RTB102: A busy week for Dom and Melanie as they welcome a house guest, celebrate a birthday, prep for a First Communion, and head out on the water for some first-time Scout canoeing. Plus, Pentecost’s question for us: What are you going to do now?

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RTB101: In the nine days between Ascension and Pentecost, Dom and Melanie discuss how we are called to ready our “empty vessels” to receive the Holy Spirit. They also talk about Falcon & Winter Soldier, Without Remorse, a great sweet and sour pork recipe, and more.

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RTB100: It’s our 100th episode! Dom and Melanie note the milestone and then discuss a COVID scare in their family; what’s fresh from the farmers market; Melanie’s interesting literary take on Wandavision; Dom’s take on Secrets of Skinwalker Ranch; and how mothers are our first experience of God’s love.

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* Internal Combustion Engine – Bartosz Ciechanowski

* The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch | HISTORY Channel

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RTB099: The long-delayed Pinewood Derby is finally here, the farmers market is back, and Dom and Melanie fix all the broken things. Plus sourdough vs. levain; Star Wars books; a new British cop show; Dom finishes This Is A Robbery; Melanie finishes Marvel Phase 1; and staying grafted to Jesus the Vine.

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RTB098: On World Penguin Day, Dom and Melanie deal with broken bikes and appliances; discuss hammock camping and whether you can sleep; the virtuous merits of superhero movies; and Good Shepherds and their very dumb sheep.

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* Spiced Shrimp and Tomatoes with Fresh Mint (Zibdiyit Gambari)

* Flannery O’Connor Versus the Marvel Universe | Church Life Journal | University of Notre Dame

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* Peace Be With You – Mount Saint Mary’s Abbey – Wrentham, MA

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Photo: Museum of Fine Art,s Boston. Public domain.

RTB097: This week, Dom and Melanie get outdoors to a beautiful, new wildlife area; try a new ribs recipe; Melanie watches more Marvel while Dom watches a Netflix doc on an art heist; and they discuss what seem like arbitrary and confusing rules about what you can and can’t do at Mass these days.

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* Sweet and Tangy Grilled Country-Style Pork Ribs | Cook’s Illustrated (paywall)

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Photo: George Martell/BCDS. CC-BY-ND-2.0.

RTB096: This week, Dom and Melanie are vaccinated; the girls went fishing; we discuss lamb leftovers; Melanie gets insight into Iron Man and his PTSD; and then they discuss the novel of early Christians in Rome called Quo Vadis and as what it has to tell us about Divine Mercy.

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RTB095: It’s Easter and Dom and Melanie discuss their Triduum, including memories of why not to take 5 small children to Easter Vigil; what special foods they made for Easter dinner, and why Dom ended up at Urgent Care on Easter Sunday. (It involved a cleaver.)

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* Why not to take 5 small children to Easter Vigil, or How to reaffirm priests in their celibacy – Bettnet.com

* Grilled Cilantro-Lime Skirt Steak | Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street

* My Grandma’s of New England

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RTB094: On Palm Sunday, Dom and Melanie discuss palm crosses; a future big trip; setting a date for First Communion; explaining how TV used to work to children who only know streaming; and more.

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* The First Ghost Stories | Dr. Irving Finkel – Live Events – YouTube

* Robert the Bruce (2019) – IMDb

* The Lost Pirate Kingdom (TV Series 2021– ) – IMDb

* Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) – IMDb

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RTB093: What’s more romantic than a date to get vaccinated? Dom and Melanie get their shots, celebrate two great saints with Irish and Italian meals, build a shed, go on a cleaning binge, and talk about looking death in the face each day.

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