
Gomer
Co-Host of Catching Foxes
Gomer is an evangelist, a father, husband, and full-time church worker. He specializes in watching TV, watching YouTube, and watching his kids play outside (from inside, where it is safe).
Gomer has hosted 397 Episodes.
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Letter to a Suffering Church
May 31st, 2019 | 1 hr 19 mins
bishop robert barron, catholic, suffering church, word on fire
30 minutes of chatting, followed by 45 minutes of discussion about Bishop Robert Barron's "Letter to a Suffering Church".
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Luke Apologizes to Taylor Marshall
May 24th, 2019 | 1 hr 10 mins
catholic, game of thrones, priesthood, taylor marshall
Luke delays recording to attend a concert and relive the early 2000's, we blame the clergy for speaker-culture, we talk the crappy Atlantic article, we BRIEFLY discuss the terrible Game of Thrones ending; Oh look, Fr Dave is the new FUS President! Then, Gomer's rapid-fire: financial independence, peeing, Luke has anger issues, and our Live Show in Appleton was fun!
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Clerically Speaking Crashes the Show!
May 17th, 2019 | 2 hrs 22 mins
catholic, clergy, laity, tickle fights
We have the priests from Clerically Speaking on the show (without Gomer for 40 minutes). We talk principally about the role of the homily, the loneliness of the priesthood (for some), and the dangers of professional laity and careerism in the Church. Gomer was late because he was talking with a Reformed Baptist about salvation and the authority of the Church.
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Gomer gets Luke's Apologetics Advice
May 10th, 2019 | 1 hr 26 mins
apologetics, catholic, exodus 90, sola fide
Gomer is about to debate an anti-Catholic Protestant and gets some HOT TIPS from Luke on how to engage in a religious argument. Then Luke trashes* Exodus 90 and calls Gomer tubby. *no he doesn't.
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When Virtue Failed Us.
May 3rd, 2019 | 1 hr 38 mins
catholicism, game of thrones, housing, judaism
We hit a broad range of topics, but the three big ones are: Professional Catholicism, Supersessionism, and Harry Truman and the A Bomb. We also discuss Gomer's new religion, Year of New Things updates, Game of Thrones Porn Triggers, Luke's housing situation, and why Aristotle is not enough to be a good person.
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The Little Mer-Luke
April 26th, 2019 | 1 hr 27 mins
anal sex, game of thrones, marxism, twitter
Luke sings a Disney classic, We talk for 11 minutes about Game of Thrones, then yell at Catholic Twitter for not liking the stuff we like. Luke asks, "When you're too busy, what's the first thing to go?" We struggle with pleasing ourselves or the fans, but the fans win when they give us money! Finally... Anal Sex. Yes, this is true. And we end talking about Marxism.
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On Cathedral Metaphors and Boyz in the Hood
April 19th, 2019 | 1 hr 17 mins
church, manhood, masculinity, modernism
Luke encourages us not to do metaphorical hot takes while Notre Dame is burning. Futile. Gomer points out that the best part of the metaphor is that it's just the roof on fire. We're fine down below, hanging out with the cross and altar. Then we dive into MANHOOD. We end with Game of Thrones, Season 8, episode 1 review. SPOILERS!
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Praise and Worship Special
April 12th, 2019 | 1 hr 9 mins
charismatic, franciscan, praise and worship
Luke and Gomer talk about our experience of praise and worship, and charismatic spirituality, and why it may not work anymore for us. Also, Pope Emeritus Benedict's letter on the scandal is touched upon.
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Luke's Sacred House Tour
April 5th, 2019 | 56 mins 45 secs
In this episode, we literally make one joke for 25 minutes about how we can make Luke's potentially new house more sacred. A sacred space, if you will. AND I WILL! Also we discuss the drama and bizarre tweets of the UnplannedMovie Tweeter account.
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You've Gone Too Far, Luke!!!
March 29th, 2019 | 1 hr 31 mins
We talk Game of Thrones, Luke's last week in ministry, The Lord's Prophecy in 2014 for Luke's life, Discernment, Real prayer that rarely happens in Church, the Pope Francis Ring-Kiss thing (so weird), and more!
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Hold On!!!
March 22nd, 2019 | 1 hr 34 mins
children, extremists, hoax, politics
We talk breakdown of the West, the terribleness of politics, why the Extremists are running the centrists off, and Hold On to Your Kids!
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Captain Marvel and Cardinal Pell. Same Diff.
March 15th, 2019 | 1 hr 5 mins
captain marvel, marvel, mcu, twitter
Our appearance on The Matt Fradd Show, first take on Captain Marvel and ranking Marvel movies, the Dark Knight controversy, is Twitter a Hellscape of awful nastiness, and the Catholic Church is a punchline because of the clergy. Soooooo....
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Your First Six Months of Marriage
March 9th, 2019 | 48 mins 30 secs
marriage, neighbors, sex, towels
Luke and Gomer are frank and honest about their own first six months of marriage. Luke yells on the way to Mass and brings a towel to the neighbors' guesthouse. Gomer is still abstaining from sexual intercourse because the sounds are weird.
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Gomer's Table Saw Near Miss!
March 1st, 2019 | 1 hr 14 mins
catholic match ads, demi lovato, naked, pudding
Gomer got a table saw. He turned it on. He respected its raw power. Then, his eye-protection also got sucked into the 5,000 rpm blade, taking his face with it. Also, Luke is naked, eating pudding, and singing to Demi Lovato and his wife catches him. Also, we spend some time deconstructing deconstructionism.
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Look what they did to Ted! with JD Flynn
February 22nd, 2019 | 58 mins 6 secs
cna, mccarrick, news, sbc
We talk with JD Flynn, canon lawyer and editor-in-chief of Catholic News Agency, about Church Militant's accusations, the ideological news media, Mr. Ted McCarrick's laicization, the Rome Meeting, South Baptist Convention assault issues, and more!
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So Many Topics!
February 15th, 2019 | 1 hr 29 mins
We tackle topics. A lot of them: IVF, Captain America vs Iron Man, etc. I'm so tired. I gotta go to bed now. Very explicit today, folks.