Catching Foxes

She's here! Everleigh Carey is big, beautiful, and a female version of Luke. Oh, but it was a tumultuous birthing experience filled with yogurt, Luke laying down a lot, an emergency C-section, and all the things that make parents anxious. Then Gomer shares about the tragic death of a family member (pray for him) and the need to just be with one another.

List of topics: Hitler was eviler than you think Tommy is in Seminary! Rap: Are we East Coast or West Coast 3 Things Gomer needed when living in So Cal Back to Rap and VH1 WuTang Clan to Jazz and Classical Music Gomer's Review of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Luke's Baby Girl is on her way! Parents' inability/powerlessness at "fixing" your kiddo A brief dip into Luke's 20's... again GO...

We talk about random things popping into our news feeds, then Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the last season of Mad Men and why it matters, and how Godfather delivers a complicated moral message without being beige moralism. And all of the above as it relates to the death of meaning and the death of the West.

We start with goofiness. Then go into Gomer's sheer exhaustion with sorting out the facts and the blasts. Thanks to BetterHelp.com for sponsoring this show!

Cussing happens. This is a whole show dedicated to nothing. You may laugh.

This show on the racism and riots in our country was recorded last Monday. This is not a news show. This doesn't cover autopsy reports or the President's appearance at various churches/shrines. It walks through bits of history (Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, Reconstruction, Whites Only drinking fountains, etc.) and commentary on today's violence. Start with the JP2 quote from Christifidelis Laici in...

First, we break down our latest, most convicting 3-star review ("They'd probably agree"). Second, Luke asks, "What am I supposed to do with my anger?" Our answers involve St Francis de Sales, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Rage Against the Machine.

Quick catchup on Harry Potter reading, then a dive into Marriage Prep, Grace & Nature, a really small bit on Star Wars numbness, followed by Luke examining the non-profit world of giving and how that will and will not affect a lot of churches.

I have never read Harry Potter. These two have and love it. So we talk.

In this episode, we discuss the fakeness of acting and why the Church Fathers hated it and how that applies to our lives. Then we take fun and thoughtful listener questions from our Facebook Live video and answer them relatively briefly, for a change.

From Quarantine self-hatred to Captain Marvel critiques, to the main topic: confront the evil within us and own it or create endless scapegoats.

You know it's bad when Gomer is listening to Staind. Also, we talk about the falsehood of the American Work Ethic and the dangers of Remote Work without formal processes.

This is largely an At-The-Movies episode. We have chapters, so enjoy skipping around to what suits you. We also have a bonus interview at the end of the show. Finally, we have two sponsors: PolicyGenius.com and CatholicSocial. Media!

Luke is not done with Catholicism. Luke is done with online talking about Catholicism.

What do you hope to have done when the quarantine is lifted? Then our Adult Attention Deficit Disorder kicks in and we tell 20,000 stories literally one right after the other. This one is for the true story-tellers out there. You know who I am talking about: those brave souls who are compelled to one-up each other, to interrupt and talk over each other, just to tell one slightly related story afte...

Our first ever Livestream right onto facebook.com/catchingfoxespodcast! This was recorded on Monday evening. We talk COVID-19 and... hmmm... YOUR QUESTIONS! Also, Gomer's entire rig - microphone, headphones, USB hub and $3,000 laptop, AND HIS WHITE CLAW CAME CRASHING DOWN! Thanks to our sponsor for conspiring with Luke about this "very special promo code".

* Links and Books * Aritcle on marriage we forgot to share last week https://www.crisismagazine.com/2020/why-faithful-catholics-get-divorced Wicked Rive: When the Mississippi Last Ran Wild by Lee Sandlin A riveting narrative look at one of the most colorful, dangerous, and peculiar places in America's historical landscape: the strange, wonderful, and mysterious Mississippi River of the 19th centur...

Luke listens to a podcast that's not Pints with Aquinas and has an idea: let's take the theological concept of Sloth/Acedia, aka, "the noonday devil", and combine it with the complete lack of training or purpose many institutions give employees. Gomer applies it to marriages, with less than successful results. Then Luke mocks Gomer's pain when he collapsed on our friends' mom's front yard sobbing.

Luke fails at Exodus 90, but pretends he doesn't. Luke solves chastity for young adults. Gomer misunderstands Luke's argument for 60 minutes, then gets it and agrees with Luke WITH NUANCE. Then, we discuss carnivore and everyone's favorite Gen Xer's lava butt. Thanks to CatholicSocial. Media for sponsoring this show!

We talk about everything: Gomer has gone carnivore, Luke hates Presentism and sorta likes Rockefeller, Gomer cries about his lovely daughter, then we have everyone's favorite: LUKE MOVES BACK TO HIS HOME TOWN segment.

Patrick and Ethan join us and Luke makes it shine like the stars in the Heavens. Gomer largely watches.

Bishop Barron floated an idea out there: social media is the getting ugly and supposed Catholic Theological Experts are causing a lot the problem, so maybe the hierarchy should do something. But then I'm sitting here asking, "Who will enforce it? The USCCB? Seriously?" Then we talk about how, outside of sporting events, there is no real public life, thus Virtual Reality is going to kill us all.

Special Announcement, Money, Patreon, and then TOPICS! Special Announcement, Money, Patreon, and then TOPICS! Luke loves pregnancy pillows. Gomer loves that Luke loves this. Also, the Novus Ordo Mass, girl altar servers, music, budgeting for couples, sexy time, AND MORE!

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