Can Jesuit spirituality save our politics?

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🗓️ 14 February 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Cyrus Habib is perhaps most interesting (and inspiring) politician you haven’t heard of—yet—unless, of course, you listened to our interview with him back in May 2018. Amid a chaotic primary season and after a polarizing impeachment trial, we thought it was a good time to bring back this hopeful conversation about faith and politics. Cyrus is the 16th and current Lieutenant Governor of Washington State. Born in Baltimore, Md., Cyrus is a three-time cancer survivor and has been fully blind since he was 8-years-old. His parents immigrated to the United States from Iran before he was born, and he is both the first and only Iranian-American official to hold statewide elected office in the United States. We ask Cyrus how his Catholic faith shapes his public service and how citizens and politicians alike can work toward the common good in these polarized times. (Originally released on May 25, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests.
0:04.7	How can Catholic people prepare for this year's election?
0:07.8	John Carr and renowned speakers will help us think.
0:10.9	Vatican Nuncio Christoph Pierre will help us pray. Vatacon nuncio Christoph Pierre will help us pray.
0:14.6	Register for the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests June Assembly at auscp.C.P.org. Hello and welcome to Jesuitical, a podcast by the Young Hip and Lay editors of American
0:32.2	Media. That lay part means we aren't
0:34.4	Jesuits but we work with them. Join us each week for a smart Catholic take on
0:38.9	faith culture in the news, often over drinks. I'm Ashley McKinless and I am once again all by
0:45.2	myself in studio. Zach is taking some time with his family in Ohio this week so we
0:52.3	do not have a new show for you.
0:54.8	As you guys know, we've been working hard since January
0:57.2	to keep Jesuitical going in a time of transition.
1:01.2	And part of that has been thinking about what we want the future of
1:04.4	Jesuitical to look like. So we've been experimenting and we want to keep
1:09.2	bringing you a really great show. So over the next couple weeks we might be throwing in some
1:15.0	some reruns, some throwbacks to our favorite episodes, which we are doing this
1:20.4	week with Cyrus Habib. We first interviewed Cyrus back in May 2018. He is the
1:27.6	16th lieutenant governor of Washington State. He is a super interesting guy. If you're a long time
1:34.3	listener of the show, I'm sure you remember Cyrus. He is a three-time cancer
1:38.5	survivor. He's been fully blind since he was eight years old and he is the first Iranian American to hold a
1:45.0	statewide office in the US and we had a really great conversation with him two
1:50.4	years ago that I think is still relevant given the current political climate.
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