Life After Philosophy (Christopher Anadale)

Starting Mondays in August 2024

0:00 Intro

1:07 THE INTEL OFFICER

2:22 THE SCI FI NOVELIST

3:23 THE OXFORD POSTDOC

4:18 THE CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHER

Fr. Dylan Schrader is a priest of the diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri.

Fr. Schrader completed his philosophy studies at Conception Seminary College in 2006. He was ordained in 2010, and completed a PhD in systematic theology at the Catholic University of America in 2019.

He is currently pastor of parishes in Westphalia and Folk, Missouri, and teaches regularly for the Veterum Sapientia Institute.

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0:00 Introduction

1:15 Theology & Parish Life

5:30 Pastor as Educator

8:15 Precise Use of Language

10:12 Latin

16:50 Authoritative Texts

21:18 Learning Latin

22:50 Celibacy & Transcendence

26:00 Celibacy in Pop Culture

28:00 Liturgical & Military Images of Celibacy

30:00 Habits

Links:

https://veterumsapientia.org/

Fr. Chiedozie (Dozy) Ononuju is a newly ordained Catholic priest of the diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Born in Nigeria, he came to the United States in 2010 and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Bucknell University before enrolling in Mount St. Mary's Seminary in 2017. He was ordained in 2023 and is now associate pastor at St. Patrick Catholic Church and chaplain at Dickinson College, both in Carlyle, Pennsylvania. Topics Discussed: philosophy and preaching; ethos, pathos, logos; tension between practical ministry and classroom learning, lower and upper limits to the intellectual content of Christian faith; advice to new seminarians; electrical engineering education compared with study of philosophy and theology.

What the Season 1 interviewees are doing after philosophy.

1. Executive Director, Nebraska Catholic Conference

2. Goat Farmer & Middle School Teacher (Private)

3. Litigation Attorney

4. Pastor

5. High School English Teacher (Public)

6. Montessori Elementary Guide

7. Associate Pastor & College Chaplain

8. Cofounder of Media Company

9. Theology Professor

10. Media Design Consultant

11. Accountant

12. Volunteer Missionary

13. Works at McDonald's :(

Fr. Justin Bolger, O.P., is a Dominican Friar and the Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministry at Providence College in Rhode Island. He entered the novitiate for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2012, and graduated from Mount St. Mary’s University in 2013 with a Master of Arts in Philosophical Studies degree. He received his B.T.S. and Masters of Divinity from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in 2018 and his S.T.L. in 2020. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2020. He is also a musician of some note: he writes and produces music for a musical preaching initiative, the Hillbilly Thomists. They have recorded 3 albums, two of which have reached the top 5 of the Bluegrass Billboard charts. They have played the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. While a student brother he also helped record 4 albums of sacred music with our schola at the Dominican House of Studies. And before entering the Dominican Order he worked in the music industry and was signed with RCA/Victor. Topics Discussed: Role of Philosophy in his Vocational Path, Life as a Campus Chaplain, Committment to a Way of Life, Actuality and Potentiality, Music Ministry with the Hillbilly Thomists, Advice for Potential Students of Philosophy. Hillbilly Thomists: https://www.hillbillythomists.com/ Providence College: https://www.providence.edu/ Dominican Order: https://opeast.org/about/our-province/

Dr. Brian Tullius graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2003 with a BA double major in in philosophy and biology, and then completed an MA in philosophy.

He earned an MD from University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 2008 and did a pediatric internship at Naval Medical Center San Diego, but then was selected as a flight surgeon. He got his wings in Pensacola and then went to the fleet as a flight doctor for 5 years. He returned to civilian pediatric residency and graduated in 2017. 

He then went to pediatric hematology oncology fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, graduating in 2020. The following year he finished a pediatric bone marrow transplant and cellular therapy fellowship. 

Since then he has been research medical director for pediatric cellular therapies at AdventHealth for Children in Orlando, Florida.

0:00 Introduction

1:58 Present Medical Work

4:10 Phenomenology of Cells

7:17 Semester in Austria

9:34 Flight Surgeon

11:35 Working with Sick Children

13:55 Philosophers Who Become Physicians

16:35 Admiral Stockdale

19:25 Ethics Boards

21:00 How to Get More Humanist-MDs

22:36 Self-Care

25:19 Advice from Alan Rickman

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Brian Fink is a homesteader, goat farmer, and middle school teacher in Michigan. He earned an M.A. in Philosophical Studies from Mount St. Mary's University (Class of 2010), and is a former seminarian. Topics Dicussed: living an integrated life, applied philosophy, freedom, benefits of still reading philosophy, advice for anxious zoomers, and philosophy as an antidote to modern malaise. The video series about Josef Pieper that I mention is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPCGA67J8M2I5S9ja7bi5P4sgLKga11QB Brian is online at https://twitter.com/b_fink and https://bfink.substack.com/.

Mother Asterone Dodeka Garry (MSMU Class of 2010) is a sister of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará community (Servadoras), part of the religious family of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE).

She is also the local superior of the Servadoras missionary community in Thurmont, Maryland, and a collaborator for the Cornelio Fabro Cultural Project.

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0:00 Philosophy & Conversion

8:20 Catholic Attitudes to Modernity

16:00 Translating Fabro

20:40 Being a Superior

25:30 Ministry

28:50 Challenges of Religious Life

34:00 Advice to Students

37:40 Advice to Discerners

Links:

https://iveamerica.org/ssvm/

https://www.corneliofabro.org/en/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelio_Fabro

Olivia Prevost is an urban missionary with Christ in the City, serving the homeless population of Denver, Colorado. She graduated in 2022 from Mount St. Mary's University with a philosophy major.

Topics Discussed: daily activities as a missionary; individual relationships vs systematic solutions; poverty of loneliness; Chris Arnade's book Dignity; how her ministry is an extension of her philosophy education & formation.

Olivia's Bio: https://christinthecity.org/missionary/olivia-2/

Christ in the City: https://christinthecity.org/

This is some of what you’ll hear on the Life After Philosophy podcast. Tom tells us about the philosophical roots of his public policy work Rebecca shares how studying philosophy prepared her for law school Brian says every part of his life was changed by philosophy Olivia mentions an important insight from the philosopher Martha Nussbaum that informs her high school teaching today And we might have to agree that in a sense, there is no life AFTER philosophy. For more, check out these and other episodes of Life After Philosophy.

Anna Bradley works in digital design consulting as a Web Content Strategy Director at Reingold Inc. in Virginia. She graduated in 2016 from Mount St. Mary's University with a double major in Philosophy and Criminal Justice and then earned an MBA. Topics Discussed: what her job is like; usefulness of logic; going from philosophy to business study; experiences of women in philosophy; advice to current students. Anna's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annarbradley/

Rebecca Schisler-Adams is a real estate attorney in Annapolis, Maryland. She graduated from Mount St. Mary's University in 2017 with a double major in philosophy and sociology, and from law school at Catholic University of America in 2020. She practices civil litigation with the firm of Council Baradel, located in downtown Annapolis. She is married to another Mount grad and they have a 9 month old daughter. Topics Discussed: the importance of logic for law school; legislation, advocacy, and the common good; the transition from undergraduate study to law school; whether real estate law is boring; parenthood and integrating the whole person; Roger Scruton on wine-drinking; philosophy as the best way to learn about the human condition; importance of a liberal arts education.

Landon DePasquale is Strategic Clients Director a AmericanEagle.com, a web development company. He graduated from Wheaton College in 2009 with a philosophy major, and is a convert to Catholicism. He offers firearms training at wolfbee.com. Topics Discussed: Intellectual Conversion vs Conversion of the Heart, Living in Harmony with your Beliefs, "Doing Philosophy" vs Living a Well-Ordered Life, Local Community, Firearms Training and Virtue.

A look back at the 8 Season 2 interviews.

0:00 THE FARMER Stephen McGinley

9:22 THE LANDMAN Matt Samson

12:05 THE CONVERT Landon DiPasquale

19:20 THE HISTORIAN John-Paul Heil

22:18 THE HILLBILLY THOMIST Justin Bolger

27:11 THE PROGRAMMER Alex Wakaluk

28:36 THE MONSIGNOR McLean Cummings

31:35 THE EXPECTANT MOM Lexi Pintar

Monsignor McLean Cummings is Coordinator of Spiritual Formation at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

He graduated from Harvard University in 1987 with a philosophy major and completed a Licentiate in Philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1993. He earned a doctorate in Moral Theology in 2009.

https://seminary.msmary.edu/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licentiate_(degree)

Matthew Samson is a landman working with oil, gas, and mineral rights, and a Youth Coordinator for a Catholic parish in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

He studied in the Mount St. Mary's Seminary philosophy curriculum in 2018-19, and has earned bachelor's degrees in Business Management and Accounting.

https://www.landman.org/about/who-we-are/what-is-a-landman

Topics discussed: Fides et Ratio, Josef Pieper, Teaching How to Think

John Zalesky is a government accountant, husband, and father living in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was a Catholic seminarian from 2014-2016 and earned a Master of Arts in Philosophical Studies degree from Mount St. Mary's University (Class of 2017). Topics Discussed: the work world before & after studying philosophy; "meaningful work"; integration and living a well ordered life; fatherhood and entering history.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-zalesky-96828811/

Matthew Shoemaker is a national security and military affairs commentator for Fox News, Newsmax, and other broadcasters.

He is a 2012 graduate of Mount St. Mary's University with an MA in Philosophical Studies. He studied Nuclear War Strategy in the PhD program at Kings College London. He earned a certificate in Strategic Defense Strategy from the US Army War College in 2020, and is an Intelligence Officer in the US Naval Reserve.

0:00 Introduction

3:30 Ethics of Nuclear Weapons Strategy

14:00 Running for Congress

18:10 Trolley Problem

22:35 Fictional Portrayals of Intel World

25:50 Philosophy of Human Nature

30:15 A Delicate Question

35:50 Advice for Students

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#philosophy #intelligence #nuclear

Links:

https://x.com/realswamptalk

https://Matthew-shoemaker.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kahn

Alex Wakaluk is a software engineer who builds loan origination software for a mortgage company. He graduated in 2017 from Mount St. Mary's University with a double major in philosophy and computer science. He lives in Frederick, Maryland.

Topics Discussed: Changing jobs due to stress, Asking stupid questions in order to ask smart questions, Communication with clients, Body-Mind balance, Book recommendation, Advice for current students.

Book: The Seven Deadly Sins Today, by Henry Fairlie (1978)

https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Deadly-Sins-Today/dp/0268016984

Olivia Aungst teaches English at Catoctin High School in Thurmont, Maryland. She was a Philosophy and English double major at Mount St. Mary's University (Class of 2014), where she studied with the late Prof. Trudy Conway. Olivia wrote her honors project on on Thomas Aquinas' virtue of misericordia in light of Portia's speech on mercy in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Topics Discussed: value of philosophy for high school teachers & students; self-improvement; legacy of Trudy Conway; philosophy, faith & literature; integration; Olivia's advice for college students; memorable women philosophers.

Fr. Etienne Huard OSB is a Benedictine monk of Conception Abbey in Conception, Missouri.

Fr. Etienne holds a BA in Philosophy (2009) from Conception Seminary College, as well as Master of Divinity, MA in Systematic Theology, and MS in Psychology degrees.

He teaches Scripture, Theology, and Psychology at Conception, and is the director of seminary liturgy and director of propadeutic stage of seminary human formation.

0:00 Introduction

1:17 Seminary Formation

5:00 Growth in Virtue

12:25 Loneliness & Community

21:25 Living for Truth

24:14 Masculine Identity

29:15 Advice for Men Today

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Links:

Conception Abbey: https://www.conceptionabbey.org/

Conception Seminary College: https://www.conception.edu/

About Four O'Clock Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5VV0IquSkSAnxvXvTTayon?si=5251b476f8524ef8

Article in Homiletic and Pastoral Review: ⁠https://www.hprweb.com/2024/03/saint-paul-masculinity-and-priestly-identity/

Fr. Joshua Miller is a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Joliet. He is the pastor of parishes in Coal City and Braidwood, Illinois. He studied philosophy in the seminary pretheology curriculum at Conception Seminary College from 2004-2006. Topics Discussed: his prior study for a Ph.D. in English Literature (Derrida!), reading philosophy to feed a hunger for truth, relevance of philosophy to theology, learning how to think, how philosophy improved his understanding of mathematics, the role of a pastor as teacher, people today tending to have more philosophical than theological problems, how human formation never ends, whether a common philosophical understanding leads to greater unity and fraternity among priests.

Dr. Edward David is a (former) postdoctoral fellow at Oxford University, and now Lecturer in Ethics and Values in the Department for Theology and Religious Studies, King's College London, as well as Director of the Associateship of King's College.

He earned an MA in Philosophical Studies degree from Mount St. Mary's University in 2010.

0:00 Introduction

1:12 Update August 2024

6:57 Original June 2024

10:08 Being an Outsider

18:38 Research Project

30:27 Natural Law & Zagzebski

37:23 Advice for Students

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Links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwardadavid/

https://x.com/edwardinoxford

Gary Gasse is the cofounder of Coronation Media in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and a 2012 graduate of Mount St. Mary's University with a double major in philosophy and theology.

Topics Discussed: Founding a company right out of college; choosing a philosophy major; benefits of liberal arts education for creative & business work; how businesses live or die by their culture; no regrets; thinking & communicating after the rise of generative AI.

Coronation Media: https://www.coronationmedia.com/

Aquinas 101 Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_kd4Kgq4tP8e1BBGrC-eFlp86fqyvGex

Jarrod Thome is Manager, Global Operations Strategy and Standards at the McDonald's corporation. He earned a BA in philosophy (2005) from Conception Seminary College, and later a MBA and a Master's in industrial engineering. He lives in Wichita, Kansas with his wife and four daughters.

Topics Discussed: Jarrod's education & career trajectory; raising 2 sets of twin daughters; what Discrete Events Simulation Modeling is; philosophy as source of self-knowledge, wisdom, humility; how philosophy made him better at everything, including industrial engineering; why study philosophy = to be an excellent human being.

His LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarrod-thome

Keynote Address at a user group meeting for Simio (modeling software): cdn.simio.com/SimioSync/2023/presentations/McDonalds-Website.mp4

What Olivia, Gary, Fr. Dominic, Jarrod, John, and Anna are doing with their lives (after philosophy). Olivia the Missionary: Episode 15 Gary the Entrepreneur: Episode 10 Fr. Dominic the Professor: Episode 12 Jarrod the Industrial Engineer: Episode 11 John the Accountant: Episode 14 Anna the Media Consultant: Episode 13

Jeff Childers is a social studies teacher at Four Corners Upper School in Davenport, Florida.

He graduated from Conception Seminary College in 2009 with a BA in Philosophy.

0:00 Four Corners Upper School

5:59 Community

7:53 Student Reactions to Philosophy

11:12 Influence on Students

15:50 Trust & Hope

18:29 Technology

21:57 Chat GPT

24:48 Value of High School Philosophy

29:27 Elevator Pitch

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Links:

https://www.fourcornersupperschool.org/

https://www.youtube.com/@jeffchilders7522

https://x.com/JeffSto04628965

Brett Snow is...

0:00 Religious Education

5:10 Philosophy

9:19 Faith Formation

15:34 Young Adults

22:19 Advice for Students

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Lexi Pintar (nee Zambito) is a 2022 graduate of Mount St. Mary's University, with a BA in Theology, Philosophy, and Latin. She and her husband Jacob are expecting their first child in March 2024.

Topics Discussed: Transition from school to the workforce, Work as an integral part of life, Leaving the workforce for home life, Josef Pieper's Leisure the Basis of Culture, Value of community, Marrying young, Advice for young women interested in philosophy.

Emma Weinheimer was a student worker in the Mount St. Mary's University Philosophy Department office for 4 years. She earned a B.A. from Mount St. Mary's University (Class of 2022) with a communications major and a philosophy minor. Topics Discussed: working in the department, "I think" vs "I feel," acting early if you choose a Philosophy major, the importance of relationships in education, reducing the role of emotions in conversations, talking about virtue with 5th graders, Augustine/Aquinas/Aristotle, and having confidence in your concept of a good person.

Rob Kroese is author of 35+ science fiction and fantasy novels and founder of Based Con. His published series include Rex Nihilo, Mammon, Saga of the Iron Dragon, and the Counterfeit Sorcerer. He graduated from Calvin College in 1993 with a BA in philosophy.

0:00 Self Publishing vs Traditional Publishing

8:38 Philosophy as Path to Poverty or Worse

13:25 Software Development

21:38 Competence

25:10 Luxury Beliefs

27:45 Parallel Institutions

40:10 Philosophy Today vs 30 Years Ago

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BasedCon 2024 is Sept 6-8

Links:

https://badnovelist.com/

https://BasedCon.com/

https://BasedBookClub.com/

https://upstreamreviews.substack.com/

https://x.com/robkroese

Fr. Dominic Verner, O.P., is Assistant Professor of Theology at Providence College and a 2011 graduate of Mount St. Mary's University with a Master of Arts in Philosophical Studies degree. He entered the Dominican order in 2010, was ordained a priest in 2016, and earned his Ph.D. in Moral Theology from the University of Notre Dame in 2022.

Topics Discussed: philosophy in his vocation story; relation between teaching philosophy and teaching theology; use of the term "preach"; philosophical conversion experiences; constants & changes in student attitudes over time; his advice to potential philosophy/theology majors.

Providence College: https://www.providence.edu/

Providence Theology Dept: https://theology.providence.edu/

Dominican Order: https://opeast.org/about/our-province/

Tom Venzor is Executive Director of the Nebraska Catholic Conference. He earned an M.A. in Philosophical Studies from Mount St. Mary's University (Class of 2016) and is a former seminarian. Topics Discussed: how public policy is philosophy in disguise, role of philosophy in seminary formation, relation of philosophy to politics, how philosophy makes us more human, importance of the affective/emotional life, marriage and gift of self in John Paul II's play "The Jeweler's Shop," reason in the public square, teaching philosophy in the world, and Tom's advice to students.

John-Paul Heil is a Core Fellow at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He completed a BA in philosophy, history, and Italian studies in 2015, and subsequently earned an MA and PhD in History from the University of Chicago. He is currently pursuing a MTS degree in Biotechnology and Ethics from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute.

Daniel Scully is a prosecutor in the District Attorney's Office of Queens County, New York.

He is a 2018 graduate of Mount St. Mary's University with a philosophy major and earned his JD from Fordham University School of Law in 2023.

0:00 Path to Now

5:00 Intake Bureau

10:05 Justice System

12:36 Law School

15:59 Working in the System

21:10 Discerning

24:19 Philosophy in the Prosecutor's Office

26:35 Advice to Students

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David McGinley (MSMU Class of 2011) is a husband, father, CPA, and cancer survivor. He is also the brother of Stephen McGinley, interviewed in Episode 18: THE FARMER. He took philosophy courses as part of the Mount St. Mary's Core Curriculum.

0:00 Introduction

1:13 Cancer Story

11:24 Full Time Sick

15:13 Philosophy Consolation

23:44 Enhanced Experience

25:46 Advice to Students

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Links:

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/testicular-cancer/about.html

Tom Crowe is a Montessori guide in Steubenville, Ohio, and cohost, with his wife Noelle, of the American Catholic History Podcast. He studied philosophy as a seminarian at Mount St. Mary's Seminary from 2005-2007. Topics Discussed: living life With (not After) philosophy; hands, intellect, love; Montessori teaching philosophy; synthesis as grasping reality as a whole; importance of good classmates and good professors; humility and honesty as requirements for philosophy study.

Stephen McGinley is a farmer and philosophy teacher. He graduated in 2010 from Mount St. Mary's University and earned an MTS in 2012 from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family.

https://goodsoilfarmllc.com/

Topics discussed: Regenerative Agriculture, Philosophy as a Way of Life, Extent of the Modern Rupture, How to Live Tolerably Well