Friendly Atheist Podcast

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  • 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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  • 565 - The Religious Makeup of the New Congress
    Jan 9 2025

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    Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

    — Why did an Ohio Catholic school get $5 million intended for water infrastructure in West Virginia? (0:45)

    — One new member of Congress is openly agnostic. Another's religion? "None." (18:04)

    — Oklahoma lawmaker's "covenant marriage" bill would make it harder to get divorced. (32:32)

    — Texas Supreme Court to decide if Southern Methodist U. can break from the United Methodist Church. (50:18)

    — Orthodox Christian confesses to vandalizing Satanic statue in Concord, NH. (1:02:25)

    — Texas Republicans file bill to install state-sponsored Nativity scene in Capitol. (1:10:15)

    — Christian Nationalist: Not having chaplains in schools "creates mental disease." (1:14:20)

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • 564 - The "New Atheist" War on Trans People
    Jan 2 2025

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    Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

    — FFRF, Jerry Coyne, and why the “New Atheists” have waged war against trans people. (1:45)

    — Taxpayers funded this trashy, failing Mormon-based private school in Arizona. (46:45)

    — Oklahoma's new social studies standards go all in on Christian Nationalism. (57:15)

    — Texas book ban backfires after school removes Bible over "sexually explicit" content. (1:06:27)

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • 563 - Garbage Year in Review
    Dec 27 2024

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    Jessica and I recapped the past year in our extra-long year-end episode.

    — January (3:13)

    — February (16:00)

    — March (29:30)

    — April (33:12)

    — May (43:44)

    — June (1:09:04)

    — July (1:27:07)

    — August (1:44:40)

    — September (2:03:25)

    — October (2:21:34)

    — November (2:37:00)

    — December (2:45:49)

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    3 hrs and 3 mins

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