{"podcast":{"title":"The Thomistic Institute","slug":"the-thomistic-institute-521456","podcast_index_feed_id":521456,"rss_url":"https://feeds.cohostpodcasting.com/8dluqp75","website_url":"https://podcast.thomisticinstitute.org","image_url":"https://files.cohostpodcasting.com/quill-file-prod/1ec23f95-40fe-429d-a0f3-244bca6fbb8f/shows/fedb9eb7-b992-446b-be01-01cd62afd823/cover-art/original_d16b8d4e377588e2605b7455efd8717f.png","author":"The Thomistic Institute","episode_count":1969,"summary":"The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone. The Thomistic Institute Podcast features the lectures and talks from our conferences, campus chapters events, intellectual retreats, livestream events, and much more. Founded in 2009, the Thomistic Institute is part of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T22:19:20.045779+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456"},"episode":{"title":"Mercy and Justice in Political Life: Augustine, Seneca, and Nussbaum – Prof. Sarah Byers","slug":"mercy-and-justice-in-political-life-augustine-seneca-and-nussbaum-prof-sarah-byers","published_at":"2026-06-10T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/mercy-and-justice-in-political-life-augustine-seneca-and-nussbaum-prof-sarah-byers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456","url":"https://podcast.thomisticinstitute.org","audio_url":"https://audio-delivery.cohostpodcasting.com/audio/1ec23f95-40fe-429d-a0f3-244bca6fbb8f/episodes/dcb1e63f-492a-4d8c-86d5-ff57185eb148/episode.mp3","summary":"This lecture was given on January 23rd, 2026, at University of Toronto. To make a gift this June, visit  https://truth.thomisticinstitute.org/pod . About the Speaker: Sarah Byers is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. Her interests include St. Augustine, Hellenistic philosophy, and the history of ancient and medieval ethics and metaphysics. She is responsible for many publications, including Perception, Sensibility, and Moral Motivation in Augustine: A Stoic-Platonic Synthesis, a book that argues that Augustine assimilated the Stoic theory of perception into his philosophy. Keywords: Augustine, Compassion, Justice, Mercy, Martha Nussbaum, Neoplatonism, Political Life, Seneca, Stoicism, Virtue Ethics","meta_description":"This lecture was given on January 23rd, 2026, at University of Toronto. To make a gift this June, visit https://truth.thomisticinstitute.org/pod . A…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3983,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-thomistic-institute-521456/episodes/mercy-and-justice-in-political-life-augustine-seneca-and-nussbaum-prof-sarah-byers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/mercy-and-justice-in-political-life-augustine-seneca-and-nussbaum-prof-sarah-byers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}