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We fully admit the Know Nothings were right about us Catholics. Peter, Thomas, and Michael host a plethora of conversations with friends and guests to discuss society, culture, and Catholicism all through the lens of a whiskey or wine glass. The conversat

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    • May 2, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    L&L #92, Good evening Mr. Wick

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 74:42


    World, falling apart, per usual Violence Denis Praeger must be stopped

    L&L #91, Political Power w/ Deacon Andrew

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 143:13


    NFL Football Merlin A never ending conversation about political power

    L&L #90, The Holy Land w/ Deacon Andrew

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2023 67:52


    Chalice talk Deacon goes to the Holy Land Political authority

    L&L #89, Cooking with Gas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2023 55:25


    Why do we care about gas? Cobalt mining New impersonation Middle part of various sorts. No PDA at the gym

    L&L #88, New Year, new accidental descent into (maybe?) heresy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2023 94:36


    What Y2K was really about Can we get some stimmies from the new Speaker of the House? Requiescat in pace, Pope Benedict 16th Peter accidently slips into heresy Thomas (might?) slip into heresy The Eucharist Marriage More marriage The pod argues for polygamy (sort of). The beer pot is empty

    L&L #87, Another Technological existential crisis, this time with a deacon w/ Deacon Andrew

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 100:35


    We try ChatGPT We despair We try to figure out what Capitalism is. Again.

    L&L, #86, Impromptu existential crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022 83:47


    Dodgers are being sold for spare parts Do we really have to think anymore?

    L&L #85, Dynamically Decadent, the episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2022 81:11


    Due to Thanksgiving Break, we have no ideas. Other than a full episode of Dynamic vs. Decadent

    L&L #84, We got everything wrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 90:26


    Post, post election analysis Recorded last Thursday, November 10th Life happens, and we have no money for editors

    L&L #83, The End of Italy, and Election Predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2022 93:49


    Leaving Italy Italian gun culture Election predictions We get all the predictions correct Lotteries

    L&L #82, The Italian Dispatch, Rome

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 32:00


    Thomas in Sweden and Rome

    L&L, #80 Three Catholic extremists walk into a chapel to pray the rosary

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 94:22


    Three weeks to late, but here none the less The Atlantic article Baseball We all hate the Angels

    L&L 379, Fearfully fearing Fatherhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2022 124:40


    An Atlantic Article https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/01/taken-series-is-every-fathers-worst-nightmare/384467/ 401Ks again Always travel coach

    L&L #78, He who does not invest in a 401K, let him be *ANATHEMA*

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 89:17


    So, I'm not sure how long ago we recorded this, but I had stuff going on. No time to edit. So some of the conversation about China is dated. That's just how it goes Thomas needs to buy a lottery ticket Is it moral to invest in a 401k? That was obviously (for us) facetious question LOUD NOISES Usury vs Business China Pelosi We're sorry if we were offensive None of this should be understood as financial advice.

    L&L 76, Categorizing the Catholic Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 55:45


    (Not Cleric) Andrew is back Thomas and Michael are not Alt Utah history Three types of Catholic movies Censorship and movies The market will regulate itself (?) Peter hums day of wrath Anime

    L&L #74, D.C. delights and Philosophical fights

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022 134:28


    Peter's D.C. adventure Union Station Thomas has issues at the Supreme Court Movie discussion Peter finally feels represented in the James Bond universe Discussion of "It's the Moral Theology, Stupid" https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/understanding-pope-francis-it-s-the-moral-theology-stupid A philosophical fight breaks out. Proportionalism vs Natural Law Thomas vs. Peter Peter vs. Michael Thomas retreats to folding laundry Biblical precedents on killing

    L&L #72, Deacon Andrew

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2022 103:28


    Michael probably has the monkey virus Wearing the collar The moment of ordination Communion of saints The Joy of Christ Andrew hates Head and Shoulders Cheers

    L&L #71, Marian Divisions at V2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 70:31


    Michael is gone, who knows where The stock market Bitcoin's blunders Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger on the Blessed Virgin Dividing lines at the Second Vatican Council Don't me a modernist positivist Getting into the archives

    L&L #68, Confessional motifs *some movie spoilers, see description*

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2022 70:13


    Marky Mark talks to Matty Matt Making it in media as an immigrant group Fr. Stu Confessionals in movies Drunk bugs *Note, some mild spoilers for Calvary and Silence*

    L&L #67, Exploring the Past w/ Josh

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 75:52


    Josh joins the podcast to talk about his time studying history at St. Andrew's in Scotland.

    L&L #64, Learning from Literature w/ Amy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 94:35


    Amy, a PhD candidate in English, joins the podcast to stake out the purview and end of Literature

    L&L #62, Making the Bible in a Year Podcast w/ Alejandra Garcia

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 77:47


    Alejandra Garcia, one of the producers for Ascension's Bible in a Year Podcast, joins L&L to discuss her experience working on BIAY.

    L&L #60, (Sartorial) manners maketh man

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2022 105:45


    Betting on lawsuits Muppets' Christmas Proper dress Shopping karts vs. the Law of Nature Don't let Mike merge https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/06/dress-up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8QZwnJZTgQ&t=519s

    L&L #56, Precisely Personal Evangelization w/ Brooke Soares

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 87:22


    Brooke Soares, a FOCUS missionary, comes on the pod to talk about the day to day workings of evangelization on a college campus.

    L&L #51, Looking to the Confessional Lines w/ Liz Slaten

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 99:28


    Liz Slaten, the managing editor for Catholic East Texas magazine, comes on the podcast to discuss the magazine, new evangelization strategies, and what true success looks like. Liz Slaten's Instagram: @liz.slaten Catholic East Texas: https://www.catholiceasttexas.online/

    L&L #50, The Godfather's liturgical straw

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 72:34


    We've made 50 of these things? Liturgical fad, or the fate of the communion straw The Godfather Favorite episodes

    L&L #49, Uniting the Parishes w/ Andrew

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 119:46


    Andrew comes on the pod to talk about his time in Guatemala Free will in Heaven? If Graham Greene wrote James Bond.

    L&L #45, Communion with Sacred Music w/ Max

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 120:25


    Max, a church choir director and musician, joins a braying donkey and dying walruses (plural), to impart wisdom about Sacred Music.

    L&L #43, The Motu Proprio, or, we say many Hail Marys.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 95:15


    St. Francis and the liturgy Sound off time Hardee's vs Chick fil a Latin languishing in the Latin rite Bl. Carlo Acutis

    L&L #41, Every moment a missionary w/ Deacon (father) John Paul and Seminarian Andrew

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 114:33


    Deacon (now father), John Paul and Seminarian Andrew join the pod to talk about Vatican II, correct interpretation of the documents, and how to be a missionary in a post Christian world.

    L&L #40, Distributing pugilism capitalistically

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 122:51


    Joe Rogan (who?) doesn't understand boxing Logan Paul vs Floyd Mayweather, the expert opinion Punch some people in the face (in the face). Please don't Zoomers and boxing Distributism Means of Production? Families? Sounds like Mafia to me What is a good capitalist? How to invest Michael's (hard) lemonade stand Why Chesterton *actually* didn't like the Ford motor car Catholic Capitalism or just bad Capitalism? Bloomberg terminals in Fro Ro, yo Pod's one year anniversary Put the Mormons in charge of the Vatican Bank already.

    L&L #39, Forming the priestly family, w/ Subdeacon Philip Gilbert

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2021 86:37


    Subdeacon Philip Gilbert is a seminarian in Ukraine studying to become a Ukrainian Catholic priest. He joins the podcast to talk about how he discerned his vocation(s), the importance of liturgy, and living in Ukraine.

    L&L, #38 The expanse of virtue (and vice) w/ Jski

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 133:11


    Eric Jenislawski, a theology professor from Christendom College, joins the podcast to talk about Universalism.

    L&L #37, Put it in God's hands, from Cuba to America

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 82:33


    We are joined by Ofelia Franco-Foreman who talks about growing up in Cuba, and escaping to the U.S.

    L&L #36, Do Angels play Baseball? Also freezing and reanimating bodies

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 95:31


    Baroque cathedrals James Dean Freezing bodies Ted Williams Money, so much money Ted Williams vs Juan Soto Death Humpty Dumpty vs Frankenstein's monster New business idea Do angels play baseball? Do angels play chess? CBDS in heaven Do angels line dance in heaven? Is competition good? Michael proves the theory of evolution Celestial weight rooms Humility St. Michael

    L&L #34, Lost and Found, Storytelling through Painting w/ Josh

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2021 96:42


    Josh Van Hecke comes on the podcast to discuss his artwork. We get into a long conversation about relics in rugby fields, the philosophy of art, and Josh's own work. Follow Josh! https://www.instagram.com/joshvanhecke/ https://www.joshvanhecke.com/ https://youtube.com/channel/UC2uBS_2vMmAk36L919sJySw

    L&L #33, Deification through the Liturgy, the Byzantine Rite w/ Fr. Richard

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 79:14


    We conclude the series, Lessons in Liturgical Literacy, discussing the Byzantine rite with Fr. Richard Armstrong.

    L&L #31, Catholic Environmentalism, a mean between extremes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 101:44


    Peter's brother Andrew joins the pod to talk about environmentalism in the American West, and how to take a Catholic perspective to the subject.

    L&L #29, Sanctifying the English language, the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, w/ Fr. Jason

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 81:43


    Fr. Jason comes on the podcast to discuss the Divine Worship of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, his conversion, and the importance of the Anglican patrimony in the Catholic Church.

    L&L #27, An Invitation to Mystery, the Traditional Latin Mass, w/ Fr. Michael

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 89:54


    The first episode of the Lessons in Liturgical series, the extraordinary form of the Latin rite. Fr. Michael joined Peter, Thomas, and Michael to discuss the TLM, it's role in his vocation, the spirituality of the TLM, and how it is better to overflow then to simply be a canal.

    L&L #26, Introducing Lessons in Liturgical Literacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 11:25


    Michael, Peter, and Thomas introduce a new Lenten series focused on the different liturgical expressions of the Catholic Church.

    L&L #25, “A Label Doesn't Substitute for a Story." Catholic journalism w/ Peter Jesserer Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 132:29


    In which Peter Jesserer Smith, a staff reporter for the National Catholic Register, joins the podcast for a conversation about Catholic journalism. We discuss how he first broke into the business, his journalistic philosophy, the challenges facing Catholic journalism, and the situation faced by the Christians in the Middle East.

    L&L #20, Memories of a Midwest priest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 63:44


    In which we have a Janus type episode, Thomas interviews Fr. John Richetta, former pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, we discuss his time in the seminary, the liturgical changes of the Second Vatican Council, his travels, and the importance of language.

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