A Drink With a Friend

art: Young Woman with a Book, by Edouard Manet (1875)

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"We're not on a timeline" Oct 25, 2024

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Tsh chats with her friend Chloe Langr, mom of three little ones and host of the podcast Letters to Women. They talk about homeschooling (she’s a first-generation!), finding time to read, book clubs, leaning in to our vocations, and more.

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* Tsh’s books, trips, & Rule of Life

* Chloe Langr’s newsletter & podcast

* Well-Read Mom

* Hannah Coulter, by Wendell Berry

* Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger

* A Hidden Life

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"You're gonna grow so much" Oct 18, 2024

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Tsh chats with her friend Christine Bailey who, along with her husband, runs a regenerative farm and hosts all sorts of community gatherings in their beautiful barn. They talk about farming as a family, homeschooling, hosting gatherings, beauty, and much more.

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* Christine Bailey’s book & podcast

* Christine’s farm: The Kindred Farm

* I Cheerfully Refuse, by Leif Enger

* Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell

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"How patristic is polyester?" Oct 11, 2024

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Tsh chats with friends Mike and Alexandra Foley. Hosts of the podcast Drinking With the Saints, Mike is author of a book of the same name (one we love in our household!). We’re joining forces for next summer’s pilgrimage along the Rhine River, and I think you’ll love them. In this conversation we chat about cocktails, the liturgical calendar, travel, homeschooling, the traditional mass, and more.

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* Kate DiCamillo’s first draft of Because of Winn-Dixie

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"Constantly making small adjustments" Sep 27, 2024

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Tsh chats with one of her dearest pals, Sarah Mackenzie, as they talk about all sorts of things: the art and business of writing, parenting older kids, reaping the long-awaited fruits of homeschooling, and more.

* Sarah’s businesses: Read-Aloud Revival and Waxwing Books

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* The Kerlan Collection

* Little Pilgrim’s Progress

* Little Christmas Carol

* The Wilderking Trilogy

* Join the next pilgrimage (on the Rhine River!)

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"I want to be part of this" Sep 13, 2024

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He was a musician, tech employee, and a good homeschooled Baptist kid …and also got a DUI on his record. God used that moment to wake him up—and long story short, now he’s a priest. Fr. Gabe Bouck is Tsh’s friend who recently joined her family in Greece and Turkey, and they chat about his story, why he loves what he does, and what their time on pilgrimage this summer meant to them both. …You can’t not love Fr. Gabe.

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* Join the next pilgrimage

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"It was a great summer" Sep 06, 2024

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It’s time for a new season of Drink, and Tsh has a new-old mission: to really embody the show’s title. Pour yourself a drink and get ready for conversations with friends, old and new. All are welcome.

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Blue Water Highway May 31, 2024

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In this last episode of the season, Tsh talks with Zack Kibodeaux of the band Blue Water Highway. They talk about the objective beauty of art, what it means to make a living as a working artist, and how to navigate secular art spaces as a Catholic Christian. Plus, the episode ends with a sampling of his band’s delightful work! It’s a great conversation to tie up this season — as always, more episodes will be coming this fall.

* Host: Tsh Oxenreider / X

* Guest: Zack Kibodeaux of the band Blue Water Highway

* Create Your Rule of Life

* How (& Why) I’m Taking a Summer Screen Sabbatical

* CS Lewis’ An Experiment in Criticism

* Masters of the Air

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Objectively Good Art May 24, 2024

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In this one I’m chatting with artist Chris Lewis, who runs his business, Baritus Catholic, as both a ministry and an independent (mom-and-)pop shop. We talk about what is it that makes art objectively good, why beauty is also objective, and how AI is such an insult to bonafide human artists. I also ask him what we, as appreciators of good art, can do in our ordinary, modern lives, to support more artists like him.

* Host: Tsh Oxenreider / X

* Guest: Chris Lewis / X / his store, Baritus Catholic

* Create Your Rule of Life

* Create Your Rule of Life

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Making a Novel & Podcast May 10, 2024

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Yes, it’s good for us to work with our hands, and we all should in some capacity. But what about making things with our mind, and even via (gasp!) our screens, too? Yep, that can be done well. Tsh chats with Faith Moore, novelist and (new) podcaster, about making things: she unpacks what it was like to write her first novel from her home as a busy mom, as well as launching a very successful podcast in a crowded niche.

* Host: Tsh Oxenreider / X

* Guest: Faith Moore / X / her podcast, Storytime for Grownups