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October 10, 2014 – Nathaniel Peters

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2014 56:04


A conversation with Nathaniel Peters from his conversion; raised Protestant, he became a Catholic in 2007. Nathaniel was born and raised on Martha’s Vineyard. He is currently a doctoral student in historical theology. A former assistant editor of First Things, Nathaniel holds a BA in linguistics and languages from Swarthmore College and a MTS from […]

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September 26, 2014 – Paul Vitz

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2014 54:37


A conversation with Dr. Paul C. Vitz about his conversion. Raised Protestant, Paul was an nonbeliever for many years before his conversion to Catholicism. Dr. Vitz is Senior Scholar /Professor of Psychology at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Arlington, VA. He received his Ph. D. from Stanford University and for many years he […]

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September 19, 2014 – Stephen Sanchez

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2014 46:37


A conversation with Stephen Sanchez about the ways in which he, a cradle Catholic, identifies with the experience of conversion in his life. Steve is originally from El Paso, Texas. He graduated from Notre Dame, having majored in Philosophy and Government, and is currently pursuing a Masters in Educational Leadership at Fordham. He was a […]

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September 12, 2014 – Karl and Victoria H.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2014 55:31


A conversation with Karl and Victoria H. about their conversions; Karl was raised in a religious Protestant household; Victoria’s family was Christian but mostly non-practicing. Karl was born and raised in Montana. He went to college at the University of Virginia where he majored in Philosophy and Politics. He later went on to do further […]

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August 22, 2014 – Msgr. Michael Magee

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2014 52:39


A conversation with Msgr. Michael Magee about his conversion to Catholicism as a teenager and his vocation to the priesthood. Monsignor Michael Magee, raised as a Methodist, was ordained to the Priesthood for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on May 18, 1991. He is currently Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Systematic Theology as […]

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August 15, 2014 – Lisa Brenninkmeyer

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2014 57:42


A conversation with Lisa Brenninkmeyer about her conversion from evangelical Protestantism and the way in which she continues to be called to a deeper conversion in Christ. Lisa Brenninkmeyer is an author and speaker who helps women experience the transforming power of God’s unconditional love. Desiring to see women come to know Christ personally, in […]

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August 08, 2014 – John Waters

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2014 57:01


A conversation with John Waters about the radical transformation to his approach to religion and the deep resonance this discovery has had in his life. John Waters is an Irish journalist, author and playwright. His first book, Jiving at the Crossroads (1991), about the cultural underbelly of Irish politics, was a bestseller. His other publications […]

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July 25, 2014 – Azin from Iran

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2014 56:13


A conversation with Azin C. about her conversion from Islam. Azin is a homeschooling mother of five who moved to the US from Iran when she was 16. She was born and raised Muslim in a loving family that was affected greatly by the changes of the Iranian revolution. Her parents sent her to US […]

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July 18, 2014 – Nathaniel Hurd

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2014 57:05


A conversation with Nathaniel Hurd about his conversion from atheism. Nathaniel Hurd is a 37 year-old native new Englander and proud citizen of Red Sox nation. He was an unbaptized atheist until age 22, agnostic for another two and a half years, and baptized as an Episcopalian in 2002. He was fully received into the […]

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July 11, 2014 – Ted Oberman & Jonathan Fields

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2014 55:49


A conversation with Ted Oberman and Jonathan Fields, both converts from Judaism. Ted Oberman grew up in Brooklyn and attended the University of Chicago for both undergrad and grad school. Since graduating, he has worked in NYC for a not-for-profit. He still lives in Brooklyn with Rachel, his wife, and their five daughters. Jonathan Fields […]

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June 27, 2014 – Christopher C. Roberts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2014 56:33


A conversation with Christopher Roberts about his conversion; raised a Baptist, Chris is now a Catholic. Chris was born in North Carolina in 1969 and grew up in Maryland. He attended Yale University, where he double-majored in Religious Studies and Environmental Studies, and graduated in 1991. He then moved to England, and went on to […]

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June 20, 2014 – Dr. Peter Damgaard-Hansen

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2014 55:58


A conversation with Dr. Peter Damgaard-Hansen about his conversion to Catholicism. Dr. Peter was raised Lutheran but had not practiced that faith for some time, having had extensive experience with New Age spiritualities. Dr. Peter Damgaard-Hansen is a licensed psychologist with a Ph. D. in psychology from the University of Copenhagen. He has counseled extensively […]

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June 13, 2014 – Nancy Albin

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2014 57:03


A conversation with Nancy Albin, convert from Protestantism. Nancy Albin is currently providing management and leadership for Los Angeles Habilitation House, Inc. LAHH was formed during a lunch break between the Founding Directors, Guido Piccarolo and Nancy Albin in February 2005 while they were working at The Walt Disney Company in finance and accounting. Together, […]

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May 30, 2014 – Frank Simmonds

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2014 57:27


Frank Simmonds was born in Brooklyn, NY and grew up on Long Island. His parents were West Indian, from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and raised him in the Roman Catholic faith. His mother died of cancer when he was 17 years old, and for the next 25 years, Frank turned away from his faith and […]

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May 23, 2014 – Leah Libresco

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2014 56:45


A conversation with Leah Libresco about her conversion from atheism. Leah was raised as an atheist on Long Island, and began blogging about atheism and religion at Unequally Yoked, while she was still in college. After many debates, she was received into the Catholic Church in 2013. She graduated from Yale with a BA in […]

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May 16, 2014 – Jennifer Fulwiler

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2014 56:27


A conversation about conversion with Jennifer Fulwiler. Jennifer’s book Something Other Than God was just published by Ignatius Press, Jennifer is a programmer-turned-writer who chronicles her experiences of faith and family life on her popular blog, ConversionDiary.com. Her articles have also appeared in the National Catholic Register, America, Our Sunday Visitor, Envoy and National Review […]

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May 09, 2014 – Dawn Eden

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2014 52:33


Dawn Eden was born into a Jewish family in New York City, Dawn lost her faith as a teenager and became agnostic. In the 1990s, while in her twenties, she was a rock journalist in New York City, interviewing performers such as Elton John and Brian Wilson. She went on to work on the editorial […]

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April 25, 2014 – Tom and Jessica Brown

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2014 56:23


Jessica was raised in Northern Virginia. Her father was an elder at McLean Presbyterian Church, which is part of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a conservative Presbyterian denomination. She attended Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Covenant is affiliated with the PCA as well. After graduate studies in music therapy at Shenandoah University, she […]

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April 11, 2014 – John C. Wright

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2014 53:08


John C. Wright Is a newspaperman and editor, attorney, philosopher, and writer of science fiction novels, the most famous of which Orphans of Chaos, was nominated for a Nebula Award in 2006. In appearance he is bespectacled, bewhiskered, not so much tall as huge, and his affectations include a pocket watch, a low-crowned, broad-brimmed black […]

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March 28, 2014 – Karen Edmisten

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2014 52:48


Karen Edmisten is the author of Deathbed Conversions: Finding Faith at the Finish Line, as well as After Miscarriage: A Catholic Woman’s Companion to Healing and Hope, and other books on the Catholic faith. She is a blogger and freelance writer whose articles have appeared in numerous publications. You can find her online at karenedmisten.com, […]

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March 21, 2014 – Anujeet Sareen

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2014 55:20


A conversation with Anujeet Sareen about his conversion. Anujeet Sareen was born in 1972 in New Delhi, India into a traditional Indian family that raised him in a religion called Sikhism. When he was five years old, his family moved from New Delhi to Brooklyn, NY, where he lived before leaving for college. After graduating […]

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March 14, 2014 – Ken Krabbenhoft

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2014 56:23


A conversation with Ken Krabbenhoft about his conversion to Catholicism. Professor Krabbenhoft grew up in Detroit, got his BA from Yale (’68) and his PhD from NYU in Spanish and Portuguese (’81). Until his retirement in 2013, he was a tenured professor at NYU, specializing in early modern Spanish and contemporary Brazilian and Portuguese literature […]

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