<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Saint Kolbe Studios Podcast]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Saint Kolbe Studios Podcast interviews Catholic business professionals to learn more about living the good life. ]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3MgV!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad18e7bb-0209-431d-9e88-a08afe355865_1200x1200.png</url><title>The Saint Kolbe Studios Podcast</title><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:12:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Saint Kolbe Studios]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[joe@saintkolbestudios.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[joe@saintkolbestudios.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[joe@saintkolbestudios.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[joe@saintkolbestudios.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[The Parish You Hate Might Hate You (but Still Needs You) w/ Pat Neve]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joe Coleman sits down with Pat Neve, podcaster, Substack writer, and author of Save Your Parish, to dig into a decade of shifts in Catholic online culture and what it actually looks like to stay and fight for your parish.]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/the-parish-you-hate-might-hate-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/the-parish-you-hate-might-hate-you</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:03:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192043389/50cc1a812bbbd4853df3aff3e3ab7b22.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe Coleman sits down with Pat Neve, podcaster, Substack writer, and author of <em>Save Your Parish</em>, to dig into a decade of shifts in Catholic online culture and what it actually looks like to stay and fight for your parish.</p><p><strong>In This Episode, We Cover</strong></p><ul><li><p>Ten years of Catholic online culture&#8212;what shifted, what broke, and what stayed the same</p></li><li><p>The downsides of church hopping</p></li><li><p>What <em>Save Your Parish</em> is (and isn&#8217;t) arguing</p></li><li><p>Why your committed presence matters more than your opinions</p></li><li><p>The one thing that will actually determine whether your kids stay Catholic</p></li></ul><p><strong>Chapters:</strong></p><ul><li><p>00:00: Welcome</p></li><li><p>00:55: How Catholic online culture shifted from 2016 to 2026</p></li><li><p>06:13: Elon buying Twitter &#8212; thermometer or catalyst?</p></li><li><p>13:03: Should left-leaning Catholics have stayed on X?</p></li><li><p>15:25: Leaving online platforms vs. leaving your parish</p></li><li><p>20:03: Parish as people, not product</p></li><li><p>29:54: The consumer parish model and rootlessness</p></li><li><p>34:44: Committed presence earns you a voice</p></li><li><p>46:12: What <em>Save Your Parish</em> actually argues</p></li><li><p>47:13: The cost of grandstanding</p></li><li><p>55:31: Befriending Gladys</p></li><li><p>1:01:23: Advice for young families stuck in Boomer parishes</p></li><li><p>1:04:03: Building parish community around your kids</p></li><li><p>1:09:35: What will actually save your parish</p></li></ul><p><strong>Resources Mentioned:</strong></p><ul><li><p><em><a href="http://saveyourparish.com">Save Your Parish</a></em><a href="http://saveyourparish.com"> by Patrick Neve</a></p></li><li><p><a href="http://catholicpat.com">Pat&#8217;s Substack</a></p></li><li><p><em><a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo250888546.html">Crabgrass Catholicism</a></em><a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo250888546.html"> by Fr. Stephen M. Koeth</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.bropostles.com/">Bropostles Podcast</a></p></li></ul><p><strong><a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com/">Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios</a></strong></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is this Place Beyond Saving?]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the Civic Bystander Effect in Medium-sized Cities]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/is-this-place-beyond-saving</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/is-this-place-beyond-saving</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:16:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191413988/5d4b8ab7108e28453f50ff2dbb20c56b.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems to me that most people writing on this subject are talking about the decline (and potential revival) of Small Town America. While I am all in favor of our small towns and their culture standing the test of time, many of us, like myself, don&#8217;t live in small towns&#8212;we live in medium-sized places. Over 50,000 people, but well under 1 million. The middle child of urbanism; at least as it seems to me.</p><p>So, the question on my mind lately has been, &#8220;can you save the medium sized city from inevitable destruction?&#8221; The unfortunate answer is, I&#8217;m not sure you can (at least not most of us).</p><p>The problem with these medium-sized places is primarily how they&#8217;re built. Or, more accurately, how they were destroyed. </p><p>Large cities like New York, Boston, or San Francisco are older. They were built in the traditional way before cars became ubiquitous, and so Urban Renewal and the Federal Highways Act couldn&#8217;t completely destroy them. Now, it did a number on them, but they still had the bones to be more easily fixed (as we&#8217;re seeing now).</p><p>Small towns have the opposite blessings and curses, in many ways. They weren&#8217;t economically powerful or important enough to run an interstate highway through (though their main streets are usually still state highway). They weren&#8217;t large enough to create suburbs around and make their useful urban fabric into something weak and car-dependent. Their traditional development pattern and downtown generally avoided destruction.</p><p>Medium-sized cities, though, often have the worst of both. Medium-sized cities often sprawled during the post-War era when there was an exodus to the suburbs and suburban business parks and were important enough to have highways run through them to facilitate interstate and intrastate commerce.</p><p>Take my city, for example. Tyler, Texas has roughly 110,000 people. Not a major metro, but not a small town by any metric. Tyler is not a large suburb that&#8217;s part of some horrific, sprawling metropolitan area (looking at you, DFW). It is a small, stand-alone city, and the regional hub of East Texas. It&#8217;s a city with small suburbs around it. That creates its own set of problems, but that&#8217;s not something I have time to treat here.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>It&#8217;s a city I love dearly, to be very clear, and I do tend to think that the city government is doing a good job. They seem to understand the need to rebuild the city into something built for people instead of cars, but boy do they have a lot working against them. </p><p>The problem with living in an appreciating, medium-sized place is that it&#8217;s still affordable enough that cardboard box quality home-builders and every mediocre chain restaurant under the sun can buy your land, develop it, and then tell you about who you are and what you love through it&#8217;s banal advertising. They can afford to remove any leftover culture and tradition your city might have had. You can&#8217;t afford to preserve it. Small businesses and young families don&#8217;t have the capital to compete with D.R. and Tim Horton, respectively. The two people who get that joke will really chuckle at it.</p><p>The other problem with living in an appreciating, medium-sized place is that no one is from there. Sure, that&#8217;s a bit of an exaggeration. Plenty of people are from here, but when I go downtown and run into people at the coffee shops and breweries, a large percentage are from somewhere else. That&#8217;s anecdotal evidence, but evidence all the same. I admit, as a California expat, I am part of the problem. I&#8217;m aware that I am also not from here. </p><p>The problem with &#8220;no one being from here,&#8221; whether it&#8217;s data-backed or not, is that it seems no one feels an obligation to this place. People who are from here seem to miss what it used to be, but don&#8217;t seem strongly inclined to do anything about it&#8212;except yell at city council meetings when someone wants to rezone lots near them to make them denser and more useful. People who aren&#8217;t from here overwhelmingly seem to treat this place like a commodity. It&#8217;s got the chains they&#8217;re used to and just enough, tolerable flavor to seem like it might be somewhere different than Anywhere, USA. It gives them something they like, or at least aren&#8217;t opposed to, and for many people, that&#8217;s fine living. I can&#8217;t pretend to understand it, but maybe they have a docility of spirit I don&#8217;t.</p><p>Ultimately, when no one feels an obligation to your city, your city becomes everywhere else. You&#8217;ve got a Lowe&#8217;s and a Chick-fil-A (or five). You can purchase overpriced, recently thawed food, if you can call it that, from any number of bland fast casual or chain sit-down restaurant. You&#8217;ve got Targets, Walmarts, Krogers, and Aldis. But what don&#8217;t you have? Well, anything that makes your city different than anywhere else. </p><p>Those of us in medium-sized cities have a front row seat to the city&#8217;s slow decline into Anywhere, USA. For the lucky few living in the right medium-sized cities, they get a front row seat to their town&#8217;s revitalization. The common theme, though, is you probably can&#8217;t afford a seat at the table. </p><p>Cities above 50,000 (and even cities above 25,000, probably) tend to experience what I think of as a civic bystander effect. The machinations of power feel too far away, and it seems like redesigning streets, improving safety, and supporting a local economy are the purview of other people. And it seems to me that <em>most</em> people think that <em>other</em> people should be doing it. To some degree, they may be right. The machinations of power in a city like mine may just be too far away to do anything meaningful. </p><p>So, what do you do? I see a few options:</p><ol><li><p>Try the grassroots thing. Rally like-minded families who can show up at 3:00pm on a Tuesday when the city council meets. Bring up your concerns. Vote. This is probably the fastest option to start, but it may not be the most effective.</p></li><li><p>Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity. Make more money, exert as much power as you can. Pool your resources to increase your influence. This is probably the best in terms of power, but not best in terms of timeline.</p></li><li><p>Move. I don&#8217;t like this option personally, because of a philosophical opposition to how nomadic Americans tend to be. Especially younger ones. It does, however, allow you to try again somewhere that&#8217;s more aligned with your values or that you can exert more influence over.</p></li><li><p>Deal with it. To some degree, prayer and docility is the only thing you can do. Maybe your suburban hellscape is shaving years off of purgatory.</p></li></ol><p>All of this does leave you in a bit of a quagmire if you&#8217;re someone like me. If you&#8217;re married and in your 20s or 30s, you&#8217;re looking to put down roots. Especially once you have children. If you want to be meaningfully involved in your city, you really have to live somewhere on the smaller end of city sizes (at least for almost all of us). The catch here is that for those of us in cities over 50,000, it&#8217;s pretty difficult to be meaningfully involved. That almost necessitates either option 3 or 4&#8212;move or deal with it. But that feels deeply unsatisfying</p><p>Maybe there&#8217;s a fifth option: learn to love it for what it is, as well as what it could be. That&#8217;s probably just the answer and what I need to accept. Lord knows I&#8217;m bad at just accepting the reality in front of me, in preference for the idealized &#8220;what it could be.&#8221;</p><p>I wonder if moving is a lot like a sprained ankle. The more you do it, the easier it is to happen again. If that&#8217;s the case, maybe deciding to love a place for better or worse is like breaking your ankle. Quite unpleasant, but ultimately your ankle is stronger for it&#8212;though that might not actually be true. I don&#8217;t really understand Wolff&#8217;s Law and all that goes with it.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/is-this-place-beyond-saving?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/is-this-place-beyond-saving?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p> So, what&#8217;s the lesson in all of this? I don&#8217;t really know. Hopefully, there are other disgruntled young families out there who experience the same frustrations I do and can point me in the right direction. Maybe someone out there has solved this in their city of 100,000 people, and all my caterwauling is unfounded. I hope that to be the case.</p><p>Ultimately, it&#8217;s difficult to sit on the sidelines of a place you love and worry it&#8217;s losing its sense of being a &#8220;place&#8221; at all. Maybe that&#8217;s a good thing, at least in some ways. To be crestfallen that you can&#8217;t really do anything about your city&#8217;s decline into Anywhere, USA is to declare loudly that you care about the place.  But it certainly doesn&#8217;t feel like most other people do. </p><p>I don&#8217;t want end this on a down note, though. I do still think things are getting better. The outskirts of my city and our suburbs are filled with chain garbage, but the core of the city, where I live, is experiencing a bit of a local renaissance. It&#8217;s certainly not perfect (they didn&#8217;t consult me on it), but it is good. Maybe young families really do just need to stay, make friends with the mammon of iniquity, and plan on a slow takeover that leaves a flourishing city for their grandchildren to enjoy&#8212;even if they never truly get to. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/is-this-place-beyond-saving/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/is-this-place-beyond-saving/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Restoring a Culture You Were Never Given w/ Trae Bailey of Fraternus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joe Coleman sits down with Trae Bailey, editor, contributor, and key figure at both Sword&Spade and Fraternus to talk about what it means to be a man, a father, and a neighbor in an age of broken traditions.]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/restoring-a-culture-you-were-never</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/restoring-a-culture-you-were-never</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:02:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190444257/a91f83ee1eec2f78c744ff5251d5edda.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe Coleman sits down with Trae Bailey, editor, contributor, and key figure at both Sword&amp;Spade and Fraternus to talk about what it means to be a man, a father, and a neighbor in an age of broken traditions. </p><p><strong>In This Episode, We Cover:</strong></p><ul><li><p>What Fraternus and Sword&amp;Spade are, who they&#8217;re for, and how they work together to form men as sons, brothers, and fathers</p></li><li><p>The relationship between vice, virtue, and the body&#8212;and why the spiritual and physical can&#8217;t be separated</p></li><li><p>Why rootedness, proximity to family, and staying put may be the most countercultural (and important) thing a man can do right now</p></li><li><p>Why loneliness is properly understood as a hunger and how technology has dulled the ache without feeding it</p></li><li><p>The quiet comeback of physical things: print media, live events, and what trends like home brew beer and vinyl tell us about what people actually want</p></li></ul><p><strong>Chapters:</strong></p><ul><li><p>00:00: Introduction</p></li><li><p>00:16: What Are Fraternus and Sword &amp; Spade?</p></li><li><p>07:02: What Do We Do About Missing Traditions?</p></li><li><p>14:12: Vice, Virtue, and the Body</p></li><li><p>24:29: Proximity to the Land&#8212;Pig-Killing, Real Food, and What It Teaches</p></li><li><p>31:10: Alaska, Becoming a Father, and the Pull Back Home</p></li><li><p>35:03: Stop Moving&#8212;The Case for Rootedness</p></li><li><p>52:25: The Loneliness Epidemic and Living in Unreality</p></li><li><p>01:02:07: Signs of Hope&#8212;Church, Physical Media, and the Craft Revival</p></li><li><p>01:14:53: Smartphones, Self-Control, and the Muscle You Have to Work</p></li></ul><p><strong>Resources Mentioned:</strong></p><p><a href="https://fraternus.org/">Fraternus</a></p><p><a href="https://fraternus.org/sword-and-spade/">Sword&amp;Spade</a></p><p><a href="https://fraternus.org/the-ways-of-the-fathers/">The Ways of the Fathers</a></p><p><em><a href="https://www.orderosv.com/product/leaving-boyhood-behind-reclaiming-the-gift-of-manhood-and-traditional-rites-of-passage?ga_ref_list_id=75ga_ref_list_name=Related%20Products">Leaving Boyhood Behind</a></em><a href="https://www.orderosv.com/product/leaving-boyhood-behind-reclaiming-the-gift-of-manhood-and-traditional-rites-of-passage?ga_ref_list_id=75ga_ref_list_name=Related%20Products"> by Jason Craig</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thecommonplacepodcast.com/">The Commonplace</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0DsvpE9aOk">My Mom&#8217;s Motorcycle</a></p><p><a href="https://getbrick.com/">The Brick</a></p><p></p><p>Produced by <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com/">Saint Kolbe Studios</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Coexist Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore w/ Silas Mähner]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Prine might've liked this episode]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/your-coexist-decal-wont-get-you-into</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/your-coexist-decal-wont-get-you-into</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:31:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/179292408/d329f2dac8542f6b0b4418cde6b4e043.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Catholics and the climate have had an interesting relationship since the Enlightenment era, but especially so in the last half-century. We often seem to make one of two mistakes: earth-worship or a sort of Baconian subjugation of nature. Turns out, those both move you further from God.</p><p>So, how do Catholics properly understand our obligation to the environment without getting all woke (or whatever buzzword you prefer)? </p><p>My guest today is Silas M&#228;hner, a climate entrepreneur and Catholic (not in that order) who thinks that question is a silly one. Our call to steward the Earth means we ought to look for energy sources that promote human flourishing while using resources responsibly. </p><p>_________________________</p><p><strong>You can find Silas at these links:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.catholicfounders.com/">Catholic Founders</a></p><p><a href="https://erthsearch.com/">ErthSearch</a></p><p>_________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <strong><a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a></strong> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Follow Your Passions: A Brief History of Saint Kolbe Studios]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had no podcast for you this week, but luckily, I had a solution: rebroadcast the interview I did on the Elijah Ellis Show.]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/dont-follow-your-passions-a-brief</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/dont-follow-your-passions-a-brief</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:03:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/178644204/1e5f7aae447ef57e640e359f5cdefe41.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had no podcast for you this week, but luckily, I had a solution: rebroadcast the interview I did on the Elijah Ellis Show. Even more luckily, Elijah was kind enough to let me do it.</p><p>If you like this show for the guests more than the host (as is right and just), you will find this episode to be unpleasant because it&#8217;s all about me. If, however, you&#8217;re curious about how Saint Kolbe Studios started, why I think following your passions is silly, or you want to know a bit more about the life of St. Maximilian Kolbe, you may just enjoy this episode.</p><p>See you next week!</p><p></p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <strong><a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a></strong> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Digital Evangelization a Real Thing? w/ Kaylee Stoll]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kaylee Stoll, founder of Memento Creative Co (at the time of recording, the Director of Digital Media at FOCUS) stops by to talk about digital evangelization.]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/is-digital-evangelization-a-real</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/is-digital-evangelization-a-real</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:02:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/178029483/9b1a9bb63b6435270c2e6809d2516c8c.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kaylee Stoll, founder of <a href="https://www.mementocreative.co/">Memento Creative Co</a> (at the time of recording, the Director of Digital Media at FOCUS) stops by to talk about digital evangelization. What is it? Is it a real thing? Shouldn&#8217;t we be trying to get the youths off their phones? Can we morally engage in the digital world? If so, how do we?</p><p>I have many thoughts and questions for Kaylee, which she kindly entertains. I feel a great tension between the digital world and the in-person world when it comes to evangelization. Can you even evangelize in a place where it&#8217;s structurally isolated? If you&#8217;ve felt a similar consternation, you&#8217;ll love this episode. I know I really enjoyed it.</p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <strong><a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a></strong> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Have an Obligation to be a Single-Income Household? w/ Lucas Wollschlager]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lucas Wollschlager of Veritas Copy discusses a semi-viral post of his regarding men&#8217;s responsibilities in family planning.]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/do-you-have-an-obligation-to-be-a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/do-you-have-an-obligation-to-be-a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:02:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176879560/6ceb67d44f424aec2535aa6f8f045eb8.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lucas Wollschlager of <strong><a href="https://veritascopy.com/">Veritas Copy</a></strong> discusses a semi-viral post of his regarding men&#8217;s responsibilities in family planning. We explore the cultural shifts affecting family dynamics, the historical context of family economies, and the impact of industrialization on modern relationships. Basically, it&#8217;s the fault of the Industrial Revolution. Also, the Reformation. Many things are bad, but we have a pretty hopeful outlook on the future.</p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <strong><a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a></strong> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can We Keep Ignoring Modern Media? w/ Rob Kaczmark]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rob Kaczmark of Spirit Juice Studios stops by to talk about the journey of videography, the value of education in the field, and the impact of media on faith.]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/can-we-keep-ignoring-modern-media</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/can-we-keep-ignoring-modern-media</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:02:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176182798/a5a82b58ef48cc273cfd2af8848dc801.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rob Kaczmark of <strong><a href="https://www.spiritjuicestudios.com/">Spirit Juice Studios</a></strong> stops by to talk about the journey of videography, the value of education in the field, and the impact of media on faith. </p><p>We also touch on the significance of the American Pope (it was more timely when we recorded), the role of fathers in passing on the Faith, and the importance of creating lasting memories with children. </p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <strong><a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a></strong> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confronting Workplace Isolation w/ Nick Madden of SENT Ventures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Send us a text]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/confronting-workplace-isolation-w-b12</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/confronting-workplace-isolation-w-b12</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176056528/382eb5a5a92cb5cd0476897b587b596b.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2424535/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Nick Madden, CEO of SENT Ventures, stops by to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities faced by Catholic business owners, the importance of community and in-person connections, and the future of remote companies vs. brick-and-mortar ones.</p><p>Nick Madden is a purpose-driven entrepreneur and CEO of SENT. He grew Red Door Escape Room from one location to 20 nationwide, generating $20M+ in revenue and leading a team of 400+. With a background in coaching and consulting, Nick brings deep empathy to the entrepreneurial journey. Rooted in his Catholic faith, he&#8217;s passionate about helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses while growing in holiness. Nick lives in San Diego with his wife, Kaci, and their three kids, and is committed to building community and delivering meaningful experiences.</p><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.sentventures.com/">Find out more about SENT Ventures</a></strong></em>!</p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Stop Being Physically (and Spiritual) Out of Shape w/ Chase Crouse of Hypuro Fit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Send us a text]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/how-to-stop-being-physically-and-19f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/how-to-stop-being-physically-and-19f</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176056529/17b210fb9eb3ad3cc7d0a47622c88cf3.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2424535/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Chase Crouse, founder of <strong><a href="https://www.hypurofit.org/">Hypuro Fit</a></strong>, comes on the show to discuss his unique approach of integrating Catholic values into personal training and nutrition coaching.&nbsp;</p><p>He shares his journey from full-time ministry to fitness, emphasizing the importance of self-mastery and the spiritual dimensions of health.&nbsp;</p><p>We talk about the challenges of vanity in fitness, the obligation to maintain physical health for one's vocation, and the rise of secular fitness culture.&nbsp;</p><p>Chase also offers some free, practical tips for beginners looking to improve their fitness without overwhelming themselves, highlighting the need for balance between physical and spiritual well-being.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.hypurofit.org/joinhypurofit">Click here to learn more about Hypuro Fit</a></strong>!</p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building a Pro-Life Payment Processor w/ Jared Huffman]]></title><description><![CDATA[Send us a text]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/building-a-pro-life-payment-processor-609</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/building-a-pro-life-payment-processor-609</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176056530/5a385298fa7efa57780a3614aa3128ac.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2424535/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>In this episode, Jared Huffman, founder and CEO of <a href="https://prolifepayments.com/">Pro-Life Payments</a>, shares his journey from apathy to advocacy in the pro-life movement. He discusses the mission of his company to support pregnancy resource centers and pro-life entities by donating a portion of its revenue. Jared emphasizes the importance of providing resources to those on the front lines and the role of faith in driving his mission.</p><p>Find the referenced poem by Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman <strong><a href="https://newmanu.edu/about-newman/history-of-newman/lead-kindly-light">here</a></strong>!</p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Having a Baby! Well, my wife is, but I'll also be there]]></title><description><![CDATA[Send us a text]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/im-having-a-baby-well-my-wife-is-9a0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/im-having-a-baby-well-my-wife-is-9a0</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/170821608/187ec140645e9c05e370fb0ab7a5df85.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2424535/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>The Saint Kolbe Studios Podcast is going on summer break!&nbsp;</p><p>My wife and I have a baby due here in the next few weeks, so I'll be taking a break from recording. The podcast will return to its usual routine in August. Pray for us!</p><p>You can reach me on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joecolemanpodcasts/">LinkedIn</a> or by emailing me at joe@saintkolbestudios.com&nbsp;</p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to (Finally) be Consistent With Your Habits w/ Derek McMonagle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Send us a text]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/how-to-finally-be-consistent-with-d67</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/how-to-finally-be-consistent-with-d67</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/170821609/d9b002f8908becba54b93ed8ccbaecde.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2424535/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Today I talk with Derek McMonagle. Derek is the co-founder of Beyond the Veil Coaching, an accountability and habit-based Coaching Company for Catholics in the Workforce. He focuses on helping young adults reach their personal and professional goals<br><br>Derek and I talk about his time with the Phoenix Suns, healthy self-improvement, and how to identify legitimate coaching operations.<br><br>Thanks for listening!</p><p>Find Derek at <a href="https://www.beyondtheveilcoaching.com/">Beyond the Veil Coaching</a></p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Can't Do Marketing w/ Alex Cadena of &OAK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Send us a text]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/ai-cant-do-marketing-w-alex-cadena-546</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/ai-cant-do-marketing-w-alex-cadena-546</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/170821610/4bf6c64b90f7e37816db57beebb72c6a.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2424535/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Thank you to our friends at <a href="https://www.streamfio.com/">Fio</a> for making this possible!&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fio-catholic-podcasts-music/id6444684987&#8288;&#8288;">Download Fio for iPhone</a> &#8288;&#8288;<br><br><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.streamfio.fio&amp;hl=en_US&amp;pli=1">Download Fio for Android</a></p><p>______________________&nbsp;</p><p>This is a special edition of The Saint Kolbe Studios Podcast, live at the Fio booth at this year's Young Catholic Professionals conference. It's a little loud towards the end (blame the speed dating event we were right next to), but it's a good episode all the same!<br><br>Alex Cadena is the founder of &amp;OAK, a Tyler, Texas-based brand marketing agency and think tank. We talk about the marketing world, faith-based for-profit organizations, and whether AI will ever actually take our jobs.&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks for listening!</p><p>Find Alex and &amp;OAK below:</p><p><a href="https://andoak.co/">Website</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/andoak.co/">Instagram</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/andoak/">LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559226977338">Facebook</a></p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Marriage Prep Just Too Long? w/ Dana Nygaard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Send us a text]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/is-marriage-prep-just-too-long-w-075</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/is-marriage-prep-just-too-long-w-075</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/170821611/0dc69ad81ac3703ed657c668213bd64b.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2424535/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Today I talk with Dana Nygaard. Dana is&nbsp; a Licensed Professional Counselor, relationship coach, author, and national speaker.<br><br>We talk about the rise of pop psychology, the effects of dating apps, and how long marriage prep should actually take.</p><p>Thanks for listening to this episode of The Saint Kolbe Studios Podcast. Please take a minute to subscribe and rate the show.&nbsp; To learn more about our work, visit us at saintkolbestudios.com.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Find Dana:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.dananygaard.com/">Dananygaard.com</a></p><p><a href="https://clarityplease.com/">What's Your Attachment Style</a>?</p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men Can't Go Through Life Alone w/ Kenneth Harouff]]></title><description><![CDATA[Send us a text]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/men-cant-go-through-life-alone-w-695</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/men-cant-go-through-life-alone-w-695</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/170821612/00a6a9ce7d4350c6b89c8d28e1f8df78.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2424535/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Today I talk with Kenneth Harouff. Kenneth runs Catholic Men's Coaching, a certified life coaching business.<br><br>Kenneth and I talk about how men relate to each other, how to distinguish between good and bad coaches, and how social media has affected men in the last five years.<br><br>Thanks for listening!</p><p>_______</p><p>Find Kenneth here:</p><p><a href="https://catholicmenscoaching.com/">Catholic Men's Coaching website</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-harouff/">LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenneth.harouff.3">Facebook</a></p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can You Get Marriage Advice From Alex Hormozi? w/ Brooke Joiner]]></title><description><![CDATA[Send us a text]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/can-you-get-marriage-advice-from-dd8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/can-you-get-marriage-advice-from-dd8</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/170821613/ec380235aa288d3d610e3a8c900dab99.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2424535/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Today I talk with Brooke Joiner. Brooke is CEO and Co-Founder of Catholic Owned, a company and digital platform that exclusively promotes businesses owned by faithful Catholics, to help build what they call a &#8220;New Catholic Economy.&#8221;<br><br>Brooke and I talk about what kinds of feedback to listen to, the practical goods of marriage, and the morality of consulting.</p><p><br><br>Thanks for listening to this episode of The Saint Kolbe Studios Podcast! Please take a minute to subscribe and rate the show.&nbsp;</p><p>To learn more about our work, visit us at <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>____________</p><p>Find Brooke on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brooke-joiner-catholicowned/">LinkedIn</a></p><p>Download the <a href="https://catholicowned.com/introduction">NEW Catholic Owned App</a></p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can We Still Make Good Entertainment? w/ Industrious Family Films]]></title><description><![CDATA[Send us a text]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/can-we-still-make-good-entertainment-247</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/can-we-still-make-good-entertainment-247</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/170821614/a836fa8caf206bb9bf3c15b129ebdb21.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2424535/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Today, I talk with The Bowen family of Industrious Family Films. Industrious Family Films has an expressed goal of, "Producing films with Golden Era Hollywood quality while presenting Christian moral standards." They are currently fundraising for <em>Fabiola, </em>a multi-million dollar production.<br><br>The Bowen family and I discuss making high-quality films, working together as a family, and how they discern what content to watch and what to avoid.</p><p>Go to <a href="https://www.industriousfamily.com/">industriousfamily.com</a> to learn more!</p><p>__________________</p><p><br><br>Thanks for listening! Please take a minute to subscribe and rate the show!&nbsp;</p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running a Truly Hospitable Business w/ Austin Wyble of Nail and Key Real Estate Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[Send us a text]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/running-a-truly-hospitable-business-8a5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/running-a-truly-hospitable-business-8a5</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/170821615/2639913aaf66b98221ea2af2f00af14d.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2424535/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Today, I talk with Austin Wyble. Austin is a co-owner of Nail &amp; Key, a real estate group in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.<br><br>Austin and I talk about hospitality in business and how he integrates his faith into his real estate practice.</p><p>You can find Austin at <a href="https://austin.nailandkey.com/">Nail and Key Real Estate Group</a></p><p>_________</p><p><br><br>Thanks for listening! Please take a minute to subscribe and rate the show. &nbsp;</p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Thrive in Your 20s w/ Rebecca Salamone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Send us a text]]></description><link>https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/how-to-thrive-in-your-20s-w-rebecca-4b2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com/p/how-to-thrive-in-your-20s-w-rebecca-4b2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Coleman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/170821616/0dcb77b67e00191b7b1064fffb347a6f.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2424535/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Rebecca Salamone is an influential voice in the Boston community, dedicated to empowering young adults to navigate the uncertainties of their 20s with confidence. As a founding leader and now Board Member of the Boston Chapter of Young Catholic Professionals (YCP), she has helped build a thriving community where faith and professional growth go hand in hand.</p><p>In addition to her work with YCP, Rebecca authors <em>Prosperity Weekly</em>, a newsletter offering practical insights on career growth, personal/professional development, and faith-driven success to help young adults build a fulfilling life.</p><p>Follow Rebecca:</p><p><a href="https://prosperityweekly.beehiiv.com/">Prosperity Weekly newsletter</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-salamone-06abb5117">LinkedIn</a></p><p>rhsalamone@gmail.com</p><p>______________________________________</p><p><strong>Need podcast help? </strong>Go to <a href="https://saintkolbestudios.com">saintkolbestudios.com</a> to book services for your new or existing podcast!</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>