Francis Effect podcast
Hosted by Daniel and David and Heidi · Sandburg Media
4.5from 194 ratings
- 154
- Episodes
- 7
- Transcribed
- 194
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Francis Effect podcast
Two theologians walk into a bar... No, seriously: This podcast is about the real world of politics and current events, seen through the lens of Catholic teaching and spirituality. Your hosts, Fr. Dan Horan and David Dault, bring you a mix of perspectives, from Abbey Road to Metaphysical Graffiti. Dan is a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest. David is a radio producer and Catholic convert. They both have doctorates in theology. It is the best possible kind of nerdy.
- Publisher
- Sandburg Media
- Category
- news · religion & spirituality · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Sept 2017
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
7 of 154 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#2611 - The failed execution of Christa Pike, chapter 2 of Magnifica Humanitas, and in interview with Marianne Duddy-Burke
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#2610 - Bishop Barron on empathy, Magnifica Humanitas Chapter 1, and an interview with Ed Hahnenberg
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#2609 - The Season of Creation, Magnifica Humanitas Introduction, and an interview with Steve Schneck
Inside a recent episode
#2611 - The failed execution of Christa Pike, chapter 2 of Magnifica Humanitas, and in interview with Marianne Duddy-Burke
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Nevertheless, she is a human being, and that monstrous crime does not erase her human dignity. And what happened in Tennessee in the death chamber was, by all accounts, a form of torture. And she is still in a condition that, as we're taping this a couple of days after that, We don't know what the damage to her body has been. And so all of that is part of the mix here. Well, what you're naming there, David, is important on two levels. One is a civil kind of constitutional level, which means what transpired there in the execution chamber in that Department of Corrections is unconstitutional. It's cruel and unusual. […]
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- Marianne Duddy-Burke
- Ed Hahnenberg
- Steve Schneck
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 170 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 24 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100
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- Quality
- 74
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 94
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Daniel and David and Heidi host the show. Published by Sandburg Media.
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