The Counter Position Episode 55: Friday Real Time Roundup for October 9, 2015

In this episode Andrew inaugurates a new tradition of Friday being Real Time Roundup in which he records at the last possible minute, hits current topics, and wraps up the week’s loose ends. In this episode- 

+ A mea culpa for calling The Monastic Option the The Monastic Position

+ A triumphant update on the stove saga

+ A panic over a Google Drive outage and a questioning of whether we should should put so many eggs in the Google basket. 

+ Cardinals vs. Cubs, an exploration of what it means to be a sports fan, and some musing on the nature of tribes. 

+ The Martian, The Sparrow, The Children of God, and the new Michael O’Brian book, along with Nicolosi on Catholic narrative vs. narrative by Catholics, along with some soul searching over his own book The Broken Boy

+ Modbar, Apple TV, and Innovation as opportunity for Catholics seeking to engage the world.