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The BeatiDudes
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A religiously funny podcast for Christian men seeking authentic fraternity. Each week, The BeatiDudes explore life from the perspective of men seeking to follow God's will while they grow closer together in holiness and humor. TheBeatiDudes.com
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What 70 MILLION People Are Actually Hungry For at Work | Seamus Harvey (Verso Jobs) | Ep. 331
1w ago00:55:03Tap to summarize70 million views. Playing 6 different characters. On a fake Zoom call. About nothing. Seamus Harvey is the guy behind Verso Jobs' viral content universe -- Corey the VP of Cross-Functional Synergies, Spencer the VP of Workforce Complacency, Igas the gaslighter, Charles Worthington in the turtleneck. He plays all of them at once in a TikTok filter, improvising corporate jargon so meaningless it somehow perfectly captures every meeting you've ever sat through. People think Braxton the Gen Z intern is a real person. He is not. Seamus is 26 and doing this alone in a room talking to a wall. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein sit down with him to find out what's actually driving it, and the answer is more interesting than the view count. Seamus talks about going from overweight and drifting to losing 40 lbs, reconnecting with his faith, and slowly realizing that following your God-given talents isn't just good career advice. It's how you bring light to the world. Check out Verso Jobs SUPPORT THE BEATIDUDES https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheBeatiDudes Our Partners: His Way At Work Sock Religious (10% Discount) Solidarity HealthShare Aquinas Wealth Advisors Lucid Private Office Divine Comedy Undivided Life Follow The BeatiDudes: BeatiDudes Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Jeff Schiefelbein on LinkedIn BeatiDudes Theme Song and Music By The Pencil Bureau Dave Moore Music
Transcribe →What a 9-Year-Old With Down Syndrome Taught His Whole Family | Peter Cooney | Ep. 330
1w ago00:25:30Tap to summarizePeter Cooney came back for the Friday episode. And it got personal fast. His youngest brother Christopher has Down syndrome. His oldest sister is a Dominican sister. And somewhere in between, Peter and his brother Thomas found time to build one of the most talked-about Catholic tech startups of the year. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein go deeper with Peter on the stuff that doesn't make it into the pitch — what it's actually like growing up in a family shaped by a sibling with Down syndrome, the dinner table tradition Christopher refuses to skip, and why Peter says Christopher has been one of the best things to ever happen to his family. Also: Christopher once told his dad his guardian angel personally gave him permission to eat ice cream at 6am. That story alone is worth the watch. This one is funny. This one is real. This one will make you think about your family differently. Check out Acutis AI SUPPORT THE BEATIDUDES https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheBeatiDudes Our Partners: His Way At Work Sock Religious (10% Discount) Solidarity HealthShare Aquinas Wealth Advisors Lucid Private Office Divine Comedy Undivided Life Follow The BeatiDudes: BeatiDudes Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Jeff Schiefelbein on LinkedIn BeatiDudes Theme Song and Music By The Pencil Bureau Dave Moore Music
Transcribe →The AI Your Kids Are Using Has a MORAL AGENDA | Peter Cooney (Acutis AI) | Ep. 329
2w ago00:46:05Tap to summarizeA team of moral philosophers is deciding what your kids believe about gender, identity, and right and wrong. You didn't vote on it. Your kids didn't either. They're just online, asking questions, and getting answers shaped by people in Silicon Valley who don't share your values. Peter Cooney noticed. And then he did something about it. He's a college junior. He and his brother started building Acutis AI in December — a Catholic-values-based AI platform with parental controls and answers rooted in Church teaching, not groupthink. By April, the Cooney brothers appeared on Fox News. Jeff Schiefelbein, Paul Kolker, and Nick Bezner sit down with Peter to talk about what it actually takes to build something from nothing while you're still in school, why the AI conversation is a parenting crisis hiding in plain sight, and what happens when your faith is the product. If you're a parent, this is the conversation you didn't know you needed to hear. If you've had an idea sitting in the back of your head for two years, this one might be the push. Check out Acutis AI SUPPORT THE BEATIDUDES https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheBeatiDudes Our Partners: His Way At Work Sock Religious (10% Discount) Solidarity HealthShare Aquinas Wealth Advisors Lucid Private Office Divine Comedy Undivided Life Follow The BeatiDudes: BeatiDudes Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Jeff Schiefelbein on LinkedIn BeatiDudes Theme Song and Music By The Pencil Bureau Dave Moore Music
Transcribe →RACISM and the Catholic Response
2w ago00:19:56Tap to summarizeDeacon Harold Burke-Sivers – known around the world as the “Dynamic Deacon” – is one of the most sought-after speakers in the Church today. He is a powerful and passionate evangelist and preacher whose no-nonsense approach to living and proclaiming the Catholic faith will challenge and inspire those who hear him. Deacon’s newest book, Building a Civilization of Love – A Catholic Response to Racism, dives deep into the void in our culture today that is being filled by people using racism as a vehicle to push a different agenda. The conversation starts with an academic separation of prejudice and racism and a review of slavery in the scriptures. Deacon goes on to highlight that the only antidote to racism is Jesus. In addition to appearing on The BeatiDudes, Deacon Harold also travels across the United States and around the world, speaking to everyone who desires to know Jesus intimately and enjoy a deeper personal relationship with Him. His areas of expertise include marriage and family life, discerning the will of God, the sacraments, male spirituality, evangelization, prayer, and many others. SUPPORT THE BEATIDUDES https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheBeatiDudes Our Partners: His Way At Work Sock Religious (10% Discount) Solidarity HealthShare Aquinas Wealth Advisors Lucid Private Office Divine Comedy Undivided Life Follow The BeatiDudes: BeatiDudes Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Jeff Schiefelbein on LinkedIn BeatiDudes Theme Song and Music By The Pencil Bureau Dave Moore Music
Transcribe →Could You Be Holy?
3w ago01:02:54Tap to summarizeFr. Zach Burns joins The BeatiDudes for a hilarious and deeply moving conversation that starts with red beards, Franciscan height rankings, and the possibility that Fr. Zach may be the tallest friar in the world. Fr. Zach shares about growing up in a faithful Catholic family where Mass was non-negotiable, even if deep catechesis and prayer were not fully part of the family rhythm. With Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein guiding the conversation around the Tiny Table, the episode quickly becomes a story about the seeds of faith, family formation, athletic identity, and the surprising ways God prepares a vocation long before a person recognizes it. Fr. Zach then walks The BeatiDudes through his path from college athlete and aspiring teacher to a young man feeling like everything in life had fallen apart. After a disappointing athletic career, a painful breakup, difficulty landing a teaching job, and a stretch of weekend partying, he found himself spiritually exhausted and wondering what his life was really about. Then, in a moment sparked by a text about Pope Benedict’s resignation, Fr. Zach began asking whether holiness was something he could actually train for. His athlete’s mindset turned into a grace-filled opening: “I’m not holy, but I could be.” What follows is a powerful vocation story rooted in the Lord’s mercy. Fr. Zach describes sensing God telling him that he was not seen as a failure and that God had something for him. The next morning, he woke up with a surprising clarity that he was going to become a Franciscan friar. From there, the doors seemed to open through spiritual direction, a return to Mass, the example of joyful friars, his parents’ unexpected encouragement, and a first experience of Eucharistic adoration that helped him truly pray for the first time. It is a funny, honest, and hope-filled reminder that God can turn perceived failure into a path of holiness, purpose, and joy. SUPPORT THE BEATIDUDES https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheBeatiDudes Our Partners: His Way At Work Sock Religious (10% Discount) Solidarity HealthShare Aquinas Wealth Advisors Lucid Private Office Divine Comedy Undivided Life Follow The BeatiDudes: BeatiDudes Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Jeff Schiefelbein on LinkedIn BeatiDudes Theme Song and Music By The Pencil Bureau Dave Moore Music
Transcribe →One Life CHANGED Forever | Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow | Episode #326
3w ago00:17:51Tap to summarizeMagnus MacFarlane-Barrow is back with the BeatiDudes to share the story behind Lettie, a new documentary from Mary’s Meals that follows one young woman whose life was transformed through the simple gift of a daily meal at school. Magnus reflects on the danger of letting a mission as large as Mary’s Meals become only about numbers, targets, and scale, when the heart of the work is always the life of an individual child. Letty was first encountered in Malawi as a 12-year-old orphan caring for her younger brothers in heartbreaking poverty. Years later, after being enrolled in a school served by Mary’s Meals, she became an excellent student, went on to college, and now works for Mary’s Meals as a gifted communicator and leader. The conversation also explores how the documentary gives Lettie the agency to tell her own story, including her first trip outside Malawi to Medjugorje, where she speaks to a massive youth festival about her life, her faith, and the impact of Mary’s Meals. Magnus describes Lettie as one of many young people in “Generation Hope,” the thousands of former Mary’s Meals recipients who are now working, leading, starting businesses, and giving back. For Magnus, the story of Lettie is evidence that this work is not merely a feeding program, but a work of love rooted in relationship, dignity, and hope. Along with Magnus, Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein also talk about the power of films and storytelling to bring people together, especially in parishes, schools, and youth groups, where shared experiences can lead to deeper conversation, prayer, and action. With plenty of Scottish accents, St. Ann parish jokes, Loch Ness monster stories, and Tiny Table chaos, the episode invites listeners to visit marysmealsusa.org, watch the trailer, host a screening, and help bring daily meals and lasting hope to more children around the world. SUPPORT THE BEATIDUDES https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheBeatiDudes Our Partners: His Way At Work Sock Religious (10% Discount) Solidarity HealthShare Aquinas Wealth Advisors Lucid Private Office Divine Comedy Undivided Life Follow The BeatiDudes: BeatiDudes Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Jeff Schiefelbein on LinkedIn BeatiDudes Theme Song and Music By The Pencil Bureau Dave Moore Music
Transcribe →The Miracle of Mary’s Meals - Feeding Children, Fighting Despair | Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow | Episode #325
4w ago00:48:35Tap to summarizeMagnus MacFarlane-Barrow joins The BeatiDudes to share the extraordinary story of Mary’s Meals. This global movement began with two brothers, a pint of beer, and a desire to help those suffering during the war in Bosnia. What started as a single aid delivery from Scotland eventually grew into an international mission that feeds more than 3 million children every school day in 16 countries. Magnus explains how the work was never really his “plan,” but a gift from God that he is still unwrapping more than 30 years later. In this conversation with Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein, Magnus reflects on the founding principles of Mary’s Meals: local ownership, buying food locally when possible, and entrusting the work to Mary, the mother of Jesus. He shares the story of Edward, a 14-year-old boy in Malawi whose only hopes were to have enough food to eat and to go to school one day. That simple statement helped ignite the vision behind Mary’s Meals: one daily meal in a place of education, meeting both an immediate need for food and a long-term need for hope. The episode also explores prayer, providence, family vocation, humility, and the strange experience of receiving public recognition for hidden acts of service. From the famous “shed” that still serves as the symbolic headquarters of Mary’s Meals to the miraculous £4,200 check that arrived at exactly the right moment, Magnus reminds listeners that God’s work often begins in small, ordinary acts of generosity. The BeatiDudes challenge listeners not just to be inspired, but to do something: pray, give, share the story, and help feed the next child waiting for hope. SUPPORT THE BEATIDUDES https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheBeatiDudes Our Partners: His Way At Work Sock Religious (10% Discount) Solidarity HealthShare Aquinas Wealth Advisors Lucid Private Office Divine Comedy Undivided Life Follow The BeatiDudes: BeatiDudes Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Jeff Schiefelbein on LinkedIn BeatiDudes Theme Song and Music By The Pencil Bureau Dave Moore Music
Transcribe →Planning My Funeral | Silas Mahner | Episode #324
May 800:23:45Tap to summarizeSilas Mahner returns to the Tiny Table with the BeatiDudes for a lively Friday conversation full of big laughs, surprisingly deep questions, and a few strong breakfast-food opinions. Silas joins Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein as they trade updates on what they are excited about right now, from family milestones and comedy work with the Texas Rangers to Jeff’s upcoming trip to the Fearless Congress in Guadalajara. Silas also shares the joyful news that he and his wife are expecting their second child, which naturally leads the table into jokes about family size, “family buffering,” and the dangers of looking up obscure pregnancy facts. The conversation takes a meaningful turn when Jeff asks everyone to name two specific things they hope people say at their funeral. The answers reveal the heart behind the humor: a desire to be remembered for great faith, loving God with everything, being pro-life for all of life, bringing others closer to God, and leaving nothing in reserve. From there, the group reflects on defining life moments, including apparent failures, unexpected providence, consequences that became graces, and the mysterious way God prepares the future long before we can see it. Silas shares how a chain of unlikely events led from Wisconsin to New York City, then to meeting and marrying his wife from Uganda, giving him a deeper trust that God is always arranging what we cannot yet understand. The episode wraps with a lighter round on favorite breakfast foods, including biscuits and gravy, breakfast burritos, chocolate croissants, crispy bacon, over-medium eggs, and hash browns. Somewhere between funeral virtues and breakfast tacos, the BeatiDudes find the sweet spot of this Friday format: friendship, faith, absurdity, and the reminder that God is at work in both the major pivots and the small, hilarious details of life. SUPPORT THE BEATIDUDES https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheBeatiDudes Our Partners: His Way At Work Sock Religious (10% Discount) Solidarity HealthShare Aquinas Wealth Advisors Lucid Private Office Divine Comedy Undivided Life Follow The BeatiDudes: BeatiDudes Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Jeff Schiefelbein on LinkedIn BeatiDudes Theme Song and Music By The Pencil Bureau Dave Moore Music
Transcribe →Catholic Founders, Holy Risks | Silas Mahner | Episode #323
May 400:55:50Tap to summarizeSilas Mahner joins the BeatiDudes for a conversation about Catholic entrepreneurship, vocation, risk, surrender, and what it means to build as a co-creator with God. Silas is the founder of Earth Search, a recruitment consultancy serving clean technology companies, and the creator of Catholic Founders, a podcast and Substack exploring how faith shapes the work of founders and builders. Alongside Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein, Silas reflects on the deeper purpose of business, the danger of chasing success for its own sake, and the invitation to discern the specific track God has laid out for each person. Silas shares how growing up in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin, as the oldest of eight in a large Catholic family, shaped his view of work, freedom, and entrepreneurship. Inspired by his father’s cabinet shop, his family’s maple syrup operation, and the rhythms of Catholic life, Silas began to see business as something far more meaningful than profit. For him, entrepreneurship is not only about starting companies. It is about learning to cooperate with God’s creative work, steward resources well, serve others, and stay open to the Holy Spirit’s direction. The BeatiDudes dig into the tension between planning and surrender, ambition and prudence, and risk and responsibility. Silas talks about the challenge of discerning when God is calling a founder to take a leap and when the more faithful move is to remain steady for the sake of family and responsibility. The conversation also explores failure, resilience, founder dinners, the Catholic community, and how hard moments become mile markers of growth. As usual, the Tiny Table keeps things lively with maple-syrup memories, personality-test chaos, Catholic-business reflections, and just enough nonsense to prove that the Holy Spirit can work through almost anything. SUPPORT THE BEATIDUDES https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheBeatiDudes Our Partners: His Way At Work Sock Religious (10% Discount) Solidarity HealthShare Aquinas Wealth Advisors Lucid Private Office Divine Comedy Undivided Life Follow The BeatiDudes: BeatiDudes Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Jeff Schiefelbein on LinkedIn BeatiDudes Theme Song and Music By The Pencil Bureau Dave Moore Music
Transcribe →Running Toward the Storm | Joe Masek | Episode #322
May 100:37:05Tap to summarizeJoe Masek is back with the BeatiDudes for a powerful and deeply personal conversation about suffering, fatherhood, faith, and the mystery of learning to accept what cannot be controlled. Joe shares the story of his son Isaiah’s brain tumor diagnosis, the surgeries, hospital stays, radiation, chemotherapy, and the emotional aftermath of walking through a traumatic season as a husband and father. What begins with humor, including the unexpected origin story of “DJ Lemon Head,” quickly becomes a moving testimony about how suffering can become a place of communion, surrender, and transformation. Joe reflects on how the tools he had developed through his own healing work became essential when his family faced Isaiah’s illness. Rather than simply wanting to survive the experience, Joe describes his desire to truly live it, to be present to his son, his wife, and the reality God had allowed. He shares how holding Isaiah during painful needle sticks changed the way he imagines the Agony in the Garden, seeing the Father not as distant from Christ’s suffering, but as embracing Him through it. The conversation also explores the image of the buffalo, which runs toward the storm because the fastest way out is through. The BeatiDudes, Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein, join Joe in reflecting on the strange emotional terrain that follows great suffering, especially when the crisis has passed, but the body and soul are still processing what happened. Jeff connects Joe’s story to his own family’s journey through childhood illness, and together they speak to the importance of community, brotherhood, prayer, and refusing to suffer alone. This episode is a profound reminder that holiness is not found by escaping hardship but by receiving the grace to endure it with love, trust, and communion. Follow the Freedom Group SUPPORT THE BEATIDUDES https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheBeatiDudes Our Partners: His Way At Work Sock Religious (10% Discount) Solidarity HealthShare Aquinas Wealth Advisors Lucid Private Office Divine Comedy Undivided Life Follow The BeatiDudes: BeatiDudes Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Jeff Schiefelbein on LinkedIn BeatiDudes Theme Song and Music By The Pencil Bureau Dave Moore Music
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