Podcast

We talk with Megan Phelps-Roper, author of the new memoir Unfollow, about growing up in–and then leaving–the infamous Westboro Baptist Church.

We talk to Benjamin Francis-Fallon about his new book, The Rise of the Latino Vote. And the Commonweal staff speaks about what they witnessed at the border in El Paso, Texas.

Massimo Faggioli comments on the legacy of Don Lugi Sturzo, the Italian priest who resisted fascism and insisted on the right of lay Catholics to engage actively in politics.

In this episode, we speak with Fr. Anthony Andreassi, principal of Regis High School, the historic Jesuit institution in Manhattan.

In this episode, we speak with award-winning author Barry Lopez, whose magisterial new book, Horizon, came out earlier this year.

In this episode, Commonweal editors and writers discuss what they've been reading this summer, touching on everything from David Hockney and Robert Caro to Jia Tolentino and Rick Steves.