Lived Experience for Everyone
Welcome to Lived Experience for Everyone, hosted by Joseph Rivera and Helena Connolly.
This podcast seeks to harness academic expertise in a conversational tone. Each month we release a new episode featuring guests from fields such as spirituality, philosophy, poetry, and cultural studies to share insights into their work and research — not in distant, technical language, but in ways we can all genuinely take in and live by. Too often, academic research feels aloof, impenetrable, and full of jargon. Yet at its best, it can reshape how we live. Here, we explore how deep ideas translate into everyday experience and our encounters with the world around us. We’re on the way to lived experience for everyone.
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Episodes
Friday Jan 09, 2026
Friday Jan 09, 2026
In this episode, we speak with Professor Felix Ó Murchadha, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Galway. Our conversation centres on his new book, The Fidelity of Reason: A Phenomenological Metaphysics of Self, Nature and Divinity (Springer, 2025).
Felix speaks about the questions that have shaped this book and the wider concerns that have animated his work over many years. The conversation moves at a reflective pace, inviting listeners into a way of thinking that is attentive to lived experience.
It is a privilege to spend time with Felix Ó Murchadha in this thoughtful conversation and we hope you enjoy listening.
Saturday Nov 29, 2025
Saturday Nov 29, 2025
This month, we are delighted to welcome Brian Robinette, Associate Professor of Theology at Boston College. In this episode, we speak with him about his 2024 book, The Difference Nothing Makes: Creation, Christ, Contemplation, in which he explores the significance of one of Christian theology's most enduring claims: creation from "nothing." He teaches and researches in the areas of philosophical and systematic theology, and is widely known for his thoughtful engagement with the contemplative dimensions of Christian life. We are honoured to have him with us.
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
This month's episode features Professor Catherine Keller, a leading voice in constructive theology at Drew University. Her rich and far-reaching work spans ecofeminist, process, pluralist, political and philosophical dimensions of theology. Author of numerous influential monographs, Professor Keller brings depth and creativity to contemporary discussions of faith, theology and the world we share.
Thursday Sep 18, 2025
Thursday Sep 18, 2025
We are delighted to launch our new series! In our first episode we speak with Dr Kevin Hart - poet, philosopher and theologian. In this opening conversation, Dr. Hart shares his wisdom and offers rich insights into his life and work, inviting us into the depth of his thought and imagination. It is an honour to begin this series with him, and we hope you enjoy this conversation