The Ruth Institute Podcast

(May 17, 2016) Dr J is in Australia! She was invited to speak at the South Toowoomba Baptist Church. Her talk is entitled "Same-Sex Marriage Affects Everyone." She took questions afterward, too--those are available in the Ruth Refuge podcast.

(May 16, 2016) Dr J is in Australia! She was invited to speak at the Community Church in Cooper's Plain near Brisbane, Australia.

(May 15, 2016) Dr J is in Australia! Archbishop Julian Porteous invited her to speak at the Hobart Cathedral of St. Mary's on the island of Tasmania. Her talk is entitled "Same-Sex Marriage Affects Everyone." She took questions afterward, too--those are available in the Ruth Refuge podcast.

(May 14, 2016) Dr J is in Australia! She was invited to speak at Our Lady of the Rosary near Sydney. Her talk is entitled "Same-Sex Marriage Affects Everyone." She took questions afterward, too--those are available in the Ruth Refuge podcast.

(May 3, 2016) Dr J is Jeff Crouere's guest on his radio show Ringside Politics . They're discussing the work of the Ruth Institute and the surrogacy bill currently before the Louisiana legislature.

(May 2, 2016) Dr J is Kathleen Benfield's guest on her radio show The Current Word . They're discussing the work of the Ruth Institute and the surrogacy bill currently before the Louisiana legislature.

(April 25, 2016) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin's guest on Issues, Etc . In light of the recent "bathroom bill" and fallout, they're discussing the transgender movement's ideologies.

(April 21, 2016) Dr J is once again Drew Mariani's guest on his show on the Relevant Radio network. They're discussing the recent study that compares outcomes of children whose parents have died with those whose parents divorced. The study  was a joint project of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Tokyo.

(April 15, 2016) Dr J addresses Christian faculty, clergy members, and business leaders at the Acton Institute's "Toward a More Free and Virtuous Society" conference . Her talk is entitled "Virtue and Economic Thinking."

(March 31, 2016) Dr J addresses students, parents, lawyers, and clergy members at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, VA. She was speaking at the Unity Summit, an event addressing threats to America's first, second, and seventh amendments. Her talk is entitled "Reclaiming Religious Freedom and the First Amendment--Hint: We've Got to Talk about Sex!"

(March 10, 2016) Dr J addresses students, faculty, and community members at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. The event was jointly sponsored by the CUA Anscombe Society (a chapter of the Love & Fidelity Network) and the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family. Her talk is entitled "Is homo economicus an attachment-disordered child?" and is inspired by her first book, Love...

(March 11, 2016) Dr J is once again Teresa Tomeo's guest on Catholic Connection , where they're discussing a teen's efforts to find his unknown father using Facebook and the few details he has on his conception at a rock concert 18 years ago.

(March 10, 2016) Dr J addresses students, faculty, and community members at an event jointly sponsored by the Federalist Society and the James Wilson Institute at George Washington University. Her talk is entitled "The Sexual Revolution and its Victims."

(March 4, 2016) Dr J is one of the speakers at this year's Catholic Answers Conference: "Restoring Marriage Today ." Her talk was entitled "Keeping the Family Together: Public Policies and Personal Strategies."

(February 22, 2016) Dr J is a guest speaker at the Serra Club of Houston, where she gave a talk entitled "The Family is the Seedbed of Religious Vocations." The Serra Club is an international organization of Catholic laypeople dedicated to supporting religious vocations.

(January 27, 2016) Dr J is once again Sheila Liaugminas's guest on A Closer Look . They're discussing culture, faith, family, and rebuilding society by keeping the family together and strengthening the institution of marriage. Check out Austin's article, too: "11 Reasons the Sexual Revolution has been a Complete, Utter, and Deadly Failure."

(January 22, 2016) Dr J is once again Patrick Coffin's guest on Catholic Answers Live . Their topic: keeping the family together through the preservation of marriage. For more information on "Restoring Marriage Today," the upcoming Catholic Answers Conference in March in San Diego, please check out their website . Hope to see you there!

(January 14, 2016) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin's guest on Issues, Etc . They're discussing the Catholic church's worldwide Synod on the Family and the educational conference immediately beforehand in which Dr J participated.

(January 6, 2016) Dr J is once again Molly Smith's guest on From the Median to discuss how the sexual revolution has not provided a solution to our problems--the whole package has been damaging, and we can't ignore some fruits of it while condemning others.

(November 17, 2015) Dr J is interviewed by Steve and Becky Green on The Catholic Conversation out of Phoenix, Arizona. They're discussing the fallout of the sexual revolution in regard to freedom and the family broadly and children specifically.

(October 29, 2015) Dr J is in Utah! She traveled there to be part of the 9th annual World Congress of Families . She's speaking at their plenary panel "Assessing Damage and Restoring Family Values" on all of the different types of people who have been harmed by the sexual revolution.

(October 19, 2015) Our board member Steve Hicks is guest on " The Terry and Jesse Show " to encourage our local friends to find out more about California's parental notification laws and let them know about gathering signatures for an upcoming ballot measure (to overturn them). We encourage all of our listeners to be informed on this issue.

(October 14, 2015) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin's guest on Issues, Etc . They're discussing the Catholic church's worldwide Synod on the Family and the educational conference immediately beforehand in which Dr J participated.

(October 12, 2015) Dr J is once again Patrick Coffin's guest on Catholic Answers Live . Their topic: the family as the antidote to the sexual revolution.

(October 10, 2015) Continuing with our international theme, Jennifer Johnson is in Paris! She traveled there to be part of the International Children's Rights 2nd Annual Conference. She's speaking on the injustice of alternative family structures to the children growing up in them.