Just Politics27 Jan 2023

Announcing Just Politics Season 2

People of faith believe God is at work in the world around us. But this can be hard to see, given the state of politics in the United States, especially when religious leaders often seem fixated on all the wrong issues, and many faith communities appear reluctant to address political issues at all.

The Just Politics podcast is dedicated to asking the hard questions and taking on the most pressing issues, in light of the conviction that a more just society is a real possibility, not simply an idealistic dream. In the first season of the podcast, our hosts tackled such questions as: What does it mean to be truly pro-family? How do we effectively confront racism and white supremacy? How should Catholics respond to the rise of white Christian nationalism? And how can fidelity to gospel values and Catholic social teaching guide us as we strive to engage with these issues as good citizens?

Now Just Politics is back for a second season, with the first episode dropping on February 6 and new episodes every two weeks until May 1. Engaged citizens seeking concrete solutions to our nation's problems, and Catholics wondering how best to put our faith into practice in civil society, can tune in to hear our hosts and guests discuss issues such as health care access, reparatory justice, economic equity, and the need for women's leadership.

A better kind of politics is possible. We just need to find the tools to make it a reality.

Just Politics is a collaboration between U.S. Catholic and NETWORK Lobby. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!

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Episoder(50)

Does the church support universal health care? - A crossover episode with Glad You Asked

According to several recent studies of health care systems across the globe, the U.S. health care system lags far behind those in other developed nations. The system is more expensive per person, but ...

26 Nov 202554min

Laura Peralta-Schulte – Threats to Medicaid

As Medicaid faces severe cuts in the federal budget that will take health care away from millions of people, Laura Peralta-Schulte, head of NETWORK's government relations team, discusses the life-savi...

5 Aug 202520min

Laurie Carafone - A new chapter for NETWORK

This week on Just Politics, hosts Eilis and Colin welcome Laurie Carafone, NETWORK's new executive director. She comes to the world of Catholic social justice advocacy from Kids in Need of Defense (KI...

30 Jul 202537min

Michael Steele - Bridging the Catholic political divide

This week on Just Politics, host Joan Neal returns to the interview chair for something that is becoming less and less common: an honest political conversation with someone who has strongly different ...

22 Jul 202554min

Giovana Oaxaca - Faith communities unite for immigration advocacy

This week on Just Politics, Giovana Oaxaca, the senior government relations advocate for immigration with NETWORK, joins hosts Colin and Eilis to discuss the escalating immigration crisis facing commu...

15 Jul 202529min

Cassandra Gould - From corporate America to grassroots justice

This week on Just Politics, Rev. Dr. Cassandra Gould—political director at Faith in Action—joins us to talk about her journey from corporate America to the front lines of faith-based justice work. Roo...

8 Jul 202555min

Kristen Whitney Daniels – The moral cost of losing Medicaid

This week on Just Politics, the hosts revisit a powerful conversation from last season that feels more urgent than ever. Kristen Whitney Daniels—a disability advocate, diabetes educator, and associate...

1 Jul 202522min

Young men on the toxic masculinity infecting our politics

This episode of Just Politics sounds a little different—and that's the point. Rather than diving into our usual policy discussion, hosts Colin and Eilis pass the mic to a group of young men wrestling ...

24 Jun 202531min