Among Wolves

Among Wolves

Neil and David have a drink together and talk about all things culture, Catholic, Jesus, philosophy, and movies & TV so many movies & TV references.

Episodes

June 23, 2025 62 mins
Neil and I talk a little about our summer vacation plans, then talk about the election of the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV! We play a little pope nickname game, and what it means to start taking care of your aging parents. Gratuitous Sound clips: * LIVING DEAD in South Park | South Park S01E07 - Pink Eye (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPmKWKyQoTQ) * There are NO successful atheists - Andrew Schulz - Stand Up Comedy (https://www.yo...
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So last minute my wife Gevie and I were asked to give a talk at a young adults event in the Archdiocese called Coffee and Creed. The original speaker was unable to attend, so we got invited to step in. The other guy was going to talk about balancing life and faith and work and all that, but Gevie and I don’t do that well (I bet you can tell by the frequency of this Podcast episode release dates) so we decided to give the talk on ...
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An episode that was supposed to air in December 2024. Neil and I wrap up our thoughts on talk writing and then we enter into Neil’s Comic Corner for a recap of his silver age comic book walk through with his son Robert. In this installment of Neil’s Comic Corner we also talk about how issue numbers and volumes got counted. It’s all Crisis fault. Gratuitous Sounds Clips * Mick Thomas Comedy (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gTBdCT...
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March 24, 2025 55 mins
Neil and I dive into a theological/ethical topic! We talk about the relationship between virtue, those habits the perfect us, and techne, those activities that ease and make our work efficient. Where is the line between being lazy blobs and allowing technology do all the things for us making our lives easy but ultimately less human (think the people on the Axiom on Wall-E) and allowing technology to make our work efficient, allow...
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March 10, 2025 41 mins
Everything starts with talking about walking into closed glass doors, which quickly dissolves into a conversation about how mean my kids are. Then we spend a little time talking about what happened to the show since November of 2024 lol. The actual topic, if you can call it that, is the movie and tv show quotes that worked their way into our everyday conversations. We’re mimetic creatures so it makes sense, but the stuff that st...
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If you’ve ever had to write a talk for a retreat or youth group or whatever, or if you’re a retreat director that needs to give instructions to your talk team, or needs a framework on which you can evaluate talks, this is the one you want to download and listen to over and over again. Also, if you haven’t ever heard Paul Harvey perform the Man and the Bird, you need to hear it. Here is a link to the full clip: Christmas Classics:...
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We bring back Neil’s comic corner and he teaches David all about the different ages of superhero comics. Neil is reading Silver Age comic books to Robert and it brings back memories of the 60s when neither of us was alive, but somehow Neil knows what it was like to live back then. Gratuitous Sound Clips: * Toy story 2 Woody’s roundup merchandise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-JHGjBmPEg) * Nirvana - Something In The Way (Lyr...
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October 28, 2024 101 mins
Anthony Sperduti and his brother Luigi have a production company LOST IN THE DARK PRODUCTION (http://www.lostinthedarkproductions.com/) Check out a few of her short films on YouTube: Clown (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCLtX6i9rSQ) Cold (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kJHOfSZ2vE) We run a Horror Movie Draft picks for this one here are the rules we played by so if you want to play along or adapt this for your own game go for ...
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October 14, 2024 73 mins
Banter includes the assassination attempt on Pope Francis, our love of German food and culture, the gentrification of downtown Vegas, the oldest Church in the Archdiocese, and our 5 year anniversary We talk about some of our favorites from the show and goals (although we use that term very loosely) for the future. Gratuitous Sound Clips Waiting in line be like (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLzmcmoPnTs) Abe Simpson - Union Bust...
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September 30, 2024 49 mins
Neil and I kick off talking about Batman and Comic Books. Then we talk about Godzilla, the good ones and the bad ones. BTW the good one is Godzilla Minus One. It's like the art of film but with a giant lizard. We end talking about when the Dub is better than the Sub and when it’s not. Gratuitous Sound Clips * Charlie the Unicorn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsGYh8AacgY) * pokemon jelly filled donut dub and sub comparison (...
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September 16, 2024 55 mins
After some short banter Neil and I start talking about crazy conspiracies and how potatoes and rainwater will save us all. Well that’s my plan anyway. Neil will just watch it all burn as he goes down with the ship. Gratuitous sound clips: * The Four Preps - 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) - 1958 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dPaeUGrmdA) * A dozen cookie boogie robots (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JZzuU-y_KE) * Futurama - 11 ...
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We start with Christmas recaps where Neil realizes that he’s the true patron of his family now, passing him the torch to be a real Clark Griswold. Neil and I argue about calendars and when the Gregorian Calendar replaced the Julian Calendar for some reason. This brings us to Lent and our Lenten struggles for some reason led us into talking about why Millennials and Gen Xers are so overprotective of their kids and into a segment th...
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April 8, 2024 37 mins
Neil teaches me all about March Madness, turns out these are college games and not professional ones. Who knew? The bulk of our conversation surrounded the idea of internal and external goods. How our culture is switching from a focus on the internal goods of their work (perfecting the craft) to a focus on the external goods (recognition, money, etc). Gratuitous Sound Clips * Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew (https://www...
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March 25, 2024 49 mins
Here Neil and I talk about what we did in Summer 2023 to catch you up on life, then discuss our favorite Indiana Jones films. Enjoy an unorganized discussion reflecting on Summer 2023, Neil spent most of it crying…alone…while watching movies. Gratuitous Sounds Clips * Wells Fargo Wagon- The Music Man 1962 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRsv8ZhGa_E) * A wee youngin' Opie Cunningham in The Music Man (https://www.youtube.com/wat...
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March 11, 2024 87 mins
Chris is a former child actor turned playwright, turned podcaster, turned mental health advocate and all around good guy. Here we chat about crises of faith as Chris shares life, his work, and his story with us. This is a rare and beautiful episode with a serious discussion and personal wrestling with faith. TRIGGER WARNING Chris does share some stories about abuse in mental health facilities that may be intense for some listener...
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October 31, 2023 93 mins
Neil and I built a top ten of the best Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror segments ever! Happy Halloween everyone! Check out our list and see which ones you agree with! Gratuitous sound clips * The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror I (1990) - Introduction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM1kMidQxv8) * The Outer Limits Theme (Instrumental) (High Quality) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfKj8_DFVNU) * Frankenstein 1931 - opening scene (h...
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August 23, 2023 49 mins
I started a new job with the Archdiocese of Las Vegas! Woohoo! Neil and I talk about my new job, then the state of Youth Ministry and Confirmation and we make arguments for and against restored order 66 (lol, you’ll get it if you listen). This led us to talking about the importance of Youth Group as growth in discipleship. The conversation turns to formation for adults and young adult formation in the diocese and turning the ...
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June 10, 2023 55 mins
Neil and I are drinking Old Fashions made from Makers Mark 46 Bourbon. We begin by watching the Knights play the Panthers in overtime of game 3 of the Stanley cup, and there is a point in our discussion where the game ends and Neil gets really sad. Then we start talkin about how our diocese has been elevated to become the 34th Archdiocese in the USA. We answer some questions that people have asked us about the change: What is an ...
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June 3, 2023 43 mins
I know there was some cool Catholic stuff about the diocese of Las Vegas becoming the 34th Archdiocese in the US and we’ll get to that and Neil and I plan on releasing an episode about that next week. In this episode Neil and I talk about what’s really important…The Rankin/Bass movie from 1982 “Flight of Dragons”. I know you’ve never seen it, I know you’ve never heard of it, but it’s a fairytale that marks the beginning of the m...
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May 20, 2023 55 mins
Shout out to the Friendly Film Fireside podcast give us back our howl! I quit my job and don’t know how to feel. On and off we talk about the right ritual to end my youth ministry career interspersed with some comic book and movie references like we do. Neil and I argue about Lent. Turns out Neil is right, but the season of Lent isn’t 40 days, however the start of Lent was put on a Wednesday so that there would be 40 penitential...
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