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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

225: People, Life and Money $$$ | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 225

February 3rd, 2021  |  56 mins 39 secs

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Jon cohosts as he and Taylor tackle a few more hot button issues than normal including pro-life issues and tithing. Hopefully its a refreshing and light hearted take on some complicated and often avoided issues.

224: Cancel Culture & Growing Pains w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

January 27th, 2021  |  56 mins 24 secs

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223: A Texas Miracle, Cussing & The State of the Pod w/Allison Sullivan

January 20th, 2021  |  55 mins 32 secs

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It snowed in central Texas where Taylor and Allison live and they share how wonderful it was for them and their families! Then they talk about CUSSIN! It's an interesting conversation that probably a bit different than what you heard in youth group. Finally, Taylor shares the "State of the Podcast"

222: Quotes, Positivity & Yoda w/Liv Harrison

January 13th, 2021  |  56 mins 36 secs

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In an attempt to rein Liv in, Taylor tries a new approach to the first segment by sharing some of his favorite quotes he's heard recently. It doesn't rein her in but it's entertaining none-the-less. Liv then shares about her new positivity challenge she's running for over 300 people and Taylor asks when she became positive. They argue. Only they can make a conversation about positivity negative lol. Finally they play a game that doesn't go anything like Taylor expected.