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

  • Groan for the World

    January 12th, 2022  |  1 hr 34 mins

    CF Merch! The sad death of Bob Saget, a birthday quote from then-Pope Benedict, Gomer's back pain and his sedentary life, best WW2 movies that a 12-year-old can watch, and Wendell Barry's "The World Ending Fire".

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    WE'RE BACK! And we bicker like never before!

    January 8th, 2022  |  1 hr 50 mins
    catholic, exodus90, liturgy, mcu, movies

    Christmas stuff, Eucharistic Desecration with Masks, Gomer's new YouTube Religion and Luke's flawless diagnosis of his religious pursuits, Exodus90, Liturgical living, Feasting and Fasting and why we need both, Books Gomer is reading, Spider-Man review, and more!

  • Careerism, the Great Resignation, and Burnout

    December 18th, 2021  |  1 hr 44 mins
    catholic, social teaching, the great resignation

    Check out the show notes and our sponsors! The Great Resignation is leading to over 9 million US jobs unfilled. People are opting out of the workforce right now for a host of reasons- money, unsustainable workloads, pandemic fears- and others are opting out of the very idea of a career. Explore the Great Resignation through the lens of Catholic Social Teaching.

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    Rage is Currency

    December 10th, 2021  |  1 hr 9 mins

    We talk about Gomer's general (not specific) malaise in ChurchWork and his fears of "getting out." We talk about "Senlin Ascends", which is Book 1 of 4 in the Tower of Babel Series by Josiah Bancroft. Then we pivot to the show "Heroes" and how it failed us all in season 2. (and it was Isaac Mendez, not Mohinder)

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    Ecumenism isn't Watered Down Christianity, with Nathan Smith

    December 3rd, 2021  |  1 hr 54 mins
    balthasar, catholicism, ecumenism

    Nathan is now a Catholic that works for Glenmary doing ecumenical work. He was a Protestant pastor, loves Benedict and Balthasar, and dresses very well. We discuss his conversion, Deconstruction, being Luke's friend at the USMNT game, and Ecumenism.

  • Wait... You thought I was going to propose?

    November 26th, 2021  |  1 hr 28 mins
    nonprofit, proposals, thanksgiving

    Interesting Nonprofit updates. Contract failure and market failure. Gomer rethought his Libertarianism due to the realization that corporations have more money than many governments. Thanksgiving plans for the boys. Epic failures in Proposals for both Luke and Gomer. And we close with comments on Fr. James Jackson's arrest.

  • The Irreconcilable.

    November 19th, 2021  |  1 hr 22 mins

    Surprised by Joy! The AppleTV show, "Invasion." The 20th Anniversary of Band of Brothers. Fiction/Reading as a conduit to understanding. Vinyl Records as Japanese Tea Ceremony, Integrity, and Slowness. Gomer’s Anima Technica Vacua experience at Life Night. Friday Morning at 11am, say a prayer for the Gormley family

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    Enough!

    November 12th, 2021  |  1 hr 11 mins
    anima technica vacua, disney, lithuania, marvel

    Chapters: Worst Marvel Movies, Lithuania loves us! Nearly Nuclear War. Wisdom and Wonder. The Book Saga of Luke. Anima Technica Vacua. Elon Musk's own vacua is showing. Grace vs. Nature. How Media Strips us of Legacy. ENOUGH! Discord Question from our Patreon supporters.

  • What Scares You... besides girls

    November 5th, 2021  |  1 hr 31 mins
    401ks, appletv, audiobooks, books, catholic, investing, podcasting

    We start with a podcast about podcasting and then go into the central question: what scares you? Also, GOMER HAS A CHAPTER IN A BOOK THAT GOT PUBLISHED! Then Halloween, Hope's question on Finances, AppleTV shows, and Luke needs a new book because this Eisenhower biography is halfway done.

  • Luddite 90, with Matt Fradd

    October 29th, 2021  |  57 mins 1 sec

    What's new with Pints with Aquinas? How much can one man hate technology? Fradd will show you the way. Also, he's got a new book! Plot twist: it's on St. Thomas Aquinas. Post retwist: it's about Aquinas' prescription on how to be happy.

  • How do we move on well?

    October 22nd, 2021  |  1 hr 11 mins
    catholics, forgiveness, history, the batman, world war 2

    Catholics in History: WW2, History is Paved in blood, How do we move on after sin, violence, war, tragedy? Biblical history is World history! The Human Condition throughout history, Modernity's Mindsets. Then: THE BATMAN Trailer, Live Show in Houston (maybe), and Thank you Patrons!

  • Kind of an Agnostic

    October 15th, 2021  |  59 mins 16 secs

    Things are getting dark for Luke.

  • Emergencies in Cincinnati, with Mike Schafer and Sean Ater

    October 9th, 2021  |  1 hr 25 mins

    We talk about the collapse of the Church at the diocesan level and how prayerful disciples are responding to it. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati is launching its Beacons of Light initiative with the hope of using the crisis to awaken laity and clergy to these emergencies.

  • The Joy of the Streams, with Jonathan Blevins

    October 2nd, 2021  |  1 hr 21 mins
    catholic, creator, gaming, streamer, twitch

    We chatted with Jonathan Blevins as he takes the plunge from full-time parish Director of Evangelization to full-time Twitch Streamer. We talk about online culture, the dangers of VR, the importance of Catholics being in this space, and what's it like being Ninja's brother, the most famous esports gamer in the world.

  • An Audience of 4

    September 25th, 2021  |  1 hr 36 secs

    Darby, Adam, James, and Erica were on a Patreon Zoom call with Luke when Ye Ole Gomer joined in and we turned it into a show. Don't listen with headphones, or you'll hear the tiny feedback loop. TOPICS: What do you do if you're afraid of sex? How do you cultivate the right kind of knowledge of your partner before marriage? "Noone could be a man unless his father has died. "- Freud

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    Family, Disney, & Norm MacDonald

    September 18th, 2021  |  1 hr 28 mins

    Chapters! Gomer and Luke's family updates. Erin, Luke's wife, ruins their car out of stubbornness, Gomer spent hundreds on his latest YouTube hobby (lighting), and we discuss the Disney Movie Renaissance. Finally, we talk about the passing of Norm MacDonald.