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Trending with Timmerie
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Trending with Timmerie is a nationally syndicated radio show and international podcast bringing timeless principles of Catholicism to trending thought and experience. Are you looking for relevant ways to bring together trending conversations and timeless principles? Here’s your opportunity to engage the culture head on with truth and Catholic faith.
www.RadioTrending.com | www.Timmerie.com
www.RadioTrending.com | www.Timmerie.com
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Making a Catholic Home & Inviting Others In
4d ago00:51:26Tap to summarizePaige Rienzo was an on-camera designer for the HGTV hit, "Hidden Potential" for 5 seasons. She has been in recovery for 30 years from alcohol and an eating disorder. Episode Guide A convert’s take on why Gen Z is becoming Catholic (1:08) How to host people more – hospitality (18:01) Why Catholic homes should look different (23:07) Polling shows a growing shift on abortion (41:36) Monday on Trending (50:55) Resources mentioned: Leisure: The Basis of Culture https://amzn.to/3SCSDm5 Paige’s books https://www.paigerien.com/books Catholics in Recovery https://catholicinrecovery.com/ Past episodes with Paige and her story https://relevantradio.com/2026/01/learning-to-love-the-home-you-have/ https://relevantradio.com/2025/10/healing-vs-the-counterfeit-calm-of-the-new-age/ Past shows on yoga: https://relevantradio.com/2025/04/the-lure-of-eastern-spirituality/ https://relevantradio.com/2022/09/is-yoga-really-just-stretching-2/ New #WeCount Data Show Slight Abortion Increase in 2025 New #WeCount Data Shows Slight Abortion Increase in 2025 | National Review Quick and Easy Hamburger Buns https://thefeatherednester.com/quick-and-easy-hamburger-buns/ The Rule: St. John Paul II's Rule for a Joy-filled Marriage of Divine Love https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578395657?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback
Transcribe →Summer Fun!
5d ago00:50:56Tap to summarizeFormer Marine Patrick Whalen, CEO of Iliad Athletics, joins Trending with Timmerie. Episode Guide Get moving over the summer – getting in shape and physical fitness (1:27) What are we doing with our kids in the summer? What do they need? (Ozempic for kids? (19:23) Catholics need to take a summer vacation (36:24) Why teens don’t work during the summer (46:23) Resources mentioned: Iliad Athletics https://iliadathletics.com/ https://screenstrong.org/
Transcribe →Reinventing Yourself
6d ago00:50:55Tap to summarizeDr. Hannah Spier joins Trending with Timmerie. A Norwegian-born psychiatrist and cognitive behavioral psychotherapist based in Zurich, she dissects how liberal narratives, pop-therapy fads, and identity politics have reshaped the mental health field. Episode Guide What can you do to prevent cluster B? What do you do if it happens? (0:46) The Explosion of Diagnoses – questioning trends involving ADHD, autism, and other diagnostic categories (25:25) Can we defy our nature and have an inhuman experience? Is it through the latest technological update? What does Pope Leo say? (40:28) Tomorrow on Trending (50:24) Resources mentioned: Dr. Hannah Spierhttps://hannahspier.substack.com/p/selected-op-eds-and-essays Parenting Kids Without the Chaos https://relevantradio.com/2026/04/parenting-kids-without-the-chaos/ Drama-Free Discipline https://sophiainstitute.com/product/drama-free-discipline/?srsltid=AfmBOoq6-Ni5dwH7jpKlv5T7P_5rmJo2A7nJbprXd25Zbm94RQpVnzUV More episodes with Dr. Hannah Spier https://relevantradio.com/?cat=23210&s=Dr.+Hannah+Spier Book: “Transformed by Grace” https://amzn.to/4xwkBQB
Transcribe →Embrace failure & suffering
1w ago00:51:25Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Trending with Timmerie: Episode Guide Human pain and suffering draws us together and makes us Catholic (0:45) Where are you sending your kids to school? What about homeschooling? (20:59) Why has the World Cup caused people to fall in love with America? (32:42) Narcissism and Childlessness (38:23) Tomorrow on Trending (50:54) Resources mentioned: Pope Leo XIV Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html Reading https://amzn.to/4vThr7B Handwriting without Tears https://amzn.to/4uDGlHq The Good and the Beautiful – free if printed https://www.goodandbeautiful.com/pages/free?srsltid=AfmBOopcwJVOjXFncAfCldR-_ru-MDqYRodq8eXuU4bl3JpF0IKSokgP Saxon Math – bump up one grade https://www.rainbowresource.com/saxon-math?srsltid=AfmBOoolaDNvmPDP1i4W-t5M8eo69aEcIVvw-DXf96psM7VwRLaFaMWg Narcissism and Childlessness https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/narcissism-and-childlessness-0d45686c?mod=free-expression_lead_story https://www.kolbe.org/relevant
Transcribe →The Happiness Question Nobody Wants to Ask
1w ago00:51:25Tap to summarizeTaylor Fogarty, who once identified as an atheist and lesbian and worked in the sex industry, joins Trending with Timmerie. Episode Guide After the gay discovery wore off, there was nagging unhappiness (1:43) Same-sex attraction and suicide (15:26) Beware of being avant-garde (24:50) Go analogue or get left behind (39:14) Saint Germaine of Pibrac (47:45) Tomorrow on Trending (50:54) Resources mentioned: Taylor’s testimony of becoming Catholic and leaving gay behind https://relevantradio.com/2025/12/from-lesbian-atheist-to-catholic/ Taylor’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/taylorisonline0/ Study – No one is born gay. There is no gay gene https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aat7693 More people are formerly gay than gay in the US & UK https://stream.org/celebrate-ex-gay-visibility-day/
Transcribe →The Sacred Heart of Jesus & Eucharistic Miracles
2w ago00:49:06Tap to summarizeDo you understand why there is a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus? Maybe you wonder why there would be a devotion to a heart. Father Tim Grumbach joins Trending with Timmerie to break down the incredible devotion to the Sacred Heart and how it is rooted in Sacred Scripture, the tradition of the Church, and in the writings of Popes. Timmerie also discusses the incredible science behind Eucharistic miracles and what they have to do with the heart of Christ. Do you struggle to believe in the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist? Celebrate the month of June dedicated to the Eucharist and the Sacred Heart! Resources mentioned: Haurietis Aquas- Encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus (May 15, 1956) | PIUS XII Listen to the podcast: Month of the Eucharist & Sacred Heart of Jesus
Transcribe →AI, ET & Talking Dolphins
2w ago00:50:55Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Trending with Timmerie: Episode Guide Consecration to the Sacred Heart (2:19) The World Cup starts today! A human centered approach to management – Brenden Aaronson’s marriage (11:16) Gennine on Instagram – I heard you mention your girls go to dance class. What are your thoughts on dancing? (24:27) Aliens & talking dolphins who capture a man – belief in the unbelievable...(32:33) A Catholic take: sentient AI, ET, or smart dolphins (42:41) Resources mentioned: Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus https://relevantradio.com/2026/06/prayer-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus/ Catechism of the Catholic Church 65 ”In giving us his Son, his only Word (for he possesses no other), he spoke everything to us at once in this sole Word — and he has no more to say... because what he spoke before to the prophets in parts, he has now spoken all at once by giving us the All Who is His Son. Any person questioning God or desiring some vision or revelation would be guilty not only of foolish behavior but also of offending him, by not fixing his eyes entirely upon Christ and by living with the desire for some other novelty.27 (”St. John of the Cross)
Transcribe →Who Trains AI?
2w ago00:51:24Tap to summarizeFather Robert Spitzer joins Trending with Timmerie delving into: Episode Guide AI & Pope Leo’s Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas (1:41) Transhumanism (21:29) Ordinary time (39:37) Where to find a spouse (42:30) Should we only allow normal people to live? Youtuber Jesse Ridgway (44:51) Tomorrow on Trending (50:53) Resources mentioned: Magis AI https://magisai.com/ Why Isn't AI Human? https://relevantradio.com/2025/03/why-isnt-ai-human/ Episode on Candid Dating https://relevantradio.com/2026/04/how-do-you-ask-a-woman-on-a-date/ Candid Dating https://www.candiddating.net/ Episode on Youtuber Jesse Ridgway and downs abortion https://relevantradio.com/2026/06/the-priest-who-stayed-in-gaza/
Transcribe →Grandparenting Dilemmas No One Talks About
2w ago00:51:26Tap to summarizeDr. Ray Guarendi—Catholic clinical psychologist with over 40 years of experience —joins Trending with Timmerie Episode Guide Grandparenting: frustration over discipline, near and far (2:07) The phone/screen conundrum (17:48) How often should we see the grandkids? (26:23) “They Won't Let Me See My Grandkids” (33:34) Hate hearing critique or advice from parents about your parenting? (39:03) Should you feel guilty about helping one family member over another? (43:24) How to talk to an alcoholic grandfather (48:54) Tomorrow on Trending (50:55) Resources mentioned: Episode on “Drama Free Parenting” https://relevantradio.com/2026/04/parenting-kids-without-the-chaos/ Book Drama-Free Discipline https://amzn.to/42xvcfD Being a Grandparent: Just like being a parent… only different https://www.drray.com/shop/being-a-grandparent/
Transcribe →Eat More Protein
2w ago00:50:27Tap to summarizeWell-known as the leader of the carnivore diet, Dr. Anthony Chaffee – medical doctor and neurosurgical expert joins Trending with Timmerie. Episode Guide Gut health and carnivore (1:11) Does the type of meat you consume matter? (18:57) I’m low on DHA. What should I do? (22:15) Recommendations for getting enough protein (24:38) Why would I need protein shakes? (35:09) Is beef better than pork? (38:19) How do you eat more protein when meat is expensive? (41:34) Cholesterol? (49:30) Resources mentioned: Previous shows with Dr. Anthony Chaffee: https://relevantradio.com/?cat=23210&s=chaffee Dr. Chaffee https://www.howtocarnivore.com/ Harvard study on Carnivore/Ketosis and depression https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.951376/full Dr. Chaffee’s social media: @anthony_chaffee Food Resources: Ayoba Droewors https://ayobafoods.com/collections/bundles
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