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Federalist Radio Hour

Dr. Michael Foley On ‘Dining With The Saints’

Federalist Radio Hour

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4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Dr. Michael Foley, a professor at Baylor University, Catholic theologian, and mixologist, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to share how listeners can incorporate the religious significance of cooking and feasting into their liturgical celebrations.

You can find Foley's new book "Dining with the Saints: The Sinner's Guide to a Righteous Feast" here: https://ignatius.com/dining-with-the-saints-dwtsh/

Transcript

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0:00.0

We're back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.

0:20.7

I'm Emily Gisinski, culture editor here at the Federalist.

0:23.2

As always, you can email the show at radioatthefederalist.com, follow us on Twitter at FDR LST.

0:29.1

Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcasts as well.

0:32.7

Feel free to subscribe over to the premium content on the Federalist.com as well.

0:38.0

We are joined today by Dr. Michael P. Foley.

0:41.5

He is a professor of petristics in the Great Texts program at Baylor University.

0:45.7

He's a Catholic theologian, a mixologist, and the author or editor of over a dozen books

0:51.1

and around 500 articles on topics including sacred liturgy, St. Augustine of Hippo, and contemporary

0:56.7

film and culture. He's the author of the new book, Dining with the Saints, The Sinners Guide

1:02.4

to a Righteous Feast, which will be out on February 28th.

1:06.8

Mike, thanks for joining us.

1:08.8

Thanks for having me on.

1:10.6

Just the bio there, going from theologian to mixologist to prolific author is incredible.

1:18.3

Could you walk listeners a little bit through your background before we get started here?

1:23.8

So I am a theologian. I teach at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

1:29.4

And I love teaching the great books. I'm in the Great Texts program.

1:35.4

But I also have other interests as well.

1:38.1

My wife and I have six kids and she homeschools mostly.

1:45.2

And as a result of that, we also like to drink.

1:49.3

And so...

1:50.3

Fair enough.

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