The Ruth Institute Podcast

(January 10, 2012) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss the recent law passed in Texas that requires abortionists to show mothers sonograms of their babies before the abortion is performed.

(January 17, 2012) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss the recent study put out by the Chicago Business School on boys, behavioral problems, and the influence of mothers and fathers.

(January 11, 2012) Dr J is Sheila Liaugminas's guest on Relevant Radio's show "A Closer Look." They're discussing the marriage question and how it's often approached in the public square--especially in light of the US's upcoming presidential elections. If you'd like to listen to Dr J's debates at Baylor or Southern Methodist University (referenced in the show), check out our podcast stream.

(December 6, 2012) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss the surprising alliance that finds egg harvesting exploitive of women.

(December 13, 2012) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss Secretary Clinton's assertion that religious liberty and homosexual rights stem from the same source.

(December 20, 2012) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss President Obama's moves to court the homosexual lobby as his reelection campaign gets rolling.

(January 3, 2012) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss Ron Paul's "let's totally privatize marriage" position.

(December 19, 2011) Dr J hosts "From the Front Lines of the Culture War" on Catholic Radio of San Diego. Today she's interviewing Dr Dale Kuehne, a politics professor at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, author of "Sex and the iWorld", ordained Presbyterian minister, and vice-chair of the ethics committee. They're discussing alternatives to today's sexualized culture, Aristotle's views on sex, and much more. For her interview with Dr Steven Heaney, check out the previous podcast. Also, here's her interview with Dr Donald Hilton (referenced in the pornography discussion).

(December 19, 2011) Dr J hosts "From the Front Lines of the Culture War" on Catholic Radio of San Diego. Today she's interviewing Dr Steven Heaney, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and editor of Abortion: A New Generation of Catholic Responses. They're discussing divorce and other forms of marriage redefinition. For her interview with Dr Dale Kuehne, check out the next podcast.

(December 12, 2011) Dr J hosts "From the Front Lines of the Culture War" on Catholic Radio of San Diego. Today she's interviewing Austin Nimocks, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, and Shoshana Grossbard, professor of economics at San Diego State University and founding editor of the Review of Economics of the Household. They're discussing Canada's recent [unsuccessful] attempt to legalize polygamy. For Dr J's interview with Paul Diamond, check out the previous podcast. Also check out her Issues, Etc. interview on the Canadian polygamy ruling.

(December 12, 2011) Dr J hosts "From the Front Lines of the Culture War" on Catholic Radio of San Diego. Today she's interviewing barrister Paul Diamond, who specializes in defending religious liberty in the United Kingdom.

(December 5, 2011) Dr J hosts "From the Front Lines of the Culture War" on Catholic Radio of San Diego. Today she's interviewing Dr. Scott Yenor, associate professor and chair of the political science department at Boise State University. He's written Family Politics: The Idea of Marriage in Modern Political Thought, which they're discussing.

(November 15, 2011) Dr J travels to Loyola Marymount to speak on the definition and importance of marriage at a talk sponsored by the school's theology and philosophy departments, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and College Republicans. This is the Q & A afterward--check out the previous podcast for her talk.

(November 15, 2011) Dr J travels to Loyola Marymount to speak on the definition and importance of marriage at a talk sponsored by the school's theology and philosophy departments, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and College Republicans. There was a Q & A afterward, too--check out the next podcast. To view the Reel Love Challenge videos and the I Commit video, check out our YouTube channel or our website, ruthinstitute.org.

(November 8, 2011) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss the Vatican's decision to fund adult stem-cell research via a small biotech company in the United States.

(November 16, 2011) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss Gloria Steinhem's recent comments on the 40th anniversary of Ms. Magazine--and what the feminist movement isn't responsible for.

(November 29, 2011) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss the recent Canadian court decision denying polygamous marriage rights to Canadian families--even when presented with the same arguments used to defend same-sex unions (which are legal in Canada).

(July 30, 2011) Here's Dr J speaking on why "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village" at Ruth Institute's 2011 conference of the same name. There's Q & A session afterward, too.

(November 14, 2011) Dr J hosts "From the Front Lines of the Culture War" on Catholic Radio of San Diego. In the second hour of the program she's interviewing Tom Peters of the American Papist blog. They're discussing his participation in the grassroots-y youth Catholic movement. If you missed the first hour (with Dr Don Hilton), check out the previous podcast.Some links discussed in the show:American Papist: http://catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?show=papistMarriage Anti-Defamation Alliance: http://marriageada.org/

(November 14, 2011) Dr J hosts "From the Front Lines of the Culture War" on Catholic Radio of San Diego. Today she's interviewing Dr Donald Hilton, associate professor of neurosurgery at the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio, Texas, and one of the country's leading researchers on the science of pornography addiction--and that's the topic they're discussing. For the following interview with Thomas Peters, check out the next podcast.

(November 7, 2011) Dr J hosts "From the Front Lines of the Culture War" on Catholic Radio of San Diego. In the second hour of the program she's interviewing Dr Byron Johnson, professor of social sciences at Baylor University and director of both the Institute for Studies of Religion and the Program on Pro-Social Behavior. They're discussing the role of religiosity in reducing crime. If you missed the first hour (with Dr Peggy Hartshorn), check out the previous podcast.

(November 7, 2011) Dr J hosts "From the Front Lines of the Culture War" on Catholic Radio of San Diego. Today she's interviewing Dr Peggy Hartshorn, president of Heartbeat International, a network of pregnancy health centers. They're discussing the work to help women and the opposition they face from the abortion industry. The show now has a 2-hour timeslot--for the following interview with Dr Byron Johnson, check out the next podcast.

(October 24, 2011) Dr J hosts "From the Front Lines of the Culture War" on Catholic Radio of San Diego. Today she's interviewing Katie Elrod, teacher, school administrator, and speaker. They're discussing the Church's teaching on infertility, artificial reproductive technology, and natural family planning.

(October 29, 2011) Casey Gleave, one of the student presenters at the "Students for the Family" regional conference in Provo, Utah, speaks on the question we should be asking about the purposes of marriage.

(October 29, 2011) Dr J speaks at the "Students for the Family" regional conference in Provo, Utah on society, family, and children.

(October 10, 2011) Elizabeth Marquardt speaks at the Conference for the Priests and Deacons of La Crosse, Wisconsin on divorce, donor-conceived persons, alternate family forms, and alienation.

(October 17, 2011) Dr J hosts "From the Front Lines of the Culture War" on Catholic Radio of San Diego. Today she's interviewing Dr. Angela Franks, director of Theology Programs for the Theological Institute for the New Evangelization at St. John's seminary in Massachusetts. They're discussing the work of Margaret Sanger, the eugenics movement, and contraception. Concerning the book Dr J mentions: if you'd like, you can order it at Pauline.org or Amazon.com.

(October 11, 2011) Dr J speaks at the Conference for the Priests and Deacons of La Crosse, Wisconsin on contraception.

(October 11, 2011) Dr J speaks at the Conference for the Priests and Deacons of La Crosse, Wisconsin on same-sex unions and the redefinition of parenthood.

(July 30, 2011) This is the question-and-answer period from Dr Brad Wilcox's "Marriage and Children" talk at our "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village" conference this year. If you missed his talk, just pull down the previous podcast.

(July 30, 2011) Dr Brad Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, delivers his second talk at our "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village" conference this year. He's speaking on "Marriage and Children."

(September 26, 2011) Dr J hosts "From the Front Lines of the Culture War" on Catholic Radio of San Diego. Today she's interviewing Dr. Michael Brown, Messianic Jewish scholar and author of 20 books, the latest of which is "A Queer Thing Happened to America," which is the subject of their discussion.

(July 29, 2011) Austin Nimocks, Ruth Institute's summer intern from Blackstone Legal Fellowship, speaks at our "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village" conference this year on a same-sex custody case out of Ohio.

(July 29, 2011) Attorney Bill Duncan delivers his second talk at our "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village" conference this year. He's speaking on "Marriage and Custody Laws."

(October 4, 2011) This is the question-and-answer period following Baylor Law School's debate between Dr J and Manuel Quinto-Pozos on the definition of marriage. If you missed their debate, grab the previous podcast.

(October 4, 2011) Baylor Law School hosts a debate between Dr J and Manuel Quinto-Pozos, former staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, on the definition of marriage. The debate was hosted by the Federalist Society and the Baylor American Constitution Society.

(October 3, 2011) Southern Methodist University hosts a debate between Dr J (invited by the Federalist Society) and Lorie Burch, Dallas attorney (invited by OutLaw) on the legal definition of marriage.

(September 19, 2011) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss Rob Reiner's attempts to defend same-sex marriage and whether this is analogous to the civil rights movement. Also, the California Republican convention was this past weekend, and there was an [unsuccessful] attempt to soften the marriage platform there.

(July 30, 2011) Dr. Robert Gagnon, professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, delivers his second talk at our "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village" conference this year. He's speaking on "Paul and Homosexuality."

(July 29, 2011) Dr. Robert Gagnon delivers a talk at our "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village" conference this year. He's speaking on "Jesus and Marriage."

(September 27, 2011) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss egg freezing: what you haven't heard. (The interview was sparked by Maria Menounos's interview on Dr Drew Tortoriello's television show.)

(September 24, 2011) Dr J travels to Detroit to speak on family, economics, and Catholic teaching at the Fellowship of Roman Catholic Scholars. She also fields questions afterward.

(July 29, 2011) This is the question-and-answer session from Dr. Brad Wilcox's talk at our "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village" conference this year. If you missed his talk, check out the previous podcast.

(July 29, 2011) Dr. Brad Wilcox delivers a talk at our "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village" conference this year. His talk is called "Pathways to Marriage," and it's focsed more on courtship than marriage. He's a professor at the University of Virginia and director of its National Marriage Project.

(July 29, 2011) This is the question-and-answer period from Bill Duncan's "Marriage and the Law" talk at our "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village" conference this year. Student questions here are not mic'd, so Bill or I will repeat them as needed. If you missed his talk, just pull down the previous podcast.

(July 29, 2011) Attorney Bill Duncan delivers a talk at our "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village" conference this year. He's speaking on "Marriage and the Law."