I've gotten a lot of texts in my life.

This might be top five.

From Judy.

Hi.

Checking in to see how you are all doing.

Sure hope things are going good.

I have a meaning to tell you, Ethan, that I had a chance to listen slash watch to your podcast with Ryan Penny on EWTN Catholic Sphere.

I was quite impressed, but not surprised at how well you spoke

and presented yourself. Best speaker, hands down. Welcome to The Crunch, the only podcast that hasn't drank any water since last night.

It's your boy, Ethan.

And I'm Patrick.

Ethan and I are two buddies who started a podcast seven years ago where we talk about the Catholic faith and goof off

along the way. More goofing off than talking. We're glad you're here. We hope more people

have conversations like this, and we're glad you're here. And Ethan is a parched fella. Have you

only been drinking coffee? Well, I had orange juice this morning for break. And just orange juice for breakfast? Well, no, I had also some proteins. So I had orange juice this morning for breakfast. Just orange juice for breakfast?

Well, no, I had also some proteins.

So I had an egg casserole that my wife had whipped up earlier in the week.

That was, you know, how egg kind of gets like in the fridge, you know?

Yeah.

You can't really keep it for a long time. You can't keep it for a long time. So I've been scarfing down. There's nothing more powerful. When you're a kid, let me tell you this. When you're a child and you go to like a, maybe like a youth retreat or something, and they have breakfast casserole or you're in college and you go up and

you get those little styrofoam plates they put that square on it that's not enough for anybody

my my 15-month-old son eats more than that for breakfast you know over the course of the morning

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