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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— They told Christian girls to submit. Now the Botkin Sisters say they were wrong. (0:17)

— Kenyan starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie convicted in deaths of 191 people. (23:57)

— Americans are deeply divided over empathy. White evangelicals oppose it. (34:30)

— Colorado parolees can now choose secular addiction recovery programs. (40:19)

— Salem Witch Museum to give Batavia High students free tickets after pastor’s objection. (48:52)

— Florida’s new science standards downplay evolution and climate change. (56:49)

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Texas school district cancels “Little Shop of Horrors” after girl is cast as Seymour. (0:15)

— The “pro-life” pastors who want America to watch a live-streamed execution. (19:22)

— Satanic invocation sends Iowa city council meeting into chaos. (34:48)

— A city overtaken by Christians wanted invocations. It got “Hail Satan” instead. (46:36)

— A pastor in an interracial marriage says he won’t let his daughter marry a Black man. (57:23)

— A Tennessee school board is putting Christian Nationalism ahead of students. (1:09:12)

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Jim Bakker, the godfather of scamvangelism, is dead at 86. (0:21)

— A Christian influencer says he went to Heaven and met a testosterone-fueled Jesus. (16:27)

— A restaurant stood up to Doug Wilson’s Christian Nationalists—and won. (25:47)

— Texas judge forces Galveston school district to display Ten Commandments posters. (40:22)

— Idaho’s attorney general gave churches a dark-money loophole to fight abortion rights. (48:48)

— The Mormon Church’s own lawyer just undermined its case against John Dehlin. (58:23)

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— The Christian grift behind Life Surge’s celebrity-packed wealth seminars. (0:32)

— Scientists have not “100% confirmed” the resting place of Noah’s Ark. (14:35)

— Pete Hegseth gutted the military’s list of official religions. Now Air Force members must choose. (27:15)

— Albert Mohler’s blasphemy reversal exposes the cruel logic of Christian Nationalism. (39:35)

— Christian school board member melts down over class trip to “Satanic” Salem Witch Museum. (59:07)

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