Consolmagno, born September 19, 1952, in Detroit, Michigan, obtained his bachelor of science in 1974 and master of science in 1975 in Earth and Planetary Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his PhD in Planetary Science

Paul Lauritzen interviews Diana Fritz Cates

Feb 1st, 2010 25m 4s

Paul Lauritzen interviews Diana Fritz Cates on her new book 'Aquinas on the Emotions: A Religious-Ethical Inquiry.'

Paul Lauritzen interviews Uwem Akpan

Mar 25th, 2009 25m 7s

A conversation with the Nigerian Jesuit Uwem Akpan, whose collection Say You're One of Them recently won the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa region).

Paul Lauritzen interviews Sr. Helen Prejean

Nov 8th, 2008 27m 26s

The day after Barack Obama was elected president, Sr. Prejean discusses her "memo to the president on the death penalty."

Paul Lauritzen interviews Brian Stiltner

May 29th, 2008 22m 20s

Brian Stiltner, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, BA, John Carroll University; MA, Ph.D., Yale University. Dr. Stiltner's research interests focus on Catholic social ethics, the ethics of war and peace, and role of religion in democrati

Paul Lauritzen interviews Dean Brackley, SJ

Feb 21st, 2008 24m 2s

Father Dean Brackley is a professor of theology at the Universidad Centroamericana (University of Central America—UCA) in El Salvador. In the 1970s and '80s, Fr. Brackley worked in social ministry and popular education on Manhattan's Lower

Paul Lauritzen interviews William B. Hurlbut

Jan 15th, 2008 26m 46s

On the latest Commonweal podcast, Paul Lauritzen interviews William B. Hurlbut, physician and consulting professor at Stanford's Neuroscience Institute. Hurlbut's main area of interest involves the ethical issues associated with advancing biome

Paul Lauritzen interviews Howard Gray, SJ

Dec 13th, 2007 27m 35s

On the latest Commonweal podcast, Paul Lauritzen interviews Howard Gray, SJ. Gray is one of the leading interpreters of Ignation spirituality. For the past decade, Gray has worked on mission and identity issues at Jesuit campuses across the cou

Paul Lauritzen interviews Sidney Callahan

Oct 1st, 2007 28m 14s

In his third Commonweal podcast, Paul Lauritzen talks to Sidney Callahan about her new book, Created for Joy.

Paul Lauritzen interviews Karen Long

Jul 26th, 2007 26m 7s

In the second Commonweal podcast, Commonweal contributor Paul Lauritzen interviews Karen Long, book review editor for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, about the Commonweal summer reading list and other notable books, especially Be Near Me and The Gr