Join the Catholic Nerds Podcast for quality Catholic nerdery. The Catholic Nerds basically nerd out on comics, movies, video games, and books, all from a Catholic perspective, plus a hefty helping of all things Catholic. There will be plenty of Jesus, Mary, and the Eucharist here!
The C-Nerds share updates on their lives. There's parenting, spiritual direction, balancing work and family life, and all the good things. The joys and struggles of raising children and family life ... and family deaths. Even Obi-Wan and the Jedi Communion of Saints make an appearance ... "Strike me down, Darth, and I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!" (https://www.thescottsmithblog.com/2020/12/the-theology-of-star-wars-jedi.html)
Chapters
02:03 The Importance of Connection and Community
05:07 Parenting Insights and Spiritual Direction
11:07 Balancing Family Life and Personal Growth
17:05 Understanding Sleep Patterns and Parenting Dynamics
23:06 Work-Life Balance in Modern Parenting
27:58 Navigating Work-Life Balance
33:01 The Impact of Modern Convenience
39:05 Understanding Life and Death
45:07 The Role of the Communion of Saints
53:10 Final Thoughts and Reflections
Recent Blog Posts
Talking about Trinitarian Baptism with Pentecostals, Matthew 28:19 (https://www.thescottsmithblog.com/2025/10/lets-talk-today-about-pentecostals.html)
33 Days to the Holy Family: Living a Pious Life (Substack article) (https://scottsmith8100.substack.com/p/living-a-pious-life-everyday?r=7al74)
Takeaways
Podcasting helps maintain connections among friends.
Parenting is a journey filled with challenges and joys.
Spiritual direction can enhance family life.
Balancing work and family is a common struggle.
Loss can deepen our understanding of faith.
The Communion of Saints offers comfort in grief.
Children can teach us about empathy and perspective.
Maintaining a sense of humor is essential in parenting.
It's important to prioritize family time over material pursuits.
Faith provides a framework for understanding life's difficulties.
16 May 2025
Episode 45: Pope Nerds & Leo XIV
The Catholic Nerds are BACK with a new season, new episode, and NEW POPE! We go over all the following:
Where were you when you saw the white smoke?
Good Signs: Regina Caeli sung in Latin, dodging the rainbow flag, papal blessing in Latin
All the people who predicted the name Pope Leo XIV
The Louisiana and Creole ancestral roots of Cardinal Prevost, through the Holy Father’s great-great-great-grandfather Louis Charles Boucher de Grand Pré (1745-1809) (https://www.thescottsmithblog.com/2025/05/pope-leo-xivs-louisiana-roots-spanish.html), Spanish colonial governor and militia leader
The connection to Pope Leo XIII: Is the 100-year reign of Satan over? Feast of the Holy Family
10 May 2023
Episode 44: Journeys of St. Paul - Interview with Charlie McKinney
Do you like board games? We do too! Especially when we can play them with our families. Well do we have a game to share with you! Cody, Erik and I got a chance to speak with Charlie McKinney, President of Sophia Institute Press. We spent a little time getting to know Charlie, where he is from and what exactly he does as president, and then we talked about Sophia's cool board game: The Journeys of St. Paul! Erik even set up the game on Roll20 so we could all play the game together!!! What an awesome interview!!!
https://sophiainstitute.com/
Sophia products mentioned on the show
https://sophiainstitute.com/product/journeys-of-st-paul/https://sophiainstitute.com/product/everythings-coming-up-rosie/https://sophiainstitute.com/product/the-habsburg-way/
Scott's Publishing Company
https://www.holywaterbooks.com/
Codex Sinaiticus
https://codexsinaiticus.org/en/manuscript.aspx
Tokens used for our TTRPGs
https://itch.io/profile/zeshio
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YouTube views
82,627,405
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.5 / 5
15 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100
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55
Social presence
0
YouTube
93
Engagement
50
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