Episode Archive
402 episodes of Forte Catholic since the first episode, which aired on September 8th, 2016.
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383: Idiots, Eclipse & Gifts of the Spirit w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
April 10th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
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A total eclipse is as rare as an incredible episode of this show. Both happened this week!
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382: Catholic Speakers, Freestyle Preaching & Foster Care w/ Ryan O'Hara
April 3rd, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
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Guest cohost Ryan O'Hara joins Taylor to discuss honing the craft of sharing the Gospel, they test their skills in our "Freestyle Preaching" game and Ryan shares his journey of becoming a foster parent.
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381: Holy Week & Why We're Catholic w/ Kathryn Whitaker
March 27th, 2024 | 1 hr 6 mins
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Reflecting on the Holiest of Weeks on the Church calendar and explaining why we became Catholic & stick with it after all this time.
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380: Anger Management & Catholic Questions w/ Allison Sullivan
March 20th, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
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Taylor has a laundry list of things currently driving him into fits of rage. Allison does her best to help him through it. As the Lenten season begins to wrap up, join us in our suffering. Misery loves company! They laugh through it and Allison shares her classic fiery preaching skills to guide us through times when anger wells up.
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379: Comedy of Errors & Eucharistic Questions w/ Fr Anthony Sciarappa
March 13th, 2024 | 1 hr 11 mins
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LENT IS HAPPENING! The suffering continues in a true comedy of errors for today's two hosts. They commiserate about the last couple weeks & then play a brand new game to try and stave off despair. They close the show with a deep discussion about what transubstantiation actually does.
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Kathryn Whitaker's First Guest Appearances | Forte Flashback
March 6th, 2024 | 48 mins 7 secs
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We're doing a Forte Flashback this week, highlighting our cohost Kathryn Whitaker's first two appearances on the podcast as a guest. These conversations were the seeds planted that eventually led to her joining us on a monthly basis.
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378: Lent, Blackjack & Gen Z Bible w/ Kathryn Whitaker
February 28th, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
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Taylor & Kathryn do a Lenten check-in, discuss their differing views on the Gen Z Bible trend on social media & Taylor shares about how his best night ever at a blackjack table relates to Heaven, Hell & our spiritual lives.
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377: GOF Wedding, Internet Friends & Long Homilies w/ Allison Sullivan
February 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
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Taylor shares about traveling to North Carolina for the GOF wedding, having a great time with dozens of internet friends he met in person for the first time & some new fancy food that made him realize he's an idiot. This leads to Allison sharing about her own wedding & some hilarious stories of her kids in Mass.
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376: Royal Rumble & Priest Voice w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
February 14th, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
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Fr. Anthony has convinced Taylor to watch wrestling for the second time, and this time it's a family affair! They also discuss "priest voice" and do some rare voice acting!
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375: Wholesome Media, the Super Bowl & Msgr. Shea’s Talk w/Chris Bartlett
February 7th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
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Media you can watch with the family, a game inspired by the Big Game & our thoughts on the "best Catholic talk" in years.
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374: Providence, Jason Kelce & the Purge w/ Kathryn Whitaker
January 31st, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
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Taylor shares a crazy story of how God's providence came in the clutch! He & Kathryn discuss their shared love for Jason Kelce & Kathryn talks about he big house purge project and it's implications on family life & our spiritual lives.
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373: Love Languages & Mosaics w/ Allison Sullivan
January 24th, 2024 | 1 hr 19 secs
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This is the kindest and holiest episode we've done in a WHILE! Taylor & Allison rediscover the Five Love Languages with some new insight they haven't seen before that apply to all the relationships in our lives. They also say very kind things about a lot of people in their lives while discussing how it takes an entire community for us to see all the attributes of God. Who knew this show could be so kind!?!?!
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372: Loud American in Ireland w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
January 17th, 2024 | 1 hr 12 mins
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Last week, we came to you live from Ireland! This week, Taylor is back home & shares a plethora of stories from his travels with Fr. Anthony. From wild travel stories, to being a fish out of water in another country, to experiencing TWO new cultures to explaining why he was there in the first place, Taylor has a ton to share. These stories have humor, faith insight & more. We hope you enjoy this storytelling episode of the show!
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371: Live From Ireland! w/Ebin Baby & Fr. Binoj
January 10th, 2024 | 45 mins 3 secs
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Live From Ireland! Taylor traveled to Dublin to speak at the Awake Ireland Conference hosted by the Syro-Malabar Youth Movement. Syro-Malabar is one of the rites within the Catholic Church. In this episode, Taylor talks about the history of the rite, it's roots in India, how it differs from the Latin rite & much more. Join Taylor, Ebin Baby & Fr. Binoj to learn about our Syro-Malabar brothers and sisters' faith tradition.
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370: Piety & Military Priests w/ Grassroot Catholic & Fr. Uncle Sam
January 3rd, 2024 | 1 hr 15 mins
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Happy New Year! Keith from Grassroot Catholic is back to discuss piety & devotion. He & Taylor also discuss their Christmas celebrations, including quite possibly the worst Mass experience Taylor has ever had! Fr. Peter Pomposello joins Taylor to teach us about the role of priests in the military.
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369: The Christmas Episode! w/ Aaron Weber
December 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 40 mins
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Merry Christmas from all of us to all of you! The gang is all hear with our yearly guest, comedian Aaron Weber. All three cohosts join in the celebrations to discuss what we love & hate about this season, if Mary knew & questioning some holiday traditions.