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Clark and Laura discuss the Catholic "aesthetic" and if beauty will really save the world in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Chapters:
0:00 Episode preview
0:55 An ask / an aside on dad jokes
3:19 A Simple House update
6:08 The Catholic aesthetic, imagination, and beauty
18:25 Beauty as evangelization
40:50 Closing
You can stream The Simpleton Podcast almost anywhere you find podcasts:
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X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
#catholic #podcast #religion
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Clark and Audrey continue their multi-episode series exploring "Introduction to Christianity" by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, known later as Pope Benedict XVI, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & I2C Series recap (up to now)
3:13 The seen and unseen world, continual renewal
6:39 Tradition vs. progress, anti-history
18:58 Christianity’s relationship with history
23:51 Modern man’s questions
30:25 Postmodernism
32:34 A podcast episode recommendation
34:24 Final thoughts
Watch "Bishop Barron Presents | Fr. Joseph Fessio - Being Formed by Ratzinger, De Lubac, and Balthasar": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXrN5iFiis8
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Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
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Clark sits down with Melanie Takinen, Associate Director of VIRTUS Programs, to learn more about the beginnings of the program, what it does for the Church, and what else the Church should be doing, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Learn more about VIRTUS at https://virtusonline.org/virtus/
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & context1
2:58 Welcome, Melanie!
15:53 The beginnings of VIRTUS
21:20 VIRTUS’s implementation
29:41 Does VIRTUS work?
38:15 What else should the Church be doing?
45:13 What do people misunderstand about VIRTUS?
52:56 Final thoughts
You can stream The Simpleton Podcast almost anywhere you find podcasts:
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-simpleton-podcast-catholic-culture-mission/id1564808557
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
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Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast (or email us at asimplehouse@gmail.com)!Clark and Laura talk how to discern what you can actually accomplish, St. Cyril of Jerusalem's guidance on the kiss of peace, AI's critiques of Catholicism, and more in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Chapters:0:00 Episode preview1:29 God’s plans & your “available reality”17:30 The best kiss of peace25:30 Receiving Communion on the eyes?28:39 Neo-traditionalism in the Church34:16 AI critiques Catholicism42:45 The deception50:38 Jailbreaking AI53:34 Clark’s bad sports take1:03:30 TSP’s “sponsors” (not really)You can stream The Simpleton Podcast almost anywhere you find podcasts:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2182l5YE8bUl8u0ChtX16BApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-simpleton-podcast-catholic-culture-mission/id1564808557YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtbRumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseUOdysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseUX: https://x.com/asimplehouseUA Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholicYouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_UFacebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouseInstagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholicThank you to Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/#catholic #podcast #religion
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Clark and Audrey continue their multi-episode series exploring "Introduction to Christianity" by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, known later as Pope Benedict XVI, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Chapters:
0:00 Episode preview
1:17 Listener question: how to get friends to read Benedict?
5:44 Audrey’s mic story and Benedict’s books
10:06 Benedict’s 3 parables
35:00 “I believe”
40:53 Family mission experience in Belize
Learn more about SOLT's Family Mission Experiences here: https://www.soltfme.org/
You can stream The Simpleton Podcast almost anywhere you find podcasts:
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
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Clark and Laura talk "Lord of the Dance", why orthodoxy is better than conservatism, and the truth behind economic stats of unemployment and living cost in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Links:
Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (https://www.lisep.org)
Chapters:
0:00 Episode preview
1:38 Laura’s wonderful religion teacher
7:03 The man who lived Catholic social doctrine in politics
12:43 Lord of the Dance and its redemption
19:28 Conservatism vs. Orthodoxy
27:35 How the Catechism gave the church stable ground
37:35 What is economically true?; Ludwig Institute
1:01:50 Final thoughts
You can stream The Simpleton Podcast almost anywhere you find podcasts:
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
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Laura sits down with Soren Johnson, Founder & Co-Director of Trinity House Community, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Links:
Subscribe here (https://trinityhousecommunity.org/elist/) to receive Soren & Ever Johnson's weekly Heaven in Your Home Letter (e-letter) with inspiration and strategies for your marriage and family.
Download your own copy of the "Heaven in Your Home Flowchart" (PDF here: https://trinityhousecommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Flowchart-2025.pdf) and start building your Trinity House today!
Learn more about starting a Trinity House Community Group (English or Spanish) at your parish here (https://trinityhousecommunity.org/subscription/) This "date night plus family night" approach to strengthening families and community is now active in 14 states.
Buy your own copy of Soren and Ever's Heaven in Your Home Letters & Guide: Inspiration & Tools for Building a Trinity House (https://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Your-Home-Letters-Guide/dp/B0CR6TT2HT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LHS1IUOF3BVO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.0z5m3Tnj2HsKc3_NHtrS5HhleXh0iMLuewMEfC0zIdlqSgdHlVdsO4d7HcYpWUkf4s0w5GoNc1eqaC5AZRQ0O4e4XQB_KCJMWt9ip8nW6gbJ6KAnqLTCQYeTY9lay7OoxohEY9lJsD3o-eRJAXG2IDd40pmp50HljZssy2L45YnuuWw09GQKoNlQbxPBinVrfqC7LjThCaq-e0sXAsTpUO2Rob1B4P8fSHhLFSamz7s.t9aXAQDx1FIuxr_8B2-MPInFMKmK45_TrZt8RdWAc3w&dib_tag=se&keywords=heaven+in+your+home&qid=1744312499&sprefix=heaven+in+your%2Caps%2C83&sr=8-1)
Learn more about Trinity House Community and Trinity House Cafe at https://trinityhousecommunity.org and http://www.trinityhousecafe.com.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro to Soren and Trinity House
3:55 What is Trinity House?
17:00 Trinity House parish gatherings
24:13 Where discussion topics came from
26:50 Trinity House Cafe
37:58 Managing a family and business at the same time
47:20 Public school for the kids
51:35 how to stay close to God
54:40 Final thoughts
You can stream The Simpleton Podcast almost anywhere you find podcasts:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
#catholic #podcast #religion
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Clark and Audrey begin their multi-episode series exploring "Introduction to Christianity" by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, known later as Pope Benedict XVI, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome, Audrey!
1:07 Why this series? Why an “Introduction” to Christianity?
11:45 The old preface
The new preface
32:49 Liberation Theology, “Baptizing” Marxism, and the true effect of religion
38:21 Benedict building bridges
45:44 Closing thoughts
You can stream The Simpleton Podcast almost anywhere you find podcasts:
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Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
#catholic #podcast #religion
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Clark and Laura talk Pope Leo XIV, his potential agenda, the social doctrine of the Church and why it's overemphasized, technology and fasting in the 21st century, and more in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Chapters:
0:00 Episode preview
0:58 Gluttons of delicacy; femininity vs. effeminacy
16:17 New pope! Name reason, American Catholics
25:25 Pope agenda, social doctrines
41:53 The seasons, technology, and new fasts
50:51 Pope and tech final thoughts
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Odysee, Rumble, and X:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
#catholic #podcast #religion
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The Simpleton Podcast is back! Clark reboots a new season of the podcast with updates on the podcast itself, A Simple House, the conclave, and the US financial situation.
Article: "The new leader of the Catholic Church will inherit a financial mess that Pope Francis spent much of his reign trying to fix" by Shawn Tully (Fortune) (https://fortune.com/article/pope-francis-vatican-finances-reform/)
Chapters:
0:00 Episode preview
1:12 Is Laura ok?
1:55 Why it’s been so long since last episode (ASH growth!)
6:19 Pope Francis & the Vatican
8:28 Politicizing the conclave?
11:26 The future of The Simpleton Podcast
15:39 The US’s financial situation
25:00 Final thoughts
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, Odysee, and X:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
#catholic #podcast #religion
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Clark and Laura discuss the Vatican's latest letter on AI—its key takeaway, its shortcomings, and its implications—in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
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Chapters:
0:00 Episode preview
1:20 Vatican’s letter on AI
13:45 Where the letter falls short
21:00 AI alignment, evil, and evolution
26:08 Robots vs. AI
34:57 Agency and eduction
43:17 Constraints, open source models
47:45 How to best use and understand AI
51:47 Closing thoughts—You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtbRumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseUOdysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU—Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.comA Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholicYouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_UFacebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouseInstagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic—Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.—#catholic #podcast #religion
Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast!Clark and Laura discuss one of the most important characteristics of mission work, prudence, and how to be prudent individually and in a group setting in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.—Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Stetson hats
2:13 Prudence: a redefinition
12:15 A Simple House and prudence
16:51 Group prudence
28:10 How to reflect (and do ministry) well
41:40 A bathroom break sponsor
44:54 Critique, planning, groupthink, and safety
1:00:06 Being too nice; when to speak up
1:12:41 Oprah sessions
1:17:18 Do you need 100% consensus?
1:20:47 Final thoughts
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
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Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.comA Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
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Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.
#catholic #podcast #religion
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Clark and Laura discuss the current state of Catholic-Protestant relations in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro and listener feedback
0:40 Vatican: banning religious order; news on AI
3:16 Finland’s president steals our analysis!
3:44 Listener question: Protestant-Catholic relations
36:50 Final thoughts
37:38 Clip of Finland's president
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.comA Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
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Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.
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Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast!—Clark and Laura discuss the impending repercussions of inflation, how the new administration could help or hurt, and what we should do to prepare in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.—Chapters:
0:00 Intro and past inflation episodes recap
6:15 What’s inflation? Money? Regulation?
26:30 How the US keeps going into debt
37:36 How do prices fluctuate despite inflation?
44:00 What you should do, what the US is doing
53:25 How car prices reflect the state of the economy
55:47 Tariffs and their impact
1:03:00 Tying in Catholic Social Doctrine
1:11:00 A fun fact to close us out
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.comA Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholicYouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_UFacebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouseInstagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic—Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.—#catholic #podcast #religion
To learn more about Pat's fitness programs, visit http://101kettlebellworkouts.com or https://www.chroniclesofstrength.com. You can follow him on social media at @chroniclesofstrength. Pat is the host of Philosophy for the People, a podcast you can find on all streaming services, including YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/PhilosophyforthePeople) — Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast! — Clark and Laura sit down with Pat Flynn, a renaissance man who, among other ventures, promotes a successful kettlebell-focused workout program, hosts "Philosophy for the People", and loves his Catholic faith. —
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast! — Clark and Laura discuss envy and its opposite, why fairness is stupid, and what Trump's first 100 days in office could look like in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. —
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & episode preview
0:45 Clark’s connection to Costa Rica politics
4:20 Envy & the Ten Commandments
13:00 Motived by envy, motived by good
22:45 Fairness is from Satan
30:05 Bad religious orders
40:45 New new new world order
50:31 Final thoughts
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
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Clark and Laura discuss Pope Francis's new encyclical, "Dilexit Nos", in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
(You can read the whole encyclical here: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html)
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
To learn more about SOLT Family Mission Experiences, visit https://www.soltfme.org.
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Clark sits down with Magdalene Glemkowski, Board Member, SOLT Family Mission Experience, to discuss what mission trips as a family can and should look like in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode:
• National Eucharistic Congress
• Good vs. bad mission trips
• The SOLT spirituality
• Mission in Belize
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro to Maggie
3:38 Connection to SOLT
8:33 SOLT Family Mission Experiences
17:15 Families doing mission work
29:28 Why do a mission trip?
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast! — Clark and Laura answer listener questions about the Mass, JP2, and bad leaders, then tackle shifts in cultural and secular worldviews in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode:
• Is the Mass supposed to be inspiring?
• Why do some people defend bad priests?
• JP2 and mishandled situations
• Louisiana molasses
• Personal, cultural, and worldly changes
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro & episode preview
1:00 Is the Mass supposed to be inspiring?
15:05 Why do some people defend bad priests?
21:40 JP2 and mishandled situations
27:09 Louisiana molasses
28:02 Paradigm shifts: personal, cultural, and worldly
54:39 Closing thoughts (and some hope) —
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast! — Clark and Laura discuss the religious opinions of the man with the highest IQ in the world, Christopher Langan, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode: • Digital Bill of Rights incoming? • Ukraine, Iran, Vietnam • Good and Bad Fruit • Black Licorice • Job Cuts in the Government — Chapters:
0:00 Intro & episode preview
1:28 Recommendations: books, candy, earth
10:12 Listener feedback: good and bad fruit
16:51 Christopher Langan
32:58 The news: Ukraine, Iran, Vietnam
37:53 Trump’s policies
48:11 Final thoughts —
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion