The Break

The Break

Hosted by: Fr. Roderick VonhĂśgen

A weekly show about faith and culture, with movie/tv reviews, questions and answers about faith, books, cooking, technology and video games.

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Episodes

Spider-Man: No Way Home; Ukraine, Catholics in Crisis; Moon Littering and Domotics

In this episode: Patrons I want to thank or welcome: • Upped their pledge: Jessica, Gloria, Pascal, Larry, Lee, Sherry • New patrons: Joost & Dominique, Anuschka, Grant, Christine, Melinda, Dale ? World news: •...
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The Harry Potter Reunion; Eternals; Forgiveness, the 5 am Club, Groundhog Day

Contents: Patrons I want to thank or welcome: • Kensington • Daniel • Craig • Pauline • Drew • Pedro • Liz • Carole • Megan • Michael • John • Tyler • Ricardo • Matt • Terence • Terry • oljioj onoi And those that...
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Don’t Look Up, the Pope and Pets, the High Republic, Rugby Planets and Apple’s AR plans

In this episode: World news: Omicron, the ongoing lock-down and teachers Movies/TV: Don’t Look Up review Peculiar Bunch: The Pope and pets Books: Kindle Oasis experiences The High Republic – First impressions Science:...
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Boba Fett, The Hail Mary Project, why Catholics like to party!

I share my thoughts on the Book of Boba Fett, I explain why Catholics like to party, I review Andy Weir’s book The Hail Mary Project, we’ll talk about sign language, the Webb telescope and new functionality for old...
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My thoughts on Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Mythic Quest & Christmas in times of Covid

In this episode: using a new camera lens for streaming, worries about the Omicron variant, Virtual Christmas Eve idea, Ghostbusters: Afterlife review, Mythic Quest season 2, Christmas: Comfort and Challenge, books I...
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Secrets of Dumbledore, Ted Lasso, Mythic Quest, Joy vs Cynicism

In this episode: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Ted Lasso season 2, Mythic Quest, Synodality and Joy vs. Cynicism, My Goodreads Reading Challenge (affiliate  links): Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost...
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IKEA Sleepover, Hawkeye, Wheel of Time, Lucid Dreaming

In this episode: IKEA Sleepover Hawkeye Wheel of Time Covid vs Christmas Eve Goodreads Reading Challenge update Why we dream – review and lessons learned The Kobo Elipsa vs iPad 12.9 vs Kindle Watch the live stream of...
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A New Harry Potter Director’s Cut? Red Notice review, the Paramount+ Debacle, the sacrament of Ordination

In this episode: Future plans A new Harry Potter director’s cut? The Paramount+ Star Trek Discovery debacle Red Notice review The Sacrament of Ordination The Compound Effect – book review The Danger of Space Debris...
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Dune Part 2; Halloween, All Saints and All Souls; Ghostbusters; New MacBook pros and Meta

In this episode: fiber internet; Dune: Part 2; Squid Games; Hayden Christensen; the connection between All Saints Day and All Souls Day; Ghostbusters; the new MacBook Pros and Facebook goes Meta. Links: Patreon:...
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Squid Game, James Bond, Niksen and Science Denial

In this podcast, I share short reviews of Free Guy, The Father and No Time to Die and I talk about the latest Netflix hit series ‘Squid Game’. I review the book “Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing” and I...
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My thoughts on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings

In this episode: News: Almost time to move! Movies/TV: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings Peculiar Bunch: patron saint of cats Gertrude of Nivelles Science: progress in curing Long Covid Tech: Apple’s new...
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Miracles, Mars and the Matrix

In this episode: News: Vacation is over, back to work! Movies/TV: Matrix 4: Resurrections. Wheel of Time; Peculiar Bunch: the meaning of miracles; Books: ‘Why we sleep’ by Matthew Walker; Science: digging on Mars;...
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