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Cognitive Dissonance

Atheist and Skeptical Newsdissonancepod.com
Every episode we blast anyone who gets in our way. We bring critical thinking, skepticism, and irreverence to any topic that makes the news, makes it big, or makes us mad. It's skeptical, it's political and there is no welcome mat.
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Episodes

Episode 202: Sobbing Feelings Strangers

What Happened When I Went Undercover at a Christian Gay-to-Straight Conversion Camp Does Catholicism have a ‘man crisis,’ or is Cardinal Burke paranoid? (COMMENTARY) Six die at prophet David Owuor’s Nakuru crusade Pastor: I punched a kid ‘as hard as I could’ for ‘not taking the Lord serious’ Number Of Measles Cases Linked To Disneyland Rises To 26, Health Officials Say Saudi cleric issues fatwa on snowmen Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Newspaper Edits Female World Leaders Out of Charlie Hebdo March Rick ...

Jan 19, 20151 hr 9 min

Episode 201: Je suis Charlie

Religious leader condemns cartoonists after Paris massacre 100 killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria Ready to pay Rs. 51cr reward to Charlie Hebdo attackers: Yakoob Qureshi WITNESS: CONVICTED SAUDI BLOGGER FLOGGED IN PUBLIC 50 TIMES Paris shootings lead to firebomb attacks on French mosques More Voices, This Time From Liberals, Suggest That Charlie Hebdo More or Less Brought the Massacre On Itself MUSLIMS ARE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY On not understanding "Charlie:" Why many smart people are getting it...

Jan 14, 20151 hr 8 min

Episode 200b: Guesticulation, Part 2

Thanks to Jake Farr-Wharton from Imaginary Friendshow, Noah and Heath from Scathing Atheist, and Thomas from Atheistically Speaking, Comedy Shoeshine and Thomas and the Bible, for joining us and celebrating 200 episodes. People Say God Made Them Miss AirAsia Flight: 'Your Plan Is So Beautiful' (Video) Brutal initiation ceremony at Satyananda yoga movement 'saw seven-year-old girl sexually assaulted after leader licked her blood' Did historical Jesus really exist? The evidence just doesn’t add up...

Jan 12, 20151 hr 27 min

Episode 200a: Guesticulation, Part 1

Thanks for David from My Book of Mormon, Adam from The Herd Mentality, Andy from Inkredulous and Michael from Be Reasonable for joining us. Two sons get mother beaten to death by occultist for good luck: http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/two-sons-get-mother-beaten-to-death-by-occultist-for-good-luck/article1-1301815.aspx Pastor rips Bill Maher in absurd rant: He’s wrong about God because we still listen to Mozart: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/pastor-rips-bill-maher-in-absurd-rant-he...

Jan 05, 20151 hr 10 min

Episode 199: Beheadings Are So 2014

The Year In Homophobia: Ten Of The Worst Anti-LGBT Stories Of 2014 This Is the Stupidest Anti-Science Bullshit of 2014 Five Moments From 2014 That Definitely Were A Sign Of The End Times 2014 Failed and Forgotten Psychic Predictions Craig’s World Psychic Predictions for 2015 Psychic Marilene Isaacs Kauffman gives her thoughts on 2015 Psychic Predictions for 2014

Jan 01, 20151 hr 5 min

Episode 198: You Have Died of Dysentery

Woman arrested in attack on Satanic Temple display We Now Have Scientific Proof That Dr. Oz Is Full of It Peshawar killing consistent with Prophet Mohammed's teaching: Pakistan Taliban Iraq: 150 women killed after refusing to marry Islamic State fighters Turkey's President Erdogan Decries Birth Control As Form Of Treason: Brain dead woman kept on life support for 20 days to protect unborn child - court Barton: The Founding Fathers Opposed The Theory Of Evolution, Which Was Established In 500 B.C...

Dec 29, 20141 hr 11 min

Episode 197: Your Gay God

Fischer: Jesus Would Support The Use Of Torture Fischer: Release Of Torture Report Shows That Democrats Are 'Juvenile Delinquents' Ohio teen refuses to do homework until school brings back Ten Commandments plaque Mom kills son believing boy would be better off in heaven Christian teenager takes own life over misplaced fears about telling family she is a lesbian Parents rip mom who complained about school Bible handout: ‘You’re outnumbered here’ Watch: Gay People 'Will Die Out Because They Don’t ...

Dec 22, 20141 hr 27 min

Episode 196: Nasty Ole Gloryhole

Special thanks to David Smalley for joining us. Check out Dogma Debate at http://dogmadebate.com/ Rick Perry: Presidential Campaign's 'Not an IQ Test': http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rick-perry-presidential-campaigns-not-iq-test-n266031 Rick Perry shrugs off wealth inequality: The Bible says there will always be poor people: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/rick-perry-shrugs-off-wealth-inequality-the-bible-says-there-will-always-be-poor-people/ Texas Pastor: 'Dirty Faggots' Want...

Dec 18, 20141 hr 12 min

Episode 195: Exodus Review

Parents outraged when public school takes students on Catholic ‘chastity’ field trip 'The whole city is shocked': bare-legged woman in Kabul goes viral Israel holds American 'planning attacks on Muslim sites' Ben Carson Thinks God Is Calling On Him To Save America, Stop Putinesque Obama Exodus: Gods and Kings

Dec 15, 20141 hr 34 min

Episode 194: Zoinks!

One brave woman's protest against Saudi Arabia female driving ban Christian Pastor Finds Ingenious Way to Exploit the Homeless Police chief on Austin shooting: 'We were lucky' Barton: America Must Have 'A Biblical View On Computer Programming' Hindu Worshippers Killed 500,000 Animals At A Festival, And The Pictures Are Staggering Scott Lively: Homosexuality Is Worse Than Murder Bill Donohue: Non-Religious People Need Therapy Since They Die Prematurely And Are Disproportionately Insane Kaling Wal...

Dec 08, 20141 hr 24 min

Episode 193: Take It in the Asteroid

Bryan Fischer Says Michael Brown Was Possessed By A Homicidal Demon - See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/bryan-fischer-says-michael-brown-was-possessed-homicidal-demon#sthash.MzuzfeuU.dpuf Twin Cities Archdiocese sues insurers, saying firms won't pay abuse claims: http://m.startribune.com/local/283863161.html Pope Francis names US priest who hid reports of abuse to be Vatican prosecutor of sex crimes: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/priest-selected-by-pope-to-prosecute-sx-char...

Dec 01, 20141 hr 9 min

Episode 192: Skepticon

Thousands Sign Petition To Cancel TLC's '19 Kids And Counting' Over Stars' Anti-LGBT Sentiments House Republicans just passed a bill forbidding scientists from advising the EPA on their own research Ottawa priest who stole more than $130,000 from church welcomed back after release from jail Religious extremism main cause of terrorism, according to report Catholic leaders in St. Paul hid evidence of priest’s child porn collection from police for 16 years Pat Robertson Cures A Neck Injury Via Text...

Nov 24, 20141 hr 25 min

Episode 191: I Declare a Fat-wa

Catholic Church Argues It Doesn't Have to Show Up in Court Because Religious Freedom: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/catholic-school-fires-teacher-using-ivf-unusual-religious-freedom-defense Turkish teen arrested for 'burying sister's boyfriend alive': https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/25540678/turkish-teen-arrested-for-burying-sisters-boyfriend-alive/ If You Had Premarital Sex, This Baptist Pastor and College President Believes You’re a “Filthy Dishrag”: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frie...

Nov 20, 20141 hr 9 min

Episode 190: Snakeoil on a Plane

Pat Robertson: Single mother is ‘tempting God’ by not getting married Pat Robertson tells women how to get ‘clean’ after abortions and ‘multiple sex partners’ Christian radio host admits to sexually abusing 11-year-old boy while another man watched Bachmann-Affiliated Law Firm Warns Federal Court Gay Marriage Leads To Man Marrying Animals Skeptical Analysis Foos Babe article -http://skeptic78240.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/food-babe/ Jehovah’s Witness leader complains: Gay people are plotting to pu...

Nov 17, 20141 hr 15 min

Episode 189: What Do You Want On Your Tombstone?

Islamic State crisis: The 13-year-old on 'righteous path' Iran: MPs propose lashes for dog walkers Congratulations, Voters. You Just Made This Climate Denier the Most Powerful Senator on the Environment. Christians claim Death with Dignity activist Brittany Maynard is in Hell Women should not be allowed to drive because they are “subject to menstruation and pregnancy” which “prevent women from coping with pressure.” – Islamic researcher Pakistani Christian Couple Burned Alive in Kiln for Torchin...

Nov 10, 20141 hr 27 min

Episode 188: Voting with a Buggy Whip

Duck Dynasty Dad Warns #IStandSunday Believers They're Headed For Jail For Being Christian Alan Robertson Warns That Satan Is Out To Destroy 'Duck Dynasty' Liberia's Gay Community Under Attack Over Ebola Outbreak Regulations About Defiling Skin Diseases Mysterious Image Appears In Smoke Plume During Fresno Fire Campaigning for ISIS in the West Child Molesting Priest, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison, Wants Out After 6 Months Because He’s Learned His Lesson Antivaccine wingnuts, stay away from my ...

Nov 07, 20141 hr 1 min

Episode 187: My Book Of Mormon

Special thanks to David Michael from My Book Of Mormon for joining us: http://mybookofmormonpodcast.com/ Prison for Afghan mullah who raped a 10-year-old girl inside his mosque: http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/reports/news/a30751/prison-for-afghan-mullah-who-raped-a-10-year-old-girl-inside-his-mosque/ Malaysian Muslims Wring Hands Over Day of Touching Furry Friends, Wondering If It’s an Insult to Islam: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/10/27/malaysian-muslims-wring-hands-over-day-...

Nov 03, 20141 hr 24 min

Episode 186: Derailed

Pat Robertson: You Can Get AIDS From A Towel Fischer: 'The Mark Of The Beast Today Is The Rainbow Flag' Putting the Sin in Synagogue: DC Rabbi Accused of Spying on Congregants via a Hidden Camera in Temple’s Showers Eugene Delgaudio Warns Gay Men Will Soon Be 'Skipping Down To Adoption Centers To Pick Out A Little Boy For Themselves' Exclusive: GOP Congressional Nominee Threatens To 'Stand Against' Gay People–With A Cannon Islamist Morals: ISIS Brutally Murdered 700 People… After a Man Was Caugh...

Oct 27, 20141 hr 13 min

Episode 185: Dr. Sholl's Duxelles

Homeowners at war with ghost hunters over ‘portal to hell’ located on their property Pedi-Cure? Virus-Eating Onions On Your Feet Fight Illness, Cleanse Your Blood! (Also, I Have a Bridge To Sell You) Christian Mother Asia Bibi Sentenced To Hang In Pakistan For 'Insulting Prophet' 'Bad hijab' link to acid attacks on Iranian women John Hagee Says Ebola Is God's Judgment On America Because Obama Is Trying To Divide Israel Fischer: 'The Mark Of The Beast Today Is The Rainbow Flag' UAE: Man divorces ...

Oct 23, 20141 hr

Episode 184: Call Me a Magistrate

Elizabeth City magistrate turns away same-sex couple Pastor who admitted he had AIDS refuses to step down, gives Sunday sermon NC pastor comes unglued over coming gay weddings: ‘You think Ebola is bad now, just wait!’ Ohio pastor forced vasectomies, abortions because kids divert money away from church: report Christian Home-Schooler Tried to Kill Children After Pastor Husband Said World Was Ending ISIS Magazine Promotes Slavery, Rape, and Murder of Civilians in God's Name Iraq descends into anar...

Oct 20, 20141 hr 13 min

Episode 183: Decapitation Gene

Gay in Indonesia's Aceh? Brace for 100 Lashes in Front of a Crowd Ghoncheh Ghavami: British-Iranian woman detained in Tehran for watching men's volleyball match goes on hunger strike FFRF: Church-funded Bible class in NC public schools teaches kids 7-day creation is ‘literal fact’ High court to hear religious man’s child abuse case Fischer: Ban Muslim Immigration Because We Don't Know Who Is Carrying 'The Decapitation Virus' FDA cracks down on essential oils distributors and other “natural healt...

Oct 13, 20141 hr 21 min

Episode 182: Bar Room Atheist

Special thanks to Bill and Suzy from Bar Room Atheist for joining us. http://barroomatheist.com/ 'Jinn' caught on camera in Makkah ahead of HajjLicense? Registration? Have You Accepted Jesus as Your Personal Savior? US rebuff to gay marriage opponents The Religious Right Reacts To SCOTUS Gay Marriage Decision: 'Unconscionable, Unconstitutional, And Un-American' Downbeat Pat Robertson Criticizes Supreme Court On Marriage Equality An 'Utterly Exasperated' Mike Huckabee Threatens To Leave The GOP O...

Oct 09, 20141 hr 4 min

Episode 181: I'm Going to Snuggle the F**k Out of You

Thanks to Jake for joining us. Check out his show here: http://imaginaryfriendsshow.com/ Robert Oscar Lopez: LGBT Advocates Are Like Pol Pot And Are 'After Your Kids, Plain and Simple' Over 100,000 Sexually Explicit Photos Of Children Found On Arrested Archbishop’s Computer Ultra-Orthodox Jews cause chaos on flight to Israel Iran executes man for doubting tale of Jonah and the fish Iranian man executed for heresy: rights group Texas Supreme Court Justice: 'The Church Has Gone To Sleep' And Let P...

Oct 06, 20141 hr 13 min

Episode 180: That's Demonic Kids!

Church denies Communion to married, same-sex couple; suggests they divorce Virginia Town That Still Debates Witchcraft Wants to Drive Out Teen Girl’s Donut Shop Fox's Hannity Fears Liberals Will Make It Illegal To Tell Kids 'Being Gay Is Not Normal' New York pastor’s wild ‘rectum’ rant: NASA Voyager probe proved ‘homos’ are perverts The 'fountain of youth' at Schiller Woods Relative of Duck Dynasty Clan, Now Running for Congress, Said Sandy Hook Massacre Was the Result of Atheism 'Prayer Baby' d...

Sep 29, 20141 hr 26 min

Episode 179: Big Trouble in Little Utah

Conservative Christian Rewrites Harry Potter So Her Kids Won’t Turn Into Witches Woman Beaten to Death After Being Accused of Witchcraft on Facebook For The Religion Leader Who Has Everyhing: Patriarch Kirill, Head Of Russian Orthodox Church, Receives Fighter Jet Sufi Holy Man Is Arrested For Killing Volunteer He Failed to Bring Back to Life During Promised ‘Miracle’ Fox News priest demands government ban Satanic masses ‘in the name of free speech’ Glenn Beck Literally Stands Up And Applauds Par...

Sep 25, 20141 hr 8 min

Episode 178: Our Own Little Racist Theocracy

Bible-pushing Christians open the door for Satanic activity books in Florida schools Ken Ham Headlines Institute on the Constitution Conference I am a 14-year-old Yazidi girl given as a gift to an ISIS commander. Here’s how I escaped. Islamic State Group Issues New Curriculum in Iraq When Abuse Is Not Abuse AP: More than 5,000 dead in C. African Republic before UN peacekeeping mission comes Gina Miller: 'Slutty' Women Encourage Sexual Assault Jailed televangelist and accused rapist Jim Bakker is...

Sep 22, 20141 hr 17 min

Episode 177: Atheistically Speaking with Thomas

Teacher’s job threatened after he compares his school to lesbian-creating concentration camp Pennsylvania teen charged under obscure 1972 law for simulated sex acts with Jesus statue Bryan Fischer: Ban atheists from the military because ‘genuine Americans’ will die for God Rick Santorum: Let’s call secularism a religion so it can be banned from the classroom Ben Carson: Evolution Is An Absurd Myth, 'Give Me A Break' How Christian fundamentalist homeschooling damages children 7 Right-Wing Christi...

Sep 15, 20141 hr 28 min

Episode 176: Waka Waka

Megachurch Pastor says ‘gays must be put to death’ ‘Duck Dynasty’ star urges Christians to convert atheist friends with Nicolas Cage movie Islamic Hackers Attack Actor Kirk Cameron’s Movie Website Melbourne sex abuse priest Mato Krizanac returns to church in Bosnian parish Tennessee Supreme Court Hears Case of Mother Who Tried (and Failed) to Heal Her Daughter’s Cancer with Prayer Hammer embedded in sleeping teen’s brain in homophobic attack Pat Robertson Tells 80-year-old Worried Over Money: Ke...

Sep 12, 20141 hr 9 min

Episode 175: The Womb Squad

Texas cops 'swarm' school, police call for 'prayer' over miscarriage in bathroom Fox News guest: Feminists aren't being 'what God designed them to be' Mississippi gay man says Baptist teacher raped him for three years so he'd hate men BarbWire Columnist: Homosexuality Is Violence Against God PASTOR WANTS 'DEMONIC' BOOKS REMOVED FROM PUBLIC LIBRARY Rapture Enthusiasts Fantasize About a Post-Rapture America Ruled by Atheists Why It's Time To Throw Out Your Microwave http://thisiswhatatheistsbeliev...

Sep 08, 20141 hr 10 min

Episode 174: The Itch ;-)

GOP candidate: Colorado gay congressman will behead Christians who don’t worship sodomy Science, not God, saved him from Ebola Kevin Sorbo And Rick Wiles Agree: Atheists Are Angry Because They Know God Exists 5 Crazy Myths About Sex From the Religious Right Harlem Church Rails Against Obama, Muslims, “No-Honor” Blacks; Wishes “Cancer, HIV” on Gay-Friendly Believers Pat Robertson: Possibly Gay Teenager Will Be Straight If He Has A Man In His Life Pastor calls to imprison gays for ‘ten years hard ...

Sep 01, 20141 hr 17 min
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