Chasing Faith with Dorothy Lucey
Chasing Faith is a podcast that brings honesty, humor, and curiosity to one of life’s biggest questions: what does it mean to believe? Hosted by Emmy-winning journalist Dorothy Lucey and Emmy-winning news director Jason Ball, the show explores faith as a living, evolving journey. Each episode blends personal storytelling, open dialogue, and thoughtful reflection on how belief shapes the way we see ourselves, our communities, and the world. The heart of Chasing Faith is conversation sometimes tender, sometimes challenging, always real. Drawing from their own diverse backgrounds in faith and decades in media, Dorothy and Jason create a space where listeners can wrestle with doubts, celebrate discovery, and find resonance in stories of transformation. Whether you’re rooted in a tradition, questioning it, or searching for a new path altogether, Chasing Faith invites you to join in the pursuit of meaning and connection. Dorothy Lucey grew up Catholic on the East Coast, where her early faith was rooted in tradition and ritual. Over time, her journey has taken her through questions, doubts, and new discoveries, leading her to Vintage Church Malibu, where she now worships in a community that blends scripture, prayer, and openness to the needs of the world. Dorothy is a TV host whose career has spanned network, syndicated, reality, and talk shows. She reported news in New York and Los Angeles, before co-hosting Good Day LA for nearly two decades becoming a trusted, witty, and unfiltered presence in Southern California households. Beyond the newsroom, Dorothy has been an adjunct professor for more than a decade, teaching Broadcast Journalism at Pepperdine University and Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. She’s also a podcaster, a philanthropist, and, whenever she can steal a moment, a paddle boarder. Her heart for service has taken her to Africa, Asia, Central and South America, volunteering on medical missions with Mending Kids, where she has served on the board for 10 years and been honored twice for her dedication. She has also been recognized for her charitable work by the Alliance for Women in Media, The Good Shepherd Shelter, The Downtown Women’s Center, The Special Needs Network, the Hollenbeck PALs, and The Good News Foundation. Dorothy is married to former CBS2 investigative reporter David Goldstein. They have an amazing son and daughter-in-law who remain central to her joy. She loves God, writing, teaching, her family, and floating away on a paddleboard. Jason Ball was raised Southern Baptist in Arkansas, where Sunday mornings meant church pews, hymnals, and a faith tradition that shaped his earliest understanding of the world. As his journey unfolded, so did his spiritual path leading him to United Church of Christ congregations in Tennessee and Florida, where he found a community rooted in inclusivity, questioning, and a living faith that continues to evolve. Professionally, Jason built a distinguished career in television news, rising to the role of News Director at KTLA in Los Angeles from 2008 to 20221 and leading major-market newsrooms through stories that defined their times. After stepping away from broadcast journalism, he reinvented his path bringing his storytelling skills and leadership into new ventures, including Life After News, a podcast exploring reinvention, resilience, and purpose beyond the newsroom. He also writes Desert Dispatch, a monthly publication born of his move to Palm Springs, where he lives and works today. Jason served on the board of Project Angel Food 2018 to 2025 and continues to support it. He has also supported UNICEF programs in Kenya and Vietnam and currently sits on the board of the Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation.
Episodes
This Easter, we’re talking about resurrection, renewal, and what it really means to live from a place of love.
Dorothy and Jason welcome Mike Morgan of Bel-Air Presbyterian in Los Angeles, a longtime spiritual guide and someone Dorothy knows personally as her son’s former youth pastor. This conversation is warm, honest, and full of the kind of perspective we all need right now.
🙏 In this episode, we explore:
- Why Easter is mo...
This week on Chasing Faith with Dorothy Lucey, we sit down with KTLA anchor-reporter Samantha Cortese for a conversation that goes way deeper than headlines.
From covering the Pope as a devout Catholic to getting criticized for wearing a cross on-air to reading the entire Bible during COVID, Samantha opens up about what it really means to live your faith out loud in a world that isn’t always comfortable with it.
We talk about:
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This week on Chasing Faith with Dorothy Lucey, Dorothy and Jason welcome Emmy-winning actress Patricia Heaton for a funny, heartfelt, and deeply honest conversation about faith, grief, purpose, and her decision to stop drinking.
Patricia opens up about two profound spiritual encounters that changed her life, how losing her mother at 12 shaped her view of God and suffering, and why scripture feels more alive to her now than ever befo...
🎙️ This week on Chasing Faith with Dorothy Lucey, Dorothy and Jason kick things off with a lively conversation about Botox, plastic surgery, Ozempic, vanity, Lent, meditation, and the challenge of becoming more authentic.
Then they welcome Greg Cootsona, Executive Director of AI & Faith, for a fascinating conversation about the intersection of technology, Christianity, science, and truth.
Greg shares his unlikely path from a non...
In this episode of Chasing Faith, Dorothy and Jason welcome Natalie Mejia, a singer who has lived multiple lives in one career. From performing as a teen in Los Angeles to becoming part of the Pussycat Dolls and touring with some of the biggest names in music, Natalie experienced fame early. But the story doesn’t end there.
Natalie shares how stepping away from the spotlight, becoming a mother, and encountering God reshaped her life...
He calls himself the friendly neighborhood priest but don’t let the warmth fool you. Joseph Yoo is funny, candid, and uncommonly clear about the hard stuff: resentment, boundaries, justice, reconciliation, prayer, and what it actually takes to stop the negative thought-loop before it takes over your day.
In this episode of Chasing Faith, Dorothy Lucey and Jason Ball start with a Lenten challenge (speaking only “loving kindness,” eve...
This week on Chasing Faith, Dorothy and Jason cover a lot of spiritual ground — from Lent and complaining (yes, counting them 😬), to the 400th anniversary of St. Peter’s Basilica, to a reality TV star whose life mantra might be the best faith advice we’ve heard all year: “Faith it till you make it.” 🙌✨
💭 Faith in Everyday Life
Dorothy and Jason check in on:
- Their Lenten commitment inspired by the Pope: give up angry words, pra...
Episode theme: Giving up negativity for Lent • Compassion in practice • Mending Kids and “faith as action”
Dorothy and Jason kick off with a Lent challenge from Pope Leo that isn’t about giving up chocolate or wine. It’s about giving up negativity, the hostile words, the sharp comments, the reflexive complaining that quietly poisons our days. Dorothy brings in a study that links complaining to stress (hello, cortisol), aging, and ev...
We made it to Episode 13 (the “most podcasts don’t survive this long” episode 😅) and it’s a big one.
Dorothy shares a rough week, the kind that knocks the cheer right out of you then spots what her Bible app calls “the fingerprints of God”🙏🏽. A timely moment, a familiar face (hello, Lecrae 👀), and a reminder that faith can show up when you’re least expecting it.
Jason brings us into two worlds that feel completely different… but ...
We hit a milestone! 🙌 It’s Episode 12 of Chasing Faith and we’re celebrating on Grammy Sunday with a special guest: Lecrae, four-time Grammy winner and two-time nominee heading into music’s biggest night. 🏆✨
Before we dive into the glitz and performances, Dorothy and Jason share an update on the “Peace Pup” walking with monks from Texas toward the White House 🐾🕊️ and then it’s full speed into faith, music, dreams, and what it me...
Episode vibe: peace walks, monks, “loving kindness,” Dolly’s gospel side, and the return of our favorite radical nun.
What we get into
- Dorothy’s new obsession: monks (and specifically the Walk for Peace) — two dozen monks and a dog walking from Texas to the White House, stopping to pray with people and bring “loving kindness” to communities along the way.
- Kindness over niceness: why “loving kindness” hits different, and what it lo...
What happens when “midlife crisis” becomes midlife awakening? In this episode, Dorothy Lucey and Jason Ball sit down with Marianne Williamson, spiritual teacher, author, activist, and founder of Project Angel Food, for a conversation that feels like a soul massage with a little tough love. 💥💛
Marianne joins from London🇬🇧 (between grandbaby time 👶👶) to talk about her new book Midlife Awakening, why the soul doesn’t age, and how...
What happens when a Lutheran minister becomes a politician and brings her faith with her? In this episode, Dorothy and Jason sit down with Sarah Trone Garriott, an Iowa State Senator and candidate for Congress (IA-03), to talk about calling, courage, public service, and how faith can shape politics without turning into a weapon. 🙏🏽🗳️
We also open with a surprise spiritual moment from an unexpected place: Alanis Morissette singing...
This week on Chasing Faith, Dorothy and Jason sit down with the unstoppable Shelene Bryan, author, speaker, and founder of Skip1 (skip1.org), for a conversation that’s equal parts heart, truth, and holy kick-in-the-pants.
Shelene doesn’t just talk about faith. She moves with it. And she’s here to challenge all of us to stop playing it safe and start living like what we do actually matters.
✨ In this episode:
- 🔥 “I’m not worried yo...
Christmas may be behind us, but the wisdom is just getting started. In this episode, Dorothy and Jason kick off their “Three Wise Women” series with Julie Bennett and she does not tiptoe.
Julie opens up about the messy, holy middle: moving on a clear calling… then getting a cancer diagnosis… then living out the kind of joy you can’t fake. She talks about what it means to be content in all circumstances, how God doesn’t cause sufferi...
Holding on to joy when the world feels heavy plus a big warm dive into Christmas traditions (and the surprising history behind them).
This week on Chasing Faith, Dorothy and Jason start in a very real place: grief, shock, and exhaustion after a brutal news cycle. From the shooting at Brown University to a horrific mass shooting in Australia, the conversation wrestles with what it means to look for “comfort and joy” when comfort feel...
It’s the third week of Advent, the week of joy, and it’s also the first day of Hanukkah. Dorothy and Jason dive into what it means to live wide awake to God’s presence, even in seasons of grief, confusion, and…Wordle streaks. They’re joined by the deeply wise and wonderfully warm Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson, whose stories about faith, autism, Hanukkah, and learning to “live for the yes” leave everyone on the verge of tears.
Alon...
When the news cycle feels like a constant gut punch, how do you keep chasing faith? In this episode, Dorothy and Jason sit down with Sister Chris Schenk, CSJ, a nurse midwife turned church reformer, founding director of FutureChurch, and longtime National Catholic Reporter columnist to talk about finding God when the headlines are bleak, why doubt is part of faith, and why it’s absolutely okay to get mad at God.
In This Episode
🎧 In this bonus episode, Dorothy and Jason take a trip back to their old stomping grounds: Los Angeles morning television. After years away from the daily chaos, adrenaline, and questionable production decisions of early-morning news, they found themselves back under the studio lights at KTLA, the station where Jason spent more than a decade as News Director (Dorothy was at a competing station).
What starts as a behind-the-scenes r...
As Advent begins and the church calendar turns to hope, Dorothy and Jason sit down with someone who has quietly embodied that word in Los Angeles for decades: legendary KCAL/CBS anchor Pat Harvey.
Dorothy and Jason kick things off with post-Thanksgiving confessions (stuffing for days, banana pudding, and Advent calendars with chocolate) before diving into what hope looks like this year – from Dorothy’s longing to return to Israel an...
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