72 Episodes

  1. Pope Francis – his legacy, and the coming conclave

    Published: 29/04/2025
  2. Pope Francis is in hospital – what this means for the Church and the world

    Published: 4/03/2025
  3. The Tablet Podcast with Ruth Gledhill and Liz Dodd, Episode One: women's ordination, Trump, best Catholic films

    Published: 6/02/2025
  4. Lorraine Currie of Sciaf talks to Ruth Gledhill about existing projects and future plans for Scotland’s international aid charity

    Published: 12/12/2024
  5. Trump, Catholicism and the US elections

    Published: 15/11/2024
  6. The Season of Creation and Laudato Si’ – a view from the US in this election year

    Published: 6/09/2024
  7. Pilgrimage to Patmos with Fr Nicholas King SJ

    Published: 26/07/2024
  8. Making peace in the past, present and future – Catholic bishops on the way forward

    Published: 7/06/2024
  9. Pope Francis, Ukraine and just war theory

    Published: 10/05/2024
  10. Why oh why, Aquinas

    Published: 5/03/2024
  11. Does truth still matter?

    Published: 27/02/2024
  12. The Tablet Book Club – ‘A Faithful Spy’ with author Jimmy Burns and broadcaster Emily Buchanan

    Published: 7/12/2023
  13. The Church’s radical reform – After the Vatican synod, what happens now? 

    Published: 18/11/2023
  14. A ‘Family Matters’ webinar with Brendan Walsh, Editor of The Tablet

    Published: 16/11/2023
  15. Openness to the Spirit vs Structuring the Synod – Is it possible to have both?

    Published: 14/11/2023
  16. A conversation with Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP, ‘spiritual father’ of the synod

    Published: 27/10/2023
  17. The Catholic Church and how it got to where it is today

    Published: 21/10/2023
  18. How does the new synod process work? An interview with Austen Ivereigh

    Published: 7/10/2023
  19. Promoting racial and cultural inclusion in the Catholic Church

    Published: 29/09/2023
  20. The Catholic Church’s radical reform – the new prior of Taizé talks synod

    Published: 28/09/2023

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The Wise and the Wherefores is a podcast from The Tablet, the international Catholic weekly and is hosted by Ruth Gledhill, assistant editor of The Tablet, who in the latest series of ten episodes is talking with Liz Dodd.

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