Ruth Institute Podcast

(September 29, 2009) What happens when artificial reproduction procedures go horribly wrong?

(September 15, 2009) Kai Feldblum is President Obama's pick to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Her views are making waves in the religious community because she has no tolerance for any objections to same-sex marriage, even in a religious and private context.  Dr J and Todd Wilken meet to discuss the arising conflicts in this arena, and how churches are poised to lose out.

(September 8, 2009) What makes a parent...well, a parent?  Historically, the couple who conceived and gave birth to you were recognized as your father and your mother.  However, the present-day definition is much more elastic.  Adults who have no biological or adoptive relation are being granted parental rights over children--sometimes as the biological parents are being excluded.  Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc. to discuss this troubling trend.

(September 1, 2009) Vermont becomes the 4th state to legalize homosexual marriage.  Dr J and Todd Wilken discuss how it happened, the next target(s) of the homosexual lobby, and why it's so important for supporters of traditional marriage to respond.

(August 25, 2009) Ignorance = Informed Consent?  Dr J sheds some light on this troubling trend, the groups behind it, and how mothers and children are losing out.

(August 19, 2009) Dr J appears on Issues, Etc to discuss the Obama Justice Department's impending defense of DoMA.  She also shines some light on the strategies of the homosexual movement as they attempt to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act.

(June 12, 2009) Dr. J guest-lectures on the economic and societal impact of marriage and sex.  This talk, delivered at the Blackstone Legal Fellowship in Phoenix, is a little over an hour long.  Its companion talk was podcast on June 23, 2009.

(May 20, 2009) Dr J is once again a guest on Issues, Etc, where she discusses President Obama's commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame.

(June 17, 2009) Dr J lectures at Acton University--a project of the Acton Institute--on the market and human behavior.

(June 2, 2009) Dr J and Teresa Tomeo discuss the aftermath of the California Supreme Court's Prop 8 ruling and the direction of the fight for traditional marriage.  Catholic Connection's website is available here.

(June 13, 2009) Dr J and Al Kresta meet during Acton University to discuss a wide variety of topics pertaining to the defense of traditional marriage.  Their conversation ranges over family law, feminism, the homosexual agenda, and the culture of mounting hostility to traditional marriage on college campuses.

(July 22, 2009) Dr J appears on the radio program Catholic Answers Live, where she and Patrick discuss the homosexual marriage movement's aims and field related questions.

(July 28, 2009) Dr. J appears on Issues, Etc. to discuss the recent child abuse case from Dallas in the context of dangerous types of households for children.  The mother's cohabiting boyfriend imprisoned and abused her children for more than a year, explaining that he wasn't responsible for their well-being.  Listener advisory: the circumstances of this case, while not discussed in detail, are disturbing.

(June 27, 2009) Dr J appears on the What's Up Radio Program with Terry Lowry to discuss this question, which was sparked by a 2005 study in Pediatrics (results available here).

(July 22, 2009) How do various schools of thought (and popular political stances) measure up to the laws of economics?  Pope Benedict XVI addresses the pro-life stance in this context in his June 29 encyclical; Dr. J provides exposition and explanation in this Issues, Etc. segment.

(July 15, 2009) Dr J guests on Issues, Etc. to discuss how cohabitation and divorce color our relationships and our marriages.

(July 13, 2009) Dr J appears on Al Kresta's radio program, "Kresta in the Afternoon," to discuss Caitlin Flanagan's article "Unfaithfully Yours."

(July 7, 2009) Dr. J and Todd Wilken of Issues, Etc. discuss Caitlin Flanagan's article "Unfaithfully Yours" (available here at Ruth Institute's blog).

(June 15, 2009) Todd Wilken hosts Dr J on Issues, Etc.; their discussion centers on the role of fatherhood in the family and the repercussions of removing him.

(July 2, 2009) Dr. J and Todd discuss a female author's advice to throw in the towel on marriage--the effort and heartache outweigh the potential for personal happiness.  The article under scrutiny appeared in Atlantic Monthly.