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Boys' Lunch#108 - Former Fisherman Tells All
Out of everyone in the New Testament, we have far more stories of Peter with Christ than anyone else. Listen to these two people with college degrees catch up…
Boys' Lunch#107 - Season 2
Action-packed summers, exciting alumni updates, midlife crises, and a promise of a raucous, adrenaline-fueled Season 2! Episode Art Credit: Joseph and Jameson…
Boys' Lunch#106 - Hot Takes on Figs!
Figs, wheat, and a sobering reminder from a priest. What do we need to leave in the tomb? Listen to the whole episode to see how all of these fit.
Boys' Lunch#105 - Easter Hangover
Shoutout to Jameson and Joseph McGraw for the new image. We will give a worthy shoutout on the next podcast. In this 25 minute episode we discuss how feasting…
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#104 - Musings
A collection of thoughts to sit with. We discuss St. Luke's account of Christ, revisiting stories with a deeper understanding of the goodness of God and the…
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#103 - Are Your Hands Full?
Topics are discussed. Ideas are shared. Laughs are had. We catch up on life and discuss a couple of thoughts on the desire to change for Christ and the follow…
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#102 - St. Mary Magdalene
This was recorded at the beginning of February. We catch up on a month and a half of life and talk about some moments of the life of St. Mary Magdalene. What…
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#101 - Fight or Flight
Are you a fighter or flighter? It depends on what God is asking of us. We go through a reflection on the Holy Family that might be nice to sit with during the…
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#100 - 100! (ft. Fr. Chase)
We sit down with Fr. Chase Hilgenbrinck, the Vocations Director for the Diocese of Peoria. We talk about hearing God's voice, discerning, taking action, advice…
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#99 - How Did We Miss This?
99th Episode! Do you think we talk about leaving the 99 to find the 1? That would have been a good idea... Instead we discuss a man so influential it is crazy…
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#98 - Out of the Depths
Did Paul share personal information about his life? Without even being asked?? It is often in silence that we observe the most authentic communication taking…
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#97 - Good Grief
We catch up on two weeks of Fall action and discuss grieving those that have died.
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#96 - This is Wild (Uglier Barns)
We somehow managed to have about 5 Central Alum shoutouts during our banter (listen to see if it is you!) Working to have an eternal perspective that is…
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#95 - Ugly Barns
Catch up with Boys' Lunch as we talk about former student sightings and happenings at the school. We start a series on the vanity of the world, the ugliness of…
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#94 - Three Personal Encounters
Welcome, "@a Glance" listeners! Today we talk about Christ's encounters with three people in the Gospels and relate it to our approach with God today.
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#93 - Over-Consumption and the Future of Prayer
Today we muse through ideas of over-consumption, being overwhelmed with too many choices, and the capacity for future generations to sit, meditate and receive…
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#92 - A Twitch Upon the Thread
In this enlightening summer episode we intertwine the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Brideshead Revisited, rock climbing and more.
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#91 - Habemus Catch Up
We catch up on life events and discuss the election of Pope Leo XIV.
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#90 - Call it a Comeback
We are back after a year and a half hiatus and we are excited to unpack a lot of great moments, thoughts, and spiritual insights over the next few months…
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#89 - Merry Christmas
A Christmas miracle! A podcast has been posted! We take some time to reflect on this little gem from Newman and Bishop Barron. Barron says "ideas are only…
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#88 - It's Been a While
We are back on the mic talking about the busy start to our school year. We talk about the fruits of contemplation when you might not hear God directly speak to…
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#87 - One of Our Best Yet
We talk about God's movements of transformation in our lives this summer. I hope you are able to listen. We also talk about Paul's trip to the beach and a…
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#86 - 42-Minute Fiasco: A Man Speaks for His Generation
Intern Gets His Big Break. Aidan Goes to School. Chop Chop Fold Fold. 18 Going on 50. A Boy and His Khakis. I think these titles explain it all.
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#85 - I Feel Lost
We discuss the idea of being lost in life and lost in this world. How can we find good in this and seek our resting place? How can we start to discern the…
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#84 - Fire Within
We jump on the mic for the first time this summer. This is the longest we have been away from each other. It has been tough. Although we were separate from…
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#83 - Is this Really the End...?
After 10 years in the profession we take a look at how we grew personally and professionally this past year. Enjoy
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#82 - Pulp Free Fiction
Happy summer! This has very little to do with the movie Pulp Fiction and mostly to do with the power of creative humans to abstract reality out for us and…
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#81 - Paul's New Hobby
You'll have to click to find out! What a podcast...I would not want to miss this if I were you
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#80 - The Hymn of the Heart
We catch you up on Spring Break, the end of Lent, and Easter. Today's discussion talks about the importance of simple creeds lived out within our life and…
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#79 - People Ask Us Questions
It has been an adventure getting this recorded and uploaded, but here it is. We answer questions from people around the school and from our very own homes!…
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#78 - Making Use of Suffering
We look at the idea of unique ways to become Christ-like in our lives. We quickly look at the willingness to enter the desert with Christ and (briefly, I…
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#77 - Divine Hide and Seek
Some quick life updates about baptisms and trophies. We take a gander at some poems that have been supplying some good prayer and some themes we have been…
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#76 - A Tribute
We catch up on our Christmas break and the beginning of second semester and give a tribute to a man that gave so much to our Church. Hopefully we do his life a…
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#75 - Age and Perspective
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Here's a 40 minute New Year's present to you all. This was a discussion we had during Finals, hope you enjoy!
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#74 - A Good One
Sorry for the delay. We recorded this on December 6th, but I sat on it for awhile. I am ready to release it to the wild. This episode discusses two themes. One…
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#73 - House
We have a special guest for a special topic. We are excited for some of the opportunities that are coming to Central next year and try to give our perspective…
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#72 - Pride and Humility
We catch up and look at the hidden vice behind many of our actions. While we tend to focus on the immediate and external sins and failings, it is often the…
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#71 - All the Feels
This has been one of my favorite discussions and reminds me of some of our conversations in college over a cup of coffee. We take a small section of a book and…
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#70 - Building Culture and Community
We catch up and talk about the genius of St. Benedict. How can the principles in his "Rule" guide us in our vocations and the groups we are a part of?
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#69 - I'm Deeper Than a Kiddie Pool
Homecoming, student sightings, updates on life and school. Our topic is based on growing and gathering experiences, being able to work through and name the…
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#68 - Becoming Unsettled
We discuss baby news, a million dollar bill, and get to the bottom of what "gas" means. We look at the trend of being "spiritual, but not religious" or…
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#67 - Joy and Cynicism
What will you choose today? Joy or Cynicism? We jump into some PCSL updates, what we've been reading, and an investigation into what they are putting into…
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#66 - Good Morning
We are back from our end of summer hiatus with a jam-packed 24 minute episode. Go Saints!
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#65 - Keep it Simple, Return to the Father
Was Josh Vogel sleeping at Mass?? We give an update on the rest of the happenings of July and take a look at what to do when you have a spiritual writer's…
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#64 - Curing Boredom with Reverence
We discuss the Fourth of July and some pretty good zingers about reverence and recognizing the greatness of creation and the people around us. Are you…
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#63 - House Hunters: Church Edition
We catch you up on some fun events from June and discuss why the space around us matters. The form and function of buildings and architecture can move people…
Boys' Lunch#62 - Are We Writing A Book??
Is this just a clickbait title?!? I guess you'll have to click to check out. We talk about books and the idea of building a library for yourself and family…
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#61 - Imagine a World...
Boys' Lunch summer. We recorded two episodes last night in Joey's basement. Here is the first.
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#60 - Receptive to the Author
Here's to 60! Thank you for listening this long. We will continue to record and post this summer, so keep checking every Monday...
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#59 - Blinded by the Light
What do you do with an animal carcass in your yard? Is hockey a real sport? We look at some themes of light and darkness and how to build up the state of our…
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#58 - How Do You View the World?
We are back with a reflection on a common, but rarely recognized view of the world. Also, some lively banter from two different sessions.
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#57 - We Have a Confession...
We have a special guest on our podcast today to help us discuss Divine Mercy and why we go to a priest for confession. Fun fun.
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#56 - Blast from the Past
Happy Holy Week. We have some lively banter and a good discussion about the past and the spiritual life. Zacchaeus is brought in, repressing your memories…
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#55 - Drama
We have some nice updates and thoughts about our recent Spring Break. What kind of drama are we going to get into today?? Tune in to find out!
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#54 - There's No Place Like Rome
Paul and Joey catch up after a few weeks off. We discuss Rome, churches, pilgrimage, beauty, martyrs, and everything awesome. It's good to be back.
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#53 - Why Would I Give Something Up?
Seriously, that sounds terrible. We try to look at the idea of penance, mortification, and attachment with new eyes. As cradle Catholics or outsiders we often…
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#51 - Carne Asada
This episode has nothing to do with carne asada. It has everything to do with incarnational evangelization. Enjoy some light and fun banter as an appeteaser…
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#50 - Wisdom for the Ages
It felt great to get back on the mic. We talk about the unique ability of philosophy to show the limits of our human reason and our need to be receptive in…