Tuesday, December 23, 2025
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Today was the final broadcast of Seize the Day w/Gus Lloyd. Gus turns on his live radio mic for the final time and rides off into the sunset. He opens...
Monday, December 22, 2025
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For Gus Lloyd's penultimate edition of Seize the Day, he hosts the annual Christmas Office Party where he invites listeners to call in and give their Christmas greetings and wishes...
Friday, December 19, 2025
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Gus hosts his final Project Christmas ever, and it's with one of his favorites, the Children's Dream Fund. In under one hour, we were able to raise approximately $12,000 for...
Thursday, December 18, 2025
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Today, Gus looks back at some Seize the Day/Spirit FM memories by playing several audio clips from the past. He also brings in original Catholic Channel host, Fr. Dave Dwyer,...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Fr. Leo Patalinghug calls in for his final Seize the Day appearance, and they share some of their memories from the show and the pilgrimages they’ve taken together through the...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Gus gets back to his home studio and begins his final full week of live shows. He welcomes Dr. Matthew Bunson to the show for his final appearance and shares...
Monday, December 15, 2025
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Today, we celebrated Gus' retirement with a live broadcast from the dining hall of his and Michelle's home parish, St. Timothy's Catholic Church in Lutz, Florida. It was an incredibly...
Friday, December 12, 2025
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It’s the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Gus talks about how it’s one title out of many for Mary, the Mother of Jesus. He invites listeners to call...
Thursday, December 11, 2025
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Gus does a variation of Tell Me Something Good, called Tell Me Something New. Instead of inviting listeners to call in and share some good news, Gus invites them to...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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Gus opens up his final two installments of Project Christmas by welcoming Sgt. Patrick Sowers of Operation Once-in-a-Lifetime, which raises money for needy military veterans and their families. We raised...
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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John Paul Brissette, the director of communications for the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in New Franken, Wisconsin. Today is the Feast of St. Juan Diego, and he...
Monday, December 8, 2025
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Donna Miller, our Seize the Day canon lawyer, joins Gus to take canon law questions from listeners, which include annulment questions, holy days of obligation and more. Donna is the...
Friday, December 5, 2025
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Yesterday marked the 19th anniversary of the launch of the Catholic Channel on SiriusXM, and Gus brings original channel program director Rob Astorino on the show. The two reminisce on...
Thursday, December 4, 2025
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Today is the 19th anniversary of the Catholic Channel’s live debut on SiriusXM. Gus talks about how he got the job as the morning show host, the process of getting...
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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Gus is joined by Stephen White, executive director of the Catholic Project and the editor of a new book from Catholic University Press, “Rebuilding Trust: Clergy Morale in the Wake...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
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Yesterday, Gus announced to his audience that he is retiring at the end of the year and that his final show will be on Tuesday, December 23rd. He invites listeners...
Monday, December 1, 2025
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Gus begins today with a couple of big announcements. First, on December 15th, he'll be hosting a Seize the Day breakfast with listeners at his parish, St. Timothy's in Lutz,...
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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Gus is joined by Dr. Matthew J. Thomas, an associate professor of Biblical studies and theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology in Berkeley, California, to talk about...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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Gus is joined by Fr. Nate Wills, CSC, author of the book “Pray Like a Champion Today: Sacred Stories from the Sidelines of Notre Dame Football,” and chaplain of the...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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Fr. Leo Patalinghug joins Gus. He plays a mixdown of all the “Father Leo Chorus” calls from yesterday and serenades him with the beautiful cacophony, which greatly tortures his good...
Monday, November 17, 2025
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Gus is joined by Peter Carter, co-author of the new Ignatius Press book, “The Song of the Lamb: Sacred Music and the Heavenly Liturgy,” which is essentially a conversation with...
Friday, November 14, 2025
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Today, Gus prays an Intentional Rosary with listeners. In the middle of it, an angry listener named Kim called in and confronted Gus about Catholics praying to Mary. She didn’t have...
Thursday, November 13, 2025
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A couple of days ago, the National Catholic Register published an article that focused on how it’s becoming a much less common occurrence for priests to be called in times...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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Yesterday, Gus talked with listeners who’ve been challenged over their Catholic faith. One caller spoke about how her husband of 48 years consistently challenges her on her faith, which really...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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Last week, the Vatican issued a statement called “Mater Populi fidelis,” which states that using the term “co-redemptrix” to describe the Blessed Virgin Mary’s participation in salvation is not appropriate....
Monday, November 10, 2025
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Today is the Feast of Pope St. Leo I, aka Pope Leo the Great. He lived in the 5th century and is considered one of the last of the Church...
Friday, October 31, 2025
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Tonight, Gus is going to see Peter Frampton in concert. He’s seen a lot of legendary artists in concert over the years, but this will be the first time seeing...
Thursday, October 30, 2025
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Gus reads and reflects on an article that appeared recently on Catholic News Agency’s website entitled “A ‘Silent Majority’ of U.S. Catholics Support Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Efforts.” Afterward, he invites...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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Today’s First Reading is one of Gus’s favorites, which is from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans. It’s Chapter 8, Verse 28, which is affectionately known as Romans 8:28, where...
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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Gus is joined by Catholic author Karlo Broussard to talk about his new Catholic Answers book, “Baptism Now Saves You: How Water and Spirit Give Eternal Life.” In it, Karlo...
Monday, October 27, 2025
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Gus is joined by Shannon Wendt, author of the new Ascension Press book “The Way of the Rosary: A Journey with Mary Through Scripture, Liturgy and Life.” Shannon shows how...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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Gus is joined by Edward Clancy, the director of outreach for Aid to the Church in Need, to talk about the release of the 2025 Religious Freedom Report, which comes...
Monday, October 20, 2025
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Gus is joined by Dr. Andrew Swafford, the author of the new Ave Maria Press book, “Liar, Lunatic or Lord: Unveiling the Truth of Catholicism with C.S. Lewis’s ‘Mere Christianity.’”...
Friday, October 17, 2025
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Gus convenes an Open Forum where callers can come up and ask him anything. He also talks about the announcement that the Vatican has opened a Muslim prayer room in...
Thursday, October 16, 2025
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Today is the Feast of St. Margaret Mary Alocoque, a 17th-century French Visitation Nun who had visions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and helped spread devotion to it. Gus talks...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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Today is the Feast of St. Teresa of Avila. She’s one of Gus’ favorite saints and he acquired a devotion to her following a pilgrimage to Spain several years ago....
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
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Gus is joined by Catholic author, speaker and certified mentor, Bobby Angel, who calls in to talk about his new book, “The Frassati Field Guide: An 8-Day Ascent to Heroic...
Thursday, October 9, 2025
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Gus is joined by Fr. Patrick Hough, S.J., the executive director of Grand Coteau Retreats in Louisiana, who calls in to talk about their incredible retreat center, what people can...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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October is the Month of the Holy Rosary, and Gus is celebrating it throughout the month. Today, he talks about using the Rosary as a decoration; that is, people who...
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
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Gus is joined in studio by Jeff Joaquin, noted Catholic speaker and the subject of the new documentary “How to Save a Life,” which dropped just this morning on YouTube,...
Monday, October 6, 2025
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Today's Gospel reading tells the parable of the Good Samaritan. Gus talks about the contentious relationship between the Jews and the Samaritans at the time Jesus tells his parable. Nobody,...
Friday, October 3, 2025
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During his Monday morning Tell Me Something Good segment, Gus always asks for good news only, and if you have something to kvetch and complain about, he’ll do that some...
Thursday, October 2, 2025
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Today is the Feast of the Guardian Angels, so Gus resumes an annual Seize the Day tradition by inviting listeners who have stories of their guardian angel’s intervention to call...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
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Gus is joined by Shroud of Turin expert Dr. John Sottosanti, who calls in to give an update. The shroud, which is stored in the Chapel of the Holy Shroud...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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Dr. Matthew Bunson of EWTN calls in to talk about a few news items of Catholic interest, including the rise of artificial intelligence, also known as AI, and the Vatican’s...
Monday, September 29, 2025
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Today is the Feast of the Archangels, so Gus revives an annual tradition where he invites listeners who’ve had what they believe are angelic encounters to call in and share. Also,...
Thursday, September 25, 2025
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Gus talks about what’s being referred to as the “Charlie Kirk Effect.” Since his assassination over two weeks ago, church attendance, Bible studies and other religious gatherings are experiencing a...
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
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Gus talks about how he’s now on his third wedding ring. The first one, which he got back in 1970, was from the old department store, Service Merchandise, which went...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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Today is the Feast of Pio of Pietrelcina, aka Padre Pio, and our resident expert Bret Thoman, author of many books about St. Francis of Assisi and owner of St....
Monday, September 22, 2025
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Iconographer Garrett Hines joins Gus in the Conversion Corner. Garrett talks about growing up with an artistic sensibility in a family that moved 17 times. He shares stories of being...