Episode #34 – Kelly Croy, Chalk Artist

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Kelly Croy is our guest this evening as we talk about art and how it impacts our faith. Kelly does performance art, using it to inspire others. Listen in to find out about his art form and how he got started working with chalk.

In the news segment, we talk about the earthquake in Haiti and what you can do to help out. Along with that, we have some news about a woman who went on a rampage in McDonalds. Finally, Pat found a funny site where it catalogs really bad metaphors that students have used in their English papers over the years.

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Episode #33 – To Pray or Not To Pray

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What do you use to pray? As part of our feature for this episode, we talk about the devotional items we use to help us find the words to pray when we need inspiration. If you are looking to add something to your spiritual life as part of a new year’s resolution, listen to this episode for some good ideas.

During the news, Nick talks about a new application called Sleep Cycle, which monitors your sleeping patterns and then wakes you up so that you won’t feel tired during the day. Along with Nick’s review of the app, he talks about an article he found where an Italian man decided to spend New Year’s eve in jail rather than with his family. Finally, Pat plays the trailer for the new A-Team movie that is premiering this weekend.

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Episode #32 – See You Next Year

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Happy New Year! It’s that time of year again where everyone does a summary show of the past year. We’ve decided not to do that—we’re doing a wrap-up show. We talk about our favorite episodes from this past year and take the opportunity to thank all our listeners.

To start off the show, we’ve got a great piece of feedback from our friend Dave in Wisconsin and Pat talks about his love of his Flip video. According to Nick, Pat wouldn’t put the camera down even while they were recording.

We have definitely had a lot of interesting guests on our show. Among our favorite episodes is our interview with Mike Hayes, episode 23, Popple, episode 20 and the SQPN simulcast, episode 10. Take a listen to this episode as we highlight some of our favorite episodes and provide some commentary on them.
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Episode #31 – To All a Good Night

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Merry Christmas! It’s time for a recap of Advent and to celebrate the birth of Jesus. In this episode, we talk about or family traditions and hear from one of our listeners, Jen. One of our favorite thing that our family does each year is to go sack groceries for needy families. This year, the organization we work with plans to give out 1,500 meals this Christmas!

In our news, we talk about a new project that Christopher West and Mike Mangione have been working on called “Fill These Hearts.” It’s a combination of reflective music, live art and a study of the Theology of the Body. Finally, we talk briefly about the healthcare bill that passed in the senate. Want to know more about what the U.S. Bishops said about the bill, click here for their recap of their thoughts on the bill.
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Episode #30 – Creative Catholics

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Feeling creative? Our guest this week is Fr. Jim Tucker, the host of the Catholic Creativity Podcast. The Catholic Creativity Podcast attempts to melt popular culture and theology for use in the living the Gospel out in the world. We share a ton of feedback, discuss the SQPN Giving Campaign, and in the news Nick tells us about a new iPhone app called Airlock.

To start off the show, we have some great lines to use, including one about loving shortnin’ bread. For the news, we talk about a great new piece of software that Nick found called Airlock and Wired Magazine’s contest to name the new earth-type planet that was found this week.
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Episode #29 – Holiday Deliciousness

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Let’s learn about some delicious holiday food! We have Jeff Young, the Catholic Foodie on the show to talk about Christmas cooking and yummy food. Jeff shares some recipies and some thoughts about bringing your family together at the table for Christmas. We also discuss our favorite holiday movies, along with some exciting SQPN news and the SQPN Giving Campaign.

After the 3 J’s we talk about the What’s My Line segment. Nick and Pat forgot to fit in Barb in Nebraska’s land Greg from Kentucky’s lines from last week… Jeff helps us out with fitting them in while Nick goes a little crazy with the bell and the buzzer.

In the news we discuss the SQPN Giving Campaign! To keep SQPN.com being an amazing successful network we’re asking for your support. Please prayerfully consider donating to SQPN. We also talk about some cool iPhone happenings as well.
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