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Send a text Recording artist, Hobo Cane, aka, Javier Mendoza, shares his perspective on bridging cultural gaps, drawing from his experiences as a Hispanic American living at home and abroad.

Send a text Social media in everyday life: Frashier Baudry and Jadyn Christian share their thoughts on the advantages and pitfalls of social media for artists, evangelization and everyday life.

Send a text All of us were created to be gifts of love to one another. Living Real celebrates the gift of co-host John Angotti (it's his birthday) as well as St. Philip's new Associate Pastor, Fr. Nick Allen. Living Real also has a birthday. It is a year old! We're beginning our second year as a new season. Welcome to Episode 1 of Season 2!

Send a text Reflecting on the trailblazing legacy of Servant of God Sr. Thea Bowman, Dr. Ansel Augustine, faculty at the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana, shares what it means to be Black (specifically African American) and Catholic.

Send a text Julianne interviews the Living Real Dads and their kids, Maggie, Joseph & Trey, as they respectively venture into college, enlisting and senior year.

Send a text Live from a national youth ministry summit, Robert interviews top leaders about Pope Francis’s vision for youth and what is on the horizon.

Send a text Christian millennials in different states of life share how they balance the day to day immersed in family, friends, faith and social media. With John, Greg and Robert out and about, Julianne Staley and our intern, Helen Simpson, take over hosting the show with Helen's newly ordained brother, Fr. Mark Simpson, and Julianne's sister-in-law, Kari Ann Staley, as guests.

Send a text While at the National Pastoral Musicians Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, John Angotti has a chat with Pastoral Musicians Jim Wahl, Ed Bolduc, Jennifer Fiduccia (no relation to Robert) and Andrew Chin.

Send a text Fr. Peter Gautsch explains the beginnings of the Dominican order and how God is using his love for music and his call to the priesthood.

Send a text Living Real talks to Sarah Hart about songwriting, ageism, and God in all things along with the motivation behind her latest and 11th project, "And Lovely it Is."

Send a text Dottie Bullard‘s journey began as the daughter of loving Mississippi sharecroppers living in the heart of the rural Delta. Now she is living her family's legacy of care for those in need as the Chief Integrated Care & Communications Officer for Franklin’s Mercy Community Healthcare . Hear her inspiring story and learn about the mission of Mercy.

Send a text Laws Rushing, pastor of Historic Lindsley Avenue Church of Christ in Nashville, shares his journey from a rock band front man to shepherding a faith community where 20%-40% of its members are homeless.

Send a text Empty nest, downsizing, retirement. These all draw us to wonder, "Who am I now? What's next?" As we see fewer years ahead than behind, it can be easy to question our value or what we have left to contribute to our communities. How can we continue to give back and live with purpose in our later years? We discuss these questions with Barbara Lee, spiritual director and aut...

Send a text John and Robert broadcast from St Meinrad ArchAbby in St Meinrad Indiana where they were both ministering to the youth and adults at the One Bread One Cup conference (OBOC). The guests this week are Tammy Becht, director of OBOC and Zach Stackowski and Matt Reichart who are the co directors of One Call Conference. Both conferences are liturgical and spiritual formation programs that, w...

Send a text With high school and college graduations, how do we cope with the future? As parents and mentors, how do we let go? Our guests, Rick Modlin, Manager of Music Development at OCP, and Tom Booth, legendary contemporary Catholic composer, share their thoughts with John, Greg and Julianne. Featured only on our Nashville Hippie Radio 94.5 broadcast: Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin .

Send a text Karen Williams, Director of the St. Philip Learning Center, and Nikki Weeks, a Learning Center parent, explain the Montessori approach to experiential learning and its benefits over the traditional classroom.

Send a text We discuss the role of women and the feminine voice in the Church with Sarah Kroger, worship leader and songwriter, along with a live performance and tracks from her latest album, Bloom, with Integrity Music.

Send a text John, Greg, Robert & Julianne interview legendary Catholic contemporary musician and OCP artist, Tom Booth.

Send a text The process of becoming Catholic as an adult with guests Susan Skinner, Director of Adult Faith Formation & RCIA at St. Philip and Joshua Ridgeway. Joshua entered the Church at the St. Philip 2019 Easter Vigil.

Send a text Our Easter Morning broadcast on Nashville's Hippie Radio with Fr. Anthony Stewart, millennial and Associate Pastor at Holy Family Catholic Church, Brentwood TN. Also, a word from Fr. Bala Showraiah, Pastor of St. Philip, Franklin, TN and our reflections on the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. Featuring tunes by Daniel Rose, Matt Maher and Father Anthony's favorite Easter...

Send a text Living Real's conversation with Bishop Mark Spalding, Bishop of The Diocese of Nashville , on the significance of our Holy Week celebrations as broadcast at 8am, Sunday, April 14 on Nashville's Hippie Radio with John Angotti, Greg Walton, Julianne Staley and Bill Staley. A ministry of St. Philip Catholic Church, Franklin, TN. Sponsored by Closets By Design - Nashville.

Send a text 80's dance pop recording artist, Kevin Paige, talks about his return to his Catholic roots. His eponymously titled 1989 solo album sported a pair of top 40 dance-pop singles, "Don't Shut Me Out" and "Anything I Want”. After the success of his self-titled debut album, Paige toured as an opening act on pop singer Debbie Gibson's world tour. He went on to become...

Send a text In the midst of scandal, we talk to Maria and Alexandra, two young adult women, about their reasons for sticking with the Church and moving to Nashville.

Send a text We discuss creative ways of evangelizing with Joan Watson, Director of Faith Formation for the the Diocese of Nashville. Also, hear live performances by Jamie Rose Plum and Greg Walton, cast members in the St. Philip production of John Angotti's musical, “Jōb: the Now Testament."

Send a text The perspective of Brian Govatos, comedian, critical thinker and founder of the Facebook discussion forum, The Proud Atheist. Brought to you by Closets by Design Nashville, https://nashville.closetsbydesign.com. Songs featured in the original broadcast have been removed in compliance with Copyright Law.