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Shameless Popery

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Shameless Popery is a witty, entertaining podcast that informs you about your Catholic faith and equips you to better explain Catholicism especially to Protestant or atheist friends.

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#286 Dr. Craig’s Awkward Christology Creates More Problems Than It Solves

Joe examines Dr. William Lane Craig’s view on the second person of the Trinity (the Logos) and how this creates a lot of problems that make many Christians look askance.

Sep 22

#285 REBUTTAL: “Why I Don’t Accept The Papacy” (MEGA EPISODE)

Joe is joined by Brayden Cook of The Catechumen to examine the arguments made by Testify Apologetics in his video “Why I Don’t Accept The Papacy.” Transcript: Joe: Welcom

Sep 15

#284 Responding To The “Fatima Nettles” Controversy

Joe responds to the claims online that the Fatima children and apparitions promote self-harm. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I w

Sep 8

#283 Historical Proof Relics Are Anti-Pagan (and very Christian)

Joe responds to the interesting discourse surrounding showcasing of St. Agatha’s relics (her skull) recently. He demonstrates that relics are not only NOT pagan, but are

Sep 1

#282 Are Annulments Just Catholic Divorce?

Joe examines the practice of Catholic Annulments and examines whether it’s just divorce under another name. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Hes

Aug 25

#281 Does Studying Aquinas Inevitably Make You Catholic? (Conversation with Ryan Hurd)

Joe talks with Ryan Hurd who recently converted from Protestantism to the Catholic Faith, how studying Thomas Aquinas led him across the Tiber, and how this could be beco

Aug 18

#280 When Church Fathers Get Something Wrong

Joe examines St. Irenaeus’ claim that Jesus was around 50 years old when he died, how Protestants use this to try to discredit tradition, and how Catholics should respond

Aug 11

#279 The New Covenant Argument Against Baptist Theology

Joe examines the Baptist position that babies cannot be baptized, and how this clashes with the Old Covenant that they seem to accept. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Sh

Aug 4

#278 Will Rejecting Marian Dogmas Send You To Hell?

Joe examines Protestant worries about overstating doctrine that is necessary for salvation, specifically Marian dogmas. On the surface it seems like a perfectly logical c

Jul 28

#277 The Critical Disagreements That Sparked The SSPX Schism…

Joe responds to the SSPX claims about Vatican II and it’s position on religious liberty, ecumenism and collegiality. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’

Jul 21

#276 Answering SSPX Objections to Vatican II (Part 1)

Joe answers some objections to Vatican II raised by the SSPX. Transcript: Joe : Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and in response to my recent video ab

Jul 14

#275 The SSPX Excommunication Is Justified. Here’s Why…

Joe breaks down the SSPX schism, the common arguments used to consecrate more bishops, and how the Church has historically handled these situations. Transcript: Joe: Welc

Jul 7

#274 DEBATE REVIEW: Redeemed Zoomer vs Doug Wilson on SCHISM

Joe reviews the recent debate between RZ and Doug Wilson on Schism, and gives the Catholic response. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer

Jun 30

#273 Agnostic Reads the Bible. His Questions Are Surprisingly Good.

Joe responds to a few questions Daniel Greene had after reading the Bible for the first time! Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and I

Jun 23

#272 If Jesus Drank Wine, Why Don’t Some Christians?

Joe responds to common objections to alcohol that some Christians make, and cites history and the Bible to show that moderate drinking is ok. Transcript: Joe: Welcome bac

Jun 16

#271 The False Gospel Many Catholics Secretly Believe

Joe examines Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, why it’s a huge problem in modern society, and how this applies to the recent Jesse Ridgeway news. Transcript: Joe: This week,

Jun 9

#270 Does “Magnifica Humanitas” Contradict Catholic Teaching? (Just War)

Joe reviews the backlash against the Just War portion of Pope Leo’s “Magnifica Humanitas.” Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I wan

Jun 2

#269 Responding (Lovingly) to Wes Huff’s Reasons For Not Being Catholic

Wes Huff’s video “6 reasons why I’m not Roman Catholic” has started quite the conversation! Here’s Joe’s response to Wes (lovingly, of course). Transcript: Joe: Welcome b

May 26

#268 The Jewish Roots of “Christ Is King”

Joe breaks down why Christ Is King has Jewish roots. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to talk about the phrase Christ is k

May 19

#267 “Bible In Context” Got This Wrong In His Response to Me

Bible in Context is an Instagram page that regularly replies to Catholic creators, and has replied to several clips of Joe. Today Joe responds back! Transcript: Joe: Welc

May 12

Chart trend

Position in the Christianity chart (US), last 90 days.

#62
all-time peak
23
days in the top 100 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

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#198 ▼ 37 Christianity US

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Great show, I learn something from every episode. It’s a shame that many episodes are missing from Apple Podcasts. The older episodes are available on the Catholic Answers website (catholic.com/audio/sp) and YouTube. I feel blessed that the Catholic Church says,”Yes and…” to so many things in scripture. It’s good to see the boundaries clarified by the church fathers with more “ands” that I wasn’t aware of!

Cornish Alabaster Ferret · May 2025

Clear, concise, logically laid out, witty, profound - I look forward to each posting day! Thank you thank you for your work!

NaomiRizzio · Apr 2025

There aren’t words for how thankful I am for Joe. I don’t know if I would be Catholic if it wasn’t for him. I’d probably still be an incredibly heretical Protestant. Thank you so much for being accurate, concise, intelligent, honest, and charitable in your content. Your work has been the most influential in my conversion out of any.

JaSaltyMcKremit · Apr 2025

Joe goes in depth on a number of topics important to the faith of Catholics and Protestants, doing so with charity and humor. I look forward to his two new episodes each week. I recommend all people who are interested in learning the truth of the faith subscribe to Joe’s podcast.

SCU Alum89 · Feb 2025

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