Saturdays at Seven Conversation Series

In the fortieth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with William T. Cavanaugh, Professor of Catholic Studies and Director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology at DePaul University. Cavanaugh begins by drawing from his most recent book, The Uses of Idolatry, a means…

In the thirty-ninth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with George Yancey, Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University. Yancey opens by reflecting upon how he makes sense of race relations in the United States since 2010. While the tragic events involving individuals such as…

In the thirty-eighth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Elaine Howard Ecklund, the Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences and the Director of the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance at Rice University. Ecklund begins by discussing her understanding of…

In the thirty-seventh episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Ard Louis, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford. Louis begins by discussing the documentary in which he co-starred with David Malone. Louis, a Christian and scientist, and Malone, an atheist and non-scientist, travelled…

In the thirty-sixth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Jennifer A. Herdt, the Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Christian Ethics and the Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at Yale University Divinity School. Herdt opens by discussing how the focus of her research, particularly as…

In the thirty-fifth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Meghan Sullivan, the Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good at the University of Notre Dame. Sullivan begins by discussing an article she contributed to a…

In the thirty-fourth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Dominic Preziosi, the editor of Commonweal. Preziosi begins by discussing the vocation to which journalists are called, the commitments or canons that define the fourth estate, and how journalists who are selflessly committed to their vocation…

In the thirty-third episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Massimo Faggioli, Professor in Historical and Contemporary Ecclesiology at Trinity College Dublin. Faggioli begins by offering an overview of recent research on Vatican II, interpretations of the council’s ongoing significance, and the ways the council impacts…

In the thirty-second episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Jeremy Begbie, the Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Research Professor of Theology at Duke University. Begbie opens by discussing the role of the imagination, the ways appreciation for the imagination waned in terms of perceived dependability through…

In the thirty-first episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Sandra L. Richter, the Robert H. Gundry Chair of Biblical Studies at Westmont College. Richter begins by sharing how the details through which Old Testament (and New Testament) scholars are called to sort can be of…

In the thirtieth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Peter Harrison, Professor of History and Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Queensland and Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Notre Dame Australia. Harrison opens by exploring the popular perception that the narrative concerning the…

In the twenty-ninth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Mia Chung, Executive Director of the Octet Collaborative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chung begins by exploring the relationship shared by genius and effort. As a concert-level pianist, Chung began playing the piano at the…

In the twenty-eighth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Todd Martin, the President of Trinity Western University. Martin opens by reflecting upon his expertise as a family studies scholar, exploring the ways that channeling theory and family development theory can prove beneficial to educators striving…

In the twenty-seventh episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Katia Passerini, the President of Gonzaga University. Passerini begins by drawing upon her expertise as an information system management scholar, thinking through academe’s successes and failures to date in relation to online learning. While such opportunities…

In the twenty-sixth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Joshua August Daily, Professor of Pediatrics and the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program Director at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Daily begins by offering insights concerning how he builds rapport with…

In the twenty-fifth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Laban Ayiro, the Vice Chancellor of Daystar University. Ayiro begins by exploring the exponential growth the Church is experiencing in sub-Saharan Africa and, in particular, in east African nations such as Kenya. As a frequent visitor…

In the twenty-fourth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Mary H. Van Brunt, President of Spring Hill College. Van Brunt opens by discussing how Spring Hill’s long and distinguished history intersects with the history of Jesuit Catholic higher education and the history of higher education…

In the twenty-third episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Terence C. Halliday, Convener of the Global Faculty Initiative and Research Professor Emeritus at the American Bar Foundation. Halliday begins by discussing the opportunities that led to the creation of the Global Faculty Initiative (GFI), its…

In the twenty-second episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Amy Peeler, the Kenneth T. Wessner Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. Peeler opens by sharing how she coordinates the roles which she is called to fill—roles which include serving as a spouse, a parent,…

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…