The Friendly Atheist Podcast

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In this bonus episode, Hemant spoke with Kate Cohen, author of the new book “We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (And Maybe You Should Too).” (Affiliate link)

Cohen is a Washington Post contributing columnist who has written many beautiful essays about atheism for an audience that isn’t necessarily seeking it out. We spoke about why she’s not an “angry atheist,” the importance of secular holidays, whether there’s a nice way to tell religious people they’re lying to themselves, and more.

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

— Hemant is speaking in Denver on Saturday, Sep. 30. Details are here!

— We’re having a 500th episode party in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday, October 7. Details are here! t

— A former Southern Baptist leader says his sexual misconduct is “nobody else’s business.” (1:30)

— Republicans think Donald Trump is more of a “person of faith” than Mike Pence and Mitt Romney. (24:42)

— Kevin Sorbo doesn’t want anyone to say his anti-trans children’s book is anti-trans. (37:34)

— NASA’s new policy chief took her oath on a copy of Carl Sagan‘s “Contact.” (51:25)

— The Transformed Wife doesn’t know how public schools work. (54:50)

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In this bonus episode, Hemant spoke with Andrew Pledger, a former student at Bob Jones University, a fundamentalist Christian school with a long and not-so-great history. Andrew is the host of a new podcast called “Surviving Bob Jones University: A Christian Cult.”

The stories in that podcast are depressing as all hell but they’re so important to hear if you want to get a real sense of what schools like these do to people.

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

— Hemant is speaking in Denver on Saturday, Sep. 30. Details are here!

— We’re having a 500th episode party in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday, October 7. Details are here! t

— Christian hate-preacher Greg Locke has a massive bill coming his way. (1:30)

— Even the Mormon Church wants nothing to do with Tim Ballard. (10:30)

— A new lawsuit says Louisiana students were tricked into going to church instead of a college fair. (25:05)

— Letter suggests Pope Pius XII knew about Nazi atrocities but remained on the sidelines. (40:40)

— After a teen’s petition, a Minnesota school district will stop holding graduation in a megachurch. (52:40)

— A professional singer was fired for criticizing the Cleveland Diocese’s anti-LGBTQ policies. (1:04:03)

— A Christian hate-preacher rationalized slavery in the worst way. (1:20:20)

— For State House, Louisiana GOP endorses Christian pastor charged with child cruelty. (1:28:16)

— A former American Family Association VP sued AFA for same-sex sexual harassment. (1:35:13)

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