Catholic Insider
Roman Catholic priest Fr. Roderick takes you on a journey of discovery through the fascinating world of the Catholic Church. A catholic show, but not just for catholics! Explore the history of the catholic church during soundseeingtours all over Europe, learn more about the catholic faith and catholic culture through documentaries and interviews, and the passion of this catholic priest for Star Wars, Harry Potter, the latest developments in video games, media and technology.
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CI#60 - Rain, Thunder, a Bishop, a Barbecue and a Street Organ
This episode starts outside in the middle of a thunderstorm, with heavy rain pouring down from the sky. We meet a Canadian Archbishop, we join a barbecue and we listen to a genuine traditional Dutch street organ!
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CI#59 - My First 'BoatCast'
More than one million young people from all over the world prepare to head over to Germany to meet with pope Benedict XVI during the World Youth Days. In my town Amersfoort, we welcome 32 guests from Canada; we'll join them in my first 'BoatCast'!
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CI#58 - Soundseeing in Rome: Prayer, Italian Food and Spectacular Music
Spiritual food, Italian food and musical food in this podcast from Rome! We will visit the ancient, venerable English College, the Italian restaurant of 'Big Mama' and a spectacular open air-concert under the starry sky in the heart of the eternal city.
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CI#57 - The BBC and Video iPods
In this show, I talk about the important role of the BBC worldservice during my youth and about video-podcasting and video iPods. Some new podsafe music in this show as well. I've almost no voice because of a severe cold I caught in the middle of summer!
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CI#56 - The Power of the Pod - Vatican Radio Interviews Fr. Roderick
In today's episode, you can listen to 'The Power of the Pod': An interview I did on Vatican Radio about podcasting and about all the new and exciting possibilities it offers to the Vatican and to the Catholic Church.
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CI#55 - The Story of the Colosseum and Piazza Navona
In this episode, we will discover the story behind the central fountain on the beautiful Piazza Navona in Rome, and we will walk up to the magnificent Colosseum where gladiators fought and christian martyrs died almost 2000 years ago.
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CI#54 - More Soundseeing in Rome - a Church and a Hospital
In this episode, I will take you on two soundseeingtours in Rome. We will visit a beautiful, opulent building that, ironically, commemorates someone who wanted to be as poor as possible, and a hospital constructed by a pope after a horrible nightmare.
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CI#53 - The London Bombings
Horrific bombings in London have killed and injured countless people. Once again our world is in shock, confronted with the horror of such incomprehensible violence. In this podcast I'll share my thoughts and prayers.
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CI#52 - Revisiting Vatican Radio
Today, I'll take you back to the huge building of Vatican Radio for a short soundseeing tour. When I first visited Vatican Radio earlier this year, I helped the people over there to start podcasting. So let's revisit some old friends over there!
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CI#51 - Rome Underground Soundseeing
Another soundseeing tour in the city of Rome! This time, we'll travel with the metro to a meeting with Stefano, an Italian listener to the show. He's in the communications business, and we'll talk about video podcasting, technology and the Catholic faith.
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CI#50 - Pope Benedict XVI Live on my Podcast
Live from Saint Peter's Square, the Catholic Insider let's you experience a general audience with Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday June 22. Listen to the sounds, and feel the warmth of both the sun and the hearts of the 30.000 people present!
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CI#49 - In Search of a Dutch Pope - Soundseeing in Rome
In this show I will take you on a soundseeing tour through the streets of Rome. From Piazza Navona we'll go to the church where the only Dutch pope is buried, and we'll head over to the Vatican in search for tickets for an audience with pope Benedict XVI.
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CI#48 - Podcasting from a Plane to Rome
In this 'travelcast' I'll take you with me on a plane from Germany to Rome, where I will stay for the next couple of days. A podcast with great music, bad airplane-coffee and heavenly cappucino when we arrive in the Eternal City...
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CI#47 - Batman's Belief Part II
The second part of my podcast about Batman's Belief on the occasion of the premier of Batman Begins. I'm taking you to the theater to give you my first impressions of the movie. Which belief motivates the choices and the actions of the Caped Crusader?
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CI#46 - Batman's Belief Part I
What is Batman's belief? The question about Batman's religion is not as silly as it might seem. In this podcast, I'll take you on a soundseeingtour to the premiere of the movie Batman Begins, while we talk about this subject. Oh, and there's icecream too!
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CI#45 - Scary Stuff on DVD; French Fries with Mayonaise
In this podcast, we will continue our search for movies about exorcism during our ongoing inquiry into this phenomenon. We'll do some soundseeing of the medieval city of Amersfoort in the process. We'll also meet apodcasting priest with a Taco Bell-problem.
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CI#44 - Fr. Roderick Talks to Arnold Schwarzenegger!
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has recently started his own podcast. In this episode of the Catholic Insider, he talks with fr. Roderick about the rise of podcasting, about his motivation to jump on the bandwagon, about his own personal favorite podcasts and about the financial side of podcasting
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CI#43 - Back to the Future of Podcasting
In this episode, Doc Brown will take us back once again to the future of podcasting and of the Catholic Insider. Which secret plans does Steve Jobs have up his sleeve? And how is the Catholic Insider preparing for the future?
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CI#42 - Searching for the Exorcist on DVD
In this show you can listen to the first episode of my inquiry into the phenomenon of exorcism. We know it from the movies, but does it exist for real?
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CI#41 - A Santa Claus Church in Amsterdam - Catholic Insider, May 23, 2005
Did you know that there's a church near Amsterdam Central Station that is devoted to Santa Claus? In this show, we'll take a look.
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