Hosted by Jennifer Frey · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 90 episodes
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Sacred and Profane Love is a podcast in which philosophers, theologians, and literary critics discuss some of their favorite works of literature, and how these works have shaped their own ideas about love, happiness, and meaning in human life. Host Jennifer A. Frey is the inaugural dean of the Honors College at the University of Tulsa. The podcast is generously supported by The Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and produced by Catholics for Hire.
Jennifer Frey hosts Sacred and Profane Love, a arts show with 90 episodes published.
In this episode, I speak with Rachel Wiseman and Anastasia Berg, both of whom are editors at The Point magazine, about Sally Rooney's "Beautiful World Where Are You?" I hope you enjoy our conversation.
In this episode, I speak with Carlos Eire, renowned historian of the late medieval and early modern era and winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction for "Waiting for Snow in Havana." In this episode, we discuss S
In this episode, I speak with National Book Award winner Phil Klay, author of "Redeployment" and "Missionaries". We discuss a novel you've probably never heard of, but very fun: "Beer in the Snooker Club" by Egyptian wri
In this episode, I speak with John Marenbon, Cambridge Professor of medieval philosophy and world expert on Boethius, about Boethius's masterwork "Consolation of Philosophy". I hope you enjoy our conversation.
In this episode, I speak with Merve Emre, renowned author and literary critic, on Henry James's "The Portrait of a Lady". I hope you enjoy our conversation.
In this episode, Professor Michael Foley and I discuss the differences between the titular concepts of this podcast, namely, the 'sacred' and the 'profane'. I hope you enjoy our conversation.
In this season finale, I speak with Donald Kochan, who is a Professor of Law at George Washington University's Antonin Scalia Law School. We discuss George Orwell's essay, "Politics and the English Language". I hope you
In this season finale, internationally acclaimed poet Dana Gioia and I discuss Seneca's thought in general, and his tragic work The Madness of Hercules in particular. I hope you enjoy our conversation!
In this episode, I speak with my colleague, Lars Engle, on the poetry and person of John Donne. There is no poet more attuned to the connections between the sacred and the profane than Donne, and it was a pleasure to hea
In this episode, I discuss Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian with Aaron Gwyn. I hope you enjoy our conversation!
In this episode, I speak with Stephen Karian, renowned scholar of 18th century British literature, on the poems of Jonathan Swift, the promise and perils of satire, and the pleasures of reading profane poetry written by
In this episode, I am joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Phillips to discuss poetry, classic texts, art, and truth. I hope you enjoy our conversation!
In this episode, I speak with the classicist Julia Hejduk on Ovid's The Art of Love . I hope you enjoy our conversation!
In this episode, I speak with my colleague at TU, Boris Dralyuk on Vladmir Nabokov's delightful take on the campus novel, Pnin . We explore our endearing hero's journey from being a man on the wrong train to becoming an
In this episode, I speak with the political theorist Patrick Deneen about Don DeLillo's award winning novel, White Noise. We explore the novel's undercurrents of existential angst in a world of distraction, amnesia, and
Six years ago I launched a literature, philosophy, and theology podcast. I had no assumptions that anyone would listen to it; it was an output for a grant project on virtue, happiness, and meaning of life. Today, I am th
This week, we revisit Episode 43 with Brad Carson on Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind ! In this episode, I speak with the president of the University of Tulsa, Brad Carson, about Allan Bloom's infamous book
Throwback to the big five-oh: Episode 50 with Zena Hitz and Chad Wellmon! On April 26, 2022, The Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America hosted a launch event to reveal the new design and webs
This very exciting episode on liberal education with Professor Roosevelt Montás makes a come back this week! In this episode, I am joined by Professor Roosevelt Montás to discuss his new book, Rescuing Socrates: How the
Throwback to our first episode recorded with a live audience: Dr. Cornel West on James Baldwin! I am pleased to share a very special episode of Sacred and Profane Love, our first episode recorded in front of a live audie
Dr. Michael Foley
author
1 appearance on this show
Merve Emre
1 appearance on this show
Carlos Eire
Yale historian
1 appearance on this show
Phil Klay
Author
1 appearance on this show
Dana Gioia
3 appearances on this show
Patrick Deneen
professor of political theory at Notre Dame · Notre Dame
1 appearance on this show
Brad Carson
President · Americans for Responsible Innovation
2 appearances on this show
Zena Hitz
PhD
2 appearances on this show
James Baldwin
Head of Influence, Asia · Raptive
2 appearances on this show
Cornel West
philosopher, activist, and prophetic voice in the American democratic tradition · Union Theological Seminary
2 appearances on this show
Edgar Allan Poe
pivotal figure in American literature
1 appearance on this show
Karen Swallow Prior
author of You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good and Beautiful
2 appearances on this show
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