Tony sits down this week to with Brandon Vogt to talk about what really matters. Brandon is a true bibliophile, father, husband, content manager and Roman Catholic who works for Bishop Robert Barron at Word on Fire Ministries. In addition to Brandon's faith journey from protestant to Catholic we talk about creativity, getting stuff done, the project Brandon manages, and more. Brandon is the most pleasant person in the world and has an amazing keen mind.

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.

Books

Brandon Works Here

Runs This

And These

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Special Guest: Brandon Vogt.

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Father Parrish wants to record a random episode, which turns into a new featurette here on The Threshold Podcast. PRIEST VS. LAYMAN!!! Which is basically Fr Parrish and I friendly fighting with each other. We talk about

Rainier Beer | http://rainierbeer.com/

Scremo vs Chant Arvo Part | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HON4AswPVk

Support the MONKS!!! | https://en.nursia.org/

Me Without You | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fRFMkFbH8I

The Legendary Darren King | https://www.iwantthatsound.com/darren-king/

Mundelein Seminary | https://usml.edu/

And going to Pike Place market to talk to random folks to get out of the bubble.

We also talk about all the folks we want to talk to, but are too afraid to actually contact.

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This week sits down with head his friend Pete Burak to talk about what really matters. Pete grew up in and lives in Ann Arbor MI with his wife and 3 adorable kids. Pete is a sports enthusiast who wishes he had the power to change his size at will who would also identify as a Roman Catholic. Pete and Tony talk deeply about how suffering plays into our encounters with and perception of God.

We also announced our 1st rate and review give away today, so iTunes user cjttips give us a shout! Rate and review the Threshold on iTunes this month and maybe win some awesome swag from Catholic Balm Co.

Pete talks about visiting here with his wife. It's insane and beautiful

We talk about suffering and the book of Job

Pete works here

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Tony sits down to talk with his old friend and coworker Katy Bettner about what really matters. Katy is a mom, philanthopist, Mormon, and active in film work. Katy shares her love of the divine story, what drew her to the LDS church, how she balances out her life, and more. Katy also share her perspective on Pope Francis and asks about Papal infallibility.

Katy is doing some amazing work helping women around the world share their story and follow their passions. She is instiliing a strong sense of value in her kids.

Check out

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Father Colin joins Tony as they sit down to talk about what really matters with Sam Sorich to talk about what really matters. Tony met Sam in San Jose, Father Colin met him in Chicago, both of us met him because of his work as a film maker at Spirit Juice Studios and Glass Darkly. We talk to Sam about his family of 13 growing up, dealing with how his art and faith connect, and why belief isn't as dependable as faith. We also talk about the new 8Beats Film Anthology from Catholic Creatives. Father Parrish and Tony both have pledged to the indigogo account for 8Beats and we would love to have you check it out.

8Beats Film Anthology

Rene Girard

Glass Darkly Films

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Tony sits down with friend of a friend Emily Britt to talk about what really matters. Emily is a huge GoT fan and refers to herself as the Mother of Dragons. She lives in North Dallas with her husband and three daughters where she tries to spend time just listening to people and help them see their own value. Emily also shares about her experience of being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and her encounter of God in the Grease at Waffle House.

If you would like to learn more about Emily check out her new podcast and blogging page https://www.facebook.com/nooneknowswhatimsaying which will be launching content next spring.

Our 1st piece of custom Patreon art work will be based on this podcast. You can find out more about that at https://www.patreon.com/thethresholdpodcast

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Tony sits down with his friend and board game buddy Brad Hudson at their local board game hangout Around the Table for a cold drink and to talk about what really matters. Brad is a husband, father, and property lawyer from Seattle who enjoys hiking and board games. In this conversation Tony and Brad talk about Brads journey from Mormon missionary to generic Christian to being an Agnostic NonBeliver. Tony and Fr Parrish both loved Brad's honesty and integrity and have adapted Brad's challenge at the end into "The Hudson Maxim".

There are a couple of audio drops and issues in this episode since we were still figuring out our recording setup.

This episode closes out our opening trilogy of episodes. For the near future all episodes will becoming out on Monday Morning.

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Tony sits down to talk about what matters with his friend and cohost Fr Colin Parish. Fr Parish is Roman Catholic Priest serving in the Archdiocese of Seattle as an Associate Pastor and high school chaplin. Tony and Fr Colin discuss Fr Colin's attraction to intense people, art, his time in the navy, beauty, truth, and Father's journey from a secular childhood to Roman Collar. This episode makes up part two of our opening trilogy of episodes. This episode did have to be re recorded due to poor audio quality the 1st time.

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Join us for the 1st part of a three episode release for our new podcast The Threshold. In this Episode Tony Vasinda and Father Parrish talk about why they wanted to make the podcast and what you can expect in a given episode. To be honest the audio quality is... mixed. Tony was able to record the opening and closing on our new setup, but Fr Parrish's interview was on our old one. Please bear with us as we get better.

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