Friday’s Take 2 with Jerry and Debbie is for all urgent prayer requests and intentions.  Let’s storm heaven together!  Call us at, 1-833-288-3986. Or text the letters EWTN to 55000, wait for a response, then put it in your first name and prayer intention.  This show is packed with prayer requests and moves quickly.  Therefore, it is best if you try and reach us early in the broadcast.  Start calling in as soon as you hear the opening music to the show if you want your request read on the air. Quote by Padre Pio: “Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless, God is merciful and will hear your prayer.”

Anyone who’s at least a young adult is able to point to one decade of life or another, and give reasons why it was their favorite decade. What about for you? Was it when you were growing up? Going to high school or college? A period of great success in your career? When your children or grandchildren were born? Your retirement years? Our lives are constantly filled with ups and downs, highs and lows. As you ponder the life you’ve lived so far, what decade stands out as being especially impactful for you? Call and share your take on this topic on Thursday.

Is one of your God-given talents the ability to play a musical instrument? Music adds so much to life, especially when it’s done to the best of our ability and to bring glory to God. That doesn’t mean that there’s only one style of music that achieves those ends. The key is to acknowledge the gift the Lord has given you, and put it to the best and most noble use possible. Do you play an instrument? In what context? Did it come naturally to you? Or was it a struggle for you to learn to play? We’re looking forward to another great conversation with the Take 2 family on Wednesday.

A listener by the name of Jerry suggested we cover the topic of kindness. He was wondering, as many of us often do, if we have lost our ability to be kind to one another. On the surface, it may appear as though kindness is a lost art, especially when we look at the condition of the world today. But we’re also seeing many beautiful acts of kindness and self-giving, even in the midst of a global pandemic and civil unrest. Give this some thought, and share you take on the matter on Tuesday’s show.

Have You Experienced a Broken Heart?

June is one of the busiest months for weddings. So many people have had their hearts broken, or have been the one to break someone’s heart. We can talk not only about weddings/marriages, but any type of heartbreak. Has your heart mended yet? Partially? Has it made you cautious about giving your heart to someone again? Betrayal is a big part of heartbreaks.  Some of us know people who have died of a broken heart.  Lots to talk about and as always we can learn from one another. Call us at, 1-833-288-3986.

Do You Like Your Legal/Birth Name, Part II

So many of you shared your takes on this on Thursday, that we’re going to do a part two on Friday. If you called and didn’t get on the air, Ryan, our call screener, will put you at the top of the line. Join us!

Our Response to Injustices, Part II

We received a ton of feedback from Tuesday’s show on how we should respond to injustices. We had already bumped one scheduled topic to accommodate that vital discussion. And, based on listener response following that show, and into today, we will have part two of this discussion on Wednesday. Please be sure you listen closely, and feel free to join the conversation!

God has instilled in mankind a spirit of exploration and creation. This has resulted in the advancement of technology at an almost dizzying pace over the last generation or so. Sometimes when we talk about the machines and devices we once used, it sounds like the “I walked to school every day, uphill, barefoot, in the snow” statement. But one need not be all that old to remember what today are outmoded items like a rotary dial phone, a VCR, old time laundry machines, polaroid cameras, and so forth. On Wednesday, let’s take a look at some of the things that you remember using. Do you have fond memories of those items? Would you go back to using them if you could (especially the telephone, given how many problems have arisen with smartphones)? Join in the conversation on our next broadcast.

How Should We Respond to Injustices?

The recent tragedy involving the death of George Floyd in a Minneapolis neighborhood has led to a combination of peaceful protests, violence, looting of stores and more, across the United States and around the world. While it’s never a good time for something like this to happen, it’s especially crippling as we have recently been on the verge of reopening from the COVID-19 shutdown. Floyd’s death, and many of the ensuing responses to it, have again brought into focus the need to examine how we ought to respond to injustices such as this. As Catholic Christians, we know how important justice is to maintaining a peaceful society – “Know Justice, Know Peace; No Justice, No Peace.” On Tuesday, share your take on how we should respond to, not only the George Floyd tragedy, but to the countless injustices that are wrought on our world each and every day.