Sacred and Profane Love

Sacred and Profane Love

Jennifer Frey

Episodes 90
Avg. Duration 1h 7m
Activity Dormant
Since Jan 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2025

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Sacred and Profane Love is a podcast in which philosophers, theologians, and literary critics discuss some of their favorite works of literature, and how these works have shaped their own ideas about love, happiness, and meaning in human life. Host Jennifer A. Frey is the inaugural dean of the Honors College at the University of Tulsa. The podcast is generously supported by The Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and produced by Catholics for Hire.

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Episode 74: Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy" with John Marenbon

Jun 27, 2025 1h 10m

In this episode, I speak with John Marenbon, Cambridge Professor of medieval philosophy and world expert on Boethius, about Boethius's masterwork "Consolation of Philosophy". I hope you enjoy our…

Episode 78: Law and Literature with Donald Kochan

Jun 27, 2025 42m

In this season finale, I speak with Donald Kochan, who is a Professor of Law at George Washington University's Antonin Scalia Law School. We discuss George Orwell's essay, "Politics and the English…

Episode 75: Ghali's "Beer in the Snooker Club" with Phil Klay

Jun 27, 2025 56m

In this episode, I speak with National Book Award winner Phil Klay, author of "Redeployment" and "Missionaries". We discuss a novel you've probably never heard of, but very fun: "Beer in the Snooker…

Episode 73: St. Bonaventure's "Journey of the Mind into God" with Carlos Eire

Jun 27, 2025 56m

In this episode, I speak with Carlos Eire, renowned historian of the late medieval and early modern era and winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction for "Waiting for Snow in Havana." In this…

Episode 77: Rooney's "Beautiful World Where Are You?" with Rachel Wiseman and Anastasia Berg

Jun 27, 2025 55m

In this episode, I speak with Rachel Wiseman and Anastasia Berg, both of whom are editors at The Point magazine, about Sally Rooney's "Beautiful World Where Are You?" I hope you enjoy our…

Episode 76: James's "The Portrait of a Lady" with Merve Emre

Jun 27, 2025 49m

In this episode, I speak with Merve Emre, renowned author and literary critic, on Henry James's "The Portrait of a Lady". I hope you enjoy our conversation.

Episode 72: The 'Sacred' and the 'Profane' with Michael Foley

Jun 27, 2025 51m

In this episode, Professor Michael Foley and I discuss the differences between the titular concepts of this podcast, namely, the 'sacred' and the 'profane'. I hope you enjoy our conversation.

S5E21 Episode 71: Dana Gioia on the Tragic Thought of Seneca

Jun 21, 2024 56m

In this season finale, internationally acclaimed poet Dana Gioia and I discuss Seneca's thought in general, and his tragic work The Madness of Hercules in particular. I hope you enjoy our…

S5E70 Episode 70: The Poetry of John Donne w/ Lars Engle

Jun 07, 2024 1h 3m

In this episode, I speak with my colleague, Lars Engle, on the poetry and person of John Donne. There is no poet more attuned to the connections between the sacred and the profane than Donne, and it…

S5E69 Episode 69: Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" w/ Aaron Gwyn

May 24, 2024 57m

In this episode, I discuss Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian with Aaron Gwyn. I hope you enjoy our conversation!

S5E68 Episode 68: The Poetry of Jonathan Swift with Steve Karian

May 03, 2024 56m

In this episode, I speak with Stephen Karian, renowned scholar of 18th century British literature, on the poems of Jonathan Swift, the promise and perils of satire, and the pleasures of reading…

S5E67 Episode 67: Poetry, Art, and Truth with Carl Phillips

Apr 12, 2024 44m

In this episode, I am joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Phillips to discuss poetry, classic texts, art, and truth. I hope you enjoy our conversation!

S5E66 Episode 66: Ovid's "The Art of Love" with Julia Hejduk

Mar 22, 2024 47m

In this episode, I speak with the classicist Julia Hejduk on Ovid's The Art of Love. I hope you enjoy our conversation!

S5E65 Episode 65: Boris Dralyuk on Nabokov's Pnin

Mar 01, 2024 47m

In this episode, I speak with my colleague at TU, Boris Dralyuk on Vladmir Nabokov's delightful take on the campus novel, Pnin. We explore our endearing hero's journey from being a man on the wrong…

S5E64 Episode 64: Patrick Deneen on DeLillo's White Noise

Feb 16, 2024 59m

In this episode, I speak with the political theorist Patrick Deneen about Don DeLillo's award winning novel, White Noise. We explore the novel's undercurrents of existential angst in a world of…

The Podcast Returns!

Dec 15, 2023 2m

Six years ago I launched a literature, philosophy, and theology podcast. I had no assumptions that anyone would listen to it; it was an output for a grant project on virtue, happiness, and meaning of…

Re-run: Episode 43 - The Closing of the American Mind with Brad Carson

Sep 01, 2023 1h 6m

This week, we revisit Episode 43 with Brad Carson on Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind! In this episode, I speak with the president of the University of Tulsa, Brad Carson, about Allan…

Re-run: Episode 50 - "Are the Humanities in Crisis" with Zena Hitz and Chad Wellmon

Aug 25, 2023 1h 19m

Throwback to the big five-oh: Episode 50 with Zena Hitz and Chad Wellmon! On April 26, 2022, ⁠The Institute for Human Ecology⁠ at the Catholic University of America hosted a launch event to reveal…

Re-run: Episode 45 - Roosevelt Montás on Great Books and Intellectual Transformation

Aug 18, 2023 1h 15m

This very exciting episode on liberal education with Professor Roosevelt Montás makes a come back this week! In this episode, I am joined by Professor Roosevelt Montás to discuss his new book,…

Re-run: Episode 41 - James Baldwin is bringing the fire with Dr. Cornel West

Aug 11, 2023 1h 7m

Throwback to our first episode recorded with a live audience: Dr. Cornel West on James Baldwin! I am pleased to share a very special episode of Sacred and Profane Love, our first episode recorded in…

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