Forte Catholic

Taylor recently saw Knives Out in theaters and has thoughts to share with cohost Fr. Anthony. They compare and contrast mystery novels with Church Teaching(cuz that makes sense.) Our guest this week, Rakhi McCormick, shares her story of journeying from Hinduism to Catholicism. It’s a fascinating story that didn’t happen in any way you think it would. In the final segment, Taylor shares how he put...

Liv Harrison co-hosts and reallllyy wanted to talk about the Golden Globes...so we did. I never thought I'd say this but Ricky Gervais may have actually taught us something. Our guest this week is Chris Mueller. He creates wonderful content at EverydayCatholic.com but this week, we talk about the struggle his family has been going through with their 5 year old, Ben, fighting cancer. The reason I l...

Taylor Schroll makes co-host Allison Sullivan squirm. He also shares his crowning achievement and the two new ways he's going to be juussst like Jesus( eyerolls ensued ). They also go through some pretty wild reviews of the show. Our guest this week is Fr. Chris Ortega. He shares his experience as a first generation latino in America. His insight is deep and helpful for anyone who has a similar st...

Jon "Bearded" Blevins cohosts and boy is he salty! This is Taylor's favorite version of Jon. We talk about getting back into the swing of things after a rocky Christmas break and commiserate a bit. Our guests this week are the co-authors of Uncompromising Purity, Everett Fritz and Kelsey Skoch. All too often, the topic of sexual purity is presented as something that’s exclusively a male issue, lea...

BONUS EPISODE!!! Something a little different for the Star Wars fans. Our regularly scheduled episode will still release later this week :) As promised, here is the Rise of Skywalker spoilercast. Long time listeners of the podcast will remember Producer Sam(the first cohost of the show). She makes her glorious return while in town for the holidays to argue with Taylor about their RoS takes! Enjoy...

Recorded live in the media center at #SLS20! Fr. Anthony had to deal with Taylor in person. Our guest this week was the live audience as we called people up throughout the show to share insights and their hot takes that Fr. Anthony and Taylor judged. This was a blast to record! A huge thanks to FOCUS and everyone who was around for the recording of the show :) Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the...

A Christmas Extravaganza Spectacular Special Edition! Taylor shares about the 2nd biggest pop culture weekend of the year(Star Wars, The Witcher, The Two Popes) w/cohost Shaun McAfee. They somehow connect it to how rough Taylor's Advent was and the beauty of Christmas with the help of two of Jesus' healing stories. O, and Shaun almost got stabbed at Church! Matthew Sewell, the host of the PopeCast...

Liv Harrison is back from the dead to cohost as Taylor shares his jury duty story from the day of recording this show. Our country is founded on separation of Church and State but maybe they're more similar than we think. 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...

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. We only have two segments today because the second is so special! Fr. Anthony sent Taylor his most recent homily knowing EXACTLY what he was getting himself into. So he...

The crew returns from Thanksgiving break chubby and happy. 😊 Allison and Taylor discuss their vacations, relaxation and make fun of each other a lot. 'Tis the season! 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! ( www.staceysumereau.com ) In the fin...

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...

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. Our guest this week is Han Solo clone, Tim Glemkowski. The guys go crazy for a bit and then get around to talking about Tim's book "Made For Mission" about parish culture. He shares what us little laypeople can do to give and receive m...

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. It involves John the Baptist, Confirmation and losing your head. Resident Rocket Scientist and occasional guest JP Quinn returns with a new segment idea called "Forte, Mezzo or Piano" where...

Jon "Bearded" Blevins cohosts with hot takes on Thanksgiving food! He's so passionate about it that he wanted everyone to know a few weeks early. He and Taylor also talk about Jon's recent trip to the Lion's game where he got to hang out on the field and chum it up with his heroes. Meanwhile, Taylor was teaching teens about Jesus and using Jon as an example. Womp womp. Fr. Jared Cooke returns as g...

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. Oscar has been influential in the Steubenville Conferences where Taylor had his con...

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." She...

Cohost Shaun McAfee was our live correspondent from Rome at the canonization of five new saints this week! He shares about the new saints and the experience of being there. Taylor just shares how the Pope is now a football fan and won him money. Richaél Lucero, host of the Clumsy Theosis Podcast, joins the show to explain why she is clumsy and what or who a theosis is. But mostly her and Taylor ju...

Allison Sullivan joins Taylor for the three year anniversary show!!! Taylor took a 9th grade theology test and...it didn't go well. Our guests this week are Janine McGann and Liz Sams to share about the film they created "Speaking to Sparrows." (speakingtosparrows.com) This was created for young women to reaffirm their worth in God and help them through their trials. The final segment is, as Allis...

I had the wonderful opportunity to be Jen’s guest again, but this time she trusted me enough to allow me in her presence! I got to be in her studio in Austin to chat with her about parenting and youth ministry. Frankly, she just wanted to vet me before I spoke to her son’s youth ministry. She called me the world’s expert on keeping kids Catholic......I didn’t live up. We talked about being bored i...

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 fo...

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 see...

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." She shares her story of dealing with loss and pain, how it affected her relationship with Christ and, as a bonus,...

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. This dystopian future(which may not be too far off) sheds light on our connections to technology and how to avoid those pitfalls. I...

Shaun McAfee cohosts as Taylor shares controversial takes on this past weekend's Gospel and his thoughts on the movie Rocky. Jesus tries to tell a parable this week but it's actually just a veil to give advice. Taylor started his binge watch of the Rocky movies and has strong takes on the first two installments. Our guest this week is Rachel Bulman(@rachelbulman) to share her tremendous life story...

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. The guys are also joined by two fan favorites returning to the show after long last to reminisce, laugh, talk odd Scriptures and more. We also have someone, who has been influential to the show before...