Episode Archive
429 episodes of Forte Catholic since the first episode, which aired on September 8th, 2016.
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241: New Beginnings, Prayer Specificity & Guilty Pleasures w/Liv Harrison
May 26th, 2021 | 56 mins 15 secs
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Liv shares about her new assistant that is making her work more and Taylor makes fun of her. He brings up a story from the Bible that may ended differently than we've imagined that teaches the importance of specificity in prayer. Finally, they answer random questions from Pod Decks including worst jobs and guilty pleasures.
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240: Life Verse, Virtue Signaling & Weird Stuff at Mass w/Fr. Anthony
May 19th, 2021 | 56 mins 15 secs
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Fr. Anthony cohosts what is probably our funniest show of the year! We find the show's Life Verse, Taylor has a hot take on virtue signaling and Fr. Anthony messed up in Mass and we have video proof lolol. Enjoy!
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239: Faithfulness, Wisdom, The Falcon & Winter Solider w/Mike Tenney
May 12th, 2021 | 56 mins 29 secs
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Allison cohosts as Taylor shares a new Christian song that he has a love-hate relationship with. She also asks a deep question expecting a deep answer but gets a Taylor answer instead. She shares her wisdom anyways. Mike Tenney is our guest this week to discuss Marvel's "The Falcon & Winter Soldier."
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238: Reviews, Restaurants & Restrooms w/Jon Blevins
May 5th, 2021 | 55 mins 42 secs
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Taylor shares a terrible review of him and the show and says the person was actually right lol. He and Jon play Imitate, Intercess or Ignore and then talk about some Scriptures Taylor found in the bathroom lol.
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237: Worth, Prayer, Friends & Integrity w/Liv Harrison
April 28th, 2021 | 55 mins 55 secs
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Liv Harrison is back on the show with Taylor as they discuss how much a human life is worth. Next, they talk about how we are all friends with people we don't agree with on everything and that's actually better than agreeing on everything. Finally, Taylor shares a recent breakthrough in his spiritual life after reading a new book by Blessed is She.
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236: Easter Party, Easter Questions & Fake Relics w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
April 21st, 2021 | 56 mins 19 secs
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Easter celebrations continue as Taylor & Fr. Anthony share insights into Holy Week & Divine Mercy Sunday. Taylor has some off the wall questions for the priest and shares about his son's first confession and a fake relic.
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235: Hail of a Day, Getting Old & New Saints Game w/Allison Sullivan
April 14th, 2021 | 56 mins 55 secs
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Taylor & Allison had quite the day in their small Texas town, Taylor joined a club Allison didn't think he would ever join and we introduce a new Saints game called Imitate, Intercess or Ignore. It's a hit y'all!
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234: Superhero Jesus, Illusions & the Houston Texans Priest Chaplain
April 7th, 2021 | 58 mins 37 secs
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Jon Blevins cohosts our Easter episode which kicks off with off the wall insights about Easter you won't get anywhere else. The Houston Texans' priest chaplain joins the show to share where pro sports and faith meet. Finally, Taylor & Jon discuss the illusion of explanatory depth.
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233: Singing & Nervousness w/guest cohost Amanda Vernon
March 31st, 2021 | 57 mins 6 secs
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Amanda Vernon guest cohosts to share crazy travel stories, odd dating/breakup stories, & strange marriage insights. They also discuss their vastly different music careers & overcoming nervousness.
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232: Fancy Catholic Words, Grit & Comedy w/Sam Blair
March 24th, 2021 | 57 mins 37 secs
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Fr. Anthony quizzes Taylor on fancy Catholic words and it...doesn't go well. Sam Blair, an ex-Navy Seal and leadership coach for an NBA team joins the show to talk about grit and Fr. Anthony talks to Taylor about comedy in evangelization.
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231: Hard Work, Tea Parties & Shallow Hal w/Liv Harrison
March 17th, 2021 | 56 mins 48 secs
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Hard work pays off later even if it doesn't seem like it now. Liv tries to explain to Taylor what the heck is going on with the Royal Family & Taylor talks about Shallow Hal.
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230: Women's (& Men's) Intuition & Transitions w/Allison Sullivan
March 10th, 2021 | 56 mins 17 secs
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Allison Sullivan and Taylor start the show of with some pretty serious stories about the differences between the life experiences of men and women. We then lighten the mood with the continuation of our PodDecks, where Taylor and his cohost get interviewed by inanimate objects. Allison shares about her transition in parenting as her kids get older and Taylor shares how his kids are already more talented than him.
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229: Crosses, Christian Podcast Roulette & Routines w/Jon Blevins
March 3rd, 2021 | 56 mins 47 secs
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Taylor & Jon look to the Scriptures to find out why our spiritual lives have been so difficult recently. They also play Christian Podcast Roulette which autogenerates podcast names. Finally, Taylor gripes about how everyone says you need to wake up early to be successful. It's hogwash!
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228: Yelling at God, New Game & Hypothetical Sin w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
February 24th, 2021 | 58 mins 37 secs
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Taylor recently watched a clip of "The Chosen" that he really connected with and gets down to the nitty gritty of why he stays Catholic. The guys play a new game with the help of PodDecks which led to some good and unexpected conversation. They introduce another new game called "Hypothetical Sin." Taylor shares a story that he may or may not have been involved in(involving the cops) and asks if what he did was a sin.
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227: Hell Froze Over w/guest cohost Edmund Mitchell
February 18th, 2021 | 54 mins 55 secs
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Taylor & Edmund Mitchell discuss what life in Texas has been like this week and we get to know our stand in cohost. Taylor asks a ton of very strange theological questions and gets a few other things off his chest his been wondering about including the 2 becoming 1, the 99 sheep, cryptocurrency, Jesus the business owner and much more.
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226: Forte Catholic goes to College | Seek 2021 Episode w/Liv Harrison
February 10th, 2021 | 54 mins 54 secs
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Liv and Taylor go back to college! Well...kinda. This episode was recorded for the #Seek21 young adult conference hosted by FOCUS. Liv and Taylor reminisce about the good, bad and ugly of college, what they wish they knew then and how they grew. They also play the college editions of Chicken Soup for the Schroll & Freestyle Preaching.