The Break Fr. Roderick Vonhögen
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- Religion & Spirituality
A weekly show about faith and culture, with movie/tv reviews, questions and answers about faith, books, cooking, technology and video games.
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The Break: Star Wars and Anime Life Lessons
This week, I talk about the real reason I want to discuss Star Wars and Anime on my YouTube and TikTok channels. I also share with you some insights I learned from Alex Hormozi about identifying the dreams and fears of the people you would like to reach and I tell you the surprising treasure I discovered when I cleaned up my kitchen. Lastly, I tell you about my new teleprompter setup in my home studio.
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The Break: How Young Sheldon Approaches the Existence of God
Recently, I've found myself binge-watching the TV show 'Young Sheldon'. This delightful comedy series offers a glimpse into the early life of Sheldon Cooper, the iconic character from 'The Big Bang Theory' sitcom.
Sheldon, an exceptionally gifted and nerdy boy, finds the concept of God illogical, as the existence of a deity cannot be empirically validated.
Intriguingly, it is Sheldon who, in the second season, provides comfort to his very religious mother when she experiences a crisis in faith.
In this podcast episode, I share my thoughts during a coffee break. -
The Break: Rings of Power Season 2, The Hunt for Gollum and Mastering Notion
This podcast episode was recorded at a local coffeehouse in my hometown during a break with coffee and apple pie.
I share my excitement about all the Tolkien-related news we got this week: the new trailer for Rings of Power Season 2, the announcement of a new Peter Jackson movie set in the world of the Lord of the Rings called 'The Hunt for Gollum', and the reveal of an amazing new Lord of the Rings LEGO set.
I also talk about my preferred learning process by which I quickly figured out how to use Notion for my creative work and for my coaching endeavors. -
The Break: Baby Reindeer Gets Real; How Gaming Helps My Health; Apple's iPad Pro Misfire
In this episode of The Break, I take you outside for a visit to my local Italian ice cream parlor. I talk about what happened after the real stalker whose story was used as an inspiration for the Netflix TV-series 'Baby Reindeer' came forward and agreed to an interview with Pierce Morgan. I also share how a couple of life-style changes allow me to play more video games while helping my health efforts at the same time, and how a new strategy might solve my problem of not having enough time to watch the Star Wars, fantasy and anime series that I use as the basis for my YouTube and TikTok channels. Finally, I discuss the fallout of the controversial new iPad Pro ad that enraged creators all over the internet.UPDATE: Apple has publicly apologized for its iPad Pro advertisement: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/09/tech/apple-apologizes-for-ipad-pro-ad/index.html
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The Break: New iPads, the Ascension, Star Wars and Baby Reindeer
In this episode of The Break I talk about Apple's new iPads, about Speechify and other text-to-speech technologies, I review the end of The Bad Batch and the beginning of Tales of the Empire, I talk about the Netflix show 'Baby Reindeer' and I explain why catholics celebrate the feast of the Ascension and why it matters.I also announce the next chapter in my podcasting adventures, bringing the best of The Walk and of The Break into one premium show for my patrons.
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The Break: Daisy Ridley's Return to Star Wars; Atlas, Transformers One and Twisters
In this episode of the Break I discuss what Daisy Ridley says about reprising the role of Rey in the upcoming Star Wars movie; I talk about The Bad Batch, Fallout and Star Trek and I react to the trailers for Atlas, Transformers One and Twisters.
In the Premium part of the episode, available to my patrons, I talk about returning to reading and workout routines that made me happy, about intermittent fasting and cravings, about the best filming rig for my iPhone 15 Pro Max and about the recent news about the Apple Vision Pro and the about the Meta Horizon OS.
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