Crossroads from Washington National Cathedral – Details, episodes & analysis

The new Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Sean Rowe, and host Jo Nygard Owens discuss Bishop Rowe’s unique start and vision for the church in our digitally connected age.

Submit your question for our Ask Me Anything episode: https://cathedral.org/podcast

Download transcript: https://cathedral.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ep-27-Transcript.pdf

Additional Resources:

• Seating of Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe: https://www.youtube.com/live/XrKQ-cbT2uc?si=uWupZ0o3NOjh4j3U

From our stained glass and carvings to leadership in worship, women have been important in the life of the Cathedral from the beginning. The Cathedral’s Provost, Jan Cope, Director of Creative Engagement, Mimi McNamara, and host Jo Nygard Owens highlight the women who have forged a path at the Cathedral.

Submit your question for our Ask Me Anything episode: https://cathedral.org/podcast

Download transcript: https://cathedral.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ep-26-Transcript.pdf

Additional Resources:

• Crossroads episode discussing Smithsonian Folklife Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dch7FHOSlN8

Join us for an inspiring and insightful conversation with the Honorable John H. Dalton, former U.S. Secretary of the Navy and Cathedral Canon; Raleigh Smith Duttweiler, Chief Impact Officer of the National Military Family Association; and Rev. Jo Nygard Owens, Pastor for Digital Ministry. Our guests reflect on how we can support the unique challenges of military life, military families, and our veterans, sharing their fascinating personal and professional trajectories in support of this essential mission.

Download transcript: https://cathedral.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ep-17-Transcript.pdf

Additional Resources:

• https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/At-the-Helm/John-H-Dalton/9781637585153

Our growing series exploring today’s disruptive technologies through the lens of ethics and faith continues! In this episode, Rev. Jo Owens, Pastor for Digital Ministry, and Dr. Sonia Coman, Director of Digital Engagement, sit down with innovator Sam Glassenberg, Founder & CEO of Level Ex, to discuss the transformative potential of video games and AI for medical training and life-saving advances in the medical field.

Additional Resources:

• https://www.levelex.com/
• https://glassenberg.com/
• https://cathedral.org/discover/3d-virtual-tour/

Please join us for a special episode as the Rev. Jo Nygard Owens, Pastor for Digital Ministry, interviews the Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. Bishop Curry will reflect on his tenure in this period of transition and his teachings on spreading the good news and embracing love.

Additional Resources:

• A Case For Love
• Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times
• The Power of Love Royal Wedding Sermon

Join the Rev. Canon Jan Cope, Provost, the Rev. Jo Nygard Owens, Pastor for Digital Ministry, and the Rev. Spencer Brown, Priest Associate, for an open conversation on anxiety, disappointment, and finding common ground. In these challenging times, our clergy explore how each of us can live faithfully together.

Additional Resources:

• https://cathedral.org/blog/an-invitation-to-a-better-way/
• https://cathedral.org/blog/a-better-way-to-find-common-ground/

Rev. Owens sits downs with our stone masons and carvers Joe Alonso, Brianna Castelli, and Sean Callahan to explore this fascinating profession and the Cathedral's unique carving style.

Additional Resources:

• https://cathedral.org/blog/celebrating-joe-alonso-cathedral-rock-star/
• https://www.instagram.com/cathedralstonemason/

Tune in for a conversation with award-winning educator, author, and speaker Rebecca Roberts and Our Chief Public Affairs Officer, Kevin Eckstrom, on the complex legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson and her and President Wilson’s ties to the Cathedral.

Additional Resources:

• https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/696995/untold-power-by-rebecca-boggs-roberts/
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-edith-wilson-kept-herselfand-her-husbandin-the-white-house-180981712/
• https://mydigimag.rrd.com/publication/?m=46623&i=824264&p=14&ver=html5

Tune in as our Dean, the Very Rev. Randy Hollerith, interviews one of the leading conductors of our time, Marin Alsop, on her first performance at the Cathedral, exploring the power of music and the timely message of Beethoven’s iconic 9th Symphony.

Learn More:

• https://www.carnegiehall.org/Explore/Articles/2020/12/08/An-Interview-with-Tracy-K-Smith
• Cathedral.org/abetterway

In this episode, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of women’s ordination in the Episcopal Church. Joining The Rev. Jo Nygard Owens is The Rev. Rose Logan Duncan, Canon for Worship and The Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas, Canon Theologian and Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. They reflect on the challenges that women have faced in ministry and explore the intersectionality of gender, race, and sexual orientation in the struggle for equal standing in the priesthood.