The BeatiDudes

Dr. Gregory Popcak joins the BeatiDudes for a rich, practical conversation on marriage, parenting, counseling, and the call to bring the Catholic faith to life in the home. Along the way, Dr. Popcak shares how decades of radio, counseling, and writing with his wife, Lisa, have helped families apply the theology of the body to everyday life, especially in parenting, relationships, and emotional hea...

Fr. Luke Rawicki is back with The BeatiDudes for a funny, thoughtful, and surprisingly hopeful conversation about working with young people in today’s world. Along the way, Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein explore what Fr. Luke has learned from serving high school students, why so many teens are more open to faith than adults assume, and how real human connection still breaks throug...

Guest Fr. Luke Rawicki joins the BeatiDudes for a lively and deeply encouraging conversation about vocation, family, discernment, and the surprising ways God moves through ordinary moments. Along the way, Fr. Luke shares stories from his tight-knit family, his path through Texas A&M, and the joy of now serving young people as a priest. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein bring the usua...

The BeatiDudes welcome John Bishop for a conversation that is equal parts hilarious, thoughtful, and deeply moving. Along the way, John shares the remarkable story of returning home to Iowa, founding Forge, and witnessing what feels like a small miracle through his father's faithful determination. With Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein bringing their usual mix of humor and heart, the...

John Bishop joins the BeatiDudes for a rich and hilarious conversation on masculinity, fatherhood, formation, and the urgent need for men to step into their God-given mission. Alongside Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein, John shares his journey from Iowa to seminary, Baylor, Catholic University, and FOCUS, eventually leading to his doctoral work on John Paul II’s thought and the deve...

In this BeatiDudes bonus, Edmundo Reyes shares a powerful and personal reflection on healing, identity, and what it means to let God meet us in our deepest wounds. What begins as a conversation about transition and pressure becomes a much richer discussion about rejection, surrender, and the slow work of grace in a man’s life. Along the way, Edmundo opens up about the role of prayer, daily Mass, t...

Edmundo Reyes joins the BeatiDudes for a rich and energizing conversation that starts with authentic fraternity at the Tiny Table and quickly moves into the deeper story of Edmundo’s life and mission. Edmundo shares his powerful conversion story, describing how a retreat at age 17 changed everything by forcing him to ask a life-altering question: What if all of this is true? From that moment on, f...

In this powerful Bonus episode of The BeatiDudes, Andrés Villaseñor Urrea returns to the Tiny Table to share a wild and deeply moving story of conversion, pride, surrender, and miraculous healing. What begins as a story about youthful rebellion, heartbreak, and ego turns into an unforgettable account of leaving college behind to join a missionary community in the Andes of Peru. Andrés opens up abo...

Andrés Villaseñor Urrea joins the BeatiDudes for a powerful, hilarious, and deeply faith-filled conversation about Fearless Masculinity, the apostolate he founded to help men rediscover their identity in Jesus Christ. Andrés shares how a simple encounter with Wild at Heart sparked a calling that eventually became a retreat movement reaching nearly 1,500 men across Mexico, Dallas, and New York City...

Chris Vander Woude returns for a BeatiDudes bonus after a powerful Monday episode to further explore the importance of family, fatherhood, brotherhood, and the life-changing witness of people with special needs. Chris shares what it was like growing up with his brother Joseph and reflects on the example of a father who refused to place artificial limits on him. The Dudes explore how encounters wit...

Chris Vander Woude joins the BeatiDudes for one of the most moving conversations in show history, sharing the extraordinary witness of his father, Tom Vander Woude. In this episode, Chris opens up about growing up on a Virginia farm in a family of seven boys, the ordinary holiness of a quiet father, and the daily habits that formed a truly heroic man. From family rosaries on tired knees to long da...

Marcel LeJeune returns to the Tiny Table for a powerful and funny Friday follow-up that turns practical evangelization into a real challenge for everyday Catholic men. Building on Monday’s conversation, Marcel shares stories from Texas A&M, his years leading campus ministry, and the conviction that the Church does not exist for herself but for those who do not yet know Jesus Christ. He unpacks wha...

Marcel LeJeune, President and Founder of Catholic Missionary Disciples, joins the BeatiDudes, starting with peak brotherhood banter and then swinging into a seriously helpful conversation about parish renewal, evangelization, and what it actually takes to change culture. Marcel shares why “fruitfulness is named before it’s numbered,” why the Church cannot rely on packaged programs to fix deep prob...

Ryan Foley joins the BeatiDudes for a powerful and honest conversation about suffering, parenting, shame, mercy, and healing across generations. The conversation lands on a deeply relatable truth: so much of our pain gets worse when we avoid it, but when we bring it to the Lord and embrace the cross with Him, the burden becomes lighter. Along with Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein, R...

Ryan Foley from His Way At Work joins the BeatiDudes to talk about a bold, practical vision for Catholic business leadership: consecrating your company to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and then actually living it out. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein unpack Ryan’s journey from military service to a decade at Covenant Eyes, and how a retreat with business owners became the bridge into he...

Johnny Brask, co-founder of Verso Jobs, is back at the Tiny Table with the BeatiDudes for a wildly honest, surprisingly tender conversation about reversion, repentance, and the strange way God uses real-life friendships to lead us home. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein dig into Johnny’s story that includes a literal “shed life” chapter, a faith detour through evangelical circles, an...

Johnny Brask joins the BeatiDudes to kick off Season 7 with a fast-moving, laugh-heavy conversation that somehow includes walk-up songs for heaven, Minnesota geography debates, and the origin story of how Johnny went from a Catholic-school wild child to a founder and CRO. Along the way, you hear how a LinkedIn scroll led Johnny to The BeatiDudes, then to late-night calls with Joe, and eventually i...

In this milestone episode, the BeatiDudes come together at the Tiny Table for a time of reflection, gratitude, laughter, and honest fraternity. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein look back at the journey, the growth, the awkward early moments, the spiritual breakthroughs, and the deep friendships formed along the way. What began as a simple idea has become a movement of men walking to...

Msgr. Lucio Adrián Ruiz makes history as the first Vatican official to join The BeatiDudes at the Tiny Table. As Secretary of the Dicastery for Communication, Msgr. Ruiz shares a behind-the-scenes look at how the Church communicates with the world and why evangelization in the digital age is not just about producing content. With warmth, joy, and plenty of BeatiDudes banter, the conversation explo...

Sacred artist and stained-glass master Aaron Frei joins Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein for a wide-ranging conversation that blends theology, art, discernment, and plenty of classic BeatiDudes banter. Aaron shares his journey from studying theology at the University of Dallas to discerning monastic life with the Hungarian Cistercians, and ultimately returning to serve the Church th...

Aaron Frei joins the BeatiDudes for a wide-ranging and unexpectedly joyful conversation that moves from laughter and absurdity straight into beauty, meaning, and the architecture of the soul. What begins with classic BeatiDudes banter quickly settles into a thoughtful reflection on how beauty, especially sacred beauty, draws us toward God, even when we do not yet have the words for it. Aaron bring...

Brad Hubbard joins The BeatiDudes for a rich and hope-filled conversation about woundedness, healing, and what it means for our lives to be transformed in Christ. Drawing from theology, lived experience, and the formation work of Encounter Ministries, Brad helps reframe wounds not as permanent stains, but as places where God’s victory can be revealed. The BeatiDudes explore how even Christ’s resur...

Brad Hubbard, Campus Director for the Encounter Ministry School at St Ann, joins the BeatiDudes for a wide-ranging and deeply grounded conversation that starts with parish life and ends in the heart of Christian identity. Drawing on lived experience, Brad reflects on what it means to anticipate others' needs, how that posture can quietly transform families, and why intentionally lived faith tends...

John Matthew Knowles returns to the Tiny Table alongside Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein for a wide-ranging conversation that blends laughter, memory, and a serious challenge to live the faith well. The Dudes reflect with John on World Youth Day 1993 in Denver and how that experience helped shape an entire generation of Catholic leaders, families, and communities. Paul draws out th...

John Matthew Knowles (aka Johnny for today) drops into the Tiny Table to join Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein with the kind of calm, competent energy that makes you think, “Yep, this guy probably knows what’s happening in the Church, the culture, and the money.” Between leather jacket banter, the ongoing “strongest man in Irving” saga, and a brief detour into the crimes of “arson”...