A child star turned international phenomenon drops a sexy new banger for 2020. On the surface, Justin Bieber’s “Holy” and Ariana Grande’s “Positions” share much in common. But go deeper and you find some big differences and some profound questions:

- What does “holy” feel like?

- Can you change for someone else without losing yourself?

- Is sex dirty or holy?

- Is the missionary position really part of church teaching?

- What’s harder: being married or being celibate?

Brian Greenfield (Hard As Nails Ministries, Steubenville Youth Conferences) and Mike break it down.

Join us as we geek out hard for one of Pop Punk's quintessential records, Paramore’s sophomore album RIOT! We discuss doubt, faith, fame, friendship, and what you get when you let your heart win. Our guest for this episode is Benjamin Jude, singer-songwriter and worship leader from St. Louis and friend of AWAKEN Catholic.

Twenty One Pilot's breakout album "Blurryface" is arguably the biggest rock album of the 2010's and also one of the most thematically Christian mainstream albums ever. JonMarc Grodi (of the Coming Home Network) and Mike take a deep dive into the album and explore all the musical and spiritual nooks and crannies. Stick around until the end to hear Mike's rendition of one of the best known songs off this album.

Ed Sheeran is the 2nd most streamed artist of the decade (behind Drake) and just wrapped up the highest grossing and biggest tour of all time. He's the real deal. Mike talks with evangelist Brian Rhude about why Ed Sheeran's one man show as well as his songwriting, is so compelling. We talk about death and mourning, love, vocation, Theology of the Body, soteriology, love, persecution, evangelization through beauty, and also make fun of each other a lot.

We go Crawling through the past twenty years of the world's biggest Rap/Rock group since their debut album, Hybrid Theory, changed the game. Nick & Mike discuss their very different upbringings as well as the devil, St. Ignatius and the Jesuits, our false and true selves, conversion, discernment, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Disturbed, Twenty One Pilots, and more! We also rap and sing a bit, and pray for the repose of the soul of Chester Bennington.

Put on your cardigans and join us for this deep dive into Folklore, Tay Tay's surprise album which dominated the charts at the end of the summer. It's been called "the perfect quarantine album" and Mike's fanboy level is 11. Our guest is Sr. Liz Sjoberg of the Daughters of Charity and host of the podcast "In the Company of Charity." It's a love story, just say yes.

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Everything you've wanted to know about cervical mucus. Mike Tenney tackles the hottest and most controversial song of the summer with guests Laura Beeson, an NFP teacher with the Couple to Couple League, along with Angelica De La Torre, pop artist, and Nick De La Torre, president of AWAKEN Catholic. In this inaugural episode of Pop Culture Catechism we talk about sex, NFP, double-standards, empowerment, feminism, Theology of the Body, sexual trauma, and more. Be advised: this episode has some explicit language and covers several mature topics. You've been warned.