Who goes on dates anymore? Ep. 21

This week we’re going back to college. That means Natty Light,
hook-ups and figuring out “gluten” is. This week our guest is Kerry
Cronin, professor of philosophy at Boston College. She teaches her
students, among other things, about the pitfalls of hookup culture
and the dos and don’ts of Catholic dating. She frequently makes
headlines (like this one: Ask Someone on a Date—or Kerry
Cronin Will Fail You) because of an unorthodox assignment she
includes in her classes: asking someone on a date. Like, a real
date. So we discuss with Kerry what it’s like to date in college
and beyond; we also break open the perennial debate of Tinder vs.
Catholic Match. (Swipe right for Jesus!) In Signs of the Times, we
break down the Vatican’s (not-so-new) rules on gluten-free
Communion; pasta made to strangle priests; God propping up Stephen
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