The Simpleton Podcast | Catholic Culture, Mission, and Politics with Clark Massey and Laura Hehman

Clark sits down with Bishop James V. Johnston, Jr., Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast! Also in this episode: • Do bishops receive training? • How do bishops handle complaints? • What are the limits of what a bishop can and can't do? • What's a bishop's role in politics? • What is Bishop Johnston most focused on? --- Chapters: 0:00 Introduction to the episode 2:02 Welcome, Bishop Johnston! 2:14 Bishop's background and becoming a bishop 4:50 When Bishop Johnston was a priest 6:06 Do bishops ever turn down the role? 8:00 Do bishops receive training? 12:02 How are new bishops selected? 17:24 How do you keep the Church together? How do you move it forward? 22:15 What does a bishop actually do? 25:48 What causes the bishop the most stress? 28:17 What's a bishop's role in politics? 32:45 Does the bishop oversee movements, or initiate them? 44:36 Do the laity need permission for movements, or should they take initiative? 49:58 What does it mean to be an "officially Catholic" organization? 52:01 How do bishops correct/discipline? 55:46 What is a bishop's relation to canon law? 59:18 What are the limits of what a bishop can and can't do? 1:03:38 What's the importance of canon law? 1:05:11 How does a bishop handle complaints, constant communication, etc.? 1:12:02 Do bishops focus on fostering community? --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4UGyl6F6xU&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (specifically, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Breaker, and Anchor). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a video production company based out of Des Moines, Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #interview #bishop

Mary Smith, M.A., Late Medieval & Early Modern World, joins Laura for this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode: • The problems of revisionist history • Can you write history without bias? • Interpretive keys, master narratives • Is it Catholics vs. the world? • Living, relevant history --- Chapters: 0:00 Intro to Mary and context for this episode 3:33 Signpost of this epiosde 4:25 The Revisionist History of the 80s & 90s 16:18 Historical bias, Catholicism, & the Inquisition 23:23 Theology, history, philosophy, and patriotism 30:47 The paradox of interpretive keys 36:17 What is a more "real" way to look at history? 42:16 Living, relevant history (the Catholic viewpoint) 49:53 What do we owe the people of the past? 58:16 Is it Catholics vs. the world? (a preview of pt. 2) 1:03:12 Outro --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on Rumble and Odysee. Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (specifically, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Breaker, and Anchor). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a video production company based out of Des Moines, Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #interview #history

Corey Huber, Founder of the Mater Ecclesiae Fund for Vocations, hops on his landline for a conversation with Clark in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode: • The story of the Fund for Vocations • Corey's ministry, in his own words • Rural life, doomers, and hopers • Higher education is a mess • How religious vocations and funding works --- To learn more about the Mater Ecclesiae Fund for Vocations, also known simply as the Fund for Vocations, go to https://fundforvocations.org/ --- Chapters: 0:00 Intro to Corey Huber 0:31 Corey's Ministry "The Mater Ecclesiae Fund for Vocations" 8:36 The story of how the Fund for Vocations began 16:06 How many people does FFV support? 19:39 Do Bishops/religious orders financially support potential priests/religious? 26:42 Rural life, doomers, and hopers 29:05 The early Internet, rabbit holes, and Wikipedia 34:35 The mess of higher education and what can be done 45:26 Final thoughts --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_sEyHZgtiI&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (specifically, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Breaker, and Anchor). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a video production company based out of Des Moines, Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #interview #vocation

Dr. Laurie Johnson, Professor of Political Philosophy and co-founder of the Maurin Institute, sits down with Clark for this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode: • Are liberalism and Christianity compatible? • Being Catholic in academia • Should we be trying to reinvent society? • Catholic Integralists & Distributists • Dr. Laurie's Catholic conversion --- To learn more about Dr. Laurie and/or the Maurin Institute, search "Dr. Laurie Johnson" on YouTube or go to https://pmaurin.org/ --- Chapters: 0:00 Start 0:41 Signpost 1:01 Dr. Laurie's Catholic conversion 11:21 Being Catholic at a state university 14:44 Going into academia in 2023 18:34 Dr. Laurie's podcast 19:14 Are liberalism and Christianity compatible? 28:33 The New Right & politics in 2023 40:52 Maurin Academy, the JPII Catholic Worker, & their goals 51:16 What quality of life do we have, and will we have? 1:00:37 Should we be trying to reinvent society? 1:08:01 Catholic Integralists & Distributists 1:19:12 The destructiveness of ideological obsession 1:23:50 The usefulness of outside ideologies --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKF0Az-HmuA&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a digital media production company based out of Des Moines, Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa video production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #podcast #politics

Also in this episode: • Is "discovering" your vocation a thing? • The Lego Movie (and its relation) • Willpower can hinder holiness • Non-typical vocations? • Being at home, on Earth --- Chapters: 0:00 Start 0:10 Spirit animals 1:15 Clark's optical illusion 1:46 Introduction to vocation 6:59 The WRONG ideas of vocation 12:53 Being at home, on Earth? 16:52 Another approach to vocation? 19:22 Willpower can HINDER holiness? 26:33 A "trick" to discerning 32:28 Vocation: gift or responsibility? 38:39 The Lego Movie and being creative within constraints 40:27 Theology and vocation 45:21 Youthful idealism? 53:02 The good and bad of romance 56:08 Monogamy and adolescence 59:50 "Finding" your vocation? 1:01:46 What if I don't fit into a typical vocation? 1:07:14 Outro --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS5QDcneEos&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb (or search "The Simpleton Podcast") Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (specifically, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Breaker, and Anchor). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a digital media production company based out of Des Moines, Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa video production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #podcast #vocation

Also in this episode: • Bishops' statements on exhumed nun • The "incarnate" Church • Intense alien speculation • Alien theology • Thoughts on judging others --- Chapters: 0:00 Start 0:49 Bishops' statements on the exhumed Gower Nun 5:32 What kind of allegience do Bishops deserve? 20:39 Space aliens: the religion issue 21:21 Background on space aliens 23:56 How sure are you of space aliens? 27:27 Clark's case for why aliens AREN'T real 38:02 Alien theology & what do we do if aliens ARE real? 46:16 Hell, Hating Hitler, and judging others 50:22 Outro --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on Rumble and Odysee. Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (specifically, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Breaker, and Anchor). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a digital media production company based out of Des Moines, Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa video production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #podcast #alien

Clark and Laura sit down with Sr. Ann Kateri, C.F.R. with the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal in Atlantic City, NJ in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast! Also in this episode: • Why the Franciscan way of life? • Sr. Ann's work with the homeless • ASH's connection to Sr. Ann • The "Motherhood" of being the Servant of the house • What the CFRs are looking for in postulants --- Links: To learn more about Sr. Ann Kateri, the CFR sisters in Atlantic City, NJ, or the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal in general, visit https://www.franciscansisterscfr.com/ --- Chapters: 0:00 Start 0:10 Introduction to Sister Ann Kateri 0:46 Clark and Laura's connection to Sister: Exodus Youth Ministries 7:35 Sister's work with the homeless in NJ 17:56 The Franciscans (and their way of life) 35:42 Sister's attraction to the poverty of the Franciscans 48:35 The "Motherhood" that Sister gets to experience 1:00:23 What the CFRs are looking for in postulants 1:06:32 The blend of psychology and spirituality 1:08:24 Why are there so many Franciscan orders? 1:15:14 How much news do the sisters get? What is recreation like? 1:18:50 Children's books, miracles, and more 1:22:30 franciscansisterscfr.com (outro!) --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yhz7BpAyDo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb (or search "The Simpleton Podcast") Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a digital media production company based out of Des Moines, Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa video production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #interview #podcast

Salvatore Snaiderbaur, founder of One City Mission in New York City, sits down with Clark in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast! Also in this episode: • "Communion and Liberation", Fr. Luigi Giussani • From Italy, to Kansas, to NYC • Starting a mission • Salvatore's connection to ASH • Italian-American food: good or bad? --- Links: To learn more about One City Mission or how you can support the mission, visit https://www.onecitymission.org/ --- Chapters: 0:00 Start 0:12 An introduction to Salvatore Snaiderbaur, Founder of One City Mission (NYC) 2:00 Growing up in Sicily, Italian cultural revolutions 8:48 Getting involved in Communion and Liberation 11:43 Understanding Giussani's theological foundations 23:38 Why Salvatore moved from Italy to Kansas to Brooklyn 28:31 Salvatore's standing in Communion and Liberation 32:01 What IS Communion and Liberation? 34:36 How Salvatore started his own mission (and the ASH connection) 39:51 Is it hard to engage the world after being in a protected, Catholic environment? 45:59 What is One City Mission (Salvatore's Mission)? 55:34 How to support One City Mission 56:45 Bonus: Salvatore's take on Italian-American food --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0QtaSrhz1w&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb (or search "The Simpleton Podcast") Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (specifically, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Breaker, and Anchor). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a digital media production company based out of Des Moines, Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa video production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #interview #podcast

Also in this episode: • Listener comments • "Bad faith" and its cure • Incorruptibles • Benedictine Nuns of Gower, MO • Is voting good? --- Chapters: 0:00 Start 0:51 Thomas Aquinas bot! (Listener comment pt. 1) 2:04 Is voting actually good? (Listener comment pt. 2) 3:58 Our response 13:52 What is "bad faith"? And how to rid ourselves of it 26:16 Recent "Incorrupt" Benedictine nun? 32:19 Background on the Benedictine nuns of Gower, Missouri... 38:18 ...and its relevance 45:20 The two problems of the story 48:05 Final thoughts on the story 50:59 Send us your thoughts! --- Links: Thomas Aquinas Bot: https://courses.sdcason.com/lesson/aquinas-bot/ --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee. Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYeARFv4OvQ&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb (or search "The Simpleton Podcast") You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (specifically, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Breaker, and Anchor). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast". --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit www.asimplehouse.org to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a digital media production company based out of Des Moines, Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa video production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit www.totusmedia.co to learn more. --- #catholic #exhumed #podcast

Also in this episode: • Utopia? Or anti? • The Catholic Worker Movement • How to "build the kingdom" • Spencer's podcast (with Dr. Laurie Johnson): Dustbowl Diatribes • Catholic conversion --- 0:00 Start 0:36 Origins of JPII Catholic Worker Farm, Spencer, and Emily 10:01 Hippies, Christians, farmers, and Michael Pollen 15:52 Spencer's journey to Catholicism 18:00 The biggest challenge for organic farming 27:30 Spencer's failed farm ideas 28:27 Where the interest in Catholic Worker Farms came from 40:54 Why Catholicism? And how Spencer & Emily met 43:41 Emily's background 44:53 Spencer and Emily 45:59 An aside on Mormonism 46:56 The jump to Catholicism and the Catholic Worker Movement 53:48 Goals of the JPII Catholic Worker Farm 58:26 Spencer's podcast (with Dr. Laurie Johnson): Dustbowl Diatribes 1:06:44 Anti-utopian dreams (and anti-uniformity) 1:12:53 Understanding "building the Kingdom of God" 1:15:15 Is the vague-ness of Catholic Social Teaching good? 1:30:48 The "dustbowl" of modernity 1:33:19 Global warming, doomerism, growing your own food, and cities 1:48:01 Summarizing our thoughts: pursuing the "real" 1:49:16 Outro --- Links: Dustbowl Diatribes with Dr. Laurie Johnson & Spencer Hess: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsLkfggTCOx_cZ2WLSL-mRfrizC89Ln4k --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYeARFv4OvQ&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb (or search "The Simpleton Podcast") Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (specifically, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Breaker, and Anchor). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit asimplehouse.org to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a digital media production company based out of Des Moines, Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa video production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit www.totusmedia.co to learn more. --- #catholic #tedlasso #podcast