LOTR, Family Life, and Ring-Tailed Lemurs w/ Bill Donaghy

Matt chats with The Theology of the Body Institute's Bill Donaghy about their Catholic faith, the meaning of life, and their shared love of Tolkien.

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Timestamps
Start 00:00
0:36 Guess the bust
3:00 Favourite authors
4:01 Space (ransom) trilogy and scientific reductionism
8:13 Lord of the rings (and matching of moon phases)
29:55 A life unlike your own can be your greatest teacher
33:31 Acapella
33:55 Saint maker
39:53 Middle names
40:33 Ireland (and Enya singing at midnight mass)
43:46 Culture
58:08 Social media
1:06:37 Sacramental stories (Tolkien & Lewis) course
1:14:39 Kangaroo nether regions
1:18:09 Acapella 2 (and 1:19:33)
1:22:40 Inklings
1:26:51 Peter Kreeft and tabletennis and chess
1:31:02 Movies
1:35:37 Books
1:40:41 Philosophy of Tolkien
1:42:28 Cold turkey
1:50:39 Wonder (and flight)
1:55:47 Impressed by the real (from Eww to Awe)
2:02:01 Rosary vs Smartphone (and cutting the cord)
2:06:56 Entrusting it to God (letting go of anxiety)
2:12:24 It’s okay to “waste” time
2:19:07 Mission
2:27:12 Hound of heaven
2:28:18 Matt Talbot and taking the pledge to renounce alcohol
2:33:43 Theology of the body conferences
2:38:47 Prayer of Pope John XXIII