221: Bon Jovi, Word of the Year & Saint Power Rankings w/Jon Blevins

January 6th, 2021  |  55 mins 25 secs

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Taylor FINALLY made it back to Mass at his home parish and it came with a HUGE surprise that no one else seemed to notice. Jon Blevins cohosts and the guys share their January 2021 Saint Power Rankings. Who are the saints that are most popular and/or most needed today. In the final segment, they use Jen Fulwiler's Word of the Year generator to find out what their word for 2021 is...and judge their words from previous years.

220: Friends, Freestyle Preaching & Sacrilege

December 30th, 2020  |  54 mins 50 secs

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Taylor looks back on 2020 to try and find something good but instead goes back further cuz he couldn't find anything. The two reminisce about their friendship and how its grown and discuss the balance between poking fun at each other and being genuine. Taylor found the PERFECT new tune for the ABC's and asks Fr. Anthony if it's sacrilegious. Fr. Anthony gets another crack at Freestyle Preaching and writing his Christmas homily on the show.

219: The Forte Catholic Christmas Special w/Allison Sullivan

December 23rd, 2020  |  53 mins 57 secs

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The Annual Christmas Special is here! Taylor shares a revolutionary insight that will change Christianity FOREVER. Allison shares about her newfound love for acting and how it's leading her and her son to Los Angeles and Taylor talks about waiting vs. waiting(we promise it'll make sense). Merry Christmas!

218: Insanity, Community & a Light in the Darkness w/Liv Harrison

December 16th, 2020  |  56 mins 24 secs

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Taylor had one of the most rollercoaster weeks with huge highs and low lows and he's emotionally exhaused from it. So he invited Liv of all people to...help? Buckle up for story time with Taylor to feel better about your week either because you can comiserate or because you can be thankful you're not him. These stories somehow lead to conversations about true community, growth and the hope brought about from...THE DISNEY ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!

217: Jesus vs. Mary, Forte/Mezzo/Piano & Life Verse

December 9th, 2020  |  55 mins 37 secs

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Jesus played against Mary in a basketball game and the winner determined how we should be praying. Taylor(half a grad theology degree) has a wild theory and Jon "Bearded" Blevins(full grad theology degree (online) tries to correct him. We also brought back two long forgotten segments and had an absolute blast! We rate recent hot takes from our friends at Clerically Speaking and learn that Jon truly has a gift from God in Life Verse where the Lord speaks directly through us to share a message with someone.

216: Taylor Almost Died, Mystery Gift & Taekwondo w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

December 2nd, 2020  |  56 mins 33 secs

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Taylor got his beard trimmed for the first time since the pre-covid era and it was a very strange experience. Fr. Anthony opens a mystery gift from a listener, reveals his secret Taekwondo talent and Taylor rails on spiritual bouquets.

215: Authenticity, Retrospection & Intuition w/Allison Sullivan

November 25th, 2020  |  56 mins 43 secs

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214: Disney World, Championships & Patience w/Liv Harrison

November 18th, 2020  |  56 mins 53 secs

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213: Español, Sisyphus & Catholic Comedian David Studebaker

November 11th, 2020  |  57 mins 17 secs

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212: Chicken Soup, Catholic RPG & the Church's Best Kept Secret w/Mark Shea

November 4th, 2020  |  56 mins

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211: This is as good as it gets w/Allison Sullivan

October 28th, 2020  |  56 mins 29 secs

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-A story of two football games that made Taylor realize what's been going on in his life
-Allison's adoption story
-A story of two cars that made Taylor realize what's been going on in his life

210: Taco Bell, IKEA & Taylor got the cops called on him w/Liv Harrison

October 21st, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs

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Taylor went to visit Liv this weekend so they have a lot to share about their adventures together. What went right and what went VERY wrong! Taylor also got the cops called on him this week while trying to do the Lord's work. And finally, he finally has a moment with Jesus instantly ruined by Taco Bell. What a week!

209: Subjective Catholicism, Failure, & Sainthood w/Bearded Blevins

October 14th, 2020  |  55 mins 37 secs

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We tried to kick off the show with a beautiful conversation about loving our neighbor but Jon wanted to talk about straws for a while. Taylor talks about Jon's mom(and isn't offensive...wow) and how we can't love a God we can't see if we don't love the people we can.

The guys have a conversation about objective and subjective truth in Catholicism and how people often get them confused in both directions. Finally, Taylor shares how big of a failure his is with the help of the trusty dog Airbud.

208: Four Year Anniversary Show!!! w/Koji de Ramos

October 7th, 2020  |  55 mins 24 secs

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Fr. Anthony cohosts the four year anniversary show! Taylor kicks it off by looking back at all the ups and downs of the last four years and makes his pitch for re-election as host for four more years of this strange show. Koji de Ramos rejoins the show to discuss being Catholic at work and some much needed mindset shifts for our careers after a year that threw us all for a loop. Finally, the guys share their initial thoughts on the new encyclical from Pope Francis. And for the first time publicly, Taylor disagrees with a Pope(gasp!). Be sure to stay until the end to see what caused this!

207: Squirrels, Holiness & Amoebas w/Allison Sullivan

September 30th, 2020  |  54 mins 49 secs

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Allison Sullivan cohosts and brings way more stories about squirrels than any of us saw coming. She also shares how she got shadow banned on Instagram and Taylor goes into his experience with brain eating amoebas this weekend. They continue with a conversation about subjective vs. objective holiness, getting graded on holiness(lol) and enjoying a slower pace of life.

206: When Negative=Positive w/Liv Harrison

September 23rd, 2020  |  55 mins 33 secs

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"Olivia Newton John" cohosts an interesting episode that kicks off with some great news for the show balanced with Taylor bombing his last talk. Taylor made a mistake coaching his football team and it made him remember some very gloomy Scripture passages...that eventually leads to quite a deal of laughter. Finally, Taylor and Liv chat about how sometimes hearing things in a negative light actually make you understand them positively.