In this season finale of Everything Belongs, we're diving into the final chapter of Richard Rohr's book Falling Upward and responding to as many listener questions as we could across three parts. Joining Corey, Mike, and Paul for these special episodes is our dear friend Cassidy Hall, the author of Queering Contemplation. Together, we're exploring …

How has the interplay between gain and loss shaped your life's journey, and what new possibilities does this open up for you now? In this episode, we're joined by two members of the CAC faculty Dr. Barbara Holmes and Brian McLaren as we continue our chapter-by-chapter exploration of Falling Upward with Chapter 12: "New Problems and New Directions."…

What is the shadow? How do we understand it? In this episode, we're joined by Connie Zweig as we continue our chapter-by-chapter exploration of Falling Upward with Chapter 11: "The Shadowlands." In this conversation with Connie Zweig, we explore the complex relationship between spiritual communities, the unconscious aspects of ourselves, and the po…

In our fast-paced world, how can we cultivate a sense of wonder and open ourselves to the possibility of joy, even amidst life's inevitable hardships? In this episode, we're joined by Christian Wiman as we continue our chapter-by-chapter exploration of Falling Upward with Chapter 10: "A Bright Sadness." In this conversation with Christian Wiman, we…

How can we transform our understanding of life and self to cultivate a deeper sense of acceptance, letting go, and a "Second Simplicity" in the face of life's inevitable challenges? In this episode, we're joined by Carmen Acevedo Butcher as we continue our chapter-by-chapter exploration of Falling Upward with Chapter 9: "A Second Simplicity." In th…

What if heaven and hell were both present—right now? In this episode, we're joined by The Very Rev. Michael Battle as we continue our chapter-by-chapter exploration of Falling Upward with Chapter 8: "Amnesia and the Big Picture." In this episode, we explore the suffering we experience when we believe we’re separated from God and how this chapter, “…

What if we could feel at home wherever we are? In this episode, we're joined by James Finley as we continue our chapter-by-chapter exploration of Falling Upward with Chapter 7: "Home and Homesickness." In this episode, we discuss a lifelong exploration of contemplation, healing, and facing the challenges of our times through a lens of love and find…

What if the goal of the spiritual journey is to understand suffering? In this episode, we're joined by Mirabai Starr as we continue our chapter-by-chapter exploration of Falling Upward with Chapter 6: "Necessary Suffering." This episode explores how loss, suffering, and grief can be a transformative spiritual path, leading to deeper connection with…

How do we meet life on its terms instead of ours? In this episode, we're joined by Paula D'Arcy as we continue our chapter-by-chapter exploration of Falling Upward with Chapter 5: "Stumbling Over the Stumbling Stone." We're exploring what it can look like to venture into the luminous dark to find our greatest gifts with a chapter that asks us to le…

In this episode, we're joined by Kate Bowler, PhD. as we continue our chapter-by-chapter exploration of Falling Upward with Chapter 4: "The Tragic Sense of Life." Kate, along with Richard and CAC staff delve into the flaws of the prosperity gospel as well as the importance of finding meaning in suffering. We explore the ways in which love and suffe…

"God gives us something better than answers, God gives us people." - Erin Sanzero, our guest today, on the path of falling upward during the first half of life. In this episode, we're joined by Erin Sanzero as we continue our chapter-by-chapter exploration of Falling Upward with Chapter 3: "The First Half of Life." Erin, alongside CAC staff, explor…

What if loss invited us on a voyage? In this episode, we're joined by Kirsten Oates and Patrick Boland as we continue our chapter-by-chapter exploration with Chapter 2: "The Hero and Heroine's Journey." Patrick Boland and Kirsten Oates, cohost of our sister podcast, Turning to the Mystics, join CAC staff, for a heartfelt conversation. Together, the…

Welcome to the first episode of Everything Belongs, a new season covering the work of Richard Rohr’s newly revised version of Falling Upward. In this episode, we're joined by Brenè Brown to kick off our chapter-by-chapter exploration, starting with Chapter 1: "The Two Halves of Life." Together, with Richard Rohr and CAC Staff, they explore the conc…

"Maybe we should just call this book Tips for the Road, a sort of roadside assistance program." - Richard Rohr, Falling Upward, pg. xv Introduction In the final episode of this mini-series, we are giving you a test drive for how an episode will look and feel, with the commentary and banter of the architects behind it from a production and pedagogic…

In this episode, we distill Richard Rohr's teaching philosophy into three animating questions: What do we want to know? How do we want to grow? How do we want to show up in our lives and in the world? These questions serve as foundational guides for embodying incarnational mysticism in our own unique contexts. Join us in Richard's living room as Mi…

What is the role of teachers and students on the spiritual path? In this episode, we explore Richard Rohr's evolving role as a spiritual teacher at the CAC, as he gracefully steps back to join the Core Faculty. With Opie by his side and church bells ringing, Richard's infectious smile sets the tone for a conversation that connects us all in the spi…

Our introductory mini-series continues! Episode two finds us back in Richard’s living room, picking up where we left off and widening the conversation to Richard’s transition from the teacher in the spotlight at the CAC to joining the circle of teachers and a staff being empowered to carry these teachings forward alongside all of you listening. We …

Everything Belongs is a show about living the teachings of Richard Rohr forward, co-creating a world where everyone and everything belongs. On future seasons, we'll be making our way through Richard's major teachings. But in this inaugural mini-series, we're focusing on laying the foundations for those seasons by catching up with Richard and variou…

This weeks on Remake Rewind Mike and Alex discuss the classics 1996 film and the Netflix original Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical. How does the new version based on the hit musical compare to the Danny DeVito directed classic? Listen now to find out. We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great podcast, Ruin My Childhood, starring Mike and Kat…

Willow, the sleeper cult classic from 1988, is back after 30 years. The 1988 film, directed, by Ron Howard, had cutting edge special effects and had the first on screen animal to human transformation, will 30 years of technological advancements improve upon the franchise or will the new Disney Plus series rob the franchise of its charm? We are now …

Its time for another Arnold, well not classic, but another Arnold 90s action film. We are covering Eraser (1996) and Eraser: Reborn (2022). Was Eraser the beginning of the end to Arnold’s meteoric rise to action icon? Is there a reason why this needed to be rebooted? Listen to Remake Rewind to find out! We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other gr…

Its the spookiest time of year and for this years Halloween we are actually practicing Huluween by watching the Clive Barker classic, Hellraiser and its 2022 Hulu exclusive reboot of the same name! We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great podcast, Ruin My Childhood, starring Mike and Kat! Available every other Friday! Get a free audio book …

Disney is at it again with another live action remake of a classic animated film. We watched Pinocchio (1940) and the 2022 version staring Tom Hanks We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great podcast, Ruin My Childhood, starring Mike and Kat! Available every other Friday! Get a free audio book and one free month of audible on us! AudibleTrial…

After covering Blazing Saddles we deicide to revisit The Producers, a classic episode from the "Before Times" (before Alex Joined the pod). We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great podcast, Ruin My Childhood, starring Mike and Kat! Available every other Friday! Get a free audio book and one free month of audible on us! AudibleTrial.com/MDXp…

We have nothing catchy to say. This isn't really a remake or true reboot. We are this a reprequel or a prerequel. Anyway, we wanted an excuse to watch the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic Predator, and Prey, the prequel that takes place in Comanche territory during the 1700s, just came out. We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great podcast, Rui…

We are revisiting another Disney classic, and a controversial one at that! It may even more controversial than our recent Blazing Saddles episode. That's right we covered Disney's Dumbo! We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great podcast, Ruin My Childhood, starring Mike and Kat! Available every other Friday! Get a free audio book and one fre…

Due to “Cancel Culture” people have said classic films such as Blazing Saddles could never be made again. Even Mel Brooks has said similar things in the past, yet Blazing Saddle was remade as a family friendly animated film with a samurai dog protecting a racist cat town. Is the message and satire of Blazing Saddles relevant today? Could the story …

The first ever Warner Discovery movie just dropped... immediately on HBOMax! We decided to check out the new 2022 Father of the Bride starring Andy Garcia and we revisited the classic 1991 version starring Steve Martin. We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great podcast, Ruin My Childhood, starring Mike and Kat! Available every other Friday! …

It's time for another special episode.. Michael Bay's The Island is one of Mike's favorite movies but he recently found out that it may be a rip off of a little know film Parts: The Clonus Horror. Mike and Alex got to the bottom of this and watched both films to find out! We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great podcast, Ruin My Childhood, …

With IT being a huge hit, Hollywood figured we were in a Stephen King renaissance. Pet Sematary was decent. The Stand got another mini series event. Obviously Firestarter needed to be remade with a joint launch on Peacock and in theaters. The 1984 Firestater was not well received but could this remake with Zac Efron be the kindling for a new Firest…

Mike is getting out of the country for about two weeks for work and play! Unfortunately that means no new Remake Rewind. Fret not! Here is one of our favorite episodes for you to enjoy again (or for the first time). We hope you enjoy this classic episode! On our first topic episode we asked our listeners what movies should never be remade and then …

Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness is out next week! We figured now would be a good time to revisit the first appearance of Doctor Strange in the MCU and compare it to the little known CBS TV movie version from 1978.. We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great podcast, Ruin My Childhood, starring Mike and Kat! Available every other F…

It is time to take a stand! We refused to watch Morbius, because it looks terrible and Jared Leto is a bad bloke! TO celebrate not watching Morbius we decided to cover the king of vampires, Dracula! We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great podcast, Ruin My Childhood, starring Mike and Kat! Available every other Friday! Get a free audio book…

Its time to cover one of the most influential Sci-Fi movies of all time. A movie that pave the way for Roland Emmerich. Without this movie we wouldn't have Independence Day, Mars Attacks, or modern disaster films. We watched the 1953 classic The War of the Worlds, and War of the Worlds, directed by Steven Spielberg. We are now on YouTube! Listen to…

We reached a major milestone! Remake Rewind just hit our five year anniversary! We want to thank everyone for supporting the pod over the last five years. We are truly grateful to be able to discuss movies we love! To celebrate the occasion we decided to make some bold proclamations regarding the best remakes of all time. Alex and Mike each selecte…

It was only a few years ago that we did a Batman special because of Justice League but because Warner Bros. is a dumpster fire, we have yet another reboot of Batman! Auteur director Matt Reeves is taking a swing with controversial pick of star Robert Pattinson. Can Matt Reeves deliver on his promise of an on screen Batman that we have never seen be…

We have covered Guillermo Del Toro as a director for an original film (Hellboy) and now we get to discuss an Oscar nominated remake from him! We watched Nightmare Alley from 1947 and the 2021 remake of the same name! We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great podcast, Ruin My Childhood, starring Mike and Kat! Available every other Friday! Get…

2022 is going to be a huge year for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They are still riding the Spider-man: No Way Home high and have new movies for Thor, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, plus new Disney+ shows! We also know we are going to start to see our first glimpse of the characters acquired in the Fox merger. We are going to discuss the incoming…

Get your ass to Mars! We are coming up on 5 years of Remake Rewind so we decided to remake our own content and revisit. Total Recall and the 2012 film of the same name starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale, and Bryan Cranston. Does the 2012 film hold a candle to the original? Listen to Remake Rewind and find out! We are now on YouTu…

It's a story as old as time, well as old as 1957 but it has been told countless times on stage and twice on the big screen, with the latest being told by Steven Spielberg. We watched the modern American Romeo and Juliet homage, West Side Story! We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great podcast, Ruin My Childhood, starring Mike and Kat! Avail…

This was supposed to be a Patreon exclusive bonus episode with West Side Story being the standard episode. Due to some technical issues, West Side Story will need to be re-recorded. Please enjoy this episode for free as a holiday bonus! The trailer broke the internet with countless fans harassing Sony and Marvel to release the trailer (Mike include…

We have a busy December with Spider-man and Westside Story coming out but we had to sneak in at least one Christmas film in!. We watched arguably one of the greatest Christmas films ever made starring arguably one of the greatest child actors of all time. That is right we watched Home Alone and the Disney Plus exclusive, Home Sweet Home Alone. We a…

Another Paul W.S Anderson film! Perhaps a series that should have been rebooted earlier, the Resident Evil film from 2002 spawned five sequels with diminishing returns. Sony decided to confuse us and reboot the movie series and create an unrelated TV series. Can Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, reanimate the dying franchise? Director Johanne…

After a long delayed trailer and then multiple delays Dune has finally been released. This has been Mike's most anticipated film for nearly 5 years! As the 2021 Dune is only about half the book we are covering Dune (1984) and Dune: Part 1. Part 2 will hopefully come out in a few years as part to has not been officially announced yet. Listen to Alex…

After a long delayed trailer and then multiple delays Dune has finally been released. This has been Mike's most anticipated film for nearly 5 years! As the 2021 Dune is only about half the book we are covering Dune (1984) and Dune: Part 1. Part 2 will hopefully come out in a few years as part to has not been officially announced yet. Listen to Alex…

We finally ran out of time to die! That's right the long awaited conclusion of the Daniel Craig James Bond run, is finally coming to an end. This was supposed to be Alex's first episode on the pod but Covid-19 delayed this episode. Originally we watched the first appearance of each Bond but after a year and a half we weren't going to watch those al…

We have covered Dawn of the Dead and Land of the Dead but we haven't covered George A. Romero's original horror classic and the origin of the modern zombie, Night of the Living Dead! After nearly five years we finally got around to covering this 1968 classic and it's 1990 remake staring Tony Todd! We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great po…

Bees, blood, hooks, summoning spirits with mirrors, and white privilege! We watched the 1992 horror classic, Candyman, and it's 2021 reboot/sequel of the same name. We are now on YouTube! Listen to our other great podcast, Ruin My Childhood, starring Mike and Kat! Available every other Friday! Get a free audio book and one free month of audible on …

After more than two years, the MCU is back on the big screen. We had Black Widow and now Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ring is out and shattering pre-pandemic records so we had to give our patrons some extra content! We broke down Shang-Chi. This was meant to be a Patreon Exclusive but we decided to divide the episode into spoiler free and sp…

Sixpence None the Richer, Fatboy Slim, Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachel Leigh Cook, Mathew Lillard, a Culkin, Usher, Lil Kim, and the late Paul Walker; mix them all together and you get one of the most iconic teen movies of all time. She's All That had a banging sound track and the iconic stair scene (you know the one) and slam poetry hack 'e' sack perfo…