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On November 18, 1969, during the height of the Vietnam War, a group of Notre Dame students protested the presence of Central Intelligence Agency and DAO (Defense Attache Office, Saigon) on campus. At the time, Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy was a professor in the literature department; he had also founded and was the Director of The Program for the Study and Practice of Nonviolent Conflict Resolution. Ten of the students got expelled. Fr. McCarthy ended up resigning, to show solidarity with th...

On November 18, 1969, during the height of the Vietnam War, a group of Notre Dame students protested the presence of Central Intelligence Agency and DAO (Defense Attache Office, Saigon) on campus. At the time, Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy was a professor in the literature department; he had also founded and was the Director of The Program for the Study and Practice of Nonviolent Conflict Resolution. Ten of the students got expelled. Fr. McCarthy ended up resigning, to show solidarity with th...

Jason Knudson joined the Navy in 1998, deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and now works in innovation and defense. We talk about the ongoing war in Gaza, among other things. Jason's perspective, which is different than mine, and comes from outside Catholic teaching on war, I see as a dose of worldly wisdom that the CAM podcast needs (not that I believe much in worldly wisdom on the topic, but it is worth hearing if only because, sometimes, worldly wisdom seems more connected to reality than th...

Thanks to David Gray for the interview on "Off Code and Unscripted" over at St. Dominic's Media. David certainly did his research! He hits on some highlights of the CAM podcast over the last few years. Part II will work as a great overview and introduction for new viewers/listeners of CAM! Note: You'll hear audio from videos Ellen previously made that he is playing from other videos during the livestream.Part I: Ellen's satire and personal background Part II: War, Just War, Christian Nonviole...

Join me in the class with Hugh Owen "Six Day Creation"! Starts June 4.Six Day Creation, A Live Online Class with Hugh Owen: courses.teachtothetext.com/p/sixdaycreationThis is one of my favorite episodes I've ever had the pleasure to record. Enjoy!0:00 Why Hugh started the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation11:34: Is this Sola Scriptura, Protestant Fundamentalism? 18:30: What is "theistic evolution"? 24:31 Hugh's father and family history (U.N., Planned Parenthood) 28:25 The relationship be...

Patrick Thompson, who has been studying Fr. McCarthy's work, is my co-host in this episode on Stoicism and Christianity. (Our conversation takes some interesting turns!) To make a contribution: Venmo: @Ellen-FinniganSnail Mail: Ellen Finnigan1230 Big Thompson Ave., #104Estes Park, CO, 80517(This is a P.O. Box, but it must be addressed exactly as written above.) 0:00 Patrick Intro10:20 Epictetus & Stoics13:17 Relationship between Stoicism and Christianity23:33 Stoicism-...