166: Jury Duty, Surfing & Baseball w/ Fr. Tim Grumbach

December 18th, 2019  |  57 mins 34 secs

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Liv Harrison is back from the dead to cohost as Taylor shares his jury duty story from the day of recording this show. Our guest this week is Fr. Tim Grumbach who definitely doesn't want to be called the Surfing Priest. They chat about Taylor and Father's baseball rivalry, which team Mary belongs to and more.

165: Taylor Got Ejected & Fr. Anthony Homily Review w/Jon Blevins

December 11th, 2019  |  51 mins 10 secs

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We had a blast with this one!!! 😂 😂 😂 Taylor got ejected from a HS basketball game where he is the campus minister...whoops...lol. He shares the story, gets cohost Jon Blevins' take and the surprise reaction from the community.

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Relaxation, Frozen 2 & Marriage w/ Stacey Sumereau

December 4th, 2019  |  53 mins 25 secs

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Allison and Taylor discuss their vacations, relaxation and make fun of each other a lot. Stacey Sumereau returns as our guest this week to discuss what finally meeting Taylor was like and what she posted a couple weeks ago that went viral and has been seen by over 17 million people!

163: NCYC & a Priest in a Ditch w/ Dustin Bertrand

November 27th, 2019  |  52 mins 48 secs

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Taylor attended the ginormous National Catholic Youth Conference with over 24k people there but that doesn't even lead our show this week. What leads the show instead is co-host Fr. Anthony Sciarappa sharing the story of driving his car into a ditch and then promptly having a phone call with Taylor to clear the air in their friendship. IT. WAS. WILD!!!
We're joined this week by Dustin Bertrand to look back at his first 30 years from his recent book that Taylor definitely has a better title for.

162: I'm Catholic, Now What? w/Tim Glemkowski

November 20th, 2019  |  53 mins 25 secs

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Taylor announces he's going to Rome to visit holy places...and cohost Shaun McAfee! The guys chat about why pilgrimages are a thing and the benefits they can bring. We also talk about Tim's book "Made For Mission" about parish culture & Shaun's book for recent converts.

161: Taylor's Homily, A New Game & A Dinosaur Priest

November 13th, 2019  |  52 mins 33 secs

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The first episode recorded in Taylor's home studio, the new Forte Catholic Headquarters!!! Allison Sullivan cohosts with a skinny margarita as Taylor shares from a recent talk he gave that he's quite proud of. They play a new hot take game & discuss women's ministry with a surprise priest guest!

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.