The Ruth Institute Podcast

(January 15, 2013) Kellie Fiedorek, attorney with the Alliance Defending Freedom, shares some prepared remarks before the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee as they consider how to vote on a bill that would redefine marriage.  Remarks by  Dr. J  and Father Bernard Healey are also available in our podcast stream.

(January 15, 2013) Father Bernard A. Healey shares some prepared remarks before the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee as they consider how to vote on a bill that would redefine marriage. Remarks by Dr. J and Kellie Fiedorek are also available in our podcast stream.

(January 15, 2013) Dr J is invited to share some prepared remarks before the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee as they consider how to vote on a bill that would redefine marriage. Father Bernard Healey and Kellie Fiedorek also spoke; their remarks are coming up next in the podcast stream.

(January 9, 2013) Dr J and Kristin Rudolph, writer for the Institute on Religion and Democracy, are Sheila Liaugminas' guests on Relevant Radio's "A Closer Look."

(January 9, 2012) We're kicking off a new podcasting project: a series of interviews with Ruth Institute's Circle of Experts. They're scholars and community leaders who are active in the marriage and life movements, and we'll be introducing one of our experts each week. If you're impatient, the complete list is on our website--check out " Circle of Experts " in the nav bar on the left side of the...

(December 7, 2012) Dr J was invited to present a paper as part of three symposia on "Demography and Public Policy" at the Howard Center in Washington, DC. This is the question-and-answer session afterward with the other presenter, Dr. Allan Carlson, and the two respondents, Dr. Charles Murray and David Brooks. If you missed her presentation; check out the  previous podcast .

(December 7, 2012) Dr J was invited to present a paper as part of three symposia on "Demography and Public Policy" at the Howard Center in Washington, DC. She and Dr. Allan Carlson presented; respondents were Dr. Charles Murray and David Brooks. This is her presentation; check back for the question-and-answer session afterward, too.

(November 14, 2012) While Dr J was in North Carolina, she spoke on natural marriage to two classes at Cardinal Gibbons Catholic high school. (This is the second talk--check out our previous podcast for the first one.) She took questions afterward, too.

(November 14, 2012) While Dr J was in North Carolina, she spoke on natural marriage to two classes at Cardinal Gibbons Catholic high school. (This is the first talk--check out our next podcast for the second one.) She took questions afterward, too.

(December 12, 2012) We're kicking off a new podcasting project: a series of interviews with Ruth Institute's Circle of Experts. They're scholars and community leaders who are active in the marriage and life movements, and we'll be introducing one of our experts each week. If you're impatient, the complete list is on our website--check out " Circle of Experts " in the nav bar on the left side of th...

(December 11, 2012) Dr J travels to Oakland to speak to a group of Catholic businessmen and women about marriage and society. She took questions afterward, too.

(November 20, 2012) We're kicking off a new podcasting project: a series of interviews with Ruth Institute's Circle of Experts. They're scholars and community leaders who are active in the marriage and life movements, and we'll be introducing one of our experts each week. If you're impatient, the complete list is on our website--check out " Circle of Experts " in the nav bar on the left side of th...

(November 20, 2012) We're kicking off a new podcasting project: a series of interviews with Ruth Institute's Circle of Experts. They're scholars and community leaders who are active in the marriage and life movements, and we'll be introducing one of our experts each week. If you're impatient, the complete list is on our website--check out " Circle of Experts " in the nav bar on the left side of th...

(November 13, 2012) Dr J traveled to North Carolina last week to speak at UNC Chapel Hill's Love and Fidelity chapter. This is the question-and-answer session afterward--if you missed her talk, check out the previous podcast .

(November 13, 2012) Dr J traveled to North Carolina last week to speak at UNC Chapel Hill's Love and Fidelity chapter. She takes questions afterward, too--check out the next podcast .

(November 7, 2012) We're kicking off a new podcasting project: a series of interviews with Ruth Institute's Circle of Experts. They're scholars and community leaders who are active in the marriage and life movements, and we'll be introducing one of our experts each week. If you're impatient, the complete list is on our website--check out " Circle of Experts " in the nav bar on the left side of the...

(October 20, 2012) Dr. J speaks on the healthcare mandate, Catholicism, and Religious Freedom at the Rally for Religious Freedom in San Diego.

(October 18, 2012) Dr. J speaks at St. Gertrude's Catholic Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, on marriage and the family.

(October 10, 2012) Dr. J and Austin Muck, are guests of Sheila Liaugminas on Relevant Radio's "A Closer Look." They're discussing the essential public purpose of marriage--why government is involved in the institution at all. Austin interned at the Ruth Institute as part of the Alliance Defending Freedom's Blackstone Legal Fellowship.

(October 6, 2012) Dr. J speaks on marriage, economics, and social issues at a workshop on civic responsibility to Opus Dei, a Catholic women's organization, from Pasadena, California.

(September 7, 2012) This is Anne Morse, president of Berkeley Students for Life, a Wilberforce fellow, and a senior at UC Berkeley, giving her talk at 40 Days for Life.

(September 19, 2012) Dr J and Scotty Biggs (a student at Eastern Kentucky University) are Sheila Liaugminas's guests on Relevant Radio's " A Closer Look ." They discussed the youth involvement in the marriage movement, Mark Regnerus's recent study of the effects of same-sex parenting on children, and various biases and obstacles the marriage movement faces.

(September 14, 2012) Dr J speaks on the importance and meaning of marriage at the Salt and Light Council's "Traditional Marriage Forum" at Calvary Chapel in Temecula, California.

(June 29, 2012) Dr J speaks from the Couples for Christ Convention in Atlanta. This is the last of the three talks she gave there--she spoke on forgiveness and family. Check out our podcast stream for her previous talks on marriage and contraception .

(June 29, 2012) Dr J speaks on the Pyramid of Involvement (or the KISS pyramid) as part of her talk on contraception from the Couples for Christ Convention in Atlanta. Check out our podcast stream for the presentation on contraception as well as her other two talks, on marriage and family forgiveness.