Interviews to which Beate invites guests to talk about their work and their passion for issues on community programmes, Social Justice, Interfaith Relations, Bible studies, or the Catholic Church.
During the month of October 2025 Muffin Talk presents a special series on interviews about Nostra Aetate. This Vatican II document was promulgated on 28 October 1965. Muffin Talk with…
Assisted dying or killing? Are the boundaries failing us?Misunderstandings of the current legal situation around Euthanasia often give the illusion that any decision about life is personal. Richard Harward shares…
Social Cohesion – a vision that is often described as feeling a sense of belonging, inclusion, participation, recognition and legitimacy for all people.Dr Melissa Derby, the current New Zealand Race…
"Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances." (St Vincent de Paul) The volunteers of the Society…
Dr Joe Grayland, a New Zealand priest, introduces his book Horizons which is a series of essays on current issues in the Church that gather around synodality and its future,…
Prof Thomas O'Loughlin has been a frequent guest on Muffin Talk. Here are a few snippets from longer interviews recorded with him over the years. He is originally from Dublin,…
Kieran Fenn fms was a supporter of Titipounamu Study & Joy from its foundation in 2020 until his death in May 2024. With the video-clips below, we acknowledge his contribution…
Patrick Carolan is a Catholic activist in the United States whose values are based on the work of St Francis and St Clare of Assisi. He promotes connectedness versus indifference.…
What are the Gospels - and what is a Gospel and who are the Gospelers? Prof em. Thomas O'Loughlin explains these terms on Muffin Talk: https://youtu.be/DXyZOjzpGOg
In this Muffin Talk, Dr Joe Grayland introduces a new weekly online magazine for Catholics: Flashes of Insight. https://youtu.be/Kubr3yLmgcE