{"podcast":{"title":"The Catholic Man Show","slug":"the-catholic-man-show-1108613","podcast_index_feed_id":1108613,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/thecatholicmanshow/","website_url":"https://thecatholicmanshow.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b0037744-79c6-4ce5-a704-06213a5ac03f/itunes_logo-630.png","author":"The Catholic Man Show","episode_count":300,"summary":"Promoting the virtuous life. Adam and David have been best friends for 30 years and love being Catholic, husbands, and fathers. They enjoy whisky, beer, bacon, flamethrowers, St. Thomas Aquinas, virtue, true leisure, and authentic friendship. The show is typically broken down into 3 segments - A drink, a gear, and a topic. We are on the Lord's team. The winning side. So raise your glass. #CheerstoJesus You can support our show by going to www.patreon.com/thecatholicmanshow","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T08:18:20.859917+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-catholic-man-show-1108613"},"episode":{"title":"The Divine Importance of Manual Labor | The Catholic Man Show","slug":"the-divine-importance-of-manual-labor-the-catholic-man-show","published_at":"2026-06-02T14:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-catholic-man-show-1108613/the-divine-importance-of-manual-labor-the-catholic-man-show","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-catholic-man-show-1108613","url":"https://thecatholicmanshow.com//divine-importance-of-manual-labor","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/069f5163-8829-4353-8ef0-81ea596e4881.mp3","summary":"Adam's youngest son, John, locked himself in the bathroom. No big deal — kid's fine, sang songs in there for forty-five minutes like a champ. The problem was the doorknob. Broken cam, broken spring, faceplate screws on the wrong side, and no way in. So Adam did what any father of six at the end of a long day does: he took an angle grinder to the thing and ground the entire doorknob into a pile of metal shards on the floor. Dave's suggestion — order the door open under holy obedience — came in a little too late. Then Dave told on himself. Reseating a toilet, scraping the wax ring, already in a state of borderline rage. He bumped the tank against the tile and cracked it. In a fit of Herculean fury he hoisted the seat over his head, ready to Hulk-smash it into a million pieces — and heard, somewhere, his guardian angel. Jesus doesn't want you to do this. He set it down. Didn't destroy it. And got rewarded for it: American Standard honored a lifetime warranty he didn't know he had and shipped him a $1,600 toilet, free, to replace the $200 one he broke. Resisting the rage paid out at eight to one. Then a quieter note. Baby Mary is still in the NICU. They got her off the breathing tube — she lasted about 24 hours before she had to be re-intubated. Good progress, long road still ahead. Oklahoma City's two hours off, the kids are out of school, and the Minihans are looking at hiring a nanny. But Adam wanted to brag on Lady Haylee. A stranger at the NICU left her a handwritten note and a crochet sweater with Mary's name on it — telling Haylee her faith had been an encouragement, that God is using her right there in that place. Haylee wasn't trying to be a witness. She was just being a mother in a hard place. That's exactly why it landed. Keep praying for Mary. This week's pour:…","meta_description":"Adam's youngest son, John, locked himself in the bathroom. No big deal — kid's fine, sang songs in there for forty-five minutes like a champ. The problem…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3530,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-catholic-man-show-1108613/episodes/the-divine-importance-of-manual-labor-the-catholic-man-show/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-catholic-man-show-1108613/the-divine-importance-of-manual-labor-the-catholic-man-show.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}