Spe Salvi Institute Podcast

James Matthew Wilson: Plato, Poetry, and Place

Robert Mixa and Andrew Petiprin talk to James Matthew Wilson about poetry, his book 'The Vision of the Soul: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in the Western Tradition,' Conservatism, Christian Platonism, Catholicism in the Americas, and Catholic Modernism.

Larry Chapp: The New World Struggling to be Born

In this episode, Robert Mixa and Andrew Petiprin talk to Dr. Larry Chapp about Part III of his article “The Falsification of the Good: Mr. Cogito's Monster and the Prolepsis of Heaven and Hell” and his conviction that now is the time of monsters. We discuss Alain Besançon's conviction that the end of the world is palpable, Antón Barba-Kay’s 'Web of Our Own Making: The Nature of Digital Formation,' Zbigniew Herbert’s 'Mr. Cogito,' and the monster’s perfect, white teeth.

Fr. Brian Graebe: The Goodness of Creation, the Break Fast Podcast, and New York, the Wonder City

In this episode, Andrew Petiprin and Bobby Mixa talk to Fr. Brian Graebe of the Archdiocese of New York about the backstory to the Break Fast podcast, the goodness and beauty in creation, and the allure of New York City.

Jennifer Newsome Martin: Charles Péguy on Hope, Mary, and Money

Jennifer Newsome Martin, the new director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture and a Notre Dame theologian, joins Andrew Petiprin and Bobby Mixa to discuss Charles Péguy and his writings on hope and modernity.

Michael Hanby: Technocratic Absolutism and Philosophical Vision

Andrew and Bobby talk to Dr. Michael Hanby about technocratic totalitarianism, the fate of truth in the Modern Age, and why we need the French poet Charles Péguy.

Alan Cornett: Cultural Debris, the Agrarian Tradition, and Modern Barbarism

Andrew and Bobby talk to the Cultural Debris podcast host and writer, Alan Cornett, about cultural renaissance, the connection between culture and agriculture, Russell Kirk’s conservatism, and abstraction as the enemy of the real.

Rodney Howsare: On Leisure, Festivity, and Work

In this episode, Andrew and Bobby talk to theologian Rodney Howsare about leisure, festivity, and work. The conversation covers Josef Pieper’s Leisure: The Basis of Culture, Matthew B. Crawford’s The World Beyond Your Head: How to Flourish in an Age of Distraction, Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World.

The Vatican Film List and the Cinematic Arts

In this episode, Andrew and Bobby discuss Andrew’s new book Popcorn with the Pope: A Guide to the Vatican Film List and why cinema needs to be upheld as an art. They talk about some of the great luminaries in film history, such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Ingmar Bergman, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Terrence Malick and more.

D.C. Schindler: Politics and Reality

Andrew and Bobby talk to philosopher D.C. Schindler about the nature of liberalism, its rejection of reality, technology and habits of attention, the importance of Hegel, the Catholic affirmation of reality, and his new book God and the City: An Essay in Political Metaphysics. 

Carl Olson: Will Catholics Be Left Behind: A Critique of the Rapture and Christian Eschatology

In this episode, Andrew and Bobby talk to Carl E. Olson, editor of Catholic World Report and Ignatius Insight and author of many books such as Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? and Will Catholics Be "Left Behind”?, about the Rapture, Eschatology, Theosis, and the Eucharist.