Walter Robinson is an investigative journalist, an editor-at-large at "The Boston Globe," and is the Donald W. Reynolds Visiting Professor of Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

This is a rebroadcast of episode 42, from 2022.

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(00:00) Intro

(00:58) A path to journalism

(10:00) The power and state of the Catholic Church during the late 80s and 90s

(21:40) "The Boston Globe's" "Spotlight" team

(28:10) The Catholic Church's reputation before the Spotlight team’s investigation

(35:59) What was revealed in the church’s internal documents

(40:56) The Church’s consistent strategy of protecting abusive priests

(46:58) Nearly every bishop in every diocese knew about abuse and participated in a cover-up

(53:27) The role of the Church's celibacy vow in incentivizing abuse

(59:36) What explains the abusive behavior of Catholic Church priests?

(01:04:06) Women's second-class status and the role of a free press

(01:07:55) The need for a full confession from the Church

(01:15:48) The role of investigative journalism today and why it matters

(01:20:43) The importance of investigative journalists to think outside the box

Mark Clifford is president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong and the author of "The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic."

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00:00 Intro

00:57 Mark's relationship with Jimmy Lai

06:40 Jimmy's journalism in Hong Kong

10:41 The source of Jimmy's devout anti-communism

18:27 Jimmy's interest in journalism

21:35 Was Jimmy optimistic about Hong Kong's future?

24:27 China's public enemy #1

33:22 Jimmy's core principles

39:40 Lessons from Jimmy's example

44:14 Hong Kong and JImmy's future

49:47 Jimmy's eccentricities and flaws

James Hollis is a Jungian psychoanalyst and the author of many books, including "A Life of Meaning," which is the primary subject of our conversation.

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00:00 Intro

01:05 Why Jim wrote "A Life of Meaning"

05:28 The shadow

08:38 Why confront one's shadow?

10:48 The numinous and finding your calling

25:20 Lethargy is a threat to living

29:55 A modern culture of distraction

32:28 Jim's decision to become a public educator

37:02 Jim's growth beyond his family of origin

44:30 Psychopathology

48:26 Sin: missing the mark

55:15 Fear - the spirit of evil is negation of the life force by fear

58:50 Jim is a "recovering nice person"