160: Hot Takes on Thanksgiving Food, Football & Obedience w/ Fr. Jared Cooke

November 6th, 2019  |  53 mins 30 secs

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Jon "Bearded" Blevins cohosts with hot takes on Thanksgiving food! Fr. Jared Cooke returns as guest to brag about his trip to Disney and also revisit the topic of obedience...how important and how difficult it is for our spiritual growth.

159: Kanye and turning 30 w/ Oscar IIX Rivera

October 30th, 2019  |  53 mins 26 secs

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Taylor turned 30 this week! Liv Harrison cohosts as they discuss how looking back on the last decade brought Taylor joy. Our guest this week is Oscar IIX Rivera. He is a youth minister, speaker and musician that Taylor has known for years because of a mutual friend but the story of them actually meeting is strange. In the final segment, two white people talk about Kanye's new album because that's what everyone wants, right? Enjoy!

158: Joke Fest, Homily Interruptions & Wrecking Ball God w/ Amanda Vernon

October 23rd, 2019  |  53 mins 16 secs

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Fr. Anthony Sciarappa cohosts in what may be our fastest paced joke fest ever recorded! We chat about our weekends including a tall hat guy, preaching to plants, angry Taylor, terrible travel and making Fr. Anthony speechless. Our guest this week is recording artist Amanda Vernon! She's doing great work as the Catholic Alycia Keys through her music and new book "When God Wrecks Your Romance."

157: New Saints, Clumsy Theosis & a Fully Alive Man

October 15th, 2019  |  53 mins 18 secs

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Cohost Shaun McAfee was our live correspondent from Rome at the canonization of five new saints this week! Richaél Lucero, host of the Clumsy Theosis Podcast, joins the show to explain why she is clumsy and what or who a theosis is. Jake Stanley of Man Fully Alive Ministries joins the show to defend his nefarious cohost and share the impact reading Scripture daily has had on his life.

156: Third Anniversary Show! Taylor's Theology Test & Speaking to Sparrows

October 9th, 2019  |  53 mins 35 secs

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Allison Sullivan joins Taylor for the three year anniversary show!!! Taylor took a 9th grade theology test and...it didn't go well.

BONUS-Taylor’s 5th appearance on The Jen Fulwiler Show

October 5th, 2019  |  34 mins 28 secs

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155: Hateful Catholics, Superstitions & Dr. Peter Kreeft!!!

October 2nd, 2019  |  51 mins 37 secs

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Liv Harrison is in studio as co-host. Over a decade ago, Taylor made a promise to himself never to do a certain thing again. He broke that rule for the first time this week. The amount of hate thrown around by Catholics this week necessitated a change of course. We have to be better than this...

Our guest this week is an absolute legend! Dr. Peter Kreeft has been at the head of Catholic thought for decades and was a huge influence on young Taylor.

154: Lost in Prayer, Imperfections & Rock Stars w/ Fr. Rob Galea

September 25th, 2019  |  52 mins 25 secs

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Fr. Anthony was in a mood and boi did he deliver! In one of our funnier recent episodes, Taylor yells at Fr. Anthony for stealing his content which is a perfect segway into a conversation on imperfections.

Our guest this week made Fr. Anthony jealous because he's a more famous priest than him. Fr. Rob Galea is a world-renowned musician, speaker and media creator. He was the priest you may have seen on Australian X-Factor, has performed for the Pope and still finds time to hear confessions.

153: Nightmares Are You Scaring You w/ Kathryn Whitaker

September 18th, 2019  |  51 mins 57 secs

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Allison Sullivan(aka Girl Host) cohosts this week to join Taylor in conversations about lightning storms, supervillains, prophets and nightmares. Our guest is Kathryn Whitaker to talk about her new book "Live Big, Love Bigger: Getting Real with BBQ, Sweet Tea and a Whole Lotta Jesus."

152: Fight or Flight & Christian Leadership w/ Katie Prejean McGrady

September 11th, 2019  |  52 mins 36 secs

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Jon Blevins cohosts! He and Taylor talk about the 100th NFL season kicking off, our fight or flight mentalities and how that bleeds into our spiritual lives. Katie Prejean McGrady rejoins the show to talk about one of her and Taylor's favorite books, Ready Player One.

151: Jesus' Worst Parable, Rocky Balboa & Rachel Bulman's Life Story

September 4th, 2019  |  50 mins 52 secs

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Shaun McAfee cohosts as Taylor shares controversi…

150: Celebrating 150 Episodes w/Fr. Anthony & Multiple Surprise Guests

August 27th, 2019  |  54 mins 26 secs

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We made it 150 episodes! Fr. Anthony and Taylor celebrate by looking back at some of the best memories of the show with the help of many of our listeners who submitted their answers on social media.

149: Encounter Texas Conference & Pre-evangelization w/ Mary Lenaburg

August 21st, 2019  |  54 mins 35 secs

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Allison Sullivan cohosts as Taylor shares about his crazy week of starting school, working a retreat and the Encounter Texas conference all in the span of five days! Our guest this week is Mary Lenaburg, one of Allison’s favorite people on the planet! She is a leading speaker and author with a profound story of walking with God through some very difficult situations.

148: The Struggle is Real w/Liv Harrison and Catholic Magician Giancarlo Bernini

August 14th, 2019  |  53 mins 54 secs

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Liv Harrison guest cohosts this week!. Taylor gives an update on the crying, shares about spiritual direction and how it led to him watching Friends on Netflix instead of praying(dang it!) Our guest this week is Catholic Magician Giancarlo Bernini.

147: Millennial Jesus, Crying, Youth Ministry & Video Games w/ Jon Blevins & Work To Game

August 7th, 2019  |  54 mins 31 secs

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Jon Blevins co-hosts on his one year anniversary of first appearing on the show! Taylor shares why he's been crying while listening to podcasts in the woods and wonders if he's progressing or digressing as a human. With two of the biggest names in Catholic gaming, the guys chat about some of the pitfalls of gaming, how to avoid them and ultimately while they still play.

146: Have We Misunderstood Integrity? w/ Shaun McAfee

July 31st, 2019  |  53 mins 14 secs

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In an episode building towards a conversation on what real integrity is and how we may have been setting ridiculous standards for ourselves, Shaun instead wants to start the show by peeling back the curtain on some updates to the intro Taylor has had to implement.