The BeatiDudes

After getting the 2:45 a.m. message that Pope Francis had died, Omar was on a plane to Rome within hours. What followed was more than 20 straight days of live coverage with EWTN Español, long days beside St. Peter’s, pilgrims from around the world, and the slow build toward the moment everyone was waiting for. Then the white smoke came. Omar was sitting there alone, his co-host had gone for coffee...

Omar Aguilar joins the BeatiDudes this week, and he opens by admitting he used to be an atheist. Omar now hosts Perspectiva Católica for EWTN and leads Hispanic faith formation for the Knights of Columbus, but he tells Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein exactly how he got there. It runs through a Eucharistic adoration night he almost walked out of, a night he came home high at sunrise...

Before Tim Casey was helping build a 60-acre school on a former horse farm west of Boston, he was a 28-year-old sitting on a struggling school board. Four years later, the school folded. He was 32, had three kids, owned a house, and had a lien placed on his residence for obligations the school couldn't meet. He carried it for three years. And then - because apparently he didn't learn his lesson -...

Tim Casey is a lawyer and CPA who spent his whole career in corporate America, and now he's the CFO of Holy Cross Family Ministries, an organization built by a priest who might be one of the best kept secrets in American Catholicism. Tim joins Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein to talk about Father Patrick Peyton, the Holy Cross priest who set out to say the rosary with 10 million peo...

Nick Stumphauzer rejoins the BeatiDudes, and the conversation lands on something most guys get wrong about marriage: treating it like a problem to be solved. Nick and the crew dig into why "solvable" is the wrong frame entirely. There's no checklist that ends conflict for good, and there's no finish line until you're delivering each other to heaven. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein...

Nick Stumphauzer joins the BeatiDudes with a pitch nobody believed could work: a phone-blocking app so locked down that even the user can't hack their way out of it. Nick never went to college. He trained as a filmmaker, made seven documentaries, and along the way got free from a pornography addiction despite being an atheist at the time. A few years later he had one question that changed everythi...

Joey Kramer lost $125,000 in his first year in business. Went bankrupt. Moved his family into his parents' rental house. And named his clinic Hope. Joey runs a chiropractic clinic built around a single principle, a Matthew Kelly book, and a lease buyout that showed up the exact day he needed it. He sits back down with Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein to tell the origin story of Hope...

Joey Kramer knew he needed to change his life the morning his construction boss walked in with Whataburger in one hand, a Route 44 Sonic in the other, bragging about the fifth of Jack he drank the night before. That was the pivot. From construction to chiropractic school, with no money, a wife who kept the family afloat, and a sheet of paper with three career options on it that he and Katie worked...

Randy Hain says he had a 50-foot wall around his heart. No faith, no cracks, no way in. Then his son Alex was diagnosed with autism at 26 months old. And for the first time in his life, something got through. Randy joins Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein to tell the full story - the years of feeling empty despite having everything, the wife who walked into a room full of moving boxes...

Randy Hain has mentored hundreds of leaders. He's been doing it for over a decade. And he'll tell you straight up - most mentorship is broken. Not because people don't care. Because mentors talk too much, listen too little, and turn every conversation into a lecture. Randy knows because he's been on both sides of it. He's an executive coach, 13-time author, former VP of People at Waffle House (yes...

Seamus Harvey is back with the BeatiDudes for the Friday bonus episode, and this one hits differently. The round-robin questions start fun (would you fix all your mistakes or take a million bucks right now?) and quickly go somewhere real. The guys talk about some of their greatest mistakes in life. A security vest stolen in college. A night that ended in handcuffs. A close call with firecrackers i...

70 million views. Playing 6 different characters. On a fake Zoom call. About nothing. Seamus Harvey is the guy behind Verso Jobs' viral content universe -- Corey the VP of Cross-Functional Synergies, Spencer the VP of Workforce Complacency, Igas the gaslighter, Charles Worthington in the turtleneck. He plays all of them at once in a TikTok filter, improvising corporate jargon so meaningless it som...

Peter Cooney came back for the Friday episode. And it got personal fast. His youngest brother Christopher has Down syndrome. His oldest sister is a Dominican sister. And somewhere in between, Peter and his brother Thomas found time to build one of the most talked-about Catholic tech startups of the year. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein go deeper with Peter on the stuff that doesn't...

A team of moral philosophers is deciding what your kids believe about gender, identity, and right and wrong. You didn't vote on it. Your kids didn't either. They're just online, asking questions, and getting answers shaped by people in Silicon Valley who don't share your values. Peter Cooney noticed. And then he did something about it. He's a college junior. He and his brother started building Acu...

Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers – known around the world as the “Dynamic Deacon” – is one of the most sought-after speakers in the Church today. He is a powerful and passionate evangelist and preacher whose no-nonsense approach to living and proclaiming the Catholic faith will challenge and inspire those who hear him. Deacon’s newest book, Building a Civilization of Love – A Catholic Response to Racism...

Fr. Zach Burns joins The BeatiDudes for a hilarious and deeply moving conversation that starts with red beards, Franciscan height rankings, and the possibility that Fr. Zach may be the tallest friar in the world. Fr. Zach shares about growing up in a faithful Catholic family where Mass was non-negotiable, even if deep catechesis and prayer were not fully part of the family rhythm. With Paul Kolker...

Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow is back with the BeatiDudes to share the story behind Lettie, a new documentary from Mary’s Meals that follows one young woman whose life was transformed through the simple gift of a daily meal at school. Magnus reflects on the danger of letting a mission as large as Mary’s Meals become only about numbers, targets, and scale, when the heart of the work is always the life o...

Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow joins The BeatiDudes to share the extraordinary story of Mary’s Meals. This global movement began with two brothers, a pint of beer, and a desire to help those suffering during the war in Bosnia. What started as a single aid delivery from Scotland eventually grew into an international mission that feeds more than 3 million children every school day in 16 countries. Magnus...

Silas Mahner returns to the Tiny Table with the BeatiDudes for a lively Friday conversation full of big laughs, surprisingly deep questions, and a few strong breakfast-food opinions. Silas joins Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein as they trade updates on what they are excited about right now, from family milestones and comedy work with the Texas Rangers to Jeff’s upcoming trip to the...

Silas Mahner joins the BeatiDudes for a conversation about Catholic entrepreneurship, vocation, risk, surrender, and what it means to build as a co-creator with God. Silas is the founder of Earth Search, a recruitment consultancy serving clean technology companies, and the creator of Catholic Founders, a podcast and Substack exploring how faith shapes the work of founders and builders. Alongside P...

Joe Masek is back with the BeatiDudes for a powerful and deeply personal conversation about suffering, fatherhood, faith, and the mystery of learning to accept what cannot be controlled. Joe shares the story of his son Isaiah’s brain tumor diagnosis, the surgeries, hospital stays, radiation, chemotherapy, and the emotional aftermath of walking through a traumatic season as a husband and father. Wh...

Joe Masek joins the BeatiDudes for a raw, funny, and surprisingly practical conversation about one of the most common and least honestly discussed struggles in men’s lives. Joe shares the story behind The Freedom Group, the ministry he launched after years of personal battle and a breakthrough that came when he began applying neuroscience, habit formation, and real accompaniment to the problem of...

Luca Zocche is back with the BeatiDudes for a more personal and vulnerable conversation about suffering, bullying, identity, and the quiet way God can work through prayer and unexpected intervention. Joined by Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein, Luca shares the painful story of struggling in school, enduring years of bullying, and reaching a point where his future felt uncertain. Then...

Luca Zocche is with the BeatiDudes for a funny, fast-moving, and surprisingly rich conversation about faith, entrepreneurship, failure, and purpose. Alongside Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein, Luca shares how his New York-based Catholic entrepreneurship series, Fides Entrepreneurship, grew from small gatherings in his apartment into sold-out events that bring together young professi...

Dr. Gregory Popcak is back with the BeatiDudes for a conversation that is equal parts heartfelt, surprising, and hilarious. As he shares stories from nearly 37 years of marriage, raising a faithful family, and building a life of ministry alongside his wife, Dr. Popcak opens up about family prayer, discernment, adoption, and the beauty of pursuing God’s plan together. Along the way, Paul Kolker, Ni...