Every episode is a true story. Our charaters are real people in a pickle, or on the verge of a breakthrough, or about to make an important decision.

You may have heard about this event. You’d certainly know our hero’s name if we told you.

But we’re not going to tell you, at least not until the end.

Now the story is more than an interesting true story, it becomes a game to deduce who our hero is. Perhaps it’s a heroic soldier, or a holy martyr, or a popular entertainer, or an innovative inventor, set in the time of Rome, or the feudal days, or the age of exploration, or the industrial revolution, or even today.

Whomever the hero, whatever the place, sit back and enjoy a 5-minute true story, a wholesome tale for the whole family.

 

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The Reverend James Yamauchi

Host

Fr. James is the host of That’s the Word. Beyond reading the stories, he also researches and writes many of them.

Fr. James is a priest of the Diocese of Dallas and pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Waxahachie, Texas. Prior to his current assignment, he was pastor of St. Martin of Tours in Forney, Texas, and associate director of formation at Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving, Texas.

Fr. James was raised in a military family and has lived in Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Germany, and Italy. Fr. James studied at Holy Trinity Seminary and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, earning a degree in theology and a licentiate in canon law at the latter. In the summer of 2008, Fr. James participated in Commissioned Officer Training with the military at Maxwell AFB in Alabama as a chaplain candidate. Fr. James was ordained a priest on July 16, 2011.

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John Peter Yamauchi

Producer

John Peter is the producer of That’s the Word, recording, editing, and managing the podcast. He also contributes to most of the stories.

John Peter is a software developer working on internal software with a global team. He was homeschooled through high school, and has two degrees from the University of Dallas. He has also taught computer science at the University of Dallas.