Best Collegium Student Fellows Podcasts (2025)

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Penn Newman, Collegium Institute, and the Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination 18:04

7d ago18:04

18:04

At our 2025 Alumni Brunch, co-presented by Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture and the Penn Newman Center, we heard remarks from distinguished Penn alum Bernardo Aparicio Garcia C’05, the co-founder and publisher of Dappled Things, the premier Catholic literary magazine in America. Bernardo reflected on his experience co-founding wit…

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Illuminating the Catholic Imagination with Katy Carl 44:45

3M ago44:45

44:45

Collegium Institute student fellows Rachel Fischer and Sophia Silva talk with Katy Carl, the former editor of Dappled Things Magazine (a Collegium imprint). She is now spearheading Luminor, a new literary series with Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire project. Join us as we discuss Katy’s career, evolution, and vision for contemporary Catholic media and …

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Sr. Blandine Lagrut — The Anscombean Daemon 59:12

11M ago59:12

59:12

Collegium Institute student fellow talks with Blandine Lagrut, a consecrated sister of the Chemin Neuf Community, who teaches philosophy at the Facultés Loyola Paris and is completing her Ph.D. at the University of Lorraine. Join us as we discuss Sr. Lagrut's research on the ethical thought of G.E.M Anscombe and how it connects with her scholarly a…

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The Myth of Religious Violence? Revisiting our Global, National, and Campus Conflicts and the Path to Peace 1:11:22

11M ago1:11:22

1:11:22

In 2009 the landmark monograph of William Cavanaugh, The Myth of Religious Violence: Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict, was published by Oxford University Press. In that work, Cavanaugh showed how the term “religious violence” is not just an uncomplicated description of tragic phenomena witnessed all too frequently around the world.…

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Recovering the Lost Art of Dying with Lydia Dugdale 43:15

2y ago43:15

43:15

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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Seeking God with St. John Henry Newman 24:24

2+ y ago24:24

24:24

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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Kate Soper - Post-Growth Living: On the Good Life 55:57

2+ y ago55:57

55:57

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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Joshua Stuchlik — On the Principle of Double Effect 26:37

2+ y ago26:37

26:37

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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David Deavel and Jessica Hooten Wilson —Solzhenitsyn and the American Culture 46:29

2+ y ago46:29

46:29

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 i…

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Nate Anderson — Learning from Nietzsche in the Digital Age 30:34

2+ y ago30:34

30:34

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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Mary Hirschfeld - Thomas Aquinas and the Theology of Economy 28:17

2+ y ago28:17

28:17

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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Remi Brague - The History of Humanism, and its Role in Modern Culture 52:19

3y ago52:19

52:19

Collegium undergraduate fellows enter into conversation with Remi Brague about his book The Legitimacy of the Human. They discuss human dignity, the philosophy of humanism, its history, and its significance in our contemporary cultural context.

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David Deavel - The Thought and Legacy of John Henry Newman 45:15

3y ago45:15

45:15

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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Carlos Eire - Reformation, Revolution, & the Birth of the Modern World 25:20

3y ago25:20

25:20

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.