The Passing Currents Podcast

The Passing Currents Podcast

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The Passing Currents Podcast episodes

  • Theology on Tap IV: Holy Sex! Humanae Vitae 50 Years Later (Brandon Wanless, Ph.D)
    HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!...to both Brian and his wife, Michelle (3 years) AND to the promulgation of Humanae Vitae (50 years). In honor of this day (Wednesday, July 25th), we've decided to reorder our release of our Theology on Tap series. Instead of the 4th talk (which we will return to, rest assured) we are skipping to our 6th talk, by Brandon Wanless, called "Holy Sex! Humanae Vitae 50 Years Later." In this presentation, Brandon does a tremendous job laying out the historical context of the document, what the document actually says, and what has happened since the documents release. Of course, there is an excellent Q&A session afterward. Enjoy!
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  • Theology on Tap III: Eflangelization (Eric Klein)
    In our third installment of the Theology on Tap series, we have a talk that was a surprise for all of us (including Brian and Eric!). When our originally-scheduled speaker became ill a few hours before the talk, an emergency audible was pulled, and Eric ended up delivering a talk on the great American Catholic author Flannery O'Connor and what her witness tells us about evangelization today. Enjoy!
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  • EPISODE XLV: Philabuster

    It's the end of the Season 1, and the dudes concludeth by discussing last week's interview with Phil and answering his question about saints. They also reflect on an incredible first season of the podcast and lay out the plan for the impending four-week break. BONUS: Brian unveils the Season 1 blooper reel, a long with the original theme song he proposed last August (which Eric promptly vetoed, so blame him if you prefer it). Enjoy, everyone! And thanks for listening.

    Recommended Reads:  No Trifling Matter: Taking the Sacraments Seriously Again, Msgr. Nicola Bux; Martin Mosebach, Butler's Lives of the Saints; Padre Pio: The Stigmatist, Fr. Charles Mortimer Carty; Padre Pio: A Man of Hope, Renzo Allegri; Apology, Justin Martyr; The Dumb Ox, GK Chesterton

    Opening Music Credit: Bensounds
     

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  • EPISODE XLIV: Complete Fulphilment

    This week, in our final interview of Season One, Eric sits down with his dear friend and old teammate, Phillip Meyer. Phil was raised ELCA Lutheran, and became Catholic at the Easter Vigil last spring. In this episode, Phil tell the story of his journey and gives his thoughts on those going through similar journeys as well.

    Recommended Reads: Catholic and Christian, Alan Schreck; Rediscover Catholicism, Matthew Kelly; Crossing the Tiber, Stephen K. Ray; By What Authority: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition; Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic, David Currie; Rome Sweet Home, Scott Hahn; My Life on the Rock, Jeff Cavins.

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  • EPISODE XLIII: Lex Orandi Lex Credendi

    The boys get back to basics: beauty, bells, and incense.

    Recommended Reads: Denis MacNamara, Catholic Church Architecture and the Spirit of the Liturgy; Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness: Why the Modern Age Needs the Mass of the Ages, Peter Kwasniewski 

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  • EPISODE XLII: Still catholic
    Can one be catholic and Orthodox? Brian sits down with his old friend to talk about what's between the East and West. 
    Recommended Reads: The Way of a Pilgrim, Anonymous; The Orthodox Church, Timothy Ware; The Ladder of Divine Ascent, John Climacus
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  • EPISODE XLI: The Priest, Thê

    The guys get the honor of releasing the last interview Dcn. Thê Hoang ever did. Now Fr. Thê helps us dig deeper into the kinds of relationships priests have in their ministry, and why he looks forward to serving God's people.

    Recommended Reads: M. Raymond, The Family That Overtook Christ; The Book of Tobit, God; Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, The Priest is Not His Own

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  • EPISODE XL: Love, Wounds, and Love

    This week, the boys sit down to discuss Brian Foley's fascinating interview. They discuss in particular woundedness in the Church, as well as tackling his big question about transgenderism.

    As a brief side note: the transgender topic is an immense and complicated issue which cannot possibly be tackled effectively in a single episode. Rather than devote the next four years of this podcast to the question, we at the Passing Currents Podcast decided to focus on response on starting the conversation, if you will. We hope that this episode leaves you wanting to dig more. We encourage you to check our recommended reads, do your own digging, and shoot us your questions as you have them. We'd love to hear from you and have a deeper, further conversation about this important issue.

    Recommended Reads: Man & Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body, Pope St. John Paul II; Why I Don't Call Myself Gay: How I Reclaimed My Sexual Reality and Found Peace, Daniel C. Mattson; Made for Love, Father Mike Schmitz.

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