The Passing Currents Podcast

The Passing Currents Podcast

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The Passing Currents Podcast episodes

  • Episode 62: Burritos in Prayer (And Other Deep Thoughts)
    This week, Eric sits down with fellow Rochesterite and friend, Brett Milazzo. Brett shares the story of his spirituality, which leads the guys to discuss an important question: what happens to faith if the zest ain’t there? That is, how do we pray when our emotions just aren't in line?
    Recommended Reads: The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; The Power of Silence, Robert Cardinal Sarah; The Spirit of the Liturgy, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Papa Benny); The Noonday Devil: Acedia, The Unnamed Evil of Our Times.
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  • Episode 61: Gotta Have a Tana Hope
    In this week’s episode, Brian and Eric sit down to cover last week’s interview with Eric’s good friend Tana. The boys give their thoughts on Tana’s spirituality, particularly with regards to what philosopher Charles Taylor calls “the buffered self” of this secular age. Finally, they tackle Tana’s deeply important question: how does suffering impact our spirituality and faith?
    Recommended Reads: Interior Freedom, Jacques Philippe; A Secular Age, Charles Taylor; The Soul’s Upward Yearning, Fr. Robert Spitzer.
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  • Episode 60: The Doctor Is In
    In this week’s episode, Eric sits down with Tana Lucksanapiruk, a dear old friend from undergrad who is now a doctor in Australia. As you might expect, the boys cover a variety of topics, all while circling the drain of that age-old question: what is the good life?
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  • Episode 59: Em-illion Reasons to get along
    The dudes break down Brian’s interview with his friend Emily, talking about identity, unity, doubt, and listening.
    Recommended Reads: Ut Unum Sint, Pope St. John Paul II; Satis Cognitum, Pope Leo XIII; Discussions and Arguments, Bl. John Henry Newman; An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent, Bl. John Henry Newman.
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  • Episode 58: Jesus, Asteroids, and Bein' Scared
    It’s one of those occasional weeks where Brian and Eric (due to this, you know, not being their day job) were unable to meet up to record the response episode to Brian’s interview with his friend Emily (see Episode 57: Jesus Feminist). We’ll have that response episode for you next week, rest assured. In the meantime, however, HAVE NO FEAR: the Passing Currents Podcast does not leave you alone without content. This week, we present for you a talk Eric gave at the Diocese of Winona-Rochester summer youth camp, Camp Summit. In the talk, Eric discusses what God means when he tells us to “be not afraid.”
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  • Episode 57: Jesus Feminist

    In an interview with a college friend, Brian explores what might make continuing conversion more difficult for the convert, and how we can help as members of the Body of Christ.

    Recommended Reads: Jesus Feminist, Sarah Bessey; Biblical Womanhood, Rachel Held Evans; Mulieris Dignitatum, Pope St. John Paul II; Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World, Pope Benedict XVI; Dietrich von Hildebrand, Catholic Philosopher, and Christopher West, Modern Enthusiast:Two Very Different Approaches to Love, Marriage and Sex, Alice von Hildebrand; Theology of the Body for Beginners, Christopher West

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  • Episode 56: Fastidious Foolery
    This week’s episode, our response to the interview with Robby McGuire, is all about being religious AND spiritual; formed, yet free; fastidious, but not pharisaical. Plus, Eric has pumpkins.
    Recommended Reads: The Risk of Education, Luigi Guissani; The Mass of the Early Christians, Mike Aquilina; Mysterium Fidei, Pope St. Paul VI; First and Second Apologies, St. Justin Martyr; Adversus Haereses, St. Irenaeus.
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  • Episode 55: The Robby McGuire Show
    In this week's interview, Eric sits down with his friend, fellow English teacher and cross country/track coach Robby McGuire. The two of them discuss truth, purpose, religious ornation, and other light, easy-to-digest topics like that. Enjoy, y'all.
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  • Episode 54: Avera Good Podcast Episode
    In this episode, the boys discuss last week’s interview with Avera Maria Santo. They tackle the notion that we are more than our desires and address the issue of how to speak effectively about the Church’s teachings on same-sex attraction. Finally, they dive into answering Avera’s question: how can people today better form authentic friendships, particularly between men?
    Recommended Reads: Other Selves: Philosophers on Friendship, Michael Pakuluk; The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle; The Four Loves, C.S. Lewis.
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