Outside the Walls

About Outside the Walls

Outside the Walls is a weekly radio program featuring interviews with theologians, authors, clergy, religious, and engaged laity from around the Catholic world.

Publisher

TL

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Nov 2014

Latest episode

31 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

744 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Aug 2025

   The Bible and the Anointing of the Sick - Dr. Michael Barber

   Michael Patrick Barber, Ph.D is Professor of Sacred Scripture and Theology. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and publications, including The Historical Jesus and the Temple: Memory, Methodology, and the Gospel of Matthew (Cambridge University Press) and Paul, A New Covenant Jew: Rethinking Pauline Theology (Eerdmans), co-written with Brant Pitre and John Kincaid. He is an active member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association. Today we talk about his newest book, part of Baker Academic’s series “Catholic Biblical Theology of the Sacraments” entitled, the Bible and the Anointing of the Sick.

2. 

   9 Aug 2025

   Immigration, Human Dignity & the Common Good - Dr. Victor Carmona

   Dr. Victor Carmona serves as Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies and Core Curriculum Director at the University of San Diego (https://sandiego.edu). He has spent years applying Catholic Social Teaching to address the fundamental questions of power and justice connected to immigration. He joins us today to discuss those issues and provide a context for how we should meet our current moment.

3. 

   2 Aug 2025

   A Catholic Response to the Border: Brian A. Strassburger, S.J.

   Fr. Brian Strassburger is the Director of Del Camino Jesuit Border Ministries (https://www.jesuitscentralsouthern.org/our-work/del-camino/) and the Co-host of the Jesuit Border Podcast (https://thejesuitpost.org/2022/02/the-jesuit-border-podcast-study-guide/). He joins us to discuss what he is seeing on the border, as well as a Catholic response to the border and the surge in deportations throughout the U.S.

Who has been a guest on Outside the Walls

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Ansel Augustine
• Fr Matthew Mary Bartow
• Sonja Corbitt
• Mark Hart
• Dr Matthew Ramage

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

38 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

67

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.