The America Magazine Podcast

Catholic poet Angela O’Donnell talks about her work, including her “saint” series of poems, which includes odes to such unconventional “saints” as Herman Melville and Vincent van Gogh. Features readings of two of her poems published in America.

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Fr. Jim Martin, associate editor of America, and Bill McGarvey, editor-in-chief of Busted Halo, discuss this year’s Best Picture nominees. Covered this week: “There Will Be Blood” and “Atonement,” plus our Oscar picks. Part 2 of a two-part series.

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Fr. Jim Martin, associate editor of America, and Bill McGarvey, editor-in-chief of Busted Halo, discuss this year’s Best Picture nominees. Covered this week: “Michael Clayton,” “No Country for Old Men” and “Juno.” Part 1 of a two-part series.

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Peter Schineller, S.J., a new associate editor at America, discusses his years in Nigeria, and the difficulty adjusting to American culture after such an extended time abroad. Read Fr. Schineller’s article on the tragic plane crash that killed 60 of his students. Also available: his 1991 article on “Culture Shock on Returning to America.”

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Psychologist and author Sidney Callahan discusses evolutionary thought, feminist theology and C.S. Lewis in a wide-ranging interview about her new book, Created for Joy: A Christian View of Suffering.

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