Show overview
Shameless Popery launched in 2025 and has put out 112 episodes in the time since. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 36 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Catholic Answers.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
View all 112 episodes#273 Agnostic Reads the Bible. His Questions Are Surprisingly Good.
#272 If Jesus Drank Wine, Why Don’t Some Christians?
#271 The False Gospel Many Catholics Secretly Believe
#270 Does “Magnifica Humanitas” Contradict Catholic Teaching? (Just War)
#269 Responding (Lovingly) to Wes Huff’s Reasons For Not Being Catholic
#268 The Jewish Roots of “Christ Is King”
#267 “Bible In Context” Got This Wrong In His Response to Me
#266 This Brand New Sola Scriptura Argument Surprised Me…
#265 A SLAM DUNK Debate For Catholics (Fatima DEBATE REVIEW)
#264 Redeemed Zoomer Critiques a Doctor of the Church…It Ends Poorly
#263 Trump’s Blasphemous Meme Points To A Bigger Problem… - Joe Heschmeyer
#262 I Debated Doug Wilson on Sola Scriptura
#261 Catholic Conversions Hit Decade Highs…But There’s a Catch
Catholic conversions are SURGING this year! But does that mean we’re in a revival in the US? The numbers are a little more nuanced than you may first expect… Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and I’ve got a lot of exciting news for you, not least of which is we’re ending the season of Lent and entering the season called Trudiwum, the shortest season on the church’s calendar. Fun fact, it’s the three holiest days of the year. It begins with tonight, Holy Thursday, the mass of the Lord’s Supper, and it’s g...
#260 What You Missed About Jonah and Christ’s Passion and Resurrection
Joe explains the importance of the Sign of Jonah named by Jesus in Matthew 16, and how it relates to Holy Week. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. I’ve got two very exciting pieces of news to share with you before I get started on today’s episode. Number one, this time next week, we should have the debate with Doug Wilson that I just did. It should be live and up and you should be able to watch it in its entirety. I will also have an episode that’s basically a version of my opening statement like I normally do. And then you can kind o...
#259 Ted Cruz’s Wild Endorsement of Anti-Catholic Tripe
Joe dissects a poorly written, AI-sourced article from X that paints a laughably inaccurate picture of American Catholicism and Catholic Answers specifically. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and it’s not every day that as an apologist for Catholic Answers, I find our work called out in a piece shared by a city and US Senator, but this week I had that unique experience. So Senator Ted Cruz shared a piece by a Twitter user called Insurrection Barbie, and it’s an article, it’s over 8,000 words long, called The Long Game and the Conser...
#258 Egypt’s 10 Plagues Were God Smiting Demons
Joe explains how the 10 plagues of Egypt in Exodus was a direct judgement against the false gods the Egyptians were worshipping. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and you probably know the basic story of the tin plagues and the Exodus. God sends Moses to Pharaoh to tell him- CLIP: Let my people go. Joe: Pharaoh, of course, refuses, and so God sends a series of tin plagues, ultimately leading to the death of the firstborn children of man beast alike. Only at this point does Pharaoh relent? The Israelites are freed. But that’s just the surface of ...
#257 Finding Your Perfect Catholic Wife w/Anna Sutton – Cup o’Joe LIVE
Joe sits down today with Anna Sutton and chats finding your Catholic Wife, everyday apologetics and a lot more! Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer here to have a cup of Joe with my friend, Anna Sutton. Anna, welcome. Anna: Thank you. It’s so exciting to be here. Joe: And of course, as always, metal Mike. Mike, welcome. Mike: Good morning. Joe: I have to make an immediate disclaimer despite the name, Cup of Joe, which is centered around having a coffee and a conversation. Today, I’m fighting off a cold. I thought I’d infect Anna in pers...
#256 Is Noah’s Ark Historically True?
Joe looks at competing theories about the story of Noah’s Ark and other similar flood myths. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and I want to ask three questions today about Noah’s Ark and the Great Flood. Question number one, did it really happen or is it just a retelling of older Babylonian stories? Question number two, if it did really happen, was it a global flood or a local or regional flood? And finally, question three, are we missing the point of the story and asking these questions? Now, if you like videos like this, I encourage you...
#255 Talking To My Favorite Protestant YouTuber (Catholicism and Orthodoxy) ft. Gospel Simplicity
Having a chat with Austin Suggs from Gospel Simplicity about Catholicism, Orthodoxy and his personal faith journey. Transcript: Mike: Go ahead. Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, here to have a cup of Joe with my friend Austin Suggs of Gospel Simplicity. Austin, thank you so much for being with us. Austin: It is my pleasure. I just looked at, I don’t know if this is the public title for the conversation, but the one in StreamYard. Your favorite Protestant YouTuber. I’m touched, Joe. Joe: Yeah, I will say two things. One, Mike chose the title, but two, ...
#254 No, Catholics Aren’t Pharisees
Joe responds to the common claim that the Catholic Church are the modern day Pharisees. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and a common CLIP: Accusation against Catholics is that we’re modern day Pharisees. I think Pharisees and Roman Catholic leaders have a lot in common nowadays. Yeah. The reformers chose to follow the Bible while the Jesuits chose to fight against it on behalf of the traditions and power of the Catholic church. The view of the Jesuits toward the Bible could be likened to that of the ancient Pharisees 2000 years ago who opposed...