Episodes

Jan. 3, 2025

What is Beauty? Aquinas and Contemporary Culture | Prof. Thomas Hibbs

Professor Thomas Hibbs discusses the importance of beauty in contemporary culture, drawing upon Emily Dickinson, Charles Taylor, Iris Murdoch, and Jacques Maritain to explore how beauty can unself us, enhance our understanding of truth, and connect...

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Jan. 2, 2025

Why Do You Desire to KNOW? Human Nature & Philosophy w/ Fr. Gregory P…

Why do human beings desire knowledge? Why should YOU care about philosophy? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Therese Cory about the role of wonder in philosophy.

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Jan. 1, 2025

Truth, Goodness, and Fantasy Literature | Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P.

This lecture was given on November 2nd, 2024, at Thomistic Institute in Limerick.

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Dec. 31, 2024

Aquinas on Art and Contemporary Film | Prof.Thomas Hibbs

This lecture was given on October 22nd, 2024, at University of North Texas.

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Dec. 30, 2024

Good, Simple, and Eternal: What Philosophy Can Tell Us About God | Pr…

This lecture was given on March 14th, 2024, at Fordham University.

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Dec. 27, 2024

Scotus on Why Christ's Assumed Human Nature Is Not a Person | Prof. M…

This lecture was given on February 24th, 2024, at The Dominican House of Studies as a part of a conference titled: "Majesty and Lowliness: On the Hypostatic Union of Divine & Human Natures in Christ."

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Dec. 26, 2024

What is "Meaning" and Why Should I Care Whether My Life Has it? | Fr.…

This lecture was given on April 20th, 2024, at St. Albert's Priory as a part of an intellectual retreat titled, "Happiness and the Meaning of Life."

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Dec. 25, 2024

The Imago Dei in Augustine and Thereafter | Prof. Kevin Hart

This lecture was given on March 21st, 2024, at University of Virginia.

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Dec. 24, 2024

The Mysteries of Christ in the Story of Salvation | Fr. Gregory Pine,…

This lecture was given on April 30th, 2024, at University of Oxford.

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Dec. 23, 2024

Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? How Can We Know? | Fr. Dominic …

This lecture was given on April 4th, 2024, at United States Military Academy.

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Dec. 20, 2024

What Makes a Person Good? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

This lecture was given on September 23rd, 2024, at University of Edinburgh.

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Dec. 19, 2024

What is Knowledge? | Prof. Tomas Bogardus

This lecture was given on April 26th, 2024, at University of California, Berkeley.

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Dec. 18, 2024

How the Dark Ages Saved Your Soul | Fr. Gabriel Torretta

This lecture was given on October 11th, 2024, at Thomistic Institute in New York City.

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Dec. 17, 2024

Is Sanctity for Everyone, Even for me? | Fr. John Mark Solitario

This lecture was given on October 15th, 2024, at Mississippi State University.

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Dec. 16, 2024

Aristotelian Philosophy and the Quantum Revolution | Prof. Robert Koo…

This lecture was given on October 9th, 2024, at Universidad Panamericana Campus Mixcoac.

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Dec. 13, 2024

Can Beauty Save the World? | Prof. Raymond Hain

This lecture was given on April 11th, 2024, at University of North Texas.

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Dec. 12, 2024

The Song of Songs: Human or Divine Eros? | Prof. Nina Sophie Heereman

This lecture was given on November 2nd, 2024, at St. Albert's Priority as part of intellectual retreat for the west coast titled: "Wisdom Literature."

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Dec. 11, 2024

In Medio Ecclesiae: The Importance of Embodying Wisdom According to …

This lecture was given on November 2nd, 2024, at St. Albert's Priority as part of intellectual retreat for the west coast titled: "Wisdom Literature."

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Dec. 10, 2024

Scripture as a Source of Wisdom in Catholic Theology | Fr. Jordan Sch…

This lecture was given on November 1st, 2024, at St. Albert's Priority as part of intellectual retreat for the west coast titled: "Wisdom Literature."

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Dec. 9, 2024

'The Lord of All Loves Her': Mary’s Sapiential Garments | Prof. Nina …

This lecture was given on November 2nd, 2024, at St. Albert's Priority as part of intellectual retreat for the west coast titled: "Wisdom Literature."

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Dec. 6, 2024

So Death Doth Touch the Resurrection: Death and Human Nature | Sr. El…

This lecture was given on September 21st, 2024, at University of South Florida.

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Dec. 5, 2024

What Does "Creation" Really Mean? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Dr. Wil…

What does it really mean to say the world is "created," according to St. Thomas Aquinas? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. for an off-campus conversation with Dr. William Carroll about what "creation" really means!

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Dec. 4, 2024

If Your Head Causes You to Sin | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

Fr. Gregory Pine discusses the pitfalls of undisciplined thinking, advocating for a return to structured thought guided by the Catholic intellectual tradition, particularly the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas.

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Dec. 3, 2024

Human Person, Community, and Communion | Dr. R.J. Snell

Dr. R.J. Snell explores the contemporary Western world's struggle with disenchantment, loneliness, and lack of purpose, exemplified through Elena Ferrante's fiction by contrasting Ferrante's works with the Christian concept of relational personhood.

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