Fire and Ice: The Life of Sigrid Undset

Catholic Stuff You Should Know

J. 10 Initiative

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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This week Fr. Sean and Fr. John welcome friend and Sigrid Undset aficionada Danielle Coon to the podcast. Our conversation covers the life of the great Norwegian convert, a survey of her greatest works, and most importantly, an attempt to delve deeply into the genius of her literary witness to the Incarnation. For more from Danielle, check out https://daniellecoon.substack.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Catholic Stuff You Should Know, a J-10 initiative.
0:11.0	Hey, welcome to the podcast, Father John here with...
0:13.0	Father Sean.
0:14.0	And we are back from Our Lady of Lords Catholic Church in Denver, as always.
0:18.0	Johnny.
0:19.0	That's right. I do a lot of driving up here these days.
0:25.7	He does. He likes to remind me of that. But today, the drive was worth it.
0:31.3	That's true. We have a special guest who drove about five times farther than you did to get here.
0:35.4	Yes. So I want to welcome Danielle Kuhn to the podcast. Good to have you.
0:38.2	Thank you. I'm very happy to be here. Very excited.
0:43.5	So I noticed that Father Sean did not say anything about the fact that you are pregnant.
0:48.2	I don't know if I knew it. Well, I probably did know, but it just didn't cross my mind.
0:54.5	I'm making fun of him. So Danielle told me before the podcast, your humor, I might not get it, so you're not going to get this.
1:02.0	I'm making fun of him right now because guys like us will never acknowledge a woman is pregnant just in case.
1:03.4	Now, we're excited.
1:04.2	I get that.
1:05.7	We're excited you're having a bit. But would you tell us a little bit about your family and your life?
1:08.8	This is baby number four.
1:11.4	Two boys and a little girl at home already that this also another boy coming gets to join.
1:18.6	I live up in Longmont.
1:20.0	I work at St.
1:21.1	John the Baptist Parish teaching OCI, which is the best thing ever.
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