Our Lady of the Cry Room: Recent Episodes

Our Lady of the Cry Room

A Podcast About Farming, Family, and the Catholic Faith

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Betsy and Matthew discuss killing irreplaceable seed, the Big Apple, and reality.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss making it up as you go, the great dryer fire of ’19, and virtue/sin. Teddy and Matthew discuss Teddy’s plan to save the tigers.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss  a tweak of the wrist, the cry-room pros and cons, and the problem of prefectionism.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss a snowy winter, celebrating feast days, and mild depression as spiritual growth.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss getting through October, habits, and not engaging with anyone ever about anything.

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Betsy and Matthew return from p/maternity leave to discuss the end of the drought, their newest crier, and the spiritual discipline of a good nights sleep.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss wheat yield potential and creatoring; Jimmy and Matthew discuss aminals.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss architecture, the fearlessness of Harry, and the end of Lent.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss not selling out, not spending the night, and not giving up Diet Coke for Lent.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss quite possibly winter-killed wheat, quite possibly spoiled children, and Vision.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss getting nothing done, Katie’s gift of less shopping, and weird Catholic words.

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Betsy and Mathew discuss running numbers and marketing the wages of sin; Katie and Matthew discuss Expository and Narrative literature.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss doing nothing, farm feet, and unreliable narration.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss annual-post-fieldwork-existential-despair, discipline and its effects on nuclear war, and confession.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss the end of fall harvest, a new family car, and other minor news.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss magic beans, educational intervention, and giving up control.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss Change, the “Needling to Tears” parenting method, and the kindnesses of Death; Anna and Daddy discuss pelicans.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss repairs, school days, and vocations.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss hybrid genetics, The Cabin, and Setaria glauca.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss a Very Good wheat harvest, why everything is all Betsy’s fault, and Marriage with a capital M.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss wheat harvest, fair prep, and Mary.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss Chief Problem, the nuances of child labor, and being embarrassed for Jesus.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss self-selecting chore lists, relaxing in the chaos, and humility.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss the swirling vortex of not-yet-farm-emergencies, life with a 6-year-old drama queen, and novenas.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss crop growth patterns, summer scheduling, and fail to discuss Spiritual Direction.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss an unexpected corn planting buddy, the trouble with five kids and two graduations five hours away, and whyarewestilltalkingwe’resotired.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss The Great Spring Blizzard of 2017, Katie’s overwhelming enthusiasm for life, and the never-ending quest to find Betsy’s Plank.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss being blessed with a soul-crushing amount of work, the terrible two-year molars, and the patron saint of greedy Americans.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss heat energy, The Great Easter Candy Binge of 2017, and the film Call Me Francis.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss farming into the great financial unknown, not doing all the things, and life as a toddler Catholic.

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Betsy and Matthew discuss fertilizer, family mottos, and Rest.