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Jesuitical

What the Left (and everyone else) can learn from conservatives. Ep. 118

Jesuitical

America Media

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

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We’ve all heard Jesus’ command to “love your enemy.” But can you love your enemies if you don’t know who they are? On the podcast “Know Your Enemy,” hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell—self-described Bernie Bros—try to understand their political rivals on the right’s own terms, providing “a leftist’s guide to the conservative movement.” We sat down with Matt, an associate editor at the Catholic magazine Commonweal, to talk about his own political conversion (he was a conservative well into his 20s), what the left can learn from the conservative movement and how the Trump era is reshaping Catholic politics. In Signs of the Times, we discuss the decision of a South Carolina priest to deny Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Marco Rubio’s challenge to Republicans to take up the cause of working people and to build a “common good capitalism.” Plus, seven anti-nuclear activists are convicted for their acts of civil disobedience and a church in Arizona has its first sensory-friendly Mass for people with disabilities. Tell us what you think about the episode on our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter and help other listeners find Jesuitical by leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a member of our Patreon community. Patrons get access to an exclusive newsletter written by one of your hosts each week! Links from the show Cardinal Dolan: I would not have denied Joe Biden Communion Explainer: When can someone be denied the Eucharist? Marco Rubio calls for an ‘economics of the common good’ Catholic peace activists Kings Bay Plowshares 7 convicted Chandler Catholic church to host first sensory-friendly Mass What’s on tap? Bulliet Bourbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Jezritical, a podcast by the Young Hip and Lay editors of America

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media.

0:16.1

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

0:19.3

Join us each week for a smart Catholic take on faith culture in the news often over drinks I'm

0:24.6

Ashley McKinless and I'm joined by Olga Segura hey guys and the mr.

0:29.1

zak Davis or as I mentioned I'm gonna to start calling you Mr. Rodin.

0:35.0

Totally fine, totally fine.

0:36.8

Yeah, it feels good to be back ontologically changed.

0:39.8

Does that make my voice sound different?

0:41.3

You do sound kind of different. Yeah, I thought

0:43.2

to drop your ring while you're fiddling with it during recording. Oh dang it. I do

0:48.0

the ring is getting it's taken some getting used to I fidget all the time with it.

0:54.2

Yeah the listeners if you are just joining us

0:57.3

Zach got married. Oh yeah this maybe is your first episode I got married a couple weeks ago

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Jesuitical was there.

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It was a great, great time.

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But I took a couple weeks off and I wish I could say it's good to be back

1:08.0

but it was really good to be gone.

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Yeah.

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But I am, I'm ready to get back on the mic.

1:14.7

I'm excited.

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Good.

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