Catching Foxes

Two guys talking about the collision of faith and culture. Discussion over Instruction. *Occasionally explicit.

About the show

Luke and Gomer became friends Freshman year at the Franciscan University of Steubenville and 14 years later they started a podcast. The show oscillates between a conversation between just the two of us and interviews that we do together of other, fancier people. Sometimes we get explicit either by being too honest or by being too stupid. Either way, it's fun!

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Episodes

  • False Selves, Church Fathers, and the Lies We Believe

    May 8th, 2020  |  1 hr 39 mins
    actors, broken, catholic, geek

    In this episode, we discuss the fakeness of acting and why the Church Fathers hated it and how that applies to our lives. Then we take fun and thoughtful listener questions from our Facebook Live video and answer them relatively briefly, for a change.

  • We Shame Ourselves or Kill Them

    April 24th, 2020  |  1 hr 48 mins

    From Quarantine self-hatred to Captain Marvel critiques, to the main topic: confront the evil within us and own it or create endless scapegoats.

  • Gomer is listening to Staind

    April 17th, 2020  |  1 hr 29 mins

    You know it's bad when Gomer is listening to Staind. Also, we talk about the falsehood of the American Work Ethic and the dangers of Remote Work without formal processes.

  • The Legendary 10-Minute Topics Returns!

    April 10th, 2020  |  2 hrs 3 mins
    catholic, college parties, mcu, movies

    This is largely an At-The-Movies episode. We have chapters, so enjoy skipping around to what suits you. We also have a bonus interview at the end of the show. Finally, we have two sponsors: PolicyGenius.com and CatholicSocial.Media!

  • Luke is done with online Catholicism.

    April 3rd, 2020  |  1 hr 34 mins
    catholic, coronavirus, kylo ren, quarantine, star wars

    Luke is not done with Catholicism. Luke is done with online talking about Catholicism.

  • 20,000 Tangents and Attractive Moms

    March 27th, 2020  |  1 hr 2 mins
    catholic, christian, glory days, quarantine

    This one is for the true story-tellers out there. You know who I am talking about: those brave souls who are compelled to one-up each other, to interrupt and talk over each other, just to tell one slightly related story after another. Here's to you, Narcissist!

  • Live! and Somewhat Infected

    March 20th, 2020  |  1 hr 33 mins

    Our first ever Livestream right onto facebook.com/catchingfoxespodcast! This was recorded on Monday evening. We talk COVID-19 and... hmmm... YOUR QUESTIONS! Also, Gomer's entire rig - microphone, headphones, USB hub and $3,000 laptop, AND HIS WHITE CLAW CAME CRASHING DOWN!

  • We are all going to die and I never got to use my TSA PreCheck

    March 13th, 2020  |  1 hr 26 mins

    Gomer inserts a summary here. Or does he? Does anyone? ...Yes I do. We talk about COVID-19, then I reintroduce the topic of Acedia through the philosophical/secular lens of David Goggins. Freakin' Goggins, man.

  • The Noonday Devil

    March 6th, 2020  |  1 hr 23 mins

    Luke listens to a podcast that's not Pints with Aquinas and has an idea: let's take the theological concept of Sloth/Acedia, aka, "the noonday devil", and combine it with the complete lack of training or purpose many institutions give employees.
    Gomer applies it to marriages, with less than successful results.
    Then Luke mocks Gomer's pain when he collapsed on our friends' mom's front yard sobbing.

  • Luke Solves Chastity

    February 28th, 2020  |  1 hr 35 mins
    catholic, chastity, sex, young adults

    Luke fails at Exodus 90, but pretends he doesn't. Luke solves chastity for young adults. Gomer misunderstands Luke's argument for 60 minutes, then gets it and agrees with Luke WITH NUANCE. Then, we discuss carnivore and everyone's favorite Gen Xer's lava butt. Thanks to CatholicSocial.Media for sponsoring this show!

  • The Ol' 2-10 to Yuma

    February 21st, 2020  |  1 hr 45 mins
    carnivore, catholic, health, sex

    We talk about everything: Gomer has gone carnivore, Luke hates Presentism and sorta likes Rockefeller, Gomer cries about his lovely daughter, then we have everyone's favorite: LUKE MOVES BACK TO HIS HOME TOWN segment.

  • The Kids from the Crunch... on valentine's day

    February 14th, 2020  |  1 hr 56 mins
    catholic, crunch, gomer, hope

    Patrick and Ethan join us and Luke makes it shine like the stars in the Heavens. Gomer largely watches.

  • Bishop Barron's Mandatum and the Lack of Public Life

    February 7th, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins
    bishop barron, catholic, censorship, jacked, mandatum

    Bishop Barron floated an idea out there: social media is the getting ugly and supposed Catholic Theological Experts are causing a lot the problem, so maybe the hierarchy should do something. But then I'm sitting here asking, "Who will enforce it? The USCCB? Seriously?" Then we talk about how, outside of sporting events, there is no real public life, thus Virtual Reality is going to kill us all.

  • Special Announcement + Ten Minute Trainwrecks...

    January 31st, 2020  |  1 hr 30 mins
    catholic, failure, hope, marriage

    Special Announcement, Money, Patreon, and then TOPICS! Special Announcement, Money, Patreon, and then TOPICS! Luke loves pregnancy pillows. Gomer loves that Luke loves this. Also, the Novus Ordo Mass, girl altar servers, music, budgeting for couples, sexy time, AND MORE!

  • Female Porn Addiction with Kelsey Skoch and Everett Fritz

    January 24th, 2020  |  1 hr 7 mins
    addiction, freedom, porn, sex, sexuality, women

    What's better than two dudes talking about female porn addiction? THREE DUDES! Everett Fritz introduces us to Kelsy Skoch, FOCUS employee and Catholic speaker, who both introduce us to the reality of female porn addiction with the new book, "Uncompromising Purity"

  • My Catholic Credentials

    January 17th, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

    We follow-up with our THEMES, which leads to Francis Chan, which leads to suffering, which concludes with the tooth fairy. Makes sense.