MMM...Locusts!

In the biggest show of our storied careers, we welcome special guest Father Jay Donahue, who regales us with tales of priesthood, philosophy, and guacamole. Y'know... the big three.

More stuff during stay-at-home time.

Recorded via Skype. Because, social distancing.

Full disclosure—the title of this show is basically clickbait. This is an episode we actually recorded back in December (at the time of this release, it's now March), and we do talk a little about vaping at the beginning of it. Beyond that, who knows. I didn't have the patience to listen the whole way through to determine what it was ultimately about. God bless y'all for sticking with us. So, if you can figure out an actual topic for this episode... I guess you win.

Among many other things, Rob talks about his recent trip to Brazil. We experimented with this episode by livestreaming it to Facebook so it's a little rough and unfocused. In other words, there's no difference from our usual efforts.

As of this recording (March 12, 2020), the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is just getting ramped up here in the Pittsburgh area, and we talk about some of the weirdness surrounding that. But as a counterbalance, Jesus tells us a BUNCH of times in Scripture not to worry! Thanks, Jesus!

Talkin' 'bout cults and stuff. Then some Catholic statistics, and finally some statistics about YOU, our own dear listeners.

Since we have such a limited depth of knowledge, and we're easily distracted by shiny objects, we talk about demons some more. And something about a pigeon wearing a sombrero. As you do.

We welcome back Christine McLean, cradle Catholic and friend of the show, to talk about the dangers of new-age spirituality, specifically the pseudo-therapy called Reiki. Y'know, auras and chakras and mantras (oh my!) and stuff. Unfortunately, we ran out of time before Rob tried to do yoga.

Give it up, yo.

We welcome special guest Christine McLean, cradle Catholic and friend of the show, to start the discussion of a long list of faith-related topics she (and we) feel are worth discussing, but which the MMM...Locusts! crew knows little about! As usual, our buffoonery means we barely get started before the show is over. That's our fault, not Christine's. And when we say "our fault," we mean Mike.

Given a somewhat diverse array of topics from Rob to discuss, Lee and Mike pick "The Demon House," which probably ends up not being about what either of them thought it was. But if you've listened to this show for any length of time, you're used to disappointment by now.

All three of us became Catholic as adults, and so had to change or let go some ideas about faith we had prior to embracing Catholicism. What were some of them? How did we do it? Frankly, a better question might be, 'How do we resolve still being human pieces of crap with the faith we profess?' Maybe another day...

What the title says. We play a Christian version of the ever-popular "Would You Rather?" game.

What sorts of secrets do the fearsome, deep, dark recesses of sub-Reddit beneath sub-Reddit hold? Only Mike knows for sure. Explore with us now some Catholic-themed questions he discovered while spelunking there. Be afraid. We are.

This is another one of those "where's it going?" episodes. We start off talking tennis, head into the differences between hard rock and heavy metal, and then? You'll have to listen to find out.

We already know what happens when two great, complimentary minds get together and compare notes—great discussions. But what happens when you run one of those discussions through the filter of three dull, directionless "intellects"? Click PLAY to find out.

Never heard of acedia? You're not alone. Sometimes referred to as "the noonday devil," it describes a state of not caring about your condition in the world, especially spiritually. Boy howdy, do we ever suffer from this! And true to form, we barely talk about it. Come listen!

Weirdly, Mike & Rob wanted to counter their "sans Lee" episode by doing a show entirely ABOUT Lee. So, whatever. This one is full of nonsense and singing. We'll get around to doing "A Show About Mike" and "A Show About Rob" as well. Now you're hooked, aren't you?

As our digital age moves increasingly toward live streaming all content, all the time, who determines what's appropriate for public consumption, and how do they monitor/edit it? The bigger question, really, is how does this show fool them into allowing its distribution? Because we'll obviously fall short on any sort of quality metric.