The UnCommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr

Dec 07 2024 364 ep. 46 mins 7
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A show about the Common Good (which is an uncommon topic--get it?), the Social Teaching of the Church, Servant Leadership, and the Social Reign of Jesus Christ.

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Dec 07 2024 49 mins  
We invite back UCG All-Star Eve Tushnet to discuss her newest adventure, Building Catholic Futures (https://buildingcatholic.org). We talk about their outreach of resources for Missionary Disciples who would proclaim the Good news of Christ's saving grace and the fullness of the teachings of the Catholic Faith to those in the LGBT community. You won't want to miss it!

You Can't Be Poorer Than Dead: What the Dead Have To Teach Us About the Preferential Option For the Poor

Nov 16 2024 49 mins  
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The Church and Data, An Interview with Dave Plisky

Fulton Sheen at the Demonic: an Interview with Fr. Dave Tomaszycki

Nov 02 2024 49 mins  
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The Reconsidered Good, Pt. 6: The Dignity of Persons

Oct 26 2024 49 mins  
We keep trucking along with our series reconsidering the fundamental pillars and principles of Catholic Social Teaching, the same first run of shows we started with when we began the UnCommon Good on Iowa Catholic Radio 8 years ago. Today we deal with the Dignity of Persons, and how that plays into things like the Imago Dei, Human Rights, and how the primacy of the human person alt

The Reconsidered Good, Pt. 5: Marriage and Family as Social Goods

Oct 19 2024 49 mins  
We are keeping it going with the reconsideration of our first run of shows on Catholic Social Principles we started out the show with 8 years ago. Today we talk about Marriage and Family life not simply as "lifestyle" choices, but as Social Goods with obligations for the society as a whole toward them.

The Reconsidered Good, Pt. 4: Preferential Option for the Poor

Oct 12 2024 49 mins  
We keep rolling along with our Reconsideration of the first series of shows we started with 8 years ago when the UnCommon Good began! Today we explore the Preferential Option for the Poor, hopefully dispel the flat or of base understandings of the concept, and try to shine a light on the brilliance of this distinct principle in the consideration of Catholic Social Principles.

The Reconsidered Good, Pt. 3: Solidarity and Subsidiarity

Sep 28 2024 50 mins  
Keepin' on keepin' on with our 8 year anniversary rewind, review, and renewal episodes about foundational Catholic Social Teaching Principles, we consider the twin giants of Solidarity and Subsidiarity on this episode. 8 years ago we focused on what we saw as shallow interpretations of these ideas, but this time we really focus in on how they are too often seen as opposites or at l

The Reconsidered Good, Pt. 2: Justice, That Which Each Is Owed

Sep 21 2024 50 mins  
We move right along with our reconsideration of the foundations of Catholic Social Teaching we started of the show with 8 years ago, this time diving into the concept of Justice, and what it means to give each person what they are owed. We talk about the three types of Justice, Justice and Mercy, and how this principle provides the bedrock to many other considerations.

The Reconsidered Good, Pt. 1: Peace, the Tranquility of Order

Sep 14 2024 50 mins  
It has been 8 wonderful years, and we are going back to review the themes of our first shows to reconsider the principles of Catholic Social Teaching. We start off with Peace, the Tranquility of Order, and how this first principle makes a world of difference!