This week, the CU crew discussed:

• Waking up early!
• The Uncanny Valley
• Catholic artists from 2016 and some Christmas listening.

They also recommended these picks of the week:

Kathleen: Catholic to the Max Olivia: Gravy (The Podcast) Jeff: Blink Camera Fr. Ryan: Rogue One: A Star Wars Tale Fr. Chris: Today’s Front Pages (from the Newseum)

This Week, we talk about  giving a Halo to GK, getting your pix in order, Common Core Breach Immanent?, and places to go on pilgrimage. All this and out picks of the week!

This episode, are you living in a bubble constructed by your browser's AI? The assistant to the assistant of the President of the USCCB is named, and stats on the Ordination class of 2013. All this, our picks of the week, and a little jet lag.

This week on the show, Pope Francis, KIckStarter for $2 Million, Google Reader isn't gonna make it, Gregorian Chant gets a high profile moment, some unexpected alies, our picks of the week and more!

This week we discuss the legacy of our pope emeritus, chat about the upcoming conclave, dispel the prophecies, search for GOOD Catholic coverage, and sign the mandatum. All of this and our picks of the week!

If you weren't able to join us live, you missed a good discussion on the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. An archiving glitch was only able to save the second half of the show.  But, we managed to salvage the CU Later!

Fr. Chris Decker and Fr. Ryan Humphries relive the events of the day when Pope Benedict XVI, 265th successor to the See of Peter announced his intention to renounce the ministry of the sovereign pontiff. They discuss the shock of the announcement, the many works of ministry and charity that Pope Benedict has engaged since his election in 2005, and what we can expect as the day draws near and a conclave is called.

The Holy Father has an app on your mobile device: meh or yeah? Darwinists of the world ! Evolve! (Creationists too!) Martyr's headgear + Supreme Court = Catholic Fashion Show at the Inauguration, and the Vatican shuffles some rather important offices around.  All this, our picks of the week, and more! 

On this week's episode, we cover a new project from the Catholic Music Association of America, ponder what Ubuntu can do for your smartphone (and your desktop), encounter (again, for the first time) the Graduale (at a papal liturgy!), and chat about photo sharing etiquette. Also, why Mary Kait and Fr. Ryan don't like the Hobbit!

We ask the age-old question: "Does my tablet count as a sacramental?" The Raspberry Pi is a much sought after computer (and food, probably). The beauty of icons in the modern world and the dangers of labeling. All this, our picks of the week, and more!

Advent time is here, new tech for the blind, internet piracy and 10 excuses for not praying that don’t impress St. Philomena one bit! All this, our picks of the week, and the CU Later!

All I want for Christmas is Penance, your own private Borg drone, the new old dress code at the Vatican, our picks of the week, and so much more.

In this episode, we talk about the misrepresenation of the Catholic Church in three big stories that the mainstream media have been covering. Also, communication is possible with some who are in a persistent vegitative state. The BBC turns 90-years-old, and there's some talk about the Catholic Church getting out of the civil marriage business. We've also got some backChat from Ireland, our picks of the week and the CU Later!

This week, we answer some audio backChat, cast lots for a new pope,  give best wishes for the new Archbishop of Canterbury, hope for the best in light of the US Presidential election, and give our picks of the Week. We're joined by Jeff Blackwell and Mary Kait Taylor, Two new voices on the CU!

Airborne Hobbits go viral, Is Jesus really “for sale”?, Balance on Halloween, Becoming Pro-Life, and photoshopping the cross All this and our picks of the week!

High Tech Cheek, A molehill of new tech from Apple and Microsoft and Fujitsu and a mountain of news from Rome as the Bishops put their plus John Hancocks on the documents from the Year of Faith Synod. All this, our picks of the week, and probably a little more. 

The Year of Faith is happening, Is your doctor playing angry birds?, literature good and bad, the pope gives a special nod to the middle east and Cardinal Wuerl is fired up again!

All this, our picks of the week, and probably a little more.

This episode, the pope announces the theme for World Communications Day 2013, Windows 8 may have a shot at being a viable business platform, after Steve Jobs: a year later, homosexual representation on TV increasing, two more Doctors of the Church and so much more!

This week, Novena for our Nation kicks off, iPad Mini prepared to descend from Cupertine Throne?, Parents and when to buy tech for their children, 13 sounds we just don't hear anymore, preparing for the Year of Faith, and chewing on the catechism, 1/365th at a time. All this and our picks of the week!

Making Catholic Sense of Politics, The new iPhone starts the geeks a-drooling, is the Mountain Lion still growling?, What does the Diocese of the Future look like...

A holy alliance between The Ghost of Jobs and The Pope, Hacking your Belief System and what crooning celebrities can teach the Church about worship. All this, our picks of the week, and probably a little more.

NOTE: This is an audio-only podcast.

The .gif turns 25, Apple has new MacBooks but is Retina really worth it? Geordi teaches us to read, .catholic is a top level doman, picking up the Fortnight For Freedom, Reviving the liturgy of the hours, and 5 questions to ask before you leave the Catholic Church.

This episode: Our reflections on World Communications Day and Silence, Studying a commission who studies studies, Google Hangouts  take to the air, Fr. Robert Baron prepares for a move to the Sem Life, Education, 5 short stories every Catholic should read, and signing up for the Swiss Guard! Plus, our picks of the week.

This episode, pirates off the bow of San Francisco? Do we really need bigger FBI Warnings before movies (and more acronyms of organizations?) Are you registered at a parish? A new survey says you probably aren't. Also, did Jesus sin? Hildegaard of Bingen, our picks of the week and more!

This episode the iPhone aids cancer research for kids, The weather gets in your personal space, Daniel Mitsui is creating new old art, and a little more on the LCWR dramatics. All this and our picks of the week. 

This week, Bishop Janky gives a history lesson. The US Bishops call for HHS Mandate action, The Feds running a pirate DNS?, and Google Drive hits the web. All this and our picks of the week!

This week: all signs point to a favorable outcome with the Society of St. Pius X, Dante consigned to oblivion for schoolchildren? Concelebration as a safe, legal, and rare Mass option, and The magisterium of nuns gets a wake-up call from (who woulda thunk) their (big) Superior! Also, our picks of the week!

This Week, Fr. Chris, Joshua and Fr. Ryan discussed

• Password Security - get to it! Some tips: Use at least 8 letters. Try to use at least one number or non-alphanumeric character. Don't put your passwords on a post-it! Don't make a file called passwords.txt! Change your passwords at least once a year. Be vigilant, even good passwords can by bypassed or hacked.
• Will Netflix become a part of your cable package? Will an HD antenna help or hurt?
• The ever salty Lord Monckton is calling out "An Inconvenient Truth?"
• "Community," happiness and "Church Friends" What can you do? 1) Be loyal to your parish and a particular Mass time. 2) Seek out a Bible Study or Learning opportunity. 3) Take some pressure off the priest, organize something! 4) Think beyond the Mass!
• Also, the internet is out to get us...

They also recommended these "Picks of the Week"

• Fr. Chris, WhyImCatholic.com
• Joshua, Eponymous Flower Blog
• Fr. Ryan, CookingForEngineers.com
• From AudibleTrial.com/CatholicUnderground, A Life with Karol: My Forty-Year Friendship with the Man Who Became Pope by his longtime Secretary Stanislaw Dziwisz

On this week's show, it's Ash Wednesday! We discuss Lent, craziness in the Netherlands, some errors in our coverage of OCP and how to bring chant into the Domestic Church. Our picks of the week, The CatholiCon Expo and more... Join us!

On this week’s show, the bishop has three kids, Google’s not evil but they may have just launched SkyNET, Chris West is back and three top-notch messages from our German Shepherd. Our picks of the week, The CatholiCon Expo and more… Join us!

This week, ESPN gets with the new media program, calling an audible on streaming audiobooks, Apple updates its EULA to be less evil, emerging Catholic subcultures and the digital continent, The Sibelius, HHS, Anti-Religious-Freedom debacle, and occupying classrooms?  All this and our picks of the week plus an exclusive tour of the CatholiCon website!

We talk about the March For Life so the Mainstream Media doesn't have to (don't they?). Pope Benedict's message for World Communications Day: Don't say Anything. Ford brands itself as a consumer electronics company rather than a car company, will it work? More information comes to light for this year's CatholiCon, as do our picks of the week!

In our first episode of the new year, we talk about digital strategies for the Catholic Church in the United States, Social Media as a possible Catholic Media killer, defense of life with dental floss, Film as a way to have "The Great Discussion", and how to shore up weak faith....we're looking at you Ireland! All this, a bit more, and our picks of the week!

In this special episode, we talk about the different facets of the New Evangelization and how we all fit into the picture! Also our picks of the week!

The Missal has launched. Hilarity ensues, we;ve got some of  the  stories. Shopping much? IRL or CyberMonday? Mark Twain and Communicating without saying anything. Also, how to prepare for Christmas!

This episode we talk about the things we're thanful for...The New Missal, Thanksgiving, freedom! Also in the cast, banning the Name of Jesus in text messages in Pakastan, The Crystal Cathedral goes legit (sort of), and we mull our "conscience thing".

This episode we talk about the new music matching service from The Big Fruit Bowl and somehow manage to miss Google Music. We discuss pirating in detail  (yarr!) and Fr. Chris attempts to download iTunes Match on his computer. Also, our picks of the week! Enjoy!

We discuss some of the Occupy movement, the morality of hackers turning on the servers hosting pornography, Jimmy Fallon WANTS The Mass?! We cover some of our fave books, and our picks of the week. Enjoy!

We discuss the life and death of two greats of our time, Archbishop Philip Hannan and Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs, both of whom died this week. We talk about the less-than-spectacular iPhone 4s announcement, an unintended Donatism redux which may be occurring, and our picks of the week.

We remember Pope John Paul I, Kindle some Fire, gossip about the iPhone 5, insult people properly, upgrade Canon Law, bring Benedictines into the Space Age, and talk about why your vocations program isn't working.  Plus! Our picks of the week!

We're live from Houston in this episode of The Catholic Underground. We talk about the resignation of Steve Jobs from Apple, praying for dysentery on thine enemies (?!), Pope Benedict XVI the youth minister, and our Audible Pick of the Week! Stay tuned after the episode for a post-show explanation of what we use to "do" our video podcast!

CatholiCon is two weeks away! See the brand new CatholiCon trailer and the winner of our "Songify" contest is announced. A little bit about personal finance and virtue. 911 to get all 21st century with text messages. Need a caffeine fix? Use Jonathan's Card. World Youth Day is on the horizon. Backchat and Our Picks of the Week round out this week's episode.

CatholiCon Expo is now less than 20 days away and tickets are going fast! We talk about recovering Christian Ethics in our own United States, how diabetics can get some ink and never draw blood again. Apple takes a bite out of Christians who purchase their products and we remember Archbishop Pietro Sambi and his contribution to the mission territory of the U.S. Our picks of the week are in there too! Join us!

This week: OS X Aslan...er...Lion gets released today - to mixed reviews. Also, Catholic Monk & Scientist Gregor Mendel's birthday is today and Google has a doodle for him. Bp. Charles Chaput, formerly of Denver, is not the Archbishop of the Philadelphia Archdiocese. The Campus Crusade for Christ changes their name to "Cru." No one is really sure why. The CatholicNewMediaAwards are open for nominations. In backChat, a YouTube user calls out the CUCrew for too much tech and not enough Catholicism. and our picks of the week! Also! We give Google Hangout a try!

Sony gives honorable discharge papers to its MiniDisc Walkman, Rasberrypi is much smaller than a walkman and happens to be a computer the size of a thumb-drive. The South Sudan will be issuing passports as a new country, but will South California do the same? Six strikes and ISPs slow your roll, a new helper for monitoring fertility, and some bold changes to the music section of the General Instruction to the Roman Missal are possible. All this and much (much) more plus our picks of the week!

What happens when your crystal cathedral goes bankrupt? Facebook integrates Skype, Google launches its Facebook killer, e-readers are on the rise, a new app for praying with the (almost) saints from LittleiApps, and we comment on 10 prospective points about priests. Oh! And we give the $35 early bird fee for CatholiCon one last plug before the cost goes up!  All this and our picks of the Week! Enjoy!

This episode we marvel at the Holy Father's First Tweet, his attempt at the iPad "tap" gesture, and we chat about the state of new media in the Church. Bishops speak out against homosexual "marriage" in New York, A Eucharistic...

We discuss the Fr. Corapi issue (as you knew we would), Apple's Final Cut X roars into the app store, visit the World's Fair from your iPad, and a new iApp that allows you to visit St. John Lateran from...

 

We cover the BBC's groundbreaking new field reporting service with an iPhone, Catholic University going single sex in the dorms once more, the new mothership Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed to us humans, the secrets of Apple success, the...

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Selling your kidneys for an iPad2? A Blessed Ascension Thurs..er Sunday. The Today Show goes to the Vatican (who knew?!) New buttons to click from Google and Twitter. The upcoming Stevenote actually features Steve, and all the leaks seem...

This episode Fr. Ryan has bandwidth problems from the Ice Planet Hoth, the new B&N Nook is out...does anyone care? Also, Apple evokes a religious experience and everybody cares, and we talk about true peace and our picks...

Amidst bandwidth issues, this week's episode covers the end of the world as we know it, Microsoft purchasing Skype and possibly sealing its doom, The new instruction on offering The Extraordinary Form, and some backChat on full, active, and...

 

Frs. Chris and Ryan talk about Easter as new pastors, the primacy of the iPad?, some social media software for book lovers, great discussions from new Catholic Tech blogs, and Blessed John Paul II's 3D Beatification. All these...

What is television really? Copyright issue arise as cable cos try to put tv on iDevices. 6 rules of Facebook and a connundrum on modest dress. A new collect for Pope John Paul II. Our picks of the week...

"Catholic Rules for Twitter" were taken more seriously than most dogmas this past April Fools'. Making a writer a speaker and other tricks. The program for JPII's beatification is now online. A bronze tablet that may have come from...

This episode we chat about Amazon's new cloud based storage and music streaming service,  Norma Jean Coon reconciled to The Catholic Church, Our Picks of the Week and More!

Producer's Note: Fr. Chris Says that it's episode 157. He's lying....

This week, we talk about Fr. Corapi's temporary leave and the policies in place which may not in fact protect anybody. Who's afraid of the real free speech? And our Picks of the week.

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This episode, we talked about watching Japan's disaster live on the web and whether or not that's a good thing, a Social Media examination of conscience, and much much more!

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This episode we talk about Ash Wednesday, Lent, proudly wearing your ashes, and how news is shifting from objectivity to tabloid. We don't really love our NABRE, and give mention to Catholic Media Promotion Day.

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You guessed it, iPad2!  Also, the pope encourages us to learn the "language" of the digital continent.  There's also a skin-cell gun that means we're  that much closer to a dermal regenerator from Star Trek. Some info on Pope Benedict's...

The New MacBookPro rumors prove true, along with the promise of yet another (bigger, badder) iPad. We've got the geekspeak to accompany your drooling. Also, we tackle the tough business of welcoming back inactive Catholics, call for defense of the...

This week we welcome two new voices to the podcast, discuss the end of the internet (as far as one internet protocol is concerned), Apple breaking iLife as we know it, and Vocations to the priesthood and religious increasing...who knew?!...

Confession App Gets an Imprimatur. Schools in Georgia moving to iPad only textbooks? The pope writes on seminarians and the internet and a possble Motu Proprio on liturgy?  All this and our picks of the Week.

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Stories we cover this week include: the size of the internet (turns out it's big!), The Daily finally launches on the iPad, A new Confession App for iPad. The Revised Translation of the Roman Missal gets cooking musically. We talk...

This time around, we discuss the Pope's latest message for World Communications Day. Catholic Colleges not Catholic Enough? More from the Miraculous Cure that led to JP2′s upcoming beatification. Would you hang up on Apple? So much more and out...

His Appleness, Steve Jobs takes a break. John Paul II to become a Blessed; Anglicans come a-runnin' and the first batch have hands laid-on!  Our Picks of the Week and AN EXCLUSIVE CATHOLICON ANNOUNCEMENT!

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This episode, we talk about the Vatican's not-quite-so-called exorcist collaboration. We give some info on CatholiCon happening this year in Houston. Our picks of the week and thoughts on the Verizon iPhone are in there too! Enjoy!

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This episode we talk about Advent and give a little bit of the back story to the liturgical season. We discuss the first approved Marian apparition site in the USA. Our picks of the week, the cu metro, and a...

UPDATE: This is a remastered version of Episode 144 to remove the audio artifacts that occurred in the origianal file.

In this episode we attempt to parse out some of what the pope did and didn't say in his recent...

What's the Apple announcement all about? It's probably The Beatles, but we make our wishes anyway. Also, we talk about the news around the Church this week and our picks of the week! Enjoy!

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From the Old Chestunut desk, we cover the curious topic of an Irish group advocating skipping Sunday Mass to attempt to convince the Catholic Church to ordain women. Our picks of the week involve a new camera, something with wireless...

What happens when Russia uses Microsoft as an alabi to take your government issued potted plant because it might have an illegal copy of Windows on it? Also, UK is all a-twitter (literally) preparing for the Pope's Visit, the cu...

What happens when Russia uses Microsoft as an alabi to take your government issued potted plant because it might have an illegal copy of Windows on it? Also, UK is all a-twitter (literally) preparing for the Pope's Visit, the cu metro reminds us what funerals are made of and the picks of the week will [...]

this episode we take a look inside the Intercontinental Houston Hotel, the site of CatholiCon 2011. We speak about our tasks for the expo as well as some of the components to come. Also, we discuss our new status in...

this episode we take a look inside the Intercontinental Houston Hotel, the site of CatholiCon 2011. We speak about our tasks for the expo as well as some of the components to come. Also, we discuss our new status in the eyes of the fine Federal folks in DC. It's a very self indulgent cu [...]

In this episode Daniel, Josh, and Fr. Chris talk about the new Vatican website yet to debut, the fresh EWTN website, and our wishes for each. The Picks of the Week range from geeky to Sacramental preparatory (and back to...

In this episode Daniel, Josh, and Fr. Chris talk about the shattered dreams of the iPhone 4 and yet our inabilities to quit said smartphone, we discover the new USCCB Social Media guidelines, and get caught up on what the...

In this episode Daniel and Fr. Chris talk about the iPad as an altar missal, the possiblilities of new technology in the liturgy, and what applications it might have for the pewsitting Catholic. Also, in this generally geeky episode, we...

In this episode we talk about the outpouring of support for Our Holy Father, our summer plans, some fresh picks of the week, and allow ourselves a little more drool to fall over the iPad (admit it Josh).

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In this week's episode we talk about the "leak" of the next iPhone, and we discuss what is a prudent use of technology and where does the morality come in with wanting to have the latest and greatest. Also a...

In this episode, we talk about the attacks on Pope Benedict XVI and parse some of the information. We've got our Eastertide Picks of the Week, The KCs come to the aid of the Holy Father and our other cu...

In this episode, we talk about the Sacred Triduum, our memories, some liturgical notes. Fr. Ryan talks about fiber at the front door and his coming iPad, our other picks of the week follow. We look at the latest news...

In this episode, we talk about the role of art in the "digital continent". What is it? Does Objective Beauty really exist? Does art have a role in new media?  Fr. Mark Spruill from the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama joins the cu crew in discussion.

In this episode, we're tackling the big question about the usefulness of our blogs! Are they dead?  We've also got our picks of the week, a backchat about love and tease the special announcement coming soon by the cu crew.

This episode: Your Prayer life and tech! Stir 'em up and what do you get? We look into it. A book, Catholic Radio in Baton Rouge goes on the web, and daniel introduces a timewaster in our picks of the week. You'll hear the news from around the Church and the world in the CU [...]

Josh and Fr. Chris chat about their trip to Rome, the gang talks about some of their favorite things in the Eternal City. The CU metro and our Picks of the Week! Enjoy!

We talk about the Church's efforts in Haiti as well as the difficulties in communication post-earthquake. Also, we chat about the use of new media in reporting a disaster. Our picks of the week yield a new surprise for iPhone users, and the cu metro recalls the March for Life.  Backchat and more! Enjoy!

We talk about Daniel's Day Job as a graphic designer and his work on the Pontifical North American College's website in time for the 150th Anniversary of the Seminary for US and Canadians in Rome. Also, our picks of the week!

Our first podcast of the new year! On it we talk about the Pope's January prayer intentions, one of which has a definite new-media ring to it. The CU Metro includes the Holy Father's pep talk to young people, Nancy Pelosi's definition of Catholicism, and a new stamp recognizing Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. All this [...]

In this special Christmas Eve episode, we examine four popular Christmas hymns that are worthy of our prayerful reflection. Merry Christmas! Please Check the Shownotes for more information on the musical selections used in this podcast @ http://www.catholicunderground.com

This episode we speak of the year that was Pope Benedict XVI, some of his achievements within the papacy, the liturgy, and in general. We give our picks of the week including an app for keeping you frugal during Christmas gift-buying. The CU metro involves elephants and justice and an audio backchat helps put a [...]

this episode we devote to the Knights of Columbus, their role in new (and old) media, a non-exhaustive overview of their raison d'etre, and what the swords are all about! Also, we've got our pre-Christmas picks of the week, the cu metro including a warning from B16 to the churches of horizontal mediocrity. All this, [...]

we talk about the strange disclamer in your missalette and explain the ChristmasLent Giving Campaign!  We've also got our picks of the week and what's this about the Vatican rotating their nuns?  All this and more!

Join the cu crew for a Thanksgiving special wherein we talk about the things for which we're most thankful this year. Joe McClane from the Catholic Hack podcast joins in to reminisce as well as do our many chat room participants. We also have a special Thanksgiving-time pick of the week! Join us and give [...]

November finds us Catholics keeping death before us.  We talk about the Communion of Saints, our hope to become permanent members of that group, and Walmart's twist on funerary preparation.  We cover the Church's reason for prayer for the dead, the news of the week, and some BackChat about visiting New Orleans during Hallow's Eve.

We cover some of the recent events in the Catholic Church, the SSPX opening dialogues, new blood on the Council for Bishops, nuns getting lawyers at the ready; we share our picks of the week, and wonder if Josh's voice will come back in time for the Apocalypse.