Conversations

Former Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully P ’95, P ’99, talks about what he misses about his job and the influence of his Jesuit education on his life.

Marina Marmolejo ’17 doesn’t believe youth homelessness must forever be an intractable problem. She has developed an app-based program that offers mentorship and education opportunities to homeless young people as path toward a new life.

The political chasm opened by the January 2021 insurrection reveals that America’s democracy build is not, and never has been, completed.

Rudy deLeon ’74 capped a 25-year career in government defense policy as the No. 2 official in the Department of Defense in the Clinton administration. deLeon talks about the foreign policy challenges facing the new Biden administration.

Ivan Ehlers has produced work for The New Yorker, MAD Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. But rejection is part of the job, he says, and studying psychology at LMU has come in handy.

The focus of the November 2020 election is mainly on the White House. But for the party that fails to win the presidency, controlling the U.S. Senate will be paramount. Prof. Richard Fox examines the scenarios.

David Romero, S.J., an LMU alumnus of 2009 and newly ordained Jesuit, talks about his image of God, the challenge of Jesuit formation and why he joined the Society of Jesus.

Stefan Bradley, chair of African American Studies, talks about the killing of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter movement and the fight against racism in America.

The coronavirus has upended every aspect of U.S. education. Kevin Baxter M.A. ’01, chief innovation officer of the National Catholic Educational Association, discusses the pandemic’s impact on Catholic schools.

A century ago, the 1918 flu ravaged the world’s population. There was no vaccine and quarantining was essential. Carla Bittel, an LMU historian, talks about the lessons the world learned that may help today.