The Popish Plotcast

Mike, Nate & Jessica talk about the lessens to be learned from the story of Samson & Delilah and argue about cutting one's hair into bangs. They talk about: rash decisions, not defending Delilah (but kind of defending Delilah,) Ruth, high places, entertaining evil, how stupid was Samson?, spy craft (or lack there of,) the stupid Galatians, the Nazarite oath, dead animal honey, the lord...

Mike opens the Catholic T-shirt Club Box for July 2023. Links: Catholic T-Shirt Club: https://catholictshirtclub.com/ Catholic Balm Co Affiliate Link: https://catholicbalm.co/?aff=18 Code: Plot2021   Connect with us on social media:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePopishPlot/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePopishPlot Email: ThePopishPlot@gmail.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePopis...

Mike talks about this month's prayer intention from the Pope. July Pope Prayer Intention: For a Eucharistic life We pray that Catholics may place the celebration of the Eucharist at the heart of their lives, transforming human relationships in a very deep way and opening to the encounter with God and all their brothers and sisters. Infographic: https://www.popesprayer.va/tpv-for-a-eucharistic-...

Mike, Nate & Jessica talk about another viewer requested saint from Purdy Do, this time St. Morand of Cluny a patron saint for grapes & wine. We talk about: the amount of info we found on him, theories in physics, attributes, patranages, his life, saintly fan fics, his miracles, miracle grapes, combo miracles, D.B/ Dan Cooper and more. Comment with your viewer requests. Wacky Wednesday: St...

Mike, Nate & Jessica tell you the name and at least 1 fact for a saint for each day of July. In part 2 they go over July 16th to the 31st. Saints in this episode: 16 St. Fulrad- 17 St. Generosus – 18 St. Pambo aka Pemwah aka Bemwah – Also mentions Sts. Melania the Elder, Rufinus & Athanasius. 19 St. Aurea- 20 St. Barhadbesciabas aka Barhadbesaba 21 St. Julia of Troyes – 22 St. Plato – Also...

Mike, Nate & Jessica talk about another viewer requested saint from Purdy Do, this time St. Ulphia the patron saint of frogs. They talk about: her name, where she was born & died, her attributions, feast day, patronages, about her life, having saints for friends, groups of hermits, controlling animals, ever increasingly complex stories on how she became the patron of frogs/amphibians, anim...

Mike, Nate & Jessica tell you the name and at least 1 fact for a saint for each day of July. In part 1 they go over July 1st to the 15th. Saints in this episode: 1. St. Cewydd- 2 St. Acestes- 3 St. Phocas the Gardener- 4 St. Odo the Good- 5 St. Athanasius AND St. Athanasius the Athonite- 6 St. Sexburga aka Seaxburh- Also mentions Sts. Ercongota & Ermenida, Jurmin, Ethelthryth, Ethelburh &a...

Viewer Purdy Do requested an episode on St. Titus of Crete, quite possible the person with a book of the Bible named after them who we know the least about. We talk about: other Biblical saints we know more about, how Paul wrote a whole book of the Bible to him on how to be a bishop, what we know of his early life, page 2 of Google, the year(s) he might have died in - and that we don't know wh...

Mike, Nate & Jessica talk about the story of The 7 Sleepers aka the 7 Holy Sleepers aka The Sleepers of Ephesus, Companions of the Cave & Ashab al-kahf. They talk about: religions that wrote about the story, the possible number of people and/or dogs, what work they might have done, beings that sound a lot like an angel, famous persecutions of Christians, caves thought to be the cave, deep...

Mike, Nate & Jessica tell you the name and at least 1 fact for a saint for each day of June. In part 2 they go over June 16th to the 30th. Saints in this episode: 16 St. Curig 17 St. Harvey 18 St. Fortunatus 19 St. Deodatus of Nevers- aka Adeodate, Didier, Die & DieuDonne - 20 St. Florentina – Also mentions Sts. Leander, Isidore & Fulgentius 21 : St. Maine – aka Meen, Mevenus, Mavenus,...

Mike opens the Catholic T-shirt Club Box for June 2023 and shares about the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. (And not the devotion to the left pinkie toe of the Lord.) Links: Catholic T-Shirt Club: https://catholictshirtclub.com/ Catholic Balm Co Affiliate Link: https://catholicbalm.co/?aff=18 Code: Plot2021   Connect with us on social media:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePopishPlot...

Viewer Purdy Do asked for an episode on St. Rufus, as there happens to be a number of saints named Rufus (and variations of Rufus) we talk about all the saints named Rufus that we could find, ending with the one they most likely wanted to know more about, St. Rufus from the Bible. We also talk about: what one would call a group of Rufuses (Rufusi?), a very short history of the name James, feast da...

Mike, Nate & Jessica tell you the name and at least 1 fact for a saint for each day of June. In part 1 they go over June 1st to the 15th. Saints in this episode: 1Bl. Dominic Nifaki AND Bl. Dominic of Fiunga AND Bl. Dominic of the Holy Rosary AND Bl. Dominic Shibioge AND Bl. Dominic Tomaki 2 St. Bodfan 3 St. Kevin 4 St. Optatus of Milevis 5 St. Felix of Fritzlar 6 St. Niammon 7 St. Peter- Also...

Mike, Nate & Jessica talk about St. Elmo aka St. Erasmus of Formia. They talk about his feast day, attributes, patronages, life story, that he is one of the 14 Holy Helpers, & his beef with Rocko over a cookie. They also talk about: muppets, 1800's popular novels, Sts. Anastasiuses, mistaken identities, testing spirits, the book of Acts, why it is called St. Elmo's Fire, old timey...

Mike opens the Catholic T-shirt Club Box for May 2023 and shares some of the story of Our Lady of Lourdes. Links: Catholic T-Shirt Club: https://catholictshirtclub.com/ Catholic Balm Co Affiliate Link: https://catholicbalm.co/?aff=18 Code: Plot2021   Connect with us on social media:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePopishPlot/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePopishPlot Email: ThePopishPlot@g...

Mike talks about this month's prayer intention from the Pope. May's Pope Prayer Intention: For church movements and groups We pray that Church movements and groups may rediscover their mission of evangelization each day, placing their own charisms at the service of needs in the world. Catholic Balm Co Affiliate Link: https://catholicbalm.co/?aff=18 Code: Plot2021   Connect with us on social media:...

Mike, Nate & Jessica kept talking about using a mummy for a pillow after the "Saintly Ghost Stories" episode ended. Catholic Balm Co Affiliate Link: https://catholicbalm.co/?aff=18 Code: Plot2021   Connect with us on social media:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePopishPlot/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePopishPlot Email: ThePopishPlot@gmail.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.c...

Mike, Nate, & Jessica share stories of saints who saw ghosts, or in 1 case ghost impersonators in this, slightly off topic birthday episode. The saints in the episode are: St. John Bosco, St. Malachy of Armagh, & St. Macarius of Egypt (with a mention of St. Bernard of Clairvaux.) They also talk about: copyright law, scary good news, disagreeing with saints, time, threatening to haunt peopl...

Mike, Nate & Jessica tell you the name and at least 1 fact for a saint for each day of May. In part 2 they go over May 16th to the 31st. Saints in this episode: 16 St. Abdas of Susa AND St. Abdas 17 St. Restituta 18 St. Felix of Cantalice AND St. Felix of Spoleto Also mentions St. Philip Neri & St. Charles Borromeo 19 St. Maria Bernarda Bütler 20 St. Anastasius XIII 21 St. Secundinus AND S...

Mike, Nate, & Jessica talk about the 14 Holy Helpers (in German Vierzehn Nothelfer, & in Latin Quattuordecim auxiliatores), for reasons that will become clear later this month. (Note: if you are also following us on twitter [link below] this is not the same reason for this month's daily prayer intention.) The 14 Holy Helpers: Agathius (Acacius), St. Blaise, St. Christopher, St. Cyriacu...

Mike, Nate & Jessica tell you the name and at least 1 fact for a saint for each day of May. In part 1 they go over May 1st to the 15th. Saints in this episode: 1. St. Orentius AND Sts. Orentius & Patientia -Also mentions St. Lawrence's 2. St. Vindemialis, Eugene & Longinus 3. Sts. Timothy & Martha 4 St. Pelagia of Antioch AND St. Pelagia of Tarsus 5 St. Jutta 6 St. Heliodorus A...

Mike, Nate, & Jessica talk about the weird: bag, animal, body of water method of martyrdom that keeps popping up in the monthly lesser known saints episodes, which leads to questions on how many people were going to St, Ives, and finally snakes on planes and weird TV edits. Catholic Balm Co Affiliate Link: https://catholicbalm.co/?aff=18 Code: Plot2021   Connect with us on social media:  Faceb...

In this bonus bit from "Charlton Heston's "The Ten Commandments"" Mike, Nate, & Jessica talk about the books of the Bible. Jessica guesses many wrong books of the Bible that will be discussed in the episode, as well as shares thought on different books of the Bible. They talk about how long Genesis is and other ways the book could be cut up into many, many books. They a...

Mike opens the Catholic T-shirt Club Box for April 2023 and talks about the Lamb of God. Links: Catholic T-Shirt Club: https://catholictshirtclub.com/ Catholic Balm Co Affiliate Link: https://catholicbalm.co/?aff=18 Code: Plot2021   Connect with us on social media:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePopishPlot/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePopishPlot Email: ThePopishPlot@gmail.com YouTube:...

Mike, Nate & Jessica tell you the name and at least 1 fact for a saint for each day of April. In part 2 they go over April 16th to the 30th. Saints in this episode: 16 St. Drogo 17 St. Fortunatus & Marcian 18 St. Perfectus 19 St. Expeditus 20 St. Hugh of Anzy le Duc 21 St. Anastasius XI AND St. Anastasius the Sinaite– Also mentions Pope St. Gregory the Great 22 St. Arwald 23 St. Ibar of Be...