The Friendly Atheist Podcast

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

— SCOTUS says Rastafarian can’t sue prison guards who violated his faith and cut off his dreadlocks. (1:07)

— Trump-backed pastor Jackson Lahmeyer drops out of congressional race after sexting scandal. (14:30)

— MLB warns San Francisco Giants players after anti-LGBTQ protest on “Pride Night.” (34:50)

— Conservatives claim a trans wrestler assaulted her opponent. The video tells a different story. (48:48)

— The Mormon Church is trying to sue a critic into silence. Now he’s fighting back. (1:16:39)

— Christian adoption giant reverses course, shutting out prospective LGBTQ parents. (1:31:54)

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Warren Throckmorton is an author and speaker specializing in psychology and history. Now retired, he worked as a psychology professor at a Christian college and produced, wrote, and hosted the critically acclaimed podcast series Telling Jefferson Lies. Throckmorton is the coauthor with Michael Coulter of Getting Jefferson Right: Fact-Checking Claims About Thomas Jefferson. His latest book is called “The Christian Past That Wasn’t: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths That Hijack History” (affiliate link). In it, he investigates a series of Christian Nationalist myths and why they’re wrong.

I spoke with Throckmorton about his new book ad Christian Nationalism in general.

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

— Hemant will be speaking in Atlanta this weekend at the Revival of Reason conference sponsored by Black Nonbelievers. Come if you’re able!

— Pete Hegseth shrinks military’s recognized religions list, erasing atheists and Humanists. (0:50)

— Under guise of fighting anti-Catholic bias, Kash Patel fires FBI analysts who kept us safe. (31:11)

— Christian employee sues L.A. County over a Pride flag outside the office. (55:52)

— Connecticut GOP candidate’s anti-gay extremism sparks party meltdown. (1:10:04)

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

— Ark Encounter’s decade-long disaster: How the Creationist theme park failed on its promises (0:48)

— “Swallow it!”: A Christian “prophet” told a teen to eat a Bible page to receive God’s blessings. (20:11)

— A Connecticut law protects kids from abusive homeschooling parents. Republicans opposed it. (31:38)

— Colorado GOP candidate’s wildest religious claims unravel in must-watch interview. (46:51)

— The Catholic Church protected a predator priest. The courts punished the whistleblower. (1:10:49)

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