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The Simpleton Podcast | Catholic Culture, Mission, and Politics with Clark Massey and Laura Hehman Clark Massey and Laura Hehman
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5.0 • 11 Ratings
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Welcome to The Simpleton Podcast with 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 https://www.asimplehouse.org/
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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
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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
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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
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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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CCHD, Charity, and Secularism | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey and Laura Hehman
Clark and Laura cover current events in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.
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The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee:
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@asimplehouse_u
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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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?
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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
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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
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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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Housekeeping Downer Episode | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
Clark and Laura talk AI, spiritual warfare, Boeing, and a lot more in this (micro) episode of The Simpleton Podcast!
Also in this episode:
• "Fr. Justin" AI bot on Catholic Answers
• Spiritual action movies vs. spiritual warfare
• What to do when you see the devil
• (FEEDBACK NEEDED!) Loser saints
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0:00 Intro
0:28 Another Boeing whistleblower situation
3:49 Private citizen takeover
6:53 AI bot on Catholic Answers
8:35 AI's real goal when interacting with you
10:57 Spiritual action movies, faith, the devil is nothing
27:21 (WE NEED YOUR INPUT!) Loser saints
29:41 Outro
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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.
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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 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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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
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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
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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
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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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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!
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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
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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
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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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