Crossroads from Washington National Cathedral

Episode 17 - A Veterans Day Conversation with Canon John Dalton, former SECNAV

Join us for an inspiring and insightful conversation with the Honorable John H. Dalton, former U.S. Secretary of the Navy and Cathedral Canon; Raleigh Smith Duttweiler, Chief Impact Officer of the National Military Family Association; and Rev. Jo Nygard Owens, Pastor for Digital Ministry. Our guests reflect on how we can support the unique challenges of military life, military families, and our veterans, sharing their fascinating personal and professional trajectories in support of this essential mission.

 

Download transcript: https://cathedral.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ep-17-Transcript.pdf

 

Additional Resources:

• https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/At-the-Helm/John-H-Dalton/9781637585153

Episode 16 - America’s Milestone Birthday: A Conversation with Commissioner Rosie Rios

The Cathedral is proud to be a founding partner of America250, a nonpartisan initiative working to engage every American in commemorating the 250th anniversary of our country, now through July 4, 2026. Rev. Jo Nygard Owens sits down with Rosie Rios, Chair of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission and former Treasurer of the United States, as she reflects on her inspiring trajectory, our nation’s past, honoring the contributions of all Americans, and looking ahead toward the future we want to create for the next generation.

Learn More:

https://america250.org/

 

Episode 15 - AI and Ethics: Video Games Transforming Medical Education

Our growing series exploring today’s disruptive technologies through the lens of ethics and faith continues! In this episode, Rev. Jo Owens, Pastor for Digital Ministry, and Dr. Sonia Coman, Director of Digital Engagement, sit down with innovator Sam Glassenberg, Founder & CEO of Level Ex, to discuss the transformative potential of video games and AI for medical training and life-saving advances in the medical field.

Additional Resources:

• https://www.levelex.com/
• https://glassenberg.com/
• https://cathedral.org/discover/3d-virtual-tour/

Episode 14 - A Conversation with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry

Please join us for a special episode as the Rev. Jo Nygard Owens, Pastor for Digital Ministry, interviews the Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. Bishop Curry will reflect on his tenure in this period of transition and his teachings on spreading the good news and embracing love.

Additional Resources:

• A Case For Love
• Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times
• The Power of Love Royal Wedding Sermon

Episode 13 - A Better Way to Coping with Anxiety and Finding Common Ground

Join the Rev. Canon Jan Cope, Provost, the Rev. Jo Nygard Owens, Pastor for Digital Ministry, and the Rev. Spencer Brown, Priest Associate, for an open conversation on anxiety, disappointment, and finding common ground. In these challenging times, our clergy explore how each of us can live faithfully together.

Additional Resources:

• https://cathedral.org/blog/an-invitation-to-a-better-way/
• https://cathedral.org/blog/a-better-way-to-find-common-ground/

Episode 12 - Meet Our Stonemasons

Rev. Owens sits downs with our stone masons and carvers Joe Alonso, Brianna Castelli, and Sean Callahan to explore this fascinating profession and the Cathedral's unique carving style.

 

Additional Resources:

• https://cathedral.org/blog/celebrating-joe-alonso-cathedral-rock-star/
• https://www.instagram.com/cathedralstonemason/

Episode 11 - Washington National Cathedral and First Lady Edith Wilson

Tune in for a conversation with award-winning educator, author, and speaker Rebecca Roberts and Our Chief Public Affairs Officer, Kevin Eckstrom, on the complex legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson and her and President Wilson’s ties to the Cathedral.

 

Additional Resources:

• https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/696995/untold-power-by-rebecca-boggs-roberts/
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-edith-wilson-kept-herselfand-her-husbandin-the-white-house-180981712/
• https://mydigimag.rrd.com/publication/?m=46623&i=824264&p=14&ver=html5

Episode 10 - A Special Conversation with World-Renowned Conductor Marin Alsop

Tune in as our Dean, the Very Rev. Randy Hollerith, interviews one of the leading conductors of our time, Marin Alsop, on her first performance at the Cathedral, exploring the power of music and the timely message of Beethoven’s iconic 9th Symphony.

Learn More:

• https://www.carnegiehall.org/Explore/Articles/2020/12/08/An-Interview-with-Tracy-K-Smith
• Cathedral.org/abetterway

Episode 9 - 50 Years of Women’s Ordination

In this episode, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of women’s ordination in the Episcopal Church. Joining The Rev. Jo Nygard Owens is The Rev. Rose Logan Duncan, Canon for Worship and The Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas, Canon Theologian and Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. They reflect on the challenges that women have faced in ministry and explore the intersectionality of gender, race, and sexual orientation in the struggle for equal standing in the priesthood.

Episode 8 - Seeking True Faith to Re-Found Democracy

Tune in for our latest episode featuring highlights from an in-person conversation with Jim Wallis, founding Director of the Georgetown University Center on Faith and Justice, and our Dean, the Very Rev. Randy Hollerith, on Wallis’s bestselling book, The False White Gospel.