A Closer Look
Summary: A Closer Look™ with Sheila Liaugminas features notable experts, newsmakers, elected officials, scholars and clergy on a variety of current event topics including social and moral issues, politics, and medical bioethics. Sheila and her guests put the news of the day into sharp focus from a uniquely Catholic perspective.
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Podcasts:
Ed Morrissey filling in! Christian Toto: Why do Christian themes struggle at the box office? A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: not mimicry, but captures the essence of Fred Rogers. Richard Jewel movie out this weekend: 24 hour news cycle amplified dilemma; media ran with its own narrative. Hollywood: good with the “Christians are evil” trope. […]
Danny Abramowicz: The Road to Spiritual Fitness: A Five Step Plan for Men; tools for ‘regular guys’ struggling with issues in life to follow a path to a stronger spiritual life and eternal one. Danny shares highlights from his journey as a pro athlete, battle with alcoholism and relationship with the Lord through the Catholic […]
Dr. Carrie Gress: Mary as God’s solution to a civilization in crisis, antidote to toxic feminism causing family breakdown, broken homes; Theology of Home: Finding the Eternal in the Everyday; how our homes can help us, our families and guests see God at work and get us to the Father’s house. You don’t have an […]
Fr. Robert Gahl: Self-Mastery, Sexuality, and Neuroscience: Perspectives from Philosophy and Cognitive Science for Human Flourishing. People saw Jesus on the altar in the first Nativity which led us to the tradition of re-creating the Nativity at Christmas. As Pope Francis encourages: we must have the courage to maintain this tradition in public places. Jake Moore: stories […]
Today’s broadcast is an encore from 11/22/19. Dr. Tod Worner: ‘What I learned from Evelyn Waugh’, the power of story in teaching life lessons; the rich & diverse landscape of the Catholic faith; reaching the skeptics who hunger to learn about the truth of things; informing the unformed faithful not well catechized. Barbara Nicolosi: Film […]
Fr. Charbel Grbavac: St. Michael’s Abbey Norbertine Fathers Launch Innovative Digital Advent Calendar with Daily Reflections, Videos, Music, Commentaries, and Gifts to Engage Faithful Catholics Around the World. Dr. J.J. Wright: Vespers for the Immaculate Conception; award winning composer and choir director combines rich heritage of Catholic sacred music with tradition of jazz in a […]
Harold Cassidy: New court ruling a major victory for groundbreaking pro-life law and case that challenges the Roe v. Wade and Casey decisions; AMA had joined Planned Parenthood in calling ‘human being’ designation of the unborn ‘unconstitutional’ (yes, they really did) Terry Beatley: Dr. Bernard Nathanson wanted Americans to know he and other founders of […]
Fr. Robert Spitzer: ‘The Essence of Things’; 2 Objectives to Make Advent Joyful, Peaceful & Hopeful; time for reconciliation and deepening our prayer life; you’re busy? You don’t have time NOT to pray or to neglect a well formed prayer life; preparing because ‘we know not the day nor the hour’ Caller: Anna Maria, Salt […]
Dr. Joel Brind: What we eat may cause inflammation that causes chronic pain, how they’re linked and how pain is relieved; holiday festivities, rich foods, health and guidance; update on abortion-breast cancer link. Monsignor Stuart Swetland: Good stewardship on Giving Tuesday; Pope Francis’ new Apostolic Letter ‘On the Meaning and Importance of the Nativity Scene’ […]
June Lawrence: Cross Catholic Outreach helps you bless the poor throughout the year, give help and hope to those in need, ‘be someone’s miracle this Christmas’ Dr. Tim Gray: Augustine Institute ongoing mission to form disciples for evangelization and provide teaching and catechetical tools to learn and spread the faith. or Matt Meeks: Augustine Institute […]
The 11/28/19 broadcast was an encore from 10/2/19 Fr. Robert Spitzer: ‘The Essence of Things’; reasons to be Catholic; answers to usual questions from doubters, skeptics about why people remain in the Church; feast of the Holy Guardian Angels & existence of the transcendent, spiritual realm of saints, angels, and their importance in our material […]
The 11/29/19 broadcast was an encore from 10/21/19 Dr. Gene Neri: Stress management; outrage fatigue and the toll of ongoing anger; chronic pain suffering; being part of your pain management plan with your doctor; the difference faith and prayer life can make in our health. You have to participate in stress management – if you […]
11/27/19 broadcast was an encore from 10/22/19 Fr. Robert Gahl: St. John Paul II’s influence on creating the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard’s ‘Institute for Quantitative Social Science and his role in it; teaching virtue theory, the narrative unity of life, and their complementarity with cognitive psychology. The truth will set us free; living in […]
Prof. Paul Kengor: Update on ‘The Divine Plan’ film on President Reagan, Pope John Paul II collaborating to defeat atheistic communism; ‘Thanking God at Thanksgiving’, history of this special occasion and the presidents who invoked God’s name in Thanksgiving proclamations Dr. Edward Sri: ‘God With Us: Encountering Jesus in the Gospel of Mathew’; new liturgical […]
Dr. Gene Neri: More people suffering from chronic pain, near constant stress, anger issues, fear; how to break the ‘vicious cycle’ and be part of your healing and treatment plan; faith is good medicine, a disciplined health routine can change your life Lisa Wheeler: Helping foster care families at holiday times; need is always great, […]
