Among Wolves David Hall

We start with Christmas recaps where Neil realizes that he’s the true patron of his family now, passing him the torch to be a real Clark Griswold.
Neil and I argue about calendars and when the Gregorian Calendar replaced the Julian Calendar for some reason.
This brings us to Lent and our Lenten struggles for some reason led us into talking about why Millennials and Gen Xers are so overprotective of their kids and into a segment that we would like to call random story time.


In this episode of random story time we tell the story of how my daughter and Neil’s son ran over a three year old in cold blood in a power wheels car.

We end the conversation by giving a couple of sneak peaks at some (hopefully) upcoming new Among Wolves episodes and since we don’t know how to land the plan we spend the last 20 minutes talking about the Oscars and Oppenheimer.
Gratuitous Sound Clips
* Highlander TV Intro
Bartok
* Die Hard Ellis Negotiation Scene (HD)
John Mulaney's Governors Awards Monologue | 14th Governors Awards (2024)
The ring - 7 days

Neil teaches me all about March Madness, turns out these are college games and not professional ones. Who knew?
The bulk of our conversation surrounded the idea of internal and external goods. How our culture is switching from a focus on the internal goods of their work (perfecting the craft) to a focus on the external goods (recognition, money, etc).


Gratuitous Sound Clips



Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew
Ghostbusters (1984) - The Keymaster Scene | Movieclips
The Simpsons - Monorail Town Hall Meeting & Song_

Here Neil and I talk about what we did in Summer 2023 to catch you up on life, then discuss our favorite Indiana Jones films. Enjoy an unorganized discussion reflecting on Summer 2023, Neil spent most of it crying…alone…while watching movies.


Gratuitous Sounds Clips



Wells Fargo Wagon- The Music Man 1962
A wee youngin' Opie Cunningham in The Music Man
Captain Planet - Theme Song HD
Austin Powers in Goldmember - Godzilla Scene

Chris is a former child actor turned playwright, turned podcaster, turned mental health advocate and all around good guy. Here we chat about crises of faith as Chris shares life, his work, and his story with us. This is a rare and beautiful episode with a serious discussion and personal wrestling with faith. TRIGGER WARNING Chris does share some stories about abuse in mental health facilities that may be intense for some listeners, discretion is advised. Also, sorry we took so long to release this Chris! You’re great, we’re unreliable.


Links to Chris



StanD the Play
* The Christopher Aguilar Show
Chris’ Instagram handle @thechristopheraguilar


Gratuitous Sound Clips:
* Transformers - The Movie(1986) - The Touch



Three Little Maids from School

Neil and I built a top ten of the best Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror segments ever! Happy Halloween everyone! Check out our list and see which ones you agree with!


Gratuitous sound clips



The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror I (1990) - Introduction
The Outer Limits Theme (Instrumental) (High Quality)
Frankenstein 1931 - opening scene
3rd Rock from Twilight Zone
* Treehouse of Horror III Opening
Oh man there are too many Simpsons Clips so I pulled them directly from the show here they are in season order…


Simpsons Season 2 Episode 3 - Treehouse of Horror I Intro/Ending, The Raven, Hungry are the Damned
Simpsons Season 3 Episode 7 - The Bart Zone, The Monkey’s Paw
Simpsons Season 4 Episode 5 - Treehouse of Horror Intro, A Clown without Pity, King Homer, Dial Z for Zombies
Simpsons Season 5 Episode 5 - The Devil and Homer Simpson, Bart Simpson's Dracula
Simpsons Season 6 Episode 6 - Nightmare Cafeteria, Time and Punishment,The Shinning
Simpsons Season 7 Episode 6 - Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace, Homer3
Simpsons Season 8 Episode 1 - Citizen Kang
Simpsons Season 10 Episode 4 - Starship Poopers
Simpsons Season 12 Episode 1 - G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad
Simpsons Season 20 Episode 4 - Untitled Robot Parody

I started a new job with the Archdiocese of Las Vegas! Woohoo! Neil and I talk about my new job, then the state of Youth Ministry and Confirmation and we make arguments for and against restored order 66 (lol, you’ll get it if you listen). This led us to talking about the importance of Youth Group as growth in discipleship.


The conversation turns to formation for adults and young adult formation in the diocese and turning the emphasis to small group communities that lead to events rather than events to form small groups and how this might actually encourage continual growth.


Gratuitous Sound Clips:



Excellent... Exactly