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Help Me, Ronda!
by WCAT Radio
Welcome to Help Me, Ronda on WCAT Radio, where author and philosopher Ronda Chervin draws from a lifetime of writing, reflection, and faith-filled inquiry. Each episode offers thoughtful guidance, practical wisdom, and literary insight to help you navigate life’s questions with clarity, compassion, and hope.
Episodes
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Episode 28: Ronda Chervin on her book Seeking Christ in the Crosses & Joys of Aging (September 5, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda, Ronda Chervin talks about her book Seeking Christ in the Crosses & Joys of Aging. (September 5, 2026) Seeking Christ in the Crosses & Joys of Aging is a refreshing and inspiring look at a period of your life ‘en route to eternity’ where Jesus awaits you in a new...
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Episode 27: En Route to Eternity: Further Along the Road (July 18, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her book En Route to Eternity: Further Along the Road. This book is the sequel to the first part of Ronda Chervin’s autobiography, published in 1994. Ronda was co-founder, along with Msgr. Eugene Kevane, David Moss, and others of the...
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Episode 26: Talkaholics, Tinsel Talk, and Nuggets of Wisdom (July 11, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda! Ronda Chervin talks about three of her books: alkaholics, Tinsel Talk, and (co-authored with Bob Sizemore) Nuggets of Wisdom (July 11, 2026) Talkaholics: Fate or Work-in-ProgressBy Ronda Chervin Why would I ever think I talk too much? Here are some tiny stories…
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Episode 25: Floating to the Shore of Eternity: Last Journals of Ronda Chervin (2022-2024) (July 4, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda! Ronda Chervin talks about her book Floating to the Shore of Eternity: Last Journals of Ronda Chervin (2022-2024) (July 4, 2026) One of the most wonderful images I thought I received from Jesus in the 8th decade of my life was this: “Stop dog-paddling in the…
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Episode 24: Escaping Anxiety: Along the Road to Spiritual Joy (June 27, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her book, co-authored with Al Hughes, titled Escaping Anxiety: Along the Road to Spiritual Joy. Escaping Anxiety: Along the Road to Spiritual Joy is not a “simple” book of advice that could prove ineffective because it's too “pat.”...
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Episode 23: Weeping with Jesus (June 20, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda! Ronda Chervin talks about her book Weeping with Jesus. (June 20, 2026) In the past the word grief was used only to describe the sorrow of loss through death. Nowadays pain coming from other kinds of losses such as rejection and divorce are also seen to involve...
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Episode 22: Voyage to Insight (June 13, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her book Voyage to Insight. En Route Books and Media has reprinted Ronda Chervin and Lois Janis’ book Voyage to Insight with fresh, exciting graphics. It can be read straight through or you can add your own insights into the book and...
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Episode 21: En Route to Eternity (June 6, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her book En Route to Eternity. Autobiography of Ronda Chervin, Ph.D. Widow, mother, grandmother, Jewish convert, international speaker, Professor of Philosophy, co-founder along with Msgr. Eugene Kevane, David Moss and others of the...
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Episode 20: The Girl Who Became a Cat (June 5, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda! filmed on location with Ronda Chervin concerning her book The Girl Who Became a Cat, author and illustrator, Kathy Campitelli, delights a live audience with their tale. When Melinda’s family evacuates during a Los Angeles fire, she stays behind to save her…
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Episode 19: The Battle for the 20th Century Mind (May 30, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her book The Battle for the 20th-Century Mind. In The Battle for the 20th Century Mind, philosopher Ronda Chervin examines the defining ideological struggles that shaped modern thought, contrasting influential secular thinkers with...
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Episode 18: Healing of Rejection with the Help of the Lord, A Survivor’s Guide (May 23, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her book Healing of Rejection with the Help of the Lord, A Survivor’s Guide. “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes.” Psalm 118: 22-23. Dr. Ronda…
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Episode 17: Spirituality for All Times: Readings from the Catholic Classics (May 16, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda! Ronda Chervin talks about her book Spirituality for All Times: Readings from the Catholic Classics. (May 16, 2026) Spirituality for All Times is offered in the hope that it will inspire those who seek a deeper union with God. The authors have chosen to offer…
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Episode 16: Charles Rich: Give Me Your Heart–Preparing for Eternal Life (May 9, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her book Charles Rich: Give Me Your Heart–Preparing for Eternal Life. How about a book for the elderly by a sage who was still making disciples in his nineties? Who was this Charles Rich, anyhow? One of the most fascinating...
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Episode 15: Becoming a Handmaid of the Lord (May 2, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her book Becoming a Handmaid of the Lord. From the journals of Ronda De Sola Chervin (written between 1977-1996), this autobiographical book explores a life of love and loss from a widow, mother, grandmother, professor of philosophy…
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Episode 14: Spiritual Friendship (April 26, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her book Spiritual Friendship. Spiritual Friendship: Darkness and Light was first published in 1992. The goal is to help those in spiritual friendships to understand the graces but also the pitfalls of such bonds. Stages: Attraction,...
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Episode 13: Quotable Saints (April 18, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her book Quotable Saints. These memorable quotes of the saints and hundreds more are uniquely organized by theme in this uplifting treasury. In each chapter, you follow a particular theme and journey with the saints as they provide…
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Episode 12: Children of the Breath (April 11, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda! Ronda Chervin talks about her husband, Martin's, book Children of the Breath (April 11, 2026) Martin Chervin, Ronda’s husband, became a Catholic at the age of sixty, after decades of struggling with doubt. His way of resolving his doubt was to ponder the battle...
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Episode 11: The Messiah of the Metro Cafe (April 4, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her novel The Messiah of the Metro Cafe. It was 9:00 A.M., October 24, 2022. The reporters of the Catholic Weekly of Los Angeles met in the chief editor’s office for their special assignments. “This cult leader is influencing some St....
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Episode 10: Feminine, Free & Faithful (March 28, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Catholic author Ronda Chervin talks about her book Feminine, Free, & Faithful. Should women be feminine and forget about liberation? Or should they reject femininity as a euphemism for slavery? Women seeking fulfillment, says Chervin, aren’t faced with this...
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Episode 9: Always a New Beginning with David Dowd (March 21, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda! co-authors Ronda Chervin and David Dowd talk about their book Always a New Beginning. RONDA: Life is a broken field of dreams for some of us. Loved ones, experience, accidents, illness, old age… each inflicting pain and suffering according to circumstance. Some…
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Episode 8: 77 Soundbytes of Love (March 14, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda! Ronda Chervin provides an overview of her book Soundbytes of Love: The Philosophical Spirituality of Ronda Chervin. This book is an anthology of soundbytes — 77 to be exact — drawn from almost one hundred philosophical works of Ronda Chervin written over the…
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Episode 7: Taming the Lion Within (March 7, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her book Taming the Lion Within. Five steps to help people overcome uncontrolled or over-reactive anger. Steps include admitting being angry person: identifying the anger: physical, psychological and spiritual perspectives about causes...
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Episode 6: Why be an Atheist If...? with Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP (February 28, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda! Ronda Chervin talks with Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, about their co-authored book Why be an Atheist If...? (February 28, 2026) Who is an atheist? A person who is convinced that there is no God. Who is an agnostic? A person who thinks there is no way to know if...
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Episode 5: The Comic Catholic (February 21, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her book The Comic Catholic. (February 21, 2026) In this witty, literary stand-up routine, Ronda Chervin takes a bow to a key property of the human person as understood in our philosophical anthropology, namely, that of risibility. It…
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Episode 4: The Way of Love (February 14, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda!, Ronda Chervin talks about her book The Way of Love. A reprint of Dr. Ronda’s The Way of Love: The Battle for Inner Transformation, this new edition under a new subtitle puts back in front of the world the nature of human love alongside human passion as told…
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Episode 3: Crisis in the Church (February 7, 2026)
In this episode of Help Me, Ronda, Dr. Ronda Chervin talks about her book The Crisis in the Church. Because of the crisis in the Church, quite a number of books have been written by Catholic thinkers with the highest credentials about how to approach the rapidly growing divisions. This book,...
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Episode 2: Victory Over Death (January 31, 2026)
In this episode of "Help Me, Ronda," Dr. Ronda Chervin talks about her book entitled Victory Over Death: Foretastes of Eternity in Prayer. This beautiful little book is meant for all of us — because no one can escape the mystery of death. To nourish trust in God and overcome our fears, the author...
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Welcome to Help Me, Ronda on WCAT Radio, where author and philosopher Ronda Chervin draws from a lifetime of writing, reflection, and faith-filled inquiry. Each episode offers thoughtful guidance, practical wisdom, and literary insight to help you navigate life’s questions with clarity, compassion, and hope.
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