The Simpleton Podcast | Catholic Culture, Mission, and Politics with Clark Massey and Laura Hehman
By Clark Massey and Laura Hehman
Clark is the founder of A Simple House of Sts. Francis and Alphonsus, a Catholic inner-city outreach ministry in Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Laura was one of the first missionaries to join the ministry, and is still involved today.
The vision of The Simpleton Podcast is to discuss Catholic culture, mission, and politics through the lens of the Catholic laity.
New episodes (almost) every Thursday!
To learn more about A Simple House, visit www.asimplehouse.org/
The Catholic Aesthetic: Beauty & Imagination | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey, Laura Hehman
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Clark and Laura discuss the Catholic "aesthetic" and if beauty will really save the world in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Chapters:
0:00 Episode preview
0:55 An ask / an aside on dad jokes
3:19 A Simple House update
6:08 The Catholic aesthetic, imagination, and beauty
18:25 Beauty as evangelization
40:50 Closing
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A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
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Pope Benedict: Modernism, Progress, Science and Christianity (I2C pt. 3) | The Simpleton Podcast
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Clark and Audrey continue their multi-episode series exploring "Introduction to Christianity" by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, known later as Pope Benedict XVI, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & I2C Series recap (up to now)
3:13 The seen and unseen world, continual renewal
6:39 Tradition vs. progress, anti-history
18:58 Christianity’s relationship with history
23:51 Modern man’s questions
30:25 Postmodernism
32:34 A podcast episode recommendation
34:24 Final thoughts
Watch "Bishop Barron Presents | Fr. Joseph Fessio - Being Formed by Ratzinger, De Lubac, and Balthasar": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXrN5iFiis8
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Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
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X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
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Does VIRTUS Training Work? INTERVIEW w/ Melanie Takinen | The Simpleton Podcast, Clark Massey
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Clark sits down with Melanie Takinen, Associate Director of VIRTUS Programs, to learn more about the beginnings of the program, what it does for the Church, and what else the Church should be doing, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Learn more about VIRTUS at https://virtusonline.org/virtus/
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & context1
2:58 Welcome, Melanie!
15:53 The beginnings of VIRTUS
21:20 VIRTUS’s implementation
29:41 Does VIRTUS work?
38:15 What else should the Church be doing?
45:13 What do people misunderstand about VIRTUS?
52:56 Final thoughts
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
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Available Reality, St. Cyril & Trad. Liturgy | The Simpleton Podcast, Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast (or email us at asimplehouse@gmail.com)!Clark and Laura talk how to discern what you can actually accomplish, St. Cyril of Jerusalem's guidance on the kiss of peace, AI's critiques of Catholicism, and more in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Chapters:0:00 Episode preview1:29 God’s plans & your “available reality”17:30 The best kiss of peace25:30 Receiving Communion on the eyes?28:39 Neo-traditionalism in the Church34:16 AI critiques Catholicism42:45 The deception50:38 Jailbreaking AI53:34 Clark’s bad sports take1:03:30 TSP’s “sponsors” (not really)You can stream The Simpleton Podcast almost anywhere you find podcasts:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2182l5YE8bUl8u0ChtX16BApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-simpleton-podcast-catholic-culture-mission/id1564808557YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtbRumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseUOdysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseUX: https://x.com/asimplehouseUA Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholicYouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_UFacebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouseInstagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholicThank you to Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/#catholic #podcast #religion
The Parables of Pope Benedict; Can Believers Have Any Doubts? (I2C pt. 2) | The Simpleton Podcast
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Clark and Audrey continue their multi-episode series exploring "Introduction to Christianity" by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, known later as Pope Benedict XVI, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Chapters:
0:00 Episode preview
1:17 Listener question: how to get friends to read Benedict?
5:44 Audrey’s mic story and Benedict’s books
10:06 Benedict’s 3 parables
35:00 “I believe”
40:53 Family mission experience in Belize
Learn more about SOLT's Family Mission Experiences here: https://www.soltfme.org/
You can stream The Simpleton Podcast almost anywhere you find podcasts:
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Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
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Lord of the Dance, Orthodoxy vs. Conservatism | The Simpleton Podcast, Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
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Clark and Laura talk "Lord of the Dance", why orthodoxy is better than conservatism, and the truth behind economic stats of unemployment and living cost in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Links:
Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (https://www.lisep.org)
Chapters:
0:00 Episode preview
1:38 Laura’s wonderful religion teacher
7:03 The man who lived Catholic social doctrine in politics
12:43 Lord of the Dance and its redemption
19:28 Conservatism vs. Orthodoxy
27:35 How the Catechism gave the church stable ground
37:35 What is economically true?; Ludwig Institute
1:01:50 Final thoughts
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Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
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X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
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Family, Business, & Ministry: Soren Johnson, Trinity House Community Interview | Simpleton Podcast
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Laura sits down with Soren Johnson, Founder & Co-Director of Trinity House Community, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Links:
Subscribe here (https://trinityhousecommunity.org/elist/) to receive Soren & Ever Johnson's weekly Heaven in Your Home Letter (e-letter) with inspiration and strategies for your marriage and family.
Download your own copy of the "Heaven in Your Home Flowchart" (PDF here: https://trinityhousecommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Flowchart-2025.pdf) and start building your Trinity House today!
Learn more about starting a Trinity House Community Group (English or Spanish) at your parish here (https://trinityhousecommunity.org/subscription/) This "date night plus family night" approach to strengthening families and community is now active in 14 states.
Buy your own copy of Soren and Ever's Heaven in Your Home Letters & Guide: Inspiration & Tools for Building a Trinity House (https://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Your-Home-Letters-Guide/dp/B0CR6TT2HT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LHS1IUOF3BVO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.0z5m3Tnj2HsKc3_NHtrS5HhleXh0iMLuewMEfC0zIdlqSgdHlVdsO4d7HcYpWUkf4s0w5GoNc1eqaC5AZRQ0O4e4XQB_KCJMWt9ip8nW6gbJ6KAnqLTCQYeTY9lay7OoxohEY9lJsD3o-eRJAXG2IDd40pmp50HljZssy2L45YnuuWw09GQKoNlQbxPBinVrfqC7LjThCaq-e0sXAsTpUO2Rob1B4P8fSHhLFSamz7s.t9aXAQDx1FIuxr_8B2-MPInFMKmK45_TrZt8RdWAc3w&dib_tag=se&keywords=heaven+in+your+home&qid=1744312499&sprefix=heaven+in+your%2Caps%2C83&sr=8-1)
Learn more about Trinity House Community and Trinity House Cafe at https://trinityhousecommunity.org and http://www.trinityhousecafe.com.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro to Soren and Trinity House
3:55 What is Trinity House?
17:00 Trinity House parish gatherings
24:13 Where discussion topics came from
26:50 Trinity House Cafe
37:58 Managing a family and business at the same time
47:20 Public school for the kids
51:35 how to stay close to God
54:40 Final thoughts
You can stream The Simpleton Podcast almost anywhere you find podcasts:
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Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
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"Introduction to Christianity": Pope Benedict XVI's Magnum Opus (I2C pt. 1) | The Simpleton Podcast
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Clark and Audrey begin their multi-episode series exploring "Introduction to Christianity" by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, known later as Pope Benedict XVI, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome, Audrey!
1:07 Why this series? Why an “Introduction” to Christianity?
11:45 The old preface
The new preface
32:49 Liberation Theology, “Baptizing” Marxism, and the true effect of religion
38:21 Benedict building bridges
45:44 Closing thoughts
You can stream The Simpleton Podcast almost anywhere you find podcasts:
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Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
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New Pope Leo Agenda; Feminine vs. Effeminate | The Simpleton Podcast, Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
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Clark and Laura talk Pope Leo XIV, his potential agenda, the social doctrine of the Church and why it's overemphasized, technology and fasting in the 21st century, and more in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Chapters:
0:00 Episode preview
0:58 Gluttons of delicacy; femininity vs. effeminacy
16:17 New pope! Name reason, American Catholics
25:25 Pope agenda, social doctrines
41:53 The seasons, technology, and new fasts
50:51 Pope and tech final thoughts
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Odysee, Rumble, and X:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
#catholic #podcast #religion
We're Back! Popes, ASH, Podcast Future & US Debt | The Simpleton Podcast Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
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The Simpleton Podcast is back! Clark reboots a new season of the podcast with updates on the podcast itself, A Simple House, the conclave, and the US financial situation.
Article: "The new leader of the Catholic Church will inherit a financial mess that Pope Francis spent much of his reign trying to fix" by Shawn Tully (Fortune) (https://fortune.com/article/pope-francis-vatican-finances-reform/)
Chapters:
0:00 Episode preview
1:12 Is Laura ok?
1:55 Why it’s been so long since last episode (ASH growth!)
6:19 Pope Francis & the Vatican
8:28 Politicizing the conclave?
11:26 The future of The Simpleton Podcast
15:39 The US’s financial situation
25:00 Final thoughts
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, Odysee, and X:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
X: https://x.com/asimplehouseU
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Search videographer Des Moines or marketing Des Moines to learn more, or visit https://www.totusmedia.co/
#catholic #podcast #religion
Catholicism & AI: Blessing or Threat? | The Simpleton Podcast, Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
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Clark and Laura discuss the Vatican's latest letter on AI—its key takeaway, its shortcomings, and its implications—in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
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Chapters:
0:00 Episode preview
1:20 Vatican’s letter on AI
13:45 Where the letter falls short
21:00 AI alignment, evil, and evolution
26:08 Robots vs. AI
34:57 Agency and eduction
43:17 Constraints, open source models
47:45 How to best use and understand AI
51:47 Closing thoughts—You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtbRumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseUOdysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU—Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.comA Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholicYouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_UFacebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouseInstagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic—Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.—#catholic #podcast #religion
Prudence: the Secret Sauce of Good Mission Work | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast!Clark and Laura discuss one of the most important characteristics of mission work, prudence, and how to be prudent individually and in a group setting in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.—Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Stetson hats
2:13 Prudence: a redefinition
12:15 A Simple House and prudence
16:51 Group prudence
28:10 How to reflect (and do ministry) well
41:40 A bathroom break sponsor
44:54 Critique, planning, groupthink, and safety
1:00:06 Being too nice; when to speak up
1:12:41 Oprah sessions
1:17:18 Do you need 100% consensus?
1:20:47 Final thoughts
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.comA Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
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Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.
#catholic #podcast #religion
Catholics & Protestants: The Current State of Affairs | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
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Clark and Laura discuss the current state of Catholic-Protestant relations in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro and listener feedback
0:40 Vatican: banning religious order; news on AI
3:16 Finland’s president steals our analysis!
3:44 Listener question: Protestant-Catholic relations
36:50 Final thoughts
37:38 Clip of Finland's president
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.comA Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
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Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.
#catholic #podcast #religion
Inflation Armageddon Basics | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast!—Clark and Laura discuss the impending repercussions of inflation, how the new administration could help or hurt, and what we should do to prepare in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.—Chapters:
0:00 Intro and past inflation episodes recap
6:15 What’s inflation? Money? Regulation?
26:30 How the US keeps going into debt
37:36 How do prices fluctuate despite inflation?
44:00 What you should do, what the US is doing
53:25 How car prices reflect the state of the economy
55:47 Tariffs and their impact
1:03:00 Tying in Catholic Social Doctrine
1:11:00 A fun fact to close us out
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtbRumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseUOdysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.comA Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholicYouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_UFacebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouseInstagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic—Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.—#catholic #podcast #religion
Pat Flynn: Kettlebells, Catholicism, Philosophy & Family (INTERVIEW) | The Simpleton Podcast
To learn more about Pat's fitness programs, visit http://101kettlebellworkouts.com or https://www.chroniclesofstrength.com. You can follow him on social media at @chroniclesofstrength. Pat is the host of Philosophy for the People, a podcast you can find on all streaming services, including YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/PhilosophyforthePeople) — Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast! — Clark and Laura sit down with Pat Flynn, a renaissance man who, among other ventures, promotes a successful kettlebell-focused workout program, hosts "Philosophy for the People", and loves his Catholic faith. —
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Why Fairness Is Bad, Envy, World Politics | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast! — Clark and Laura discuss envy and its opposite, why fairness is stupid, and what Trump's first 100 days in office could look like in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. —
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & episode preview
0:45 Clark’s connection to Costa Rica politics
4:20 Envy & the Ten Commandments
13:00 Motived by envy, motived by good
22:45 Fairness is from Satan
30:05 Bad religious orders
40:45 New new new world order
50:31 Final thoughts
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Pope Francis's New Encyclical "Dilexit Nos" | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
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Clark and Laura discuss Pope Francis's new encyclical, "Dilexit Nos", in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
(You can read the whole encyclical here: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html)
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
How to Do Mission Work as a Family: INTERVIEW w/ Magdalene Glemkowski | The Simpleton Podcast
To learn more about SOLT Family Mission Experiences, visit https://www.soltfme.org.
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Clark sits down with Magdalene Glemkowski, Board Member, SOLT Family Mission Experience, to discuss what mission trips as a family can and should look like in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode:
• National Eucharistic Congress
• Good vs. bad mission trips
• The SOLT spirituality
• Mission in Belize
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro to Maggie
3:38 Connection to SOLT
8:33 SOLT Family Mission Experiences
17:15 Families doing mission work
29:28 Why do a mission trip?
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Paradigm Shifts; Mass Isn't Inspiring? | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast! — Clark and Laura answer listener questions about the Mass, JP2, and bad leaders, then tackle shifts in cultural and secular worldviews in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode:
• Is the Mass supposed to be inspiring?
• Why do some people defend bad priests?
• JP2 and mishandled situations
• Louisiana molasses
• Personal, cultural, and worldly changes
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro & episode preview
1:00 Is the Mass supposed to be inspiring?
15:05 Why do some people defend bad priests?
21:40 JP2 and mishandled situations
27:09 Louisiana molasses
28:02 Paradigm shifts: personal, cultural, and worldly
54:39 Closing thoughts (and some hope) —
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
High IQs & Religious Truths; Trump Policies | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast! — Clark and Laura discuss the religious opinions of the man with the highest IQ in the world, Christopher Langan, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode: • Digital Bill of Rights incoming? • Ukraine, Iran, Vietnam • Good and Bad Fruit • Black Licorice • Job Cuts in the Government — Chapters:
0:00 Intro & episode preview
1:28 Recommendations: books, candy, earth
10:12 Listener feedback: good and bad fruit
16:51 Christopher Langan
32:58 The news: Ukraine, Iran, Vietnam
37:53 Trump’s policies
48:11 Final thoughts —
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Fundamentals vs. Hacks; Election Results | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast! Clark and Laura break down the temptation to use "hacks" instead of honing in on spiritual fundamentals in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode:
• Election Day
• Philosophy vs. society
• New slang
• The Yankees' meltdown
• Molasses love — Chapters:
0:00 Intro & episode preview
1:05 More molasses love
2:44 Cheugy & abattoir
5:54 Recording this on Election Day (also, the Yankees)
11:47 Clark’s hot (sad) take on drugs
20:44 A lighthearted (and tasty) transition
21:47 Fundamentals vs. hacks
33:35 Does philosophy drive society? Or vice versa?
38:09 Final thoughts
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Wolves in Sheep's Clothing; Reforming Scandal | The Simpleton Podcast, Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
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Clark and Laura break down the problem of poor spiritual formators and religious orders, and what we should do about them, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode: • High praise for molasses • Daniel Mitsui's Catholic art • Our new TSP call-in line! —
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:47 Molasses
2:30 Call in! 913-390-3673
2:54 Daniel Mitsui
5:26 Laura’s grandmother and beautiful ministries
13:46 Wolves in sheep’s clothing
34:35 Leave us feedback!
35:30 Molasses and blood sausage —
See Daniel Mitsui's art here: https://www.danielmitsui.com/
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Entrepreneurship, Liberal Arts, & Re-Igniting Your Faith (Mike Ortner INTERVIEW) | Simpleton Podcast
Mike Ortner—co-founder of tech success Capterra, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and Clark's long-time friend—joins Clark for this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Also in this episode:
• The lack of "faithful" Catholics in the 80s
• What comes first: family or faith?
• Mike's new projects
• Exodus Youth Services
• Classical education today
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Visit runwithsaints.org to learn more about Mike's latest project (built for Catholics!).
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro to Mike Ortner
0:35 Mike’s “Catholic” upbringing
3:12 The lack of faithful Catholics in 80s and beyond
11:32 Mike’s re-conversion
35:50 Ordering your faith and life
40:02 Mike’s career
55:45 The importance of liberal arts and classical education
1:20:40 Run with Saints
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Can the Average Catholic Family Survive? | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Clark and Laura break down the economics of raising a family in today's world and discuss what you should do to lessen the financial burden in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Also in this episode:
• Catholic school vs. homeschool vs. public school
• Two jobs, one job, part-time job
• Get a home while you can!
• Mary and Martha
• God's providence
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro & episode preview
2:22 Setting up the characters
15:25 The D6 advantage!
16:50 How to figure out the rest?
31:45 The reality of the situation
43:30 Bringing it home
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee:
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Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
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Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
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Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.
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#catholic #podcast #religion
Simcha Fisher On Writing Authentically, Family Life, & Faith (INTERVIEW) | The Simpleton Podcast
Simcha Fisher—best-selling author, writer, blogger, speaker, and mother extraordinaire—joins Clark (and Audrey!) for this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Also in this episode:
• Skulls, life, and crucifixes
• Calling people out (tactfully)
• Is Simcha a Catholic "influencer"?
• Thoughts on AI
• Good vs. bad guys
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Learn more about Simcha and see her work by visiting her website, https://www.simchafisher.com
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro to Simcha Fisher (and Audrey!)
1:13 Is Simcha a Catholic influencer?
5:37 How Simcha gained popularity / being authentic
12:54 Family and upbringing
20:46 Skulls, life, and crucifixes
28:33 Public perception, good vs. bad guys
34:56 Calling people out (tactfully)
43:35 Simcha’s favorite writers / thoughts on AI
49:02 Advice for writers
50:03 Simcha’s advice to young adults
52:01 What refreshes Simcha?
54:30 Christmas gifts
55:58 Closing thoughts
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Catholic Priesthood, Seminary, & Star Wars: Fr. James Morgan INTERVIEW | The Simpleton Podcast
Fr. James (Jimmy) Morgan, Parochial Vicar at St. Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church in Bethesda, MD, sits down with Clark and Laura for this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode:
• Fr. Jimmy's connection to ASH
• Historical Critical Method
• Priest Formation
• Mediocre Priests, Parish politics, and committees
• Deadheads, Phish, and live football
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Who Should I Vote For? | The Simpleton Podcast
Clark and Laura discuss the 2024 election, the pros/cons of Harris and Trump, and potential election repercussions in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode:
• Single-issue voters
• Buy your child a broken lawnmower
• American Solidarity Party case study
• US economy
• Dangerous outcomes?
— Chapters: 0:00 Who to vote for? 6:43 Single-issue voters 10:30 American Solidarity, Libertarian, etc. 13:53 The state of the US economy 20:36 Upside/downside Trump, upside/downside Harris 28:56 Dangerous outcomes, political instability 35:48 Buy your child a broken lawnmower
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Parenting, Blue Monster, Stats & Biases, Free Speech Issues, Tiger Sharks | The Simpleton Podcast
Clark and Laura share their secrets to parenting, discuss ice cream mishaps, and talk tiger shark attacks in this loaded episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode:
• Motherhood on X
• Thought crimes & enlightenment values
• UAE and Afghanistan
• Making memories with your kids
• Inflation and Church stats — Chapters:
0:00 Intro & 2-minute rule?
0:54 Episode preview
1:45 The Blue Monster
9:05 Making memorable moments
10:40 Motherhood X
12:35 Teaching complex things
17:16 Vocations and integration
32:22 Statistical bias: shark attacks, inflation, and the Church
50:07 The US and Afghanistan
58:40 Wars against free speech, enlightenment values
1:09:15 The UAE, citizenship, and values
1:12:37 Tiger shark influencers
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Olympic Ceremony, Votes For Kids, Obama Movie | The Simpleton Podcast, Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Clark and Laura make a compelling case for why your kids should vote, break down satanism, and dissect "Leave the World Behind" in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Politics, AI, & Heterodoxy: Dr. Laurie Johnson INTERVIEW | The Simpleton Podcast
Dr. Laurie Johnson, author of "The Gap in God's Country", professor of Political Philosophy at Kansas State University, and co-founder of the Maurin Institute, sits down with Clark for this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Also in this episode:
• “The Gap in God’s Country”, Dr. Johnson’s new book
• Political philosophy vs. political science
• Where Dr. Johnson draws her ideas from
• “Surfing” vs. “constructing”?
• The future of AI, capitalism, and working
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To learn more about Dr. Laurie and/or the Maurin Institute, search "Dr. Laurie Johnson" on YouTube or go to https://pmaurin.org/
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Moses Founded the Catholic Church | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Clark and Laura continue their commentary on the A Simple House "Missioner's Manual" by examining Moses, the Ten Commandments, and what they tell us about God in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode:
• Why does God love messy people?
• Moses, a brief synopsis
• Big news about plaid
• The local vacation
— Chapters:
0:00 Intro & big news about plaid
2:18 Episode preview (and ASH Manual recap)
2:40 Axioms, theology, revelation
4:22 Moses, a brief synopsis
10:31 God loves the messiest people
16:06 The first church, the Ten Commandments
25:35 Making a prison out of avoiding sin
30:28 Making God into something He’s not
34:20 Guard your wallet, people! / The local vacation
36:09 Outro
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
Justice, Love, Abraham, & The Patriarchs | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Clark and Laura continue their journey through the A Simple House "Missioner's Manual" by discussing Abraham, justice, and love in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode: • Sci-Fi and Catholicism • Just Homes & ASH • Abraham's 3 Great Insights (from Ratzinger) — Chapters: 0:00 Intro & episode preview
1:24 Listener feedback & prayer requests
3:43 Just Homes ministry update
6:15 Noah (aka the most recent ASH manual episode)
7:15 The age of the patriarchs; personal, generous help
20:12 Justice: in life, the next life, and the reward
25:36 Abraham’s 3 great insights
36:56 Outro
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU — Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic — Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. — #catholic #podcast #religion
JD Vance, Modern Dating, Ideals v. Spirituality | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Clark and Laura are joined by Mary Smith to talk modern relationships, JD Vance, ideals vs. spirituality, and more in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode: • Do we endorse betrothals? • Laura's new program: Exodus 90,000 • Ideals hurt families, parishes • Populism in politics • Spirituality over stricture --- Chapters:
0:00 Intro & episode preview
1:20 Vampire awareness
2:51 Modern dating, betrothals, and dowries
20:02 We got censored
21:30 JD Vance and the populist solution
37:49 Exodus 90,000; your ideals are ruining your spirituality
52:34 Applying this to parishes and families
1:03:42 Outro --- You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #podcast #religion
CCHD, Charity, and Secularism | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey and Laura Hehman
Salvation History & Righteous Underdogs | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Clark and Laura continue their dive into the A Simple House Missioner's Manual in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode:
• "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" • The good news of the flood • Asking the right questions • TSP reverse sponsorship? --- Chapters: 0:00 Intro & REVERSE sponsorship 0:50 Clark's recommendation 1:33 Episode preview 2:04 Douglas Adams & good answers 3:30 Ask the right questions 11:42 The antediluvian period 15:25 Salvation history is YOUR history 18:15 A way to escape God: complexity 19:42 The antediluvian period (cont.) 22:40 The good news of the flood 26:20 Outro --- You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #podcast #religion
Housekeeping Downer Episode | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Review of Bukele; The Heresy of Balance | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Clark and Laura discuss the curious case of Nayib Bukele, the controversial president of El Salvador, and what his style of ruling means for world politics in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode: • Banning vs. engaging • Pope Francis on AI • The Heresy of Balance • Listener feedback • Obligatory vampire tips --- Chapters: 0:00 Intro & episode preview 1:10 Nayib Bukele, at-a-glance 3:45 Is Bukele a dictator? 6:45 Dictatorship in modern society 10:00 Is Bukele positive? 19:43 Bukele’s specific ideas 37:40 Heresy of “balance” 50:12 Banning things vs. getting involved 57:40 Listener feedback: Pope Francis on AI; rage-baiting; Ballerina Farms; shame 1:04:08 Obligatory vampire tips
--- You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #podcast #religion
The Manosphere: Masculinity, Gender Roles, Mothers, & Military | The Simpleton Podcast
Clark and Laura explain what the "Manosphere" is and dive deep into gender roles, cultural norms, and much more in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode: • Is shame good? • Modern dating • Advanced warfare • Stay-at-home mothers • Welcome Kelly! ---
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & episode preview
0:45 Vampire corrections
2:15 Welcome Kelly!
2:39 What is the Manosphere?
11:58 Where did the Manosphere come from?
16:35 The content coming from the Manosphere
19:10 The role of shame and social shame
38:28 Personal shame
42:54 The history of stay-at-home moms
49:51 Open-carry masculinity
51:45 Modern dating and gender roles
54:20 Have we raised women to not be mothers?
57:37 New warfare and military mishaps
1:11:30 Just War theory
1:14:15 Laura’s book recommendation
--- You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #podcast #religion
Neuralink, SpaceX, Harrison Butker, Elon Musk, & Vampires | The Simpleton Podcast
Clark and Laura dive deep into the technological future (and what that means for us as Catholics) in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode: • Space X and life on Mars • NFP and Neuralink parallels? • Vampires and Uber Eats • Cardinal Arinze's Georgetown speech • Steak and vampires --- Chapters: 0:00 Intro & episode preview 1:05 Neurolink and its progress 9:00 What to do about AI 20:50 Space X, life on Mars 36:58 Elon Musk and the Tower of Babel 40:37 The “vampires” of our day 44:06 Harrison Butker (and Cardinal Arinze) 1:09:21 Outro --- You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble and Odysee:
YouTube: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU --- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #podcast #religion
Good News, Pt. 2: Fortunate Fall? | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Clark and Laura discuss the fall of man as a part of their ongoing deep dive through the A Simple House Missioner's Manual in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Also in this episode:
• Uber Eats and vampires
• Natural vs. medicated childbirth
• Roofing as exercise
• Is work good?
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro & listener feedback
1:42 Recapping the A Simple House manual
5:56 Keys to understanding the Fall
27:35 Uber Eats and vampires
30:58 Recapping our thoughts
33:26 Closing thoughts
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You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxkdpR6KBo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
---
Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
---
Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.
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What is the "Good News" of Christianity? | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Clark and Laura continue their deep dive into the A Simple House Missioner's Manual in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast!
Also in this episode:
• What's your evangelical edge?
• The right questions to ask yourself
• Blind spots of the Roman Church's spirituality
• The good news' implications
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0:00 Intro & the saints are embarrassed
1:28 Recapping the A Simple House manual so far
3:26 Ask the right questions
7:27 The blind spots of the Roman Church's spirituality
13:59 What is the good news?
34:49 The evangelical edge of knowing the good news
36:23 Questions for you!
37:51 Should we bring back recommendations? --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8PBueLuaOo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
--- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_U Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #podcast #religion
Catholicism & Politics | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Clark and Laura discuss why (and when) Catholics should get involved in politics in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast!
Also in this episode:
• Listener feedback (and our responses)
• The culture of mission work
• Boeing, Israel-Palestine episode follow-ups
• American exceptionalism
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0:00 Intro & preview
0:30 Listener feedback! (broadly)
1:20 Catholicism & politics
14:20 Mission work and the culture around it
21:21 American exceptionalism
32:16 Evil is a 4-letter word
36:27 A black swan event and Doomers
42:26 Future episode previews
42:43 Listener feedback! (specifically) / Boeing ep. comments
50:42 Israel-Palestine (and why we've taken down two TSP episodes)
51:42 More listener feedback
55:11 Outro --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8PBueLuaOo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
--- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouseU_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #podcast #religion
10 Rules for Your Day | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Clark and Laura share the "10 Rules for A Day", a guide for committing your day to God, written by (a saint to be revealed in the episode) in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast!
In this episode:
• The 10 Rules
• Who wrote them?
• An ASH request
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro & signpost
0:37 The 10 Rules
3:44 Rule #1
9:13 Rule #2
15:50 Rule #3
21:09 Rule #4
22:19 Rule #5
24:29 Rule #6
26:38 Rule #7
29:41 Rule #8
30:47 Rule #9
32:43 Rule #10
34:24 Conclusion
35:30 Who wrote these rules??
37:00 An ASH request --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8PBueLuaOo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
--- Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast. YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouseU_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic --- Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more. --- #catholic #podcast #religion
Western Thought Bubble, Is Reform Possible? | The Simpleton Podcast
Clark and Laura discuss the role of government, what the government should be doing, and what's possible for the United States in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast! In this episode: • Surveillance states • Thought-bubbles and Catholic alternatives • Argentina & El Salvador • Western worldviews --- Chapters: 0:00 Start 1:04 “Thought-Bubble” of our times & the Overton Window 5:39 Your own experience vs. what others tell you 9:35 Classical education, Western worldviews 15:48 What NOT to do 16:57 Thought-experiment: what does the government do? 22:08 Argentina & El Salvador, and the future of the Thought-Bubble 39:08 What’s possible for the USA? 42:54 Surveillance states 46:36 Final thoughts
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The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8PBueLuaOo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
---
Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouseU_2023
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
---
Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.
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Being a "Baby" With God; Truth, Paradoxes, Solutions | The Simpleton Podcast
Clark and Laura continue their breakdown of the A Simple House manual with an analysis of stripping back and letting God rebuild you in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast!
In this episode:
• ASH Manual recap (up to now!)
• Being “exposed” before God; Clark and Laura’s experiences
• The sources of truth
• God is better than an "imaginary friend"
• Asceticism and moral purity
---
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:50 ASH Manual recap (up to now!)
3:19 Being “exposed” before God; Clark and Laura’s experiences
15:40 What to do about the problem?
21:40 The nature of truth
24:27 Sources of truth
35:16 Problems, paradoxes, and solutions
36:46 Asceticism and moral purity
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The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8PBueLuaOo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
---
Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouseU_2023
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
---
Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.
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Desert Stream, Living Waters: Marco Casanova INTERVIEW | The Simpleton Podcast
You're Lying to Yourself; Reality, Experience, and Self-Deception | The Simpleton Podcast
Clark and Laura discuss the relationship between reality, experience, and the spiritual life, and plenty more in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast!
Also in this episode:
• The ASH manual (up to now)
• Senate's "Immigration" bill
• Why Super Mario Bros. is like Catholicism
• The Karate Kid and the spiritual life
• Mount Everest records
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro & preview of episode
0:37 Summarizing the ASH manual (up to now)
3:20 Experience, reality, and getting out of self-deception
29:45 Mount Everest climbing industrial complex
31:45 The "Immigration" bill
---
The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8PBueLuaOo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
---
Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouseU_2023
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
---
Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.
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Valentine's Day is Cancelled, Left-Behind Neighborhoods, Crime Prevention | The Simpleton Podcast
Clark and Laura discuss Valentine's Day and Lent, rules for protecting yourself from crime, how cities come to have forgotten neighborhoods, and more in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast!
Also in this episode:
• Love is STILL harsh and dreadful
• Crime and its many forms
• RFK Jr. and meta-politics
• Is the US a sinking ship?
• The fall of the Roman empire
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Chapters:
0:00 Start & episode preview
0:49 Love is STILL harsh and dreadful
2:40 Valentine's Day is cancelled
4:48 "Left-behind" neighborhoods
14:57 Crime and its many forms
16:51 Why the crime spike starting in 2020?
19:11 Rules to protect yourself from crime
37:35 Meta-politics, RFK Jr., USA is a sinking ship?
43:38 The fall of the Roman empire; the French revolution
46:30 WE WANT FEEDBACK ON THIS!
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The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8PBueLuaOo&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
---
Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouseU_2023
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
---
Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.
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Classic Retreats, Lectio Divina, "Love is Harsh & Dreadful" | The Simpleton Podcast | The Simpleton Podcast
Clark and Laura discuss A Simple House's upcoming retreat, break down how retreats can vary, and talk Dostoevsky's "Love is a harsh and dreadful thing" quote in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
Also in this episode:
• Emotional retreats: good or bad?
• The workshop for this year's retreat: Paul
• News in DC/prayer request
• Laura's kids' new marketing for ASH
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:30 "Love is a harsh and dreadful thing"
6:12 Preview of (the rest of) the episode
6:50 Emotional retreats: good or bad?
11:40 The comeback of the classic retreat (and ASH's retreat)
15:15 Rules of ASH's retreat
18:32 The workshop for this year's retreat: Paul
28:22 News in DC/prayer request
32:20 Laura's kids' new marketing for ASH
---
The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT9ih3n2Fsw&list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU
You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (specifically, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Breaker, and Anchor). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.
---
Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.com
A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.
Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.
YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic
YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouseU_2023
Facebook: @asimplehouse | https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse
Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic
---
Thank you to Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.
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