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NPR’s Scott Detrow on Trump, Biden and the Catholic vote. Ep. 149

Jesuitical

America Media

News, News Commentary, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Yes, we know that you’re (probably) already sick of the presidential campaign. The next six weeks are going to be filled with television ads, yard signs, push notifications and Facebook flame wars among friends and family. Yet we know that Catholics have a duty to be in political conversations, so the solution at America is not to tune out but to be more discerning about what to tune in to.  That’s why this week we’re talking with one of the best political reporters in the business: Scott Detrow. Scott covers the presidential campaigns for NPR and co-hosts the NPR politics podcast. We talk to him about how he approaches covering both the Biden and Trump campaigns, how Catholics are influencing this election and what role Joe Biden’s Catholic faith plays in his campaign. In Signs of the Times, a new poll found that 36 percent of young Catholics say they will attend Mass less often after the pandemic. Zac and Ashley discuss what churches can do to keep young people in the pews. Plus, we bring on America’s editor in chief, Matt Malone, S.J., to talk about the magazine’s unprecedented editorial on President Trump and the 2020 election.  We cannot do this work without your support, whether that’s becoming a member of our Patreon community, leaving a review on Apple podcasts or telling your friends and family about the show.  Links from the show Cardinal Sarah to bishops: Facilitate Mass in person as soon as conditions permit New poll: 36 percent of young Catholics say they will attend Mass less often after pandemic America magazine: Donald Trump is a unique threat to the Constitution Scott’s first appearance on Jesuitical from 2017 What’s on tap? Margaritas, recommended by Scott Detrow: The true drink of 2020 is coffee. But my favorite drink this year—the go-to drink sitting in the backyard processing everything and relaxing—has been a stripped down margarita recipe. 2 oz white tequila, an ounce of simple syrup, and one squeezed lime all shaken up with salt on the rim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Catholics comprise roughly 23% of the US population,

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and the Catholic vote has picked the winner of nine in the last 10 presidential elections.

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Still, since Catholic choices mirror the national results, many question whether there is such a thing as a distinctive Catholic voting block.

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Join us as Loyola's Hank Center hosts a conversation via Zoom that will draw more deeply on distinctions

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among the many subgroups of Catholic voters, the issues that concern them, and the regions

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in which they vote. Hello and welcome to Jesuitical, a podcast by the Young Hip and Lay editors of

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America Media.

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

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

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I'm Ashley McKinliss and I'm joined by Zach Davis.

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Good to be with you Ashley in this nice crisp fall weather we're having this week. I'm loving it. Me too and I know

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you're keeping up your running routine with this great weather.

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Yeah, I actually am yeah. Surprising I don't know why you said that like I

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wouldn't be.

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Because the last time I told you I went on a run you replied,

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gross?

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Well, it is always gross even when the weather is perfect.

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But I was arguing with Father Sundrup this week about the virtues of fall.

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He I was like oh I'm in a good mood you know like the weather's broke and he's like you like fall I forgot

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Every who doesn't like fall it's like superior in every single way. I agree. So if those of you who are

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streaming Father Sun's groups want to just like submit some petitions for an extended fall season into his

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parish's prayers. I would support that. That said we're not really having a

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