The Pope and EWTN, Religious Speech Cases, and Pop Culture Roundup
Heidi, Fr. Daniel, and David look at the history and influence of the world's largest Catholic media empire, the recent clashes between Church Militant and the city of Baltimore, and talk about what they've been watching recently
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INTRO
SEGMENT 1 - THE POPE AND EWTN
Pope’s comments on ‘a large tv network’
Heidi’s 4 part series on EWTN for NCR, beginning with ‘From Piety to Partisanship’
SEGMENT 2 - RELIGIOUS SPEECH CASES
Backgrounder on St. Michael’s Media case from NCR
Things Not Seen - Conversation with Jay Wexler about the changing religious liberty landscape
Church Militant - Recognized hate organization by SPLC
SEGMENT 3 - POP CULTURE ROUNDUP
Only Murders in the Building
LuLa Roe Documentary
Ken Burns on Muhammad Ali
Grandchester
This Is Us
What If … ?
Coda
Jaclyn Woodson at St. Mary’s College, book Red at the Bone
Midnight Library, by Matt Hague
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