Friendly Atheist Podcast

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Jehovah’s Witnesses just gutted their deadly blood transfusion policy. (0:20)
— Trump’s “Top 250 Victories for People of Faith” collapse under scrutiny. (18:32)
— An Alabama church says God made a paraplegic man walk again. There’s a better explanation. (36:50)
— Nearly half of people raised Mormon have left the LDS Church. (52:00)
— James Talarico’s pastor welcomes atheists. Conservatives think that’s a scandal. (1:02:53)
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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— A Texas megachurch’s 400 AI-powered surveillance cameras are deeply disturbing. (0:40)
— GOP candidate Michael Whatley’s “integrity” prayer was led by a registered sex offender. (30:11)
— Lawsuit says Christian school in Denver tried to “squash” a 13-year-old’s assault allegation. (39:22)
— Virginia middle school students win LGBTQ club fight as school board members play victim. (52:12)
— A teacher told a Kansas lawmaker “Trans rights are human rights.” Hours later, she was fired. (1:02:20)
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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Bonnie Kristian’s “Defense of Evangelicalism” avoids the real problem. (0:17)
— Christian missionaries were not kicked out of Burning Man for preaching the Gospel. (38:04)
— The Supreme Court could let Catholic preschools discriminate on the taxpayers’ dime. (46:19)
— Here are the openly non-religious candidates for state/federal office in 2026. (56:30)
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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Justice Department “Weaponization” report falsely accuses FBI of anti-Catholic bias. (0:55)
— Maine Supreme Court says dad can block daughter from attending mom’s harmful church. (27:30)
— Texas evangelist raises flag lowered for Dolly Parton in anti-LGBTQ stunt. (46:17)
— Christian Nationalist preacher claims his ministry has raised “over 50 people” from the dead. (57:30)
— New Jersey didn’t ban prayer outside abortion clinics, but Christians are lying about it anyway. (1:06:20)
— Jessica has a new website!
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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Conservative Christians in Texas are trying to harass Muslims out of existence. (1:08)
— Dethroned Miss North Carolina USA sues pageant over her own bigoted posts. (19:56)
— Christian metal band “Demon Hunter” sues Netflix over “KPop Demon Hunters.” (41:42)
— Massachusetts High Court blocks Catholic statues from going up at Quincy police headquarters. (49:06)
— How a ‘90s R&B star weaponized Christianity against his children. (54:09)
— The GOP nominee for governor of Illinois doesn’t want to talk about his Creationist beliefs. (59:25)
— Pete Hegseth is bringing Christian propaganda to schools on military bases. (1:08:19)
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