Catholic in a Smalltown Podcast
A podcast about a young, Catholic couple raising kids in a small town.
Thanksgiving festivities, new furniture, Kat saw New Moon, Mac waxes nostalgic over Krull, and we recommend beginning ceremonial traditions with the fam.
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Another car show, on the way home from seeing 2012.
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Ben turned 7 and had a sleepover, we review Planet 51 and revisit Star Trek, and what does the Church say about the apocalypse?
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:39 PM
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Spartacus goes to doggie heaven, V is still cool after all these years, and Mac & Kat throw down about germs at communion.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:21 PM
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Cub Scout trips, zombie batteries, Transformers 2, lots of voice feedback, and how great is our creed?
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:25 AM
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Carcasting this week: Green Measles, Sam likes brunettes, the emotional truth of Wild Things, and how to raise bos who respect women.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:51 AM
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Mac is in uberlove with Ubercaster, The Wrestler is good but rough, and Kat deals with small town drama.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:01 PM
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Podcasting from the backyard, we talk about first Friday Mass, Point Break does NOT hold up over time, and is geo-politics ready for Jesus?
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:23 AM
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Using the book "Choosing Beauty" by Gina Loehr as a guide, I'll be talking with women about how choosing beauty in our spiritual lives changes us in profound ways. In this fourth episode, I talk with podcaster, blogger, and author Lisa Hendey about the virtue of Fortitude.

Get Gina's book at catholiccompany.com

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Find Mary Bragg's song "So Happy" at marybragg.com

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Kat’s surgery goes off without a hitch, Ben is into Bakugans, don’t fast forward through Flash Fowad and clearly, the Devil created Sudoku.
Direct download: CST_139.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:15 PM
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Using the book "Choosing Beauty" by Gina Loehr as a guide, I'll be talking with women about how choosing beauty in our spiritual lives changes us in profound ways. In this third episode, I talk with radio host Jennifer Willits, of The Catholics Next Door, about the virtue of Justice.

Get Gina's book at catholiccompany.com

Send thoughts to cstbookclub@gmail.com

Find Mary Bragg's song "So Happy" at marybragg.com

Go to SQPN.com for more great content

Find us at iTunes
Direct download: CBC_3.mp3
Category: cbc -- posted at: 12:13 PM
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Using the book "Choosing Beauty" by Gina Loehr as a guide, I'll be talking with women about how choosing beauty in our spiritual lives changes us in profound ways. In this second episode, I talk with author, blogger and mom of five, Rachel Balducci about the virtue of Prudence.

Get Gina's book at catholiccompany.com

Send thoughts to cstbookclub@gmail.com

Find Mary Bragg's song "So Happy" at marybragg.com

Go to SQPN.com for more great content
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Category: cbc -- posted at: 8:17 AM
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Kat's got a surgery coming up, Mac loved Coraline, and GarageBand ruins our day.
Direct download: CST_138.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:13 PM
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Using the book "Choosing Beauty" by Gina Loehr as a guide, I'll be talking with women about how choosing beauty in our spiritual lives changes us in profound ways. In this first episode I talk with my mom, Elaine Smith, about how the idea of beauty has impacted her life.

Get Gina's book at catholiccompany.com

Send thoughts to cstbookclub@gmail.com

Find Mary Bragg's song "So Happy" at marybragg.com

Go to SQPN.com for more great content.

Find us at iTunes!
Direct download: CBC_1.mp3
Category: cbc -- posted at: 6:26 PM
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Homeshoolers attacked by ducks! The Tenenbaums return Home! We have to defend the faith!
Direct download: CST_137.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:12 AM
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We help Colby finish his Eagle Scout project, talk to Father Ben about District 9 and try to apply the fruits of the Spirit in a terrible local tragedy.
Direct download: CST_136.mp3
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Mac's back from Baltimore, Sam has "transformed" into a 4 year old, Jude is cleaned from original sin, Greek is entertaining.. for Kat.  Oh yeah, we should pray.
Direct download: CST_135.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:53 AM
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Kat hates CiCi's Pizza, Mac is curious about an "Angry" sandwich, Dollhouse is pretty boring, our kids are into Heroes, lots of voicemail, and distractions during Mass.
Direct download: CST_134.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:39 AM
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Mac has to go back to school, but the gutters are clean. Too many movies and shows to mention. And Katherine is tired... weepy tired.
Direct download: CST_133.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:37 PM
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We recap Jekyll with the Willits, Mac finished the treehouse, Time Traverler's Wife is OK, Aliens is still awesome, and faith really can help.
Direct download: CST_132.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:23 PM
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Last minute roof work, long over due knee work, Surface is cool, and Ben wants to be like Mac.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:35 PM
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We're back home, manly work and girlie showers, lots of entertainment to catch you up on, and we look at the movie Surfwise from a Catholic perspective.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:42 PM
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Kat & I depart from our regular format to do a low-tech recap of last weekend's CNMC.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:04 AM
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This week, Mac's ears recover from a weekend with the Willits, we defy you to like Defiance, and we talk about the Eucharistic Congress.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:22 AM
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Vacation complaints, go see Up, not Night at the Museum 2, Judith is scandalous and the pope knows him some St. Paul!
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This week Mac already starts to lose track of the days, we pack for vacation,  we just don't care about Valkyrie, and we talk about Chris West getting into hot water.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:58 AM
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Graduation, playing in slow motion, the CNMC, Star Trek, and why can't we adopt a frozen embryo?
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:08 PM
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This Week, Mac gets a smile from Jude, school is winding down, we get "Lost" in finale week, and we harp on taking time for family on the Sabbath.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:25 PM
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This Week, we play a game show with Kat's mom and try to raise a few bucks for SQPN.  We also talk about Wolverine and The Shack.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:54 AM
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It's been a long time.  We catch up on the last three weeks in our small town.
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Spring Break comes to an end; we buy a brood of chicks, BSG was great from the beginning; there's a Where the Wild Things Are movie coming out; and make the most of Holy Week.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:25 AM
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We're adjusting to life...and podcasting with a baby; Mac says goodbye to BSG; and Kat prefers confession like you see in the movies.
Direct download: CST_120.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:22 PM
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It's a short show about the arrival of the newest Barron boy.  Lock up your daughters, folks!
Direct download: CST_119.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:59 PM
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No yet, last Friday was sort of unplugged, we recommend Horton Hears  Who, don't know if we can recommend The Shack, and talk about almsgiving in the Lenten season.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:51 PM
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Homebirth on the horizon, Man on Wire, and Lent is on its way.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:26 PM
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This week we fill you in on Katherine's butt pain (that baby is laying on her last nerve!), how Mac had a great husband moment, beautiful warm weather, and our family feeds us all weekend.  We share reviews of Eagle Eye and Lake of Fire, as well as ask you to watch Man on Wire this week and let us know what you think.  To round out, we hear your emails about the issue of altar servers. 


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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:16 PM
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Katherine is limping around our house which is not expanding, Mac is revisiting the Matrix trilogy and rolling the world up into a big sticky ball.  In Catholic Stuff we look at the role of alter boys in raising male leaders... and complain about our parish.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:34 PM
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Sam's got pneumonia, we're cookin' like crazy, no SQPN babies yet.  We're far too entertained with Lost, BSG, Stuff White People Like, and World of Goo!
Direct download: CST_114.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:48 PM
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Its been two weeks since the last show.  Colds have come and almost gone, it's finally cold outside, West Wing Alias and Okami have been entertaining us, no feedback, and its a week of prayer for Christian unity.  Oh yeah, don't get a dead hamster.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:15 PM
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Christmas hits and misses, holiday trips, Benjamin Button, resolutions, and the book, Boys Should Be Boys.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:27 PM
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We starve our dogs (not really), look at the year in review, Mac revisits the Mad Max saga, we look forward to the Jan return of Lost and BSG, and we get pretty fired up about the Church abuse scandal.  Merry Christmas!
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:09 AM
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This Week: Its been two weeks, calamitous Sundays, putting up lights, we review The Fall, get more info on Catholic weddings, and look at whether charity should have its limits.
Direct download: CST_110.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:49 PM
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Thanksgiving at the Barron homestead, unexpected weddings, quick reviews of Twilight & Bolt, and nitpicking the differences between Catholic and Protestant weddings.
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:12 PM
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