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AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast
Jesuits and friends come together to look at the world through Ignatian eyes, always striving to live Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam -- For the Greater Glory of God. Hosted by Mike Jordan Laskey and Eric Clayton. Learn more at jesuits.org. A production of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States.
Episodes
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastThis Lent, We Want to Pay Better Attention with Cameron Bellm
Cameron Bellm, a writer who works at the intersections of creativity, spirituality, mysticism and activism, is the editor of our Jesuit Media Lab Lenten email…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastHow Early Jesuits Pioneered the School Play with Fr. Michael Zampelli, SJ
From the earliest years of the Society of Jesus almost 500 years ago, Jesuits have been involved in the performing arts. Fr. Michael Zampelli, SJ, today’s…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastHow Summer Jobs Prepare Us For Life with Fr. James Martin, SJ
Today’s guest is no stranger to the AMDG podcast. Fr. James Martin is a Jesuit priest and editor-at-large at America Media. His newest book, “Work in Progress…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastOne Jesuit's Experience of Violence and Fear in Minneapolis: A Conversation with R.J. Fichtinger, SJ
As Catholics formed in the Ignatian tradition, we are called to welcome the stranger, to care for our neighbor and to respect one another as we answer our…
AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast"LiturGPT": AI Is Coming for Worship with Fr. Phil Ganir, SJ
You might have read or thought about how the rise of artificial intelligence is affecting the economy or higher education or medicine or pretty much any other…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastUnpacking Pope Leo's Message to Catholic Schools with Michael O'Connor
Last year, Pope Leo XIV published an apostolic letter called “Drawing New Maps of Hope.” (This is not to be confused with his apostolic exhortation on poverty…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastDungeons, Dragons and the Formation of a Moral Imagination with Susan Haarman
Last May, America Magazine ran an article entitled “Dungeons & Dragons—and Jesuits” by Robert Buckland, a Jesuit in formation. Buckland admits to being a…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastFour Spiritual New Year's Resolutions with Laura Kelly Fanucci
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. As we welcome 2026, host Mike Jordan Laskey wanted to have a deeply thoughtful and faith-filled guest on the show to…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastWhy Ignatian Spirituality Can Still Change the World with Lori Stanley & Mark Mossa, SJ
For you eleventh-hour Christmas shoppers out there, have I got a treat for you. There’s a new book out from Loyola Press, the second volume in an increasingly…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastAn Advent Pilgrimage to the US-Mexico Border
In this special crossover episode of "AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast" and "The Jesuit Border Podcast," we hear from both Fr. Brian Strassburger, SJ, the executive…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastThe Best Things About "A Christmas Carol"
Jesuit Media Lab fellows Mike O'Connell and Renée Roden join host Mike Jordan Laskey to draft their favorite things about Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastAnxious? These Spiritual Insights Will Help with Author Sara Billups
It’s a bit of a cliché to say that we live in uncertain times. Just look at the headlines. Relationships — from the global to the intimate — are fraying. We…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastLife as a Jesuit's Mom with Kristin Gilger and Fr. Paddy Gilger, SJ
Whenever a man joins the Society of Jesus, his family and friends have to process that big life change and figure out how it’s going to affect their…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastMeet the Jesuit Ex-National Park Ranger at the Vatican Observatory
Rob Lorenz was a National Park Ranger who spent time working at places Arches National Park in Utah and Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. One of his favorite…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastWhy This Catholic Author Retold Bible Stories As Fairy Tales with Rose John Sheffler
“To many, Fantasy, this sub-creative art which plays strange tricks with the world and all that is in it, combining nouns and redistributing adjectives, has…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastThe Fascinating World of Rare Books with Fr. Michael Suarez, SJ
If you love old books – if you love how they smell, if you love imagining their journeys through the world into your hands, if you can’t pass by a used…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastCare for the Person, Care for the Mission: Why Cura Apostolica? with Fr. Matt Carnes, SJ
If you’ve hung around Jesuits and Jesuit organizations long enough, you surely have come in contact with the phrase cura personalis. In short, practicing cura…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastUnpacking Pope Leo XIV's "Dilexi te" with Fr. Chris Kellerman, SJ
Fr. Chris Kellerman, SJ, the Jesuit Conference's Secretary of Justice and Ecology, joins host Mike Jordan Laskey to discuss Pope Leo XIV's apostolic…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastThe Jesuit Border Podcast Crossover ft. Bishop Michael Pham
The Jesuit Border Podcast has just launched its ninth season, and to commemorate the event, we're featuring the first episode of season nine here on AMDG…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastMaking Theatre in Ukraine with Fr. George Drance, SJ
Fr. George Drance, SJ, is a great example of the fact that Jesuits can do and be anything. Fr. George is a theatre artist, which, in his case, encompasses…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastJesuit Stories From the Middle East with Michael Petro, SJ
On October 4 and 5, the Catholic Church will observe the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Today’s guest, who recently stopped by our studio in…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastChasing St. Kevin: An Ignatian Pilgrimage into Ancient Ireland
St. Kevin is a 6th century Irish saint, best known, perhaps, for the monastery he founded at Glendalough, tucked deep into County Wicklow. Beyond the monastic…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastMeet Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn, Jesuit-Educated Hollywood Screenwriters
The screenwriters Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn are cousins, and they grew up in the 1970s and ’80s in a big Catholic extended family in St. Louis. The Gunns are an…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastPope Leo XIV's First Four Months with Christopher White
It’s hard to believe, but Pope Leo XIV just passed the four-month mark of his papacy. That’s more than a full season. After the incredible amount of press…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastWhy This Season of Creation is a Time of Pilgrimage
As Catholics, we’re familiar with the seasons of the Church year. We know to mark the days of Advent and Lent. We know that Easter lasts fifty days and that…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastHow To Embrace a Theology of Flourishing with Dr. Paul Schutz
What does it mean to flourish? What does it mean for you to flourish? Have you ever really thought about it? Too often, we’re forced to focus on mere survival…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastHow to Thrive at the Intersection of Creativity and Spirituality with Songwriter Brody Bond
The Jesuit Media Lab was founded to help people navigate the intersection of creativity and spirituality. We know there are so many people out there who are…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastWhat Fr. Jack Bentz, SJ, Is Learning from Young Catholics
Father Jack Bentz, SJ, is a Jesuit priest who works in campus ministry at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He also has a new podcast called…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastFaith, Ethics and Artificial Intelligence with Brian P. Green
The Saturday after Pope Leo XIV was elected, he gave an address to cardinals in which he described his reasoning for selecting the name Leo. He said there were…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastWhy Ignatian Spirituality is a Green Spirituality with Sr. Margaret Scott
In honor of the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola on July 31, we're taking a green look at his Spiritual Exercises. When today's host, Eric Clayton, was in…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastWhat Leaders in All Fields Can Learn from St. Ignatius with Chris Lowney
When Chris Lowney started his career as an investment banker at JP Morgan in 1983, his background leading up to that job marked an unusual path to the…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastHow Jesuits Are Supporting Immigrants in San Diego with Fr. Scott Santarosa, SJ
Father Scott Santarosa, SJ, is the pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe in San Diego, just a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. Founded in 1921 as the Mexican…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastHow Dorothy Day's Granddaughter Martha Hennessy Continues the Mission
This past spring, host Mike Jordan Laskey traveled to New York for a Jesuit Media Lab theatre event. He was coordinating the outing with our JML contributor…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastA Conversation with Four Presidents on Jesuit Higher Education
From June 23 through June 27, 2025, on the campus of Loyola University New Orleans, student affairs professionals from across our network of Jesuit colleges…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastA Conversation with the Jesuit Chaplain to the US Military
Nestled in the Horn of Africa on the easternmost part of the African continent is a small country called Djibouti. It’s bordered by three other countries…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastSix Picks for Summer Reading, Watching and Listening with Michael O'Connell
Host Mike Jordan Laskey is joined by Jesuit Media Lab fellow, Michael O'Connell, on this special episode of "AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast" to kickstart the summer.
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastEmbracing Undaunted Joy with Author Shemaiah Gonzalez
Today we’re talking about joy. It can be a hard thing to hold onto in this moment: The headlines are scary; our lives are full of stress and worry; and…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastPathway to Priesthood: Knowing When You're Ready with Joe Lorenz, SJ, and Orlando Portalatin, SJ
Welcome to “Pathway to Priesthood”—a special podcast series from the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. In these conversations, we’ve been…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastShakespeare Through a Catholic Lens with Luke Taylor, SJ
If you stop and think about it, it’s amazing that the work of William Shakespeare, more than 400 years old, is still read by pretty much every student in the…
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Pathway to Priesthood: The Power of Relationships with Chris Williams, SJ
Welcome to “Pathway to Priesthood”—a special podcast series from the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. In these conversations, host Eric…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastA Strategic, Ignatian Path to Easter Joy with Lisa Kelly
The Easter season is about new life. Jesus rises from the dead and in so doing resets the horizon on what is possible for each and every one of us. We see in…
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Pathway to Priesthood: Bringing Our Full Selves to God with Fernando Saldivar, SJ
Welcome to “Pathway to Priesthood”—a special podcast series from the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. In these conversations, host Eric…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastWitnessing Church History (And Analyzing It on TV) with Fr. James Martin, SJ
After the white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on May 8, we turned on the TV here at the Jesuit Conference HQ in Washington and landed randomly…
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Pathway to Priesthood: Reflecting on Jesuit Community with Marc-André Veselovsky, SJ
Welcome to “Pathway to Priesthood”—a special podcast series from the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. In these conversations, host Eric…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastGet to Know Pope Leo XIV with Fr. Kevin DePrinzio, OSA
Fr. Kevin DePrinzio, OSA, is an Augustinian priest who has known Pope Leo XIV -- his fellow Augustinian friar -- since the late 1990s. Fr. Kevin is now the…
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Pathway to Priesthood: Choosing Religious Life with David Inczauskis, SJ
Welcome to “Pathway to Priesthood”—a special podcast series from the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. We’re back for season 2! In these…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastHow to Pray with the Stars with Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ
How do you pray with the stars? That’s the question underpinning today’s conversation with returning guest, Br. Guy Consolmagno. Guy is a Jesuit brother and…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastBONUS AMDG: An Ignatian Approach to the Conclave with Fr. Bill McCormick, SJ
Fr. Bill McCormick, SJ, is a political scientist by trade and a current writer at the Vatican-sponsored, Jesuit-run journal La Civiltà Cattolica in Rome. Host…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastSigns of Easter Hope in Uncertain Times with Emma Hudson
Even though Easter started ten days ago now, the season continues for a full 50 days. So we will wish you a happy Easter and encourage you to keep that going…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastRemembering Pope Francis with Fr. Brian Paulson, SJ
Fr. Brian Paulson, SJ, the president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, reflects on the legacy and witness of Pope Francis. Fr. Paulson…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastThe Work of Lent: Holy Week
In this final episode of "The Work of Lent," Fr. Eric Immel, SJ, accompanies us through Holy Week to Easter and challenges our assumptions about suffering.
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The Work of Lent: Time to Reconcile
On this episode of our limited series, "The Work of Lent," we talk to Mike Jordan Laskey, director of communications for the Jesuit Conference and Jesuit Media…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastYour Crash Course in Ignatian Discernment with Mark Thibodeaux, SJ
The art of discernment is a hallmark feature of Ignatian spirituality. From the moment Ignatius began to differentiate between consolations and desolations…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastIs Jesus the Monster? Horror & Theology with Ryan Duns, SJ
I’m not much of a fan of horror films. But I do love speculative storytelling — of which horror is a sub-genre. Even more, I love using stories of pop culture…
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The Work of Lent: Why We Dare to Hope
In this episode of our limited Lenten series, Sr. Erin McDonald, CSJ, digital youth minister for the Congregation of St. Joseph and co-host of the "Beyond the…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastHow This Catholic is Fighting for Workers with Chuck Hendricks
If you’ve ever eaten at a university dining hall or at an airport bar or in a corporate cafeteria, you have relied on the labor of thousands and thousands of…
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The Work of Lent: A Journey of Conversion
In this episode of our limited Lenten series, Emily Mentock, a digital media professional and co-founder of Digital Continent, invites us to reflect on how…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastThe Spirituality of Writing a Baseball Biography with John W. Miller
Spring means baseball is back in my life, and if there’s anything that’s almost as good as baseball, it’s writing about baseball. There is so much good writing…
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The Work of Lent: Navigating Temptation
In this episode of our limited Lenten series, Marissa Papula, director of campus ministry at Loyola Marymount University, challenges us to look clearly at…
AMDG: A Jesuit PodcastInside a Jesuit Basketball Chaplain's March Madness with Fr. Bryan Pham, SJ
March is a big month on the American Jesuit calendar because it’s the biggest month for men’s and women’s college basketball. The March Madness tournaments are…