Podcast appearances and mentions of leah libresco

In this Classic Replay of Unbelievable? Podcast, we delve into the fascinating journey of Leah Libresco, once a prominent atheist blogger who made headlines by converting to Catholicism. Her story gained attention across both religious and secular spheres, including a feature on CNN. Leah sits down with Hemant Mehta, widely known as the Friendly Atheist, for a topical discussion about the moral arguments that played a pivotal role in her conversion journey. Hemant quizzes Leah on her decision to embrace Catholicism, providing listeners with an insightful exchange that explores the intricacies of faith, reason, and personal conviction. Listeners also get the chance to participate as Leah and Hemant field questions, offering deeper insights into Leah's faith journey and the broader dynamics of faith and atheism. For Leah Libresco visit: leahlibresco.com For Hemant Mehta visit: friendlyatheist.com This episode originally aired on: 23 June 2014 • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/coures • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

We're blessed in this Archdiocese to be home to the Center for Social Thought. The group's 2024 spring speaker series, called "Rebuilding Catholic Community", is covering a variety of ways in which we as Catholics experience the call to community. The final speaker of the series will be Leah Libresco, a nationally-known speaker and writer – and former atheist – who joins producer Kayla Mayer, along with Center for Catholic Social thought founder Colin Miller, to talk about what a "thick" community is and why it's important to cultivate. Learn more about the Center for Catholic Social Thought and the spring speaker series. Find more of Leah Libresco's work. Like what you're hearing? Leave us a review, subscribe, and follow us on social media @practicingcatholicshow! Direct social media links: Facebook Instagram YouTube

Gun violence is all too common in America. And conversations around them are all to commonly toxic. How do we think better about having conversations around guns? Nathan Clarkson and Joseph Holmes give it the old college try.   List of mass shootings: https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/deadliest-mass-shootings-modern-us-history   General facts about guns in America: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/13/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/   General facts about gun deaths in America: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/   UK has twice the violent crime as US: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/jun/24/blog-posting/social-media-post-says-uk-has-far-higher-violent-c/#:~:text=For%20England%20and%20Wales%2C%20we%20added%20together%20three,rate%20of%20775%20violent%20crimes%20per%20100%2C000%20people.   Australia/did not experience drops in gun deaths that could be attributed to their buybacks and bans https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-used-to-think-gun-control-was-the-answer-my-research-told-me-otherwise/2017/10/03/d33edca6-a851-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html   90s Assault Weapons Ban didn't work: https://www.propublica.org/article/fact-checking-feinstein-on-the-assault-weapons-ban   States with least gun control laws often have highest gun violence: https://www.statista.com/statistics/200445/reported-violent-crime-rate-in-the-us-states/   https://www.healthline.com/health-news/these-states-have-the-highest-rates-of-gun-violence-and-deaths#Heres-where-gun-violence-is-the-highest-in-the-U.S.   Gun control advocate and statistician Leah Libresco switches positions to be against it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-used-to-think-gun-control-was-the-answer-my-research-told-me-otherwise/2017/10/03/d33edca6-a851-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html   States like Vermont which have lowest gun violence also have lowest gun regulations: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/vermont-safe-and-happy-and-armed-teeth-charles-c-w-cooke/   Gun sales went up during 2020 protests and riots: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/16/891608244/protests-and-pandemic-spark-record-gun-sales   Over half of gun deaths are suicide. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/   Mash shootings have gone from three per year in 2000 to 40 a year in 2020. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/   Are guns used in self-defense?: https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602143823/how-often-do-people-use-guns-in-self-defense   https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/firearms/fastfact.html   https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulhsieh/2018/04/30/that-time-the-cdc-asked-about-defensive-gun-uses/?sh=bd10946299aa   https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/5/guns-used-more-for-self-defense-than-crimes/   https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-01-31/gun-defense-myth   Young people now more likely to do mass shootings. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/us/politics/mass-shootings-young-men-guns.html     Gun show loophole is kinda true, kinda not: https://www.businessinsider.com/gun-show-loophole-biden-remarks-spur-conservative-fact-checks-2021-4   Norway and Finland have similar rates of gun ownership but are among the safest places:  https://theconversation.com/us-shootings-norway-and-finland-have-similar-levels-of-gun-ownership-but-far-less-gun-crime-183933   Handgunst most commonly used for mass shootings: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/12/mass-shootings-weapons-legal-what-to-know/7814081001/  

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Leah Libresco shares her journey from atheism to Catholicism. Phil Yancey addresses the Problem of Pain.

Catholic convert and author Leah Libresco joins to discuss her own personal story suffering ectopic pregnancies as secular media has been spreading falsities with the reversal of Roe.

Catholic convert and author Leah Libresco joins to discuss her own personal story suffering ectopic pregnancies as secular media has been spreading falsities with the reversal of Roe.

Catholic convert and author Leah Libresco joins to discuss her own personal story suffering ectopic pregnancies as secular media has been spreading falsities with the reversal of Roe, asking all to ponder the idea of a world with not fewer options for women, but better options. With more reports of priests being killed in Nigeria, we revisit with Steven Rasche of RFI about what we as Catholics can do to help those suffering. Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily for this Sunday's Gospel. Catch the show every Saturday at 7amET/5pmET on EWTN radio!

When Leah Libresco became a Catholic her story was featured on CNN. Why? Because up to that point she had been an atheist blogger. Her story was soon being shared on Christian and atheist blogs.  She talked to atheist blogger Hemant Mehta (aka The Friendly Atheist) about why the moral argument helped her in the journey and he quizzed her over why she chose Catholicism. Listener questions were also included. • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

Former atheist Leah Libresco rejected religious belief until she encountered intelligent Christians at Yale University. Her search to find the grounding of objective morality led her to God. Resources written by Leah: Website:  www.leahlibresco.com  Book:  Arriving at Amen (the story of her conversion from atheist to Catholic) Book:  Building the Benedict Option (a guide to […]

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is Argument and Analysis, Part 6: The Virtue of Silence, published by Scott Alexander. Leah Libresco writes a couple of essays (1, 2) on an ethical dilemma reported in the New York Times. In the course of a confidential medical history, a doctor hears her patient is suffering from stress-related complaints after having sent an innocent man to prison. The doctor wants to know whether it is ethical to report the matter to the police. The Times' columnist says yes – it would save the poor prisoner. Leah says no – violating medical confidentiality creates an expectation that medical confidentiality will be violated in the future, thus dooming patients who are too afraid to talk about drug use or gay sex or other potentially embarrassing but important medical risk factors. But both sides are ignoring the much bigger dilemma lurking one meta-level up: is it ethical to debate this dilemma in the New York Times? Let's look more closely at that phrase “violating medical confidentiality creates an expectation that medical confidentiality will be violated in the future.” There's a very abstruse angels-and-clockwork interpretation of “creates an expectation” where, by making the decision to violate confidentiality, you are altering the Platonic machinery of the Universe in a way that allows other beings who know your source code to determine that you will do this. But most people don't have the decision theory to understand this, and anyway most doctors do not publish their source code online. The way “creates an expectation” pans out in our universe is that somebody hears that a doctor violated medical confidentiality, and that person tells someone else, and that person tells someone else, until eventually someone who was going to tell their doctor about having gay sex with drugs remembers having heard the story and decides not to. How exactly would people hear about this doctor who revealed the innocence of the prisoner? Through the ensuing court case? Nah. Most people wouldn't obsessively read the minutes of every single case at the local courthouse unless of course it has something to do with gender. Really, the only way that someone could hear about a doctor violating medical confidentiality is if she, like, somehow got a description of her intention to do so published in meticulous detail in the New York Times. Oh, right. The entire negative effect of the doctor breaking her promise is that it would make people doubt medical confidentiality in the future. But whether or not the doctor ends up breaking her promise, thousands of New York Times readers now know that doctors strongly consider breaking medical confidentiality, and that ethics columnists tell them it's okay to do so. It seems like the whether the doctor actually keeps her promise or not in this particular case is of miniscule importance compared to the damage that the column has already done. Silence is a hard virtue. All the other virtues have the advantage that, when you practice them, people will praise you. Sometimes if your moral system is very different from your friends' people will attack you for your virtues, but getting attacked by sufficiently horrible people can sometimes be just as gratifying as praise. But if you stay silent, there's no praise and no attacks. By definition, no one even knows you made a courageous moral choice. (Eliezer mentioned in the comments of my Against Bravery Debates that he's spent a couple decades pushing ideas almost everyone else thinks are crackpot, and he's never appealed to bravery at all. He is one hundred percent correct and I have one hundred percent never noticed despite reading almost everything he's written for several years. That's the Virtue of Silence for you.) (I had like five much better examples here, all of which would be very clever, and each time I had to c...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is Argument and Analysis, Part 6: The Virtue of Silence, published by Scott Alexander. Leah Libresco writes a couple of essays (1, 2) on an ethical dilemma reported in the New York Times. In the course of a confidential medical history, a doctor hears her patient is suffering from stress-related complaints after having sent an innocent man to prison. The doctor wants to know whether it is ethical to report the matter to the police. The Times' columnist says yes – it would save the poor prisoner. Leah says no – violating medical confidentiality creates an expectation that medical confidentiality will be violated in the future, thus dooming patients who are too afraid to talk about drug use or gay sex or other potentially embarrassing but important medical risk factors. But both sides are ignoring the much bigger dilemma lurking one meta-level up: is it ethical to debate this dilemma in the New York Times? Let's look more closely at that phrase “violating medical confidentiality creates an expectation that medical confidentiality will be violated in the future.” There's a very abstruse angels-and-clockwork interpretation of “creates an expectation” where, by making the decision to violate confidentiality, you are altering the Platonic machinery of the Universe in a way that allows other beings who know your source code to determine that you will do this. But most people don't have the decision theory to understand this, and anyway most doctors do not publish their source code online. The way “creates an expectation” pans out in our universe is that somebody hears that a doctor violated medical confidentiality, and that person tells someone else, and that person tells someone else, until eventually someone who was going to tell their doctor about having gay sex with drugs remembers having heard the story and decides not to. How exactly would people hear about this doctor who revealed the innocence of the prisoner? Through the ensuing court case? Nah. Most people wouldn't obsessively read the minutes of every single case at the local courthouse unless of course it has something to do with gender. Really, the only way that someone could hear about a doctor violating medical confidentiality is if she, like, somehow got a description of her intention to do so published in meticulous detail in the New York Times. Oh, right. The entire negative effect of the doctor breaking her promise is that it would make people doubt medical confidentiality in the future. But whether or not the doctor ends up breaking her promise, thousands of New York Times readers now know that doctors strongly consider breaking medical confidentiality, and that ethics columnists tell them it's okay to do so. It seems like the whether the doctor actually keeps her promise or not in this particular case is of miniscule importance compared to the damage that the column has already done. Silence is a hard virtue. All the other virtues have the advantage that, when you practice them, people will praise you. Sometimes if your moral system is very different from your friends' people will attack you for your virtues, but getting attacked by sufficiently horrible people can sometimes be just as gratifying as praise. But if you stay silent, there's no praise and no attacks. By definition, no one even knows you made a courageous moral choice. (Eliezer mentioned in the comments of my Against Bravery Debates that he's spent a couple decades pushing ideas almost everyone else thinks are crackpot, and he's never appealed to bravery at all. He is one hundred percent correct and I have one hundred percent never noticed despite reading almost everything he's written for several years. That's the Virtue of Silence for you.) (I had like five much better examples here, all of which would be very clever, and each time I had to c...

https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/06/14/the-virtue-of-silence/   Leah Libresco writes a couple of essays (1, 2) on an ethical dilemma reported in the New York Times. In the course of a confidential medical history, a doctor hears her patient is suffering from stress-related complaints after having sent an innocent man to prison. The doctor wants to know whether it is ethical to report the matter to the police. The Times' columnist says yes – it would save the poor prisoner. Leah says no – violating medical confidentiality creates an expectation that medical confidentiality will be violated in the future, thus dooming patients who are too afraid to talk about drug use or gay sex or other potentially embarrassing but important medical risk factors.

Dr. Grazie Christie and Maureen Ferguson talk with Leah Libresco about the upcoming Mississippi abortion ban case and an opportunity the Supreme Court has in resetting the terms of the abortion debate, with a look at the 'moving target of viability.' Carrie Gress of Theology of Home also joins to discuss true feminism and the perils of a 'child-free by choice movement' being heralded in the secular sphere. Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily to prepare us for this Sunday's Gospel.

Building the Benedict Option is a combination of a spiritual memoir and a practical handbook for Christians who want to build communities of prayer, socialization, and evangelization in the places where they live and work.   Beginning when the author was a new convert, she desired more communal prayer and fellowship than weekly Mass could provide. She surveyed her friends--busy, young, urban professionals like herself--and created unique enriching or supportive experiences that matched their desires and schedules. The result was a less lonely and more boisterous spiritual and social life.   No Catholic Martha Stewart, Libresco is frank about how she plans events that allow her to feed thirty people on a Friday night without feeling exhausted. She is honest about the obstacles to prayer and the challenge to make it inviting and unobtrusive. Above all, she communicates the joy she has experienced since discovering ways to open her home (even when it was only a small studio apartment).   The reader will close this book with four or five ideas for events to try over the next few weeks, along with the tools to make them fruitful. From film nights to picnics in the park to resume-writing evenings, there are plenty of ideas to choose from and loads of encouragement to make more room in one's life for others.   https://www.ignatius.com/Building-the-Benedict-Option-P2963.aspx?fbclid=IwAR1agdgPguHS28A6MNlhdhO0XczHcTfm5zo4q8nUmxN7NCyhmt4_Pa-i6t8 

How do you plan for a time loop arc? What audio magic is Brandon doing to reverse the theme song? And is the Spoily Corner overflowing? All that and more on the Afterparty! Check out Leah Libresco’s website here.   New Streaming Live Show! - A springtime live show set in LTC! May 13th, 8 PM ET (or afterward with a VOD)! Buy your ticket today at jointhepartypod.com/live!   Sponsors - Inked Gaming, your destination for gaming goods of all kinds. Head over to inkedgaming.com/jointheparty and use code jointheparty at checkout for 10% off your order! - Modern Arcana, a beautiful mix of Swiss design and D&D spells. Code jointheparty will get you 20% off your order at modernarcana.shop - BetterHelp, a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod - tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com - merch & music: jointhepartypod.com/merch   Cast & Crew - Dungeon Master, Co-Producer: Eric Silver - Co-Host (Milo Lane), Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle - Co-Host (Aggie O’Hare), Co-Producer: Amanda McLoughlin - Co-Host (Val Vesuvio), Co-Producer, Editor: Julia Schifini - Multitude: multitude.productions   About Us Join the Party is a collaborative storytelling and roleplaying podcast, powered by the rules of Dungeons and Dragons. That means a group of friends create a story together, chapter by chapter, that takes us beyond the tabletop to parts unknown. In the first campaign, we explored fantasy adventure, intrigue, magic, and drama. In the newest story, we tackle science, superpowers, a better future, and the responsibility to help others. Every month, we sit down for the Afterparty, where we break down our game and answer your questions about how to play D&D and other roleplaying games at home. We also have segments at the beginning of each campaign to teach people how to play the game themselves. It’s a party, and you’re invited! Find out more at jointhepartypod.com.

Catholics share the small and big blessings they experienced in 2020. Father Harrison Ayre of the podcast Clerically Speaking shares about his new book “Finding Christ in the Crisis”, and the personal spiritual renewal behind it. Catholic writer Leah Libresco describes how she maintained a sense of community despite coronavirus restrictions. Then, the head of a Catholic theater company talks about how the pandemic inspired him to bring back the tradition of radio plays. Show notes: https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/finding-christ-book-love-divine-music-cd-set https://www.clericallyspeaking.com/ http://www.leahlibresco.com/ https://themerrybeggars.com/

Opening up their reading list, Mark & Josh highlight some favorites from this year, what they're currently reading, and what's on their read next list. From Benjamin Franklin to sci-fi, from personal development to business growth, this episode captures a wide ranging list of books to choose from in the coming year. Music Credit: "Funkorama" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Expanded Notes:  - Mark's 2020 Favs:     - The Traveler's Gift, by Andy Andrews     - Ender's Game, Ender In Exile, Speaker For The Dead, by Orson Scott Card     - Fathered By God, by John Eldredge  - On Mark's Nightstand Currently:     - Becoming A King, by Morgan Snyder     - Dream Big, by Bog Goff  - What's Next For Mark:     - Daring Greatly, by Brené Brown     - Essentialism, by Greg McKeown     - Amusing Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman    - Josh's 2020 Favs:     - Last of the Breed, by Louis L'Amour     - The War of Art; Turning Pro; Do the Work, by Steven Pressfield  - On Josh's Nightstand Currently:     - The Benedict Option, by Rod Dreher     - Building the Benedict Option, by Leah Libresco  - What's Next For Josh:     - The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin     - The Quest For Authentic Manhood, by Robert Lewis

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In this episode, Carmen chats with the Executive Director of the Winthrop House--a budding Christian Community located in eastern New Hampshire. Roger Tindall shares some helpful background on the Intentional Christian Community movement, as well as resources for those who want to dig deeper. Most importantly, he shares his own personal insights into building a community after years of trial and error. Additional Resources: By Rod Dreher Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas, and their diverse tribe of countercultural conservatives plan to save America (or at least the Republican Party) Includes a discussion of conservative counterculturalism with some initial thoughts on the "Benedict Option" concept at the end of the book The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation A discussion of why we lost the culture war and why intentional community is the best answer for our current situation. Live Not By Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents His latest book deals with current events and the rise of "soft totalitarianism," which he compares with the "hard totalitarianism" of communist regimes, and shares some thoughts for countercultural Christians in a hostile environment Other Works/Resources: Building the Benedict Option by Leah Libresco. Offers insights on one group of millennials' attempt to build intentional community in an urban environment follow the principles of The Benedict Option Front Porch Republic: A hub for conservative localist intellectuals from different confessional backgrounds, including much discussion of intentional community Plough Magazine : A quarterly journal associated with the communal Bruderhof Movement that features articles from across confessional lines dealing with many topics related to intentional community Irresistible Revolution and other works by Shane Claiborne. A theologically orthodox but politically progressive take on the "New Monasticism" movement among Protestants, Claiborne nevertheless offers insights on the spiritual aspect of intentional community that more politically conservative Christians could learn from. The Twelve Tribes communities offer a working model of a more strictly communal type of community living for those who don't share their particular theological convictions, and are very open to visitors: https://twelvetribes.org/ A WSJ feature on the Clear Creek community: https://www.wsj.com/articles/communities-built-on-faith-1487349471 A NYT feature on Doug Wilson and New Saint Andrew's: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/magazine/30Christian-t.html An NPR feature on the Hyattsville, MD community: https://www.npr.org/2017/04/10/522714982/catholics-build-intentional-community-of-like-minded-believers The Winthrop House website, which they hope to expand as we develop programming for the coming year: www.winthrophouse.org

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I'm joined by Leah Libresco. A cerebral, deep thinker, Leah was a staunch atheist when she became to meet Catholics in her debate group and, herself, became interested in looking deeper into the faith. In this episode she takes us on her spiritual journey and explains what ultimately led us to find God in the Catholic Church. It's a great conversation and Leah was very fun to talk to! You're going to really enjoy this episode. For more from Leah visit her website and check out her fantastic books Arriving at Amen and Building the Benedict Option.For more, visit The Cordial Catholic. Send your feedback to cordialcatholic@gmail.com. For more information about sponsoring the show, keeping this podcast going, and helping me to continue to deliver quality content please visit the Patreon page.  Even $1 or $2 a month can go a long way to helping make this podcast sustainable and will give you access to a special Patron-Only podcast featuring behind-the-scenes content and early access to upcoming material. If you can give $5/mo or more you'll also be entered into monthly draws for fantastic books hand-picked by me.If you'd like to give a one-time donation to The Cordial Catholic, you can visit the PayPal page.Thank you to those already supporting the show!Newsletter pre-roll. Producers Post-Roll: Stephen, Eli, Tom, Kelvin, Susan, and Eyram.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/cordialcatholic)

Even though we're made for relationship with God and others, it can be hard to find ways to gather. Leah Libresco joins us for an inspiring conversation about her book, Building the Benedict Option: A Guide to Gathering Two or Three Together in His Name. Tune in for some creative ways to get friends together. Today's broadcast is brought to you in part by Solidarity Healthshare www.solidarityhealthshare.org/

In this episode, we reflect on the recent rash of mass shootings in the United States. There are many things to take into consideration with this subject. Should we get rid of the 2nd Amendment? Are more guns the answer? Let’s get into it… Quick Resilience Boost suggested materials: - “I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise” by Leah Libresco: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-used-to-think-gun-control-was-the-answer-my-research-told-me-otherwise/2017/10/03/d33edca6-a851-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html?noredirect=on - The Second Amendment: American Masterclass with Historian David Barton | Louder With Crowder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3qU1lhzm1Q Book Kyle to speak at your event: info@undaunted.life Web: www.undaunted.life Follow us: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/undauntedlife/?hl=en - Twitter: https://twitter.com/UndauntedLife - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/undauntedlife Podcast: - Apple Podcasts/iTunes: https://apple.co/2TokTtn - Google Play: https://bit.ly/2EQ4Z0u - Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-184516957 Free YouVersion Devotionals: - A Man's Devotional: https://bit.ly/2ykKIPQ - An Undaunted Marriage: https://bit.ly/2zRsBO2 Follow the host Kyle Thompson: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyleokc/?hl=en - Twitter: https://twitter.com/kyleokc?lang=en Intro/outro music: Artist: August Burns Red Track: King of Sorrow Album: Phantom Anthem iTunes: https://apple.co/2tYVHur Listen on Apple Music and Spotify!

Leaving Atheism w/Leah Libresco In this episode of Creedal Catholic, Leah Libresco joins me to talk about her journey from Patheos atheist channel blogger to Catholic writer. We talk about Kantian ethics, Alasdair MacIntyre, Church scandals, and her latest book, Building the Benedict Option (Ignatius Press, 2018). Follow Leah's work at LeahLibresco.com. Link: Leah's previous conversation on Vernacular (Transcript)Feedback: creedalcatholic@vernacularpodcast.com.Please consider supporting Creedal Catholic on Patreon!Copyright 2019 by Vernacular Podcast Network

Marjane Satrapi’s memoir about growing up in Iran in the wake of the cultural revolution is perhaps more poignant today than it has ever been. The crew is joined by Leah Libresco to discuss this classic book and its portrayal of faith, freedom, and the unique challenges that come with growing up in a nation divided by war and ideology.

Every child is a gift, and the loss of even the smallest life is mourned by Catholic parents. Today we’re talking about one of the heaviest crosses that is borne in Catholic family life: miscarriage and infant loss. This episode includes Leah Libresco, Laura Fanucci, author, with her husband Franco, of Grieving Together: A Couple’s Journey through Miscarriage, and Msgr. Donald Sakano from the Archdiocese of New York.

Every child is a gift, and the loss of even the smallest life is mourned by Catholic parents. Today we’re talking about one of the heaviest crosses that is borne in Catholic family life: miscarriage and infant loss. This episode includes Leah Libresco, Laura Fanucci, author, with her husband Franco, of Grieving Together: A Couple’s Journey through Miscarriage, and Msgr. Donald Sakano from the Archdiocese of New York.

Fr. Jonathan talks with writer Leah Libresco about the new Captain Marvel film, the joys of 90s nostalgia, and the need for some Kree/Skrull fan fiction. New full length episodes coming soon, so stay tuned!

We speak with author Leah Libresco about her new book, Building The Benedict Option, and the practical ways that you can begin living out a life of intentional discipleship. Then, in our Classic Catholic Social Teaching segment, we continue the discussion on the Benedict Option by examining Pope Benedict XVI's address to representatives of the World of Culture in France 10 years ago. In that address, he discussed the ways in which culture is formed first by people who are seeking God above all else. Finally, now that the election has passed, we look at practical ways that you can begin building relationships with your newly elected officials. We round out the episode with sacred music from the National Catholic Youth Choir at St. John's University in Collegeville. They perform the Hymn to St. Cecilia In honor of her feast day on November 22nd. Useful links: Order "Building the Benedict Option": https://www.ignatius.com/Building-the-Benedict-Option-P2963.aspx Pope Benedict's Address: http://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2008/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20080912_parigi-cultura.html FInd your new members-elect in the Minnesota legislature: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/leginfo/18mem_elect.pdf

Our guests are Leah Libresco and Elissa Bjeletich. Leah is on the first segment discussing building authentic Christian community and her recent book Building the Benedict Option, and Elissa will be talking about preparing for the Nativity fast.

Ken talks with Leah Libresco “Building the Benedict Option: A Guide to Gathering Two or Three Together in His Name” (Ignatius Press). The book is available at: https://www.ignatius.com/Building-the-Benedict-Option-P2963.aspx Visit Leah’s website: http://www.leahlibresco.com

An interview with Leah Libresco, author of Building the Benedict Option: A Guide to Gathering Two or Three Together in His Name, kicks off our series on living the communal aspects of our Catholic Faith. …

An interview with Leah Libresco, author of Building the Benedict Option: A Guide to Gathering Two or Three Together in His Name, kicks off our series on living the communal aspects of our Catholic Faith. …

Worship, Community, and the Things That Hold Us Together

Daniel Silver talks with Leah Libresco & Alexi Sargeant today about their Doxacon 2018 talks as well as some articles they've written and their thoughts on some books they've read. You can find Alexi's article here https://www.the-american-interest.com/2018/06/01/terraforming-ourselves/

First Forays Into Friendship, an interview with Leah Libresco, a writer, speaker, and general Renaissance Woman whose work can be found at leahlibresco.com. We talk about the ideas contained in her forth coming book, "Building the Benedict Option: A Guide to Gathering Two or Three Together in His Name." Particularly, we look into particular, practical, and immediate ways folks who yearn for more community can get started doing so without necessarily having the resources to do something revolutionary. We someone include drinking in parking lots and curling, but once you start the podcast, it will all make sense.

Once renowned atheist blogger, Leah Libresco, on her conversion to Catholicism by Jon Leonetti

On GPS, a full hour on the Las Vegas massacre and how to stop America's gun madness. What can the United States learn from other countries like Japan and Australia? What does America's 2nd Amendment REALLY say and how has it been interpreted over time? And is gun control really the answer? One of Fareed's guests says "No". GUESTS: David Frum, Tom Friedman, Leah Libresco, Akhil Amar, Tim Fischer

On this spoiler-filled episode of the FIRST THINGS Podcast: Associate editor Julia Yost talks with assistant editor Alexi Sargeant about Silence—the 1966 novel by Shusako Endo, newly adapted as a film by Martin Scorsese. Is the film better than the book? Will it win all the Oscars? Will it convert you to Death of God Theology? Then, Leah Libresco joins for a discussion of Sherlock, the BBC’s update of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Great Detective, returning now for its fourth season. Is the series better or worse now than when it began? Is an iPhone cooler than a pocketwatch? Is Sherlock an addict, or isn’t he? What’s up with the fandom? And what do we want to see in the season finale?

We explore why we have good reasons to care about other people, why being more effective is so important, and why helping others also makes our own lives better. Featuring: - scientist-turned-Buddhist monk Matthieu Richard; - Michelle Hutchinson from the Institute for Effective Altruism; - moral philosopher Jeff McMahan; and - writer, statistician and effective altruist Leah Libresco. Presented by Stephanie Tam and Sam Deere, engineered by Dominic Apa.

What can natural family planning teach you about the body that sex ed won’t? Catholic writer and "science nerd" Leah Libresco guests on this segment, as does her fiancé, assistant editor Alexi Sargeant. Then, why are Catholic and Evangelical Republicans parting ways over Trump? Leah crunches the numbers, and Rusty envisions life for religious conservatives during a Trump presidency. Finally, Matthew and Julia discuss this week’s news from Rome, and conclude that ordaining women as deacons not only makes no sense, but would set women back. Musical credits: The Losers, Chad Crouch.

In this installment of Vernacular, Leah Libresco of FiveThirtyEight and Unequally Yoked joins us to talk about her conversion from atheism to Catholicism. Along the way, we discuss epistemology as it Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vernacular/support

A mini-interview a day for a week about the 538 guns project. Leah Libresco discusses how other countries have reacted to mass shootings. fivethirtyeight.com/gundeaths

-How do I balance helping people in tough circumstances and maintaining my own emotional health? (15:18-36:15) -FiveThirtyEight writer and author of "Arriving At Amen" Leah Libresco joins us to talk about her analysis of lyrics in modern Christian pop music. (37:23-49:43) -They guys recommend art that deals with the less happy shiny side of Christianity. (50:30-54:59) -What is the guys' take on the idea of friends with benefits? (55:04-1:09:16) Closing Song: The Religion of My Youth (Jed Brewer) Find more from Leah Libresco at Arrivingatamen.com and on Twitter @LeahLibresco

In this episode, the crew is joined by writer and speaker Leah Libresco to discuss the vast and varied world of web comics. We also discuss conversion experiences, existentialism, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the weird things Fr. Jonathan would say to strangers when he was five. All this plus our recommendation, This or That, and a whole lot more!

Religion is personal, nuanced, evolving -- which makes it particularly resistant to easy quantification. Emma Green (Atlantic) and Leah Libresco (538) discuss stats and faith.

So how does an atheist end up Catholic? By finding God in the interests she already has. Join me as I have a conversation with Leah Libresco about her journey to Catholicism and the difficulties she had working through different kinds of prayer in Arriving at Amen - Seven Catholic Prayers Even I Can Offer.

In 2012, media outlets from CNN to EWTN announced that Leah Libresco, a gifted young intellectual, columnist, and prolific blogger on the Atheist channel on Patheos, was converting to Catholicism. In Arriving at Amen, Libresco uses the rigorous rationality that defined her Atheism to tell the story behind that very personal journey and to describe the seven forms of Catholic prayer that guided her to embrace a joyful life of faith. As a Yale graduate, Libresco launched her writing career by blogging about science, literature, mathematics, and morality from a distinctively secular perspective. Over time, encounters with friends and associates caused her to concede the reasonableness of belief in God in theory, though not yet in practice. In Arriving at Amen, Libresco uniquely describes the second part of her spiritual journey, in which she encountered God through seven classic Catholic forms of prayer—Liturgy of the Hours, lectio divina, examen, intercessory prayer, the Rosary, confession, and the Mass. Examining each practice through the intellectual lens of literature, math, and art, Libresco reveals unexpected glimpses of beauty and truth in the Catholic Church that will be appreciated by the curious and convinced alike.

When Leah Libresco recently became a Catholic her story was featured on CNN.  Why?  Because up to that point she had been an atheist blogger. Her story was soon being shared on Christian and atheist blogs.  She talks to atheist blogger Hemant Mehta (aka The Friendly Atheist) about why the moral argument helped her in the journey and he quizzes her over why she chose Catholicism. Listener questions are also included. Leah's blog post on becoming a Christian http://bit.ly/LVz2SN Hemant Mehta's blog post on Leah http://bit.ly/MPKH6m Unbelievable? The Conference 2012 DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 24 Nov 2007 - The atheist who sold his soul on ebay "I Sold My Soul on eBay" - HEmant Mehta & Tom Price Unbelievable? 12 Sep 2009 - Richard Morgan - from Atheism to Faith via richarddawkins.net - Christians Richard Morgan, David Robertson and Atheist Ed Turner Join the conversation: http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

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 […]

Catherine Dunphy might have been a nun. Luckily for the world, as she asked tough questions and opened her eyes to the dark machinery of institutional Catholicism, Catherine cast her faith aside. Now she brings her considerable intellect and compassion to the Clergy Project, helping secretly-atheist pastors cope with their impossible situation and begin the process of a transition out. Catherine and I talk about her remarkable journey, how she now helps guide others through theirs, and the deep implications of faith traditions crumbling from the inside.She has a few opinions about Pope Franky, too. Get ready for a fascinating edition of the Obcast.Duration: 88 minutesSubscribe to the Obcast in iTunes or through this link.Links from the show:   The Clergy Project websiteCatherine on Twitter as @CatherineD_tcp Jerry DeWitt: "How to Pray if You're an Atheist"Me at Friendly Atheist: "How Revolutionary is Pope Francis, Anyway? "Damon Linker: "Pope Francis versus the Vatican" Mary Johnson's book, An Unquenchable ThirstLeah Libresco's post on her conversion

Guests - Matt Kirshen / Michael Orenstein / Adam Kaplan

Premio Paulo Coelho: Papa Benedicto XVI por atacar la ciencia nuevamente. Bill Donohue de The Catholic League por amenazar a un rabino de Nueva York. John Hagee, Pastor de una mega-iglesia por atacar a los ateos y decirles que se muden si no les gusta. Manju Kunwar por cortarle la cabeza a su hija por promiscua y exhibirla por todo el pueblo. Juan Manuel Guillén, el presidente regional de Arequipa, Perú por ser ateo, pero encomendarse a la virgen para que lo ayude a combatir su cáncer. Leah Libresco, la bloguera atea por convertirse nada más y nada menos que al catolicismo. ¿Antimoron?: Jessie Ventura por decir que es ateo y orgulloso de serlo. Noticias: Los cristianos quieren privilegios, pero que nadie más los tenga. Nuevo estudio sobre si los estadounidenses votarían por un ateo. Los obispos estadounidenses no luchan por la libertad religiosa, sino por mantener su poder. Referencias: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahoma http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/m/mahoma.htm http://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mahoma http://www.portalplanetasedna.com.ar/los_arabes.htm http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/koran.html Cita de cierre: " Sigo diciendo que el que una iglesia tenga un pararrayos en el tejado, demuestra una falta de confianza e hipocresía mas allá de lo imaginable”. - Doug McLeod Participan en el podcast: @celipr10, @magdiel y @manolomatos. Puedes bajar el podcast o subscribirte al RSS aquí: http://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-ateorizar_fg_f120851_filtro_1.xml Tema de la próxima semana: Judaísmo y Mel Gibson --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ateorizar/message