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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— A Mississippi legislator wants to make the Bible the official state book. For the third time. (1:38)

— The head of the Mormon Church, Thomas S. Monson, is dead. What should he be remembered for? (7:21)

— South Carolina Republicans wanted to honor black people who fought for the Confederacy, but they missed a key detail… (18:48)

— Roy Moore‘s Jewish lawyer is actually a Christian. (21:58)

— FEMA says churches can get taxpayer funding to rebuild after “Acts of God.” (30:18)

— “Raw water” is a thing now… at least if you’re rich and dumb. (35:42)

— This church has “documented proof” that God answers prayers. (43:04)

— Bill Nye needs to read more books, says rapper who believes the Earth is flat. (47:23)

— A Texas mall just installed a giant Ten Commandments monument. Oh, the irony… (50:02)

— A Noah’s Ark replica broke free in the Netherlands and then caused massive damage. (53:33)

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On this podcast, Jessica and I discussed the past year in news!

We covered a whole variety of topics, going month by month, so feel free to jump around and listen in at any point!

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If you support what we’re doing, please contribute to our Patreon page!

Queer Disbelief, a book Hemant edited, is now out! Go pick up a copy!

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Did the CDC really ban words like “science-based” and “transgender”? (1:21)

— An Oregon atheist threatened to sue over a religious street banner, but he has no case. (5:42)

— An Australian politician plans to defend Christianity against mockery. (9:49)

— Ivanka Trump wishes everyone “Happy Holidays!” (16:45)

— It doesn’t matter that the BBC’s Head of Religious Programming is an atheist. (17:45)

— OKCupid says liking Donald Trump is a dealbreaker for users. (21:26)

— Democratic men are more likely to be feminist than Republican women. (23:50)

— A Milwaukee priest came out as gay, everyone celebrated it, but it’s still heartbreaking. (30:57)

— Cardinal Law is dead. (38:11)

— “Feminism” is Mirriam-Webster’s Word of the Year. (41:37)

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Doug Jones won the Senate race in Alabama! That means Roy Moore can ride Sassy horribly into the sunset. (1:47)

— Roy Moore’s spokesman doesn’t understand we’re not a theocracy. (11:30)

— Kentucky pastor and State Rep. Dan Johnson killed himself after his lies were exposed by investigative journalists. (21:45)

— Why the Catholic Church covered up the death of Irene Garza. (30:35)

— Liberty Counsel’s “Naughty and Nice” list is more sinister than you think. (34:05)

— What the heck just happened in Israel? (38:21)

— Donald Trump just ruined Christmas in Jesus’ hometown. (41:49)

— The Johnson Amendment repeal won’t be in the GOP’s tax scam bill. (43:30)

— The Mormon Church was teaching a lot of lies about homosexuality in 1981. (49:33)

— Christianity was the big loser in Alabama’s election. (58:10)

— How to tell your kids about Santa without lying to them. (1:04:24)

— Satanists want $35,000 from a Minnesota town for a monument they built but couldn’t use. (1:07:44)

— The CDC is banning words like “science” and “evidence” from budget documents. (1:14:14)

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