Common Good

Fri. 2 pm – Muscular Christianity has been both rejected and promoted since it first emerged in Victorian England. 02/26/2021.

What is it, and how does it relate...

Fri. 2 pm – “Health Inequities in the COVID Era” – Expert projections show that the pandemic will push half a billion people around …..02/19/2021.

the globe into poverty and exacerbate inequities and...

Fri. 2 pm – “Southern Evolution” – in the American South, where culture, faith, and politics often collide. Dr. Amanda Glaze-Crampes, joins Leigh for a follow-up conversation to her Strozier faculty lecture. 02/12/2021.

Perhaps nowhere has the struggle to understand and...

Fri. 2 pm – Gab on the Jab” – It’s not called Operation Warp Speed for nothing. 02/05/2021.

Things are moving fast with the coronavirus vaccines,...

Fri. 2 pm – Licensed wildlife rehabilitator and SWRC executive director Jeanne Paddison joins Leigh to examine our modern moment from mammalian eyes other than our own. 01/22/2021.

The Common Good: “Rehab and Release” – Our...

Fri. 2 pm – The Common Good: “Depictions of Addiction” –Another epidemic, beyond COVID-19, rages in America: opioid addiction. 01/15/2021.

Dr. Christopher Garland, assistant professor of writing and...

Fri. 2 pm – “21st Century and Its Discontents” American culture is changing, focusing more on outcomes than dialogue and debate. 01/08/2021.

This contributes to the contemporary political divide and...

Fri. 2 pm – The year 2020 has been a tough one … and with the coronavirus vaccines only just rolling out and the Senate runoff election in Georgia next week, we somehow haven’t quite reached the end of it. 01/01/2021.

The holidays, too, likely came with both joys...

Fri. 2 pm – The Common Good: “Elves Press-ly” – The WRUU elves have taken over the radio station and programmed in some Christmas tunes to accompany the day. 12/25/2020.

The holiday likely looks quite different this year...

Fri. 2 pm – The Common Good: “We Are Family” – At times, family life is challenging enough, even without an out-of-control pandemic. What issues are families facing? 12/18/2020.

How has COVID added to common pressures, and...