Marquette’s Markus Howard is changing the way athletes talk about mental health. Ep. 96

Marquette University men’s basketball standout Markus Howard is
having a banner year. He’s earned the Big East Conference Player of
the Year award on his way to leading Marquette toward a (hopefully)
deep run in the N.C.A.A. tournament. He’s also become a leading
advocate for mental health care. We talk to Markus about why he
decided to start going to therapy and why he started talking about
it publically. Are we closer to ending the stigma surrounding
mental health care? In Signs of the Times, we lament the Ethiopian
Airlines crash that killed 157 people, many who worked for
humanitarian agencies. We ask: was Pete Davidson’s joke comparing
support for R. Kelly to support for the Catholic Church offensive?
Why did an elementary school teacher tell her student to wash off
his ashes on Ash Wednesday? Why was a child of a same-sex couple
denied admittance to a Catholic school? Finally, what’s the future
of religious life going to look like when fewer people are entering
orders? This week I talked about how inspired I was by the
community found on our Facebook group. It’s a great reminder that
this podcast is a ministry and a community. Thank you. PS: If you
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community.   Links from the show: Catholic Relief Services
Mourns The Loss Of Four Staff Killed In Ethiopian Airlines Crash
Pete Davidson Compares R. Kelly to Catholic Church on Saturday
Night Live Utah teacher facing discipline for making Catholic
student remove Ash Wednesday mark Catholic School in Kansas Faces a
Revolt for Rejecting a Same-Sex Couple’s Child 2 out of 3 religious
orders had no entrants in 2018 Markus Howard brings awareness to
his own mental health What’s on tap? Water, Seltzer, Tea. Learn
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