Let’s Talk about Giving to Charity
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The Season of Giving is upon us and Fr. Cory Sticha is joined by Lisa Hendey and Noelle Crowe to talk about giving to charities, including our parishes and other worthy causes.
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Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli
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A young Italian Dominican friar named Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli came to the American Midwest in the early 19th century. Tom and Noëlle Crowe reveal how he almost singlehandedly transformed the Catholic Church in that part of the country and continues to inspire through his example.
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Code of Honor (TNG)
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Continuing the difficult first season of TNG, Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this episode that some Trek stars have called racist and which has been widely criticized. Is it really that bad? Does it have any redeeming qualities?
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Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party
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Wrapping up their recent visit to Disney World, Deborah and Sheri revisit their experience at Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and then finish up their discussion of all the new attractions and everything else going into EPCOT, including a Moana ride.
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Pope Joan
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For centuries, many people believed a woman had once been pope and the tale of Pope Joan has had a recent resurgence. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the origins of the story, its common details, its plausibility, and what the faith has to say about the possibility.
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StarQuest Headlines for the week ending November 8, 2019
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Headlines for the week ending November 8, 2019:
- NASA shares details of lunar surface missions—and they’re pretty cool | Ars Technica
- Dead Theologians Society: The ‘memento mori’ youth group
- Apple is reportedly working with Valve on a totally new type of product like nothing we’ve seen
- Disney+ will have to run ads for Starz to get Star Wars licenses back | TalkAndroid.com
- Fantastic Beasts 3 Set in Brazil, Expands Jessica Williams Role
- How the Catholic Church helped create postal services–Aleteia
Cord Cutting in 2019
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Are you ready to cut the cableTV cord? Dom Bettinelli, Joanne Mercier, and Fr. Cory Sticha talk about when the time is right to do so, what services to consider, what hardware you need, and potential costs or savings. Plus Fr. Cory’s review of the new Google Pixel 4.
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Ranking the Doctors
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Celebrating their 150th episode, Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory engage in a typical Who fan exercise of ranking the Doctors from most favorite to least. They decide which Doctor they’re most like and then let the other panelists pick for them.
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Halloween, All Saints, and Monkey Bridges
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The Betts celebrate a blustery Halloween and Dom’s birthday; manage to get to the early Mass for All Saints; and then Dom takes the older girls on their first Scout camping trip. Plus Melanie has an opinion on a 1980s BBC adaptation of Jane Austen.
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Let’s Talk about All Saints & All Souls
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November starts with our prayers to the saints and our prayers for the faithful departed. Fr. Cory Sticha and Pat Scott talk about the importance not only of praying for the intercession of the saints, but also praying for loved ones who may still be in Purgatory.
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The Martyrs of La Florida
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Over the span of about 200 years, up to 1,000 Catholic missionaries and natives, including men, women, and children, were martyred in what is now the US Southeast. Tom and Noelle Crowe tell us about the brave Catholics who refused to renounce Christ under persecution from both native peoples and European Protestants.
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What We Left Behind
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Twenty years after Deep Space 9 ended, a quirky, new documentary looks back on the series through interviews with its creators. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss how the documentary was made; how these insiders perceive their own creation; and the personalities behind the show.
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Saints, Blobs, and Instaprams
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Could Australia’s second saint be on the way? The Archdiocese of Sydney has opened the cause for Eileen O’Connor. Plus Lindsay and Caroline discuss a cartoon that criticized Instagram moms; an all-woman spacewalk; backyard astronomy; and a blob at the Paris zoo.
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Is the Earth Flat?
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In the ancient world, many people believed the Earth is flat and today some still believe that it is a flat disc. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli give a fair and balanced exploration of the arguments and evidence for a flat earth and for a globe earth and offer a solution to this mystery.
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StarQuest Headlines for the week ending November 1, 2019
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Headlines for the week ending November 1, 2019:
- UNESCO, United Arab Emirates pledge to rebuilt Christian churches in Mosul, Iraq–Aleteia
- 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' is outselling ticket sales of 'Avengers: Endgame' by 45%
- Pope declares Vatican's Secret Archive not so secret anymore – ABC News
- The Force won’t be with them: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss exit Star Wars | Ars Technica
- The Mandalorian Trailer Breakdown: Beskar and Battle Droids
Do Tech Rumors Do More Harm Than Good?
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Do all those rumors of unannounced products do more harm to both companies and consumers than good? Dom Bettinelli, Pat Scott, and Thomas Sanjurjo also discuss the effect of social media on your job search and what you should do about, plus a lesson learned setting up new wifi.
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Terror of the Autons
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The Master makes his Doctor Who debut in this 3rd Doctor story. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this first appearance of the Master, as well as this gentle reboot of the 3rd Doctor with a new companion, a new enemy, and a new setting.
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You Just Became Interesting
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This time, Dom and Melanie talk about the Skeleton Sea Pirates; reading Jane Austen with the older girls; granddad’s visit; and a reflection on the Pharisee and the tax collector and being happy to be where you don’t belong.
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Let’s Talk about Working in a Parish
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What’s it like to work as a parish employee? Fr. Cory Sticha and Joanne Mercier talk about the challenges of parish work, including new collaborative models of parish life, trying to move from maintenance to mission, and the need to support your parish.
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Rose Hawthorne
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Rose Hawthorne was born into 19th century American literary royalty, but as Tom and Noelle Crowe reveal, she suffered the deaths of family, including a child, and an abusive husband. That didn’t stop her from converting to Catholicism, starting a Dominican community, and founding homes for terminally ill cancer patients.
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