Movie Review 2025

The Fellowship of the Ring

A HUGE THANKS to Caleb Kmiecik of Enough Gentleman for creating our new podcast intro! Find them on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2krGAISihZioWdzfWObat3?si=lwBpO50oTmOENSLse1pv4Q — “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” -J.R.R. Tolkien — Guest Hosts: Matthias Saiki and Clayton Huck

Modern Public Art

A HUGE THANKS to Caleb Kmiecik of Enough Gentleman for creating our new podcast intro! Find them on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2krGAISihZioWdzfWObat3?si=lwBpO50oTmOENSLse1pv4Q — “What is now needed most is intensive imagination. I mean the power to turn our imaginations inwards, on the things we already have, and to make those things live. It is not merely seeking new experiences, which rapidly become old experiences. It is really learning how to experience our experiences. It is learning how to enjoy our enjoyments.” - G.K. Chesterton — Guest host: Matthias Saiki — The giant plug thing: https://www.slam.org/blog/electrifying-claes-oldenburg-sculpture-stuns-on-slams-front-lawn/ — Honey bear painting: https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/fjk0v1/honey_bear_me_oil_on_panel_2020/ — Salvador Dalí painting: https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/6hz98z/adolescence_salvador_dal%C3%AD_oil_on_canvas_1941/ — St. Louis statue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotheosis_of_St._Louis — African American horse statue: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/25/878822835/rumors-of-war-in-richmond-marks-a-monumentally-unequal-america

Backpacking and Unbroken

“When he thought of his history, what resonated with him now was not all that he had suffered but the divine love that he believed had intervened to save him.” -Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken — Guest Host: Fr. Will Carey — [Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hey-pluto/the-parade ]

Movie Review 2025

"Excess is God's trademark in his creation." -Joseph Ratzinger — Guest Host: John Niesen — [Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hey-pluto/the-parade ]

DESPOILING Superman and Fantastic Four

"A mother would move Heaven and Earth for her child." - Sue Storm — Guest Hosts: Jacob Knott and Matthias Saiki — [Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hey-pluto/the-parade ]