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

* Blue Water Highway on Patreon

* Create Your Rule of Life

* Buy a round of drinks

* Recommended reads

* CS Lewis’ An Experiment in Criticism

* Masters of the Air

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

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

* Buy a round of drinks

* Recommended reads

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

* Create Your Rule of Life

* Buy a round of drinks

* Recommended reads