Saturdays at Seven Conversation Series

In the twenty-first episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Karin Öberg, the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University. Öberg begins by discussing the contributions astrochemistry makes to the cultivation of awe. She explores how the cultivation of awe can occur…

In the twentieth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Farr Curlin, the Josiah Trent Professor of Medical Humanities in the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, & History of Medicine and Co-Director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke University. Curlin opens by discussing…

In the nineteenth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University’s Elizabeth Futral. Futral begins by detailing the myriads of ways individuals new to opera come to find the artform compelling. Some people are initially drawn to the music.…

In the eighteenth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with James J. Choi, Professor of Finance at Yale University and a TIAA Institute Fellow. Choi opens by reflecting upon the current state of retirement savings practices, ones which data indicate accomplish their intended purposes, ones which…

In the seventeenth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Philip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University. Jenkins begins by sharing his reflections on how the practice of history has changed over the course of his career. Religion, according to Jenkins, was rarely a…

In the sixteenth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Melanie Humphreys, President of The King’s University. Humphreys begins by discussing the practices that allowed her to serve a tenure as president at King’s that is one of the longest in Canada and over twice as…

In the fifteenth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Oliver O’Donovan, Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh. O’Donovan opens by discussing his involvement with the recently formed Global Faculty Initiative—an effort seeking to “integrate faith and scholarship for…

In the fourteenth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Laurie M. Joyner, President of St. Norbert College. Joyner opens by exploring the charisms that define the Norbertine religious order and, in turn, St. Norbert College, stressing, in particular, the manner in which communio pervades the…

In the thirteenth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Mark Bosco, S.J., the Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Georgetown University. Bosco begins by discussing his research interests residing at the intersection of theology, literature, and the cultivation of a well-ordered imagination. Those interests…

In the twelfth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Warren F. Rogers, the David Blanchard Chair in Physics at Indiana Wesleyan University. Rogers opens by exploring the relationship shared by his passions for music and physics. He details how those twin passions and the relationships…

In the eleventh episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Rev. Thomas Davenport, O.P., Professore Incaricato di Filosofia at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. Davenport begins by discussing the relationship he is striving to foster between physics and philosophy—a disconnect that is the result…

In the tenth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Rusty Towell, Professor of Physics and Director of NEXT Lab at Abilene Christian University. Towell opens by discussing the challenges nuclear energy experienced over the course of the last 80 years. Some of those challenges are…

In the ninth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Ian Hutchinson, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Hutchinson opens by introducing the legacy of the tokamak in the history of nuclear science. Initially developed by the Soviets, the…

In the eighth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd C. Ream talks with Robert K. Vischer, President of the University of St. Thomas. Vischer opens by exploring how encouraging and resourcing his colleagues to live in a larger story became one of the commitments defining his service as…

In the seventh episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Makoto Fujimura, independent artist and author. Fujimura begins by sharing the commitments and qualities that define nihonga or slow art. He offers some insights concerning the origins of such an artistic movement, what drew him to…

In the fifth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Debra A. Schwinn, President of Palm Beach Atlantic University. Schwinn opens by discussing the current state of medical education. As a physician scientist who served in several different capacities over the course of her career, Schwinn…

In the fifth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Wayne D. Lewis, Jr., President of Houghton University. Lewis begins by discussing the levels of attention presidents in the United States need to exert in relation to decisions being made in Washington, DC as well in…

In the fourth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with John Milbank, Professor Emeritus of Religion, Politics, and Ethics at the University of Nottingham. Milbank opens by offering his assessment of the current state of theology, the way it is practiced in the academy, the way…

In the third episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Carlos Eire, the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University. Eire begins by recounting how reading Thomas Á Kempis’s The Imitation of Christ transformed his life. As a boy in Havana,…

In the second episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Kevin J. Brown, President of Asbury University. Brown opens by discussing how proximity as an educator is a critical component of engaging and forming the moral sensibilities of students. Such an understanding also proves beneficial when…