Gomer's dad is out of the hospital and in a care home and this episode starts there, in the territory of walking a parent toward the end of his life. Luke and Gomer work through the lessons Gomer has picked up in the trenches: what hospitals won't tell you, how to have the DNR conversation, and why AI has become an unlikely companion through all of it.

In This Episode:

• Why hospitals won't spell out what's actually happening with your loved one and how Gomer used AI to decode his dad's medical charts and communicate clearly with family
• Lesson one from the hospital: no one will tell you what's going on unless you make them, and the only people who will are in palliative care
• The do-over myth and why middle age is when you realize the world stopped giving them to you—you don't go back, you live with the scar tissue
• The DNR conversation: what it actually means, why outside-of-hospital DNR requires a signed document on the door, and why you should have it sooner than you think
• When specialists miss the whole person: how productivity-driven, siloed medicine can leave no one reading the full picture

Chapters:

• 00:00: Welcome Back
• 00:46: Gomer's Dad and the Care Home
• 02:08: Lesson One—Hospitals Won't Tell You Anything
• 07:25: Luke's Dad and Losing People Too Soon
• 20:00: The Gradual Decline You Can't See Coming
• 24:00: Reality, Do-Overs, and the Things That Can't Be Undone
• 29:38: When Specialists Miss the Whole Person
• 37:54: The DNR Conversation
• 41:47: Big Fish and What We Learn from Our Parents' Stories
• 48:21: What Parents Say When They Think It's Time
• 53:23: AI, Claude, and the Bot That Said It Was Praying for You

Resources Mentioned:

• Rebuilding Mum and Dad (YouTube)
• Catching Foxes on Substack

Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios

After a two-month hiatus, Luke and Gomer are back. This episode opens with a conversation about Gomer's father Don's ongoing health decline, the emotional and logistical chaos of elder care, and the conversations no one prepares you to have. From there, the fellas pivot to AI, the World Cup, Hollywood Botox, and the slow enshitification of everything.

In This Episode:

• The full story of Gomer's dad Don's hip replacement, repeated ER visits, and the family's difficult reckoning with permanent skilled nursing care
• What no one tells you about Medicaid's "look back" provisions, the true cost of elder care, and why planning ahead matters far more than most families realize
• Gomer's complete 180 on AI and how tools like Claude and ChatGPT have become indispensable for managing his father's medical records, medications, and care in real time
• Euthanasia, modern medicine's ability to keep people alive without keeping them well, and what it means to age with dignity
• What they're angry, excited, and concerned about: home construction costs, the Fox Sports World Cup AI ad, The Iliad film, and Hollywood's Botox problem

Chapters:

• 00:00: Welcome Back
• 02:07: Gomer's Dad's Health Crisis
• 10:06: End-of-Life Conversations
• 18:54: Navigating Elder Care and Medicaid
• 31:39: Euthanasia, Modern Medicine, and Keeping People Alive
• 42:43: From AI Skeptic to AI Convert
• 51:29: AI in Practice: Research and Healthcare
• 01:06:37: What Are You Angry, Excited, and Concerned About?
• 01:10:09: The Enshitification of Everything

Resources Mentioned:

• Catching Foxes on Patreon
• Catching Foxes on Substack

Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios

This is a nephilim-heavy episode. Strap in!

Also, please pray for Gomer's son, Noah. You'll hear all about it in the episode.

Enjoy!