Episode #28 – Affluenza

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Have you ever caught yourself “keeping up with the Joneses?” It’s something that happens to the best of us. We have Bill Scholl, the social justice consultant for our archdiocese, on the show to talk to us about “affluenza” and how it affects our society. We feel that it is a very important topic as we move into the holiday season.

To start off the show, we have Bill give us a re-cap of his booth at the National Catholic Youth Conference. For the thematic park, he put together a monopoly board to help high school students realize the faults in the immigration system. Learn more by visiting the NCYC virtual pilgrimage.

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Episode #27 – NCYC 2009

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Have you heard of CFCA? It stands for the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging. In this episode, Pat interviews a representative of the CFCA at the National Catholic Youth conference in Kansas City. This past week, along with Paul Camarata of the Saintcast, we represented SQPN at NCYC 2009.

To start off the show, we run through our three J’s and have two Thanksgiving-themed lines to fit into the show. We’ve got a few creative ideas on how to fit in the phrases. In our news section, we talk a little bit about NCYC and have some great feedback from Fr. James Tucker of the Catholic Creativity podcast and from Greg and Jennifer Willits, of Rosary Army.

Finally, to round out the episode, we have a special Catholic challenge for you this week and then a piece of feedback on Thanksgiving traditions from one of our listeners.

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Episode #7 – Religion in the Workplace

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In this episode, we talk about upcoming events for young adults, including two Labor Day weekend events: Catholic Thrive in New York and Nature’s Call in Kansas City. They also briefly discuss Pope Benedict XVI’s new encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate.”

In the “Stuff we like” segment, we list a few of our favorite podcasts, Busted Halo, This American Life, On the U and the Daily Breakfast. These are podcasts that we find really fascinating and think that you will, too.

Nick decides to quiz Pat on his knowledge of movies in a segment called “Horror Film or Chick Flick?” Did you ever realize that the names of horror films and chick flicks sound very similar? Nick gives some examples along with the movie synopsis and asks Pat to figure out into which genre the movie belongs. (more…)