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The Popish Plotcast
by The Popish Plot
Mike, Nate, and Jessica share their knowledge and love of the Catholic Church as they discuss theology, evangelization, and catechism while always being mindful of one of their favorite quotes by G.K. Chesterton: "It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it."
Episodes
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175-Samson & Delilah & Temptation
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…
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174-Catholic T-Shirt Club Unboxing-Blessed Miguel Pro
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:...
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173-Pope's Prayer Intention for July 2023
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...
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172-Viewer Request-St. Morand of Cluny
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,...
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171-Saints of July You Might Not Know-Part 2
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...
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170-Viewer Request-St. Ulphia
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...
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169-Saints of July You Might Not Know-Part 1
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....
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168-Viewer Request-St. Titus of Crete
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...
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167-The Holy Sleepers
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...
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166-Saints of June You Might Not Know-Part 2
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 –…
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165-Catholic-T-Shirt Club-Unboxing-The Sacred Heart of Jesus
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:...
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164-Viewer Request-Sts. Rufus
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...
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163-Saints of June You Might Not Know-Part 1
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....
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162-Saint Elmo
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...
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161-Catholic T-Shirt Club Unboxing: Our Lady of Lourdes
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:...
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160-Pope's Prayer Intention for May 2023
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…
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159-Bonus Episode: Mummy Pillow
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:...
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158-Saintly Ghost Stories
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...
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156-Saints of May You Might Not Know-Part 2
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 &…
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157-The 14 Holy Helpers
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...
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155-Saints of May You Might Not Know: Part 1
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 &…
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154-Bonus-Snakes of April
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...
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153-Bonus Bits-Books in the Bible
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…
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152-Catholic T-Shirt Club Unboxing-Agnus Dei
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:...
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151-Saints of April You Might Not Know-Part 2
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....
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150-Pope's Prayer Intention for April 2023
Mike talks about this month's prayer intention from the Pope. April's Pope Prayer Intention: For a culture of peace and non-violence We pray for the spread of peace and non-violence, by decreasing the use of weapons by States and citizens. Catholic Balm Co Affiliate Link:...
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149-Saints of April You Might Not Know-Part 1
Mike, Nate & Jessica tell you the name and at least 1 fact for a saint for each day of April. In part 1 they go over April 1st to the 15th. Saints in this episode: 1 Sts. Victor & Stephen 2 Bl.Volodymr Pryima 3 St. Vulpian 4 St. Plato 5 St. Zeno 6 St. Paul Tinh 7 St. Hegesippus the Nazarene 8 St....
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148-Bonus Bits From The Petoskey Plot
Mike, Nate, & Jessica had some extra bits from this year's April Fool's Day episode, "The Petoskey Plot". They thought the would share it with you on this Easter Monday in honor if the Risus Paschalis. (Link to video on that below if you don't remember what that is.) It includes bonus information...
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147-Happy Easter 2023!!!
Mike, Nate, & Jessica wish you all a happy Easter in this episode. They also talk about: things you don't say during Lent, awesomeness, the Triduum, the Easter Vigil: the V8 or liturgical vegemite, people in your pew, paying for pews and other Protestant ideas, chairs vs standing, the 50 days of...
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146-Charlton Heston's-The Ten Commandments
Mike, Nate & Jessica talk about the 1956 version of the film "The Ten Commandments" featuring Charlton Heston as Moses and produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. (But not the 1923 version of the film "The Ten Commandments" directed by Cecil B. DeMille, but staring Theodore Roberts as Moses.)...
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145-Pope's Prayer Intention for March 2023
Mike talks about last month's prayer intention from the Pope and why it is so late. March's Pope Prayer Intention: For victims of abuse We pray for those who have suffered harm from members of the Church; may they find within the Church herself a concrete response to their pain and suffering....
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144-The Petoskey Plot
Anthony of Petoskey takes over the show and brings some "friends" with him. They talk about 3 pilgrimage sites: 1 with a really big bible, Seneca Falls, & Lazarus's living room. Catholic Balm Co Affiliate Link: https://catholicbalm.co/?aff=18 Code: Plot2021 Connect with us on social media:...
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143-Purgatory-The Popish Plotcast
Mike, Nate, & Jessica talk about Purgatory as well as all sorts of other banter in this episode of The Popish Plotcast. They talk about: shutting down Purgatory, euchre, bantering, podcasts, Eastern rite nuns, our creative process, purgative activities, time in Purgatory, effectiveness of…
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142-Heaven-ASMR
Mike, Nate & Jessica talk about Heaven in this ASMR video. They read from the Book of Revelation, including parts of chapter 4, 21, & 22 (Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition). There is also chimes, and rain sounds. Catholic Balm Co Affiliate Link: https://catholicbalm.co/?aff=18 Code: Plot2021...
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141-Hell-A Review
Mike & Jessica once again welcome Anthony of Petoskey to talk about a place. This time he talks about Hell. They talk about: how Hell has everything (except God), fire, the worst day on Twitter, how to get to Hell, the road to Hell, roundabouts, traffic, lakes of fire, brimstone, Florida,...
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140-Judgment-How to-The Personal and Final Judgments
In part two of the final four things: Mike, Nate, & Jessica talk about how to do one's personal or final judgment (but not if you leave until the end of time and your personal judgment is during the final judgment, you will need a different how to video for that.) They talk about: how to tell…
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139-10 Years of Pope Francis
Mike, Nate, & Jessica talk about the 1st ten years of the reign of Pope Francis. They talk about: when he became Pope, key moments in his Papacy, things he has written, and much more. Catholic Balm Co Affiliate Link: https://catholicbalm.co/?aff=18 Code: Plot2021 Connect with us on social media:...
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138-Death-Make up & Morbidness
***Warning: Death, Decay, and Death related content*** Mike, Nate & Jessica start out this year's series on the last four things with death and make up videos (that also discuss morbid things). For this one the 3 do their make up while discussing what physically happens to a body after death. The...
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137-Saints of March You Might Not Know-Part 2
Mike, Nate & Jessica tell you the name and at least 1 fact for a saint for each day of March. In part 2 they go over March 16th to the 31st. Saints in this episode: 16 St. Julian of Antioch 17 St. Gertrude of Nivelles 18 St. Humphrey aka Hunfrid 19 St. John the Syrian of Pinna 20 St. Anastasius…
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136-Announcing the Theme for The Last Four Things 2023
Mike, Nate and Jessica talk about the theme for this year's The Last Four Thing, as well as past themes. Earlier The Last Four Things Series: Year 1- The 4 Last Things https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdHIlBkq65UsFoX37x0Gx8z7jHxs4MoL2 Year 2- The Last Four Things 2019...
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135-Saints of March You Might Not Know: Part 1
Mike, Nate & Jessica tell you the name and at least 1 fact for a saint for each day of March. In part 1 they go over March 1st to the 15th. Also as a bonus we talk about the saint of Feb. 29th Saints in this episode: 29 St. Oswald 1 St. Leo Luke 2 St. Cynibild 3 St. Non aka Nonnita or Nonna. 4…
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134-Conclave Trivia
Mike, Nate, and Jessica continue their series on Papal trivia with some facts on how someone becomes a Pope. They talk about: how as of filming this there is no need for a conclave anytime soon, convoys and trucker songs, Jessica rants about the song "Christmas Shoes" being a lame rip off of…
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133-The Last Pope From...
Mike, Nate & Jessica continue Popal trivia with how many Popes were martyred and who was the last pope from various countries of the world. Popes in the video: Gregory XI Benedict XVI Zachary Theodore John Paul I Advian VI John Paul II John XXI Alexander VI Gregory III Adrian IV Catholic Balm Co...
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132-Saints of February You Might Not Know Part 2
Mike, Nate & Jessica tell you the name and at least 1 fact for a saint for each day of February. In part 2 they go over Feb 15th to the 28th. Saints in this episode: 15. St. Agape- 16. St. Honestus – 17. St. Habet Deus- 18. St. Agatha Lin – 19. St. Boniface of Lausanne – 20. St. Sadoth – aka...
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131-Pope's Prayer Intention for February 2023
Mike talks about this month's prayer intention from the Pope . February's Pope Prayer Intention: We pray that parishes, placing communion at the center, may increasingly become communities of faith, fraternity and welcome towards those most in need. Catholic Balm Co Affiliate Link:...
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130-Saints of February You Might Not Know Part 1
Mike, Nate & Jessica tell you the name and at least 1 fact for a saint for each day of February. In part 1 they go over Feb 1st to the 14th. Saints in this episode: 1. St. Seiriol – 2. St. Feock- 3. St. Tigides & Remedius and St. Lupicinus & Felix – 4. St. John Stone – 5. St. Louis Ibachi – 6.…
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129-Pope's Prayer Intention for January 2023
Mike talks about last month's prayer intention from the Pope and the Pope video for that month. And there is a cat January's Pope Prayer Intention: For educators We pray that educators may be credible witnesses, teaching fraternity rather than competition and helping the youngest and most...
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128-The Pope Most . . .
Mike, Nate, and Jessica share more papal trivia. This time they talk about: the shortest, longest and average length of a papacy, the youngest and oldest popes, the oldest living pope, and the oldest acting pope, and the least and most writings as a pope. We talk about: Popes: Urban VII, Pius IX,...
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127-Unusual Papal Beginnings and Endings
Mike, Nate, & Jessica start a new series for Ordinary Time on Papal trivia. This time they discuss some papal beginnings and endings. They talk about: Pope Pontian and resigning, Pope Fabian and birds, Pope Leo X and on the job training, Pope John XI's possible connection to Pope Sergius III…
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126-Week of Christian Unity 2023
Mike, Nate, & Jessica talk about Christian unity. They talk about tee shirts, quote St. John Paul II, Peter Kreeft, & Francis Chan, discuss diversity in unity, the conversion of St. Paul, donkeys and G. K. Chesterton and other fat guys. Videos linked in this one: The Patriarchal Plot...
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Mike, Nate, and Jessica share their knowledge and love of the Catholic Church as they discuss theology, evangelization, and catechism while always being mindful of one of their favorite quotes by G.K. Chesterton: "It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it."
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