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Ep. 193: Live from Orlando!
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Ep. 193: Live from Orlando!

JD and Ed are live from the Leonine Forum’s annual conference in Orlando to talk about the role of institutions in our lives.

Then, the Leonine Forum’s Director of Operations Emma Boyle plays a round of Pittsburgh ‘Greater or Lesser’ and 'True or False.'

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Dark Knight Rises is a great film and ed is wrong.

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Not sure if Henry Heinz followed suit, but HJ Heinz III was Episcopalian. His funeral at Heinz Chapel on the University of Pittsburgh campus was presided over by Missouri Senator John Danforth, an Episcopalian priest.

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Shawshank Redemption scenes were formed at the City-County Building, the city jail, and the Allegheny County Courthouse if I recall correctly.

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Perhaps they take measurements in inches and are sewn in centimeters.

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I always think the purpose of an altar rail is to keep the faithful away from Jesus so I strongly support New York in their instruction.

The difference between Sinai and Jesus is that you get close to the latter while approaching the former is deadly.

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Lots of other people are Sox fans, some of whom, including the teacher I used to work for, are wonderful people.

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I went to a Cubs Pirates game on July 3, 1970, and saw Clemente hit back to back homers.

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Thanks for coming back. I really missed you guys over break.

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I used to have a two-bus commute (change downtown) and therefore I can tell you that the Nickelodeon was on Smithfield St.; there is a small historical plaque on a wall.

Eat'n'Park is delightful because I can take my kids there and there is something they can and will eat and I can feel like their behavior (raised absolutely by wolves but reasonably quiet wolves who do not leave a mess behind) is not going to rate a second/disapproving look.

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Toys"R"Us still exists in Canada 🇨🇦 😳

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I liked that Eat’n Park had the Smilies but even more so that their competitor Kings Family Restaurant had the Frownie which as the name implies was a frowning brownie.

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JD - Why the shade on SEEK? Then followed by thorough Pillar coverage

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What was the name of the book about parish renewal JD is “constantly reminding “ Ed of that was mentioned around the 20 minute mark? They were talking over each other and I couldn’t hear what either was saying.

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