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Too Busy to Flush
Hosted by JR & Molly · EN
One couple's slightly irreverent musings on faith, family, food and...marriage
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Ep. 218: First Wave Feminism, Limitations Are Good, & Other Truths
6d ago01:20:50Tap to summarizeIntro: Sickness over the holiday weekend, I stink at archery (hunting).6:45: Brocasts, Ancient Nashville, conspiracy theories and parental moderating.11:25: Humility vs. skepticism when it comes to what we understand about history.14:52: The waves of feminism. A new take on first wave feminism. Rachel Wilson and Joe Rogan and women voting.19:00: Men and women: Carrying each other’s burdens, time with kids at bedtime.25:16: Mary Queen of Scots and religious persecution.33:06: Good, true, and beautiful, Theo of Golden, JR has deja vú.38:38: JR asks about visiting people in June/July. Molly says “no” to bringing kids down.41:57 Eugene Peterson and accepting the terms of creation, The Desecration of Man.47:20: A story about a neighbor and having a moral basis for outrage at a school shooting.54:45 Part of being human is recognizing our limits, obligations, and…something else 😝, and the connection to Natural Law, our limitations are a feature, not a bug and it is good.1:01:44: It’s a progression of growth and parenting as such younger sets the tone for later. 1:08:00: Dropping the ball with the youngest kids.1:10:05: Titus’s performance and dedication as a Judo kata partner, raising your children in the way the should go, not the way they will go.1:18:06: Show Close-----------------------------------CanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Wealthfront Referral LinkMolly’s preferred Stone Heating PadIncogni (data removal and internet anonymizer) Get full access to Too Busy to Flush at www.toobusytoflush.com/subscribe
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Hobby Farms, Furries, & To Be Human
2w ago01:00:05Tap to summarizeIntro: coffee for fun, end of school, small talk, 6:00: Garden, chicken coop and huge new builds, sprinkler systems killed it.18:53: Do we need to take Furries seriously? Virtual reality, the loneliness epidemic, and lack of interpersonal skills.24:45: A chicken rabbit trail.31:04: It is much easier to turn in a relationship to an animal vs. another human. What does it mean to be human? Vice Regents of the created order.37:35: Once you unmoor humanity from who is God, there’s no stopping where it goes.38:54: The book of Daniel and the more prideful we are, the more susceptible to idols and the more disconnected from our humanity we are.48:22: Molly’s hot take: Climbing Mt. Everest is dumb.57:40: Show CloseCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Wealthfront Referral LinkMolly’s preferred Stone Heating PadIncogni (data removal and internet anonymizer) Get full access to Too Busy to Flush at www.toobusytoflush.com/subscribe
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Ep. 216: Ben Sasse, The Desecration of Man, & The Value of Church Tradition
3w ago01:12:16Tap to summarizeIntro: Life updates: touring, gardens, chickens, JR’s bald again, update on injured house chicken.13:35: Ben Sasse’s podcast, Not Dead Yet20:54: AI and degradation of humanity, The Way of Medicine, and conversations around difficult conversations.24:20: Observations on difficult conversations with those of other generations.28:00: Everyone has to wrestle with what it means to be human.33:01: The Desecration of Man and What We Can’t Not Talk About36:50: The spiritual side of desecration and abortion as a sacrament.39:36: Consecration, liturgies and church practices44:26: Things in our lives that shape our worship, cathedrals of consumerism and You Are What You Worship.47:20: Truman on the attraction of tradition and orthodoxy49:37: Holy Spirit leading people in heresy. “That’s modalism Patrick!”52:37: LISTENER REQUEST!55:56: The Abolition of Man and other edifying historical documents to understand the historical roots of the Christian faith.59:01: Musings about the value of university and higher education and one of our kids is a natural academic.1:06:17: IQ vs. EQ 1:03:55: Show Close Get full access to Too Busy to Flush at www.toobusytoflush.com/subscribe
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Ep. 215: God Calling Kids and Living an Apologetics Lifestyle
Mar 2701:03:01Tap to summarizeIntro: Spirit week, Guinness chocolate sourdough bread, making Turkish Delight was not fun and Lemon Angel Pie.14:24: New garden plans, a new chicken coop, new chicks, and another injured chicken.23:53: A definition of faith: longing for a better city, and when your kids do things of the Lord unbidden. Abiding City - YouTube Adorning the Dark30:43: New World Watch feature and the importance of kids learning Apologetics.35:54: Wes Huff in Diary of a CEO. Keller’s cultural moment is over.41:38: Living an apologetic lifestyle and consistency with kids.48:10: The fear of losing your sense of confidence in knowledge and truth.52:40: Molly’s habit of Jane Austen night: Mansfield Park, J.R.’s review of latest Brandon Sanderson series he’s reading, book adaptations, and the problem of building out old stories.1:01:33: Show Close Get full access to Too Busy to Flush at www.toobusytoflush.com/subscribe
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Ep. 214: Concerts, Jane Austen, & Olympic Moments
Feb 2700:54:10Tap to summarizentro: Jesus-y sayings, studies in Revelation, Brian’s sermon series in Revelation.12:15: Recap from JR’s first arena mix in San Antonio with Terri Clark.20:00: Molly recaps her substitute teaching on Monday and all the first graders fall apart about death.22:30: Molly finishes Sense and Sensibility and loves how great Jane Austen writes.29:53: Olympics, paedo-president’s day rant.33:22: Hormonal birth control and its correlation to anxiety disorders.34:56: Johnny Gaudreau's kids and Olympic moments.38:00: Molly’s amusement with Sam "Moose" Morse and terrible ski racing culture.43:52: Olympian Caesar Salad rater.44:40: Molly’s etomologies of the week: tempura and semitic languages48:43: Lack of sleep and picking up kid woes.53:02: Show Close______________________________CanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Wealthfront Referral LinkMolly’s preferred Stone Heating PadIncogni (data removal and internet anonymizer) Get full access to Too Busy to Flush at www.toobusytoflush.com/subscribe
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Ep. 213: The Collapse of Civilization: AI, Human Laziness or Door Dash?
Feb 2001:09:53Tap to summarizeIntro: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Mardi Gras.17:04: An update on AI since last week and Cheney’s commentary.21:05: AI crushes a medical diagnosis.26:47: The average person’s Door Dash budget and the short line between Door Dash and collapse of civilization.32:46: Humanity wants the bare minimum, and adapting to new circumstances.36:57: We went skiing and had forced disconnect time.41:10: Food inflation and a recipe to turn any red meat into deli-style lunch meat.48:20: FB Marketplace comedy52:50: A reflection on Sandra McCracken’s Grace Upon Grace.59:12: You are either moving towards or away from your spouse, pressure points in marriage like tidiness and forgetting to schedule reminders, and throwing this away without telling them.1:08:59: Show Close____________________________CanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Wealthfront Referral LinkMolly’s preferred Stone Heating PadIncogni (data removal and internet anonymizer) Get full access to Too Busy to Flush at www.toobusytoflush.com/subscribe
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Epstein, AI, & Living A Quiet Life
Feb 1301:22:37Tap to summarizeIntro: The basics and some comments on our very early history during COVID.3:30: Molly’s afternoon substituting for a sick teacher at the girls’ school, what a daughter was supposed to be doing last year, a student tries to run things, and boredom for an hour.12:30:Jesus to the elite, Isaiah 2 and Molly’s Epstein file dump reaction.17:20: J.R.’s reaction and The Hittite Warrior and the Christianizing influence on society. 22:50: God is sovereign over all things and separate realities and deepfakes.28:00: Cross-generational distrust of the government and the rise and fall of civilizations.31:37: Trusting God, living a quiet of life, planting gardens, and parents’ rights.35:23: Something Big Is Happening (AI), some theoretical musings.46:47: Molly interrupts. 49:49: AI is creating itself and the potential benefit to your ideas.53:13 Recalibrating how we train our kids, future eduction, nefarious directions.59:44: Titus’ language immersion program and some of Molly’s ideas for AI use, and is there a demonic influence on AI?1:05:30: Would it be better to have an AI that doesn’t learn what you want? Molly’s Poison Hemlock story.1:11:30: Some ideas we have for AI.1:12:50: J.R.’s has been playing with a paid version of AI (Claude) and here’s his experience so far.1:21:15: Show Close Get full access to Too Busy to Flush at www.toobusytoflush.com/subscribe
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Ep. 211: Ranking Qualities of a Good Life Partner...er, Spouse.
Feb 600:52:16Tap to summarizeIntro: Tea, coffee, bone broth, and driver’s ed tests5:48: Conflict in marriage Canavox session development.10:20: The Forever Factor: qualities of a partner. Molly lobs new stuff for J.R. To react to…13:05: The importance of emotional resiliency in a relationship.17:34: The solar sales guy, financial pressures, and enjoying the joys.21:05: The most negative person in the house is the thermostat of the house.22:04: Willingness to repair and apologize.26:14: The importance of practical competence and life skills.28:18: Plastic drain clog cleaners, response under pressure and full circle.35:20: Sense of humor at aging and imperfection.36:51: Generosity without scorekeeping - modeled from the start.42:40: Intellectual curiosity and conversational depth.43:55: Comfort with silence.44:33: Separate identity and friendships.46:22: Kindness in small daily moments.50:42: Purposeful expression of gratitude.50:10: Show Close____________________________________CanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Wealthfront Referral LinkMolly’s preferred Stone Heating PadIncogni (data removal and internet anonymizer) Get full access to Too Busy to Flush at www.toobusytoflush.com/subscribe
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Ep. 210: AWFUL, Mental Disconnects, & Functioning in Reality
Jan 2300:47:43Tap to summarizeEp. 210Intro: Molly’s sourdough hustle, a desire for a blind cc text solution, shout out to me for repairing things when we got back from vacation.15:26: Sourdough is so great; great bacteria in the colon sent to the baby through breast milk.20:03: JR’s highlight from our vacation to the Dominican Republic.22:10: Screaming toddlers on planes, a tales of our woe from our NYC trip years ago.26:29: Molly’s highlight and seeing kids overcoming fear.31:43: The acronym AWFUL and Molly teases out some thoughts around protests, ICE, and how our culture got here.36:08: A mental disconnect between functioning in reality vs. online.40:12: The Lady Griffins and Aiming Students Higher - Public Discourse42:08: C.S. Lewis and the modern “Jurassic Park” mindset of “Nobody asked if we should.”44:13: Mandates to align with world as God designed.45:46: Show Close----------------------CanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Wealthfront Referral LinkMolly's preferred Milk FrotherMolly’s preferred Stone Heating PadIncogni (data removal and internet anonymizer) Get full access to Too Busy to Flush at www.toobusytoflush.com/subscribe
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Ep. 209: Christmas Reads, Deconstruction, & Certainty That Leads Others Astray
Jan 901:19:00Tap to summarizeIntro: Christmas break, board gaming.14:06: Books J.R. read over Christmas19:10: Mission Impossible series over the break21:31: Molly’s 1st time LOTR reading29:07: Lili’s reading the entire Jane Austin series and Austin’s tongue-in-cheek humor34:37: Brief note about getting sick over the holidays.37:35: The Witch Trials of JK Rowling and questions of certainty40:47: Rachel Held Evans and her ideals are alive and well today.44:53: Molly took some socials off her phone, then put it back on and whoo boy.46:40: What is God like according to RHE legacy proponents.49:14: Nerd alert about natural gender language51:39: John Cooper on Allie Beth Stuckey55:40: A type of Christian certainty that leads people astray.59:12: Where do we insist on certainty and where do we have the grace in human experience?1:02:22: Abigail Dodds and Bread of Life and proofs of His worthiness, not ours.1:09:11: Isa. 55:8-9: Not having answers but not abandoning reason.1:16:50: Show closeToo Busy to Flush Telegram GroupCanavoxPique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy)Wealthfront Referral LinkMolly's preferred Milk FrotherMolly’s preferred Stone Heating PadIncogni (data removal and internet anonymizer) Get full access to Too Busy to Flush at www.toobusytoflush.com/subscribe
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