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Luke and I banter for 20 minutes about grad school, Gomer redoing his office, etc. Then we introduce the subject and Gomer cries a lot. The name of the wood is called "Purpleheart" and it is a South American hardwood that is super dense. The wood will turn brown over time after it is milled, so the use of sealants is a must to keep that intensely beautiful purple shade from fading. Also, its density makes it notoriously hard to deal with, as the sap will gum up your table saw blade very quickly, resulting in a lot of burn marks from the blade onto the wood. But no worries, for purpleheart sands down incredibly well. Eternal Rest Eternal rest, grant unto her O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.Sponsored By:Catholic Match: Faith-focused Dating: the largest Catholic dating site in the world—where thousands of Catholics find their spouse. Promo Code: FOXESPorter Road: NOW DELIVERING MEAT THE WAY MEAT SHOULD BEBetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching FoxesLinks:Reggie and the Full Effect - iL Sniffy Incontra — Reggie and the Full Effect - iL Sniffy Incontra

Have you ever had a debate with a famous person about Jesus entirely in your head? This is Gomer's failed tale of reaching Joe Rogan. Living in a 2 Suns galactic neighborhood Biological evolution through the common ancestor Mimetic Knowledge, Language, and Culture "In the Beginning was the Word" The lack of culture in apes after 7 million years The Hero Myth (knower, the known, the unknown, curiosity, courage, boons for one's companions) Jesus Christ is the Ultimate Hero, He's not a Myth, and his crucifixion was written into the fabric of creation What if evolution towards reason can only occur if Mimesis is applied to the Hero Myth? Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and Catching Foxes listeners get 10% off their first month at betterhelp.com/FOXES Support Catching FoxesLinks:Leadership Challenge - Discover The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® — The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® Model Leadership is not about personality; it’s about behavior—an observable set of skills and abilities. When the co-authors of The Leadership Challenge, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, first set out to discover what effective leaders do when they’re at their personal best, they collected thousands of stories from ordinary people—the moments they recalled when asked to think of a peak leadership experience. How Extroversion in Personality Influences Behavior — In the big 5 theory of personality, extroversion (often known as extraversion) is one of the five core traits believed to make up human personality. Extroversion is characterized by sociability, talkativeness, assertiveness, and excitability. People who are high in extroversion tend to seek out social stimulation and opportunities to engage with others. These individuals are often described as being full of life, energy, and positivity. In group situations, extroverts (extraverts) are likely to talk often and assert themselves.Notre Dame fight song - YouTube — Notre Dame fight song The Nerdist Podcast Eric Bana — The Nerdist Podcast Eric Bana in 1 hour 3 MINS talks with Chris about how he started his career. Ron Howard Teaches Directing | Official Trailer | MasterClass - YouTube — Ron Howard Teaches Directing | Official Trailer | MasterClass

We love SEEK, so we made a very Catching Foxes podcast for the virtual SEEK21 conference this year and it was ...not allowed. Well, it's Good Friday and I don't want to record a new episode, so here it is, with a FRESH new introduction! Happy Birthday, Lee! Support Catching Foxes

Don't let the Wedding Industry ruin your Marriage. We discuss the extremes of idiots who miss the glorious communal celebration that is Holy Matrimony. Then we talk about rap-as-scapegoat in our culture. Finally, Moira asks about whether sexual incompatibility is a secular thing or a Catholic thing, too. Sponsored By:Stereo Jan-Feb: Again, join us Live every Sunday night at 9 central for the Catching Foxes after party. Find me at stereo.com/gomer. The Stereo app is simple and a lot of fun. I’m loving it. Follow me so that you get notified every time I go LIVE and you can join me!ChewsLife: Be a good person and buy a rosary for your kid, godchild, husband, or wife at ChewsLife! Promo Code: CatchingFoxes10BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching FoxesLinks:Prince & The New Power Generation - 7 (Official Music Video) - YouTube — Prince & The New Power Generation - 7 (Official Music Video) 1 hour waterboy colonel sanders - YouTube — 1 hour waterboy colonel sanders Catching Foxes Episode 14: PICTURES NEED TAKEN — This is the most anticipated podcast episode of the century: LUKE IS GETTING MARRIED AND ALL THE BROS SHOWED UP AND LEFT THEIR WIVES AT HOME. Hilarity and inside jokes ensue. This will probably alienate you as a listener if you didn't know us back at Franciscan University of Steubenville, but we hope the addition of Lord of the Rings' style narration helps you follow along the epic tale. It's the fellowship of the wedding ring. Or something.Ice Cube Doesn't Regret "No Vaseline" Diss 25 Years After Death Certificate - YouTube — Ice Cube Doesn't Regret "No Vaseline" Diss 25 Years After Death Certificate Kendrick Lamar Inducts N.W.A at the 2016 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - YouTube — Kendrick Lamar Inducts N.W.A at the 2016 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Gomer's New Bi-Weekly Obession: Home Gyms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1CA2dFKnYc The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations by James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner Five Leadership Principles ### Model the Way Inspire a Shared Vision Challenge the Process Enable Others to Act Encourage the Heart (Live, Laugh, Love) Sponsored By:Stereo Jan-Feb: Come and hang out with us at 10PM every Sunday night this month on the Stereo app!ChewsLife: Be a good person and buy a rosary for your kid, godchild, husband, or wife at ChewsLife! Promo Code: CatchingFoxes10BetterHelp.com: This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and Catching Foxes listeners get 10% off their first month at betterhelp.com/FOXES Support Catching FoxesLinks:JOHN PAUL JONES - YouTube — Bob McNamara lays it down straight. Leaving the Zoo — The reality of the wildernessItchy and Scratchy In Manhattan Madness - YouTube — Itchy runs afoul of an Irishman OWEL - Snowglobe (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube Furnace Fest 2021 — Luke's 2001 dream come true. Limp Bizkit feat Method Man,Redman & Dmx - Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle) - YouTube — Limp Bizkit feat Method Man,Redman & Dmx - Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)

WORK CULTURE. Lukey got a new job. I asked, "How'd ya know it's time to move on?" This is a show about figuring out your place, your role, your job, your career, and your culture. It's about when you know to say "YES" to a new opportunity and when to say "NO", too. Culture, especially in Church Work, can be never tricksy!Sponsored By:Stereo Jan-Feb: Come and hang out with us at 10PM every Sunday night this month on the Stereo app!ChewsLife: Be a good person and buy a rosary for your kid, godchild, husband, or wife at ChewsLife! Promo Code: CatchingFoxes10BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching FoxesLinks:22 signs it's time to quit your job — We've all had bad days at the office. Maybe even a bad week or two. But if you can't remember the last good day you've had at work, it might be time to seriously consider quitting.How Netflix Reinvented HR — Sheryl Sandberg has called it one of the most important documents ever to come out of Silicon Valley. It’s been viewed more than 5 million times on the web. But when Reed Hastings and I (along with some colleagues) wrote a PowerPoint deck explaining how we shaped the culture and motivated performance at Netflix, where Hastings is CEO and I was chief talent officer from 1998 to 2012, we had no idea it would go viral. We realized that some of the talent management ideas we’d pioneered, such as the concept that workers should be allowed to take whatever vacation time they feel is appropriate, had been seen as a little crazy (at least until other companies started adopting them). But we were surprised that an unadorned set of 127 slides—no music, no animation—would become so influential. What It Means to Work Here — It’s the HR equivalent of keeping up with the Joneses: In their quest to find and retain top talent, businesses often try to match competitors’ offers, ensuring that their compensation schemes, health care benefits, training programs, and other talent-management practices are in line with the rest of the industry’s. While this strategy may be useful for bringing job candidates to the door, it’s not necessarily the most effective way to usher the right people across the threshold—great employees who will be enthusiastic about their work and fiercely loyal to the organization and its mission.

Three Main Topics: Gomer talks with two youths who experience the lack of reciprocity between faith and the sacraments, Luke explores the Marxist critique of music culture as future-canceling, and Gomer buys a gun, which sets off Luke's red flags. Paragraph 5. Secondly, scientific and technological knowledge, which is so prestigious today, tends to impose itself as a single model in all fields of knowledge and for all kinds of objects. Its radical orientation towards certainty of an empirical and naturalistic type is opposed not only to metaphysical knowledge, but also to knowledge of a symbolic nature. While scientific knowledge emphasizes the capacity of human reason, it does not exhaust all dimensions of reason or knowledge, nor does it cover all cognitive needs for a full human life. Symbolic thinking, with its richness and plasticity, on the one hand, collects and elaborates reflectively the ethical and affective dimensions of experience; and, on the other, touches and transforms the spiritual and cognitive structure of the subject. For this reason, together with all the religious traditions of humanity, the transmission of revelation, with its concomitant cognitive content, is situated in the symbolic sphere, not in the empirical and naturalistic sphere. The sacramental reality of participation in the mystery of grace can only be understood in the unity of this double dimension of the symbolic experience: cognitive and performative. Where the scientistic paradigm reigns, which is blind to symbolic thought, sacramental thought is obstructed. Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes The Bible Binge: Listen to The Bible Binge on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts. Or you can listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery App. Wondery… Feel the Story. Stereo Jan-Feb: Again, join us Live every Sunday night at 9 central for the Catching Foxes after party. Find me at stereo.com/gomer. The Stereo app is simple and a lot of fun. I’m loving it. Follow me so that you get notified every time I go LIVE and you can join me!Support Catching FoxesLinks:Next - Too Close (Official Music Video) - YouTube — Next - Too Close (Official Music Video)

Luke recounts his last two weeks of COVID exhaustion. Gomer smiles and nods, until in the empty youth room at 10:30 at night a woman whispers into Gomer's ear, "Hmmm hello". Then, Patron's topics for five minutes. Good questions! Question 1: What should dating intimacy look like? Question 2: What should/shouldn't we do with a new puppy? Question 3: Who would you want to convert to Catholicism and why? Question 4: How to deal with a desk/computer job? Question 5: Any tips from a season Homeschool family? "Lightning" Round Questions What do we do with St Gregory's "two outfits are robbing from the poor?" Favor obscure Bible book? What do you like most about your job? What's the best joke that you know? What should I do with my life? Would you rather: no electricity or no water? Gomer: how did you come to the decision to let your kids watch PG-13 movies? Thoughts about a Catching Foxes Dating Game? Books on teaching that you highly recommend? What's on your food bucket list? Wandavision update? Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes The Bible Binge: Listen to The Bible Binge on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts. Or you can listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery App. Wondery… Feel the Story. Stereo Jan-Feb: Again, join us Live every Sunday night at 9 central for the Catching Foxes after party. Find me at stereo.com/gomer. The Stereo app is simple and a lot of fun. I’m loving it. Follow me so that you get notified every time I go LIVE and you can join me!Support Catching Foxes

Luke has COVID and is exhausted, so pray for his recovery and that of his wife, too! I interview Matt Fradd, friend of the show and host of Pints with Aquinas. I ask him questions from our Patrons and we talk about his big move up to Steubenville. Special Guest: Matt Fradd.Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Stereo Jan-Feb: Again, join us Live every Sunday night at 9 central for the Catching Foxes after party. Find me at stereo.com/gomer. The Stereo app is simple and a lot of fun. I’m loving it. Follow me so that you get notified every time I go LIVE and you can join me!The Bible Binge: Listen to The Bible Binge on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts. Or you can listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery App. Wondery… Feel the Story. The Catholic Card Game: We are making an online version of the Catholic Card Game in both ENGLISH and SPANISH! The goal is to fully fund it in February, so head over to the website and pre-order the game and you can back the project directly from there. Support Catching FoxesLinks:7 Reasons to LOVE St. Thomas Aquinas | Pints with Aquinas — In this episode, I explain seven reasons why St. Thomas Aquinas was a great writer, teacher, and saint. Here’s your chance to get to know the Angelic Doctor as a person and learn: – What Aquinas was like as a kid, and why his own brothers kidnapped him – What he did when he found a prostitute in his room – How he found the best arguments both for and against his own positions – Some of the fantastic questions he asked that we still ask today, like do dogs go to Heaven? (And I tell you what his answers are) – Why he said you should cry and take hot baths (yes, he said that). I hope that after this episode, you’ll love Aquinas even more!Sibling Horror — Hugh Kinsey was a dead-beat dad who abandoned his family in pursuit of a new life, and when he met Bunny, he thought he'd found it. Blinded by his infatuation with her, he failed to notice Bunny’s dark secret until it tried to swallow him whole.

ADHD creates a funny side-effect of distraction that can lead to hilarious places and regrettable obsessions. Gomer and Luke share theirs. Then Luke brings up the main topic of our latest critical review and the absence of civility today. Sponsored By:The Catholic Card Game: We are making an online version of the Catholic Card Game in both ENGLISH and SPANISH! The goal is to fully fund it in February, so head over to the website and pre-order the game and you can back the project directly from there. Stereo Jan-Feb: Again, join us Live every Sunday night at 9 central for the Catching Foxes after party. Find me at stereo.com/gomer. The Stereo app is simple and a lot of fun. I’m loving it. Follow me so that you get notified every time I go LIVE and you can join me!BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching Foxes

Gomer intervened again, but this time it seems to have been very costly. There is chaos where there used to be safety. After the 30-minute story time, we go into our interview with Fr. Dave Pivonka and Prof. Bob Rice of the Franciscan University of Steubenville!Sponsored By:Stereo Jan-Feb: Again, join us Live every Sunday night at 9 central for the Catching Foxes after party. Find me at stereo.com/gomer. The Stereo app is simple and a lot of fun. I’m loving it. Follow me so that you get notified every time I go LIVE and you can join me!BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes The Catholic Card Game: We are making an online version of the Catholic Card Game in both ENGLISH and SPANISH! The goal is to fully fund it in February, so head over to the website and pre-order the game and you can back the project directly from there. Support Catching FoxesLinks:“They That Hope” Delivers Humor and Encouragement — Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, and Dr. Bob Rice of Franciscan University of Steubenville have joined forces on “They That Hope,” a new weekly podcast launched on September 30, 2020. The co-hosts want to help listeners find “humor and hope in a crazy world” and to understand that “God is still present in the world and the Church is still holy and beautiful,” said Father Pivonka, president of Franciscan University.President’s Office | Franciscan University of Steubenville — Currently searchable on: Apple Podcasts, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, Deezer, Listen Notes, and Podbean. Coming soon to Pandora, iHeart, and Overcast $15 off Stick Up Cam Battery | Wireless HD Security Camera | Ring — Add security anywhere - inside or out - with the versatile Stick Up Cam Battery. Its wire-free design means you can put it where you need it and move it when you need to. Place it on a flat surface for flexibility or mount it to a wall for a more permanent solution. With Stick Up Cam Battery, you'll always be connected to home so you can see what's happening at anytime. FREE Expedited Shipping From the Archives: Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman — Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is a leading authority worldwide on the issues of human aggression and the roots of violence and crime.  Not only has he trained and served in the US military himself, but has spent thousands of hours interviewing military and law enforcement personnel who have experienced war and killing.Bob Rice - YouTube — Welcome to my channel! I pray you are blessed by what you find here. Please subscribe to get updates on the latest content. More about me: https://bob-rice.com

Luke asked for topics. Maybe five or so. We got about 57! So we run through a bunch of good, deep, light, and hilarious questions in this episode. But first! Luke talks** GameStonk!! **Sponsored By:Stereo Jan-Feb: Again, join us Live every Sunday night at 9 central for the Catching Foxes after party. Find me at stereo.com/gomer. The Stereo app is simple and a lot of fun. I’m loving it. Follow me so that you get notified every time I go LIVE and you can join me!BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching FoxesLinks:THE GAMESTONK BUBBLE - Wall Street Bets, Reddit Traders, AMC, GME | Minority Mindset - YouTube — Minority Mindset was founded to revolutionize the way Money Minds think about money and to make financial literacy fun. We do this by sharing videos, articles and resources on how to make, save and invest money. #RethinkRich THE GAMESTONK BUBBLE - Wall Street Bets, Reddit Traders, AMC, GME | Minority Mindset - YouTube — THE GAMESTONK BUBBLE - Wall Street Bets, Reddit Traders, AMC, GME | Minority Mindset

Ssssymbolism conversation continues! And it's Luke's fault, not Gomer's! Luke brings up the meaning behind a King's crown and how society knew where it stood in relation to it. This expands to a whole fascinating look at modern clothing and how hyper-abundance shifts our priorities in how we look, actually making the wearing of formal attire less important. We discuss how symbols in society end up impoverishing that society. Luke then asks, _What came first: the destruction of the symbolic meaning or the loss of personal dignity? _Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching FoxesLinks:VanVickle GoFundMeOtto von Habsburg — The Last Holy Roman Emperor. Paul: A Biography (Audible Audio Edition): N. T. Wright, James Langton, HarperAudio: Audible Audiobooks — In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and best-selling author N. T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul, illuminating the humanity and remarkable achievements of this intellectual who invented Christian theology - transforming a faith and changing the world. Gal 1-2 RSVCE - Salutation - Paul an apostle—not from - Bible Gateway — 18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days. 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother. 20 (In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!) 21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cili′cia. 22 And I was still not known by sight to the churches of Christ in Judea; 23 they only heard it said, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” 24 And they glorified God because of me.Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition: Patterson, Kerry, Grenny, Joseph, McMillan, Ron, Switzler, Al: 8580001040288: Amazon.com: Books — The first edition of Crucial Conversations exploded onto the scene and revolutionized the way millions of people communicate when stakes are high. This new edition gives you the tools to: Prepare for high-stakes situations; Transform anger and hurt feelings into powerful dialogue; Make it safe to talk about almost anything; Be persuasive, not abrasive.Special report: City Football Group. Part one – empire building — Article on Manchester CIty Football Group from The Athletic Gratuitous Simpsons Clip — We monorail conductors are a dangerous breed

Luke and I do some quick check-ins regarding the news in DC, why Gomer doesn't watch the news, and how that can be healthy. Then we take a brief detour and talk Project 86, WandaVision, and such, then dive into Symbolic Representation, Mythology, and why the Sacraments just seem like bizarre add-ons to an otherwise rational faith. Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes SEEK21: SEEK21 IS a one-of-a-kind immersion experience where all aspects of SEEK will come to life through your small groups. Feb. 4 to Feb. 7, SO REGISTER TODAY! Support Catching FoxesLinks:Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business: Postman, Neil, Postman, Andrew: 8601420133051: Amazon.com: Books — What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever. "It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNN Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by more sophisticated electronic media—from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs—it has taken on even greater significance. Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals.Amazon.com: How to Watch TV News (Audible Audio Edition): Jeff Riggenbach, Neil Postman, Steve Powers, Blackstone Audio, Inc.: Audible Audiobooks — A guide to watching television news discusses the calculated programming, the viewer manipulation, and the big business behind today's news networks and shows readers how to interpret what they are hearing and seeing. Original.Secular Monks by Andrew Taggart | Articles | First Things — It seems that something outside the domains of economics and ­sexuality bears on the question before us. My hypothesis is religious. The men I have in mind are “secular monks” who embrace a secular “immanent frame,” ascetic self-possession, and a stringent version of human agency. This secular monasticism may be generating a new kind of celibacy. In A Secular Age, Charles Taylor coins the term “immanent frame” with a view to describing what it’s like to live in the modern world. “We come,” he writes, “to understand our lives as taking place within a self-­sufficient immanent order.” It is an order that requires nothing transcendent in order to function. It seems to arise out of itself and unfold according to its own internal, self-­perpetuating logic.The Reciprocity between Faith and Sacraments in the Sacramental Economy — 5. Secondly, scientific and technological knowledge, which is so prestigious today, tends to impose itself as a single model in all fields of knowledge and for all kinds of objects. Its radical orientation towards certainty of an empirical and naturalistic type is opposed not only to metaphysical knowledge, but also to knowledge of a symbolic nature. While scientific knowledge emphasizes the capacity of human reason, it does not exhaust all dimensions of reason or knowledge, nor does it cover all cognitive needs for a full human life. Symbolic thinking, with its richness and plasticity, on the one hand, collects and elaborates reflectively the ethical and affective dimensions of experience; and, on the other, touches and transforms the spiritual and cognitive structure of the subject. For this reason, together with all the religious traditions of humanity, the transmission of revelation, with its concomitant cognitive content, is situated in the symbolic sphere, not in the empirical and naturalistic sphere. The sacramental reality of participation in the mystery of grace can only be understood in the unity of this double dimension of the symbolic experience: cognitive and performative. Where the scientistic paradigm reigns, which is blind to symbolic thought, sacramental thought is obstructed.[8] 6. Thirdly, we must still point to a significant cultural change, proper to the new civilization of the image, which poses a new problem to the theological clarification of sacramental faith. While it is true that rationalist modernity minimized the cognitive value of the symbol, contemporary postmodernity nevertheless exalts with great intensity the performative power of images. Thus, it is necessary to overcome the rationalist (modern) prejudice against the cognitive value of the symbolic, without falling into the opposite (postmodern) excess, which reduces the effectiveness of the symbol towards the emotional power of representation, empty of reference. In other words, Christian intelligence must preserve the originality of the Christian sacrament from the risk of double emptying. On the one hand, there is a danger of reducing the symbol-sacrament to the status of a mere cognitive sign that just easily gathers the doctrinal meanings of the faith, without operating any transformation (elimination of the performative dimension of the symbol-sacrament). On the other hand, there is a danger of reducing the symbol-sacrament to the pure aesthetic suggestion carried out by means of its ritual staging, according to the logic of a mere representation that replaces the interior adherence to the symbolized reality of the mystery (suppression of the cognitive dimension). 2017 Maps of Meaning 08: Neuropsychology of Symbolic Representation - YouTube — In this lecture, I discuss the relationship between the basic categories of imagistic/symbolic representation and brain function, noting that the very hemispheres of the brain are adapted, right/left to the environmental or experiential permanence of chaos/order or unexplored/explored territory, with consciousness serving the Logos role of communicative explorer (a function related in one of its deepest manifestations to the function of the hypothalamically grounded dopaminergic systems). Big Fish (2003) - IMDb — A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life. Jordan Peterson - Harry Potter and the Jungian Shadow - YouTube — Jordan Peterson - Harry Potter and the Jungian Shadow WandaVision - Wikipedia — An Avenger who can harness magic, engage in telepathy and telekinesis, and alter reality.[2][3] Olsen said the series brings the character more in line with the comic book version, including depicting her mental illness,[4] and introducing the "Scarlet Witch" moniker that was not previously used in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[5] Executive producer Kevin Feige added that the series explores the extent and origin of Wanda's powers.[6] Olsen felt her "ownership" of Wanda was strengthened during development of the series,[7] which allowed her to explore new parts of the character's personality such as her humor and sassiness.[8]:30 She was thrilled that WandaVision focuses on Wanda rather than telling her story "through everyone else's story lines" as in the films, and was sold on joining the series when Feige mentioned specific Scarlet Witch comic storylines that inspired WandaVision.[1] Olsen was influenced by Mary Tyler Moore, Elizabeth Montgomery, and Lucille Ball for her performance.[9] SEEK21 | February 4 – 7, 2021 — From February 4 – 7, 2021, we’ll gather across the country in living rooms, campus centers, and parishes for a four-day live broadcast event encountering the heart of the Gospel. 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We interview our friend JD Flynn who recently resigned from EWTN's Catholic News Agency (CNA) to start The Pillar, an independent Catholic media project. We interview him and ask questions from our Patreon supporters. If you'd like to get involved in 2021 in Catching Foxes, become a supporter today! Or, you know, you could support The Pillar (www.pillarcatholic.com). From their website: Our focus is on investigative journalism, which is how we’ll spend most of our time. We think investigating stories that matter can help the Church to better serve its sacred mission, the salvation of souls. Special Guest: JD Flynn.Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching FoxesLinks:"The American Project" from Luke Carey, unedited | Gomer and Luke on Patreon — I asked Luke to record an intro to the episode with JD Flynn that would comment on the destruction and protests in Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, due to family constraints, I couldn't record with him. But it was all the better for it.  Here is the (mostly) unedited 25-minute long recording that Luke sent me at 11 at night.  I told him I had to edit it down to 10-minutes max to fit our current show, but really liked it. So, I wanted to post it on here in full. I gave it the title "The American Project". Proclaiming Christ in fractured America - The Pillar — It will take a while, I think, for most of us to be able to understand and articulate what it felt like to watch men in berzerker outfits and body paint run amok inside the U.S. Capitol building, to see a man making off with a podium bearing the seal of the House Speaker, to see police turn tail and run as a mob of angry Americans broke down barricades, scaled walls, and breached a building we have spent our lives believing is impenetrable. It will also take a while to understand just what it means that the president of the United States, who encouraged the mob’s march on the building, took pains to express his love for the marauders, and nod to the righteousness of their cause, even as he instructed them to go home. The Pillar — Our focus is on investigative journalism, which is how we’ll spend most of our time. We think investigating stories that matter can help the Church to better serve its sacred mission, the salvation of souls. 'The Pillar' - Because there is a need - The Pillar — The Catholic landscape is increasingly crowded with self-appointed experts and personality ‘brands’ offering hot takes and half takes on Church events, often without the context or background to make sense of what is happening. At the same time, reflexive tribalism often colors how events are interpreted or explained. Fired EWTN host Gloria Purvis: 'I will never, ever, ever have regrets' for discussing race | National Catholic Reporter — Purvis said when she was given word of the cancellation by Jack Williams, EWTN Radio's general manager, she was given no reason — nor, she added, had she ever been given any indication that things were amiss or that the show's performance was not up to expectations. In fact, according to Purvis, "that was the first time I talked to Jack — or Jack talked to me — in months."

THE 2020 HOLIDAYS What does A Very Special Carey Christmas look like? What does The Gormley Family Christmas Celebration entail? You'll find out in the opening 10 minutes. Then we dive into our very different New Years' Eve activities for another 20 minutes. We are very wordy, but it all flows into our annual YEARLY THEMES SHOOOOOOOOW! YEARLY THEMES FOR 2020 REVIEWED Luke evaluates Gomer's 2020 theme of Habit and Gomer evaluates Luke's 2020 theme of Committment. Then they both do some self-examination and get a bit more critical of themselves. AKA, This is where Gomer sucks. We also realize how ADHD impacts us and how to adjust accordingly. For instance, Luke prays the Rosary when he gets to a certain part of the highway and Gomer lays out his stuff YEARLY THEMES FOR 2021 The Year of Humility. Gomer realized through abandoning social media that he has been justifying his own self-righteousness and gossipping about others if he perceives an injustice by that person to him. Alasdaire MacIntyre talks about the virtues of Justice, Humility, and Patience are all required to acquire a new craft. Justice means giving to experts and mentors their due. Humility (and humiliations) means repeated failures in public in order to get the flywheel spinning on learning a new talent. Patience means being patient with myself as a stumble forward. This applies to Gomer's workouts and scheduling appointments with doctors and dentists. He is getting anxiety just typing this! The Year of Falling In Love with the Process. Luke realized with the Graduate School and the baby, he's going to be drinking from a firehose. This means limiting intentionally all of the other distractions that hit him. Setting minimums allow him to reduce the friction around good actions and habits, but with being open to going longer on the good stuff, like praying for 15 minutes. He should pray for 30, but sometimes that creates a daunting effect on his ADHD mind, so he will only commit to 15 and if it goes longer, great! The goal is to fall in love with the process. TOP FIVES OF 2020 Luke's Top Fives: Watched the movie Silence, building the Catching Foxes Team, discovering Chess this year, the run that Catholic Stuff You Should Know is currently on, and Everyly being born and all of the things that went into that! Gomer's Top Fives: The Carnivore diet, my new leadership position in the parish, writing a chapter in a book that will come out in a couple of months, My New York City trip with Shannon, and Cecilia's First Confession and Holy Communion.Support Catching Foxes

RULES “Five” Minutes total Cohost must ask one question and have answer provided within five minute span Four topics each Luke USMNT Hope Jurassic Park Christian rock Freddy Adu and American Exceptionalism Gomer YouTube Hobbies Missed Opportunities from parents Mandalorian and Disney Alasdair MacIntyre, Philosophy, and Today Amy Grant’s First Christmas Album is the Abbey Road of Christmas Albums A Star Wars Lover’s critique of The Mandalorian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_J70TgCqV4 Joe Lowery Video on USMNT and what they are doing with possession https://twitter.com/joeclowery/status/1338498985275740160?s=20 Christian Rock Renaissance Luke’s ‘What Year is It?’ playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1KHLK3SKf8KrGQOsbGsDj0?si=FlCajl--SDW4v1ai-xp22A American Prodigy: Freddy Adu ‎American Prodigy: Freddy Adu on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.com › podcast › american-prodigy-fred... Amy Grant’s ‘A Christmas Album’ Amy Grant - A Christmas Album Godwin’s LawSponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching Foxes

This has many twists and turns, but it starts with Gomer paying his 2018 taxes, then goes into music, Taylor Swift, and then Gomer tries to tell a funny story that leads to Luke revealing something very personal, which carries the show. Build for yourself scaffolding that leads to life and thriving. We need to get the help that leads to the healing God wants for our lives BECAUSE GRACE BUILDS UPON NATURE IT DOES NOT REPLACE NATURE! Sponsored By:Maggie Anne and the Irony Band: Enjoy "The Sunny Spot" album. Heidi wants them to get the recognition their music deserves! BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching Foxes

We gathered patrons' questions two three guys about to enter their 40's about the meaning of getting older, the realization of family life vs. single freedom, what do you miss and how do you deal with your regrets? Skip to your favorite question, because we gotz chapterz. Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching FoxesLinks:Austria Study Abroad | Franciscan University of Steubenville — Through the Franciscan study abroad program you’ll have a life-changing experience learning about history, culture, the world — and yourself. You’ll live and learn in the Kartause, a restored 14th century Carthusian monastery in the foothills of the Austrian Alps. You’ll take rigorous academic courses, taught in English by Franciscan University professors, and travel throughout Europe where the leading lights of Christendom and Western Civilization once walked.

Luke and I discuss the astounding book, A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter Miller Jr. Written in the 1950's at the height of the Cold War, Miller saw the specter of nuclear annihilation before him and penned this, one of the most insightful post-apocalyptic books ever written. We explore the themes as well as the original Dark Ages, and the drama of faith and reason. Then Luke ends with a VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching FoxesLinks:In Praise of the Gods - The Map is Mostly Water — Rational insight is a powerful tool, and one of our worst excesses. When it becomes the only tool it brings about a mixture of certainty and naivety that makes minds brittle. Since Descartes’ time, rationalist thinking has ascended beyond primacy, to become an attempt at vacating not only other faculties, but also other motivations and desires. This over-applied rationality is a cognitive stupor, the drunken delirium of reason. To append an -ist or -ism and declare it one’s ideology can be forgiven as a phase of youth, since all of youth is a stupor of one thing or another. But after that it becomes cringe, or a kind of heartlessness, or simply the absence of wisdom.  Amazon.com: A Canticle for Leibowitz (Audible Audio Edition): Walter M. Miller Jr., Tom Weiner, Blackstone Audio, Inc.: Audible Audiobooks — In a nightmarish, ruined world, slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infantile rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed Saint Isaac Leibowitz. From there, the story spans centuries of ignorance, violence, and barbarism, viewing through a sharp, satirical eye the relentless progression of a human race damned by its inherent humanness to recelebrate its grand foibles and repeat its grievous mistakes. Ratzinger Excerpt — From John Hayward's Twitter account, @johnhw "Come Holy Spirit, synergise those key deliverables." He then follows it up with a picture of this fantastic Ratzinger excerpt. What I Saw at the Abbey of the Genesee: The Crisis in the Church and the Universal Call to Holiness — Article Luke referenced by Dr. Larry Chapp, that Fr. Harrison from Clerically Speaking shared with Luke and GomerThe Coen Brothers Take on "The Life of the Mind" — Clip from the fantastic film, Barton Fink. WARNING: This scene does contain violenceGratuitous Simpsons ClipEmergency Pod: Did Movie Theaters Just Die? Why Warner Bros. Is Dropping Its 2021 Releases on HBO Max — From the Ringer Podcast Network Warner Bros. has announced it will stream all of its new films in 2021 on HBO Max, including Godzilla vs. Kong, In The Heights, Space Jam: A New Legacy, The Suicide Squad, and Matrix 4. Why did this happen? What does it mean for movie theaters? Will other studios follow suit? Amanda and Sean do their best to parse a historic day.The Ratzinger Option - Crisis Magazine — Men in a totally planned world will find themselves unspeakably lonely. If they have completely lost sight of God, they will feel the whole horror of their poverty. Then they will discover the little flock of believers as something wholly new. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller: Review » Renai LeMay — Reading A Canticle for Leibowitz is a little like reading other satires such as George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Sometimes it can be a little challenging to get through the pages because the real story of the novel is told between its lines, in the reader’s interpretation of its many satirical allusions, which are, of course, presented with a straight face. An Augustinian Wasteland: A Canticle for Leibowitz ~ The Imaginative Conservative — A Canticle for Leibowitz has been one of my favorite books for most of my adult life. I have read it and reread it many times. In fact, I have read it and perused it too many times to count. I find the work as compelling as the best of T. S. Eliot. But, while Eliot always leavens, Miller always sobers. In Canticle, one discovers some of Eliot’s thought, but also Christopher Dawson’s and Jacques Maritain’s thought and especially St. Augustine’s thought. Much like his fifth-century forebear, Miller places a variety of anthropologies and humanisms before the reader, as well as competing visions of history. Unlike his North African counterpart, though, Miller never answers his own questions and puzzles definitively. The reader remains restless, for he never rests in Thee.