Best John W Martens Podcasts (2024)

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A Conversation with John W. Martens on the Liturgy and Life Study Bible, featuring Fr. Nick Meisl 1:11:12

9d ago1:11:12

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This is the twenty-second episode of the second season of What Matters Most, featuring me speaking with Fr. Nick Meisl! Why? I was interviewed by Father Nick Meisl, my colleague and friend, who appeared on episode 13 of season 2 of What Matters Most. The original interview took place on June 3, 2024, at St. Mark’s Library for the book launch of the…

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A Conversation with Dr. Jaime L. Waters 1:17:29

23d ago1:17:29

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This is the twenty-first episode of the second season of What Matters Most, featuring Dr. Jaime L. Waters of Boston College, an Associate Professor of Old Testament and Program Director of Courage to Preach. I met Jaime in person last summer in Omaha, Nebraska at the Catholic Biblical Association meetings and we bonded over biblical studies, a shar…

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A Conversation with UBC Sikh Chaplain Inderjeet Singh 1:48:17

1M ago1:48:17

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This is the twentieth episode of the second season of What Matters Most. I spoke with UBC Sikh Chaplain Inderjeet Singh. This episode was recorded in February 2024, but due to a backlog of episodes is only being released in May 2024. I am happy for you to be able to hear it and learn about Sikhism. Indy, as his friends know him, offered a lot of in…

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A Conversation with Dr. Hans Harmakaputra 1:15:17

2M ago1:15:17

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We are deep into season 2 now with the nineteenth episode of What Matters Most. I spoke with Dr. Hans A. Harmakaputra, an Assistant Professor of Religion in the Department of Philosophy, Religion, and Classics at Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota about Christian and Muslim saints and views of sainthood. Hans Harmakaputra is the author…

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A Conversation with Dr. Alexandre Martins 1:26:39

2M ago1:26:39

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Welcome to the eighteenth episode of season 2 of What Matters Most. I spoke to Alex Martins from his office in Milwaukee in February and have been waiting to get this episode to you for the past two months. Alexandre A. Martins is a theologian and bioethicist from Brazil; he is also a nurse. He received a Ph.D. in theological ethics/bioethics from …

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A Conversation with Dr. Joanna Leidenhag 1:22:31

3M ago1:22:31

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A note before the significant stuff: you will notice that the intro and outtro are noisier than usual. I was not able to record at home in my home office with my regular equipment, but had to record in my office at work. It's a different location, and a worse microphone, and I will make sure to record at home again. And always. The episode itself s…

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A Conversation with Dr. Emilce Cuda 57:43

3M ago57:43

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Welcome to the sixteenth episode of season 2 of What Matters Most. I spoke to Dr. Emilce Cuda, an Argentinian theologian, university professor, and Roman Curia official. In 2021, Pope Francis appointed her to serve the Holy See as an official in the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, first as head of the office and then as Secretary. In the s…

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A Conversation with Father Myles Sheehan, SJ 56:05

4M ago56:05

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Regular listeners know that this episode is late! I apologize for that but blame a nasty norovirus that has run amok through our extended family. And directly through me. It seems right, then, that the fifteenth episode of the second season focuses on health and public health with Fr. Myles Sheehan, SJ. Fr. Sheehan is a Jesuit priest, physician, an…

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A Conversation with Reverend Grant Ikuta 1:14:50

4M ago1:14:50

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This episode is the fourteenth episode of the second season of What Matters Most and features Reverend Grant Ikuta. Since 2008, Grant has been the minister at Steveston Buddhist Temple outside of Vancouver. From April 2011 to April 2013, he served as Bishop of Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temples of Canada. He was educated at the University of Alberta, ho…

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A Conversation with Father Nick Meisl 1:10:15

5M ago1:10:15

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This episode is the thirteenth episode of the second season of What Matters Most and features Father Nick Meisl. Fr. Nick Meisl is an Assistant Professor at Corpus Christi and St. Mark’s Colleges where he teaches the Bible. In addition, he is Pastor of St. Peter’s Parish in New Westminster, BC. He completed his License from the Pontifical Biblical …

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A Conversation with Reverend Mark Kleiner 1:10:36

5M ago1:10:36

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This is the twelfth episode of the second season of What Matters Most and features Reverend Mark Kleiner from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Mark is open, vulnerable, and honest, about the role of the Gospel in his life, his past struggles with alcoholism, his rock n’ roll life, and his passion for men’s health. As Mark said in the podcast, and as you ca…

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A Conversation with Rev. Dr. Mark Miller 1:10:31

5M ago1:10:31

1:10:31

This episode is the eleventh episode of the second season of What Matters Most and features Reverend Dr. Mark Miller. Fr. Mark is currently the visiting scholar in health care ethics for St. Mark’s College and Providence Health Care in Vancouver for the academic year of 2023-2024. Fr. Mark Miller, C.Ss.R., was ordained in 1975 as a Redemptorist pri…

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A Conversation with Cristina Vanin 1:14:04

6M ago1:14:04

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This episode, the tenth of the second season of What Matters Most, features Dr. Cristina Vanin, an associate professor of theology and Director of the Master of Catholic Thought program at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario. I invited Cristina on the podcast to discuss Laudato Deum, Pope Francis’s newest apostolic exhortation, released in…

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A Conversation with Matthew R. Anderson 1:29:32

6M ago1:29:32

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Our guest on today's episode of What Matters Most, the ninth episode of our second season, is Dr. Matthew Anderson. Matthew Anderson holds a Gatto Chair in Christian Studies at St FX in Religious Studies. He is also an affiliate assistant professor at Concordia University, Montreal. Matthew was born to settlers on Treaty 4 territory. His PhD in Rel…

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A Conversation with Jill Hicks-Keeton 1:01:18

7M ago1:01:18

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Today's episode Our guest on this episode of What Matters Most, the eighth episode of our second season is Dr. Jill Hicks-Keeton. Jill Hicks-Keeton (PhD, Duke) is currently Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma, where she teaches courses on biblical literature. In 2024, she will begin a new position, as Associate Pr…

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A Conversation with Hans Gustafson 1:39:08

7M ago1:39:08

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Our guest on this episode of What Matters Most, the seventh episode of our second season, is Dr. Hans Gustafson, Director of the Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, where he also teaches courses in the study of religion and theology for the Theology Departm…

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A Conversation with Charles Gallagher, S.J. 1:31:18

8M ago1:31:18

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This episode with Charles Gallagher, S.J. takes us into some dark history concerning Nazis and the Christian Front, a Catholic lay organization, in Boston and New York in the 1930s and 1940s just prior to and during the early stages of World War II. The story of Frances Moran, head of the Boston National Front and his Nazi handler, the German consu…

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A Conversation with Amy Lindeman Allen 1:13:26

8M ago1:13:26

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Dr Amy Lindeman Allen is an Associate Professor of New Testament at Christian Theological Seminary (CTS) in Indianapolis and only a couple of weeks ago was appointed to an endowed chair, the Indiana Christian Church Chair in Biblical Studies at CTS. Amy is also an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Allen earned …

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A Conversation with Imam Abubakar Mohammed Marzuq 1:09:05

9M ago1:09:05

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Today's guest on What Matters Most, Imam Dr. Abubakar Mohammed Marzuq, is from Ghana. Imam Marzuq introduces us in this episode to the country of Ghana generally and to the interfaith situation in the West African country specifically. Imam Marzuq is the assistant to the Chief Imam of Ghana, Shaikh Dr. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu who is 104 years old. Mar…

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A Conversation with Massimo Faggioli 59:49

9M ago59:49

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Our guest on this episode of What Matters Most, the second (new) episode of our second season, is Dr. Massimo Faggioli, a full professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University (Philadelphia). Massimo is one of the most prominent Catholic theologians working today in North America and Europe. Massimo is a friend …

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A Conversation with Rev. Dr. Rob James 1:30:08

10M ago1:30:08

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Our first guest on the second season of What Matters Most is Rev. Dr. Robert James, Associate Professor, Anglican Formation and Studies at VST. Rob James is an Anglican priest who was ordained in the Church of England and worked as a parish priest in Gloucestershire and then as Canon Chancellor of Wells Cathedral, Somerset, before coming to Canada.…

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Encore: A Conversation with Father Jim Martin 58:54

10M ago58:54

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As What Matters Most prepares to begin its second season in September 2023, I thought we should return to the first episode with Fr. Jim Martin, released on October 7, 2022. Many of you were not listening to the podcast when this episode was released, so to prepare you for the upcoming season, this is a taste of what's on offer. I will say that a n…

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A Conversation with the Interfaith Amigos 1:23:09

1y ago1:23:09

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Welcome to What Matters Most. On this episode I speak with the Interfaith Amigos, who are Imam Jamal Rahman, Pastor Don MacKenzie, and Rabbi Laura Duhan-Kaplan. Rabbi Laura replaced the recently retired Rabbi Ted Falcon as a part of this interfaith trio. When you listen to the episode you will notice that I did not start with saying, "A Rabbi, an I…

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A Conversation with Sam Rocha 1:43:42

1y ago1:43:42

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Today’s guest on What Matters Most is Sam Rocha, associate professor of philosophy of education at University of British Columbia. This was a wide-ranging conversation and as I say at in the intro to the podcast, I am still processing all of it because we covered so much territory. Sam is the author of a number of books, including A Primer for Phil…

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A Conversation with Sister Damien Marie Savino 1:12:54

1y ago1:12:54

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On this episode I speak with Sister Damien Savino, F.S.E., Ph.D., Dean of Science and Sustainability at Aquinas College in Michigan. Sister Damien Marie has a Ph.D in Civil (Environmental) Engineering from The Catholic University of America (CUA), a M.A. in Theology from CUA, a M.S. in Soil Science from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, an…

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A Conversation with Nick Olkovich on the Pope Francis Conference 44:42

1y ago44:42

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The guest on this episode is Nicholas Olkovich, my colleague at St. Mark’s College in Vancouver. Nick was just promoted to Associate Professor at St. Mark’s and is the Marie Anne Blondin Chair of Catholic Theology at St. Mark’s. Nick has a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of St. Michael’s College (2009-2016), an S.T.L., Regis College (2009-201…

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A Conversation with Matthew Thiessen 1:08:27

1y ago1:08:27

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My guest on this episode of What Matters Most is the Canadian biblical scholar Dr. Matthew Thiessen, an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at McMaster University and formerly an Assistant Professor at St. Louis University. It was a fascinating conversation for me as Matt works in the same field, biblical studies and studies of Paul in particu…

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A Conversation with David Penchansky 1:12:45

1+ y ago1:12:45

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Welcome to our episode with Dr. David Penchansky, professor emeritus in the Department of Theology at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. This was a fascinating conversation. We learn about David growing up in Brooklyn in a family that were atheists and his own religious conversion on a "hippie commune," his words, in Washington State fifty ye…

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A Conversation with Catherine Clifford 1:00:11

1+ y ago1:00:11

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On this episode of what matters most I speak with Dr. Catherine E. Clifford, a Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She holds a PhD in Theology from the University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, and an STL from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Her teaching, research, and pu…

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A Conversation with Greg Kennedy, Part 2 36:02

1+ y ago36:02

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Welcome to part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Greg Kennedy. In the first epiosde we talked about ecology, animals, and spiritual direction. In this, the second episode, we discuss his books the Reupholstered Psalms and Amazing Friendships between Animals and Saints. What does he mean by Reupholstered Psalms ? We talk about that title and how he is …

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A Conversation with Steven Millies 1:04:27

1+ y ago1:04:27

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I spoke to Dr. Steve Millies on February 6, 2023. Steve Millies is a Catholic political theorist and the director of the Bernardin Center at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, his hometown, and Professor of Public Theology. He has written Joseph Bernardin: Seeking Common Ground (Liturgical Press, 2016), a book which won first place in the b…

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A Conversation with Greg Kennedy, Part 1 42:08

1+ y ago42:08

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Dr. Greg Kennedy is a doctor of philosophy and a Jesuit priest. As we discuss in this episode, though, Greg is leaving the Catholic priesthood and has requested laicization. He is not, however, leaving the Jesuit life as he continues what he calls the "joyful disciplines of poetry, spiritual direction, retreat leadership and farming on the graceful…

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A Conversation with Sister Nancy Brown 1:11:31

1+ y ago1:11:31

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In 2012 Sister Nancy Brown received the Order of British Columbia. This is what was written about Nancy on her reception of the award: “Sister Nancy Brown is a tireless advocate for the most vulnerable in British Columbia: homeless youth and young people at risk for human trafficking and sexual exploitation." In this episode I speak to Nancy, who w…

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A Conversation with Donna Naughton 59:37

1+ y ago59:37

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Donna Naughton is an Ojibway and Cree from Biigtigong First Nation located in northern Ontario. Donna holds both a BSW and a MSW. With a Master’s Degree in Social Work, Donna has been helping Indigenous communities for almost 30 years. She is also the Executive Director of Kateri Native Ministry, a role she has held since 2016. Kateri Native Minist…

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A Conversation with Martin Strong 1:00:24

1+ y ago1:00:24

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Martin Strong is a veteran of radio in Vancouver, starting out as an announcer and writer in the 1980s at CFOX. He then moved to the Bro Jake Show at Rock 101 and hosting at Roundhouse Radio. He also wrote and hosted "Radio Shangri-La" for the CBC under the pseudonym "Marty Beaumont," which featured the best in cocktail lounge music (Frank, Dean, S…

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A Conversation with Dawn Eden Goldstein 58:44

1+ y ago58:44

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In this conversation I speak with Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein about her new biography Fr. Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor. We focus on the life of Fr. Ed, his own struggles to become a priest, his debilitating medical issues, and his indelible mark on AA and the founder of AA Bill W. I hope that when we talk again, we can discuss some of t…

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A Conversation with Rabbi Laura Duhan-Kaplan, Part 2 23:48

1+ y ago23:48

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In part 2 of my conversation with Rabbi Laura Duhan-Kaplan, Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of Inter-Religious Studies at the Vancouver School of Theology, we speak about her book Mouth of the Donkey: Reimagining Biblical Animals, a book that rekindles wonder about animals and their place in human lives and in creation. Laura is also Profe…

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A Conversation with Rabbi Laura Duhan-Kaplan, Part 1 59:50

1+ y ago59:50

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In this episode I speak with Rabbi Laura Duhan-Kaplan, a professor from Vancouver School of Theology, about her integrated life as a philosopher, rabbi, and professor of Judaism at a Christian school of theology. Rabbi Laura brings a thoughtful approach to the spiritual life, seeing God throughout creation and the natural world, an understanding of…

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A Conversation with Michael W. Higgins 58:38

1+ y ago58:38

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Michael W. Higgins is an educator, professor, university President, author, and journalist. Most recently he was President of St. Mark's College at UBC. We talked about Pope Francis and his life in academia and as a journalist. Finally we turned to focus on the necessary role for the arts to shine a light on the truth and expose the darkness in the…

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A Conversation with Father Jim Martin 58:56

1+ y ago58:56

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In this episode, I discuss with Fr. Jim Martin, a Roman Catholic priest based in New York City, his outreach to the LGBTQ community and his associated book Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity. We also talk about his pilgrimage to Israel and Jesus, wh…

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