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#258 Egypt’s 10 Plagues Were God Smiting Demons Mar 17, 2026

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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 Mar 12, 2026

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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? Mar 10, 2026

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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  Mar 05, 2026

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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 Mar 03, 2026

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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...

#253 My Pints Interview Angered the LDS (w/ Isaac Hess) – Cup o’Joe LIVE Feb 26, 2026

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Joe and Isaac Hess discuss Joe’s last appearance on Pints With Aquinas, that created some controversy among the LDS community. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and I’m here to have a cup of Joe with my friend Isaac Hess. Isaac, thanks for coming on. Isaac: Yeah, thanks for having me. Joe: Isaac, we’re going to talk a little bit about Mormonism, which I thought I might … Church of Jews Christ for Latter Day Saints thought you might be a good person to talk to to sort of translate between these two worlds. You want to introduce ...

#252 Debunking the “Babylonian Origin” of Catholicism Feb 24, 2026

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Joe responds to “Catholicism Exposed: These Doctrines Contradict The Word Of God,” a video from Ashley Hays. He sets the record straight on generations of poor scholarship about paganism and Christianity. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and today I want to look at a video recently made by Ashley Hays critiquing what she claims Catholicism teaches. If you’re not familiar with her, she’s got more than a hundred thousand followers on YouTube, more than 300,000 on Instagram, more than 600,000 followers on TikTok, and she’s u...

#251 Do We Need God to Be Good People? – Cup o’Joe LIVE Feb 19, 2026

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Joe, Mike and Vanessa tackle the question “Do We Need Go to Be Good People?” Joe: Alright. Alright. Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Meyer and I’m having a cup of Joe with Vanessa Parrish. That one Catholic girl as well as my producer metal. Mike, good morning to both of you. Mike: Good morning. Morning, Joe. Joe: Alright, well why don’t we do this. Mike, do you want to explain to everybody how this works? I know this is still a new format for people, and then we will talk about coffee and then kick off the actual theology. Mike: Absolutely. Good morning ...

#250 This Is Why Your Lent Keeps Failing… Feb 17, 2026

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Joe breaks down how Christ and the saints teach us to use fasting, almsgiving and prayer to combat the Triple Concupiscence. Transcript: JOE: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and the season of Lent starts tomorrow. For many Christians, it’s a time to give up chocolate and such, and that’s fine, but it kind of misses the point. I don’t want to have a forgettable lint, and I don’t want your Lent to be forgettable either, because the fact is lint in penance has the power to completely transform our lives. But for it to do that, we need to know wha...

#249 Is Jesus Alone Enough? – Cup o’Joe Feb 16, 2026

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Joe takes audience questions on the common Protestant claim that “Jesus alone is enough.” Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. First of all, apologies for the delay. We’re trying something new. I’m Joe Meyer. I’m joined today by my producer, metal Mike Kupris. Mike, do you want to introduce yourself? Mike: Hi, good morning everyone. My name’s Michael Kupris. I am the producer for Shameless Popery and I’ve been working with Joe for about a little over a year now. It’s been really good. It’s been very, very fulfilling. I do some...

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