429: Snakes, Self-Awareness & St. Maximilian Kolbe w/ Chris Bartlett

September 3rd, 2025  |  59 mins 19 secs

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Taylor was attacked by a snake! He also shares a recent personal insight & new information about St. Kolbe with Chris that makes the saint even cooler than we thought! We also introduce a brand new game called Catholic Analogies that we think you're going to enjoy!

428: Taunting Satan & Apologetically Catholic w/ Oscar Rivera

August 22nd, 2025  |  1 hr 5 mins

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Christian rappers & preachers are out here wanting to battle the Devil. I'm out here praying "do not put me to the test." Also, while others proclaim to be "unapologetically Catholic", am I "apologetically Catholic?" Catholic speaker & fellow podcaster Oscar Rivera helps me figure it out!

425: Sports & Music w/ Jeremy Rodriguez

August 1st, 2025  |  52 mins 35 secs

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Jeremy is one of the premiere Catholic worship leaders & joins Taylor on this week's episode to discuss their shared passions: sports, faith & music. They have gotten to work together at multiple events & finally turned on the recorders to share one of their conversations with you.

387: Liturgical Music & Catholic Superstitions w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

May 22nd, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min

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Taylor shares about a cool "crossover Mass" that the local Catholic school does and then yells about the music at Mass. He has a new rant for Fr. Anthony who tries to help him out with this issue and a strange superstition Taylor has about prayer. Is anyone else as crazy as Taylor?!?!

312: Lions, Lambs & Mass Class w/Fr. Dave Dwyer & Jon Blevins

November 2nd, 2022  |  1 hr 15 mins

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Jon Blevins cohosts as Taylor shares his mixed feelings on music by a former Catholic, now atheist being played at Mass. They also discuss how Jesus can simultaneously be the seemingly contradictory Lion and the Lamb and what that means for us. We're also joined by special guest Fr. Dave Dwyer to discuss his impressive media career and the launch of his new book on the Mass.

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.

Episode 67: Discipleship, "Unpublished Worship Songs" & Ordinary Time w/Everett Fritz

January 23rd, 2018  |  53 mins 49 secs

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In this week's episode we share two new "Unpublished Worship Songs" and talk about what the deal is with Ordinary Time. Everett Fritz joins the show to talk about the buzz word in the Church right now: discipleship.

Episode 47: First World Probs, Bad Church Music & Fishers of Men

September 5th, 2017  |  54 mins 1 sec

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First world problems as suffering, terrible music in Church & talking about modern dating with two lovely ladies.

Episode 9: Advent, Inculturation & Catholic Rap w/Brandon Morel

November 29th, 2016  |  53 mins 43 secs

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This episode of Forte Catholic kicks off Advent in a special way with Catholic rapper and New York City Youth Minister Brandon Morel, also known as BeTheSymbol. He will enlighten us on how he brings the Gospel to the New York City youth culture and more. We have an awesome conversation about Advent and inculturation. Ever wondered how the Church and culture mix? Tune in now!

Episode 8: Music, Comedy & Consumerism w/Kyle Heimann

November 22nd, 2016  |  53 mins 21 secs

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Kyle is a Catholic Musician and Speaker who shares about how he uses music & comedy to evangelize. Taylor also shares about Pope Francis' thoughts on consumerism.