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Cognitive Dissonance

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Every episode we blast anyone who gets in our way. We bring critical thinking, skepticism, and irreverence to any topic that makes the news, makes it big, or makes us mad. It's skeptical, it's political and there is no welcome mat.

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Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 183: Decapitation Gene 13.10.2014

Gay in Indonesia's Aceh? Brace for 100 Lashes in Front of a Crowd Ghoncheh Ghavami: British-Iranian woman detained in Tehran for watching men's volleyball match goes on hunger strike FFRF: Church-funded Bible class in NC public schools teaches kids 7-day creation is ‘literal fact’ High court to hear religious man’s child abuse case Fischer: Ban Muslim Immigration Because We Don't Know Who Is Carry...

Episode 182: Bar Room Atheist 09.10.2014

Special thanks to Bill and Suzy from Bar Room Atheist for joining us. http://barroomatheist.com/ 'Jinn' caught on camera in Makkah ahead of HajjLicense? Registration? Have You Accepted Jesus as Your Personal Savior? US rebuff to gay marriage opponents The Religious Right Reacts To SCOTUS Gay Marriage Decision: 'Unconscionable, Unconstitutional, And Un-American' Downbeat Pat Robertson Criticizes Su...

Episode 181: I'm Going to Snuggle the F**k Out of You 06.10.2014

Thanks to Jake for joining us. Check out his show here: http://imaginaryfriendsshow.com/ Robert Oscar Lopez: LGBT Advocates Are Like Pol Pot And Are 'After Your Kids, Plain and Simple' Over 100,000 Sexually Explicit Photos Of Children Found On Arrested Archbishop’s Computer Ultra-Orthodox Jews cause chaos on flight to Israel Iran executes man for doubting tale of Jonah and the fish Iranian man exe...

Episode 180: That's Demonic Kids! 29.09.2014

Church denies Communion to married, same-sex couple; suggests they divorce Virginia Town That Still Debates Witchcraft Wants to Drive Out Teen Girl’s Donut Shop Fox's Hannity Fears Liberals Will Make It Illegal To Tell Kids 'Being Gay Is Not Normal' New York pastor’s wild ‘rectum’ rant: NASA Voyager probe proved ‘homos’ are perverts The 'fountain of youth' at Schiller Woods Relative of Duck Dynast...

Episode 179: Big Trouble in Little Utah 25.09.2014

Conservative Christian Rewrites Harry Potter So Her Kids Won’t Turn Into Witches Woman Beaten to Death After Being Accused of Witchcraft on Facebook For The Religion Leader Who Has Everyhing: Patriarch Kirill, Head Of Russian Orthodox Church, Receives Fighter Jet Sufi Holy Man Is Arrested For Killing Volunteer He Failed to Bring Back to Life During Promised ‘Miracle’ Fox News priest demands govern...

Episode 178: Our Own Little Racist Theocracy 22.09.2014

Bible-pushing Christians open the door for Satanic activity books in Florida schools Ken Ham Headlines Institute on the Constitution Conference I am a 14-year-old Yazidi girl given as a gift to an ISIS commander. Here’s how I escaped. Islamic State Group Issues New Curriculum in Iraq When Abuse Is Not Abuse AP: More than 5,000 dead in C. African Republic before UN peacekeeping mission comes Gina M...

Episode 177: Atheistically Speaking with Thomas 15.09.2014

Teacher’s job threatened after he compares his school to lesbian-creating concentration camp Pennsylvania teen charged under obscure 1972 law for simulated sex acts with Jesus statue Bryan Fischer: Ban atheists from the military because ‘genuine Americans’ will die for God Rick Santorum: Let’s call secularism a religion so it can be banned from the classroom Ben Carson: Evolution Is An Absurd Myth...

Episode 176: Waka Waka 12.09.2014

Megachurch Pastor says ‘gays must be put to death’ ‘Duck Dynasty’ star urges Christians to convert atheist friends with Nicolas Cage movie Islamic Hackers Attack Actor Kirk Cameron’s Movie Website Melbourne sex abuse priest Mato Krizanac returns to church in Bosnian parish Tennessee Supreme Court Hears Case of Mother Who Tried (and Failed) to Heal Her Daughter’s Cancer with Prayer Hammer embedded...

Episode 175: The Womb Squad 08.09.2014

Texas cops 'swarm' school, police call for 'prayer' over miscarriage in bathroom Fox News guest: Feminists aren't being 'what God designed them to be' Mississippi gay man says Baptist teacher raped him for three years so he'd hate men BarbWire Columnist: Homosexuality Is Violence Against God PASTOR WANTS 'DEMONIC' BOOKS REMOVED FROM PUBLIC LIBRARY Rapture Enthusiasts Fantasize About a Post-Rapture...

Episode 174: The Itch ;-) 01.09.2014

GOP candidate: Colorado gay congressman will behead Christians who don’t worship sodomy Science, not God, saved him from Ebola Kevin Sorbo And Rick Wiles Agree: Atheists Are Angry Because They Know God Exists 5 Crazy Myths About Sex From the Religious Right Harlem Church Rails Against Obama, Muslims, “No-Honor” Blacks; Wishes “Cancer, HIV” on Gay-Friendly Believers Pat Robertson: Possibly Gay Teen...

Episode 173: Potential Hero Sandwich 27.08.2014

Ultra-Orthodox school that teaches secular studies ostracized by community Woman in Ireland denied abortion at 8 weeks forced to give birth by cesarean at 25 India makes 'liking' blasphemous content illegal Sierra Leone's 365 Ebola deaths traced back to one healer Paranoia-Rama: Immigrant Child Warriors, Gay Recruitment, And Obama's Race War Missouri police officer on leave over video in which he...

Episode 172: When it Rain it Pours 26.08.2014

Lashes for Saudi woman who called morality police liars: newspaper Shi'ite militia kill dozens of Iraqi Sunnis in mosque shooting Ohio anti-abortion leader: Ban public nudity, breastfeeding because boobs promote Gay Pride Gene Mills: Shelters Should Turn Away Transgender Domestic Abuse Survivors Linda Harvey: LGBT Rights Ushering In 'The End Times Or The End Of America — Or Both' - Fischer: God Wi...

Episode 171: Where's My Blacklight of Jesus? 18.08.2014

My Christian virginity pledge nearly destroyed me California Parents Complain That Sex Ed Textbook Is ‘Equivalent To Pornography’ Texas court rules against homeschoolers who expected rapture and stopped teaching kids Saudis slated for jailing teacher Islamic State beheads, crucifies in push for Syria's east Robin Williams didn’t die from a disease, he died from his choice Rand Paul on abortion: Ci...

Episode 170: Hot Noah on Noah Action 14.08.2014

Special thanks to Heath Enwright and Noah Lugeons for joining us this week. Check out their podcast at http://scathingatheist.com/ Oklahoma teen accused of molesting Kenyan orphans claims a demon made him do it: ‘I am powerless over what Luke wants’ The lavish homes of American archbishops Christian Radio Host Hopes Ebola Will 'Solve America's Problems Of Atheism And Homosexuality' Pastor John Hag...

Episode 169: Sierra Leone Sriracha Sauce 11.08.2014

Outrage in Saudi Arabia at appearance of female newsreader without headscarf on state television First Amendment, Christianity and Satanism Church baptism fountain being used as a pool Republican Whip Sends Bible to Every Member of Congress to Help Them with “Decision-Making” Ebola outbreaks: Science versus fear mongering and quackery ‘God is angry with Liberia,’ local religious leaders say, blami...

Episode 168: Foundation Beyond Belief 04.08.2014

Pakistan mob kills woman, girls, over 'blasphemous' Facebook post Filipino beheaded in Libya for not being a Muslim You Can Learn The Exact Day Of Christ's Return If You Give $5 To WorldNetDaily God put coal in Alabama, incoming regulator says Commonwealth Games Scottie dogs 'disrespectful to Muslims' Harlem pastor: God curses ‘homo’ supporters with ‘cancer HIV syphilis’ — then hell Special thanks...

Episode 167: Jesus Take the Wheel 30.07.2014

Creationist Ken Ham Says Aliens Will Go To Hell So Let's Stop Looking For Them Islamic State takes up stoning in Syria Two More Infant Boys Contract Herpes From Circumcision Ritual In NYC Mayor Sued By ACLU Compares Atheist Near Prayer Group To KKK At MLK Event (UPDATE) Michele Bachmann: Gays Want To Let Adults 'Freely Prey On Little Children Sexually' Michele Bachmann: Children With Ebola And Peo...

Episode 166: David Smalley of Dogma Debate 28.07.2014

Does the Doctrine of Hell Make God Unjust? Children exposed to religion have difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction: researchers Iraq Christians get Islamic State's warning Author Of Excellent ‘Stop Being Gay’ Book Arrested For Molesting Teen Boy, Allegedly, Again Revealed: Sex shame cardinal Keith O'Brien enjoying retirement in £208k Northumberland bungalow provided by Catholic Church Sovere...

Episode 165: The Most Courteous Dinosaur 21.07.2014

MN Repub candidate with weird ideas about AIDS also thinks dinosaurs ‘lived with man’ 42 Percent of Muslims Polled by Pew Research Think Suicide Bombing and Other Violence Against Civilians Are at Least Occasionally Justified Child Abuse at Christian Boot Camps Exposed After Survivors Speak Out Janet Parshall Says Satan Is Behind Opposition To Ex-Gay Therapy Peter LaBarbera Says Doctors Who Perfor...

Episode 164: Grief Beyond Belief 17.07.2014

Special thanks to Rebecca Hensler from Grief Beyond Belief for joining us. http://www.griefbeyondbelief.org/ https://www.facebook.com/faithfreegriefsupport KY boy raped by pastor church had hired because God ‘forgave’ past sex crimes: police This Man's Gaze Is Harmful to Pregnant Women The Top 5 Jaw-Dropping Christian Videos in the Universe. Part of Me Wishes They Weren’t Real. Another Part Can’t...

Episode 163: Sad Trombones 14.07.2014

Pastor At Religious Right Event Predicts Church Will Soon Cure HIV Todd Starnes Warns Of Anti-Duck Dynasty Violence, Links Same-Sex Marriage To Healthy Food Initiatives Islamic State's Soothing System Colorado offered free birth control — and teen births fell by 40 percent 'Colourful football shoes made World Cup a homosexual abomination,' says Russian priest Drought Spurs Interest in Water Dowsin...

Episode 162: Great White Throne of Judgement 07.07.2014

Minnesota Archbishop Who Denounces Homosexuality Now Being Investigated for Having Sex with Priests Post-Hobby Lobby, Religious Orgs Want Exemption From LGBT Hiring Order SC Restaurant Owner Refuses To Serve Blacks, Cites Religious Beliefs Klingenschmitt: Jesus Will Overrule The Supreme Court And Toss Gays Into Hell ‘I was just 27 and I was butchered’: Symphysiotomy survivors in their own words Fl...

Episode 161: Bob Blaskiewicz 04.07.2014

Special thanks to Bob Blaskiewicz for joining us. Send him email at: skepticsprotect@gmail.com Like the facebook page: Skeptics For the Protection of Cancer Patients https://www.facebook.com/pages/Skeptics-For-the-Protection-of-Cancer-Patients/477056485674368 Visit the website: http://thehoustoncancerquack.com/ FDA gives controversial doc green light to restart work Virginian Shares ‘Bigfoot’ Phot...

Episode 160: #MasturbatorsForChrist 30.06.2014

Christian radio host arrested in Gaylord on child sex charges Southern GOPer Says Only Christians Should be Protected by Constitution ‘Texas Values’ leader says gay people planning ‘concentration camps’ over wedding cakes Rick Santorum: Business owners who refuse to serve gays sent to ‘re-education camps’ Judge Upholds Policy Barring Unvaccinated Students During Illnesses Pat Robertson's Advice On...

Episode 159: Adam Reakes - The Herd Mentality 23.06.2014

Dr. Oz Grilled By Senator Over “Miracle” Weight-Loss Claims Muslim terrorists kill dozens of Kenyans who fail Islam quiz Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria Killed 400, Officials Say Evangelist Benny Hinn, Citing Financial Teacher Todd Coontz, Asks Supporters to Donate $1,000 in 'Higher Seed-Level Giving' Dutch Sheets: God Needs An Army To Save America From 'Demonic' Destruction McAleese: asking bishops’...

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