Catching Foxes

Saturday: Last full day of school, if Luke can get his paper done today. Tension in a program like this that is executive, and nature of time crunch, you are constantly forced to prioritize how much time and attention to give each individual task. Tension in Luke’s cohort: Luke loves intensity of the schedule- Meeting after meeting, decision after decision, restraint after restraint- but the other...

Main Topic : discussion around Dr. Tracey Rowland's "What did Dostoyevsky mean when he said ‘Beauty will save the world’?" Opening Banter : Luke's test on non-profit boards led Gomer to ask about a FICTIONAL Catholic non-profit.

Luke's "one that got away" who dumped him because he failed college. Gomer misses his podcast wife. Take Gomer to the Woodshed Gomer's sad moment in Father's Day was a homily that went nowhere for 40 minutes, but everything else was fantastic. Luke has an "A" right now for grad school, worth 5 points, but it still counts! Then Luke goes on and on about how much he loves his cohort and the school a...

"Ask Michael's Wife Anything" And our Patreon superheroes did ask her anything. We got 25 questions in about 15 minutes at 9:00 PM on Thursday night. Join our Patreon page and get access to early releases, bonus content, and our new and very lively Discord Server of Doom. * We talk: * NASCAR- why she likes it, how she got into it, and why it's important to her; Homeschooling and our Classical appr...

Luke's at Notre Dame! (And he forgot his microphone!) FOLLOW-UP First : Six Types of Working Genius in Gomer's home and with a co-worker. Second : Season 2 non-spoiler review of "For All Mankind". Question: How do you handle screen time with your kids? Question: How do you have a sucessful long-distance relationship? Question: If I were the pastor, these are the Top Three Things I would do Luke's...

The Working Genius Podcast by Patrick Lencioni. IDEATION Wonder Invention ACTIVATION Discernment Galvanizing IMPLEMENTATION Enablement Tenacity Notes -Luke killed a mouse, Gomer’s wife killed a scorpion, while Gomer was naked -Take Gomer to the Woodshed: Nonviolence and the violence in protests follow-up Gomer D.I.S.C. profile for staff, majority of which were “Stability” but the YM were “Innovati...

We start talking about Sacred Architecture and crappy churches, which moves the conversation to Sacred Artwork and how we advance them without getting lost in the lameness of the fad or the trendy. Then halfway we hit on the topic of arguing with your spouse. We end with a "Keeping up with the Kardashians" moment of "Take Luke out to the Woodshed".

Luke and Gomer talk about goodness and why people always want to be right in the Church, even when we damn our adversaries needlessly.

Banter: Dr. Dre seems to have suffered from insecurity due to the lack of success around the Aftermath album. Main Topic: Luke's prayer life sucks. Gomer gives amazing advice. Life Lesson: Do NOT, under any circumstances, forget about Dre.

Gomer and Luke start out with some banter, then follow-up. The topic for today is contrasting "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" with "For All Mankind" in the areas where they treat social issues. Gomer bashes the crap out of Marvel for their inability in this show to not be on the nose and praises the writers and actors of "For All Mankind" so creating such compelling characters that you actuall...

We each brought a topic, but I sidetracked the Hell out of us both. Topic One: Gomer's critique of the bloody Marxist critique of corporations stealing our future, and Luke's reasoned response involving Catholic Creatives and art stuff. Topic Two : GOMER CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT ATONEMENT THEOLOGY, but today's twist is how Gomer discovered via YouTube how much the Orthodox hate Catholics and how t...

Special thank you to all of the Patrons and fans of the show that have prayed for the Gormley family! * Topic One (about 20 minutes): * We are healing and still hurting a lot, too. I have read every email, comment, and text from you all and even read them to my wife before her D&C surgery. Topic Two (about 40 minutes): Gomer has been doing a lot of reading and research into Atonement theology,...

Luke and I banter for 20 minutes about grad school, Gomer redoing his office, etc. Then we introduce the subject and Gomer cries a lot. The name of the wood is called "Purpleheart" and it is a South American hardwood that is super dense. The wood will turn brown over time after it is milled, so the use of sealants is a must to keep that intensely beautiful purple shade from fading. Also, its densi...

Have you ever had a debate with a famous person about Jesus entirely in your head? This is Gomer's failed tale of reaching Joe Rogan. Living in a 2 Suns galactic neighborhood Biological evolution through the common ancestor Mimetic Knowledge, Language, and Culture "In the Beginning was the Word" The lack of culture in apes after 7 million years The Hero Myth (knower, the known, the unknown, curios...

We love SEEK, so we made a very Catching Foxes podcast for the virtual SEEK21 conference this year and it was ...not allowed. Well, it's Good Friday and I don't want to record a new episode, so here it is, with a FRESH new introduction! Happy Birthday, Lee!

Don't let the Wedding Industry ruin your Marriage. We discuss the extremes of idiots who miss the glorious communal celebration that is Holy Matrimony. Then we talk about rap-as-scapegoat in our culture. Finally, Moira asks about whether sexual incompatibility is a secular thing or a Catholic thing, too.

Gomer's New Bi-Weekly Obession: Home Gyms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1CA2dFKnYc The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations by James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner Five Leadership Principles ### Model the Way Inspire a Shared Vision Challenge the Process Enable Others to Act Encourage the Heart (Live, Laugh, Love)

WORK CULTURE. Lukey got a new job. I asked, "How'd ya know it's time to move on?" This is a show about figuring out your place, your role, your job, your career, and your culture. It's about when you know to say "YES" to a new opportunity and when to say "NO", too. Culture, especially in Church Work, can be never tricksy!

Three Main Topics: Gomer talks with two youths who experience the lack of reciprocity between faith and the sacraments, Luke explores the Marxist critique of music culture as future-canceling, and Gomer buys a gun, which sets off Luke's red flags. Paragraph 5. Secondly, scientific and technological knowledge, which is so prestigious today, tends to impose itself as a single model in all fields of...

Luke recounts his last two weeks of COVID exhaustion. Gomer smiles and nods, until in the empty youth room at 10:30 at night a woman whispers into Gomer's ear, "Hmmm hello". Then, Patron's topics for five minutes. Good questions! Question 1: What should dating intimacy look like? Question 2: What should/shouldn't we do with a new puppy? Question 3: Who would you want to convert to Catholicism and...

Luke has COVID and is exhausted, so pray for his recovery and that of his wife, too! I interview Matt Fradd, friend of the show and host of Pints with Aquinas. I ask him questions from our Patrons and we talk about his big move up to Steubenville. Special Guest: Matt Fradd.

ADHD creates a funny side-effect of distraction that can lead to hilarious places and regrettable obsessions. Gomer and Luke share theirs. Then Luke brings up the main topic of our latest critical review and the absence of civility today.

Gomer intervened again, but this time it seems to have been very costly. There is chaos where there used to be safety. After the 30-minute story time, we go into our interview with Fr. Dave Pivonka and Prof. Bob Rice of the Franciscan University of Steubenville!

Luke asked for topics. Maybe five or so. We got about 57! So we run through a bunch of good, deep, light, and hilarious questions in this episode. But first! Luke talks** GameStonk!! **

Ssssymbolism conversation continues! And it's Luke's fault, not Gomer's! Luke brings up the meaning behind a King's crown and how society knew where it stood in relation to it. This expands to a whole fascinating look at modern clothing and how hyper-abundance shifts our priorities in how we look, actually making the wearing of formal attire less important. We discuss how symbols in society end up...