Are we all stuck because of the virus? Yes. Is Forte Catholic going to stop bringing joy to people by Making Catholicism Fun Again? HECK NOOOOO. Liv Harrison cohosts, gives Taylor a massive headache and they argue about which one of them is a better bride.
The world is going crazy with the coronavirus and most of us have extra time on our hands. Fr. Brad Doyle and Taylor wanted to give you the gift of extra content this week. One day we may all have to leave and go to space. Therefore, the guys discuss what Mass would be like in space. There was a ton of laughter that we hope will bring you joy in this strange time. Blessings :)
Allison Sullivan co-hosts and shares in Taylor’s stress. They talk about finding ways to beat stress and Allison wants to fight Taylor and thinks she would win lol. They also talk about the Genius Women’s conference and how Taylor had his first weekend alone with his kids because of it. Theresa Zoe Williams rejoins the show to continue the theme of stress and parenting.
Taylor is still a bit overwhelmed but never fear, Jon “Bearded” Blevins is here to save the show with a laundry list of random takes ranging from the faith, to breakfast choices to marriage to the XFL. This show has something for everyone!
Our 3rd annual “Limping Into Lent” involves Taylor and Fr. Anthony yelling about their rough weeks, the priest trying to help Taylor off the brink of insanity and Logan Mayes joins to share cringe Catholicism stories. What a wild start to Lent!
Liv Harrison co-hosts and drives Taylor mental! We run the gamut of topics: neti pots, Liv’s insanity, Taylor’s meal preferences & how the desert fathers think we’re bad Catholics.
Our guest this week is a VERY special treat!
Allison Sullivan steals the spotlight in the first segment to talk about her conversion and Taylor’s lack thereof. Chika Anyanwu joins us to share her life story and what drives her. Finally, Taylor shares one of his pet peeves about “manliness” in the Church.
Jon Blevins is now a girl dad so he and Taylor discuss fatherhood. Taylor’s best friend joins the show and we mostly ask him why he’s not Catholic yet and get insight into High School Taylor. Finally, Jon and Taylor discuss the Super Bowl and share their respective rants on the halftime show.
Taylor and Fr. Anthony compare and contrast mystery novels with Catholic teaching. Rakhi McCormick shares her journey from Hinduism to Catholicism. The guys discuss the recent passing of Kobe Bryant, Taylor putting his foot in his mouth and praying for the dead.
Liv Harrison cohosts and desperately wanted to talk about the Golden Globes…so we did. She also shares about her upcoming conference and the feminine genius while Taylor insists on mansplaining things. Our guest this week is Chris Mueller of Everyday Catholic to share the heart of a father as he and his family rally around their son who has cancer.
Taylor makes co-host Allison Sullivan squirm. He also shares his crowning achievement and the two new ways he's going to be juussst like Jesus(*eyerolls ensued*). They also go through some pretty wild reviews of the show. Fr. Chris Ortega shares his story of growing up as a first generation latino American.
Jon “Bearded” Blevins cohosts and boy is he salty…but he’s also very kind. :) He and Taylor discuss getting back into the swing of things after Christmas break and give the “State of the Show” with updates and the best shows of 2019! Our guests this week are the authors of Uncompromising Purity, Everett Fritz and Kelsey Skoch to bring to the light that pornography is not just a men’s issue.
As promised, here is the Rise of Skywalker spoilercast. Long time listeners of the podcast will remember Producer Sam(the first cohost of the show). She makes her glorious return while in town for the holidays to argue with Taylor about their RoS takes! Enjoy :)
Recorded live in the media center at #SLS20! Fr. Anthony had to deal with Taylor in person. Our guest this week was the live audience as we called people up throughout the show to share insights and their hot takes that Fr. Anthony and Taylor judged. This was a blast to record!
A Christmas Extravaganza Spectacular Special Edition! Jesus is here whether you had a good Advent or not. Taylor didn’t and has some encouragement for people like him. Also, cohost Shaun McAfee almost got stabbed at Church! Our guest is the host of the PopeCast to discuss the new Netflix movie “The Two Popes” with Taylor.
Taylor went to jury duty and learned something special about the connection between Church & State. Our guest this week is Fr. Tim Grumbach to fight over which baseball team Mary belongs to and explain why he’s definitely not the surfing priest. Finally, Taylor tells Liv she can share from her hardship but mostly just talks about shaving his beard.
Taylor got ejected from a HS basketball game at the school where he is the campus minister and he and Bearded Blevins give our live commentary on a homily we got of Fr. Anthony’s. HILARIOUS!! 😂 😂 😂
Taylor and Allison are back from Thanksgiving break to talk about eating too much, make fun of each other and discuss taking their respective kids to Frozen 2. ‘Tis the season! Stacey Sumereau returns to the show to share about her recent viral post that was seen by over 17 million people!
Taylor went to NCYC, Fr. Anthony went to a ditch. Dustin Bertrand wrote a book that Taylor has a better title for. This show was wild! Enjoy it along with all the other craziness Thanksgiving brings :)
Shaun McAfee cohosts as Taylor shares about his upcoming pilgrimage and begrudgingly let’s Shaun promote his newest book…which turns out to be actually a lot of fun. Who woulda thought? Our guest this week is Han Solo impersonator Tim Glemkowski to discuss parish life.
