Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

I love science fiction.

I love time travel and I love talking about it here on the Council of Trend Podcast.

This is the very first free-for-all Friday for 2021.

So welcome.

I'm your host, Catholic Answers Apologist and Speaker, Trent Horn.

And on Tuesdays and Thursdays, we talk apologetics, theology, how to explain and defend our Catholic

faith.

But on Fridays during the podcast, we could have a little bit of fun.

Let our hair down, talk about whatever kind of zany interesting topics are out there,

stuff that interests me, and I think it'll interest you as well.

So the genesis for this podcast comes from me trying to get over my smartphone addiction.

So you're probably like me.

I hope you're not like me.

But given the way the world is, you probably are.

You've got a little bit of addiction to your smartphone if you have one.

I've really thought about getting rid of one, but it has been really convenient.

I mean, the biggest thing that's most convenient is to have maps that are available.

If I'm out and I'm driving, but I mean, I could replace that with a GPS unit.

But it is also really helpful to be able to check emails from work, to be able to look

up reviews, to look up a menu from a restaurant.

Let's say I look up a menu from a restaurant that I want to order food from.

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