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**Friendly Atheist Podcast**

Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke Greiff cover the latest news, politics, and pop culture with a focus on atheism and religion. This is the official podcast for FriendlyAtheist.com.

Latest Episodes:

Ep. 333 - The Demon Sex Doctor Aug 01, 2020

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

— Be sure to check out the Being Reasonable podcast if you enjoy street epistemology!

— Women vandalized the Ten Commandments monument in Arkansas and I got threatened by a senator. (1:12)

— Republican atheist Robert M. Price's anti-transgender, anti-feminist remarks in a fantasy anthology's introduction has angered many of the contributors. (11:30)

— Do we seriously have to talk about the demon sex doctor? (21:00)

— A Christian author says Jesus was white. Because of course he did. (27:45)

— Sen. Tom Cotton said something else idiotic about slavery. (34:10)

— Rep. Louie Gohmert is sick, Herman Cain is dead, and Republicans still don't care enough about the virus. (38:27)

— Focus on the Family founder James Dobson is fear-mongering about the election just like he did in 2008. (46:53)

— There's a large religious revival in the Chicago suburbs, creating pandemic concerns, and no one knows who gave them permission. (57:31)

— A Giants pitcher wouldn't kneel for black lives because he's Christian. (58:59)

— A Nevada sheriff says libraries shouldn't be able to call 911 if they support Black lives. (1:03:54)

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Ep. 332 - Rep. Ted Yoho, Who Loves God, Is A Vulgar Monster Jul 24, 2020

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Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast

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

— Be sure to check out the Being Reasonable podcast if you enjoy street epistemology!

— A Christian non-profit may boot Rep. Ted Yoho from its board for using a vulgarity against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (1:05)

— Arkansas State Rep. Jason Rapert, who opposed the state's mask mandate, is now hospitalized with COVID. (8:45)

— Anti-abortion Democrats want the party to be more anti-abortion‚ which is a horrible idea. (12:59)

— Dr. Anthony Fauci can't throw a pitch, which is perfectly fine. (27:51)

— There's a new dating site for Christian bigots. (33:50)

— North Dakota's GOP platform is wildly anti-LGBTQ and they only now realized it. (39:59)

— A Republican policy tells homeless shelters how to spot transgender people by sight. (44:45)

— A Texas lawmaker wants you to know even aliens need Jesus. (49:20)

— Sen. Tom Cotton filed a bill to block the teaching of the 1619 Project. (54:30)

— Satanists launched their own scholarship for students who hate school. (1:08:35)

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Ep. 331 - The Science Is Not On Trump's Side Jul 18, 2020

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

— Be sure to check out the Being Reasonable podcast if you enjoy street epistemology!

— Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany wrongly thinks science supports reopening schools. (1:16)

— Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is promoting Christian Nationalism in a new document. (8:07)

— The White House held secret phone calls with evangelical leaders urging them to apply for forgivable PPP loans they didn't need. (13:04)

— Don't use slurs when you're the leader of an atheist organization. (15:05)

— These irresponsible parents are leading a "Million Unmasked March." (35:01)

— Rush Limbaugh wants us to follow in the footsteps of cannibals. (40:58)

— Anti anti-Trump ad features evangelical Christians admitting Trump used them. (45:57)

— Sudan is taking big steps in the direction of human rights by overturning religious rules. (52:31)

— Louisiana's governor wants everyone to fast for three days, during lunch, for something. (55:23)

— Atheists aren't hypocrites for taking PPP loans. (57:28)

— Does Laura Ingraham know where Toronto is? (1:01:23)

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Ep. 330 - It's Okay for CNN to Say Jesus Wasn't Perfect Jul 11, 2020

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

— The one mom at One Million Moms is very angry at "Hamilton" for including an F-bomb. (0:44)

— Conservative Christians are mad at CNN's Don Lemon for saying Jesus wasn't perfect. (8:05)

— Dr. Nancy Goroff, a secular Jew and Ph.D. scientist, won her Democratic primary for Congress in New York. (14:50)

— Will Smith used "godless" as a slur. Should we cancel him? (17:30)

— The Supreme Court says religious schools are all-but-immune from anti-discrimination lawsuits and got in the way of women and contraception. (24:45)

— Churches received billions of dollars in forgivable loans from the U.S. government. Should this have happened? (33:10)

— A church threw an in-person event and a girl soon died. Who should be blamed for it? (40:58)

— Donald Trump wants to build a National Garden with a statue of Billy Graham. (59:48)

— The FBI raided the headquarters of the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing, a.k.a. The Bleach Church. (1:03:35)

— Be sure to check out the Being Reasonable podcast if you enjoy street epistemology!

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Ep. 329 - Christian Schools Can Now Get Taxpayer Money Jul 04, 2020

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

— An Idaho church held an indoor service. Masks optional. 1,000 people came. (0:55)

— Jehovah's Witnesses are among the few groups not taking part in an Australian program meant to help sexual abuse survivors. (5:06)

— A pastor and his wife were arrested for taking part in an embezzling scheme. (11:33)

— The Supreme Court just made it possible for private religious schools to receive taxpayer money. (16:58)

— Sen. Rand Paul hates experts. (24:23)

— A powerful megachurch pastor let a potential predator work with kids. Now we know why. (41:18)

— A Catholic priest was suspended after comparing Black Lives Matter organizers to maggots. (50:23)

— The numbers are in! The Catholic Church spent more than $280 million on sex abuse cases in 2019. (54:20)

— "Cancel Culture" doesn't need to get rid of Darwin. But it wouldn't matter if he got canceled. (1:02:14)

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Ep. 328 - Should Statues of White Jesus Come Down? Jun 27, 2020

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

— An Arizona church lied and claimed it had air filters that blocked out 99% of COVID. (2:30)

— The daughter of a Republican candidate for State House in Michigan says you should not vote for her dad. (10:44)

— Should statues of "white European" Jesus be taken down? (18:40)

— A Republican senator cited J.K. Rowling when voting against an LGBTQ rights bill. (33:38)

— Mississippi wants to replace its racist flag with a religious one. And here's a Roman Mars video about flags! (36:30)

— A Catholic Church fired a married lesbian because it remembered how Catholicism works. (42:00)

— A couple of anti-maskers in Florida don't want mandates that get in the way of God's Wonderful Breathing System. (56:25)

— Five years after Obergefell, the Religious Right's predictions never came true. (1:00:55)

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Ep. 327 - A Pastor's Push for the "White Blessing" of Slavery Jun 20, 2020

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

— A Christian conversion therapy group is shutting down. (3:50)

— Pastor Louie Giglio wants to replace the phrase "white privilege" with "white blessing." He then apologized for suggesting it. (17:40)

— Having more kids is not the way to win the Culture Wars. (35:37)

— Does anyone know what Donald Trump's "Religious Freedom Task Force" did? (41:38)

— Trump's pathetic photo op in front of a church may have cost him support in swing-state Michigan. (48:11)

— The Boy Scouts are offering a merit badge for inclusion. The one for irony can't be far behind. (51:04)

— This is a horrible way to ask kids about Purgatory in a religious education class. (57:36)

— This lady wants everyone to burn their face masks. Because she's not smart. (59:20)

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Ep. 326 - The GOP's 2020 Platform is a Gift to the Christian Right Jun 13, 2020

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

— The Trump administration finalized a rule that allows doctors to deny care to transgender people. (1:14)

— A Christian group leader says America is not racist because interracial marriages are going up. (11:46)

— The GOP's 2020 platform is a gift to the Christian Right. (17:55)

— Should a pastor receive any sort of backlash for liking a right-wing blowhard's tweets? (28:32)

— Former Black staffers at Liberty University are trying to help others leave due to Jerry Falwell, Jr.'s racism. (47:08)

— Creationist Kent Hovind wants half a billion dollars' worth of revenge against the U.S. government. (50:11)

— Want to vote early in Tennessee? This secular church is eager to help you. (59:46)

— A Tennessee bill would allow kids to skip an hour of school each day to go to church. (1:04:15)

— An Ohio Republican lawmaker suggested COVID disproportionately affects Black people because they don't wash their hands. (1:10:00)

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Ep. 325 - Trump's Church Photo Ops Pleased Nobody Jun 06, 2020

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

— Donald Trump's photo ops in front of two churches pleased nobody. (1:07)

— Is Trump finally losing some of that white evangelical support? (10:44)

— Southern Baptist churches had their largest membership drop in a century. (18:28)

— Should a high school graduate be denied college acceptance for a racist comment online? (25:49)

— According to the Lt. Governor of Texas, we can't fix racism without Jesus. (39:53)

— Pope Francis condemned the murder of George Floyd. (48:44)

— The Department of Education, under Betsy DeVos, says allowing trans athletes to compete in high school sports could lead to government defunding of those schools. (1:00:33)

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Ep. 324 - A Tampa Church is Hosting Christian COVIDpalooza May 30, 2020

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

— Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne is planning Christian COVIDpalooza this weekend. (0:36)

— The CDC website has removed sensible virus guidance for churches. (5:02)

— There's a black Republican Jewish atheist on the Cincinnati City Council. (7:48)

— After Jerry Falwell, Jr. tweeted a "joke" about blackface and the KKK, one Liberty University professor resigned in protest. (30:29)

— Conservative Christians are very concernstipated about Pixar's short film "Out," which is a love story featuring a gay man. (45:59)

— A well-known Jehovah's Witness published a book denouncing the religion's leaders. Will he be kicked out because of it? (48:04)

— A former star of Christian rock said he's no longer Christian. (53:02)

— The dad from Duck Dynasty has a secret love-child, but it's okay since the affair occurred before he found Jesus. (58:01)

— The Museum of the Bible is returning a stolen Gilgamesh tablet. (1:05:05)

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