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Saturdays at Seven Conversation Series

Hosted by Todd C. Ream

Meet the Host

Indiana Wesleyan University

Todd C. Ream is Honors Professor of Humanities and Executive Director of Faculty Research and Scholarship at Indiana Wesleyan University, Senior Fellow for Public Engagement for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, Senior Fellow for Programming for the Lumen Research Institute, and Publisher for Christian Scholar’s Review.  He is the author and editor of numerous books including, most recently The Anxious Middle: Planning for the Future of the Christian College (with Jerry Pattengale).

Recent Episodes

Saturdays at Seven Conversation Series

“Intellectual Hospitality” ft. the Trinity Forum’s Cherie Harder I Saturdays at Seven – Season Two, Episode Eight 

In the eighth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Cherie Harder, President of the Trinity Forum. Harder opens by sharing what qualities make for a good conversation, what we have lost in recent years in terms of the practice of such a conversation, and what…
October 26, 2024
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“Opportunity for Enormous Impact” ft. Samford University’s Beck A. Taylor I Saturdays at Seven – Season Two, Episode Seven 

In the seventh episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Beck A. Taylor, President of Samford University. Taylor begins by discussing the similarities and differences between the service he offered as president of Whitworth University for eleven years to the service he now offers Samford. One…
October 19, 2024
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“A Rich Mosaic” ft. Westmont College’s Kimberly Battle-Walters Denu I Saturdays at Seven – Season Two, Episode Six 

https://youtu.be/_C1AGsde2pY Click here to listen to the episode on Spotify In the sixth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Kimberly Battle-Walters Denu, Provost and Dean of the Faculty at Westmont College. Denu begins by assessing the state of conversations concerning diversity, equity, and inclusion on…
October 12, 2024
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“A Way of Living Excellence” ft. Villanova University’s Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A. I Saturdays at Seven – Season Two, Episode Five

In the fifth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., Professor of Theater and President of Villanova University. Donohue begins by discussing how academic excellence and Catholicity find a home in the Augustinian charisms that animate Villanova. He details how Augustine’s…
October 5, 2024
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“The Lived Religion of Faith Communities” ft. the University of Scranton’s Michelle González Maldonado I Saturdays at Seven – Season Two, Episode Four

In the fourth episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Michelle González Maldonado, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies and the Provost at the University of Scranton. Maldonado opens by discussing the history and theological significance of La Caridad del Cobre (or Our Lady of Charity)…
September 28, 2024
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“For What You Were Prepared” ft. Baylor University’s Linda A. Livingstone I Saturdays at Seven – Season Two, Episode Three

In the third episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Linda A. Livingstone, President of Baylor University. Livingstone begins by discussing the commitments that define the research university and the unique ways the Christian research university is designed to be of service to a world in…
September 21, 2024
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“A Detective Story” ft. the National Institutes of Health’s Francis S. Collins I Saturdays at Seven – Season Two, Episode Two

In the second episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Francis S. Collins, physician-scientist and former director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Collins begins by describing the day in November 2020, when he and his colleagues at the NIH unblinded the data related to…
September 14, 2024
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“Nourishing the Soul” ft. Wheaton College’s Philip Graham Ryken I Saturdays at Seven – Season Two, Episode One

In the first episode of the second season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Philip Graham Ryken, Professor of Theology and President of Wheaton College. Ryken opens by defining how he Biblically and theologically understands evangelicalism, the global contexts in which evangelicalism exists, and the contributions that Wheaton faculty, staff,…
September 7, 2024
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“A Fresh Start” ft. the University of Pennsylvania’s David A. Skeel, Jr. I Saturdays at Seven Ep. 49 (The Legal Vocation: Part Six of a Six Part Series)

In the forty-eighth episode of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with David A. Skeel, Jr., the S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Pennsylvania. Skeel opens the conversation by talking about how his interests in bankruptcy law developed and about the theological commitments that are woven into…
August 31, 2024
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“To Live a Common Life” ft. Boston College’s Cathleen Kaveny I Saturdays at Seven Ep. 48 (The Legal Vocation: Part Five of a Six Part Series)

In the forty-eighth episode of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Cathleen Kaveny, the Darald and Juliet Libby Millenium Professor of Theology and Law at Boston College. Ream opens by asking Kaveny about her efforts concerning interdisciplinary scholarship, how such efforts break down siloes often defining academe, and how the challenges…
August 24, 2024