hayes, "The Civil War Diary of Rev. James Sheeran, Confederate Chaplain and Redemptorist" (Catholic U of America Press, 2016)

May 23, 2017

The Civil War Diary of Rev. James Sheeran

Patrick J. Hayes
Hosted by Mark Klobas

During the Civil War Father James Sheeran served as a Catholic chaplain for the 14th Louisiana Infantry. Between his various responsibilities Sheeran …

Piotr Kosicki, "Vatican II Behind the Iron Curtain" (Catholic U of America Press, 2016)

February 1, 2017

Vatican II Behind the Iron Curtain

Piotr Kosicki
Hosted by Hillary Kaell

Many historians have documented the Second Vatican Council yet virtually no attention has been devoted to the Catholics who found themselves living be…