Folk Phenomenology
32 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast hosted and produced by Sam Rocha. Season one airs every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16.
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Episodes
Anika Prather on Democratic and Classical Education for Freedom
December 16, 2022 11:00 - 2 hours - 227 MBThis is the tenth episode of the second season of Folk Phenomenology, hosted by Sam Rocha, featuring Anika Prather. Folk Phenomenology is generously sponsored by: Wipf and Stock Publishers St. Mark’s College Centre for Christian Engagement Give Us This Day Solidarity Hall Black Catholic Messenger U.S. Catholic: See everything U.S. Catholic has to offer—including podcasts, videos, reporting, and commentary—by visiting uscatholic.org or signing up for their mailing list at uscatholic...
Tracey Salisbury on Wakanda Forever and Black and Brown Solidarity
December 02, 2022 11:00 - 2 hours - 233 MBThis is the ninth episode of the second season of Folk Phenomenology, hosted by Sam Rocha, featuring Tracey Salisbury. Folk Phenomenology is generously sponsored by: Wipf and Stock Publishers St. Mark’s College Centre for Christian Engagement Give Us This Day Solidarity Hall Black Catholic Messenger U.S. Catholic: See everything U.S. Catholic has to offer—including podcasts, videos, reporting, and commentary—by visiting uscatholic.org or signing up for their mailing list at uscatho...
Jenn Morson on Antisemitism and Journalism in and out of Catholicism
October 28, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 128 MBThis is the eight episode of the second season of Folk Phenomenology, hosted by Sam Rocha, featuring Jenn Morson. Folk Phenomenology is generously sponsored by: Wipf and Stock Publishers St. Mark’s College Centre for Christian Engagement Give Us This Day Solidarity Hall Black Catholic Messenger U.S. Catholic: See everything U.S. Catholic has to offer—including podcasts, videos, reporting, and commentary—by visiting uscatholic.org or signing up for their mailing list at uscatholic.o...
Nichole Flores on Guadalupe, Democracy, and Projects of Solidarity
October 07, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 157 MBThis is the seventh episode of the second season of Folk Phenomenology, hosted by Sam Rocha, featuring Nichole Flores. Folk Phenomenology is generously sponsored by: Wipf and Stock Publishers St. Mark’s College Centre for Christian Engagement Give Us This Day Solidarity Hall Black Catholic Messenger U.S. Catholic: See everything U.S. Catholic has to offer—including podcasts, videos, reporting, and commentary—by visiting uscatholic.org or signing up for their mailing list at uscatho...
On Education
September 23, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBThis is the sixth episode of the second season of Folk Phenomenology, hosted by Sam Rocha, on education. Folk Phenomenology is generously sponsored by: Wipf and Stock Publishers St. Mark’s College Centre for Christian Engagement Give Us This Day Solidarity Hall Black Catholic Messenger U.S. Catholic: See everything U.S. Catholic has to offer—including podcasts, videos, reporting, and commentary—by visiting uscatholic.org or signing up for their mailing list at uscatholic.org/signup...
Helen de Cruz on Music, Public Philosophy, and the Common Projects of the Good Life
September 09, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 131 MBThis is the fifth episode of the second season of Folk Phenomenology, hosted by Sam Rocha and featuring special guest Helen de Cruz. Folk Phenomenology is generously sponsored by: Wipf and Stock Publishers St. Mark’s College Centre for Christian Engagement Give Us This Day Solidarity Hall Black Catholic Messenger U.S. Catholic: See everything U.S. Catholic has to offer—including podcasts, videos, reporting, and commentary—by visiting uscatholic.org or signing up for their mailing l...
Melissa Cedillo on Progressive Politics, Catholicisms, and Another Kind of Convert
August 26, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 132 MBThis is the fourth episode of the second season of Folk Phenomenology, hosted by Sam Rocha and featuring special guest Melissa Cedillo. Folk Phenomenology is generously sponsored by: Wipf and Stock Publishers St. Mark’s College Centre for Christian Engagement Give Us This Day Solidarity Hall Black Catholic Messenger U.S. Catholic: See everything U.S. Catholic has to offer—including podcasts, videos, reporting, and commentary—by visiting uscatholic.org or signing up for their mailin...
Kirby Hoberg on Indigeneity, Residential Schools, and a Trauma-Informed People
August 12, 2022 11:00 - 2 hours - 221 MBThis is the third episode of the second season of Folk Phenomenology, hosted by Sam Rocha and featuring special guest Kirby Hoberg. Folk Phenomenology is generously sponsored by: Wipf and Stock Publishers St. Mark’s College Centre for Christian Engagement Give Us This Day Solidarity Hall Black Catholic Messenger U.S. Catholic: See everything U.S. Catholic has to offer—including podcasts, videos, reporting, and commentary—by visiting uscatholic.org or signing up for their mailing li...
"Juana" on Guitar Mass, the Parish, and the Culture
July 29, 2022 11:00 - 2 hours - 240 MBThis is the second episode of the second season of Folk Phenomenology, hosted by Sam Rocha and featuring special guest "Juana." Check out her comic, The Parish! Folk Phenomenology is generously sponsored by: Wipf and Stock Publishers St. Mark’s College Centre for Christian Engagement Give Us This Day Solidarity Hall Black Catholic Messenger U.S. Catholic: See everything U.S. Catholic has to offer—including podcasts, videos, reporting, and commentary—by visiting uscatholic.org or sig...
Barbara Stengel on American Philosophy, Schools, and Safety
July 15, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 135 MBThis is the first episode of the second season of Folk Phenomenology, hosted by Sam Rocha and featuring special guest Barbara Stengel. (See her podcast, Chasing Bailey.) Folk Phenomenology is generously sponsored by: Wipf and Stock Publishers St. Mark’s College Centre for Christian Engagement Give Us This Day Solidarity Hall Black Catholic Messenger U.S. Catholic: See everything U.S. Catholic has to offer—including podcasts, videos, reporting, and commentary—by visiting uscatholic.o...
Miles and Trane
November 16, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 224 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features a biographical meditation on Miles Davis and John Coltrane as a way to understand two fundamental claims of Folk Phenomenology: "art precedes metaphysics" and "love is the only transcendental." FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform and share it on social media; here is the universal link. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: Wipf...
Music with Jaya Lakshminarayanan
November 09, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 224 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features an interview with vocalist and musician Jaya Lakshminarayanan on music, artists, love, and the unconscious. This episode's featured sponsor is Revelation Cable Company, an exceptional custom cable, PA, and pedalboard solutions in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform and share it o...
Debating Capitalism with Trent Horn
November 02, 2021 11:00 - 2 hours - 283 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features a debate with Catholic apologist and author, Trent Horn, on capitalism. You can also listen to this debate on his podcast, The Counsel of Trent. This week's featured sponsor is the Institute for Christian Socialism. Be sure to read their membership page. FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform and share it on social med...
The Gift of Blackness with Gloria Purvis
October 26, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 178 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features the raw, unedited audio from the July 2020 interview with Gloria Purvis that resulted in the published version at Church Life Journal. Rocha and Purvis returned to the McGrath Institute for Church Life in April 2021, in "Conversations That Matter: The Intersection of Racial Justice and Life Issues." FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favor...
Black Catholics and Story with Alessandra Harris
October 19, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 202 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features an interview with Alessandra Harris on her work as an author of fiction and co-founder of The Black Catholic Messenger. This week's featured sponsor is Black Catholic Messenger; be sure to read a recent report by Nate Tinner-Williams, "In conference address, Pope Francis praises George Floyd protesters as 'collective Samaritans'." FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Plea...
Augustine and Historical Fiction with Suzanne Wolfe
October 12, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 179 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features an interview with author Suzanne Wolfe on her book, The Confessions of X, Augustine, and historical fiction. FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform and share it on social media; here is the universal link. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: Wipf and Stock Publishers Juan Diego Network Give Us This Day Commonweal Magazine Ins...
Critical Race Theory or Catholic Social Teaching?
October 05, 2021 11:00 - 2 hours - 327 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features a critique of the false dichotomy of Critical Race Theory and Catholic Social Teaching and gives an extended historical overview of abolitionism. FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform and share it on social media; here is the universal link. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: Wipf and Stock Publishers Juan Diego Network Give ...
Debating Critical Race Theory with David Gray
September 28, 2021 11:00 - 2 hours - 324 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features a debate with David L. Gray on Critical Race Theory. This week's featured sponsor is Solidarity Hall. Be sure to read their recent translation, Reflections, and "No One Matters Until Black Lives Matter." FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform and share it on social media; here is the universal link. THANKS TO OUR SPON...
Debate and Delight
September 21, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 138 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features a meditation of debate and its role in teaching Sam to love and delight in the world, a lesson the show's motto proclaims as dilexit mundum. This week's featured sponsor is the Institute for Christian Socialism; be sure to read a recent their publication, The Bias Magazine: The Voice of the Christian Left, which includes this autobiographical essay by Sam Rocha: "Lines of Tensions, Rays of Light." FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASO...
Racism and Black Joy with Gloria Purvis
September 14, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 251 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features an interview with Gloria Purvis on their previous interview published as "The Gift of Blackness to the Church" and the present state of affairs in the USA and the Catholic Church. This week's featured sponsor is Black Catholic Messenger; be sure to read a recent reflection by Gunnar Gundersen, "What to the Slave is George Washington's Mount Vernon?" FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to Nove...
Black Lives with Rebecca Christian
September 07, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 215 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features an interview with Rebecca Christian on Black lives in the context of her own life, a trip to Ghana, and her vocation as a Black doula, a mother of mothers. This week's featured sponsor is Black Catholic Messenger, be sure to listen to their podcast, "The Black Catholic Messenger Show," and support them in their important work. FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please ...
Powerlifting with Ogechi Akalegebere
August 31, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 168 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features an interview with Ogechi Akalegebere on powerlifting, the art of sport, and perseverance. This week's featured sponsor is Black Catholic Messenger, be sure to read their "History and Vision" and support them in their important work. FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform and share it on social media; here is the unive...
El Ser y la Persona con Rodrigo Guerra
August 24, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 219 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features a Spanish-language interview with Mexican philosopher Rodrigo Guerra Lopez, the recently appointed Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and founder of the Center for Advanced Social Research, on being and the person. FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform and share it on social media; here is the un...
Translation with Catherine Addington
August 17, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 166 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features an interview with Catherine Addington on the craft and concept of translation, Spanglish and third languages, and the invisibility of sanctity in the life of the saint. Her translation of St. Rafael Arániz in Commonweal is an ideal companion for this episode. Her review of an anthology of journalistic work by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Commonweal is also excellent. Commonweal Magazine, this episode's featured sponsor, is the...
Liberation Theology with Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg
August 10, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 211 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features an interview with theologian Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg on St. Oscar Romero, liberation theology, and a diminutive Divine love. Commonweal Magazine, this episode's featured sponsor, is the leading lay Catholic voice for commentary on religion, politics, and culture. To learn more: Check out The Commonweal Podcast, subscribe today for just $9.95, and sign up for a FREE subscription if you're a student or recent graduate. FOLK P...
Abolition and Immigration with Sophia Gurulé
August 03, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 183 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features an interview with Sophia Elena Gurulé, an immigration attorney and abolitionist, on abolition and immigration. The interview begins in medias res, in the middle of things, in a personal discussion about Mexican-American heritage and Chicanidad. This episode includes strong language and deep friendship and even kinship. FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the...
Philosophy and Math with Sarah Hogarth Rossiter
July 27, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 172 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features an interview with Sarah Hogarth Rossiter, a philosopher at Douglas College, on philosophy and math. We traverse questions of what philosophy is, philosophy for children, medieval logic, new math, notions of intelligence, and the gift of prophecy in every person. FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform and share it on soc...
Writing and Composition with Kaya Oakes
July 20, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode features an interview with Kaya Oakes on writing and composition. Oakes is an accomplished author and teacher of writing at UC Berkley. Read her work at Commonweal and pre-order her forthcoming book, The Defiant Middle: How Women Claim Life’s In-Betweens to Remake the World. FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform and share it o...
The Tragicomic with Jeannie Gaffigan
July 13, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This episode kicks off the interviews in conversation with Jeannie Gaffigan discussing her book When Life Gives You Pears and Gaffigan comedy in general with an excursus into the tragicomic, Divine comedy, and the human and religious need for wit. FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform and share it on social media; here is the universal link...
The Interview Itself
July 06, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 156 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This inaugural episode is a meditation on the interview with nods to last week's episode with Sofia Rocha, Paris Review interviews, Nardwar the Human Serviette, Rational Funk with Dave King, "The Art of Blogging" Patheos interviews, and "The Gift of Blackness to the Church" with Gloria Purvis. FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform and shar...
Folk Phenomenology with Sofia Rocha
June 29, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 97.7 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast by Sam Rocha. This prelude episode features guest host Sofia Rocha (age 7) conducting an interview with her father, Sam Rocha. This episode is sponsored by Jeannie Gaffigan on behalf of The Imagine Society. FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY: SEASON ONE will air every Tuesday from July 6 to November 16, 2021. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform and share it on social media; here is the universal link. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: Wipf and Stock Publishers...
FOLK PHENOMENOLOGY // SEASON ONE // OFFICIAL TRAILER
June 01, 2021 07:00 - 3 minutes - 8.05 MBFOLK PHENOMENOLOGY is a podcast hosted and produced by Sam Rocha, titled after his 2015 book, Folk Phenomenology: Education, Study, and the Human Person. This trailer features the voices of the interview episodes of SEASON ONE. This debut season will begin with a pre-season episode, released on June 29, featuring guest host Sofia Rocha (age 7), and will officially debut on July 6 and air every Tuesday thereafter until November 16. Please follow the show on your favorite app or platform an...