

Catching Foxes
Luke and Gomer
Luke and Gomer became friends Freshman year at the Franciscan University of Steubenville and 14 years later they started a podcast. The show oscillates between a conversation between just the two of us and interviews that we do together of other, fancier people. Sometimes we get explicit either by being too honest or by being too stupid. Either way, it's fun!
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May 15, 2020 • 1h 23min
Harry Potter and Rally Rasko
I have never read Harry Potter. These two have and love it. So we talk. Support Catching FoxesLinks:“Catholics and Harry Potter” // LIVE Webinar

May 8, 2020 • 1h 39min
False Selves, Church Fathers, and the Lies We Believe
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.Sponsored By:Faithful Counseling: Certified US therapists who unite clinical training with biblical wisdom. Available via text, phone, or video chat and they respond typically within 24 hours! Promo Code: FOXESPolicy Genius: Policy Genius! Be a responsible adult, kick the noonday devil in the face. Shop for life insurance today! Check out policygenius.com today and tell them Catching Foxes sent you!Support Catching FoxesLinks:Should We Stop Method Acting? - Nostalgia Critic - YouTube — Should We Stop Method Acting? - Nostalgia Critic
We Need To Talk About Method Acting | Behind The Screen Podcast - YouTube — We Need To Talk About Method Acting | Behind The Screen Podcast
The Celebrity Pastor Era Has To Die // Francis Chan // Pre Send Rally - YouTube — Francis shares how we need to be a people that comes to an event or gathering to hear from God rather than the celebrity pastor.
Called out of Corruption and into Christ (Sunday Homily from May 3, 2020) - YouTube — "The same God that raised Jesus from the dead, the same God who filled the apostles, is still at work in the world."
Cal Newport - on Deep Work - YouTube — Cal Newport author of Deep Work talks about how to concentrate intently on cognitively demanding tasks without distractions. Cal explains how we can use different methods to develop this deep work skill in order to become our most productive selves.
Matthew Crawford on Attention as a Cultural Problem and the Possibility of Education - YouTube — What is education in an age of distraction? How can we better develop the powers of attention necessary for deep formation when so many challenges exist? Distraction is a rampant cultural problem, perhaps even more than it is an individual temptation. Join us for a First Things lecture and conversation with Dr. Matthew Crawford on rethinking the challenges to education and the economics of attention.

Apr 24, 2020 • 1h 48min
We Shame Ourselves or Kill Them
From Quarantine self-hatred to Captain Marvel critiques, to the main topic: confront the evil within us and own it or create endless scapegoats.Sponsored By:Policy Genius: Policy Genius! Be a responsible adult, kick the noonday devil in the face. Shop for life insurance today! Check out policygenius.com today and tell them Catching Foxes sent you!Vagabond Missions: Give a year of your life to serve the poor and forgotten in our inner cities. Bring Christ. Be Christ. See Christ.Faithful Counseling: Certified US therapists who unite clinical training with biblical wisdom. Available via text, phone, or video chat and they respond typically within 24 hours! Promo Code: FOXESCatholic Social Media: Catholic Social Media can help – unbranded, gorgeous posts, relevant to our times that It will help you keep the community alive. Just use GOMERWASWRONG and get 4 weeks of free content. Promo Code: GOMERWASWRONGSupport Catching FoxesLinks:Bishop Barron on René Girard - YouTube — Bishop Barron on René Girard
Jocko Podcast 98 w/ Jordan Peterson. Breaking Your Wretched Loop. Dangerous But Disciplined - YouTube — Jocko Podcast 98 w/ Jordan Peterson. Breaking Your Wretched Loop. Dangerous But Disciplined
Jocko Podcast 112 w/ Jordan Peterson - Life is Hard. 12 Rules for Life. - YouTube — Jocko Podcast 112 w/ Jordan Peterson - Life is Hard. 12 Rules for Life.
Jocko Podcast 155 w/ Jordan Peterson: Jordan Peterson and Jocko VS. Evil. The Gulag - YouTube — Jocko Podcast 155 w/ Jordan Peterson: Jordan Peterson and Jocko VS. Evil. The Gulag

Apr 17, 2020 • 1h 30min
Gomer is listening to Staind
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. Sponsored By:Catholic Social Media: Catholic Social Media can help – unbranded, gorgeous posts, relevant to our times that It will help you keep the community alive. Just use GOMERWASWRONG and get 4 weeks of free content. Promo Code: GOMERWASWRONGSupport Catching FoxesLinks:Staind - It's Been Awhile (Official Video) - YouTube — Staind - It's Been Awhile (Official Video)
Deftones - Root - YouTubeProject 86 - Little Green Men - YouTube — Truthless HeroesProject 86 - Spy Hunter - YouTube — Project 86 - Spy Hunter
How it Allows the American Army to Practice Chaos on a Daily Basis — A commonly referenced quote is “The reason the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices it on a daily basis." This is believed to have been said by a German General following World War II. It is likely that the General meant the statement as an insult, not as a compliment. Regardless of the General’s intent, a U.S. Soldier will probably accept that statement with pride. Mission command allows U.S. forces to be effective in the chaos of war and the principles of mission command can be applied to business.
Task Inflation and Inbox Capture: On Unexpected Side Effects of Enforced Telework - Study Hacks - Cal Newport — In some roles, for example, in the absence of this friction task inflation might become endemic, leading knowledge workers to unexpectedly put in more hours even though they no longer have to commute and are freed from time-consuming business travel obligations.
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Cal Newport — In Deep Work, author and professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he instead celebrates the power of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, he first makes the case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work ethic will produce massive benefits. He then presents a rigorous training regimen, presented as a series of four “rules,” for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill.
The Dichotomy of Email - Study Hacks - Cal Newport — On the one hand, email is a massively useful way to send text and files to individuals or groups. It’s much better than voicemails or memos. If we had to go back to these older technologies it would be a major pain.
On the other hand, email makes us miserable.
How are both true at the same time? The problems with email are less about the tool than they are about how we deploy it.

Apr 10, 2020 • 2h 4min
The Legendary 10-Minute Topics Returns!
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!Sponsored By:Policy Genius: Policy Genius! Be a responsible adult, kick the noonday devil in the face. Shop for life insurance today! Check out policygenius.com today and tell them Catching Foxes sent you!Catholic Social Media: Catholic Social Media can help – unbranded, gorgeous posts, relevant to our times that It will help you keep the community alive. Just use GOMERWASWRONG and get 4 weeks of free content. Promo Code: GOMERWASWRONGSupport Catching FoxesLinks:Bacterial ScrupulosityOnly the Lover Sings

Apr 3, 2020 • 1h 35min
Luke is done with online Catholicism.
Luke is not done with Catholicism. Luke is done with online talking about Catholicism.Sponsored By:Catholic Social Media: Catholic Social Media can help – unbranded, gorgeous posts, relevant to our times that It will help you keep the community alive. Just use GOMERWASWRONG and get 4 weeks of free content. Promo Code: GOMERWASWRONGSupport Catching FoxesLinks:You Need To Listen To This Leading COVID-19 Expert From South Korea | ASIAN BOSS - YouTube — We want to thank Professor Kim Woo-joo from Korea University Guro Hospital for taking his valuable time to inform our subscribers. He just started his official YouTube channel and even though it’s all in Korean, you should subscribe to his channel just in case he makes important announcements in the future: https://www.youtube.com/user/KUMCbroa...
NYTimes: "Job Losses Soar; U.S. Virus Cases Top World" — just zoom out and look at the graph. I didn't realize the right margin was an actual measurement.The Black Donnellys (Pilot Ending) - Snow Patrol - Open Your Eyes - YouTube — The Black Donnellys (Pilot Ending) - Snow Patrol - Open Your Eyes

Mar 27, 2020 • 1h 3min
20,000 Tangents and Attractive Moms
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 after another. Here's to you, Narcissist!Sponsored By:Catholic Social Media: Catholic Social Media can help – unbranded, gorgeous posts, relevant to our times that It will help you keep the community alive. Just use GOMERWASWRONG and get 4 weeks of free content. Promo Code: GOMERWASWRONGSupport Catching Foxes

Mar 20, 2020 • 1h 34min
Live! and Somewhat Infected
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". Sponsored By:Catholic Social Media: Catholic Social Media can help – unbranded, gorgeous posts, relevant to our times that It will help you keep the community alive. Just use GOMERWASWRONG and get 4 weeks of free content. Promo Code: GOMERWASWRONGSupport Catching Foxes

Mar 13, 2020 • 1h 26min
We are all going to die and I never got to use my TSA PreCheck
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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 century.
https://www.amazon.com/Wicked-River-Mississippi-When-Last/dp/0307473570
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow
John D. Rockefeller, Sr., history’s first billionaire and the patriarch of America’s most famous dynasty, is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. Now Ron Chernow, a National Book Award-winning biographer, gives us a detailed and insightful history of the mogul. Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller’s exceptionally rich trove of papers. A landmark publication full of startling revelations, the book indelibly alters our image of this most enigmatic capitalist.
https://www.audible.com/pd/Titan-Audiobook/B00ECGLKLG
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins
For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare - poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him The Fittest (Real) Man in America.
https://www.audible.com/pd/Cant-Hurt-Me-Audiobook/B07KKMNZCH?source_code=GPAGBSH0508140001&ipRedirectOverride=true&gclid=Cj0KCQjwu6fzBRC6ARIsAJUwa2SERaZVizPV6msqTf8-M2YVFLJr3MwkbeSfka9q1Q6vZIHh3kNRtgIaAmPmEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
*Gratitus Simpsons Clip to Help Us Through These Times
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Mar 6, 2020 • 1h 24min
The Noonday Devil
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.Sponsored By:Catholic Social Media: Join Nic Prenger, CEO of Prenger Solutions Group, and Father Scott Hastings, Judicial Vicar and Vicar for Clergy at the Archdiocese of Omaha, as they share creative ideas to engage parishioners, build community and protect your offertory during a potential coronavirus outbreak.Kreager Consulting: Silbo Messaging is the tool your parish needs to communicate robustly and build your community.Support Catching FoxesLinks:Behind Natural Raspberry Flavoring Medical Course - YouTube — Behind Natural Raspberry Flavoring Medical Course
Christopher Dawson Society - Audio Library - "Dreaming with Demons" - Matt Tan | Listen via Stitcher for Podcasts — Abstract: We often associate sloth with laziness, but is it possible for a culture to be productive and still be slothful? In this talk, Dr Matthew Tan explores how Sloth is arguably the most pervasive of the deadly sins first by understanding it by its original name, the vice of Acedia. Taking its cue from the writings of the desert father, Evagrius of Pontus, the talk would take a deep dive into what the vices do to the life of monastic virtue, and how acedia acts as a spiritual opiate whose affects are more than just spiritual. It will end by looking at how monastic practice can give us clues into providing new responses to this ancient vice. Bio: Dr Matthew Tan is the private secretary of Bishop Tony Randazzo in the Archdiocese of Sydney, and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in a Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia. He received his doctorate in Theology from the Australian Catholic University and his License in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He is the author of two books, the most recent of which is "Redeeming Flesh: The Way of the Cross with Zombie Jesus". He runs the blog "the Divine Wedgie" on the Patheos Catholic blog channel, and will soon be launching his theological side project "AwkwardAsianTheologian.com".
Acedia: The Noonday Devil - YouTube — Acedia: The Noonday Devil
Evagrius Ponticus - Wikipedia — Accusations of heresy[edit]
Even in his own day, Evagrius' views had been criticised. A controversy over how to conceptualise God that broke out in the Nitrian desert in 400 saw dispute in which one side was influenced by Origenist views. Although Evagrius was not mentioned in this dispute, in 415 Jerome's Letter 133 accuses Evagrius of being a prominent Origenist, and critiques his teaching on apatheia.[3]:19[full citation needed]
The accusations with the most long-lasting influence, however, emerged in the mid-sixth century. Like the other Cappadocian fathers Gregory of Nazianzus and Basil of Caesarea, Evagrius was an avid student of Origen of Alexandria (c. 185-250 AD), and he further developed certain esoteric speculations regarding the pre-existence of human souls, the Origenist account of apocatastasis, and certain teachings about the natures of God and Christ. Origen's speculations on these matters were declared heretical by the Second Council of Constantinople in 553 AD. Although Evagrius is not mentioned by name in the Council's 15 anathematisms, in the eyes of most contemporaries, the 553 Council did indeed condemn the teachings of Evagrius, together with Origen and Didymus the Blind.That Sinful Simulation — Awkward Asian Theologian — What is more, because our sense of self is tied in with our interactions with the world, this means we end up with a distorted version of ourselves. In idolatry, we become a simulation.
Awkward Asian Theologian is creating Theological Content | Patreon — Awkward Asian Theologian is creating Theological ContentJames 1 RSVCE - Salutation - James, a servant of God - Bible Gateway — Faith and Wisdom
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7, 8 For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord.