March 2022

Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show!

Join our private Facebook group here!

Please join our new Discord server!

In this solo episode (Jessica will be back next week), Hemant interviewed Thomas Smith, host of multiple podcasts that discuss science, atheism, philosophy, and the law.

They include “Serious Inquiries Only,” a show that goes in-depth on topics concerned science and skepticism, “Opening Arguments,” with co-host Andrew Torrez, which takes complex legal issues in the news and breaks them down in an accessible and entertaining way, and “Philosophers in Space,” which uncovers and explains the philosophy behind your favorite works of sci-fi.

We spoke about the right-ward shift of big-name atheists, why so many skeptics seem to be pushing conservatives arguments, and what the best strategies are to counter that misinformation.

Because we spoke about so many different issues, timestamps were a bit tough to mark, but I hope you find this conversation as worthwhile as I did.

Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show!

Join our private Facebook group and Discord server!

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

— Ketanji Brown Jackson was grilled about her religious beliefs by Lindsey Graham. (6:30)

— A pastor claimed he could endorse candidates in church because they weren’t beholden to the IRS. He’s wrong. (18:05)

— Brian Houston, the founder of Hillsong Church, finally resigned after additional revelations about his inappropriate behavior. But the whole church is in chaos. (28:55)

— NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is vehemently anti-abortion, apparently paid for an abortion. (43:55)

— The Babylon Bee was booted from Twitter for making the only “joke” it knows. (56:05)

— The largest gathering of atheists in America occurred ten years ago. Have things improved? (1:05:10)

Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show!

Join our private Facebook group and Discord server!

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

— Senate candidate Herschel Walker proudly denied evolution. (1:38)

— There’s a $100 million ad campaign for Jesus. It will fail. (16:48)

— Christianity Today reporters documented allegations of sexual harassment at… Christianity Today. (41:55)

— Raif Badawi was finally released. (53:33)

— A Kansas teacher sued school officials for requiring her to address students by their preferred names, saying the policy violates her religious freedom. (1:02:28)

Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show!

Join our private Facebook group and Discord server!

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

— Why is a newspaper printing anti-atheist slander? (1:15)

— Creationist Ken Ham has a new list of societal ills. (4:08)

— A woman who killed three siblings at a school bus stop got out of jail early after taking a Bible study class. (9:12)

— A Christian hate group found a way to blame “wokeism” and Black Lives Matter for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (19:15)

— Dave Silverman, the former American Atheists leader who’s now advising a right-wing atheist group, is going after a new audience… on InfoWars. (24:01)

— SPONSOR: Check out Paint Your Life and get 20% off by texting FRIENDLY to 64-000. (59:23)

— It was the 100th anniversary of the first anti-evolution bill getting defeated by lawmakers in Kentucky. (1:00:42)

— Missouri lawmaker Mary Elizabeth Coleman wants to make it a crime to help women travel to neighboring Illinois to have an abortion. (1:04:21)

— Convicted felon and MAGA cultist Michael Flynn says the word “Creator” appears four times in the U.S. Constitution. He’s off by four. (1:08:29)

— Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church and a Putin ally, says Russia invaded Ukraine because some nations like to hold gay pride parades. (1:11:49)