The Ruth Institute Podcast

(June 12, 2012) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss that study that keeps popping up claiming "children of gay parents do just as well as children of straight parents." Early in June 2012, a couple of studies came out that asked the children of homosexual parents exactly that question. Want to hear what they said? Stay tuned...

(June 26, 2012) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss the Fortnight for Religious Liberty in the context of HHS-mandated contraception funding by Catholic organizations.

(July 3, 2012) We haven't had any of Dr J's Issues, Etc interviews on here for a while, but she's still giving them as regularly as ever! In this one, she and Todd Wilken discuss parenting developments in California--the state is considering removing the two parent limit.

(June 21, 2012) Dr J speaks about her work at the Ruth Institute at a banquet hosted by Legatus, an organization of Catholic business professionals and their spouses in San Diego.

(June 26, 2012) Dr J is a guest of Father Thomas Loya on his radio program "Light of the East," where they're discussing different but harmonious perspectives on marriage.

(June 14, 2012) Dr J takes questions after her talk on "The Family and the State" from Acton's annual conference. If you missed her talk, check out the previous podcast .

(June 14, 2012) Dr J speaks on "The Family and the State" from Acton's annual conference. She also takes questions after the talk--check out the next podcast for that.

(June 14, 2012) Dr J takes questions after her talk on "The Family and the Market" from Acton's annual conference. If you missed her talk, check out the previous podcast .

(June 14, 2012) Dr J speaks on "The Family and the Market" from Acton's annual conference. She also takes questions after the talk--check out the next podcast for that.

(June 13, 2012) Dr J takes questions after her talk on basic economics from Acton's annual conference. If you missed the talk, check out today's previous podcast .

(June 13, 2012) Dr J speaks on basic economics from Acton's annual conference this year. She also takes questions after the talk--check out the next podcast for that.

(June 25, 2012) Dr J interviews Jim Morlino of Navis pictures on his most recent film The War of the Vendee . It chronicles the story of a town in revolutionary France who fought back against the government when it tried to conscript them and get rid of their priest, and the entire cast is composed of children.

(June 8, 2012) Dr J take questions after her second talk from the Alliance Defense Fund's Blackstone Legal Fellowship this year (on the definition of marriage). For the talks, check out the previous podcasts.

(June 8, 2012) This is Dr J's second talk from Alliance Defense Fund's Blackstone Legal Fellowship this year; it's on the definition of marriage. She's going to take questions afterward; check out the next podcast for that. Her first talk is also available.

(June 8, 2012) This is Dr J's first talk from the Alliance Defense Fund's Blackstone Legal Fellowship this year; it's on marriage and the family. Check out the next podcast for the second one.

(June 15, 2012) Dr J's reporting from Acton University, where she interviewed Father Raymond de Souza on his work at the Archdiocese of Kingston and as a university chaplain at Queens University. This podcast is also part of our series during the Fortnight of Religious Freedom. Dr J and Father de Souza are discussing, among other things, the meanings of freedom and responsiblity.

(June, 2012) Dr J's reporting from Acton University, where she interviewed Father Gregory Jensen on his work at the University of Wisconsin as part of our series during the Fortnight of Religious Freedom. They're discussing, among other things, the nature of liberty.

(May 31, 2012) Dr J speaks to a group of undergrads at the Alliance Defense Fund's Collegiate Academy in Phoenix, Arizona, on the definition of marriage. This is the second of the two talks she gave there--if you missed the first one, check out yesterday's podcast .

(May 31, 2012) Dr J speaks to a group of undergrads at the Alliance Defense Fund's Collegiate Academy in Phoenix, Arizona, on the value of marriage to society. This is the first of two talks she gave there--for the second one, check out tomorrow's podcast .

(June 3, 2012) Dr J speaks to a group of young adults at Skyline Church about the meaning of sex and marriage and its value to society. She also mentions our upcoming conference, "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village." She takes questions afterward, too.

(June 1, 2012) Dr J appears at the Eagle Forum, hosted by Skyline Church to speak about the meaning of marriage and Ruth Institute's upcoming "It Takes a Family (to Raise a Village)" conference.

(May 26, 2012) Dr J joins Richard Land on his radio show, Richard Land Live!, to discuss same-sex unions, marriage, and children. They also field questions from listeners.

(October 13, 2011) Last fall, Dr J and Todd Wilken met on Issues, Etc to discuss President Obama's alienation of Roman Catholic voters.

(May 10, 2012) Dr J appears on the KQED Forum to discuss marriage in the context of North Carolina's passage of a constitutional amendment affirming marriage as a lifelong union of one man and one woman and President Obama's announcement that he believes individuals of the same sex should be able to "marry" one another. Also on with her in this segment are Marc Sandalow and Rebekah Orr; Michael Kr...

(March 20, 2012) Dr J and Todd Wilken meet on Issues, Etc to discuss one Massachusetts school's intention of distributing condoms to 12-year-olds.