Friendly Atheist Podcast

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. — Please join our new Discord server ! — In New Jersey, an openly atheist state representative won his bid for state senate. (2:11) — Aaron Rodgers thought he could get away with a homeopathic COVID vax substitute . (10:3...

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. — Please join our new Discord server ! — A school district will no longer ban "Satanic" clothing after a Satanist complained. (1:32) — Liberty University's "think tank" was just a cover to elect Republicans . (6:05) — A G...

In this solo episode (Jessica will be back next week), Hemant interviewed Dr. Randall Balmer , the author of Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right . Dr. Balmer holds the John Phillips Chair in Religion at Dartmouth College, Dartmouth's oldest endowed professorship. He previously taught as professor of American religious history at Columbia University for twenty-seven years. In his sc...

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. — Please join our new Discord server ! — A mom got ordained online, then signed off on 150+ "religious exemption" forms for students. (1:57) — Pope John Paul I ‚Äòs beatification makes no sense to reasonable people. (10:1...

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. — Please join our new Discord server ! — An Oregon official wants you to trust God , not doctors, with your vaccine decision. (1:55) — Pat Robertson has retired and there's at least one reason to be sad about it. And here...

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. — Please join our new Discord server ! — This sexist sermon from 2014 didn't age well , and the pastor is trying to make sure no one can see it. (3:15) — No role-playing in the bedroom, says preacher John Piper . (16:40)...

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. — Please join our new Discord server ! — Creationist Kent Hovind will spend a month in jail for domestic violence. (1:50) — Christian apologist Josh McDowell made racist comments at a conference, and he's now stepping bac...

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. — Please join our new Discord server ! — This anti-gay Wisconsin lawmaker has no idea who Harvey Milk was. (1:06) — Pastor Greg Locke was banned from Twitter . (7:57) — 90% of atheists have been vaccinated , but only 57%...

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. — Please join our new Discord server ! — Christian misogynist Logan Dorn condemned women at the beach for wearing swimsuits he didn't like. (1:10) — A Spanish bishop quit the Church after falling in love with a writer of...

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. — Please join our new Discord server ! — A Christian media group fired an employee for urging people to get vaccinated. (3:27) — A famous homophobe from over a decade ago is now a vocal anti-masker . (16:52) — Mississippi...

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. — Come to our in-person meetup in Chicago on August 28! — The new president of the chaplains at Harvard is an atheist. (4:07) — A Mormon apostle chastised Brigham Young University for not being sufficiently anti-gay. (10:...

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. — Come to our in-person meetup in Chicago on August 28! — The Department of Education plans to rescind Trump-era regulations promoting faith-based discrimination at college. (3:11) — The Spanish Inquisition still affects...

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. — Come to our in-person meetup in Chicago on August 28! — Pat Robertson says he'll live to 120 . (4:08) — These parents want their kid to have a religious exemption to mask mandates and his school isn't having any of it....

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast I talked about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Come to our in-person meetup in Chicago this August! — An Oregon official who's gay was threatened by a Christian with a rock. (0:45) — Donors are suing the ministry of the late Christian apologist and predator Ravi Zacharias for deceiving t...

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. — Come to our in-person meetup in Chicago this August! — A GOP senator asked a Biden nominee if he believed in God . (1:19) — An Ohio church invited a transphobic speaker and can't handle the backlash. (17:13) — What is g...

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. — Come to our in-person meetup in Chicago this August! — Everyone should feel bad about the priest who resigned after getting caught using Grindr. (4:20) — 12 women sued Liberty University for enabling sexual abuse and th...

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. — Come to our in-person meetup in Chicago this August! — A naturopath was arrested for selling homeopathic COVID "cures" and fake vaccination cards. (1:54) — The God's Not Dead 4 trailer is out ‚Ķ and we're not optimisti...

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. — Creationist Ken Ham is building a Tower of Babel replica . (5:07) — Conservatives are up in arms over a satirical song from a gay men's chorus. (16:31) — The Hobby Lobby July 4th lie-filled propaganda ad stirred up even...

***UPDATE: We're aware of the audio quality with this episode and it'll be fixed next week!*** 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. — TLC cancelled the Duggar family's latest show "Counting On" after Josh Duggar ‚Äòs latest criminal allegations. (0:33) — Rig...

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. — A Christian singer released an awful song called " Modest is Hottest ." (2:12) — Televangelist Jim Bakker has to pay people back over $156,000 for selling them a fake COVID cure. (15:50) — An Anglican school in Australi...

In 2014, Pastor Mark Driscoll resigned from Mars Hill Church in Seattle in large part due to his abusive behavior. Former colleagues said Driscoll lacked self-control, was guilty of "verbally assaulting others," and "created a culture of fear." The evangelical publication Christianity Today has just launched an investigative podcast series called "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill," which is really a...

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. — The Christian baker who wouldn't make a cake for a trans customer lost his case . (3:38) — Was the Supreme Court's disappointing decision in Fulton actually a win for church/state separation? (14:50) — What is going on...

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. — A number of well-known New Atheists have drifted to the right ‚Ķ but to varying degrees. Here's a great episode of Serious Inquiries Only with more nuance! (2:45) — Conservatives are very upset that a graduation speake...

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. — Utah's governor thinks a weekend of prayer will fix a drought. (1:02) — A Virginia teacher refuses to use trans kids' pronouns. The district punished him . Now he's suing. (9:15) — A high school football player had to e...

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. — This is the dumbest anti-evolution video I've ever seen. (0:50) — This apologist's weird sex tweet doesn't make any sense. (9:54) — A Christian Nationalist version of the Bible was too toxic for a major publisher. (15:4...