Announcements: Jimmy Swaggart @0:40 Follow-ups: CFI testifies on OR 2268 @5:39 TX - First of likely many lawsuits @7:09 Advisory Committee meeting @8:40 Vote Health/Medicine/Science: Lyn Redwood @13:53 RFK attacks Gavi @14:19 Which will affect the HIV “cure” Wellness devices @19:16 Politics: Democrats infighting @25:29 We have the country the people want @32:54 The Bill’s status @35:01 Welcome to the slippery slope @40:43 Some bill items; make a Police State @42:18 SCOTUS rules that breaks other...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Announcements: Think Right PR email @1:21 News: Iran radiation increase after attack @7:18 Iran set back Ceasefire @16:21 Strait of Hormuz @17:13 Trump’s God speak @18:58 Rant against holidays @20:57 King Provision removed @27:49 Alligator Alcatraz @34:47 Republican’s ectopic pregnancy @37:15 Politics: SCOTUS throws out case @39:04 Health/Medicine/Science: Extremely dishonest letter to congress @42:29 Budget hearing highlights Aseem Malhotra @45:44 Fiona Havers @48:10 Religious Nonsense: 5th Cir...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr
Announcements: A digitally-restored copy of the 1980 documentary “James Randi in Australia.” @1:49 Follow-ups: Roseanne @3:49 News: Army parade @12:39 3.5 percent rule @23:23 Huckabee's tweet @29:20 “Fake images and conspiracy theories” around protests in L.A @35:57 Order to VA staff @38:18 MN assassin @42:39 SCOTUS to hear ADF argument @48:40 Health/Medicine/Science: RFK Jr. “removing every member of vaccine panel @54:49 But, not to worry 8 replacements Some more details on the 8 Robert Malone ...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 16 min
Follow-ups: Trump and Musk faking it?? @1:09 Thank you to John Oliver @4:53 SCOTUS ruling in WI @6:01 News: LA updates @7:12 Tom Homan @13:22 FEMA @19:09 FDA launches ELSA @24:51 Fill my hole initiative @26:34 Health/Medicine/Science: Personal financial impact of MAHA @28:23 National impact @29:34 Dental impact @33:15 David Geier appointed @34:22 Dr Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos @37:49 Religious Nonsense: UK - Quran burning @39:58 Surrendering to blasphemy laws? Syria Burkinis @47:24 USCCB report @5...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Follow-ups: CFI’s OPP calling on TX residents contact Gov. Greg Abbott @1:21 CFI’s Office of Public Policy has issued a nationwide Action Alert @2:24 Open call to Telepathy Tapes @3:49 Nigel on Ventura @7:15 News: Ukraine @10:17 Joni Ernst @16:51 MAGA mad at Musk @21:40 Politics: “MAHA report” was even worse than we first realized @29:14 the McGill Office for Science and Society @31:04 CDC vaccination schedule differs @32:28 New variant @34:37 RFK going after mifepristone @37:32 And thinks about...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Follow-ups: From Macca909one on Reddit We don’t do prayer @0:43 Announcements: Gov Track @8:21 Politics: SCOTUS split @9:40 While we’re in OK @15:17 But SCOTUS other rulings on Independent Agencies @18:45 DOGE discovery @23:05 Hegseth prayer @26:23 Doug Wilson @29:52 News: Meme coin dinner @37:56 Trump wants us to forget Jan 6th @43:33 MAHA’s first report @46:41 Health/Medicine/Science: Silencing the CDC @53:14 Milwaukee lead poisoning @56:32 Quackwatch @57:24 Florida water fluoridation. FDA to ...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Follow-ups: OK Ryan Walters @2:05 And pushing conspiracies Mike Lee @7:46 Politics: SCOTUS pushes back on Trump @12:32 $5 billion federal school voucher proposal @15:22 RFK Senate hearing takeaway @18:43 Hallow App @21:47 Casey Means causing rift…but not for the right reasons @25:25 The war Vinay Prasad @32:49 New requirements for COVID vaccines @34:37 NEJM article Biden’s health @39:45 8647 @49:09 News: FBI warning @56:19 AI and online fraud Flat earth nonsense @1:01:33 Final Stories: Stories o...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Announcements: AZ SB1269 @1:16 Follow-ups: Listener comment @1:54 Papa Nuevo @6:48 WA - Gov signed bill @11:49 WA - No reporting allowed Politics: Trump stuff @15:53 Middle East trip …to pick up bribes Medicaid cuts @23:16 Trump’s religious crusade @35:06 Anti-Christian Bias Fluoride @39:01 FDA moves to take prescription fluoride drops and tablets for kids off the market Notes on Fluoride use RFK and “aborted fetus debris @43:58 New Influencer General @45:01 We're not Sith, you're the Sith! @47:...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Announcements: Washington residents please speak out @2:36 Politics: Sethuraman Panchanathan @5:42 New Police State @9:23 Border base News: Judge arrested @13:55 Plastic Surgery pardon @14:40 Santos sentenced @17:48 Student Visa Cancellations @21:13 Health/Medicine/Science: Overview of RFK claims @24:02 WP: Absurd statistics But it won’t matter to true believers Trump to have bleach speaker @40:57 Global race to entice US researchers @43:27 Religious Nonsense: Cult leader dies @45:07 The Prophec...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Follow-ups: Abbott’s latest push @1:28 Politics: Trump on Garcia @7:27 Easter Trading Card @14:57 Noem’s purse @20:27 How Trumpers feel @22:48 The new White House Correspondents @31:09 RFK's views on the autistic @33:30 Inside an anti-vax autism summit @40:33 A near-doubling in the number of requests for measles vaccine @42:35 Autism rate @43:50 Health/Medicine/Science: COVID is over…yay? @45:39 International News: The Pope @48:59 Greene’s take @50:23 SCOTUK - Trans women @57:38 TX schools v VA ...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 30 min
Announcements: CFI joined American Atheists to submit an amicus brief to SCOTUS @1:32 KWTV reports that “faith leaders” filed a separate brief on Monday @2:25 Scopes trial in TN this July @3:28 Scientific paper on evolution @4:09 Follow-ups: WV won’t stop @5:31 SCOTUS says, return him @7:13 White House: No Quick aside on Maher @14:23 Politics: Overdraft Fees @15:03 Deport citizens @22:10 Anti-Xtian bias @24:11 What caused MAGA heads to leave? @27:58 Murdoch paper floats impeachment @34:40 Health...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Politics: Open letter on changes @1:32 Letter Trump's birthday present @3:40 Trump/Dover info @8:06 Possible reason? @14:36 Trump not happy with RFK? @20:37 RFK speaks after funeral @22:39 Health industry alarms @25:07 Vaccine funding cut @28:12 Federal judge temporarily blocked those cuts Wrong people fired…that’s the plan @29:52 The list @35:43 News: First arrest https://www.reddit.com/r/news/s/JB1jLBMTVY @45:56 SCOTUS skeptical @49:54 GA law @53:25 AL vaccine bill @54:45 Religious Nonsense: V...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 26 min
Announcements: Science under siege, Thu Apr 3rd. @1:17 Political economist @2:48 Follow-ups: Catholic Charities @4:11 OK charter schools @ Ray Holmberg sentenced @5:30 West Virginia House of Delegates rejected SB 460 @9:26 Politics: David Geier to conduct study @10:55 Changes to SS @12:17 3rd term @24:44 News: Ozturk kidnapping @28:47 Religious liberty struggling all over @32:17 Religious Nonsense: Pew numbers @34:48 Faith healing parents convicted @36:30 WI election results @39:32 Black Mass in...
Apr 02, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Announcements: “We are currently clean on OPSEC.” Jon Stewart @1:50 Follow-ups: Louis DeJoy @3:14 Politics: Houthi war plans @7:10 To Russia with Love @9:46 China war plans @22:30 News: TX - TTRPG @32:13 FL - Child labor laws @42:18 French Scientist denied entry @44:04 Confidential information? Religious Nonsense: Moonies in JP @48:34 Catholic charities @52:11 Health/Medicine/Science: Story of the dead child @55:03 RFK and CHD @59:36 Measles in MY @1:02:38 Pseudoscience: Joseph Mercola @1:03:26 ...
Mar 26, 2025•1 hr 20 min
News: Vox article, not news, but good starter info @1:43 Schumer shutdown avoidance @2:37 The pushback Golf Win! @11:15 Second judge rules on probationary workers @12:49 USAID dismantling unconstitutional @15:51 Gitmo pullback @17:34 But deportations continue Lebanese professor detained @20:08 Rubio on Khalil’s arrest @23:1 Trump to declare fentanyl WMD @25:38 Trump to undo pardons?? @27:06 Politics: OK update @33:39 Dave Weldon @34:33 Minneapolis Iftar @36:29 Minn SF2589 @40:04 Justin Eichorn @...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Follow-ups: Where is Kim Davis now? @2:32 CDC intends study @5:15 News: Let’s unite the country! @8:11 Trump’s new Tesla @11:19 AL expands allowance of religious exemptions @16:21 Second Measles death @16:51 NJ vaccines @17:12 WV bill @18:37 Palestinian protester @20:01 Politics: Where are Trump’s changes? @24:25 TX 10 commandments @33:26 TX - New felony @34:24 OK Superintendent @37:30 Religious Nonsense: Pakistan Blasphemy summary @40:22 UK BLasphemy: Protects speech until it becomes violent @4...
Mar 12, 2025•49 min
Follow-ups: ND scraps ID proposal @1:11 News: Ukraine @3:15 Tariff return @10:31 Politics: One Word Describes Trump: patrimonialism @15:01 Elon on NATO and UN @24:35 Medicaid cuts @27:22 Trump speech update @37:41 Ian’s predictions for the future @40:44 Religious Nonsense: SCOTUS and OK Charter schools @43:03 Growth of ‘nones’ levels off @44:23 Health/Medicine/Science: Measles claims first victim @46:19 Worst likely still to come RFK’s misinformation @47:48 Race and Vaccines @50:50 JAMA on COVID...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Follow-ups: sTicKy cApS, SpoNgEcAsE @3:58 News: SCOTUS no protest zones @6:37 Judge smacks the DOGE @9:41 HUD video @12:41 AI Gibberlink @14:44 Religious Nonsense: A flurry of religious bills (MO, SD, TX, GA, ID, AL, OH) @17:33 North Dakota bill (SB 2355) KY 10C monument @18:41 OK killed it’s monument @19:34 Beheadings in DRC @20:27 Jared derails North Sentinel Island @23:19 Health/Medicine/Science: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may not have been completely truthful @25:02 In the middle of the worst flu...
Feb 26, 2025•55 min
Announcements: NH - Marriage age CFI letter @2:26 MO - 10 Commandments CFI letter @7:05 Follow-ups: SD - 10 Commandments @7:37 ND - 10 Commandments TX - going the other way @11:25 Pakistan arrests @14:35 News: McConnell @20:04 One last thing on RFK @24:10 RFK’s problems with SRRIs @30:08 Sen. Cassidy and LA @33:03 Politics: NATO @39:39 Who determines what the law is @42:57 Social Security and COBOL @47:08 AOC v Homan @55:16 Trump effect on Federal Union @58:56 Pseudoscience: Aphrodisiacs @1:00:0...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 8 min
News: DOGE employee @1:37 Trump’s stupidity @3:29 Anti-Christian Bias @6:18 Politics: Red White and Blueland @7:14 Not to Bragg @17:49 Budget Director - Russel Vought @22:53 White House Faith Office @31:27 Something something false idols @37:52 Pennies @40:31 Eric Adams @42:23 Judge v Musk @44:12 White House fails to comply @51:21 Religious Nonsense: Anti-Islam Solidarity @53:38 Religious thinking and conspiratorial thinking @56:11 Pseudoscience: Holistic Quantum Activation @58:59 Final Stories:...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Follow-ups: Texas Tribune Follow-up @2:20 Senator Cassidy “Struggling” @3:40 AP story @5:23 AAP fighting back @6:21 News: Musk’s engineers @9:53 CDC @12:48 FBI Politics: "State Issue" @20:51 Future GITMO residents @22:42 First flight has already landed Trump says Palestinians should leave Gaza @25:23 SD - 10C @34:12 TN - New Bill preventing sanctuary policies @38:40 TX - Vaccinations @40:28 Abbott’s future WY - charter schools @49:45 VA - homeschooling @51:24 Jody Toor, not just the US @54:03 Re...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Announcements: Scopes Trial Centennial @3:09 CFI trans articles @4:28 Ronald Lindsay Gary Francione Tilda Storey-Law Robert Pokoski Nathan Lents Follow-ups: Louisiana 10 Comm review @10:59 RFK Confirmation hearing starts @12:38 Reminder: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. formally petitioned the FDA to revoke its authorization of the Covid vaccine in May 2021 Also, How RFK Jr. drove mistrust of a cancer prevention vaccine. CFI Action Alert You can also submit a for-the-record statement directly to the Finan...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr
Follow-ups: January 23, Skeptical Inquirer Presents. @1:57 Public Health officials oppose RFK Jr @5:06 Atheists United @2:45 News: Elon @6:11 Trump’s executive orders list @12:19 The real question @26:28 Crypto conversation @28:27 Politics: Blumenthal’s thoughts @34:58 Biden’s outgoing plan @38:02 TX - Lawmakers @42:54 WV - Patrick Morrisey @44:25 Conspiracies: LA fires @45:08
Jan 22, 2025•55 min
Follow-ups: Mubarak Bala @1:17 His interview News: The lesbian problem @3:35 Ricki Lake @10:55 Politics: RFK’s meetings @13:39 Snopes on RFK @15:36 Not a skeptic @17:25 Vaccines @19:04 The new congress @23:06 TX house prayer meeting @25:42 TN lawmaker @28:00 What will Trump do in 30 days? @32:40 Health/Medicine/Science: Ken Paxton’s lawsuit dropped @47:17 Religious Nonsense: FFRF and Free Inquiry disagreement @48:00 Pseudoscience: Raw Water @59:49 Holy Water @1:07:27 Final Stories: Jimmy Carter ...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Follow-ups: Feedspot rank @1:16 News: Trump explosion @5:13 Trump’s take on New Years attacker @9:01 Trump Jr. is/was in Greenland! @12:53 Jared’s hypothetical @19:33 Gulf of… @27:11 M.A.G.A. @30:02 Johnson’s prayer @41:28 Charlie Hebdo anniversary @43:15 Pseudoscience: Flat Earther Jaren Campanella @45:16 Article Mt Rushmore of Wellness Bullsh*t @47:21 Health/Medicine/Science: What’s increasing Autism? @52:46 Surgeon General and alcohol @58:10...
Jan 07, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Why do atheists celebrate Christmas? Do you? @10:13 Karen: pagan origins Santa Clause: Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle. @11:07 ‘Twas the night before Xmas @13:29 My favorite is Pancho Claus @14:57 Winter Solstice is the basis for many Christmas traditions @16:05 December 25th Mithra Sol invictus @17:08 Side Note: paganism @17:53 Presents @18:36 Saturnalia Christmas Adam @19:26 Yule @19:59 Singing, or Wassailing Christmas Tree @21:59 Quick Quiz: When was the first Christmas tree in the...
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 6 min
News: Idaho ruling @2:18 SCOTUS to review WI ruling @5:10 Politics: 75 Nobel Laureates @7:10 You can too @9:25 Here’s why @11:20 McConnel warning @12:05 Groceries @16:39 Indigenous Knowledge @216: Pseudoscience: Telepathic transmitter tested…the results may surprise you! @24:54 Religious Nonsense: Kern County CA @30:14 Health/Medicine/Science: Master of the SLAP @32:02 Tejocote @34:57 UK expands block @38:30 Conspiracies: Project Blue Beam @41:35 Final Stories: Webb confirms faster expansion @44...
Dec 18, 2024•52 min
Follow-ups: Markwayne Mullins is Cherokee @2:15 South Korea @3:41 News: Syria @6:30 Luigi Mangione @12:32 Would you have turned him in? @20:57 Scam for gold @25:56 UK Blasphemy @28:30 UK assisted suicide @30:10 Religious v public response Kenya decision @36:17 Politics: RFK Jr’s test for health dept employees @39:04 Chad Chronister withdraws @40:58 Bahamas...? @44:57 Mexico Deportation MO GOP @48:58 Judge to consider @52:25 Also in AZ @53:04 Pseudoscience: Lung Float Test @53:46 Religious Nonsen...
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Ian’s question for everyone @3:26 Follow-ups: Russ Vought @9:21 Pete Hegseth @10:39 Jay Bhattacharya @16:52 Kash Patel @20:54 Politics: HR 9495 @22:59 Jared’s take on humanity @24:19 Markwayne @28:56 WV Vaccine exemptions @33:39 “Bluebonnet” K-5 curriculum approved in Texas @38:37 Mid-show follow-up on Markwayne’s heritage @41:16 ID Bible readings @42:59 TX - drugs @44:25 Hunter Biden @44:41 Social Security Ballot @53:44 News: The economy is so bad… @59:04 Meta update @1:01:29 Final Stories: Sou...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Follow-ups: LA schools @2:59 TX Schools @5:04 Ryan Walters @5:13 CNN article @8:22 OK Bibles WY abortion @12:52 Politics: Trump’s staff @14:42 Liberal Joe Rogan @30:01 Unprayerful Reflections @43:27 Markwayne Mullin @46:00 General Disorder @51:06 Rand Paul promising to investigate what he calls the “Covid coverup” @52:10 Heritage Foundation “Project Esther.” @53:12 Not really about antisemitism Health/Medicine/Science: WHO and CDC, measles cases hit 10.3M @56:10 Consumer Health Digest @57:22 New...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 15 min
