Light & Truth

In this Light & Truth Conversation, the first in a new video podcast series exploring themes in liberal education and the role of education in culture formation, University of Dallas President Jonathan J. Sanford and Fr. Peter Stravinskas dive into Newman, his Idea of a University, and his approach to an education that humanizes while fostering friendships oriented to wisdom, truth, and virtue...

A culture rooted in truth and committed to authentic human flourishing cannot be rebuilt by quick fixes — it requires formation, depth, and the renewal of our institutions. In this wide-ranging conversation, University of Dallas President Jonathan J. Sanford and Mary Rice Hasson, the Kate O'Beirne Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and co-founder of the Person & Identity...

Light & Truth: George Weigel on Liberal Arts Education, Classical Education & Human Flourishing  In this episode of Light & Truth, UDallas President Jonathan J. Sanford sits down with George Weigel to discuss why a liberal arts education—especially a Catholic liberal education rooted in classical education—still matters in an age of confusion about the purpose of education and the mean...

In this episode of Light & Truth, University of Dallas President Jonathan J. Sanford sits down with educator and Cana Academy cofounder Andrew Zwerneman to ask a deceptively simple question: What is history—and why does it matter right now? Zwerneman introduces History 250, an ambitious series of 6–8 minute short films designed to help Americans recover a truthful, unifying account of our past...

In this episode of Light & Truth , University of Dallas President Jonathan J. Sanford sits down with Catholic author, speaker, and SiriusXM radio host Katie McGrady, BA  ’11, for a conversation about faith, vocation, and the enduring power of a Catholic liberal arts education . Katie shares what drives her work in Catholic media and evangelization: the conviction that the world needs what the...

In this episode of Light & Truth , Jonathan J. Sanford sits down with Rabbi Mark Gottlieb to explore one of the most urgent questions in education today: Is education about job preparation—or the formation of the whole human person? Drawing on the thought of Dietrich von Hildebrand and the shared intellectual traditions of Judaism and Christianity, this conversation examines: Why classical edu...