Catching Foxes

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Meetup and Live Show: February 9th at 7:00 PM. Location is still TBD, but stay tuned to https://www.facebook.com/catchingfoxespodcast/ for more! February 10th is the Facebook Live "Coffee with Luke and Gomer" with Guadalupe Roasters' coffee.Support Catching FoxesLinks:Catching Foxes Facebook Page — This is where we interact with the syrophoenician women who love the show!

SHOW NOTES: Claire Swinarski was raised near Madison by a feminist who taught her to love and value her femininity as well as the fight for women's rights. Then she converted to Roman Catholicism in college, but her feminism didn't die, it was transformed. Annoyed by what's being offered ("tea cups") to so many Catholic women, she launched her podcast to challenge this. *Here are some great interviews: * Therapy, Waiting, and Sharing Yourself Online ft. Christina Dehan Jaloway Conversions and Comparison ft. Sr. Miriam James Heidland Living and Thriving on the Sexuality Spectrum ft. Anna Carter Eschewing Gender Stereotypes and Embracing Complementarianism ft. Shannon Ochoa Women's Healthcare and Natural Family Planning ft. Leah JacobsonSponsored By:The Ultimate Catholic Comicbook: The Ultimate Catholic Comic Book is a collaboration of work from Tomics, Jason Bach, Pat Cross, and John Smillie. It was kickstarted in 2016 and now is a living and breathing document of funny pictures. Promo Code: CFSupport Catching FoxesLinks:The Catholic Feminist Podcast — Welcome to the Catholic Feminist, a podcast for Jesus-loving women who want to be inspired, involved, and intentional. Each week, we speak with women who are living out their faith in a radical, real way.  Women's Healthcare and Natural Family Planning ft. Leah Jacobson — The Catholic Feminist Podcast — There's a narrative going around right now that women's healthcare = Planned Parenthood, abortion, and birth control. But that narrative hurts young girls, puts unrealistic expectations on their beauty, and stifles the very natural process of ovulation. If you're thinking "huh?", then this episode is perfect for you. We go deep into why Leah started Guiding Star Centers, which are non-profit health centers for women, and how Guiding Star is working to change the narrative around women's fertility and healthcare.  Eschewing Gender Stereotypes and Embracing Complementarianism ft. Shannon Ochoa — The Catholic Feminist Podcast — This week, I'm speaking with Shannon Ochoa, the mission leader of Brew City Catholic and the co-founder of the Eden Invitation. Shannon and I chat about Edith Stein, aka St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, and how her writings on gender influenced Shannon's outlook on womanhood. In a world where half the people tell you women belong in the kitchen and the other half tell you there are zero differences between men and women besides anatomy, Shannon provides a refreshing outlook on gender roles, a woman's "place", and what it means to be female. Enjoy!  About Maria Johnson — In a nutshell, here’s my life. I was born in Cuba in the early 1960’s, at a time when, among other things, it was inconvenient to be Catholic AND have a conscience. My parents, lovers of freedom and no friend of the totalitarian regime still squashing human rights even as I type, came to the United States, as many do, in search of human dignity, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. My Badass Book of Saints — "I’m so excited to introduce you to my first book, published by Ave Maria Press. It has a tough title, and a scrappy cover (don’t you love it?), but for every punch thrown — or almost thrown — on the pages within, you’ll also find a little vulnerability and tenderness, too." *affiliate link Super Girls and Halos - Maria Morera Johnson — What do Wonder Woman and St. Katharine Drexel have in common? How about St. Clare of Assisi and Rey, the ingenue from Star Wars The Force Awakens? All four women sought justice for the abused. *affiliate link Mulieris Dignitatem (August 15, 1988) | John Paul II — The personal resources of femininity are certainly no less than the resources of masculinity: they are merely different. Hence a woman, as well as a man, must understand her "fulfilment" as a person, her dignity and vocation, on the basis of these resources, according to the richness of the femininity which she received on the day of creation and which she inherits as an expression of the "image and likeness of God" that is specifically hers.

New Year’s Themes For myself For my co-host For the Church For Some Public Person For the Podcast To be a Servant of All, where there is no lower place left to fall. DONE. I need to not just start shit, but end it. New things are too tempting. Bilocation. Put all your effort into things. Retreat. Carve out more time for your spiritual walk to rejuvenate The Rhythm Method. Grace and Nature in a marriage to be in rhythm together. Let’s Get Physical. Discipleship cannot be institutional. It must be personal. Mr.-Carey’s-Call-You-Out-on-Your-BS-but-do-so-with-charity-and-love Taylor Swift on a Dating Fast. She needs a detox. Vulnerability and Humility over Popularity. Expansion! CF gets big...ger.Support Catching FoxesLinks:Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food s… https://t.co/EvTgZxiji0" — North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!The Dating Detox — my affiliate link to Lisa Cotter's Dating Detox book for Taylor Swift.

We discuss family drama, Christmas fun, the legitimacy of depicting the dark side as moral instruction, and then the main topic on Christian forgiveness. Donate on Patreon.com/CF for 30 additional minutes of this show where we talk about Taylor Swift on Vinyl, her latest album, and some books we are reading. www.Patreon.com/CFSupport Catching FoxesLinks:Tommy Boy - I Killed My Sale! (1995) HD - YouTube — Tommy Boy, Movie CLIP - I Killed My Sale! (1995) HD Franciscan Alum Prob (@FUSAlumniProb) | Twitterzack morris is trash - YouTube

Greg Iwinski, a comedian, film reviewer (he gave Balboa 5 Stars), and podcaster, comes on the show to attack all those who think Rian Johnson's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" should have serviced the fans' expectations more than made a great movie (minus the casino scene) and set up a world-class franchise for decades to come. Film, art, and culture are all explored. What does a corporation, or an artist, owe to the fans that support and love and even identify with someone's art? George Lucas gave us Star Wars, then tried to mess with it. As an artist, he's allowed to. But as a fan, I beg him not to mess with the originals (which he's said the original film footage is even lost). "Special Editions" should be just that, and not replacements for the originals that now connect to our cultural Zeitgeist. That said, our expectations of who Luke Skywalker is and is not is informed by decades of fan-fiction and the expanded universe of books and comics, setting the stage for the rage-monster nerd reaction against Rian Johnson's fantastic new film. So many people came to the movie expecting one thing and Rian Johnson wanted to give us something new. Insert conflict here. Even a rant about maintenance-mode Catholicism comes in to play! The frog-nuns are caretakers of a dead religion and are fussy when young blood is messing with the buildings. Luke wants to burn down the sacred Tree, but find that he cannot, until Pope Yoda does the thing himself. Yet! The sacred texts survive and endure. So with the Jedi. Fascinating.Special Guest: Greg Iwinski.Support Catching FoxesLinks:The Rotten Tomatoes score for "The Last Jedi" may be rigged — Quartz — The latest Star Wars film scored a 93% on the Tomatometer, which shows the share of critics who gave the movie positive reviews on the site, and a lowly 55% with audiences who submitted more than 116,000 user reviews since the film’s US release last week, as of the time of this writing. One angry, anti-Disney Star Wars fan is proudly claiming the credit for the disconnect. An anonymous individual who runs the Facebook page “Down With Disney’s Treatment of Franchises and its Fanboys” claims to have used bots to create fake Facebook accounts that logged into Rotten Tomatoes and posted negative reviews of the film to lower the audience score.‘The Last Jedi’ Subverts Some Of The Worst ‘Star Wars’ Tropes — I’ve become so inured to it that when a Last Jedi character fired up the Randy Quaid mobile to drive it straight into that gun barrel/alien gun/portal and incinerate himself to save the galaxy/rebellion/rec center (I’m keeping this vague to avoid the no spoiler Gestapo), I’d already prepared myself to accept this bit of momentarily lazy plotting. Like giant portals or the expanded universe, I thought suicidal characters were just something I would have to learn to accept in order to enjoy a blockbuster in 2017. But this time, just when the would-be Quaid mobile was about to save Earth (so to speak), another character swooped in and stopped Quaid, nearly suiciding to prevent a suicide. We could argue about hypocritical tactics, but Rian Johnson gave the Quaid stopper the perfect line, about how The Resistance is “about saving what we love, not destroying what we hate.” Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) - Alternate Ending : Alternate Ending — Indeed, I'd almost go so far as to say that The Last Jedi is only good when one of either Luke or Rey is in a scene, and it is always good when one of them is in a scene, though this ignores the setpieces that work with neither of them being involved.The Last Jedi Doesn't Care What You Think About Star Wars — Legends Bleed Mark Hamill famously disagreed with Johnson on the direction of Luke Skywalker when he first read the screenplay for The Last Jedi, and it’s clear why. Luke, the farm boy who became a war hero who became a warrior knight who became his father’s savior, has fallen into disgrace. While The Force Awakens featured a Han Solo falling back into his old scoundrel ways (a position of comfort for those worried about a watered-down take on a character who was at his best when he wasn’t playing nice), The Last Jedi features a Luke Skywalker that is unlike anything we’ve seen before – a broken shell of a man who believes that everything he fought for and achieved was for naught. By telling young Rey that none of this matters, he’s also telling the audience the same thing. The stuff you love? The details that have reshaped pop culture and created a geek language that everyone speaks? Yeah, they’re wonky. Or rather, they’re broken. Your faith was flawed.

SHOW NOTES: *This one has chapters! Use your podcast player to skip chapters. * John Boy and Billy BS is the official name of our opening segment. This is where people who loved our witty banter can indulge themselves, and those who don't can skip it. Think about it. What if our uptick in friends' side hustles is more than the economic downturn, but is, in fact, the relationship between our buying and our experience of buying. We demand "Always Low Prices" and hate the resulting experience surrounding it: the lack of customer care, big-box stores lack of community care, throw-away products, and more. At least with multi-level marketing, it's friends selling to friends in a (hopefully) friendly way. Hmmmmmmm? Sponsor Thanks: Videos.Church Check out: Guadalupe Roasters!Sponsored By:Videos.Church: Andy Lesnefsky, the genius behind #ShareJesus on YouTube and Facebook, has a new project called Videos.Church and it is great! The first course is for Catholic parents that helps you communicate the faith to your kids in a powerful way. Plus, Gomer's in it! Head over to Videos.Church and use the promo code "CF" for a 15% discount on your order. Promo Code: CFSupport Catching FoxesLinks:The Secret Lives of Sex in the Elderly | Psychology Today — The Secret Lives of Sex in the Elderly Hang-ups regarding elderly sexuality Posted Dec 09, 2009 Matt Fradd — Matt Fradd is a Catholic apologist who speaks to over 50,000 people every year on topics having to do with the Catholic faith. He is the author of “Atheism: 20 Questions,” as well as the creator of the podcast Pints With Aquinas. Matt lives with his wife and four children in Georgia.Star Wars: The Last Jedi — My Sexy staycation Star Wars theater (don't be creepy)!How Not to Do Multi-Level Marketing — How Not to Do Multi-Level Marketing Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart - The New York Times — Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart Catching Foxes (@cfoxespodcast) | Twitter — @cfoxespodcast Follows you Another podcast about faith and culture. Discussion over instruction.

Show Notes! We talk about Circadian Fasting, which is a thing Gomer is doing. NO, it's not a fad diet. He's just trying to impose some order in his life and join it to a fasting discipline. And no, it's not a life hack TIM FERRISS! Matt shares the joys of marriage when becoming a Free Agent and living the dream (and various levels of nightmare). A THING WE ARE DOING If you head over to www.Patreon.com/CF and donate at least $1 to us (Friday only), then Matt Fradd will personally call you in the next week or so and say "Thank You!" Special thanks to Videos.Church for sponsoring this episode. Use the coupon code "CF" for %15 off your purchase.Special Guest: Matt Fradd.Sponsored By:Videos.Church: Andy Lesnefsky, the genius behind #ShareJesus on YouTube and Facebook, has a new project called Videos.Church and it is great! The first course is for Catholic parents that helps you communicate the faith to your kids in a powerful way. Plus, Gomer's in it! Head over to Videos.Church and use the promo code "CF" for a 15% discount on your order. Promo Code: CFSupport Catching FoxesLinks:Love People Use Things — LOVE PEOPLE USE THINGS IS THE NEW PRO-LOVE/ANTI-PORN PODCAST FOR THOSE WHO ARE TIRED OF FANTASY AND ARE READY FOR REALITY. Pints with AquinasKen Henderson in Power Team with Triple Break. - YouTube — Ken Henderson in Power Team with Triple Break. Entering Moria LOTR 1.15 [HD 1080p] - YouTube — And they call it a "mine." BAH! A MINE?!Catholic Parenting 101 — It's here. Finally a course on Catholic Parenting that is created for you. Our Catholic Parenting Class is a one of a kind online educational tool for your family. We are so confident you are going to love this, it comes with a money back guarantee. BUY NOW Introducing “Zero,” a new app to help you fast – Kevin Rose – Medium — Introducing “Zero,” a new app to help you fast My interest in intermittent fasting (IF) started several years ago when I learned that Hugh Jackman used a daily 16-hour fast to lean up for his role in Wolverine. I knew this was a fun body hack to lose weight, but that doesn’t mean it’s healthy for you.

SHOW NOTES Whenever Taylor Swift breaks up with someone, we benefit from her awesome songs. Whenever Arleen breaks up with someone, we benefit from her awesome articles. Leah Darrow, on the show for her second time around, talks about her new book and we agree it is great. Gomer did his homework and plowed through 3/4ths of it in 24 hours. And, though the book was written for women, I loved it. Although, I have to admit that I would love the audiobook more if her husband was the narrator.Special Guests: Arleen Spenceley and Leah Darrow.Support Catching FoxesLinks:Audiobook: "The Other Side of Beauty" by Leah Darrow — Affiliate link to Leah Darrow's audiobook on Amazon.com"Do Something Beautiful" podcast by Leah DarrowAndy Stanley, "Are you who..." — When I meet the right person, everything will be all right. This way of thinking creates trouble in our dating lives and sets us up for trouble in marriage. In this message, Andy challenges us to ask ourselves Am I the person the person I'm looking for is looking for? And he previews God's list of behaviors that will lead to success in dating and marriage. Rage Against The Machine - No Shelter — Rage Against The Machine's official music video for 'No Shelter'. Click to listen to Rage Against The Machine on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/RATMSpotify?IQid=R... The Never List | Beautycounter — The Never List™ is made up of more than 1,500 questionable or harmful chemicals that we never use as ingredients in our products. This includes the over 1,400 chemicals banned or restricted in personal care products by the European Union, plus additional chemicals screened by Beautycounter and found to be of concern.Mascara Ads Will Never Not Feature False Eyelashes — In 2011, CoverGirl was forced to pull ads featuring Taylor Swift for their NatureLuxe Mousse mascara because her lashes were photoshopped after the fact – something Rimmel had done with a Kate Moss ad a few years prior. In 2007, L'Oreal got rid of an ad with Penelope Cruz because she was wearing false eyelashes. CoverGirl got in on this action again in 2011 in their True Volume ads. Other companies like Dior have gotten in trouble for their Natalie Portman ads, or Rimmel again with an ad featuring Georgia May Jagger. Wounded WarriorsGreen Beret Foundation — Our mission is to answer the call of the Green Berets and their families so that they can succeed in their next mission.

from their website, EdenInvitation.com: Eden Invitation celebrates ordered integration for young Catholics culturally defined as LGBT+. We invite people to encounter an authentically Catholic anthropology and equip disciples for resurrected life in Christ. ANNA CARTER Chronologically speaking, Anna loved books, exploring the outdoors, boys, Hanson, the Eucharist, girls, and, finally, an integrated life. After earning Theology & Catechetics degrees from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Anna spent seven years in active ministry with teens and young adults. She has led retreats across the United States with NET Ministries and speaks locally throughout the Midwest. Anna is an aspiring novelist, a lover of road trips, and a horrible cook. SHANNON OCHOA As a young girl, Shannon spent Sunday mornings in the pew eating contraband pretzels out of her dress pockets. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in Social Welfare and Gender & Women's Studies. She has fallen for men and for women, but ultimately she fell for the beauty of Christ and His Church. Ever since Shannon has equipped college students for the new evangelization through her work with The Evangelical Catholic and Brew City Catholic. If you're looking for her, try the shore of the nearest body of water.Support Catching FoxesLinks:Eden Invitation | Donations — If you'd like to donate to their mission, click here!About Us | Eden Invitation — We’re human persons. Disciples. Dreamers. Wounded. Graced. Striving. We’re not experts, therapists, doctoral theologians, activists, or “bi.”  We’re just complicated people. Kind of like you. Eden Invitation is our project. Welcome to the adventure!Shannon's Story — A beautiful video of Shannon's story of integration and love. We all want to be seen for who are, but who are we? Eden Invitation is an outreach to Catholic Christians on the LGBT+ spectrum. Visit our website to learn more living integrated, authentic, resurrected lives in the midst of our human longing.George Orwell: Politics and the English Language — George Orwell, Politics and the English Language- "Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it."Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity — The New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage turns his attention to the relationship between LGBT Catholics and the Church in this loving, inclusive, and revolutionary book.Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faith — In this first book from an openly lesbian and celibate Catholic, widely published writer and blogger Eve Tushnet recounts her spiritual and intellectual journey from liberal atheism to faithful Catholicism and shows how gay Catholics can love and be loved while adhering to Church teaching.Pints With Aquinas: 73: Why I don't call myself Gay, With Daniel Mattson ... Also Fr. James Martin's new book — This is the second part of a two-part series we've done on homosexuality. Be sure to listen to last week's episode before this one. Today we talk about terminology—why Daniel doesn't call himself 'gay'. We also respond to Fr. James Martin's new book, Building A Bridge.The challenge of being both gay and Catholic - The Washington Post — I wish in his new book he had explored celibate witness more deeply, or reflected on scriptural models by which gay people could understand our longings for same-sex love and intimacy. If we are all the church together, LGBT laypeople who seek to live in obedience to the church have a place as well as those who dissent.Father James Martin on LGBT community: A bridge too far? — Courage understands and welcomes people with same sex attraction while remaining faithful to Catholic teaching. With his laudable desire to minister to people with same sex attraction, one wonders why Martin is silent about this dynamic, compassionate and respectful Catholic apostolate.