253: Fire, Boxing & Enduring w/Allison Sullivan

August 18th, 2021  |  58 mins 16 secs

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Taylor is back from a wonderful week of summer camp with another bad travel story. Allison smells like gasoline for some reason and wants to fight about everything verbally. They also share how they finally fought in the boxing ring after years of anticipation! Hear how their boxing match went from both perspectives.

252: Memes, Apocalypse & Tolkien vs. Lewis w/Tea with Tolkien & Pints with Jack

August 11th, 2021  |  1 hr 3 mins

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Liv cohosts a tremendous episode tackling a wide variety of topics. From her nickname to "daddy God" to memes and the Apocalypse, this episode has something for everyone. Tea with Tolkien and Pints with Jack join us to debate which author is superior!

251: Nostalgia, Humility & Hope w/Kris Frank

August 4th, 2021  |  57 mins 37 secs

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Co-Host Jon Blevins is back from his break to chat nostalgia & humility. Director of Vagabond Missions, Kris Frank, shares about finding hope.

Liv's 1st time on the show! | Forte Flashbacks

July 30th, 2021  |  42 mins 46 secs

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This week, we listen to the first time Liv came to town in order to drive Taylor crazy. Not only that, but Allison is also involved so the ladies team up against Taylor to make him look like the bad guy. It's a fun episode to listen back to to see how so much has changed and yet stayed the same. Enjoy!

250: Kids at Mass, Martyrs & Satanists w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

July 28th, 2021  |  1 hr 10 secs

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Taylor brings the heat this week with some hot takes on kids in Mass, Martyrs and Satanists. Fr. Anthony isn't just along for the ride but tries to guide him back to sanity.

Jon Blevins makes his podcast debut | Forte Flashbacks

July 23rd, 2021  |  28 mins 53 secs

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Jon was first a guest on the show on Ep 96. In this Flashback episode, Taylor listens to that conversation, reflects on how much has changed and remembers some great stuff he forgot.

249: Hollywood, Priorities & Apologies w/Kramer Soderberg

July 21st, 2021  |  1 hr 2 mins

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Allison shares about her recent successful trip to Hollywood & Taylor shares a new apology method that he heard on Instagram that he thinks is bonkers. Allison thinks it's terrible advice for him but probably good for everyone else. Kramer Soderberg joins the show to chat about his new outlook on setting priorities.

Fr. Anthony Sciarappa makes his debut | Forte Flashbacks

July 16th, 2021  |  25 mins 19 secs

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This episode proves how far we've come! Fr. Anthony sounds like he called in from a cell phone in Atlantis, Taylor had no mic ettiquette BUT we learn where "Pittsburgh's okayest priest" came from, the things he's done as a priest for the first time in human history & highlight his first utterly insane first podcast, The Flue. Enjoy his origin story on Forte Catholic!

248: Beatific Vision, Chicken Soup for the Schroll & Miracles

July 14th, 2021  |  56 mins 46 secs

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Allison Sullivan's 1st appearance on the show | Forte Flashback

July 9th, 2021  |  22 mins 33 secs

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We're starting a new series called Forte Flashbacks highlighting the best moments of the show, starting with the cohosts first appearances as guests. Allison was the guest on EPISODE TWO of the show! Enjoy the re-release with commentary from Taylor :)

247: Milk, Meat & Loki w/Edmund Mitchell

July 7th, 2021  |  55 mins 41 secs

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Taylor & Edmund discuss why we do the show the way that we do. They also share their thoughts on the new Loki series from Disney+ & answer some random PodDeck questions. Enjoy!

246: Live from Pittsburgh! Gambling, Texting & Effeminacy w/the Sciarappa's

June 30th, 2021  |  54 mins 10 secs

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Taylor flew to Pittsburgh to celebrate Fr. Anthony's 5th anniversary and recorded this episode in the Sciarappa home while they were together. They discuss the Catholic view on gambling, a blast from the past & Taylor's pet peeve of using effeminacy as a derogatory term.

245: Summer, Arby's & Growth

June 23rd, 2021  |  58 mins 11 secs

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Taylor & Liv share stories of the good & bad of summer, how Arby's and the Church are very similar & Taylor reveals one of his biggest pet peeves.

244: Hot Takes, Pange Lingua & Talking Behind Your Back

June 16th, 2021  |  59 mins 47 secs

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Fr. Anthony & Taylor discuss the premise "real men only compliment each other behind their backs." They play an absolutely wild game of Forte/Mezzo/Piano with flaming hot takes from a rocket scientist. Finally, you've heard the Pange Lingua but have no idea what it means. We're gonna change that.

243: Vacations, Narcissism & Old English Catholicism w/Allison Sullivan

June 9th, 2021  |  1 hr 1 min

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Allison & Taylor are both back from vacation and have stories to share from their travels. Taylor asks if he's a narcissist which makes Allison quite uncomfy. Finally, they go through this weekend's Corpus Christi sequence prayer as it's a perfect microcosm of Catholicism. Enjoy!

242: Dreams, Madlibs & Freestyle Preaching w/Edmund Mitchell

June 2nd, 2021  |  56 mins 20 secs

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Edmund Mitchell cohosts and tries to explain Taylor's strange dreams. They also play a Catholic version of mad libs and everyone's favorite "Freestyle Preaching."