Friendly Atheist Podcast

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — Bart Barber , the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention, was featured on 60 Minutes but revealed the bigotry underlying his f...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — Texas mother Jamie Gooch is warning people against Hocus Pocus 2 . (0:33) — Minnesota lawmakers are launching a Secular Government Caucu...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — An 8-year-old girl was expelled for not wanting to send her teacher a picture of herself reading in the bathtub. (0:55) — Illinois Gov....

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — Greg Locke is very unhappy about his depiction in the Peacock series Shadowland . (1:47) — Despite the Supreme Court giving him his old...

Andrew Seidel is the Vice President of Strategic Communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the author of " The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American ." He's written and spoken extensively about these issues in a variety of online and print publications, and on several news shows. His latest book, out this month, is called " American Crusade: How t...

In this bonus interview, Jessica spoke with Mike Flanagan, the writer/director behind "Haunting of Hill House," "Haunting of Bly Manor," "Doctor Sleep," and (most recently) the critically acclaimed "Midnight Mass." They discussed his sobriety journey as an atheist, why Bev Keane from "Midnight Mass" could probably get elected to Congress, how to engage with criticism, and why we probably shouldn't...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — Britney Spears said in a now-deleted Instagram reel , "I'm an atheist, y'all!" (3:45) — Even married advocates of Purity Culture can't h...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — Christian pastor and church planter Matt Chandler is on a leave of absence because of "unwise" DMs he sent to a woman on Instagram. (4:2...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — A conservative Christian influencer wants women to stop touching themselves . (1:00) — A Texas law requiring donated "In God We Trust" s...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — The attack on Salman Rushdie is an attack on free expression. (1:38) (Note: Read this for more background on Rushdie and why The Satanic...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — A Texas church put on an illegal production of "Hamilton" in order to convert the audience. (0:55) — A Baptist school kicked out a five-...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — SPONSOR : Check out God Pod ! — The abortion referendum in Kansas was a rebuke to the Catholic Church . (2:10) — Christian furries are w...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — SPONSOR : Check out God Pod ! — Republican Rep. Glenn Thompson voted *against* a bill to protect same-sex weddings... then attended his...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — A Christian hate-preacher condemned me ‚Ķ for quoting him accurately. (1:05) — Creationist Michael Peroutka won the GOP primary for Mar...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — Happy James Webb Telescope Images week for all who celebrate! (0:30) — How seriously should we take the allegations against right-wing r...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — Why are insane Christians cheering the destruction of the Georgia Guidestones ? (1:16) — A record-low 20% of Americans say the Bible is...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — Roe v. Wade was overturned and the conservative Christian dream is a nightmare for everyone else. (0:01) — The Supreme Court also reward...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — Evangelist Franklin Graham told a woman to stay with her abusive husband after downplaying her suffering. (1:00) — The Supreme Court's d...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — 81% of Americans believe in God , an all-time low. (2:05) — Students at Seattle Pacific University protested their school's anti-LGBTQ h...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — A Christian hate-preacher delivered an anti-gay sermon that's even worse than you imagine. (2:20) — A conservative school board candidat...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — An Oklahoma candidate for U.S. Senate claims his church was "shut down." (1:13) — Atheists don't have to defend Richard Dawkins if he sa...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — The shooting in Uvalde, Texas. (1:03) — Christian predator Josh Duggar is going to jail . (3:24) — After a pastor confessed to "adultery...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — A Christian school told students to write a letter urging a (fictional) friend to stop being gay. (1:45) — A Kansas town reversed course...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — A Kansas town voted to remove "In God We Trust" from police vehicles. (2:03) — Canada's Parliament rejected a motion to end invocation p...

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server ! — The Supreme Court's supposed Roe decision could backfire on conservative Christians. (1:15) — A Christian college punished a sexual assa...