2024 Zahm Lecture - Earth Democracy with Dr. Vandana Shiva, Indian scholar, author, ecofeminist, environmental activist, and food sovereignty advocate based in Delhi. Pope Francis's call for environmental justice and care for the earth in his encyclical Laudato Si makes the connection between our environmental collapse and its impact on the poor an…

Holy Cross priests Fr. Bob Antonelli, Dick Berg and Richard Rutherford sit down with lay collaborator Karen Eifler to share their memories of attending Vatican II sessions as seminarians, the impact of that Council on their decades of ministry, and the links to the current Synod underway.بقلم eifler

The lads are back after two years to emergency pod the Jacob DeGrom injury news and Shaquille O’Neal’s court summons. Folks, it’s been said time and time again, but we are so back.بقلم thebadguyspod

A conversation co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center, Office of Student Affairs, OIEDI, and Campus Ministry. Fr, Martin answered several questions from the UP community arising from his book Building a Bridge.بقلم eifler

Cognitive psychologist Marianne Lloyd of Seton Hall University and Fr. Kevin Grove CSC of Notre Dame unpack what their two academic disciplines can teach us about memory, laughter, prayer and being human.بقلم eifler

Dr. Deborah Pembleton, of Saint John's University/College of Saint Benedict, examines how the life of Sister Thea Bowman infused Catholicism with gospel music and influenced global leadership and cultural competence.بقلم eifler

Dr. Karen Eifler of UP’s Garaventa Center pokes around the smash hit Ted Lasso and illuminates themes of grace and transcendence the show’s writers may not have anticipated. Or did they?بقلم schniewi

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Dr. Eric Anctil of the University of Portland provides an unblinking examination of everyday technologies that create true gluttony in us when engaged and offers strategies for helping people be the processors of they own experiences. Part of the Beckman Humor Projectبقلم eifler

Fr. Michael Driscoll walks through the elements of the Eucharist and unpacks how the Mass can school us toward better loving of one anotherبقلم eifler

Beth Burns, Executive Director of p:ear, shares about her work with Portland's homeless youth and joins Professor Alice Gates in conversation about living out Dorothy Day's legacy today.بقلم eifler

Dr. Matt Eggemeier of College of the Holy Cross speaks as a guest of UP's Garaventa Centerبقلم eifler

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Dr. Christie Klimas, DePaul University environmental scientist, focuses on the Amazon rainforest to illustrate how our individual and collective actions impact our global economy and ecology, and how this can be informed by Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment, Laudato Sí. Presented March 30, 2021. Hosted by the UP Garaventa Center.…

Dr. Matthew Eggemeier, associate professor of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, offers an analysis of neoliberalism, how it intersects with a number of social crises (racism, environmental destruction, democracy), and why it stands in tension with Catholic social teaching. Sponsored by the UP Garaventa Center, 3/23/21.…

Dr. Karen Eifler, co-director of the Garaventa Center, highlights elements of Schitt’s Creek – the series that swept the comedy category in the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards – and proposes what we can learn from this Canadian sitcom to deepen our understanding of Catholic faith. March 2, 2021. Co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center and the Beckman Humor…

Married Portland area poets Jerry Harp and Mary Szybist take turns reading from their work and illuminating the power and powerlessness of poetry to confront life's most searing moments, 2/11/21.بقلم eifler

We are a great band of pilgrims journeying together toward the Kingdom of God.بقلم eifler

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Theologian Dr. Jessica Coblentz explores the tensions between notions of sanctity and depression, and offers strategies for navigating those. Hosted by the Garaventa Center, 10/20/20.بقلم eifler

With the saints, in Christ, we are members of a great family.بقلم eifler

Dr. Gintaras Duda of Creighton University in Omaha Nebraska gives the annual Zahm lecture (via Zoom webinar) speaking on "From the Big Bang to The Saint John's Bible: The Role of Astonishment in A Scientist's Journey to Integrate Faith and Reason"بقلم eifler

Well, they’re just as bored as you are. The bad guys talk to Ted Berg, whose observations (on Jeopardy, sandwich controversies, Taco Bell, Nunley’s of Baldwin, Cole Hamels, and Kevin Mitchell) are exactly what we all need to get through the quarantine. https://thebadguyspod.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/ep.-32.mp3…

The sports podcast that rarely talks about sports is back, just as sports are cancelled. David Roth is here to help the guys make sense of the COVID-19 and how it will affect the Mets, New York City, the world, and Turkish bath houses. https://thebadguyspod.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/ep.-31.mp3بقلم thebadguyspod

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Steve Cohen is buying the Mets. No word on if he plans to acquire this podcast as part of the deal. Steve Sypa of Amazin Avenue joins in the second half to further discus the Mets and free agency. https://thebadguyspod.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/ep.-30.mp3بقلم thebadguyspod

Liam and Will are back for their weekly(?) Mets podcast where they don’t talk about the Mets. The guys weave their way through NHL and NBA talk in the first half, and talk AEW Full Gear (and Don Cherry) in the second half. Please do something Brodie. https://thebadguyspod.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/tbgp-ep.-29.mp3…

Linda Plitt Donaldson, MSW, PhD, examines the life of Dorothy Day, Catholic Social Teaching, and evidence-based practices to address and end homelessness, 11/5/19. Donaldson is Director of the Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services at James Madison University in Virginia, and has worked and studied homelessness in the D.C. area for o…

Liam and Will are back to welcome back Carlos Beltran, really remember some 2006 guys, better know some Croatian Astoria bars, and give their propers to unions. https://thebadguyspod.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/tbgp-ep.-28.mp3بقلم thebadguyspod

Dr. Ryan Kenton of UP Biology dives into the world of actual parasitic wasps, worms, and fungus that have been found to turn thousands of other species into assorted forms of "zombies!" 10/30/19. Co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center and the Beckman Humor Project.بقلم nuxolls

Photographer and painter Anne Goetze tells the story behind her artwork depicting the lives of the Visitation Nuns in Annecy, France, 10/22/19. Sponsored by the Garaventa Center.بقلم nuxolls

Dr. Robin Jensen, Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and concurrent Professor of the History of Art, presents a survey of the ways the Holy Cross and Christ's Passion have been depicted in the history of Christian art. Jensen also discusses reasons for the late emergence of both the cross and crucifixion in Christian iconography …

Liam is at Saberseminar and Will is coming back from Friday night’s wild game at Citi Field. Hot Boys thoroughly on their shit as Liam talks about his love of oysters and trolling baseball writers while Will reminisces on challenging Long Island Chaminade students to fights at the Baldwin Bowling Lanes parking lot in the mid-00’s. https://thebadguy…

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The guys are back. The guys are bad. Liam and Will catch up on the current state of their Mets apathy and also discuss NBA and NHL free agency and 2019-2020 seasons for both leagues. It’s good to be back bad. https://thebadguyspod.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/tbgp-ep.-26.mp3بقلم thebadguyspod

In the Eucharist, everything that is precious, everything possessed of mortal beauty, takes its place at the one table – at the foot of the one Cross.بقلم eifler

What is the most you’d be willing to do for a friend?بقلم eifler

This essay won a top award in the 2019 Garaventa Center High School Essay Contest.بقلم eifler

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Like Thomas, we too recognize Christ by his wounds.بقلم eifler

Well, this is it. Liam and Will pull out all the stops by bringing on the heavy hitting guests to talk about Brexit and weigh the odds of success for famous Twitter s**t-posters in the Democratic primaries. Podcasts come and go but heroes always be on their bulls**t. https://thebadguyspod.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/tbgp-ep.-25-pt2.mp3…

Celebrated writers read from their works, followed by a moderated panel examining how their faith influences and intersects the inspiration, process, and products of their imaginations. The panel includes: Poet GC Waldrep, Professor of English at Bucknell University, whose new book Feast Gently, was just released by Tupelo Press. GC is the acting d…

In part 1 of the finale of The Bad Guys Pod, detectives Jarrett Seidler and Jeffrey Paternostro of Baseball Prospectus are brought in for an interrogation as Liam and Will try to get to the bottom of the Jeff McNeil and Robert Gsellman cases. Time is a flat 6. https://thebadguyspod.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/tbgp-ep.-25-pt1.mp3…

Christopher Pramuk, PhD, Chair of Ignatian Thought and Imagination at RegisUniversity, presents the remarkable story of one-time slave trader John Newton,the composer of the song “Amazing Grace,” as a portal into the struggle fordiversity and inclusion in the US and beyond, 3-20-19. Pramuk, the author of HopeSings, So Beautiful: Graced Encounters A…