TMA in the News

A Pastor and a Philosopher Walked into a Bar interviewed Laurie on “Deconstructing the Culture Wars,” published in September, 2025.

Stephen Paff interviewed Laurie for his podcast on the topic “Finding Connection in a Disconnected World” in August 2025.

The John Paul II Catholic Worker Farm in Kansas City, MO was featured in the article “New Life in the City,” in Catholic Rural Life, Vol. 67, No. 2, Spring 2025.

Laurie Johnson was recently interviewed by Jeffrey Church of the Political Theory Review podcast about her book, The Gap in God’s Country, in April 2025. https://podomatic.com/embed/html5/episode/10898395 and Andrew Camp’s The Biggest Table podcast.

Spencer Hess was recently featured in US Catholic in the article “A Catholic Worker Seeks Authentic Life on the Land,” Feb. 19, 2025.

Russell Arben Fox reviews Laurie’s The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars for the Front Porch Republic.

Laurie Johnson published an article on Plough Quarterly’s website in January 2025: “The Catholic Worker Pushes the Limits.”

Chris Orozco posted this review about The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars, by Laurie Johnson.

Laurie Johnson was interviewed by Clark Massey of the Simpleton Podcast in August 2024 about her upcoming book, The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View On Our Culture Wars.

The Maurin Academy and the JPII Catholic Worker Farm were recently featured in an article in The Nation, “The Anarchism of the Catholic Worker,” May 8, 2023.

A Twenty First Century Agronomic University, Front Porch Republic, May 26, 2023.

Spencer and Emily Hess were interviewed by Clark Massey of the Simpleton Podcast, June 1, 2023 on their Catholic Worker farm and the state of the movement. Then Massey interviewed Laurie, July 28, 2023, on the state of academia and our political moment.

Laurie Johnson was interviewed by the Un/Livable Cultures podcast, April 5, 2023, on dysfunctional academia and academic publishing.

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, MO, hosted a benefit concert for the JPII Catholic Worker Farm on May 30, 2023.