Trending with Timmerie - Catholic Principles applied to today's experiences.

Former Marine Patrick Whalen, CEO of Iliad Athletics, joins Trending with Timmerie.
Episode Guide
The necessity for rites of passage (2:12)
Why growth in virtue requires more than book learning (18:22)
Nursing during Mass (28:21)
Is it hateful to not attend a gay wedding for a family member? (34:14)
Assumption of Mary (45:58)
Resources mentioned:

Iliad Athletics
https://iliadathletics.com/

Screen Strong
https://screenstrong.org/

Patrick Whalen Substack - Rites of passage
https://patrickwhalen.substack.com/p/rites-of-passage

Patrick Whalen Substack - Hardy, Rough-handed Obedience
https://patrickwhalen.substack.com/p/hardy-rough-handed-obedience

“Lost in the Barrens”
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100058/

What is micro cheating? (3:32) Devin Schadt joins Trending with Timmerie to discuss: Why is physical intimacy a core need for a husband? (23:44) 3 phases of a man. (29:02)


Resources mentioned:
Devin Schadt – Fathers of St. Joseph
https://fathersofstjoseph.org/

Dr. Ray Guarendi—Catholic clinical psychologist with over 40 years of experience —joins Trending with Timmerie
Episode Guide
Grandparenting: frustration over discipline, near and far (2:08)
The phone/screen conundrum (17:48)
How often should we see the grandkids? (26:23)
“They Won't Let Me See My Grandkids” (33:35)
Hate hearing critiques or advice from parents about your parenting? (39:03)
Should you feel guilty about helping one family member over another? (42:46)
How to talk to an alcoholic grandfather (48:16)
Resources mentioned:

Episode on “Drama-Free Parenting”
https://relevantradio.com/2026/04/parenting-kids-without-the-chaos/

Book Drama-Free Discipline
https://amzn.to/42xvcfD

Being a Grandparent: Just like being a parent… only different
https://www.drray.com/shop/being-a-grandparent/

Dr Anthony Chaffee joins Trending with Timmerie. His work focuses on metabolic health and healing from chronic disease.

Episode Guide
Recovering from cancer with carnivore (1:11)
Healing low testosterone (22:33)
Prostate cancer and testosterone blockers (32:43)
Anxiety post menopause (35:29)
Why is there a birth rate crisis in the US? What can we do about it? (40:22)
Do we believe in women’s empowerment? (47:21)

Resources mentioned:

Dr. Anthony Chaffee
https://www.dranthonychaffee.com/

Harvard study on Carnivore/Ketosis and depression
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.951376/full

https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-024-03775-4

Otto Warburg, on the origin of cancer cells
https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.123.3191.309

Cancer Treatment With the Ketogenic Diet: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Animal Studies

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.594408/full

Ketogenic diets and cancer treatment
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6375425/

UW review of over 800 studies in the literature: weak to no evidence for meat and cancer risk or any other disease, and especially not unprocessed red meat
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01968-z

Keto Mojo
https://shop.keto-mojo.com

Fatal Tesla Crash Into Texas Home Now Under Federal Safety Investigation
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/fatal-tesla-crash-into-texas-home-now-under-federal-safety-investigation-48cfeebe

Dr. Caldwell episode
https://relevantradio.com/2025/10/how-your-gut-mind-and-birth-control-are-connected/

Past Dr. Chaffee Episode
https://relevantradio.com/2025/07/adhd-autism-carnivore-2/

Dr. Hannah Spier joins Trending with Timmerie. A Norwegian-born psychiatrist and cognitive behavioral psychotherapist based in Zurich, she dissects how liberal narratives, pop-therapy fads, and identity politics have reshaped the mental health field.
Episode Guide
Trending high functioning depression – The increase in young people posting about suicidal attempts and ideas on social media (1:39)
What do you do with high functioning depression? (14:15)
Recognizing genuine depression & suicidal risk (26:30)
Face transplants (36:36)
Living organ donation shutdown in KY for harvesting living organs (46:20)
Resources mentioned:

Motherhood Is Being Labeled as a Psychiatric Diagnosis
https://relevantradio.com/2026/04/motherhood-is-being-labeled-as-a-psychiatric-diagnosis/

Episode with Dr. Hannah Spier
https://relevantradio.com/?cat=23210&s=hannah+Spier

A Face Transplant from Another Person
https://relevantradio.com/2026/02/a-face-transplant-from-another-person/

Womb Transplants
https://relevantradio.com/2026/07/deextinction-genetic-engineering/

Protecting our loved ones – hospice & euthanasia
https://relevantradio.com/2026/06/protecting-our-loved-ones-hospice-euthanasia/

What does the church require medically to keep someone alive?
https://relevantradio.com/2024/08/navigating-medical-decisions-as-catholics/

Why IVF is bad for women and against Church teaching
https://relevantradio.com/2025/02/why-is-ivf-bad-for-women-special-podcast-highlight/