Catholic in a Small Town

A podcast about a Catholic couple raising kids in a small town. Faith. Family. Fun...Scandalous.

CST 736: Where’s the Remote to my Candles? 11/14/2024

CST 736: Where’s the Remote to my Candles? Katherine is in charge of the booze for the wedding, Mac gets a taste of the “good” life, Reality Bites actually rules, the Aeneid is crazy violent, and pre-advent slipped right past us…did we mention a wedding coming up? Movies & TV: Reality Bites Books: The Aeneid by Virgil Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/33923767

CST 735: A Kathrocentric Universe 11/07/2024

CST 735: A Kathrocentric Universe We get the chance to adult with our adult children, lots of tennis for Mac, and wedding rehearsal prep for Katherine. Nobody Wants This is sharp, A Room with a View is British, and Katherine has some medieval views of our place in the whole grand scheme of things. Movies & TV: Nobody Wants This A Room with a View Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/33840052

CST 734: Draw a Line 10/29/2024

CST 734: Draw a Line The Barrons head to Birmingham to heckle Paul Kingsnorth, Mac finds the best pipe shop ever, Goodbye Christopher Robin fails to endear you to any of the characters, and we talk about ways we can resist the machine in our everyday lives. Movies & TV: Fools Rush In Bad Monkey Goodbye Christopher Robin Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/33658792

CST 733: A Kegerator Phase 10/17/2024

CST 733: A Kegerator Phase Kat waxes on about her pilgrimage, tis the season for scarier stuff (The Stand, Cloverfield), Mac actually finishes a book, and a listener goes way back in our archives. Movies & TV: The Stand (2021) Cloverfield Books: Declare by Tim Powers Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/33505932

CST 732: Cheesy Sugar 10/09/2024

CST 732: Cheesy Sugar Our dogs become those people who send back food at a restaurant, Kat stresses out about upcoming events, Colby takes refuge at our place and Mac takes a big test. Several spooky movies pepper the season and we both are surprised by Surprised by Oxford. Movies & TV: The Thing Salem’s Lot (2024) Frighteners Surprised by Oxford Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/33385152

CST 731: Most Terrain Vehicle 10/01/2024

CST 731: Most Terrain Vehicle Mac & Kat cut their camping trip short because of Hurricane Helene. Sam says Halloween is the most boring horror movie he’s ever seen, and Mac realizes the moment he no longer has any patience with fold that are not interested in the truth. Movies & TV: Death Becomes Her Halloween Varsity Blues The Penguin Slow Horses Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/33274507

CST 730: Chesterton’s Gastronomic Catastrophe 09/19/2024

CST 730: Chesterton’s Gastronomic Catastrophe There are more dog woes for the Barrons. One Life is uplifting but boring, and Katherine is getting all up into Benedictine spirituality. Movies & TV: One Life (Paramount+) Palm Springs (Netflix) The Haunting (Prime) Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/33117632

CST 729: Debatably Awful 09/15/2024

CST 729: Debatably Awful Mac & Kat ramble on about 80s TV, Mac gets invited to a debate party, and Max is slowing way down. Kat travels back to Jurassic World, and we discuss spiritual echoes as God’s gentle nudges to listen up. Movies & TV: Jurassic World Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom The Magnificent Seven (2016) Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/33063482

CST 729: There and Back Again 09/10/2024

CST 729: There and Back Again We drop the boy off again at boarding school and try to provide some comfort for another new St. Greg’s family. Peace Like a River is lyrical, charming, and faith-affirming while Power and the Glory is about the long defeat and the triumph of the church. Also, Cut Throat Island hasn’t gotten any better with time. Movies & TV: CutThroat Island Books: Peace Like a River The Power and the Glory Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/32984202

CST 727: Exercise: Don’t Do It! 08/21/2024

CST 727: Exercise: Don’t Do It! Sam turns 19, boxing robots (and father/son stuff) still make me cry, and we talk about the true price of convenience. Movies & TV: Real Steel Bad Monkey (AppleTV+) Books: How Dante Can Save Your Life by Rod Drer Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/32684097

CST 726: “Temu” is Chinese for “Gluttony” 08/13/2024

CST 726: “Temu” is Chinese for “Gluttony” Sam and “the boyz” have a super nerdy bachelor party weekend, Jude’s face explodes, we fall for Gosling and Blunt again, get entranced by the Exorcist Files and point our fingers at ourselves when discussing rampant consumerism. Movies & TV: The Fall Guy Avengers Infinity War Podcasts: Books: The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/32565927

CST 725: Post Tornado Trauma Syndrome 08/01/2024

CST 725: Post Tornado Trauma Syndrome We spend a weekend in Richmond, VA as Jude visits friends, preplanning has started for Mac, and we are running out of space at our dining room table. Twisters lets us down while Presumed Innocent is hard not to like. Also the Olympics desecrated our faith. Movies & TV: Twisters Presumed Innocent Books: The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene The Last Tribe B Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/32378292

CST 724: Apropos 07/23/2024

CST 724: Apropos As Mac’s Summer draws to a close, the Barrons make the most of local concerts, pellet grills, American epics, and assassination attempts. Also, Mac cries like a baby at a brewery. Movies & TV: Horizon The Bear (season 3) (Hulu) Hit Man (Netflix) White House Down (Prime) Books: A River Runs Through It by Norman MacLean article at Crisis Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/32251912

CST 723: Sweating Like a Juggler in Church 07/11/2024

CST 723: Sweating Like a Juggler in Church Katherine wrestles with one of life’s biggest problems: how to organize a home library. The Quiet Place Day One is a solid addition to the series, Mac does not get Flannery O’Conner, and we find a unicorn novice ordo mass in the mountains of North Carolina. Movies & TV: Quiet Place Day One Presumed Innocent (2024 Apple+) Dying Laughing (Apple+) Books: Plague Journal by Michael O’Brien Wise Blood by Flannery O’Conner Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/32104087

CST 722: Like…Kanawha County 07/03/2024

CST 722: Like…Kanawha County Mac & Kat head to West Virginia to confirm it is, in fact, “almost heaven.” Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood is a real stinker, The Hunter is charming but foul, and we remind you that it is good to get away for a little while. Movies & TV: Robin Hood (2010 MGM+) The Abyss X2 Books: The Hunter by Tana French Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/31992662

CST 721: Can’t Win ‘em All 06/26/2024

CST 721: Can’t Win ‘em All All boat rides can’t be the best, especially when you are all mad at each other and you forget to fill the tank! Inside Out 2 is fun and Shogun is probably not good for the soul… which you won’t really know until you’ve (once again) done some soul-searching about your media consumption. Movies & TV: Inside Out 2 Shogun (HULU) The Beach (Prime) Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/31921212

CST 720: Stand By Me is NOT a Horror Movie 06/24/2024

CST 720: Stand By Me is NOT a Horror Movie Our old friend Zina stops in for an afternoon, Max continues to slow down, The fam watches an 80’s classic, and Katherine waxes nostalgic for fathers. Movies & TV: Stand By Me (Prime) The Way Way Back Albert Brooks Defending My Life (Max) Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/31816802

CST 719: Overly Complicated Godzilla Analogies 06/10/2024

CST 719: Overly Complicated Godzilla Analogies Jude is back in the nest after an exiting camping adventure involving breakdowns, bears, and too much teenage boy stuff. We finally see Godzilla Minus One, Backdraft is better and worse than you remember and Katherine finds a passage about the Our Lady and female virtue. Movies & TV: Godzilla Minus One (Netflix) Backdraft (MGM+) Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/31689122

CST 718: Everything Annoys Mac and Katherine 05/31/2024

CST 718: Everything Annoys Mac and Katherine CST 718: Everything Annoys Mac and Katherine Mac and Katherine are on the road, they have uncomfortable conversations about prayer, and Furiosa is amazing but also really weird? Movies & TV: Furiosa Sugar - Apple TV French Girl Games: We’re Not Really Strangers: couple’s edition Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/31555907

CST 717: The Tombstone Show 05/21/2024

CST 717: The Tombstone Show Audio issues, Max’s gross bump, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and more Tombstone talk than you can shake a six-shooter at. Movies & TV: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes The Idea of You Clarkson’s Farm Tombstone Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/31394992

CST 716: It’s about Community 05/14/2024

CST 716: It’s about Community Camping trips, seeing Jude, Mother’s Day, The Fall Guy is the best!, and we lament about not plugging into the community. Movies & TV: The Fall Guy The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare No Country for Old Men The Boys on the Boat Books: Jayber Crow by Wendyl Berry State Parks: Claytor Lake State Park Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/31296637

Special: Engaged at 18 05/12/2024

Special: Engaged at 18 In the first episode of Sam and Mena's podcast, they introduce themselves and tell their love story so far. Stay tuned! More episodes of /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/31253592

CST 715: Echo Chamber of Vapidness 04/23/2024

CST 715: Echo Chamber of Vapidness Car issues, raised bed gardening, and a never-ending tennis season consume our week. We consume Civil War and Fallout as we ponder the profundity of knowing who made the world. Movies & TV: Civil War (in theaters now) Fallout (Amazon Prime Video) Books: by Eustice Plough Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/30958588

CST 714: We Have a Leaf Problem 04/15/2024

CST 714: We Have a Leaf Problem After almost three weeks, we regale you with wasabi accidents, low canine platelet counts, and an abundance of leaf-blowers. We’ve watched lots of stuff to various levels of enjoyment and Katherine reads a book about mothers that hits a hopeful (and emotional) note. Movies & TV: 3 Body Problem (Netflix) Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Musica (Hulu) Fallout (Amazon Prime Video) Books: Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/30837598

CST 713: Justified Ineptitude 03/29/2024

CST 713: Justified Ineptitude Jude is home! The table has left the building! Kat & Jennifer go camping, Supercell is very “B”, Manhunt isn’t as good as everyone says and Brideshead Revisited deserves attention. Movies & TV: Supercell Manhunt Anatomy of a Murder Books: Brideshead Revisited Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/30590593

CST 712: It’s OK, I Used A Sharpie 03/21/2024

CST 712: It’s OK, I Used A Sharpie Jude turns 15 and gets a visit from Ben, Katherine has a tea with the book club ladies, American Fiction is super sharp but problematic, and A Severe Mercy deserves a reread every decade or so. Movies & TV: American Fiction Resident Alien Books: The Ferryman by Justin Cronin Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/30489528

CST 711: I Don’t Know How Babies are Made on that Planet, but I Bet it Ain’t Good 03/04/2024

CST 711: I Don’t Know How Babies are Made on that Planet, but I Bet it Ain’t Good Katherine is getting a little better, we get an unexpected update on Jude, Dune Part 2 is worth the trip to the theater and we talk about the importance of thinking about the next step. Movies & TV: Dune Part 2 Mr. Holmes The Awful Truth Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: Retreat Center from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/30224718

CST 710: Quality of Mercy is Not Strained 02/26/2024

CST 710: Quality of Mercy is Not Strained The Barrons travel to Scranton to visit Jude, Kat is sick, and SAM GETS ENGAGED! We talk about True Grit, Miss Potter, and an abundance of English regency-era entertainment. For Catholic Stuff we talk about True Grit and Merchant of Venice as a double feature on looking at Justice and Mercy. Movies & TV: True Grit Emma (movie with Gweneth Paltrow) Emma (BBC series) Miss Potter Merchant of Venice (2004) Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/30112618

CST 709: The Tickle 02/07/2024

CST 709: The Tickle Mac suffers the grind and the tickle (not a euphemism), Sam is back in town, Argyl is not worth your time, but Self-Reliance and The Guard are, and we wax nostalgic over how great (and peppered with faith) the show ER was. Movies & TV: Argyl Self-Reliance The Guard ER Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/29843363

CST 708: Nice AND Sketchy 01/28/2024

CST 708: Nice AND Sketchy Kat takes Jude back to Scranton. We live the empty-nester’s life with the food subscription service to prove it. We show Jude what everyone compares his school to (Dead Poets Society), and we lament how modern society frowns upon early marriage…also we complain a lot about Monarch. Movies & TV: Dead Poets Society Monarch Season 1 Role Play Regarding Henry The Big Sleep Northern Exposure Ben’s short film: Other great stuff we like: from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey PDF Mac’s book! Find us on Theme song by Mary Bragg. Our other show: We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon. /episode/index/show/catholicinasmalltown/id/29685173

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