The Break

The Break

Hosted by: Fr. Roderick Vonhƶgen

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

The Irishman, Church closure, R5-D4, YouTube and Podcasting Plans for 2020

Mentioned in this episode: From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars) Subscribe to the podcast feed via RSS | iTunes | Google Play. Follow Trideo on YouTube | Facebook | Twitter. This show is brought to you free of...
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Plex Television review, Successful Aging, Saint Nicolas and setting up a 4K TV

In this episode of my weekly podcast, I talk about the Saint Nicholas tradition in the Netherlands, I review the new Plex TV content, I review a book about successful aging and I share my experience of installing a...
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Living With Yourself, Our Planet, Advent resolutions, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

In this episode: Documentary making; Reviewing The Mandalorian; Living with yourself (Netflix); Our Planet Behind the Scenes (Netflix). Plus, My Advent resolutions regarding work/life balance and much more! The post...
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The Imagineering Story; Winter Feasts and the poor; Half-Life: Alyx

In this episode: trying to clear the way to Christmas; reviewing The Imagineering Story and film preservation; winter Feasts for the poor; the Hero's Journey in The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell...
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Disney+: Christmas Morning in November!

News: recording a Late Night show... Movies/TV: Disney+ new shows; The Good Place; for all Mankind; Outlander Peculiar Bunch: private revelations in the Catholic Church. Read this article by Jimmy Akin: Nine Things...
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Joker vs. Star Wars, For All Mankind, Faith & Science, Fantastic Beasts III and Google buys Fitbit

In this show: For all Mankind on Apple TV+ early review; Faith and Science; Yes Please by Amy Poehler; Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray; Fantastic Beasts III; Joker vs. Star Wars; Google buys Fitbit. The post...
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All Hallows & Saints, my ā€˜Jokerā€™ review, vlogging mishap, Star Wars in trouble?

In this episode: Back from Scotland and Rome; my 'Joker' review; Halloween, All Saints Day, All Souls Day; Becoming Superman by Michael Straczynski (ongoing review); Game of Thrones showrunners exit Star Wars project;...
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Second Age Tales, Raising Dion, Becoming Superman, Gratitude, Dream Projects

In this episode: why I'm traveling to Scotland and Rome; reviews: Raising Dion (Netflix), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1; gratitude and social media; J. Michael Straczynski's 'Becoming Superman' first...
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George Lucasā€™ Sequel Treatments, Picard & Discovery, the Amazon Synod, Old Manā€™s War and Ewoks

George Lucas felt betrayed by Disney because they didn't use his story treatments for the Star Wars sequels. But does that mean we'll never see these stories again? Hold my blue milk. Maybe Disney has something in...
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Spider-man stays!

In this episode: Spider-man stays in the MCU; The death of Aron Eisenberg; Watching season 4 of Deep Space 9; Sam Esmail's Battlestar Galactica NOT a reboot; The Rosary and the role of the Virgin Mary; Book review:...
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Star Wars on Disney+, Religious Vows, Area 51, Easter Island and the iPhone 11

First impressions after one week of Disney+, a review of the movies Geostorm and Novitiate, the real Lord of the Flies, Easter Island, Storm Area 51 and Appleā€™s iPhone 11 presentation. Subscribe to the podcast feed...
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The Future of Stranger Things, Therese of Lisieux, the BTTF Test and VR Nausea

In this show: the importance of Stranger Things for Netflix, a review of The Invention of Lying (2009), Pope Francis about Therese of Lisieux, how to stay peaceful in a polarized (online) world? Rebel Rising by Beth...
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