Jon “Bearded” Blevins has hot takes on Thanksgiving food so strong he needed to share them three weeks early. We’re also rejoined by the ol Fr. Jared Cooke to revisit the topic of obedience…how stinkin hard it is but how important it is for our spiritual lives.
Liv Harrison cohosts, Taylor turns 30, Kanye dropped a new album and Taylor once slept the guest’s bed(not as weird as it sounds.) Oscar “IIX” Rivera is a dope speaker, musician, and shares how holiness isn’t just being a carbon copy of a saint.
Fr. Anthony cohosts in what may be our fastest paced joke fest ever recorded! Our guest is recording artist Amanda Vernon to share about how God wrecked her romance and yet it all turned out great! In the final segment, Fr. Anthony shares about his homily and gets heckled.
Cohost Shaun McAfee is our correspondent in Rome sharing his experience of attending the canonization of five new saints. Richaél Lucero shares why she’s clumsy and what a theosis is. Jake Stanley defends his nefarious friend and daily reading of Scripture.
Allison Sullivan cohosts the 3rd anniversary show! Taylor took a 9th grade theology test and…it didn’t go well. The ladies from Project Light join to share about their film for young women “Speaking to Sparrows.” And the final segment was, in Allison’s words, the “squirreliest” we’ve ever done. Enjoy!
Catholics have been super hateful this week and Taylor is not happy about it. BUT Dr. Peter Kreeft comes in to save the day! This absolute legendary Catholic thought leader joins us to talk about his new book to help us dive deeper into the best Gospel. Cohost Liv Harrison lightens the mood by cringing at a new Catholic superstition Taylor learned this week.
Fr Anthony is funnier than ever, Taylor yells at him, a priest more popular than him comes on the show…FUN TIMES! Fr Rob Galea shares the story of redemption that led him from gangs, addiction and depression to a beautiful life in the priesthood. Everett Fritz rejoins the show to talk about common struggles in prayer and how we actually may know more than we think.
Allison Sullivan cohosts this week to join Taylor in conversations about lightning storms, supervillains, prophets and nightmares. Our guest Kathryn Whitaker shares her story of dealing with loss and pain, how it affected her relationship with Christ and, as a bonus, how to share your faith without being a weirdo.
Jon Blevins and Taylor discuss our fight or flight mentalities and how those affect our spiritual lives. Katie Prejean McGrady joins to talk about Ready Player One and the guys finish the show talking about Christian leadership by focusing on an unsung hero of the early Church, Barnabas.
Jesus told a parable that wasn’t a parable, Taylor has strong takes on the first two Rocky films in his first time binge watch and Rachel Bulman joins the show to share her tremendous life story.
Taylor and Fr. Anthony celebrate 150 episodes by looking back at some of our favorite memories of the show with the help from our listeners. They’re also joined by two fan favorites making their grand return to the show and one person making their debut who has been influential to the show since the beginning. The guys finish off the episode by facing off in a Bible City or Sith Lord game.
Allison Sullivan cohosts as Taylor shares his experience at the recent Encounter Texas Conference and the reminder to go back to the basic truths of the Gospel. Mary Lenaburg joins the show to share her story of leaning into God through the most difficult moments in her life. Allison and Taylor close the show talking about a new ministry they helped start locally for evangelization.
Liv Harrison cohosts as her and Taylor share their recent struggles in life. It’s real people! Our guest this week is Giancarlo Bernini, a Catholic magician who was recently on the hit TV show “Penn and Teller: Fool Us!” This young man is phenomenal at using his illusions to start conversation about the transcendentals of truth, beauty and goodness.
Jon Blevins cohosts and celebrates his one year anniversary of being on the show! Taylor shares why he’s been crying while listening to podcasts in the woods and Jon shares about the recent conference on engaging youth he attended hosted by the USCCB. Our guest this week is fellow Catholic gamer/YouTuber Brian Montfort to talk about the pitfalls of video games, how to avoid them and why we still play.
Shaun McAfee cohosts to force Taylor to share updates to the intro, his thoughts on scary Churches, their failures as parents, the most ridiculous promotion ever, what it actually means to have integrity & how we may have been setting ridiculous standards for ourselves. Our guest is the host of Catholic Sports Radio, Bruce Wawrzyniak.
Allison and Taylor share travel stories including her getting tackled in an airport! They also discuss the often misunderstood Catholic Social Teaching & share their dueling Forte Five Countdowns of best bible verses to yell in public. Dave Neeson of Catholic Athletes for Christ joins the show to talk about his work with the NFL, providing Sacraments to a high number of Catholics in professional football.
Kaitlyn “Tea With Tolkien” Facista rejoins the show with Fr. Anthony and Taylor to break the Catholic internet! Discussions include looking back at crappy situations, video games, things Taylor knows nothing about, the Silmarillion and the swamp pit of social media. Yay!
The Return of the King! Co-host Jon “Bearded” Blevins is back after a two month hiatus! We catch up on his world travels, play a new game “Guess that Saint” and are joined by Leo Gallegos to have a convo about the interconnectedness of the mind, body and spirit.
“Let's talk about Jesus and by that I mean the movie Aladdin” -Taylor
Shaun McAfee cohosts to talk about the theme of trust with Taylor and this week's guest, Adrian from the Dude Catholic podcast. They also decide once and for all which spirituality type is the best!
Allison Sullivan cohosts to see how the new Harry Potter game relates to our relationship with God, face off with Taylor in trivia and talk with DJ Bernal about Christian leadership.
