Personally Speaking ep. 157 (Benjamin Hall)

In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by actor Ted McGinley. Ted can currently be seen alongside Harrison Ford and Jason Segal in the Apple TV series “Shrinking”. This spring he’ll be starring in the faith based family drama “The Baxters” opposite Roma Downey on Amazon Prime. Ted talks about his life, his career, his family, and why making faith-based films is so important to him.

In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by Tom Kiley. Tom graduated from Chaminade High School on Long Island in 1962. He has co-written a book about his experience there called, “The Perfect Season: The Untold Story of Chaminade High School’s First Undefeated and Untied Varsity Football Team”. Tom talks about his life, his family, his Catholic faith and his experience at Chaminade High School.

In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by filmmaker Alejandro Monteverde. Alejandro is best known for his work as a director, writer and producer on the 2023 film, “The Sound of Freedom”. Alejandro and Angel Studios re-teamed for the new movie, “Cabrini” which will launch in theaters nationwide on March 8th. The movie tells the story of Francesca Cabrini, later to be Mother Frances Cabrini, then St. Frances Cabrini, the first U.S. citizen to be canonized.

In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by Matthew Brown. Matt is the director and co-writer of Sony Picture Classics “Freud’s Last Session”, which opened in theaters December, 2023 and stars actors Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode. The film imagines a meeting between avowed atheist Sigmund Freud, who invented psychoanalysis, and the Christian apologist writer C.S. Lewis, as they debate the existence of God.

In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by Christopher Bell. Christopher is the President and Executive Director of Good Counsel Homes, a ministry which helps homeless pregnant women in need.

In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by Fr. Stephen Gadberry. Fr. Gadberry is a young priest for the diocese of Little Rock in Arkansas who competed in the NBC show “American Ninja Warrior” in 2018 and 2020, wearing his clergy shirt and Roman collar. Fr. Gadberry speaks about his life, losing his father as a child, serving in the U.S. Air Force and his priestly vocation.

In this episode of Personally Speaking, Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined again by the Emmy Award winning actress Susan Lucci. Susan is best known for her role as Erica Kane on the ABC Daytime Drama “All My Children”, a role she played for 41 years. In 2022 Susan lost her beloved husband of 53 years, Helmut. Susan speaks about her heart health scare, her Catholic faith, her family and life after loss.

This week’s Personally Speaking we’re airing a previously aired episode. Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined again by television journalist and best-selling author Bill O’Reilly. Bill has written eighteen national number one best-selling non-fiction books, including the historical “Killing” series which is the best-selling nonfiction series of all time with over 19 million books in print. Bill’s latest book is called, “Killing the Witches The Horror of Salem Massachusetts” which revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history.  Bill speaks about why he wrote “Killing the Witches”, what really happened in Salem, Massachusetts, how fear can overcome fact and reason, and ties it into what’s going on in the world today.

In this episode of Personally Speaking Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by Paul Santoli. Paul is a young producer, writer, actor, and director from Massapequa, who was first on Personally Speaking in 2016. Recently Paul wrote, stars in and directed his first feature film, “Because of Mika” which is available on Amazon Prime. Paul talks about his life, family, his passion for performing and the faith and values that sustain him.

In this episode of Personally Speaking, Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by David Nekrutman. David has served the calling of Jewish-Christian relations for over twenty years and is the Executive Director “The Isaiah Projects”. The Isaiah Projects is a ministry dedicated to creating resources that empowers Christians to discover the Hebraic roots of their faith. David speaks about Jewish-Christian relations, Israel Gaza war, and the faith and values that sustain him.