2018 was an amazing year for the Forte Catholic show!

The podcast continues to improve and listeners are responding!

In 2018, Forte Catholic was nominated for Podcast of the Year by the Fisher’s Net Awards! We also saw the number of downloads increase over last year by OVER 3.5X!!!! Thank you guys so much for all of the support.

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We also added a rotating group of co-hosts that people are loving in Fr. Anthony Sciarappa, Fr. Jared Cooke, Shaun McAfee, Allison Sullivan & Jonathan “Bearded” Blevins. This new setup for the show has been a blast for everyone!

I would like to thank everyone who helped with the show this year through management,
the producers, co-hosts and guests. Truly, from the bottom of my heart…thank you!

I look forward to an exciting 2019!

Top 10 Episodes

Here are the most downloaded episodes of the show ranked 10 through 1.
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#10

Don’t use half your brain, “hug people and bring a rope”, drink a lot the Catholic way this holiday season, free speech booths are stupid and more on this week’s show! Fr. Anthony co-hosts and Michael Foley joins as our guest.

#9

Producer Sam and Fr. Jared Cooke were SUPPOSED to be back for this episode but they both got sick in the Holy Land. So instead, guest producer AJ Barrows and I talk about what we would do if we won the 1.6 billion dollar lotto and who would win in a fight: Taylor or a baby elephant. We also have the author of “Jesus Loves Movies” to chat about connecting our favorite films to our faith.

#8

All in 24 hours Taylor gets hurt, has a strange dining experience, is confused by the elections, is frustrated by a doctor's visit and stumped by a Gospel passage.

In the second segment, Theresa Zoe Williams makes her triumphant podcast debut as we explore finding connections to faith in secular songs.

In the final segment, we answer more listener questions and make an announcement about changes coming to the show.

#7

We share two new "Unpublished Worship Songs" and talk about what the deal is with Ordinary Time and how Taylor is getting through it with the help of the Shepherds from the Nativity story(huh?).

We are also joined by best selling author Everett Fritz who talks about discipleship. So many people are talking about the popular buzzword of discipleship but he’s one of the few actually putting in to practice in big ways.

#6

Taylor is back from NCCYM with stories & insights. Fr. Jared returns to co-host. We have a friendly homily battle and discuss finding a home in a broken Church w/help from the lyrics of “Who You Say I Am.” Leila Miller is our guest this week as we discuss controversial topics like sex outside of marriage & modesty from her latest book "Made This Way: How To Prepare Kids To Face Today’s Tough Moral Issues."

#5

Two year anniversary of Forte Catholic going on the air for the first time! Chris Mueller of “EverydayCatholic.com” joins the show to talk about leading from the pews. We also have convos about Producer Sam’s upcoming trip to the Holy Land, Beyoncé’s “Halo”, conversation with Twitter bots & #InternationalPodcastDay.

#4

Shaun McAfee co-hosts as we talk about Taylor’s recent trip to the National Youth Workers Convention, why Satan fell, experiencing beautiful Church’s….and we roast each other a lot too…so there’s that. We’re also joined by internationally acclaimed author and speaker CHRIS STEFANICK! We discuss his new book about letting God rewrite how we see ourselves.

#3

Taylor had a crazy week. Producer Sam had a rough week. So what did we decide to do? Share stories and laugh through the pain.

In the second segment, we are joined by Bill Snyder, the host of the "Young Catholics Respond" podcast. We get to know Bill and hear his story of how three open heart surgeries have impacted his faith.

#2

Producer Sam is in the Holy Land so Taylor is all alone in the studio.....sooooo this week's show was crowd sourced! Taylor answers your submitted questions.

He also throws absolute shade at my frenemies at the Roman Circus podcast with the help of Fr. Anthony Sciarappa.

Also joined by @TeaWithTolkien to talk about our "beef", her Catholic Twitter title & of course....tea & Tolkien.

#1

Fun with the new Bible Lens app & two great guests! Catholic Twitch streamer extraordinaire, Jonathan Blevins, joins the show! He is living out the New Evangelization by sharing the Good News on Twitch. We also speak with fellow podcaster Chris Agron about the fantastic art of Catholic memes.

Thank you again to everyone who listens to the show!
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