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The Wise and the Wherefores

by The Tablet
Religion & Spirituality

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  • Finding an understanding of what Jesus is doing ‘in our midst’

    October 20, 2026 · 54 min

    In this episode of ‘The Wise and the Wherefores’, Ruth Gledhill, assistant editor of The Tablet and Sister Liz Dodd CSJP talk to James Alison and his editor John Edwards about James’ new book, Beguiling Belonging, published by Paulist…

  • Nun girl summer – what did it mean, what was it like?

    September 8, 2026 · 52 min

    Ruth and Liz in this episode speak to Gemma Simmonds CJ about nun girl summer. They also discuss the tragedy in Nepal, and the Catholicism of Andy Burnham. Sister Liz Dodd was talking in the days running up to taking her final vows as a…

  • Authors Liz Dodd and Rhidian Brook talk Lent with Ruth Gledhill

    March 12, 2026 · 46 min

    Sister Liz Dodd CSJP and writer Rhidian Brook both have Lent books out. Easter in Disguise by Liz and Notes on an Execution by Rhidian have both been picked up by parishes around the country to study and think about at Lent group…

  • New Archbishop of Westminster Richard Moth talks to The Tablet

    February 12, 2026 · 23 min

    In this bonus episode of The Wise and the Wherefores, Ruth Gledhill and The Tablet’s Plater Trust intern Aili Winstanley Channer went to Archbishop’s House, Westminster to interview Archbishop Richard Moth ahead of his installation as…

  • Ruth and Liz discuss Liz’s new Lent book – and the future of liberalism

    February 10, 2026 · 49 min

    This is our first podcast of 2026 and we start by discussing Sister Liz’s Lent book, Easter in Disguise, published by Bloomsbury. There will be more on this in our next podcast as well, but basically, Liz believes there is more, lots more…

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About the show

The Wise and the Wherefores is a podcast from The Tablet, the international Catholic weekly and is hosted by Ruth Gledhill, assistant editor of The Tablet, who in the latest series is talking with Liz Dodd.