🎧 In this episode of The LIVing Room, Liv Harrison sits down with Marilis Piñeiro, former religious sister, Vatican insider, and the woman behind Ex Nun on the Run, for a conversation that covers convent life, conclave chaos, singleness, hot takes, and what it actually looks like to build a life you love on your own terms. Marillis tells the story of working alongside Pope Francis during his 2015 US visit, including the moment she accidentally told him to go to bed (he meant the next dinner course).

If you've ever wrestled with vocation, boundaries, singleness, or what it means to live with both courage and peace, this one's for you.

⭐️ Guest Bio

Marilis Piñeiro is a former religious sister who spent almost nine years in the convent and three years working for the Vatican, including during Pope Francis's 2015 apostolic visit to the United States. She's the voice behind Ex Nun on the Run, where she shares honest conversations about faith, singleness, boundaries, and navigating life after religious life. She currently lives in Italy and co-hosts a podcast on Catholic singleness with her friend Gabrielle.

👉 Links

✅ Connect with Marilis Piñeiro:

https://www.instagram.com/exnunontherun/

✅ Follow Liv Harrison:

https://instagram.com/@livharrison

🗒️ In This Episode

00:00 What "Normal" Looks Like After Rome Jubilee
01:25 Conclave 2025
05:52 Telling Pope Francis to Go to Bed
10:00 Hot Takes and Travel Stories
11:15 Catholic Social Teaching Doesn't Pick a Party
14:30 The Courage to Speak Up
16:10 Leaving the Convent: Almost Nine Years In
19:20 Rebuilding a Prayer Life After Hurt and Anger
22:10 Why She Started a Podcast About Being Single
24:50 "I'm Not Dying to Get Married"
28:30 Bare Minimum Men and Fulton Sheen
32:20 Vulnerability With Boundaries
36:10 How to Pray for Marilis

🎤 In this episode of The Living Room, Liv Harrison sits down with actress, writer, and producer Siobhan Fallon Hogan for a hilarious, heartfelt, and totally unfiltered conversation about being Catholic in Hollywood for over 30 years. She tells incredible stories about going to Sunday night Mass with Chris Farley after SNL, how the Hallow app helped Catholics finally "shout it out," and why she thinks the culture is shifting.

Siobhan opens up writing her way into Hollywood with a one-woman show when nobody would cast her, restarting her parish Bible camp after Uvalde because "the kids thirst for faith," and how her new EWTN+ podcast Catholics and Cappuccinos was born at the Napa Catholic arts gathering. If you've ever wondered what it looks like to be loud, funny, faithful, and totally yourself in an industry that doesn't always make that easy, this conversation is for you.

Guest Bio

Siobhan Fallon Hogan is an actress, writer, and producer known for roles in Forrest Gump, Holes, Dancer in the Dark, Charlotte's Web, Seinfeld, and Saturday Night Live. She has written and produced multiple films including Shelter in Solitude and Rushed, and her play about her mother's passing will open at the Athenaeum Theatre in Chicago this fall. She is the host of Catholics and Cappuccinos on EWTN+.

Links

Connect with Siobhan Fallon Hogan: https://www.instagram.com/siobhanfallonhogan/

Watch Catholics and Cappuccinos on EWTN+: https://www.ewtn.com/programs/9949-ca...

Follow Liv Harrison: https://instagram.com/@livharrison

Chapter Markers

00:00 The Play, The Nails, and Why This Already Feels Like a Living Room

03:20 Meet Siobhan Fallon Hogan (and Catholics and Cappuccinos)

07:37 Being Catholic in Hollywood Before It Was Cool

09:26 She Quit a TV Role Over an Affair Scene That Started in Mass

11:20 Chris Farley, Sunday Night Mass, and Two Irish Terrors

14:10 Kevin James Fasted 40 Days

16:01 A Priest Required Mass and 2,000 More People Showed Up

17:22 Bible Camp, Uvalde, and Why the Kids Thirst for Faith

18:15 "Stop Thinking About Yourself": The Fallon Family School of Tough Love

20:34 Forrest Gump and What Your Favorite Role Says About You

26:30 From Receptionist to SNL

29:48 The Salty PTA and Writing Through Every Phase of Life

30:00 Imposter Syndrome, Creative Visualization, and Adding Faith

🎙️ In this episode of The LIVing Room, Liv Harrison sits down with Mackenzie Hunter: content creator, digital strategist, and the voice behind Caffeinated Catholic, for a honest, funny, and real conversation about taking the scariest leap of your life when God makes it obvious.

Mackenzie Hunter is the creator behind Caffeinated Catholic and the founder of ACC Digital Strategy, where she helps Catholic and mission-driven companies expand their reach through digital strategy. With a background in advertising and a double major in Strategic Communications and Catholic Studies, she recently made the leap to full-time freelance work in the Catholic media space. She is also part of the production team for EWTN’s Seeking Beauty and a member of the Digital Continent Collective.

✅ Follow Mackenzie Hunter / Caffeinated Catholic: https://instagram.com/@caffeinatedcatholic

✅ Follow Liv Harrison: https://instagram.com/@livharrison