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Ep. 204 - Prayers Don't Prevent School Shootings Feb 16, 2018

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

-- Republicans should just admit their prayers to stop school shootings aren't helping. (1:09)

-- A pastor was found with a naked, tied-up man in his car. He swears "on a stack of bibles" that nothing happened. (11:45)

-- This racist cartoonist published a cartoon attacking DREAMers. (14:55)

-- A Colorado teacher has been charged with abusing and assaulting a student who wouldn't stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. (19:50)

-- Even Omarosa Manigault, a minister, thinks Mike Pence is a crazy Christian. (23:57)

-- The Trump administration's response to the Rob Porter scandal has been disappointing and exactly what you'd expect. (26:55)

-- The Tennessee GOP Unleashed an attack on a "radical atheist" running for State Senate. (32:46)

-- Dennis Prager says evangelicals aren't hypocrites for backing Donald Trump. Even though they totally are. (39:35)

-- A New Mexico city owes the ACLU $700,000 after not taking their advice about a Ten Commandments monument, then losing the court case. (50:54)

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Ep. 203 - Sarah Levin of the Secular Coalition for America Feb 10, 2018

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Sarah Levin is the Director of Grassroots and Community Programs at the Secular Coalition for America. She has served in various roles at the Secular Coalition since 2013, including as the organization's chief lobbyist on Capitol Hill and as the State Chapter Coordinator, managing and growing the organization's state chapter program and implementing various grassroots campaigns on the national and state level. I spoke with her about the biggest church/state separation concerns facing Americans, what counts as a success in the age of Trump, and how the Secular Coalition for America wants to empower atheists nationwide to get active in state politics.

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Ep. 202 - Eric Trump Thinks We're All "United on God" Feb 03, 2018

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

-- Eric Trump is mad Democrats didn't stand up for God during the State of the Union. An atheist lawyer schooled him on why that happened. (0:32)

-- Wait for it. Donald Trump says he's not a feminist. (8:15)

-- Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered powerful remarks against religious bigotry. (10:28)

-- A Texas legislator wants to ban abortions so women learn to be "more personally responsible." (15:15)

-- A televangelist says we don't need to get flu shots because Jesus got one for all of us. (21:05)

-- What does the chair for the academic study of atheism do? (26:55)

-- Are men threatened by intelligent women? (30:35)

-- This is how Christian groups trick public schools into handing them fresh meat. (33:05)

-- Mel Gibson is making a sequel to Passion of the Christ. Because why the hell not. (40:48)

-- A gay Mormon who married a woman is getting divorced because (wait for it) he's still gay. (47:15)

-- Why won't this New Zealand church tell me if they approved an advertisement calling their pastor hot? (57:00)

-- David Brooks is wrong. Democrats shouldn't adopt anti-abortion policies to win elections. (59:47)

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Ep. 201 - Donald Trump's Evangelical Christian Sex Mulligan Jan 26, 2018

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

-- A GOP House member got called out on CNN for not knowing what the "Immaculate Conception" was. (4:14)

-- The Christian Right is giving Donald Trump a "mulligan" on everything immoral he did before his presidency. (9:44)

-- Generation Z, born after 1999, is less religious than any other age group. (22:33)

-- Self-hating atheist S.E. Cupp explained why evangelical Christians continue to stand behind Trump. (28:55)

-- Courtland Sykes wins this week's award for most misogynistic Republican in the state of Missouri. (36:26)

-- Want to alter South Dakota's state seal? You could have been jailed for it. (42:40)

-- The nation was less supportive of LGBTQ people in 2017, compared to the previous year. I wonder what changed... (48:34)

-- We have no confirmation yet on whether this church advertisement featuring a "hot" pastor is real. (52:15)

-- The judge overseeing the Larry Nassar sentencing was on fire. (56:20)

-- The Satanic Temple is using the Religious Right's legal arguments against them in Missouri. (1:01:33)

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Ep. 200 - We've Done How Many Episodes? Jan 20, 2018

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Jessica and I celebrated our 200th episode... and discussed the past week in politics and atheism.

-- Your letters, questions, and emails! (2:38)

-- Hawaii's false alarm and the lack of atheist conversions. (45:05)

-- Rick Saccone, a GOP House candidate in PA for an upcoming special election, doesn't care about church/state separation. (48:40)

-- Televangelist Kenneth Copeland just got a private plane. Thanks, Jesus! (53:13)

-- Pope Francis is doing an awful job of letting sexual abuse victims know he's on their side. (56:45)

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Ep. 199 - They Gave the Pastor a Standing Ovation for Assault Jan 13, 2018

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

-- All the action in local governments: A secular affirmation, the end of one city's invocations, how one politician compared atheist invocations to baby murder, a delightful atheist invocation in Florida, and two officials in California who aren't standing for the Pledge. (4:46)

-- Feminine hygiene products are free for public school students in Illinois and California. (18:32)

-- An elected official told his committee they needed another man to fill a vacant seat because the Bible said so. (20:02)

-- Dan Harmon's worthwhile apology. (26:39)

-- Megachurch pastor Andy Savage received a standing ovation for assaulted a girl decades ago then giving a half-hearted apology for it. (31:21)

-- Joshua Feuerstein said the actresses at the Golden Globes couldn't credibly speak out against assault because they were "dressed like hookers." (44:35)

-- Gwyneth Paltrow wants you to spend $135 to spray coffee up your butt. (59:54)

-- A Turkish scientist claims Noah called his son on a cell phone before boarding the Ark. (1:00:30)

-- Bill Donohue claims the Catholic Church is a "model" for handling sexual misconduct. (1:02:03)

-- Singer Charlie Daniels doesn't like that Taco Bell mocked the Illuminati. (1:03:20)

-- Donald Trump's "spiritual advisor" is capitalizing on her fame by asking everyone to give her a month's salary. (1:04:37)

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Ep. 198 - The Mormons Are Getting a New Leader Jan 06, 2018

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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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Ep. 197 - 2017 In Review Dec 30, 2017

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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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Ep. 196 - The CDC's Word Ban Is Only Kinda Scary Dec 23, 2017

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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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Ep. 195 - Congratulations, Senator Not Roy Moore! Dec 16, 2017

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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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