The Friendly Atheist Podcast

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

— Let’s talk about the election results! (0:30)

— Federal judge orders Iowa to allow The Satanic Temple’s holiday event in Capitol. (42:00)

— The viral story about the pastor with two wives has another disturbing twist. (49:10)

— New Secular Student Alliance leader spent years at schools promoting pseudoscience. (59:04)

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

— Atheist wins “religious exemption” to get out of using AI at work. (0:39)

— The sermons Republican Katy Cornell doesn’t want voters to hear. (7:57)

— Conservative Christian blogger Samuel Sey will be deported by ICE. (27:55)

— Catholic Church upholds excommunication of deacon whose son was abused by a priest. (38:22)

— Elizabeth Struhs died after her Christian parents withheld insulin. Could she have been saved? (54:06)

— A sociologist’s lazy defense of Christian Nationalism misses the real threat. (1:02:55)

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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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