Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke Greiff cover the latest news, politics, and pop culture with a focus on atheism and religion. This is the official podcast for FriendlyAtheist.com.
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602 - Marked Safe from the Rapture (Again)
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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…
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601 - The Christian Right's Anti-Woke SAT Alternative
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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 pu…
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600 - Carlo Acutis, the First Millennial Saint
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599 - Oklahoma’s Scammy PragerU Teacher "Test"
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597 - This Candidate for Office Opposes Women in Office
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596 - Kim Davis Asks SCOTUS to End Marriage Equality
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595 - Southern Baptist Ethics Leader Resigns
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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 eth…
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594 - Ryan Walters' Naughty, Naughty Computer
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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 …
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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. — Mehdi Hasan's Jubilee debate got a Catholic fascist fired. (0:28) — Textbook publishers are largely rejecting Ryan Walters…
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592 - John MacArthur's Poisonous Legacy
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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. — Woman sues John MacArthur’s church for publicly shaming her for wanting to leave an abusive marriage. (0:23) — Speaking of…
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591 - The End of the Johnson Amendment?
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590 - Catholic School Fires Widowed Gay Teacher
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589 - The Deadly Cost of Religious Extremism
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588 - The Southern Baptist Convention's Annual Meeting (with Kate Shellnutt)
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Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our private Facebook group and Discord server! Kate Shellnutt is editorial director of news for Christianity Today. She has been a religion reporter and editor for more than 15 years, previously at the Houston Chronicle. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post…
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587 - Rep. Mary Miller's Hateful Invocation Blunder
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586 - Sen. Joni Ernst Uses Jesus to Distract from Death
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585 - The Censorship of The Crucible
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584 - The Price to Make Jerry Falwell, Jr. Go Away
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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. – Good news! The Supreme Court deadlocked on allowed the first-ever taxpayer-funded religious charter school in Oklahoma. (0…
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583 - Jehovah’s Witnesses Target Longtime Critic
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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. – Trump Justice Dept. sides with Catholic Church to fight law requiring priests to report abuse. (0:49) – "How much God do y…
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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 Supreme Court heard a case to decide if taxpayers should fund a religious charter school. (0:26) — Southern Baptist me…
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580 - The (Real) Legacy of Pope Francis
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579 - Washington Closes Confession Admission Loophole
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578 - The IRS and the Johnson Amendment
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