Growing up as the son of a diamond smuggler. The leaps of faith required for scientific discovery. An actress who hated Christians, then became one. Join us as we discover the surprising ways Christian faith interrogates and illuminates the world we live in.
Life & Faith
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Growing up as the son of a diamond smuggler. The leaps of faith required for scientific discovery. An actress who hated Christians, then became one. Join us as we discover the surprising ways Christian faith interrogates and illuminates the world we live in.
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June 10, 2026
The Last Dirty Word: ‘Dependence’
<p>We think we’re fully human when we’re independent of other people. We couldn’t be more wrong, says Leah Libresco Sargeant.</p><p>Is dependence taboo?</p><p>We may be happy to lend a hand to others, but we probably squirm at the idea of asking for help ourselves. In a world that prizes autonomy and independence, it feels almost shameful to be dependent.</p><p>Which is partly why Leah Libresco Sargeant got pushback from her publisher about putting the ‘d’ word – dependence – in the title of her book The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto. (Actually, as she tells Life & Faith, every word in that title proved controversial).</p><p>The word ‘dependence’ was especially tricky, says Sargeant, because we resist the idea of someone ‘taking from someone else’ without being able to pay them back.</p><p>But this is the very idea Sargeant, a Catholic thinker and author, is trying to defend: ‘There are periods of our lives where we receive from others and where we can’t pay back, and that’s a normal period of a human life’.</p><p>Sargeant points out that when we operate with a faulty anthropology – a false picture of the human – then the world only works for those who conform to that false image. If we believe that a full human life is an independent one, we’ll stigmatise dependence.</p><p>But this is untrue, since every human begins life completely dependent on others. It also leaves out vast swathes of people – including women who, for a variety of reasons, are more exposed to the need of others. Which is partly why our conversation begins with the striking claim Sargeant makes on the first page of her book: ‘The world is the wrong shape for women’.</p><p><strong>Explore</strong></p><p><u><a href="https://www.dymocks.com.au/the-dignity-of-dependence-by-leah-libresco-sargeant-9780268210335" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto</a></u></p><p>Leah Libresco Sargeant’s Other Feminisms Substack <u><a href="https://substack.com/@leahlibrescosargeant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newsletter</a></u></p><p><u><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/opinion/women-workplace-feminism-conservative.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interview</a></u> featuring Leah Libresco Sargeant in conversation with Helen Andrews on Ross Douthat’s podcast Interesting Times</p>
May 27, 2026
The Second Act: the risk and reward of changing careers
<p>Changing careers can be tough. Is it worth the risk?</p><p>Shifting careers into something completely new, especially if you have been doing a job for a long time, can be a daunting prospect. But it can also be immensely rewarding. In this episode of Life & Faith we speak to three people who made radical changes in their careers and lived to tell the tale!</p><p>A hairdresser trains to be a nurse. A singer shifts to art teaching. A customs agent becomes a paramedic.</p><p>What did these changes involve? What was the motivation? Was it all worth the pain? And where do we find the deepest satisfaction in our work?</p>
May 13, 2026
The AI Revolution and the Human Future
<p>Philosopher Meghan Sullivan on why Christianity has a vital role to play in helping us maintain our humanity in the face of AI.</p><p>With the AI revolution upon us we all face great uncertainty about the future and what this technology will mean for our lives. There will be plenty that we can be grateful for, perhaps excited about.</p><p>But there are serious concerns being raised as well. What will this technology mean for future employment, communities and how we understand our humanity?</p><p>What do faith traditions, and particularly Christianity, have to contribute to this urgent discussion.</p><p>Meghan Sullivan is a professor of philosopher at Notre Dame university in the U.S. and also the founding director of Notre Dame’s <u><a href="https://ethics.nd.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Institute for Ethics and the Common Good</a>.</u></p><p>Her institute recently received a very large grant to develop a faith-based approach to AI ethics.</p><p>Here Meghan Sullivan speaks to Life & Faith about what concerns she has about AI, the ways it could go badly, but also why she is optimistic about a future with AI firmly in place.</p><p><strong>Explore:</strong></p><p>Notre Dame <u><a href="https://ethics.nd.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Institute for Ethics and the Common Good</a></u> (ethics.nd.edu)</p><p><u><a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Good-Life-Method-Reasoning-Questions/dp/1984880306" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Good Life Method</a></u>: Reasoning through the big questions of happiness, faith and meaning.</p>
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