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Boys' Lunch#49 - And We're Back
Just a quick catch up and teaser for next week. It's good to be back on the airwaves
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#48 - Chestnuts Roasting in an Interior Castle
Advent in Avila! This is kind of an advent reflection, a nod to St. Teresa of Avila, and an explanation of the spirituality that sprang forward from Catholic…
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#47 - Jerome Lejeune and the Value of People
We discuss the Catholic scientist who discovered the chromosomal cause of Down Syndrome and his approach to use science to shed light on the dignity and…
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#46 - Love, Acceptance, Forgiveness
This is a cool dive into the many aspects of our search for love, acceptance, and forgiveness. We discuss the wayward son, our dignity and identity as sons and…
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#45 - If You Stare At Anything Long Enough...
Things are fine. We are fine. We begin a two part episode on The Return of the Prodigal Son by Fr. Henri Nouwen. This one focuses on art coming to life, beauty…
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#44 - Survey Says...
We are one year in. Thanks to all those who have supported and listened. Today we talk about the idea of being called into being. I gave a survey to my…
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#43 - Why am I Catholic?
Grilling, Chilling, MONSTER TRUCKS! Where are we moving? Why are we Catholic? We highlight a cool group of saints from the first two centuries and the…
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#42 - 16670...If You Know, You Know
Halloween, All Saints, All Souls. We look at the life of St. Maximilian Kolbe. He didn't settle with what was comfortable, he pushed himself, relied on prayer…
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#41 - Diary of an Astronaut
Worst haircut, worst fashion trends, and more. Paul speaks some truth from the book "Diary of a Country Priest". We reject prayer and a relationship with God…
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#40 - Can You Believe He Said This About "On Eagle's Wings"?
We discuss Paul's good weekend, camping, staring at the moon, and ponder what life would be like if things were actually silent. Our topic explores Captain…
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#39 - Real Recognize Real
How does brewing coffee and listening to vinyl relate to the Mass? Is the parish hall even real? Will my son ever stop moving around at Mass? Find out this…
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#38 - We Live in a Society
Have we replaced the Church with a new regime, magisterium, doctrine, value-creating system? It seems the aspects of the Church many didn't like have been…
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#37 - All You Need is (To Love as God) Love(s)
Did Joey have the perfect Fall weekend? Would Paul ever dine alone? Tune in to find out. We also talk about Charity and putting God's goals before our own. We…
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#36 - You're Going to Want to Listen to This
Jazzercise, Economics, Virtue, what more could you want? Listener questions galore.
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#35 - F is for Friends Who Do Stuff Together
We take some listener questions and give some updates on our lives. We talk about some recent statistics on people no longer having close friends, what…
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#34 - These Are My Confessions
Friday Night Lights are back and some would say it is electric. We give a nod to St. Augustine's recent feast day and discuss his famous work "Confessions". So…
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#33 - Can I Make Friends Again?
Many people go through changes and transitions no matter what age they are. We discuss this and give tips and advice for people as they go off to college (and…
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#32 - Hot Seat Pt. 2
The Boys' Lunch crew is back in the building and back to Monday postings. Tell your friends and family. Today we have the Paul in the Hot Seat. No stone will…
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#31 - Pier Giorgio Frassati: The Man So Nice They Name Him Twice
This was originally recorded on July 14th and is now being posted on August 11th. Facepalm emoji, am I right? Paul and Joey catch up on their summers and then…
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#30 - A Pod for the Fourth
As we approach the Fourth of July we decided to look at some principles of America. Was National Treasure real?? Listen to find out. We also catch up on…
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#29 - Big Stones Don't Cry
Recorded in Paul's basement, these two teachers go back and forth like Mayweather and Pacquiao and discuss a misunderstood Bible verse (some would say overused…
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#28 - Let's Make A Wager
What goes into believing in God or proving His existence? We give a birds-eye view of this process and discuss themes of Pascal's Wager, Newman's Assent, a…
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#27 - Hot Seat
We give a nod to "The Interview with Jude" this week and put Joey on the Hot Seat. Get ready. Nothing is off limits.
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#26 - Will the Next Generation be Baptized?
Grass news, house news, seniors are gone. The two of us dive into trends of people's attitude towards organized religion. We look at the change in parish life…
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#25 - Thoughts on a Train
Our intern makes an appearance and surprises us with a gift. We also talk about the new social mobility of life and how that might change our connection to the…
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#24 - Grass Is Always Greener, Unless It's Not There
Do you feel like you're in a rut? Well, not sure if this podcast will help, but we do discuss monotony, perspective, bearing fruit, and Fictional Cereal…
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#23 - Kids These Days
We discuss end of the year feelings, she-bear attacks in the Bible, and our love for our children. We have three of our former students jump on the mic to tell…
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#22 - Listen to the Doctor
These two wild teachers discuss the best burger in town, buffets, and thoughts on the tambourine at Mass. We highlight the lives and inspiration of two Doctors…
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#21 - Child, Please
Hypothetical animal fights, 30th birthday, some listener questions. We can't be child-like....we're in our thirties. We ponder some of St. Therese's teachings…
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#20 - Fear and Failure
We work our way through failure and fear of failure. I'm kind of scared that we failed at it. We also have some hot takes on childhood snacks and discuss the…
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#19 - Monday the Lesser
We're back! Sump Pumps, Blizzards, and more. We catch up with each other after our hiatus and reflect on important people in our lives, the spiritual journey…
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*Spring Break and Merch Update*
Paul and I weren't able to record a podcast this week. If you are interested in purchasing a mug please send an email to boyslunch1@gmail.com so we can get an…
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#18 - Spaghetti + Nickelback = Jesus?
More merch talk, sports superstitions, and a touching Stations of the Cross. We talk about two things that tend to draw youth (and really everyone) out of the…
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#17 - Was Jesus Right About This??
Men Handling Illness, Oprah, Merch. We talk about striking a balance between loving the teachings and living the teachings. Fan Questions at the end.
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#16 - Leisure Suits You
How many times can two guys say the word leisure in 20 minutes? Seriously, let us know. We answer a few fan questions and talk about our modern approach to…
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#15 - Proposals and Apathy
Have we intellectually accepted the reality of Christ? Has that actually changed the way we live? I don't know. It's probably our intern's fault.
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#14 - Wife Joins Podcast?
There is a storm a-brewin' (literally). Paul and I couldn't meet up this week so I asked my wife if she would join me. We talk about some tips for Lent and go…
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#13 - February Comes To Us All
How to live out your mission and be nice...in February. SPORTS!
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#11 - Death Comes To Us All
Facial Hair, Frailty, and a Mid-Life Crisis. The topic in this episode isn't as scary as it seems. We look at the idea of understanding our mortality in a…
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#10 - We Made it to 10
AOL , Merch, E-mail. Some discussion on MLK and some of our favorite moments as teachers. Send questions, topics, etc. to our agent at boyslunch1@gmail.com…
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#9 - Now That's What I Call Justice, Volume 7
The Black Eyed Peas, First CD's, Sports Dreams. We talk about Christian ideas that are nice in theory, but can be hard in practice. Specifically we look at the…
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#8 - Do Humans Have the Capacity to Commit?
The Bears lost and still made the playoffs. It was gross. Today we talk about the idea of trying to follow through with something. Does our society have a…
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#7 - ABLNYS (A Boys' Lunch New Year's Special)
Join us as we reflect back on 2020. Where was the good? What about resolutions? Frozen apps? Friday's Sponsorship??
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#6 - Communication Breakdown
With Christmas around the corner we talk about the wonder and innocence of our kids and some of our favorite gifts growing up. We also discuss trends we see in…
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#5 - The Things We've Learned
Dateline, German Shepherds, and some Paul high school stories. We also discuss things we've learned, mistakes we've made, or misconceptions on our end as…
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#4 - The Decision
In Part 2 of our segment with Kevin we talk about what goes into making big decisions in our lives. Also, we give some hot takes on P.E. equipment
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#3 - Betrayal
Special guest and original Boys' Lunch member joins us to talk about his recent move and job change. And I guess to catch up.
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#2 - Origin Story
Today we discuss our infamous name change, the importance of fruitful discussion and dialogue, and our friendship. Paul has a microphone this time.
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#1 - Back to Remote
So I know we call it "Forever a Bridesmaid" in the episode, but after much discussion we have changed our podcast to "Boys' Lunch". In this episode we talk…