One on One with Robert Ellsberg

One on One with Robert Ellsberg

Join us for captivating conversations as we sit down with author, editor, and Orbis Books publisher, Robert Ellsberg. In each episode, Robert Ellsberg engages in intimate and insightful discussions with some of today's most influential authors. These thought-provoking conversations dive into a wide range of topics, including spirituality, social justice, theology, and the transformative power of literature. As a leading figure in the world of Catholic publishing, Robert brings his extensive knowledge and deep love for literature to every conversation. He shares his passion for books that challenge, inspire, and ignite important conversations in today's complex world. Explore the minds of celebrated authors and gain unique insights into their works, motivations, and the impact of their writing on society. From spirituality to activism, these interviews uncover the power of words to heal, transform, and connect. Whether you're an avid reader, a seeker of wisdom, or simply looking for engaging conversations, you'll find inspiration and enlightenment in these dialogues. Join us as we explore the world of literature, faith, and social justice, one author at a time.

Episodes

August 21, 2025 34 mins
Join Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author Grace Ji-Sun Kim, as they discuss Earthbound: God at the Intersection of Climate and Justice. 
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In the face of tremendous ecological changes, environmental crises, and social inequity, our God-talk must reveal our profound interconnectedness with Earth and all its inhabitants. Grace Ji-Sun Kim offers a transformative ...
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Join Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author Joyce Rupp, as they discuss The Years of Ripening: Reflections on Aging in the Later Years. 

The Years of Ripening focuses on personal transformation, the wonder and goodness of our hidden self, how the qualities of our personhood have been expressed, and in what ways we can claim ever more of the truest reality of our inner being.


As old age ta...
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Join Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author Michael J. Rogers, as they discuss Many Paths with Mary: Popular Piety and the Future Church.  

Michael J. Rogers takes readers on an international journey, exploring how Mary, Mother of God, comes to be understood in different times and places: including 16th century Copacabana, Boliva, and Tepeyac, Mexico, 19th century Lourdes, France, and eve...
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Join Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author Marjorie Corbman, as they discuss Divine Rage: Malcolm X's Challenge to Christians.  

The impact of Malcolm X’s apocalyptic vision—in which the world’s oppressed would join together to make God’s righteous judgment on racism, colonialism, and all forms of slavery—galvanized, outraged, and troubled many. In Divine Rage educator Marjorie Corbman e...
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Join Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author David Toole, as they discuss Love Made Me An Inventor: The Story of Maggy Barankitse - Humanitarian, Genocide Survivor, Citizen without Borders.  They are joined by special guest Maggy Barankitse.

On October 25, 1993, Maggy Barankitse buried seventy-two bodies in a mass grave on the grounds of the bishop’s house in Burundi, a day after she was m...
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Join Robert Ellsberg , publisher of Orbis Books, in this One on One interview with author Kerra Becker English, as they discuss True Awakening.

Very few books on spirituality reveal the reality of awakening and address our deep fear of change. In True Awakening, spiritual director, and teacher Kerra Becker English does both while offering guidance and encouragement for the process—no matter how messy it might get.
Exploring classic t...
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Join Robert Ellsberg , publisher of Orbis Books, in this One on One interview with author Diarmuid O’Murchu, as they discuss Divine Radiance in Human Evolution.

What if our true human story began with original blessing rather than original sin? What if our true nature is one that thrives in healthy relationships with one another and all of creation? Drawing on groundbreaking insights from paleontology and paleoanthropology, Diarmuid...
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Join Robert Ellsberg , publisher of Orbis Books, in this One on One interview with author Kelly Brown Douglas as they discuss publication of the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of her groundbreaking book, Sexuality and the Black Church.

“If a diagnosis is indispensable for a cure then the Black church and the Black community, as well as the church in general and White society, should take seriously this searingly honest yet sympath...
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Join Robert Ellsberg in this One on One interview with author, Kathleen Deignan, as they discuss "Thomas Berry: A Book of Hours".
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In her latest book with Orbis, Kathleen Deignan offers readers a unique encounter with the spirituality of Thomas Berry, a Passionist priest, ecological prophet, and self-described “geologian.” Berry recounted the “universe story,” describing our place in the earth community, ...
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Join Robert Ellsberg in this One on One interview with author, Wes Howard-Brook, as they discuss "Come Out My People!" and "Empire Baptized".

Wes Howard-Brook has taught at Seattle University. He is the author of several Orbis books, including "Come Out, My People," Unveiling Empire, The Church Before Christianity, Becoming Children of God, and co-editor of The New Testament: Introducing the Way of Discipleship

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Join Robert Ellsberg in this One on One interview with author, Amy Frykholm, as they discuss "Journey to the Wild Heart: Four Invitations to Contemplative Living".
 
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Award-winning American writer, podcaster, and journalist Amy Frykholm discusses her latest book, an all-in-one guide for contemplative living which offers a rich array of spiritual practices, applications and insights, ...
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Join Robert Ellsberg in this One on One interview with author, Stephanie C. Edwards, as they discuss "Enfleshed Counter - Memory: A Christian Social Ethic of Trauma". 
 
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In a world saturated with trauma, where do we turn for healing and hope? Neither downplaying trauma’s devastation nor rushing toward easy redemption, Stephanie Edwards crafts a Christian ethic of “enfleshed counter...
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Join Robert Ellsberg in this One on One interview with author, Daniel Horan, as they discuss "A White Catholic's Guide to Racism and Priviledge".
 
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This book is conceived as a resource for Catholics—white Catholics, in particular—to begin the work of relearning what racism in the US context is all about. This includes addressing hard realities that white people have typically been ...
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Join Robert Ellsberg in this One on One interview with author, Juan M. Floyd-Thomas, as they discuss "Critical Race Theology: White Supremacy, American Christianity, and the Culture Wars". 
 
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In this episode, they discuss the timely and challenging framework of "critical race theology" which draws on insights from critical race theory, Black liberation theology, and prophetic Christian...
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Join us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Melanie Jones Quarles, as they discuss "Up Against A Crooked Gospel: Black Women's Bodies and the Politics of Redemption". 
 
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Drawing upon her grandmother's personal struggles with physical "bendedness" and the narrative of the bent woman in Luke 13:10-17, Melanie Jones Quarles engages Black religious thought and cu...
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Join us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, James T. Keane, as they discuss "Reading Culture Through Catholic Eyes: 50 Writers, Thinkers, and Firebrands Who Challenge and Change Us". 
 
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America columnist and Catholic cultural and literary critic, James T. Keane, brings together fifty varied voices--including some underappreciated ones--and reflects on the...
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Join Robert Ellsberg in the latest One On One episode, as he discusses "Dorothy Day: Spiritual Writings".  
Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, worked with Dorothy Day for the last five years of her life, including two years as managing editor of The Catholic Worker. He has edited five previous volumes of her writings, including Selected Writings (Christopher Award Winner), her diaries (The Duty of Delight), and her selected ...
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Join us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Robert Wicks, as they discuss "Let's Look Together: Henri Nouwen as Spiritual Mentor".

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Robert J. Wicks received his doctorate in psychology (PsyD) from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital. Dr. Wicks is professor emeritus at Loyola University...
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Join us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and authors, Brian Swimme & Monica DeRaspe-Bolls, as they discuss "The Story of the Noosphere".

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Brian Thomas Swimme is Director of the Third Story of the Universe at Human Energy, a public benefit non-profit that focuses on scientific and interdisciplinary rese...
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Join us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Libby Osgood, as they discuss "Green Saints for a Green Generation".

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In Laudato Si’ Pope Francis established care for creation as one of the central themes of Catholic social teaching. Yet that ecological consciousness has yet to take root en masse among the Catholic faithful. In Green Saints for a Green Generati...
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