Catching Foxes

Two incredibly handsome men discuss the Pope's historic visit to Congress for the World Meeting of Families. Scott is a youth minister and Catholic school teacher. Luke is... nevermind. Either way, they both work for "THE CHURCH" and discuss what the Pope is doing and saying in America. Conservative and Liberal views will be discussed and whether or not is it cool to roll one's eyes for "yet another speech on Global Warming."Music by BenSounds.comSupport Catching Foxes

THE MOST EXPLICIT LISTENER MAIL!We dive into our Facebook account messages and posts for your questions that you wanted us to answer. Seeing as how we are super smart and such, we cover them all in our 10 minutes or less format of choice. You asked. We answered. Your welcome!But first we yell at our listeners for saying that we talk too long. YEAH, DUNCAN, I'M TALKING TO YOU. THIS EPISODE IS OVER AN HOUR LONG. DEAL! <img class="thumb-image" data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551def6fe4b09619c3abc306/t/560aa5c2e4b0ea79b4d0335a/1443538371208/" data-image-dimensions="600x684" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="560aa5c2e4b0ea79b4d0335a" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551def6fe4b09619c3abc306/t/560aa5c2e4b0ea79b4d0335a/1443538371208/?format=1000w" /> Matt Walsh: Friend? Asshole? Friendly Asshole? Is he me?What is the "the world"? Am I supposed to love it? Hate it? Tickle its armpits?How bad is cussing? (Especially considering the Matt Walsh comment above)Should Nancy Pelosi be Excommunicated for her public stance advocating for abortion?Should Democrats be more heard out by Catholics today?Then Luke plunges into his experience at the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, which is cool, but has nothing to do the topic...Kim Davis, a very nice lady from Kentucky who I'm sure she means well...Then Luke throws out his authentic, original, artisanal question: "Why do we think that screaming at the top of our lungs about how right we are is more convincing than Christian joy amongst intense pain and suffering...?" (Gomer responds with an AMAZING quote on Christian boldness)Oh crap, then humility vs pride is asked, and we loose our minds arguing over whether it is OK to have self-confidence and the role of ordered/disordered self-loveAlso, "Avant Garde Post-Modern Jazz" DRINK! <img class="thumb-image" data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551def6fe4b09619c3abc306/t/560aa539e4b0225c2924ef95/1443538234369/" data-image-dimensions="555x960" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="560aa539e4b0225c2924ef95" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551def6fe4b09619c3abc306/t/560aa539e4b0225c2924ef95/1443538234369/?format=1000w" /> Gomer is listening to Days of the New and Luke is listening to Colin Stetson's To See More Light.Thanks to BenSounds.com for the theme song!Support Catching Foxes

This episode is hilarious, challenging, inspirational and terrifying, and that's just the first five minutes! Listen to special guest, David VanVickle, as he tells us about three hugely important things in his life: his job as the Director of Evangelization at a Catholic parish in Pittsburgh, his life in the Charismatic Renewal, and his role in Deliverance ministry and Exorcisms. When you finish this episode you will want to get some holy water, call your favorite Tamborine-playing charismatic over for some prayer, and check to make sure those really are squirrels in your attic. Also, listen to the Ghostbusters' theme song, too.I'm serious when I say that this episode challenged me. It will challenge you, too. <img class="thumb-image" data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551def6fe4b09619c3abc306/t/560252dee4b0bd46474f5783/1442992863136/" data-image-dimensions="400x300" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="560252dee4b0bd46474f5783" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551def6fe4b09619c3abc306/t/560252dee4b0bd46474f5783/1442992863136/?format=1000w" /> Support Catching Foxes

This is the most anticipated podcast episode of the century: LUKE IS GETTING MARRIED AND ALL THE BROS SHOWED UP AND LEFT THEIR WIVES AT HOME.Hilarity and inside jokes ensue.This will probably alienate you as a listener if you didn't know us back at Franciscan University of Steubenville, but we hope the addition of Lord of the Rings' style narration helps you follow along the epic tale. It's the fellowship of the wedding ring. Or something.Support Catching Foxes

How do believers think about uncertainty? How do you struggle with doubt? Gomer and Luke explore their own atheistic tendencies, using the epic book, Introduction to Christianity by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (a.k.a., Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI), to help guide us.Believers and Unbelievers alike are unable to shake their uncertainty because we are all finite, limited creatures. So how is a Christian to live with this uncertainty? No freakin' clue, but we're trying.Rescue Dawn trailer, starring Christian BaleIn the music world, Gomer is still listening to Propaganda and Luke says "Avant Garde Jazz" like 7 or 8 times.Thanks to BenSounds.com for the theme music!Support Catching Foxes

Gomer and Luke Skype again to talk about meaningful things, like the longevity of comedians and the diversity of writers for The Golden Girls. Then Josh Dugger, Ashley Madison and the guilty plea of Jared from Subway for child porn possession. Sigh.Then we talk about grief and loss, especially as Luke tells us of his dad's death in 2008. This is a touching tale that weaves the love and support of family, Christological suffering, the breakup of a genuine relationship and the spiritual advice to "get up off the mat and walk." <img class="thumb-image" alt="Kanye's first sight of Caitlyn Jenner..." data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551def6fe4b09619c3abc306/t/55e50d2ce4b0d31ae6eb2ece/1441074478879/kanye_west_meets_caitlyn_jenner-598497.jpg" data-image-dimensions="700x876" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="55e50d2ce4b0d31ae6eb2ece" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551def6fe4b09619c3abc306/t/55e50d2ce4b0d31ae6eb2ece/1441074478879/kanye_west_meets_caitlyn_jenner-598497.jpg?format=1000w" /> <p>Kanye's first sight of Caitlyn Jenner...</p> Special thanks to www.BenSounds.com for the theme musicSupport Catching Foxes

Our relationship is complicated. When our guest was in college with Luke and I, we never really talked or hung out. In fact, we all thought his sister was a lot cooler than him. But that was only because we never met him. However, after this podcast, we still like his sister more.He's a Canon Lawyer and really, really knows his Simpsons' references. He won the spouse lottery and also has two adorable kids that they have adopted. In this episode we cover annulments and marriage issues, culture and its relationship to Christianity, gay parenting and marriage, the Simpsons, and much, much more. Thanks to BenSounds.com for the theme music.Support Catching Foxes

We return to that topic that we most hate about ourselves: pornography. After seeing the massive response our dear listeners gave us for episode 8, we thought that some follow up was necessary. I wanted to add a little bit of grace and conversion to the conversation that I felt like was lacking in the previous episode. We also talk about the power parable of the Prodigal Son found in Luke 15. We reference "The Prodigal Son" by Henri Nouwen, and then do some more Bane impressions. Thanks to www.BenSounds.com for the theme music. Thanks to MeWithoutYou for the 8 second clip of Torches Together. You should really listen to them.Support Catching Foxes

SHOW NOTES Oh Man! This episode is intense! We had a whole group of topics that we wanted to talk about but haven't gotten around to them and so we came up with a new game plan. We spend 10 minutes on a topic and switch between pop culture and churchy stuff, taking turns on who picks what topic to discuss.  We cover things like:why EWTN only makes shows for old people that eat Werther's Originals, institutional racism and the shooting of Sam DuBose, YDisciple founder Jim Beckman, superhero of Catholic youth ministryweddings, wedding fights, and marriage,Luke's slight stutter and my "slight" weight gain,a spoiler review of the movie Ant-Man and its almost anti-Paul-Ruddism,Which immediately became about the Marvel Comic Universe, specially Avengers 2and the upcoming DC movies- Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad, Parish life and reaching the people on the margins of faithThen back to talk about The Joker and Suicide Squad.Music by BenSounds.comSupport Catching Foxes

SHOW NOTES This episode is a heartbreaker. We share as honestly as possible what went wrong in our lives when it came to human sexuality: A.K.A. Pornography. Porn is in our face and easily reachable by our broadband, HD technicolor Internet connections. We talk about this subject in a very humble and even humiliating way, trying not to dodge the issue. Also, this conversation gives Luke yet another reason to use the word "Authentic". Pretty soon he's going to go full hipster and just call it "Artisanal." We end it on a light-hearted note as I yell at Luke for not making me his Best Man and he yells at me for not making him a godfather to one of my four kids. Thanks again to BenSounds.com for the theme music!Support Catching Foxes