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Radio Free Acton: Philip Booth on what’s missing from Laudato Si’; Upstream with jazz legend Norma Winstone
Radio Free Acton: Philip Booth on what’s missing from Laudato Si’; Upstream with jazz legend Norma Winstone
Oct 28, 2025 12:31 PM

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Rev. Ben Johnson, Senior Editor at Acton, speaks with Philip Booth, Professor at St. Mary’s University in the UK about what’s missing from the 2015 Papal Encyclical: Laudato Si’. Then, on the Upstream segment, Bruce Edward Walker talks to British jazz legend Norma Winstone about her contribution to Jazz and her newly released album: ‘Descansado – Songs For Films.’

Check out these additional resources on this week’s podcast topics:

Read “Property rights and conservation: The missing theme of Laudato Si'” by Philip Booth

Read the full winter 2018 issue of Religion & Liberty

Register here for Acton’s next lecture series event on Communism in Cuba

Visit the official site of Norma Winstone

Do you have questions for the Radio Free Acton team that you would like answered in future podcast segments? Leave a message at 888-705-4180 or email [email protected].

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