The Anniversary of Vatican II, the 2022 Midterms, and a Pop-Culture Roundup
Heidi, Fr. Daniel, and David look back at the complex legacy of the Second Vatican Council, look ahead to the November midterm elections, and look all around for good things to watch and read.
Intro
Segment 1 - Vatican II
Fr. James Martin, SJ tweet thread on Vatican II
Pope Francis’s homily from the Vatican II anniversary Mass
NCR commentary on Pope Francis’s homily
The Register column - '“Backwardist”
Dr. Tony Annett - The fight over the legacy of Pope John Paul II
Fr. Bruce Cinquegrani on the legacy Vatican II
Segment 2 -
Guardian article on election fears
Ken Burns’s documentary on the Holocaust
Brian Fraga reporting from Ohio and the midterms for NCR
Isabel Wilkerson, Caste - (BookShop.org affiliate link)
Our previous episode’s conversation about busing migrants
USCCB document on Faithful Citizenship
Segment 3 - Pop Culture Roundup
Reading
David Sedaris - Happy Go Lucky
Thomas Merton - Raids on the Unspeakable
Robert Ellsberg - Dearest Sister Wendy, as well as the St. Mary’s speaking event, and Things Not Seen interview
Listening
Fr. Daniel’s column on photography
Neil Young on uncompressed audio
TV- Streaming
Ken Burns documentary on the Holocaust
The Bear
The West Wing
Schitt’s Creek
Love, Victor
Stranger Things
Only Murders in the Building
Andor
Rings of Power
Yellow Jackets
The Backrooms - Kane Pixels on YouTube
Movies
The Batman
Hocus Pocus I and II
Top Gun Maverick