Hello and welcome to Jezwitical, a new podcast from the cheerfully young, seasonably hip, and festively

lay editors of America media.

That lay part means we aren't Jesuits, but we work with them.

Join us each week for a smart Catholic take on faith, culture, and the news, often over drinks.

This is Ashley McKinless and you might notice that Zach and Olga are not here. It's the advent season. We are busy decorating trees and

getting presents and praying. So this week we are slowing things down a bit and just offering you a really great

interview but no signs of the times or constellations and desalations this week but

don't worry we will be back in the new year with all that good stuff. In the

meantime, if you are still looking for a Christmas gift, we are giving away another book from

Jim Martin, Father James Martin.

Last week we gave away his newest book,

Building a Bridge, and this week we're giving away

his book between heaven and mirth, which

is a book about how he finds joy and humor in the spiritual life.

And this is actually the first book by Father Martin.

I read.

When I got my first interview to work for America Media, I was like like I should probably have read one of his books and this is probably not the most practical option I should have read the Jesuit guide to almost anything

but I found it at the public library and I was like, hmm, I'll read this and it's great.

So leave us an iTunes review and then email us at Jesuitical at AmericaMedia.org with your iTunes account name in the subject line so we can

find you and put you in the raffle. But next we're going to have our interview with

Kirsten Powers. She is a super interesting political analyst she started as an appointee in the

Bill Clinton administration and then ended up as a one of those talking heads you see on Fox News.

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