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The boys want to know everything about the art of church bells, so Father Gabriel sits down with Ivo De Simone from Campane Marinelli, the world’s oldest bell foundry! And Jacob sits down with Frank DellaPenna from “Cast in Bronze,” owner and performer of the world’s only portable carillon, an instrument consisting of 35 church bells which ways 4 tons! 

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“The Assumption of Mary” is one of those super unique Catholic things that’s hard for outsiders (and even insiders) to understand. How can something so strange be depicted artistically?  

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The boys travel 20,000 leagues under the sea to discover a type of statue art that proves it’s better down where it’s wetter.  

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Is Jared Hess’ 2006 comedy “Nacho Libre” the greatest cinematic depiction of Catholicism in human history? …who can say. But Jacob and Father Gabriel know more than a buttload of crap about the subject, and they’re here to make their case.

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The conversation goes off the rails quickly as Jacob and Father Gabriel go on a hike through the lore and legends behind everyone's favorite moralistic man-bear, Smokey. What does this have to do with art or spirituality? ONLY YOU CAN find out.

Weird things happen when ‘The Man’ gets involved in art, but Jacob and Father Gabriel are here to bust the whole thing wide open!  

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From birthdays and bodegas to the soy and the sacred, the boys *wax* eloquent on all things candle: is there something inherently spiritual to these little luminaries, or are they just a vibe? And why are world religions so obsessed with bees?

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For a good time call Jacob and Father Gabriel as they discuss all things graffiti: what is it? What compels us to do it? And is it art? 

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Yes, we genuinely and unironically did an episode about fake rocks. And like fake rocks themselves, it took a surprising amount of work and talent and is actually really super cool actually.

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