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Catching Foxes

Requiescat in Pace, Donald Gormley

Catching Foxes

Luke and Gomer

Christianity, Tv & Film, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 β€’ 778 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 21 July 2026

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Luke and Gomer talk about the passing of Gomer's father, but the episode isn't all doom and gloom (just the appropriate amount). Also included this week: an attempted murder, gray-market drugs, and a review of The Odyssey.

In This Episode:

  • Luke and Gomer compare notes on sleep, snoring, and inheriting their dads' blood pressure meds
  • The legend of Dave Van Vickel: grocery deliveries, a mid-street knife fight, and a jury summons
  • A review of The Odyssey movie, mythology demythologized, and Elliot Page's casting
  • Gomer reflects on his father's death, anticipatory grief, the Sirach 38 reading, and the funeral
  • Don Gormley's Shell/Texaco career stories, plus Luke's deep dive into nasal breathing, buzz breathing, nitric oxide, and gray-market Redatrutide
  • Chapters:

  • 00:00: Intro β€” Sleep Problems and a New YouTube Rabbit Hole

  • 06:09: Blood Pressure Meds, Family History, and Following in Dad's Footsteps

  • 08:21: The Legend of Dave Van Vickel (Knife Fights and Groceries)

  • 16:53: Sponsor β€” Faith Mosier, Dallas Healing House

  • 18:37: The Odyssey Movie Review

  • 24:41: Back to Dad β€” Carrying His Ashes and the Sirach 38 Reading

  • 32:11: Anticipatory Grief, Hard Conversations, and the Funeral

  • 1:00:47: Don Gormley's Career β€” From Skelly Oil to the Shell Tanker Standoff

  • 1:10:04: Sponsor β€” Cloister Ignatian Prayer App

  • 1:14:16: Welcome to the Dead Dads Club

  • 1:16:34: Nasal Breathing, Buzz Breathing, and Nitric Oxide

  • 1:32:02: Redatrutide, GLP-1s, and Wrapping Up

Resources Mentioned:
Dallas Healing House
Cloister Ignatian Prayer
ParishSOFT
Catching Foxes Substack

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and I'm welcome to Catching Foxes, a podcast that dares to ask, can you just stop releasing stuff for three to four months and while also doing inconsistent episodes for 12 months before that?

0:15.8

And will people still support you on Patreon?

0:18.0

We are happy to tell you that the answer is yes, this is catching foxes.

0:21.3

I am Luke coming at you from a place that Rachel said is not as sad as she expected.

0:27.5

Gomer, how are you?

0:29.7

Hey, Luke.

0:31.0

Luke, I'm doing okay. Doing okay.

0:33.2

Yeah.

0:33.9

How are you?

0:35.1

You know, I got eight hours of sleep last night in 43.

0:38.9

I decided it's time to start getting eight hours of sleep at night.

0:42.3

And I think that might be the source of a multitude of problems, me not getting eight hours of sleep.

0:46.6

So it turns out that's a waffle, Homer.

0:50.3

That's a while.

0:51.0

Can I ask you a question about your sleep?

0:53.0

Yeah, sure.

0:53.9

Now, you have a very large, pronounced nose.

0:57.4

What?

0:58.0

When you sleep at night.

1:01.6

Gosh, I missed you so much.

1:03.6

When you sleep at night, are you a nose breather and do you snore?

1:07.7

I am a mouth breather.

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