Passages

Trump's cabinet picks, monkeys in SC, Alabama foods you have to try, and UAPs. Plus, another bad preacher segment. And this week's passage by Thomas Merton: "The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to violence."

After an in-depth analysis of the 2024 election, the guys play another Bad Preachers clip and discuss this week's passage by R.C. Sproul: "When I think I’m unfairly hated, I try to remember that I am unfairly loved."

A discussion on the upcoming presidential election, Halloween jokes, and Saudi Arabia's Mukaab project. Also another bad preacher segment! And this week's passage by Eric Hoffer: "The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.”

Halloween candy, Trump works at McDonald's, and the upcoming election. Plus, this week's passage by Madeleine L'Engle: “We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.”

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On the verge of an Oasis reunion, the boys discuss their dream reunion tours. Also, talk of dentistry nightmares, brain wave theft, and Pete Rose emerges. And, of course, this week's passage by E.E. Cummings: "To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody but yourself--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight--and never stop fighting."

The death of a mall walker brings out the humanity of Galleria shoppers, Jason's afraid of clowns, and Blockbuster bit the dust. Also, this week's passage by Eckhart Tolle: “When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation, or accept it. All else is madness.”

What's in your favorite chicken? Also, the second assassination attempt against Donald Trump, Japan's huge centenarian population, and this week's passage by Wendell Berry: "Grief gives the full measure of love, and it is somehow reassuring to learn, even by suffering, how large and powerful love is."

Tim is unable to tear himself away from fantasy football, workplace cubicles, social media faux pas, and "gifts of sincerity" from North Korea. Plus, this week's passage by don Miguel Ruiz: "Whatever happens around you, don’t take it personally… Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. All people live in their own dream, in their own mind; they are in a completely different world from the one we live in. When we take something personally, we make the assumption that they know what is in our world, and we try to impose our world on their world."

Our first listener request episode! You choose the topics! You choose the passages!