Episodes

  • Season 4, Episode 6: Quid est Dignum et Iustum in a Wilderness of Mirrors?

    Season 4, Episode 6: Quid est Dignum et Iustum in a Wilderness of Mirrors?
    Feb 6 2026
    Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy are podcasts of the Maurin Academy, and can be found on almost all podcast platforms! https://pmaurin.org Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy John Paul II Catholic Worker Farm: https://jpiicatholicworkerfarm.com Follow the Maurin Academy and the JPII Farm on Instagram for notifications about upcoming events.
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Season 4, Episode 6: Cultivating Community, Redemptive Lending and Recapitulatory Theology

    Season 4, Episode 6: Cultivating Community, Redemptive Lending and Recapitulatory Theology
    Dec 8 2025
    Spencer and Laurie talk to Bert and Emma Fitzgerald of the Simon Weil Catholic Worker House in Portland, OR: https://simoneweilhouse.org
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Season 4, Episode 5: William Cavanaugh on Consumerism & Idolatry

    Season 4, Episode 5: William Cavanaugh on Consumerism & Idolatry
    Nov 6 2025
    This is a talk by Dr. William T. Cavanaugh, author of The Uses of Idolatry. It was originally given for the Center for Catholic Social Thought, October 9, 2025. We thought it was so good we asked if we could share it with our audience, and we got it from both Dr. Cavanaugh and the Center for Catholic Social Thought.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Season 4, Episode 4: Our Trips to Milwaukee, Lancaster and Beyond

    Season 4, Episode 4: Our Trips to Milwaukee, Lancaster and Beyond
    Oct 29 2025
    Spencer and Laurie discuss what they learned from their recent trips. Laurie went to Milwaukee, WI, to do research on the Peter Maurin papers and to give two talks on Maurin and Day. Spencer and Emily traveled to Pennsylvania and other spots on the East Coast to help move a friend, and along the way visited two Catholic Worker houses, the Rodale Institute, Blue Hill Farm, Dorothy Day's gravesite and more.
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    54 mins
  • Season 4, Episode 3: Integral Friendships: Fun Amidst Frustration

    Season 4, Episode 3: Integral Friendships: Fun Amidst Frustration
    Sep 18 2025
    Laurie and Spencer talk to Colin Miller and Tyler Hambley, who trace their path to the Church through the practices of Catholic Workers: praying daily, sharing meals, and opening their homes to the homeless. Now in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, they live family-to-family alongside formerly homeless men and teach through the Center for Catholic Social Thought. They argue for “thick” Christian community over thin, optional social ties.
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Season 4, Episode 2: How Not to Go Back to the Land

    Season 4, Episode 2: How Not to Go Back to the Land
    Aug 28 2025
    Spencer and Laurie discuss an article by Paul V. Stock, "The Perennial Nature of the Catholic Worker Farms: A Reconsideration of Failure," in Rural Sociology, 2014. https://pmaurin.org/get-involved/
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Season 4, Episode 1: James Murphy on Cooperation and Poverty as Catholic Action

    Season 4, Episode 1: James Murphy on Cooperation and Poverty as Catholic Action
    Jul 18 2025
    Spencer and Laurie kick off their new season with Catholic Worker James Murphy of St. Martin de Porres, Harrisburgh, PA. The Catholic Worker movement is a testing ground for solutions to poverty, successful relationships, and the possibility of bypassing politics. We get into some of those issues in this interview.
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Dustbowl Diatribes Season 3, Episode 33: Dustbowl Danse Macabre, Round 3

    Dustbowl Diatribes Season 3, Episode 33: Dustbowl Danse Macabre, Round 3
    Jun 11 2025
    As Spencer and Laurie segue to a new season of Dustbowl Diatribes , they look back at the people they've interviewed in 2025 so far and point the way to their next topic.
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    1 hr and 4 mins