because the culture is so predominantly progressive, left-leaning Catholics tend to go too far in the

absorbing culture into Catholicism. And then because conservatives tend to be a little against the

culture, because the culture is hostile to conservativism, they tend to go in the opposite direction

of, and they tend to over-emphasize the

Catholicism excises the bad.

And so they end up getting rid of perfectly fine things.

And the progressive left tends to absorb not good things, you know?

Yeah. good things, you know? The only podcast that's in a fast car.

It's your boy, Ethan.

And I'm Patrick.

Did you know that song is sung by a woman?

What?

You got a fast car and I got a ticket to get it, get it out of here.

Me when I'm towing the car that's parked at my spot, I got to get this out of here.

It's out of here.

Welcome to The Crunch.

This is a podcast where Ethan and I are two buddies who've been talking to each other about

Catholicism for years.

We have a conversation every week about Catholicism, a topic about Catholic life, and mostly we goof off while we do it that's really the main

point but yeah we hope more people have conversations like this and we're glad you're here

hanging out with us um Ethan yeah when was the first time you heard Tracy Chapman's fast car

and how long did you cry you You gotta make a decision.

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