Every so often, Ryan decides to grow a 1970s porn mustache, and this episode (for whatever reason) seems to revolve around that curved caterpillar on his face. While orbiting Ryan's face-pubes, we also cover the following items: Monkey movie! Atheist woman murdered in triple-homicide love triangle The early spread of domesticated cats Science is under threat in the Trump era Religious leaders are tripping balls... FOR SCIENCE! A single day on whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com Ryan has a homophobi...
Jul 24, 2017•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 54
You may remember that we previously released (in episode #158) a talk on the Mountain Meadows Massacre delivered by Megan Kennedy for The Satanic Temple Salt Lake City chapter before it was recently disbanded. Because of that, we knew Megan was incredibly smart, so we were excited to have her join us in-studio for an interview. What we didn't know until she arrived is just how much fun we'd have recording with her. She's definitely one of the best guests we've had on the show. We had a long and ...
Jul 17, 2017•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 53
Dan had a fun, but rough, weekend in Moab. After falling ass over tea kettle at the bowling alley, he drank WAAAAYYY too much the night before spending four hours on the road driving home, but sucked it up to do the show - in which we cover the following stories: Twenty interesting things you may not know about Independence Day Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis are trying to weasel out of paying even more taxes The Ten Commandments monument in Arkansas was destroyed - by the same person who destroy...
Jul 10, 2017•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 52
Matt is back and joins Ryan and Dan for an interview with Mark Nebo to discuss the #NormalizeAtheism campaign. We also cover the following stories: Vatican Probes Brazilian Exorcists Who 'Made a Pact With Satan' The Mandela Effect Ice is a good insulator, and scientists may use it to combat climate change Alex Jones has a new alter-ego named Tuck Buckford Jim Bakker says Jesus commands you to be a prepper in order to justify selling his slop buckets There's a difference between religious freedom...
Jul 03, 2017•2 hr 7 min
Matt wasn't feeling well and had to miss this episode, but Ryan and Dan are joined by the always-great Grant Larimer, who was kind enough to fill in at the last minute to go over a bunch of news items, including: We announce a prize drawing for online reviews of the show!** Minnesota Republican representative Abigail Whelan invokes Jesus to avoid answering a question about tax havens We toss a racist Starbucks customer into the Basket of Deplorables The American Humanist Association (AHA) and th...
Jun 26, 2017•1 hr 59 min
Marissa Alexa McCool is a 31-year-old transwoman. She is working on her fourth book, has five podcasts, has appeared in countless other podcasts, and we were finally able to get her on the Godless Rebelution. She recently moved and was having some technical difficulties, so the interview isn't as long as we would have liked, but that just means we'll have to get back on the show sometime very soon! We go through a lot of recent news headlines, offer some recent science information, and Matt beco...
Jun 12, 2017•2 hr 2 min
Dr. Gleb Tsipursky is a tenured Professor at Ohio State University who specializes in the history of science and in the intersection of psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and medicine. He is the President and Co-Founder of Intentional Insights, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that empowers people to refine and reach their goals by providing research-based content to help improve thinking, feeling, and behavior patterns. Gleb has made appearances on the Ra-Men, The Scathing Atheist, The Inciting Incident,...
Jun 05, 2017•1 hr 56 min
This episode isn't our usual fare. It's a talk that was organized by the Utah Chapter of The Satanic Temple as part of their Religious Education Series, which was aimed at analyzing religion throughout history and how it affects (some would say "infects") various aspects of our modern lives. The talk was presented by Megan Kennedy, who holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Religious Studies from the University of Utah. She is a professional writer and photographer. Ryan was kind enough t...
Jun 03, 2017•1 hr 15 min
Our intrepid field reporter, Alexander Scholl, once again prepared a whole lot of great information for us to share with you, dear listener. If news from the last week in politics has left you reeling, we're here to help cut through the noise. With the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate ties between Russia and the Trump campaign and administration, it's really starting to look like the beginning of the end for the orange menace. Patreon subscribers get more than 35 m...
May 22, 2017•2 hr 2 min
Lloyd Evans is an ex-Jehovah's Witness, the author of The Reluctant Apostate , and is the Senior Editor for JWSurvey.org . He stayed up super late to join us via Skype from his home in Croatia to talk to us about Jehovah's Witnesses and the work he is doing after leaving the faith. Patreon subscribers get more than 40 minutes of extras this week! Show Links: JW Survey Website: http://jwsurvey.org/ JW Survey Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jwsurvey Lloyd Evans on Twitter: https://twitter....
May 15, 2017•2 hr 13 min
Roy Jeffs is the son of Warren Jeffs - the infamous cult leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints who is currently serving life plus 20 years in prison after his conviction for child sexual assault. The FLDS cult still practices polygamy as an offshoot of the mainstream LDS Church which "officially" abandoned plural marriage on Earth (it will still be practiced in the afterlife) in 1890. Roy fled the FLDS cult three years ago, and his story has been featured natio...
May 08, 2017•2 hr 9 min
There's loads of new stuff in this episode. We're particularly fond of the new intro, and think you'll come to like it as much as we do. In this episode: Bill Nye Saves the World is now available on Netflix A Christian writer says the March for Science wasn't anti-religious Bones & stone tools from 130K years ago found near San Diego Fluid-filled bag serves as womb replacement Arguments for a god Logical fallacies ** Flat Earth discussion Disgraced Alabama judge, Roy Moore, will run to fill ...
May 01, 2017•1 hr 53 min
We were delighted to have Dr. Karen Garst as our guest for this episode. She joined us to talk about her book, Women Beyond Belief: Discovering Life Without Religion. Her book contains stories from 22 women who share their stories of what led them to leave behind their various forms of religion and the lives they now lead after moving away from supernatural beliefs. We were lucky enough to even have her read a couple excerpts for us! It's a bit difficult to believe, but this episode completes th...
Apr 24, 2017•2 hr 46 min
We hope you had a pleasant Zombie Jesus Day! This is the second in our two-part coverage of Steve Bannon, courtesy of Alexander Scholl who put a ton of work into giving us a comprehensive and frightening look into what makes Bannon tick. We also cover the following news items: FFRF challenges Ole Miss football Pornhub's April Fool's Day prank Callifornia pastor commits murder-suicide We learn a little more about the number 42 Sean Spicer fails miserably at comparing Assad to Hitler A Pennysylvan...
Apr 17, 2017•1 hr 53 min
Due to some unforeseen circumstances (namely, a pant-load of news surrounding him), we decided to break our coverage of Steve Bannon into two parts. Alexander Scholl put a ton of work into giving us a comprehensive and frightening look into what makes Steve Bannon tick. Other circumstances forced us to spend quite a bit longer editing the show this week, so there aren't any extras BUT our patrons are still receiving the show more than a day before everybody else. We also cover the following news...
Apr 10, 2017•2 hr 1 min
We had a great time talking to Jason Stock, who is the Brewmaster at Squatters Pub Brewery in Salt Lake City. He is also the first openly atheist person Dan ever met, and was a huge influence on Dan identifying as an atheist himself. Jason is smart, funny, and one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. We could have talked to him for several more hours, but all good things must come to an end. Patreon subscribers get more than 30 extra minutes of our interview which were edited out to keep the ...
Apr 03, 2017•2 hr 8 min
Yvette d'Entremont is an atheist, skeptic, scientist, writer, public speaker, and all-around badass. She was also a fantastic guest who we had a lot of fun interviewing for more than two hours. Along the way, we talk about politics, GMOs, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vani Hari (Food Babe), and a ton of other stuff. In this episode: Politics GMOs Gwyneth Paltrow Vani Hari (Food Babe) Dr. Joel Fuhrman Senator Orrin Hatch ** Pre-interview banter ** The key to knowing what Zelda is ** Extended interview ** Okla...
Mar 27, 2017•1 hr 48 min
We had a lot of fun talking to Stu De Haan and Michelle Shortt, co-chapter heads of The Satanic Temple's Arizona chapter and all of the great work they're doing. Also in this episode: The Ides of March Scott Pruitt is a climate change denier The end of religion is Nye Christian group produces anti-gay pro-Trump ad Religious people are not interested in compromise Leaked enemies of the LDS Church ** Christians are boycotting new Beauty & the Beast movie ** Boots Opticians company in UK tells ...
Mar 20, 2017•1 hr 50 min
We talk about International Women's Day, address a listener question about reproductive choices, and rant a bit about Libertarians. Also in this episode: Listener feedback Hundreds of bodies of children and infants found at Catholic home for unwed mothers Ben Sleepytime Carson says African slaves were immigrants who wanted a better life Libertarian Virgina man who threatened the life of President Obama is running for office on a platform of subjugating women Folllow-up to last week's story about...
Mar 13, 2017•2 hr
We cover Glyn Barrett's infamous video where he lies about a supposed debate at a university in Cambridge (which one would that be...?). Also in this episode: Atheists of Utah Gala recap Of course, Ryan wears weird shoes Dan is tired of infighting in the atheist community David Silverman's debate with Alex McFarland Seth Andrews has a great episode with Bart Campolo Addressing Trump's address People donating to Planned Parenthood in the name of pastor Greg Locke Fox News' Todd Starnes doesn't un...
Mar 06, 2017•2 hr 2 min
First, an apology for getting the episode out a bit later than usual. Dan was really busy this week preparing for and attending the Atheists of Utah Great Minds Gala. It was a lot of fun, but also a lot of work. We had a metric fuckton of fun recording this episode, which includes: Listener Feedback How to persuade people Know Thine Enemy - Dave Daubenmire (new segment!) Dave Daubenmire's daughters aren't lesbians even though they play softball How to pronounce "contemplative" What Matters - a l...
Feb 27, 2017•1 hr 54 min
In addition to our regular show items, we spend a little over 40 minutes going through the timeline of General Michael Flynn's involvement with the Trump administration - from the time Flynn was selected as the National Security Advisor to his eventual resignation/firing. Flynn leaving the administration looks like it is probably just the tip of the iceberg. Also in this episode: Darwin Day & Climate Change Basket of Deplorables nominee and honorable mention LDS writer Jana Riess responds to...
Feb 20, 2017•1 hr 57 min
We received a lot of great feedback on episode #142 with Christian listener and Trump voter, Tim, so we spend some time addressing that before moving on to: The Super Bowl and Lada Gaga's performance Vaccine efficacy and herd immunity Domnic Johnson's irrational video calling atheists irrational Russia decriminalizes domestic violence Idaho rapist sentenced to sexual celibacy until marriage Russian opponent of Putin is poisoned for a second time The spread of white nationalism How the railroad h...
Feb 13, 2017•2 hr
We're joined via phone by a Christian listener named Tim who is also a Trump voter. Most of the interview went pretty well even though it was very frustrating at times. Things went a bit off the rails and Dan admittedly wasn't at his best when he lost his cool after our guest started calling vaccines into question. ** Early release and bonus content (which is exclusively available to our Patreon patrons ) includes our uncut post-interview reactions, Pete Holmes' Ex-Men Wolverine bit, bonus outta...
Feb 06, 2017•1 hr 56 min
The fabulous and dynamic duo of Rebecca Sims and Tamara Fox joined us in-studio for an interview and to tell us all about the upcoming Atheists of Utah Great Minds Gala . Along the way, we talk about the new religious freedom bill signed into law in Mississippi, a Confederate-flag-flying racist teacher in California (of all places), a father & son who imprisoned and raped the father's step-daughter for more than a year and who want to use the Bible while defending themselves in court and to ...
Jan 29, 2017•1 hr 49 min
We're now available on Patreon! Head on over to sign up and check out what extras are available for patrons! In this week's episode: Dan relates a couple DAMF stories Matt takes us through a CNN editorial on Trump as an authoritarian We throw someone else into the Basket of Deplorables Republicans in Texas try to pass a law requiring the burial or cremation of all fetal remains after abortion We talk about the high cost of salat in Saudi Arabia More on Trump's ties to racists Global warming Ryan...
Jan 23, 2017•1 hr 51 min
Oh, man, are you in for a treat! Matt is back in-studio with an extended "What Matters" segment on Millennials vs Baby Boomers, we talk about capital punishment because Dylann Roof was recently sentenced to death, we throw a despicable local Utahn into our Basket of Deplorables, Ryan tells us about his adventures in survivalism, we respond to listener feedback, The Satanic Temple has started their first After-School Satan club in Utah, and you get TWO segments of Matt's Musings. **PLUS** new dro...
Jan 16, 2017•1 hr 58 min
In this week's episode: Ryan and Dan deliver the goods on Donald Trump's ties to Indonesian criminals We tell you how to effectively troll Dan online Why the charge of intellectual elitism should be embraced Louie Gohmert says Donald Trump saved us from the brink of devastation There's more from Ryan's Christian friend We have a new entry for the Basket of Deplorables We haz a website ! We reveal that we're definitely not wine aficionados Tom Horn twists himself into a deluded ball of Christian ...
Jan 09, 2017•1 hr 55 min
Justin Schieber is an atheist and former co-host of the excellent Reasonable Doubts podcast. He joined us for an interview and to discuss the new book he co-wrote with Christian theologian Randal Rauser titled An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar: Talking about God, the Universe, and Everything . The book is presented in a back-and-forth conversational dialogue format and discusses more than a few topics of agreement which, at first blush, may seem counterintuitive to many atheists and the...
Dec 23, 2016•1 hr 59 min
Dan catches us up with the latest from the local Humanists group who had a speaker from the Homeless Youth Resource Center attend their latest meeting, Alex Jones goes from defending Pizzagate to talking about Japanese people pooping on themselves, we introduce a new "Basket of Deplorables" segment, we prove that Alex Jones is a lying shitbag, American Atheists has billboards up again this year, and Dan's grandma calls at the weirdest times. Grant Larimer was kind enough to join us in-studio as ...
Dec 19, 2016•1 hr 57 min
