Episodes 50
Avg. Duration 36m
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Apple Rating 4.8 (29)
Since Sep 2022
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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What does a better kind of politics look like and how can we make it a reality? In this podcast, Catholic sisters and their coworkers at NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice answer this question with a variety of guests. From the border to the federal budget, the pews to the polls, join us to explore the intersection of Catholic teaching and politics. Just Politics is a collaboration between U.S. Catholic and NETWORK Lobby. New episode every two weeks.

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Recent Episodes

Does the church support universal health care? - A crossover episode with Glad You Asked

Nov 26, 2025 54m

According to several recent studies of health care systems across the globe, the U.S. health care system lags far behind those in other developed nations. The system is more expensive per person, but…

S5E10 Laura Peralta-Schulte – Threats to Medicaid

Aug 05, 2025 20m

As Medicaid faces severe cuts in the federal budget that will take health care away from millions of people, Laura Peralta-Schulte, head of NETWORK's government relations team, discusses the…

S5E9 Laurie Carafone - A new chapter for NETWORK

Jul 30, 2025 37m

This week on Just Politics, hosts Eilis and Colin welcome Laurie Carafone, NETWORK's new executive director. She comes to the world of Catholic social justice advocacy from Kids in Need of Defense…

S5E8 Michael Steele - Bridging the Catholic political divide

Jul 22, 2025 54m

This week on Just Politics, host Joan Neal returns to the interview chair for something that is becoming less and less common: an honest political conversation with someone who has strongly different…

S5E7 Giovana Oaxaca - Faith communities unite for immigration advocacy

Jul 15, 2025 29m

This week on Just Politics, Giovana Oaxaca, the senior government relations advocate for immigration with NETWORK, joins hosts Colin and Eilis to discuss the escalating immigration crisis facing…

S5E6 Cassandra Gould - From corporate America to grassroots justice

Jul 08, 2025 55m

This week on Just Politics, Rev. Dr. Cassandra Gould—political director at Faith in Action—joins us to talk about her journey from corporate America to the front lines of faith-based justice work.…

S5E5 Kristen Whitney Daniels – The moral cost of losing Medicaid

Jul 01, 2025 22m

This week on Just Politics, the hosts revisit a powerful conversation from last season that feels more urgent than ever. Kristen Whitney Daniels—a disability advocate, diabetes educator, and…

S5E4 Young men on the toxic masculinity infecting our politics

Jun 24, 2025 31m

This episode of Just Politics sounds a little different—and that's the point. Rather than diving into our usual policy discussion, hosts Colin and Eilis pass the mic to a group of young men wrestling…

S5E3 Yunuen Trujillo – LGBTQ+ Catholics, immigrants, and belonging

Jun 17, 2025 23m

What does it mean to belong to a church—and a country—that doesn't always welcome you? In this episode, Colin Martinez Longmore sits down with Yunuen Trujillo for an open conversation about identity,…

S5E2 Sarah Christopherson - How the ultra-rich rig the tax system

Jun 10, 2025 37m

What do you get when 800 billionaires hoard more wealth than half the U.S. population combined? A rigged tax system and a society that leaves millions behind. In this episode, longtime tax and budget…

S5E1 Sister Janet Kinney - Immigrant justice and the Long Island Immigration Clinic

Jun 03, 2025 21m

During a time when ICE raids tear families apart, current administration policies criminalize asylum seekers, and cruelty has become policy, how do people of faith respond? This is the question we…

S5 Just Politics Season 5 is almost here!

May 29, 2025 0m

Tune in on June 3rd, 2025 for the return of your favorite Catholic social justice podcast: Just Politics, a project of NETWORK Lobby and U.S. Catholic magazine.

S4E9 Where are we now?

Aug 12, 2024 22m

"Well, what a summer it's been!" says Joan Neal at the start of this week's episode. And August only just began! The past few weeks have been a whirlwind in U.S. politics. A shooting targeting…

S4E8 Why we are hopeful for our planet

Aug 05, 2024 30m

In 2023, after receiving a transformational gift from the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice was finally able to begin working on an issue they'd…

S4E7 Nuns support freedom from harm

Jul 29, 2024 26m

When it comes to people organizing to stop gun violence, you probably first think of moms (see Moms Demand Action). But there is another growing unified voice against gun violence and the policies…

S4E6 For the freedom to be healthy

Jul 22, 2024 20m

The freedom to be healthy means being able to access the care and medications we need without worrying or sacrificing other parts of our lives. For people with diabetes, who need insulin to make it…

S4 Just Politics will return next week

Jul 15, 2024 0m Trailer

Just Politics will be taking a brief summer break this week. In the meantime, please be sure to catch up on all the episodes from the first half of season four: 1: Let us count the freedoms (with…

S4E5 Why harming the border harms us all

Jul 08, 2024 20m

When people in the United States think about immigration, many immediately think about the U.S.-Mexico border, cruel border policies, and desperate families fleeing violence. But as Jesús de la Torre…

S4E4 Hey Y.A.L.L., let's save democracy

Jul 01, 2024 25m

College students today have grown up through a recession, a pandemic, and an unprecedented era of digitalization and political upheaval. They are also now part of the largest voting bloc in the…

S4E3 The harm of a false witness

Jun 24, 2024 42m

In 2024, white Christian nationalism continues to threaten our democracy and our freedoms—including our freedoms to vote, to practice our diverse religions, to live in safety, to protect and care for…

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