Outside the Walls

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Outside the Walls is a weekly radio program featuring interviews with theologians, authors, clergy, religious, and engaged laity from around the Catholic world.

  1. The Bible and the Anointing of the Sick - Dr. Michael Barber

    08/31/2025

    The Bible and the Anointing of the Sick - Dr. Michael Barber

    Michael Patrick Barber, Ph.D is Professor of Sacred Scripture and Theology. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and publications, including The Historical Jesus and the Temple: Memory, Methodology, and the Gospel of Matthew (Cambridge University Press) and Paul, A New Covenant Jew: Rethinking Pauline Theology (Eerdmans), co-written with Brant Pitre and John Kincaid. He is an active member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association. Today we talk about his newest book, part of Baker Academic’s series “Catholic Biblical Theology of the Sacraments” entitled, the Bible and the Anointing of the Sick.

    54 min
  2. Immigration, Human Dignity & the Common Good - Dr. Victor Carmona

    08/09/2025

    Immigration, Human Dignity & the Common Good - Dr. Victor Carmona

    Dr. Victor Carmona serves as Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies and Core Curriculum Director at the University of San Diego. He has spent years applying Catholic Social Teaching to address the fundamental questions of power and justice connected to immigration. He joins us today to discuss those issues and provide a context for how we should meet our current moment.

    57 min
  3. A Catholic Response to the Border: Brian A. Strassburger, S.J.

    08/02/2025

    A Catholic Response to the Border: Brian A. Strassburger, S.J.

    Fr. Brian Strassburger is the Director of Del Camino Jesuit Border Ministries and the Co-host of the Jesuit Border Podcast. He joins us to discuss what he is seeing on the border, as well as a Catholic response to the border and the surge in deportations throughout the U.S.

    59 min
  4. Praying with Our Feet: Dr. Ansel Augustine

    06/07/2025

    Praying with Our Feet: Dr. Ansel Augustine

    Ansel Augustine, D. Min, is a minister, speaker, and advocate for social justice with over twenty-five years of experience serving marginalized communities. Dr. Augustine has integrated his faith and his expertise on Catholic social teaching with an unstoppable passion for justice by casting the service net wide to BlackCatholics, youth, young adults, campus students, and prisoners. Dr. Augustine serves as the Assistant Director of African American Affairs at the USCCB Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church. He joins us today to talk about his book, Praying with Our Feet: Encountering God in the Margins, available at Loyola Press.

    56 min
  5. Habemus Papam! On Papal Transitions - Fr. Matthew Mary Bartow, MFVA

    05/10/2025

    Habemus Papam! On Papal Transitions - Fr. Matthew Mary Bartow, MFVA

    Fr. Matthew Mary Bartow, a priest with the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word and an Assistant Chaplain at EWTN in Alabama joins us to reflect on the election of Pope Leo XIV, and talk about a proper disposition toward the pope. He shares with us his own journey with Pope Francis, and we talk a bit about how to handle all the media fervor surrounding any new pope.

    56 min
  6. Love Heals: On the Greatest Commandment - Sonja Corbitt

    04/12/2025

    Love Heals: On the Greatest Commandment - Sonja Corbitt

    Sonja Corbitt is the “Bible Study Evangelista” and creator of “the best modernization of lectio" divina: the LOVE the Word® Bible study method and journal. She is a best-selling author and Telly Award winning broadcaster whose weekly show Evangelista Bible Study and other high-impact, multi-media Bible study resources create space for busy Christians to hear and experience God through the Scriptures. Sonja’s work appears on CatholicTV, Catholic radio, and podcast. Learn more at SonjaCorbitt.com. Today we’re talking about her book Love Heals, a study of the Great Commandment, published by Ave Maria Press.

    56 min
  7. One Sunday at a Time: Meditating on Scripture - Mark Hart

    03/29/2025

    One Sunday at a Time: Meditating on Scripture - Mark Hart

    Mark Hart is the chief innovation officer at Life Teen International. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Hart is a blogger, podcaster, and international speaker. He is a research fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He is an award-winning producer of Bible study DVDs and the author of more than twenty books, including the topic of our conversation today One Sunday at a Time: Preparing Your Heart for Weekly Mass for cycles A, B, and C published with Ave Maria Press.

    56 min
  8. The Essential Guide to Ratzinger: Dr. Matthew Ramage

    03/22/2025

    The Essential Guide to Ratzinger: Dr. Matthew Ramage

    Dr. Matthew J. Ramage is Professor of Theology at Benedictine College where he is co-director of its Center for Integral Ecology. His research and writing concentrates especially on the theology of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI, the wedding of ancient and modern methods of biblical interpretation, the dialogue between faith and science, and stewardship of creation.  In addition to his other scholarly and outreach endeavors, Dr. Ramage is author, co-author, or translator of over fifteen books, including Dark Passages of the Bible (CUA Press, 2013), Jesus, Interpreted (CUA Press, 2017), The Experiment of Faith (CUA Press, 2020), From the Dust of the Earth: Benedict XVI, the Bible, and the Theory of Evolution (CUA Press, 2022).  His most recent book, The Essential Guide to Ratzinger: The Man and his Message is available through Our Sunday Visitor. For more information on Dr. Ramage’s work, visit his website, www.matthewramage.com. Today's show was sponsored in part by SockReligious.

    56 min
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Outside the Walls is a weekly radio program featuring interviews with theologians, authors, clergy, religious, and engaged laity from around the Catholic world.

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    TL
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
  • Episodes
    299
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