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Glad You Asked — 103 episodes

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#96: Kate Ott - How important is sex in a Catholic marriage?

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#95: Julie Schumacher Cohen & Jordan Denari Duffner - How should the church respond to the conflict in Gaza?

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#94: LaRyssa Herrington - Does the anointing of the sick really heal people?

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#93: Lewis Brogdon - Is patriotism a Christian virtue?

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#92: Therese Cory - Does the Catholic Church condemn deportation?

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#91: Maureen Day - Are cultural Catholics real Catholics?

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#90: Heidi Schlumpf - Do women have an equal voice in the church?

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#89: Laura Fanucci - What's the point of prayer?

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#89: Baird Linke, Catalina Morales, and Drew Stever - What do young people want from the church?

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#88: Paul Jarzembowski - What do you do if you don't like your pastor?

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#87: Bishop John Stowe - Would St. Francis appreciate being your garden statue?

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#86: Natalia Imperatori-Lee - Was Mary an apostle?

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#85: Kat Armas - Was Mary a revolutionary?

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#84: Julie Hanlon Rubio - Was Mary a feminist?

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#83: Eilis McCulloh - Does the church support universal health care?

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#82: Lorna Gold - What does the church really teach about climate change?

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#81: David Swanson - Is there such thing as a just war?

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#80: Stephen Schneck - What is the separation of church and state?

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#79: Ed Simon - Are we living in the end times?

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#78: Renée Roden - Can Catholics be anarchists?

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#77: Luis Campos Ribeiro - Should Catholics consult their horoscopes?

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#76: Leo Guardado - What happened to the Catholic tradition of sanctuary?

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#75: Jack Downey - Does the church support civil disobedience?

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Coming Soon: Season 7 of Glad You Asked

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#74: Dean Dettloff – What is a Jubilee Year?

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#73: Bishop John Stowe – What does it mean to be a "pro-life" Catholic?

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#72: Dawn Eden Goldstein – What is excommunication?

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#71: Toni Alimi – Did St. Augustine condone slavery?

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#70: Kori Pacyniak – What can the church learn from trans Catholics?

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#69: Don Clemmer – How do they choose a new pope?

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#68: Glenn Butner – Was Jesus a refugee?

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#67: John Farrell - Were Adam and Eve real?

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#66: Gareth Gore – What is Opus Dei?

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#65: Christian Matson – Are there still hermits?

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#64: Stacy Davis – Who was Jezebel?

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#63: Nicholas Hayes-Mota – Are billionaires going to hell?

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#62: Jaime Waters - Who was at the nativity?

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#61: AJ Levine - Who was Mary of Nazareth?

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#60: Brian Green - Should Catholics use AI?

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#59: Heidi Schlumpf - Would Thomas Aquinas be a Thomist?

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#58: Nicholas Hayes-Mota - What is integralism?

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#57: Father Paul Keller - Who can baptize a baby?

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#56: Christine Valters Paintner - Is it a sin to be hopeless?

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#55: Jim Wallis - What is Christian nationalism?

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#54: Mathew Sandoval - What is Día de los Muertos?

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#53: Meghan Clark - Do Catholics have to vote?

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#52: Emma Cieslik - What is a tradwife?

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#51: Shannon Kearns - What is queer theology?

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Introducing Glad You Asked Season 5

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#50: Carlos Eire - Did the saints really levitate?

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#49: Renée Roden - What is a Catholic Worker?

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#48: Alessandra Harris - Did the Catholic Church condone slavery?

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#47: Father Ferdinand Okorie - Did Paul write all the epistles?

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#46: Joëlle Rollo-Koster - What is the prophecy of St. Malachy?

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#45: Damian Costello - Who invented the rosary?

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#44: Bryan Cones - What's the difference between Episcopalians and Catholics?

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#43: Jeanette Rodriguez - Do Catholics have to believe in Marian apparitions?

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#42: Kathleen Manning - What are indulgences?

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#41: Angela Zautcke - Was the early church communist?

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#40: Matthew Arnold - Do angels really have wings?

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#39: Heidi Schlumpf - Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute?

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Coming Soon: Glad You Asked Season 4

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#38: Julia Feder - Did Mary experience labor pains?

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#37: Joshua Stein - What do Jews believe about Jesus?

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#36: Jessica Mesman - Why do Catholics venerate relics?

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#35: Kenneth McIntosh - Does Christmas have pagan roots?

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#34: Alice Camille - Did Jesus have brothers and sisters?

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#33: Laura Hobgood - Do dogs go to heaven?

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#32: Father Paul Keller - Do Catholics believe in limbo?

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#31: Don Clemmer - What does a cardinal do?

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#30: Matthew J. Cressler - Do Catholics believe in ghosts?

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#29: Alice Camille - What is 666 in the Bible?

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#28: Andrew Chesnut - What is an exorcism?

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#27: Amanda Osheim - What is the Synod on Synodality?

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Announcing Glad You Asked Season 3

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#26: Grace Ji-Sun Kim - Why does the Holy Spirit appear as a dove?

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#25: Rhonda Miska - Can women preach in Catholic churches?

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#24: Yunuen Trujillo - What does the Bible say about LGBTQ people?

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#23: Phyllis Zagano - Does the Catholic church teach that men and women are equal?

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#22: Father Robin Ryan - Why does God allow suffering?

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#21: Sister Barbara Reid - Does God have a gender?

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#20: David Cloutier - Is it a sin to be rich?

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#19: Joshua Stein - Should Catholics celebrate Passover?

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#18: Elizabeth Johnson - Did Jesus have to die for our sins?

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#17: LaRyssa Herrington - What does it mean to fast during Lent?

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#16: Damian Costello - Who was the real St. Patrick?

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#15: Kathleen Manning - Why do Catholics eat fish on Fridays?

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#14: Guy Consolmagno - Do Catholics believe in aliens?

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Announcing Glad You Asked Season 2

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#13: LaRyssa Herrington - Why did God choose Mary?

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#12: Damian Costello - Should Catholics celebrate Thanksgiving?

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#11: Stephen Schneck - Should Catholics serve in the military?

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#10: Leslye Colvin - Who were the first Black Catholics in the United States?

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#9: Kevin Considine - Who decides if someone becomes a saint?

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#8: Alice Camille - What did Jesus think about immigration?

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#7: Father Paul Keller - Should a priest ever deny communion?

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#6: Jordan Denari Duffner - What do Muslims think of Jesus?

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#5: Alice Camille - Why didn't the Jews and Samaritans get along?

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#4: Sister Mary Catherine - Where do communion hosts come from?

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#3: Alice Camille - Does the Bible tell women to be silent in church?

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#2: Kevin Considine - Why do we kneel in church?

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#1: Stephen Schneck - Should Catholics support unions?

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Introducing Glad You Asked