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Ep. 14 | Interview with Gerald McDermott | Deep Anglicanism: A Brief Guide Feb 20, 2025

In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Gerald McDermott about his book, Deep Anglicanism: A Brief Guide.

Ep. 13 | Interview with Bryan T. McGraw, Jesse Covington, and Micah J. Watson | Hopeful Realism Jan 23, 2025

In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Bryan T. McGraw, Jesse Covington, and Micah J. Watson about their book, Hopeful Realism: Evangelical Natural Law and Democratic Politics.

Ep. 12 | Interview with Dr. Catherine Ruth Pakaluk | Hannah's Children Dec 26, 2024

In this final issue of the inaugural year of the Reading Wheel Review, CRCD executive director Trey Dimsdale interviews Dr. Catherine Ruth Pakaluk, a Harvard-trained economist and professor at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America and a senior fellow at the CRCD. They discuss Pakaluk’s book, Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth, as well as its reception and its resonance with her own experience as the mother of eight, step-mother to six, and grandmother to 29.

Ep. 11 | Interview with Carl Trueman | To Change All Worlds Nov 28, 2024

In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Dr. Carl Trueman about his newly released book, To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse.

Ep. 10 | Interview with Ruth Wisse | If I Am Not For Myself Oct 24, 2024

In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Dr. Ruth Wisse about her book, If I am Not for Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews.

Ep. 9 | Interview with Katharine Birbalsingh | The Michaela Way Sep 26, 2024

In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Katharine Birbalsingh about her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers: The Michaela Way.

Ep. 8 | Interview with Daniel Mark | The Nature of Law Aug 29, 2024

In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Dr. Daniel Mark about his book, The Nature of Law: Authority, Obligation, and the Common Good.

Ep. 7 | Interview with Mark David Hall | Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism? Jul 25, 2024

In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Mark David Hall about his book, Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism: Why Christian Nationalism Is Not an Existential Threat to America or the Church.

Ep. 6 | Interview with John Arthur Nunes | W. E. B. DuBois’s The Gift of Black Folk Jun 27, 2024

In this episode, Trey Dimsdale and CRCD’s senior fellow John Arthur Nunes discuss W. E. B. DuBois’s The Gift of Black Folk. Nunes is currently serving as interim president at California Lutheran University.

Ep. 5 | Interview with Michael Wear | The Spirit of Our Politics May 30, 2024

This episode features a special interview with Michael Wear, the founder of the Center for Christianity in Public Life about his new book, The Spirit of Our Politics. The conversation between Michael and the CRCD’s executive director, Trey Dimsdale, mentions a review of the book published in the Acton Institute’s quarterly magazine, Religion & Liberty. That review can be found at this link.

Ep. 4 | Interview with Stephen Pressley | Cultural Sanctification Apr 25, 2024

Dr. Stephen Presley, senior fellow in religion and public life at the CRCD and author of Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World Like the Early Church, joins CRCD executive director Trey Dimsdale for an engaging discussion on bridging divides, engaging the world, and building and preserving institutions on this week’s Reading Wheel Review podcast.

Ep. 3 | Interview with Francis Beckwith | Never Doubt Thomas Mar 28, 2024

This episode features a discussion with Francis Beckwith regarding his book, Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant. This month marks the 750th anniversary of the death of St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the Christian faith’s most influential theologians. Trey Dimsdale and Dr. Francis Beckwith dicuss St. Thomas’s influence across Christian traditions and the ways that his thought might be used to find common ground for ecumenical, and even interfaith, cooperation on matters that concern all of us.

Ep. 2 | Interview with Kevin Vallier | All the Kingdoms of the World Feb 22, 2024

This episode features a discussion of Kevin Vallier’s All the Kingdoms of the World. Vallier is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University.

Ep. 1 | Interview with Mark Dooley | Sir Roger Scruton's Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition Jan 25, 2024

This month, Dr. Mark Dooley joins us to discuss the work of the late Sir Roger Scruton. Mark is an Irish philosopher who has the honor of being Sir Roger’s literary executor. He is the author or editor of several books related to Sir Roger’s life and legacy including an intellectual biography, Roger Scruton: The Philosopher on Dover Beach. The second edition this work is due out this year from Bloomsbury.

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