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
As Mac’s Summer draws to a close, the Barrons make the most of local concerts, pellet grills, American epics, and assassination attempts. Also, Mac cries like a baby at a brewery.
Movies & TV:
Horizon
The Bear (season 3) (Hulu)
Hit Man (Netflix)
White House Down (Prime)
Books:
A River Runs Through It by Norman MacLean
Katherine wrestles with one of life’s biggest problems: how to organize a home library. The Quiet Place Day One is a solid addition to the series, Mac does not get Flannery O’Conner, and we find a unicorn novice ordo mass in the mountains of North Carolina.
Movies & TV:
Quiet Place Day One
Presumed Innocent (2024 Apple+)
Dying Laughing (Apple+)
Books:
...Mac & Kat head to West Virginia to confirm it is, in fact, “almost heaven.” Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood is a real stinker, The Hunter is charming but foul, and we remind you that it is good to get away for a little while.
Movies & TV:
Robin Hood (2010 MGM+)
The Abyss
X2
Books:
The Hunter by Tana French
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All boat rides can’t be the best, especially when you are all mad at each other and you forget to fill the tank! Inside Out 2 is fun and Shogun is probably not good for the soul… which you won’t really know until you’ve (once again) done some soul-searching about your media consumption.
Movies & TV:
Inside Out 2
Shogun (HULU)
The Beach (Prime)
Our old friend Zina stops in for an afternoon, Max continues to slow down, The fam watches an 80’s classic, and Katherine waxes nostalgic for fathers.
Movies & TV:
Stand By Me (Prime)
The Way Way Back
Albert Brooks Defending My Life (Max)
Ben’s short film:
Other gr...
Jude is back in the nest after an exiting camping adventure involving breakdowns, bears, and too much teenage boy stuff. We finally see Godzilla Minus One, Backdraft is better and worse than you remember and Katherine finds a passage about the Our Lady and female virtue.
Movies & TV:
Godzilla Minus One (Netflix)
Backdraft (MGM+)
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CST 718: Everything Annoys Mac and Katherine
Mac and Katherine are on the road, they have uncomfortable conversations about prayer, and Furiosa is amazing but also really weird?
Movies & TV:
Furiosa
Sugar - Apple TV
French Girl
Games:
We’re Not Really Strangers: couple’s edition
Audio issues, Max’s gross bump, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and more Tombstone talk than you can shake a six-shooter at.
Movies & TV:
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Idea of You
Clarkson’s Farm
Tombstone
Ben’s short film:
Other great stu...
Camping trips, seeing Jude, Mother’s Day, The Fall Guy is the best!, and we lament about not plugging into the community.
Movies & TV:
The Fall Guy
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
No Country for Old Men
The Boys on the Boat
Books:
Jayber Crow by Wendyl Berry
State Parks:
Claytor Lake State Pa...
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Car issues, raised bed gardening, and a never-ending tennis season consume our week. We consume Civil War and Fallout as we ponder the profundity of knowing who made the world.
Movies & TV:
Civil War (in theaters now)
Fallout (Amazon Prime Video)
Books:
A History of the Island by Eustice Plough
Ben...
After almost three weeks, we regale you with wasabi accidents, low canine platelet counts, and an abundance of leaf-blowers. We’ve watched lots of stuff to various levels of enjoyment and Katherine reads a book about mothers that hits a hopeful (and emotional) note.
Movies & TV:
3 Body Problem (Netflix)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Musica (Hulu)
Fallout ...
Jude is home! The table has left the building! Kat & Jennifer go camping, Supercell is very “B”, Manhunt isn’t as good as everyone says and Brideshead Revisited deserves attention.
Movies & TV:
Supercell
Manhunt
Anatomy of a Murder
Books:
Brideshead Revisited
Ben’s short film:
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Jude turns 15 and gets a visit from Ben, Katherine has a tea with the book club ladies, American Fiction is super sharp but problematic, and A Severe Mercy deserves a reread every decade or so.
Movies & TV:
American Fiction
Resident Alien
Books:
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
Ben’s short film:
Katherine is getting a little better, we get an unexpected update on Jude, Dune Part 2 is worth the trip to the theater and we talk about the importance of thinking about the next step.
Movies & TV:
Dune Part 2
Mr. Holmes
The Awful Truth
Ben’s short film:
Other great stuff we like:
The Barrons travel to Scranton to visit Jude, Kat is sick, and SAM GETS ENGAGED! We talk about True Grit, Miss Potter, and an abundance of English regency-era entertainment. For Catholic Stuff we talk about True Grit and Merchant of Venice as a double feature on looking at Justice and Mercy.
Movies & TV:
True Grit
Emma (movie with Gweneth Paltrow)
Emma (BBC series)
...Mac suffers the grind and the tickle (not a euphemism), Sam is back in town, Argyl is not worth your time, but Self-Reliance and The Guard are, and we wax nostalgic over how great (and peppered with faith) the show ER was.
Movies & TV:
Argyl
Self-Reliance
The Guard
ER
Ben’s short film:
Oth...
Kat takes Jude back to Scranton. We live the empty-nester’s life with the food subscription service to prove it. We show Jude what everyone compares his school to (Dead Poets Society), and we lament how modern society frowns upon early marriage…also we complain a lot about Monarch.
Movies & TV:
Dead Poets Society
Monarch Season 1
Role Play
Regarding Hen...
Sam becomes a working man, Mac & Kat take off to the mountains, Maggie Moore(s) is pretty dark, and we catch up on lots of emails from you, good people of CSTonia.
Movies & TV:
Maggie Moore(s)
The Italian Job (2003)
Ben’s short film:
Other great stuff we like:
Our week is bookended by parties, Die Hard+Towering Inferno = Skyscraper and Kat has thoughts…lots of thoughts… on Barbie.
Movies & TV:
Skyscraper
Godzilla (2014)
Barbie
Macbeth
Twelfth Night
Ben’s short film:
Other great stuff we like:
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