Babies Are a Lot Like Us

by Peter J. Leithart

“Suffer the little children to come to me” isn’t a piece of pious sentiment, but a starting point for scientific discovery. Continue Reading »

29 Apr 2022

Ronald Dworkin on the Politics of Unhappiness

by R. R. Reno

Ronald Dworkin joins the podcast to talk about how SSRIs, cognitive therapy, and virtual reality have transformed our lives and our politics.
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28 Apr 2022

A Grief Philosophized

by Mark Bauerlein

Michael Cholbi joins the podcast to discuss his book, Grief: A Philosophical Guide. Continue Reading »

17 Mar 2022

Past, Present, Peace

by Mark Bauerlein

William Damon joins the podcast to discuss his book, A Round of Golf with My Father: The New Psychology of Exploring Your Past to Make Peace with Your Present. Continue Reading »

11 Mar 2022

The Psychology of Religious Ritual

by Mark Bauerlein

David DeSteno joins the conversation to discuss his new book, How God Works: The Science Behind the Benefits of Religion.  Continue Reading »

7 Feb 2022

Julia Yost on Trauma

by R. R. Reno

Julia Yost joins editor R. R. Reno to talk about how the language of trauma has infected our public conversation. Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2021

By Our Wounds We Are Healed

by Julia Yost

Before #MeToo, before Black Lives Matter, Bessel van der Kolk argued for the centrality of trauma to human experience. President of the Trauma Research Foundation in Brookline, Massachusetts, van der Kolk is author of The Body Keeps the Score, a book that has been a perennial best-seller since . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2021

Refounding Social Science

by Aaron Kheriaty

Psychology and sociology were meant to bring about an epoch of progress. Where did they go wrong?
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10 Aug 2021

The Healer: Paul McHugh at 90

by George Weigel

Dr. Paul McHugh is a healer after the heart of the Divine Physician. Continue Reading »

26 May 2021

Spirituality of the Suburbs

by Julia Yost

Obituaries for Toni Morrison, who died on August 5, remember her as a Nobel Prize–winning novelist, a black woman novelist, and the last great American novelist—never a Catholic novelist. Morrison converted to Catholicism at age twelve but stood aloof from the Church for years. Despite a few . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2019