Tommy McGrady
Co-Host of The Electric Waffle
Tommy McGrady is a speaker, author, youth & family life minister, & science teacher based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania, Tommy has worked in parish & diocesan youth ministry, Catholic education, and traveled across the country speaking at high school and middle school events, published a series of mens' group reflections with Life Teen, and Lent: One Day at a Time for Catholic Teens with Ave Maria Press. He's a NY Giants Fan, loves the Dan Le Batard Show, is responsible for doing the dishes in the MGrady home, is an expert on all things "The Office," quotes tv shows and movies like it's his job, and would probably rather be fishing or hunting most of the time.
Tommy McGrady has hosted 22 Episodes.
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Waffles are back on the menu! Why we left, why we're back, and what's coming next.
January 14th, 2020 | Season 3 | 35 mins 32 secs
catholicism, christianity, faith, katie prejean, millennials, parenting, parks and rec, the electric waffle, the office, tommy mcgrady
Katie and Tommy shut the show down for a year. They're back. Why?
So many questions. Plenty of waffles.
Give us all the bacon and eggs you have.
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Funeral for a Bird: Memento Mori, New Year's Resolutions, & Canon Law with Laura Prejean
January 15th, 2019 | Season 3 | 1 hr 27 mins
catholic, catholicism, death, faith, family, fear, focus, friends, life, memento mori, new year's resolutions, parks and rec, the office, time
Katie & Tommy are joined by Katie's younger sister, Laura, a canon law student at the Catholic University of America, to discuss death, life, new year's resolutions, the construct that is time, and the ins, outs, ups, and downs of canon law.
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Impish or Admirable: An Electric Waffle Christmas
December 23rd, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 14 mins
Katie and Tommy go all out as they chat about their favorite Christmas songs, gifts from years past, the importance of fathers, and their favorite family traditions as they also unpack and explore the true meaning of Christmas and rank their favorite Christmas episodes from "The Office."
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The Scarn: becoming aware of your gifts
December 13th, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 1 min
Katie & Tommy debrief their time at the National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry (NCCYM) and explore what it means to be aware of your giftedness and talents.
They also debate when you should wash your jeans, how to accept compliments, and rejoice in their fancy new sound equipment.
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Things...Things Last Forever: Katie & Tommy's Favorite Things
November 29th, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 17 mins
Katie and Tommy go "topic free" this week as they discuss their favorite tv shows, movies, teachers, churches, desserts, and saints.
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Dwight, You Ignorant Slut: building community based on Acts 2:42
November 21st, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 11 mins
Katie & Tommy continue their conversation about community, focusing on not only why we need community and how to model community after Acts 2:42, but how the community we build and have really does influence the world.
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Cafe Disco: why we all want community
November 7th, 2018 | Season 2 | 53 mins 47 secs
Katie and Tommy unpack the concept of community, namely why we long for community and still often struggle to find it. They explore the marks of a good community: being present, being authentic, being vulnerable, and being unafraid to give fully of yourself with and for others. Ultimately, all experiences of community are a mirror of the communion of the Trinity, which means all community is important, all community is valuable, and if you’ve made it this far, you’ve now read the word community a grand total of eight times.
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Flonkerton: Competition in the Life of the Church
October 28th, 2018 | Season 2 | 55 mins
Katie & Tommy unpack the concept of competition, especially the ways that unhealthy competition affects the Body of Christ and how we treat one another in the life of the Church, and how a healthy approach to competition can help make us all saints.
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For They Were Mummies: the Synod on Young People
October 16th, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 4 mins
Katie and Tommy discuss Halloween & horror films, the culture’s fascination with all things supernatural, the art & importance of dialogue, the way we avoid things that make us uncomfortable and scared, and go into great detail about the Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment, including some of their hopes and dreams for the gathering.
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The Fusing of Two Metals with a Hot Torch
October 3rd, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 1 min
Katie and Tommy talk about marriage in all its ordinariness, mundaneness, beauty, glory, and grace, while also reminiscing about their engagement, some of their favorite things about each other, and how the ministry of presence is so important in married life.
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The Dundies
September 26th, 2018 | Season 2 | 57 mins 9 secs
Katie and Tommy are back for Season 2 with a conversation about TV shows, the Emmy Awards, accompaniment in (and out of) ministry, mom shaming, Ad Orientem Masses (spoiler alert: they like them), and the undeniable fear of being vulnerable.
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Episode 10: Are You Better Off?
August 23rd, 2018 | Season 1 | 41 mins 57 secs
Well...we've reached the end. This is the last episode of Season 1 of The Electric Waffle. So the question is: Are you better off after listening to a married couple in Louisiana waffle around topics, big and small?
Don't answer that...Unless the answer is "yes," in which case, please, let us know...
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The Current Crisis
August 23rd, 2018 | Season 1 | 36 mins 43 secs
Katie & Tommy discuss the McCarrick scandal, the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, and their reactions to the sex abuse crisis the Church seems to be facing, once again.
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Episode 9: Little Hydration Packs
August 10th, 2018 | Season 1 | 58 mins 4 secs
Katie & Tommy unpack the summer of ministry, which included events across the U.S. and Canada, giving them each a unique perspective on how we can sometimes fall into the trap of becoming a Church of "mountaintop moments" and forget to walk through the valley with Jesus. Also, they do a lot of Michael Cain impressions.
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Episode 8: That's What She Said
July 26th, 2018 | Season 1 | 45 mins 32 secs
Katie & Tommy discuss Marian devotion, the significance of Mary in their own lives, and how to more actively engage with Our Lady - the Mother of God, Mother of the Church, and Mother to each of us - and know what she's said.
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Episode 7: Webster's Dictionary Defines Friend...
July 19th, 2018 | Season 1 | 51 mins 10 secs
Katie is an introvert. Tommy is an extrovert. Katie likes to read books in a quiet room. Tommy likes to meet every person at a party. But somehow, even in their remarkable differences (especially when it comes to socializing), they have a lot of the same ideas when it comes to how to make friends, how to be a good friend, and how to discern who in is a good friend to you.