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In this powerful Bonus episode of The BeatiDudes, Andrés Villaseñor Urrea returns to the Tiny Table to share a wild and deeply moving story of conversion, pride, surrender, and miraculous healing. What begins as a story about youthful rebellion, heartbreak, and ego turns into an unforgettable account of leaving college behind to join a missionary community in the Andes of Peru. Andrés opens up about woundedness, friendship, the hunger to be known, and the humbling spiritual formation that came not through platform or applause, but through silence, service, a broom, a mop, and the hidden life of...

Andrés Villaseñor Urrea joins the BeatiDudes for a powerful, hilarious, and deeply faith-filled conversation about Fearless Masculinity, the apostolate he founded to help men rediscover their identity in Jesus Christ. Andrés shares how a simple encounter with Wild at Heart sparked a calling that eventually became a retreat movement reaching nearly 1,500 men across Mexico, Dallas, and New York City. Along the way, he shares about living in multiple countries, building retreats with spiritual, psychological, and philosophical depth, and learning that true fearlessness is not the absence of fear, but acting with courage in the middle of it...

Chris Vander Woude returns for a BeatiDudes bonus after a powerful Monday episode to further explore the importance of family, fatherhood, brotherhood, and the life-changing witness of people with special needs.

Chris shares what it was like growing up with his brother Joseph and reflects on the example of a father who refused to place artificial limits on him. The Dudes explore how encounters with people with special needs can reshape the heart, teach patience, reveal child-like trust, and call all of us to love with greater dignity and attentiveness.

Chris Vander Woude joins the BeatiDudes for one of the most moving conversations in show history, sharing the extraordinary witness of his father, Tom Vander Woude.

In this episode, Chris opens up about growing up on a Virginia farm in a family of seven boys, the ordinary holiness of a quiet father, and the daily habits that formed a truly heroic man. From family rosaries on tired knees to long days of work, sports, sacrifice, and steadfast fatherhood, Chris paints the picture of a man whose life was marked by quiet faithfulness. Along the way, the conversation...

Marcel LeJeune returns to the Tiny Table for a powerful and funny Friday follow-up that turns practical evangelization into a real challenge for everyday Catholic men. Building on Monday’s conversation, Marcel shares stories from Texas A&M, his years leading campus ministry, and the conviction that the Church does not exist for herself but for those who do not yet know Jesus Christ. He unpacks what it means to form apostles, not just disciples, and why spiritual dissatisfaction can actually be a grace when it pushes us to care more deeply about the souls right in front of us...

Marcel LeJeune, President and Founder of Catholic Missionary Disciples, joins the BeatiDudes, starting with peak brotherhood banter and then swinging into a seriously helpful conversation about parish renewal, evangelization, and what it actually takes to change culture.

Marcel shares why “fruitfulness is named before it’s numbered,” why the Church cannot rely on packaged programs to fix deep problems, and why the “human” and “pastoral” gaps in formation often leave priests and parish leaders under-skilled for the real world of listening, discipling, and leading. Along the way, Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein challenge the temptation toward mediocr...

Ryan Foley joins the BeatiDudes for a powerful and honest conversation about suffering, parenting, shame, mercy, and healing across generations. The conversation lands on a deeply relatable truth: so much of our pain gets worse when we avoid it, but when we bring it to the Lord and embrace the cross with Him, the burden becomes lighter.

Along with Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein, Ryan digs into the cycle of woundedness passed through families, with a compassionate look at parenting and the reality that most people are doing the best they can with what they...

Ryan Foley from His Way At Work joins the BeatiDudes to talk about a bold, practical vision for Catholic business leadership: consecrating your company to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and then actually living it out. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein unpack Ryan’s journey from military service to a decade at Covenant Eyes, and how a retreat with business owners became the bridge into helping companies stop compartmentalizing faith and start placing Christ at the center of workplace culture.

This episode gets concrete fast. Ryan explains why consecration is not a one-and-done box to ch...

Johnny Brask, co-founder of Verso Jobs, is back at the Tiny Table with the BeatiDudes for a wildly honest, surprisingly tender conversation about reversion, repentance, and the strange way God uses real-life friendships to lead us home.

Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein dig into Johnny’s story that includes a literal “shed life” chapter, a faith detour through evangelical circles, and a growing hunger for something painfully simple and real: confession and the Eucharist.

Johnny shares how his dad’s sobriety through the 12 steps became a turning point in his own spiritual awakening, and how...

Johnny Brask joins the BeatiDudes to kick off Season 7 with a fast-moving, laugh-heavy conversation that somehow includes walk-up songs for heaven, Minnesota geography debates, and the origin story of how Johnny went from a Catholic-school wild child to a founder and CRO. Along the way, you hear how a LinkedIn scroll led Johnny to The BeatiDudes, then to late-night calls with Joe, and eventually into the early grind of building Verso Jobs.

The conversation gets real when Johnny shares a blunt friend moment that woke him up, and how fitness became part of his broader journey of...

In this milestone episode, the BeatiDudes come together at the Tiny Table for a time of reflection, gratitude, laughter, and honest fraternity. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein look back at the journey, the growth, the awkward early moments, the spiritual breakthroughs, and the deep friendships formed along the way. What began as a simple idea has become a movement of men walking together in holiness.

This episode is about brotherhood. The Dudes reflect on what has changed over 300 conversations, what has stayed the same, and why authentic male friendship rooted in Christ remains rare but...

Msgr. Lucio Adrián Ruiz makes history as the first Vatican official to join The BeatiDudes at the Tiny Table. As Secretary of the Dicastery for Communication, Msgr. Ruiz shares a behind-the-scenes look at how the Church communicates with the world and why evangelization in the digital age is not just about producing content. With warmth, joy, and plenty of BeatiDudes banter, the conversation explores how the Church has always met people where they are, from the printing press to radio to the internet, and why understanding culture and language is essential to real mission.

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Sacred artist and stained-glass master Aaron Frei joins Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein for a wide-ranging conversation that blends theology, art, discernment, and plenty of classic BeatiDudes banter. Aaron shares his journey from studying theology at the University of Dallas to discerning monastic life with the Hungarian Cistercians, and ultimately returning to serve the Church through sacred art.

The conversation explores why stained glass is uniquely powerful as an art form, relying on transmitted light rather than reflected light, and how imperfection allows beauty to shine more fully. Aaron offers rich spiritual metaphors drawn from...

Aaron Frei joins the BeatiDudes for a wide-ranging and unexpectedly joyful conversation that moves from laughter and absurdity straight into beauty, meaning, and the architecture of the soul. What begins with classic BeatiDudes banter quickly settles into a thoughtful reflection on how beauty, especially sacred beauty, draws us toward God, even when we do not yet have the words for it.

Aaron brings insight into the language of architecture, especially Romanesque form, explaining how structure, proportion, and physical space can preach the Gospel without saying a word. The conversation explores why beauty is not ornamental to the...

Brad Hubbard joins The BeatiDudes for a rich and hope-filled conversation about woundedness, healing, and what it means for our lives to be transformed in Christ. Drawing from theology, lived experience, and the formation work of Encounter Ministries, Brad helps reframe wounds not as permanent stains, but as places where God’s victory can be revealed. The BeatiDudes explore how even Christ’s resurrected body still bears wounds, not as signs of defeat, but as marks of love, redemption, and triumph.

Along the way, Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein lean into both deep theology and clas...

Brad Hubbard, Campus Director for the Encounter Ministry School at St Ann, joins the BeatiDudes for a wide-ranging and deeply grounded conversation that starts with parish life and ends in the heart of Christian identity. Drawing on lived experience, Brad reflects on what it means to anticipate others' needs, how that posture can quietly transform families, and why intentionally lived faith tends to ripple outward in unexpected ways. This episode carries the easy humor and brotherly banter you expect, but it also presses into much deeper.

At the center of the conversation is the idea of sonship...

John Matthew Knowles returns to the Tiny Table alongside Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein for a wide-ranging conversation that blends laughter, memory, and a serious challenge to live the faith well. The Dudes reflect with John on World Youth Day 1993 in Denver and how that experience helped shape an entire generation of Catholic leaders, families, and communities. Paul draws out the historical and spiritual weight of those gatherings, Nick connects it to the public witness of faith in today’s culture, and Jeff brings the conversation back to how these moments land in the daily life of a...

John Matthew Knowles (aka Johnny for today) drops into the Tiny Table to join Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein with the kind of calm, competent energy that makes you think, “Yep, this guy probably knows what’s happening in the Church, the culture, and the money.” Between leather jacket banter, the ongoing “strongest man in Irving” saga, and a brief detour into the crimes of “arson” and “larceny,” Johnny lays out why he’s bullish on the moment we’re living in. His view is simple and hopeful: the secular world’s promises are being exposed, creating an opening for people wh...

Wayne Parkins returns to the Tiny Table with a simple but challenging invitation for the Dudes. Do not let life become routine, especially when it comes to faith, work, and the people right in front of you. Wayne reflects on how joy is often hiding in plain sight and how paying attention can turn ordinary moments into unexpected encounters with grace.

This episode leans into what it looks like to live faith out loud without preaching. Wayne encourages Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein to notice goodness when they see it, to ask questions, to start...

Wayne Parkins joins the BeatiDudes for a refreshingly grounded conversation about joy, not the fleeting dopamine hit kind, but the deep, lasting joy that anchors a man’s life. Wayne challenges Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein to slow down and notice the God-given things that already bring joy close to home, rather than endlessly chasing happiness elsewhere. His simple yet powerful metaphor of “looking left” invites men to step out of autopilot living and stay open to what God might be placing just beyond their routine paths.

The conversation moves from practical reflection into spiritual depth...

Father Jason Huynh returns to the Tiny Table for a powerful and joy-filled conversation about consecration, spiritual authority, fraternity, and living a fully Christ-centered mission in business, family, and daily life with Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein. The Dudes revisit the recent consecration of Undivided Life to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, including a 40-month desert journey culminating on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Father Jason unpacks what it truly means to “set something apart” for God. From priestly ministry to family leadership to entrepreneurship, Fr. Jason explains that consecration isn’t a symbolic gestur...

Fr. Jason Huynh, LC, joins the BeatiDudes at the Tiny Table to share how God has slowly formed him from a kid in Atlanta into a missionary priest who has lived and studied in Georgia, New Hampshire, Mexico, Spain, and Rome. He unpacks what “formation” really means, from novitiate boot camp with one pen and real penance, to a 13-year path to ordination that taught him how to be a priest who can be “black ops special forces for Christ” wherever he is sent.

The conversation moves from football analogies and SEC smack talk to serious discernment as the D...

conversion to the Catholic faith and how St. John Henry Newman changed his life. Raised Southern Baptist and steeped in Scripture, Ryan’s love for history, truth, and beauty led him into the writings of Newman, the life of the early Church, and finally into the sacraments of the Catholic Church.

Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein talk with Ryan about false summits in the spiritual life, why “everyone has to convert” over and over again, and how a Benedictine abbot with a big gold chain became the first Catholic Ryan ever met. Along the way, they h...

Dr. Ryan Womack joins the BeatiDudes at the Tiny Table for a rich and surprisingly hilarious conversation about women’s health, fertility, science, theology, and the deep human longing for wholeness.

Ryan walks through his unique background in literature and theology, his conversion to the Catholic faith, and how his intellectual journey prepared him to help launch Pearl Health in Dallas. This restorative reproductive medicine clinic focuses on root-cause healing rather than quick fixes. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein help Ryan explore the cultural confusion surrounding fertility, the misunderstandings that couples face when trying to co...

A merry mash-up of cold openers from Season 5 of The BeatiDudes with Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, Jeff Schiefelbein, and dozens of amazing guests.

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When nationally renowned Catholic music artist Lauren Moore returned to the stage after a harrowing battle for her life and miraculous recovery, she and her husband, Dave, knew it would be a night of celebration, praise, and memorable moments. The theme of the night was set – The Moore We Are.

The entire evening turned out better than anyone could have predicted, as thousands gathered to join Dave, Lauren, and the Dallas Symphony at the Meyerson Symphony Center for an experience that is best described as the Church alive!

Thanks to The Catholic Music Initiative, The Be...

The BeatiDudes welcome back Raffaele D’Apolito for an extended, wildly entertaining, and surprisingly profound conversation that stretches from the Vatican Valley to the virtual cockpit. Building on Monday’s episode, this deeper dive explores Raffaele’s early fascination with flight, his time at an Italian military school, and the heartbreaking moment when his lifelong dream of becoming a military pilot was grounded. What unfolds is a powerful reflection on identity, suffering, and the long view of God’s providence, told with humor, humility, and a healthy dose of Italian charm.

Along the way, Raffaele shares how those ea...

Raffaele D’Apolito joins the BeatiDudes for arguably the most wheels-off episode of Season 6.

Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein welcome an energetic Italian guest straight from Rome, turning the Tiny Table into a cultural exchange that somehow includes pronunciation coaching, a debate over what counts as “Italian” food in America, and a running gag that peaks when Olive Garden becomes the unofficial villain of the day. Beneath the comedy, Raffaele shares what brought him to the U.S., how a pilgrimage to Rome connected him with American friends and business opportunities, and why he believes most A...

Michael Acaldo, CEO of the National Office of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA, is back at the Tiny Table with Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein to talk about humility.

Michael frames humility as a clear recognition that God is in control, that any “wins” in ministry are really Christ working through the gifts He has given, and that perseverance is still a win even when outcomes do not go the way you hoped. The Dudes also explore how language matters, trading “I’m proud” for “I’m blessed,” and how humility is not an excuse to...

Michael Acaldo, a Baton Rouge native and national leader with the Society of St Vincent de Paul, joins Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein for an incredibly powerful conversation. The conversation opens with Jeff sharing a deeply personal story about attending the funeral of a five-year-old child, the overwhelming grief and unexpected joy he witnessed in a vibrant, faith-filled parish brimming with large families, and the way that experience sent him home with renewed gratitude for his own children. That vulnerable moment sets the tone for an episode that blends Cajun humor, Catholic culture, and a serious call...

Manny Gonzalez is back with Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein for a vulnerable conversation aimed at helping fathers when approaching tough topics.

Building on his powerful Monday testimony, Manny shares how his own parents walked with him through his experience of being sexually attracted to men and how they held together Catholic teaching, real human tenderness, and a long-term relationship with their son.

The conversation dives into the language we use around same sex attraction, how parents can create a safe space for their kids to ask hard questions, and why waiting for...

The BeatiDudes, Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein, welcome Catholic speaker and evangelist Manny Gonzalez for a candid and heartfelt conversation about identity, suffering, and the mercy of God. Manny shares his powerful journey from early confusion and hidden shame surrounding same sex attraction to a dramatic encounter with the Lord that reshaped his life. His story includes years of internal conflict, strained school experiences, and a pivotal moment of honesty with his parents that revealed the Father’s love in a profound way.

The Dudes explore what it means to move from fleeting happiness to la...

In this powerful episode, Sean Magennis takes the BeatiDudes deeper into the story behind his joy, warmth, and global perspective. He traces his roots back to South Africa, describing a childhood lived under apartheid with both privilege and painful awareness growing side by side. Sean shares the profound impact of Peter, the housekeeper who was legally treated as a second-class citizen, yet loved Sean and his siblings like family. At the same time, Sean opens up about the heartbreak of being sent to boarding school at age eight, crying himself to sleep and coming to understand that God would...

Global executive and Scouting America leader Sean Magennis joins the tiny table to share how a life of worldwide leadership, deep friendship, and renewed faith has led him right back to serving young people.

Hosts Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein walk with Sean through his years activating communities around the globe through YPO and Tiger 21, his time living and worshiping in places like Dubai, India, and Singapore, and his powerful experiences of the Church in many languages and cultures. Along the way, Sean reflects on the legacy of his late friend Rick Sapio, the grace...

Pierre Ferragu returns to the tiny table with Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein for a powerful time of stories, song, and Marian intercession. The conversation circles around Lourdes and Saint Bernadette, beginning with Paul's own pilgrimage during the 150th anniversary of the apparitions. Jeff then shares the deeply moving bond between his son Benny and a little boy named Steven, both battling cancer, and how their stories intersected through a Lourdes healing pilgrimage and a candlelight procession. In the middle of all of this, Pierre helps the Dudes and the audience experience the heart of Bernadette the...

Wall Street analyst turned musical producer Pierre Ferragu joins Jeff Schiefelbein, Nick Bezner, and Paul Kolker at the tiny table to share the remarkable story behind Bernadette The Musical, a Broadway-level production about Saint Bernadette of Lourdes that is coming to the United States.

Pierre explains how a French stage show rooted in a deeply Catholic story managed to win over a secular French press, and why the life of a humble peasant girl continues to move hearts across cultures and worldviews. From the challenge of translating nuance and wordplay into English to navigating cultural differences between...

The BeatiDudes are back with round two from Keith Mack, and this conversation is equal parts wild wordplay and serious spiritual challenge. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein invite Keith to unpack how his family lives the faith in different seasons of life, what drew him into daily Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours, and why he believes every man can take one concrete step closer to the Eucharist.

The Mack Más Mass Challenge

Wherever you are today, choose más Mass.

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Keith Mack is a man of courage and charity.

Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein meet Keith at the intersection of grit and grace as he shares his journey from Northwestern ROTC to flying the EA-6B Prowler, then into a vocation of fatherhood, parish service at St. Ann in Coppell, and board leadership with For Us the pro-life nonprofit that places ultrasound machines and now connects centers through a national Guardian Angel tech network.

Keith explains why an ultrasound can move hearts to choose life, how Knights of Columbus amplify the mission, and...

Martin Watjen returns for a focused Friday deep dive about hearing God through images, living as protectors who trust the true provider, and slowing down to notice what the Lord is already growing along our path. With Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein, Martin shares vivid prayer images, from a narrow mountain trail with fertile soil underfoot to stepping off the moving walkway of routine and into a real relationship with Jesus.

The conversation moves from parish missions to family life, from cultural hurry to holy attentiveness, and from fear about provision to freedom in the...

Before the sun’s up and the coffee’s even finished brewing, Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein break the “donut seal” for the first-ever BeatiDudes breakfast episode — and welcome a man whose ministry is anything but half-baked. Guest Martin Watjen, founder of Elevated Parish Missions, joins the table from Steubenville, Ohio, bringing humor, humility, and holy conviction about what it means to help people move faith from head knowledge to heart encounter.

The conversation hops from sticky-sprinkle banter and beard jokes to powerful testimony. Martin shares his wild road trip with eight kids, his time working se...