Friendly Atheist Podcast

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Court upholds $400,000 fine against lawyer who warned Catholic school about predator on staff. (1:15) — Scott Adams’ deathbed conve...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — A single Chick-fil-A store congratulated a gay couple, and conservatives lost their damn minds . (2:35) — People who visited Ark En...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about the worst stories from the past year, with increasingly more wine.  — January (1:14) — February (22:08)  — March (32:34) — April (40:30)  — May (50:31) — June (1:00:58)  — July (1:1...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Univ. of Oklahoma punishes instructor for failing Christian student who didn't do the assignment. (0:55) — Pete Hegseth is waging a...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Oklahoma's Supreme Court overturns Ryan Walters' Bible-heavy Social Studies standards. (0:41) — Former Christian college administra...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — A Christian mom who tried to ban LGBTQ books just got arrested for kidnapping her own daughter. (0:20) — Will the Maine Supreme Cou...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — She turned in a Bible sermon instead of an essay and failed. Now conservatives say she’s the victim. (3:06) — A Minnesota church to...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Marissa Franks Burt is a novelist, editor, teacher, and cohost of the At Home with the Lectionary and In the Church Library podcasts. She lives in Washington state with her husband, six children, and heaps of books. She has a m...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Hemant will be speaking in St. Louis this weekend for the Ethical Society of St. Louis. Events are free to the public. COME! — Supr...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — A TikToker is exposing churches that refuse to help a hungry baby. (2:32) — Axios tried to shame Christian U.S. Senate candidate Ja...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — JD Vance wants his Hindu wife to convert . It’s Christian Nationalism: Home Edition. (5:09) — How the American Humanist Association...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Donor pulls scholarships after University of Arkansas Fayetteville posts Ten Commandments. (1:05) — Christian HVAC tech fired after...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Pastor publicly shames woman for donating “only” $1,235 to his church. (2:40) — How megachurches twist the Bible to defend billiona...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Hemant will be speaking near Orlando, Florida this weekend! — A Christian pastor aimed an AR-15 at the congregation to "run out the...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — An appeals court has vacated a ruling saying Ten Commandments posters in Louisiana schools are unconstitutional . (1:26) — Oklahoma has alrea...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Ryan Walters is resigning , ending his disastrous reign over Oklahoma's public schools. (1:20) — A Minnesota youth hockey league wanted to cl...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — The Rapture didn’t happen (again). Why do some people keep falling for it? (1:20) — Jesus Jerseys spark uproar in Virginia youth soccer leagu...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — TN high school football coach suspended after pushing religion on kids during game. (4:13) — Appeals Court says Vermont public league must re...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — We’re having an in-person celebration in Naperville, IL to mark our 600th episode (and other pleasant things)! Details are here . Hope you ca...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — We’re having an in-person celebration in Naperville, IL to mark our 600th episode (and other pleasant things)! Details are here . Hope you ca...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — We’re having an in-person celebration in Naperville, IL to mark our 600th episode (and other pleasant things)! Details are here . Hope you ca...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — We’re having an in-person celebration in Naperville, IL to mark our 600th episode (and other pleasant things)! Details are here . Hope you ca...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. -– We’re having an in-person celebration in Naperville, IL to mark our 600th episode (and other pleasant things)! Details are here . Hope you c...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Ryan Walters may not have watched nude women at work. But he still slandered his colleagues. (0:40) — Southern Baptist ethics leader resigns...

Patreon supporters who give  $5 a month  will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our  private Facebook group  and  Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Ryan Walters' TV displayed "nude women" during a meeting. Now he's blaming the media. (0:49) — An Alabama church secretly sent kids to evange...