Catholic in a Small Town
In this weekly podcast, Mac and Katherine, who are Catholic converts, talk about raising kids, Catholic issues, scouting, movies, books, games, podcasts and anything else that comes up. Mac and Katherine have been podcasting since 2006.
Episodes
We throw our very first grandchild birthday party and fill the house with…in-laws. Bodkin is charming and twisty, Backrooms is weird and creepy, Carrie is uneven but still compelling. In Catholic Stuff we discuss why art should not be political.
Bonus content: Our spoilerific take on what does and doesn't work in the new Carrie.
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The Barron's head back home to Swainsboro for a wet and humid family wedding, Predator Badlands is NOT a real Predator movie, the Silver Chair makes Kat cry every time, and Mac invests in Fraturnus.
Bonus content: We workshop new show intros.
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Books:
Read along with Mac - Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy
Other great s...
Ben & Grace's party went great. Heavy traffic and trying to get to a show before it starts does not make for great decompression time, Heart of the Beast almost knocks it out of the park, and we unpack so many things wrong with the makeover reality series The Swan.
Bonus content: No bonus content this week.
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Books:
...It's been all about party prep at #1 Barron Plaza for the last few weeks. May Day is a fun movie until all the messaging, and our lives are in a wobbly transition time.
Bonus content: A River Runs Through It
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Books:
Read along with Mac - Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy
Other great stuff we like:
Jude gets delivered to school, Kat gets a few days to herself, and Mac gets a gout flare-up. Dog Stars is disappointing, Coyote v Acme is cute, and we simply note how not admitting women are different from men is destroying the world.
Bonus content: TBD
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Books:
We get a little break from the heat as we fruitlessly try to plan around Jude's goings and comings. Lanterns disappoints, Cold Storage is dumb dumb, but strangely watchable, and S4 has made a believer out of Mac. In Catholic stuff, we talk about what's wrong with modern, female-centered, prestige TV.
Bonus content: No bonus content this week.
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We finally sit down for a show amidst dishwasher failures, trips out of town, listener meet-ups, and neighborhoods running rampant with dinosaurs! Obviously that last one was Oak Street, and we find time to get into The Diplomat and read from a month's worth of email.
Bonus content: We talk about OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
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Mac explains the sudden lack of shows. Spoiler alert: everything's OK
Our French visitor gets to shoot all the guns at Mac's mom's house, the boys get their hands dirty with landscaping, and we praise and complain about The Odyssey.
Bonus content: No bonus content this week.
Rosary Army Retreat talks: https://youtu.be/dMOjpHbG0J0?si=u8BQlx2q0hVDi58Z
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Everybody gets sick at #1 Barron Plaza, we play actor connections while we convalesce, and we address the SSPX news…but not for the reasons you think.
Bonus content: No bonus content this week.
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We help out with the Rosary Army retreat, Jude takes a Grayhound, Toy Story 5 makes us cry, Kat becomes enthralled with a murder show, and our movies this week remind us of the dangers of tech.
Bonus content: How to deal with introversion/extraversion in marriage.
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We take on Dollywood, sing the praises of the hot tub, decry the failings of Disclosure Day, and encourage others to get away all alone so you have time to have it out.
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Books:
Read along with Mac - The Angry Hills
Other great stuff we like:
Mac & Kat leave the real world behind for an Appalachian adventure in a storybook town. Alone Season 11 provides plenty of non-offensive fascination while Mac gets into a handful of movies and a beautiful book. Also, we eat too much and tell you all about it.
Bonus content: no bonus content this week
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Kat goes to PA & back, Mac makes it through another graduation season, Widow's Bay is a pleasant (and creepy) surprise, and we see The Crash as a heightened example of the spiritual desolation of the culture.
Bonus content: spoilerific analysis of Widow's Bay
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Mother's Day experiences for opposite ends of the Georgia. The outcome is a scathing deconstruction of modern celebrity, and we note how modern culture too often gets love wrong from the start.
No bonus content this week.
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Mac chooses a concertina pilgrimage for his 50th, Lost in Space is even worse than you remember, and we unpack the many ideas in Lewis's That Hideous Strength.
Bonus Content: We plumb the depths and possibilities of what has to be among the best convenience store reviews ever.
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Katherine talks up the historic Fox theatre in Atlanta, we watched ALL of Marvel's new show, Wonderman, and Katherine recommends a biography of St. John Vianey
Bonus Content: Spoilerific talk about Wonderman
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Books:
Read along with Mac - Theology for B...
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