Your hosts, David Dault, Heidi Schlumpf, and Fr. Daniel Horan, OFM

Two theologians and a reporter walk into a bar...

No, seriously: This podcast is about the real world of politics and current events, seen through the lens of Catholic teaching and spirituality. We release eight episodes during each season, with a new one available every two weeks (for now, but we're hoping to go weekly, if listeners like what we do).

Speaking from their own experience and perspectives, your hosts, Heidi, Fr. Daniel and David, bring you their take on issues, as theologians and thinkers within the Church. 

Fr. Daniel P. Horan, OFM, PhD is Professor of Philosophy, Religious Studies and Theology and Director of the Center for Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. He previously held the Dun Scotus Chair of Spirituality at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.

A columnist for the National Catholic Reporter, he is the author of fourteen books, including Catholicity and Emerging Personhood: A Contemporary Theological Anthropology, which received the 2020 First Place Award for Theology Book from the Association of Catholic Publishers, and his two latest are titled A White Catholic’s Guide to Racism and Privilege and The Way of the Franciscans: A Prayer Journey Through Lent.

Fr. Daniel regularly lectures around the United States and abroad; serves on a number of university, academic, and publication editorial boards, including the St. Bonaventure University Board of Trustees and the Franciscan School of Theology Board of Regents. Follow him on facebook, and on twitter: @DanHoranOFM

Heidi Schlumpf was named National Catholic Reporter’s executive editor in 2020, after serving as the publication's national correspondent for three years. As national correspondent, Schlumpf did in-depth coverage on the influence of money in the church, sex abuse, politics, women's issues, racism and young people in the church. Her work has included investigations into Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) and popular Catholic author Matthew Kelly. She previously wrote an opinion column for NCR for almost a decade.

Schlumpf has three decades of experience covering religion, spirituality, social justice and women's issues, having previously served as managing editor of U.S. Catholic magazine and as a reporter at Chicago's archdiocesan newspaper and secular newspapers in California and Wisconsin. Her work has been published by CNN Opinion, Sojourners and Huffington Post. She taught journalism as an associate professor of communication at Aurora University in Illinois.

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, she also earned a master's of theological studies from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary at Northwestern University, where she studied with feminist theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether.

She is the author/editor of three books, including Elizabeth A. Johnson: Questing for God (Liturgical Press, 2016), the Notre Dame Book of Prayer (Ave Maria, 2010) and While We Wait: Spiritual & Practical Advice for Those Trying to Adopt (ACTA, 2009).

Schlumpf is based in Chicago, where she lives with her husband, Edmund, and their two children, and where she is a member of St. Gertrude Parish. Follow her on Twitter @HeidiSchlumpf and follow NCR @NCRonline

David Dault, PhD is an Emmy-nominated writer, producer, and educator. Through his company, Sandburg Media, he has spent more than a decade creating award-winning faith-focused programming for radio, television, and the web.

He is the executive producer and host of Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith. This radio show is heard weekly in the Chicago market on WCPT 820 AM, and its podcast version is followed by close to 150,000 subscribers.

He is the author of two forthcoming books, The Accessorized Bible (Yale) and The Covert Magisterium (Rowman & Littlefield).

David is also an assistant professor of Christian spirituality at the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University Chicago. Follow him on twitter here: @DaultRadio and @NotSeenRadio