Podcast | Karlo Broussard https://karlobroussard.com Catholic Apologist and Speaker Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:41:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 67176257 noCatholicism,Catholic,Apologetics,Theism,Atheism,Christianity,God,Philosophy,Religion,FaithKarlo's podcasts cover a variety of topics in Catholic Apologetics.Karlo's podcasts cover a variety of topics in Catholic Apologetics.Karlo Broussardkarlo@karlobroussard.comKarlo Broussard Why Are You Protestant? (Hour 2) https://karlobroussard.com/why-are-you-protestant-hour-2/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:36:50 +0000 https://karlobroussard.com/?p=13113

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  • 02:18 – How can I explain to my 18-year-old son Purgatory and why there is suffering there?
  • 10:10 – I think it to be expected that the crowd in John 6 wouldn’t take Jesus literally about the Eucharist, because they would have thought of that as cannibalism.
  • 22:40 – Can you explain why 1 Tim 3:15 is translated differently? The RSV says the Church is pillar and bulwark, and the NIV says pillar and foundation.
  • 28:55 – I’m Christian. Does the Church know what the most important wedding is mentioned in Rev. 19:9?
  • 33:55 – In the miracles of the eucharist, science comes back with results of a specific part of the heart of a living man. How do we clarify this with your understanding of the real presence of the Eucharist?
  • 43:07 – I’m a returning Catholic and bringing my protestant husband along. Is there a “basics” book you recommend because it’s overwhelming for him?
  • 46:40 – I’m Protestant because of Act 2:42-47. I think the protestant vision of it is closer to that then modern-day Catholicism.
  • 50:20 – Is part of the problem for Catholics evangelizing all the requisites to enter the Church?
]]> 13113 karlo@karlobroussard.com (Karlo Broussard)noAudio Download Questions Covered: 02:18 – How can I explain to my 18-year-old son Purgatory and why there is suffering there? 10:10 – I think it to be expected that the crowd in John 6 wouldn’t take Jesus literally about the Eucharist, because they would have thought of that as cannibalism. 22:40 – Can you […]Karlo BroussardAudio Download Questions Covered: 02:18 – How can I explain to my 18-year-old son Purgatory and why there is suffering there? 10:10 – I think it to be expected that the crowd in John 6 wouldn’t take Jesus literally about the Eucharist, because they would have thought of that as cannibalism. 22:40 – Can you […]Catholicism,Catholic,Apologetics,Theism,Atheism,Christianity,God,Philosophy,Religion,Faith Why Are You Protestant? (Hour 1) https://karlobroussard.com/why-are-you-protestant-hour-1/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:31:07 +0000 https://karlobroussard.com/?p=13109

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Questions Covered:

  • 02:15 – We don’t have any indication that Christians invoked the saints until the fourth century. That’s too late for it to be part of the apostolic faith.
  • 13:28 – My husband and I just lost a baby through miscarriage. We understand the Church has hope for lost babies’ salvation. But is there anything in Church teaching that would prohibit us from praying for our child’s soul?
  • 18:45 – At the first Vatican Council they said outside of the Catholic Church there is no salvation. The Second Vatican Council said that salvation could be found in Protestant liturgy. Isn’t that a contradiction?
  • 29:28 – I’m former New Age, and when I became Protestant I realized a lot of those practices were not right. I’m wondering how praying to the saints is okay, given that the Bible says not to speak to the dead.
  • 41:55 – In the finding in the temple when Jesus says did you not know I would be in my Father’s house, is that a prefigurement the Eucharistic Jesus in the tabernacle?
  • 51:17 – I consider myself Christian, but not Protestant or Catholic. When Jesus says if you don’t leave your father and mother you’re not worthy to call yourself his disciple, does that apply just to Catholics or to Christians as well?
]]> 13109 karlo@karlobroussard.com (Karlo Broussard)noAudio Download Questions Covered: 02:15 – We don’t have any indication that Christians invoked the saints until the fourth century. That’s too late for it to be part of the apostolic faith. 13:28 – My husband and I just lost a baby through miscarriage. We understand the Church has hope for lost babies’ salvation. But […]Karlo BroussardAudio Download Questions Covered: 02:15 – We don’t have any indication that Christians invoked the saints until the fourth century. That’s too late for it to be part of the apostolic faith. 13:28 – My husband and I just lost a baby through miscarriage. We understand the Church has hope for lost babies’ salvation. But […]Catholicism,Catholic,Apologetics,Theism,Atheism,Christianity,God,Philosophy,Religion,Faith Is Religious Belief a Cop Out? Debunking the “Thinking Is Hard Claim” https://karlobroussard.com/is-religious-belief-a-cop-out-debunking-the-thinking-is-hard-claim/ Wed, 27 May 2026 22:38:57 +0000 https://karlobroussard.com/?p=13101

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]]> 13101 karlo@karlobroussard.com (Karlo Broussard)noAudio Audio DownloadKarlo BroussardAudio Audio DownloadCatholicism,Catholic,Apologetics,Theism,Atheism,Christianity,God,Philosophy,Religion,Faith AMA: Tough Catholic Teachings (Hour 2) https://karlobroussard.com/ama-tough-catholic-teachings-hour-2/ Tue, 26 May 2026 22:21:10 +0000 https://karlobroussard.com/?p=13087

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Questions Covered:

  • 02:23 – I have many protestants tell me that they would never become Catholic because the Church teaches salvation outside the Church.
  • 11:38 – I became Protestant in 2021 and am now looking into Catholicism. How do I process my past life?
  • 22:10 – If Peter was in Rome then why did Paul write the letter to the Romans?
  • 34:57 – Do Christian who are hostile to the Catholic Church still have invincible ignorance?
]]> 13087 karlo@karlobroussard.com (Karlo Broussard)noAudio Audio Download Questions Covered: 02:23 – I have many protestants tell me that they would never become Catholic because the Church teaches salvation outside the Church. 11:38 – I became Protestant in 2021 and am now looking into Catholicism. How do I process my past life? 22:10 – If Peter was in Rome then […]Karlo BroussardAudio Audio Download Questions Covered: 02:23 – I have many protestants tell me that they would never become Catholic because the Church teaches salvation outside the Church. 11:38 – I became Protestant in 2021 and am now looking into Catholicism. How do I process my past life? 22:10 – If Peter was in Rome then […]Catholicism,Catholic,Apologetics,Theism,Atheism,Christianity,God,Philosophy,Religion,Faith AMA: Tough Catholic Teaching (Hour 1) https://karlobroussard.com/ama-tough-catholic-teaching-hour-1/ Tue, 26 May 2026 22:16:07 +0000 https://karlobroussard.com/?p=13083

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  • 03:00 – Mary’s bodily assumption doesn’t make sense because Jesus says in John 3:13, “No one has ascended up to heaven, but he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.” If no man has ascended into heaven, wouldn’t that include the Blessed Virgin Mary?
  • 07:23 – Where do we find the communion of saints in scripture?
  • 14:22 – Is it true that a person who is infertile cannot get married in the Catholic Church?
  • 19:09 – I cannot wrap my mind around indulgences.
  • 31:17 – How do I defend Jesus and the accusations that he was a fraud?
  • 46:11 – Why do we profess in the Nicene Creed that the power of the Holy Spirit made Jesus incarnate not the power of the Son?
  • 51:36 – Are we called to suffer or do we ask the saints to relieve our suffering?
]]> 13083 karlo@karlobroussard.com (Karlo Broussard)noAudio Audio Download Questions Covered: 03:00 – Mary’s bodily assumption doesn’t make sense because Jesus says in John 3:13, “No one has ascended up to heaven, but he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.” If no man has ascended into heaven, wouldn’t that include the Blessed Virgin Mary? 07:23 – Where do we […]Karlo BroussardAudio Audio Download Questions Covered: 03:00 – Mary’s bodily assumption doesn’t make sense because Jesus says in John 3:13, “No one has ascended up to heaven, but he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.” If no man has ascended into heaven, wouldn’t that include the Blessed Virgin Mary? 07:23 – Where do we […]Catholicism,Catholic,Apologetics,Theism,Atheism,Christianity,God,Philosophy,Religion,Faith Should a Christian Believe Mary as “Mother of God”? https://karlobroussard.com/should-a-christian-believe-mary-as-mother-of-god/ Wed, 20 May 2026 22:30:49 +0000 https://karlobroussard.com/?p=13094

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]]> 13094 karlo@karlobroussard.com (Karlo Broussard)noAudio Audio DownloadKarlo BroussardAudio Audio DownloadCatholicism,Catholic,Apologetics,Theism,Atheism,Christianity,God,Philosophy,Religion,Faith Evangelization, the Papacy, and My Journey of Faith https://karlobroussard.com/evangelization-the-papacy-and-my-journey-of-faith/ Mon, 18 May 2026 22:26:05 +0000 https://karlobroussard.com/?p=13090

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]]> 13090 karlo@karlobroussard.com (Karlo Broussard)noAudio Audio Download  Karlo BroussardAudio Audio Download  Catholicism,Catholic,Apologetics,Theism,Atheism,Christianity,God,Philosophy,Religion,Faith “Invoking the Saints Leads to Abuse and Gospel Violations”–Is This a Reason to Give It Up? https://karlobroussard.com/invoking-the-saints-leads-to-abuse-and-gospel-violations-is-this-a-reason-to-give-it-up/ Wed, 13 May 2026 20:45:41 +0000 https://karlobroussard.com/?p=13074

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]]> 13074 karlo@karlobroussard.com (Karlo Broussard)noAudio Audio DownloadKarlo BroussardAudio Audio DownloadCatholicism,Catholic,Apologetics,Theism,Atheism,Christianity,God,Philosophy,Religion,Faith What’s Your Your Best Argument for Protestantism? (Hour 2) https://karlobroussard.com/whats-your-your-best-argument-for-protestantism-hour-2/ Wed, 13 May 2026 02:09:53 +0000 https://karlobroussard.com/?p=13054

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Questions Covered:

  • 04:24 – How is the Eucharist not cannibalism?
  • 15:30 – I think the Pentecostal belief in the real movement of the Holy Spirit within the community was pretty convincing. What is the best response to this?
  • 22:31 – How do I answer the following: The Catholic argument that we need an infallible interpreter for scripture would not work because then you would need an infallible interpreter of the infallible interpreter and so on.
  • 37:08 – For Catholics almost anything can be a mortal sin but for Jesus there is one mortal sin.
  • 43:00 – What was lacking in Jesus that made the Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah in the early church?
  • 52:15 – How do we interpret the magisterium? How do we know when we are interpreting the magisterium correctly?
]]> 13054 karlo@karlobroussard.com (Karlo Broussard)noAudio Audio Download Questions Covered: 04:24 – How is the Eucharist not cannibalism? 15:30 – I think the Pentecostal belief in the real movement of the Holy Spirit within the community was pretty convincing. What is the best response to this? 22:31 – How do I answer the following: The Catholic argument that we need […]Karlo BroussardAudio Audio Download Questions Covered: 04:24 – How is the Eucharist not cannibalism? 15:30 – I think the Pentecostal belief in the real movement of the Holy Spirit within the community was pretty convincing. What is the best response to this? 22:31 – How do I answer the following: The Catholic argument that we need […]Catholicism,Catholic,Apologetics,Theism,Atheism,Christianity,God,Philosophy,Religion,Faith What’s Your Best Argument for Protestantism? (Hour 1) https://karlobroussard.com/whats-your-best-argument-for-protestantism-hour-1/ Wed, 13 May 2026 02:04:06 +0000 https://karlobroussard.com/?p=13050

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Questions Covered:

  • 06:40 – In support of the belief that Mary was a Perpetual virgin, Catholics appeal to Luke 1:34 where Mary asks Gabriel how she’s going to conceive a child since she doesn’t “know man,” the implication being she hasn’t had sexual relations with Joseph. But some Protestants counter that Mary asked this because she wasn’t yet married to Joseph. How do we respond?
  • 13:29 – Regarding Jesus’ sacrifice, did he fulfill all Mosaic sacrificial offerings? Or just specific offerings?
  • 21:19 – Is baptism actually the baptism of the holy spirit, not that of water, and is the evidence speaking in tongues?
  • 29:49 – Were Mary and Joseph actually married but just hadn’t consummated it?
  • 41:35 – Mark 9:38-41 is the best argument for Protestantism.
  • 51:15 – What is the connection between the coronation and the bodily assumption?
]]> 13050 karlo@karlobroussard.com (Karlo Broussard)noAudio Audio Download Questions Covered: 06:40 – In support of the belief that Mary was a Perpetual virgin, Catholics appeal to Luke 1:34 where Mary asks Gabriel how she’s going to conceive a child since she doesn’t “know man,” the implication being she hasn’t had sexual relations with Joseph. But some Protestants counter that Mary […]Karlo BroussardAudio Audio Download Questions Covered: 06:40 – In support of the belief that Mary was a Perpetual virgin, Catholics appeal to Luke 1:34 where Mary asks Gabriel how she’s going to conceive a child since she doesn’t “know man,” the implication being she hasn’t had sexual relations with Joseph. But some Protestants counter that Mary […]Catholicism,Catholic,Apologetics,Theism,Atheism,Christianity,God,Philosophy,Religion,Faith