***NOTE***: The first story involves a discussion about a man taking his life. 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. — Did a drag-loving, trans-pretending Baptist pastor, Bubba Copeland, deserve to be outed? (1:55) — Speaker Mike Johnson's use of "Covenant Eyes" shameware is even worse than it looks. (26:25) — ...
Nov 10, 2023•2 hr 41 min•Transcript available on Metacast ***NOTE*** : The first story involves a discussion about a man taking his life. 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. — Did a drag-loving, trans-pretending Baptist pastor, Bubba Copeland , deserve to be outed ? (1:55) — Speaker Mike Johnson's use of "Covenant Eyes" shameware is even worse than it looks. (26:25...
Nov 10, 2023•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. — Hemant launched a Kickstarter to go through the Book of Revelation on YouTube. Please consider supporting him here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friendlyatheist/everything-wrong-with-revelation-in-the-bible — Speaker Mike Johnson's "covenant marriage" doesn't make...
Nov 02, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. — Hemant launched a Kickstarter to go through the Book of Revelation on YouTube. Please consider supporting him here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friendlyatheist/everything-wrong-with-revelation-in-the-bible — Speaker Mike Johnson 's " covenant marriage " doesn't ...
Nov 02, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Hemant launched a Kickstarter to go through the Book of Revelation on YouTube. Please consider supporting him here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friendlyatheist/everything-wrong-with-revelation-in-the-bible — New House Speaker Mike Johnson is a fervent Christian N...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Hemant launched a Kickstarter to go through the Book of Revelation on YouTube. Please consider supporting him here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friendlyatheist/everything-wrong-with-revelation-in-the-bible — New House Speaker Mike Johnson is a fervent Christian ...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Hemant launched a Kickstarter to go through the Book of Revelation on YouTube. Please consider supporting him here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friendlyatheist/everything-wrong-with-revelation-in-the-bible — Oklahoma education leader claims church/state separatio...
Oct 19, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Hemant launched a Kickstarter to go through the Book of Revelation on YouTube. Please consider supporting him here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friendlyatheist/everything-wrong-with-revelation-in-the-bible — Oklahoma education leader claims church/state separati...
Oct 19, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Hemant launched a Kickstarter to go through the Book of Revelation on YouTube. Please consider supporting him here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friendlyatheist/everything-wrong-with-revelation-in-the-bible — Citing the Bible, a Louisiana principal punished a stud...
Oct 12, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Hemant launched a Kickstarter to go through the Book of Revelation on YouTube. Please consider supporting him here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friendlyatheist/everything-wrong-with-revelation-in-the-bible — Citing the Bible , a Louisiana principal punished a st...
Oct 12, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — We’re having a 500th episode party in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday, October 7. Details are here! — “Project 2025” is a Christian Nationalist fever dream that would destroy American democracy. (1:39) — "Savior Complex" explores the dark side of an infamous Christian missio...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — We're having a 500th episode party in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday, October 7. Details are here ! — "Project 2025" is a Christian Nationalist fever dream that would destroy American democracy. (1:39) — " Savior Complex " explores the dark side of an infamous Christian mi...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this bonus episode, Hemant spoke with Kate Cohen, author of the new book "We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (And Maybe You Should Too)." https://amzn.to/46wxEmO (Affiliate link) Cohen is a Washington Post contributing columnist who has written many beautiful essays about atheism for an audience that isn't necessarily seeking it out. We spoke about why she's not an "angry atheist," the importance of secular holidays, whether there's a nice way to tell religious people the...
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this bonus episode, Hemant spoke with Kate Cohen, author of the new book "We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (And Maybe You Should Too)." https://amzn.to/46wxEmO (Affiliate link) Cohen is a Washington Post contributing columnist who has written many beautiful essays about atheism for an audience that isn't necessarily seeking it out. We spoke about why she's not an "angry atheist," the importance of secular holidays, whether there's a nice way to tell religious people the...
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Hemant is speaking in Denver on Saturday, Sep. 30. Details are here! — We’re having a 500th episode party in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday, October 7. Details are here! t — A former Southern Baptist leader says his sexual misconduct is "nobody else's business." (1:30) — Re...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Hemant is speaking in Denver on Saturday, Sep. 30. Details are here ! — We're having a 500th episode party in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday, October 7. Details are here ! t — A former Southern Baptist leader says his sexual misconduct is "nobody else's business." (1:30) —...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this bonus episode, Hemant spoke with Andrew Pledger, a former student at Bob Jones University, a fundamentalist Christian school with a long and not-so-great history. Andrew is the host of a new podcast called "Surviving Bob Jones University: A Christian Cult." The stories in that podcast are depressing as all hell but they're so important to hear if you want to get a real sense of what schools like these do to people. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy No...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this bonus episode, Hemant spoke with Andrew Pledger, a former student at Bob Jones University, a fundamentalist Christian school with a long and not-so-great history. Andrew is the host of a new podcast called "Surviving Bob Jones University: A Christian Cult." The stories in that podcast are depressing as all hell but they're so important to hear if you want to get a real sense of what schools like these do to people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Hemant is speaking in Denver on Saturday, Sep. 30. Details are here! — We’re having a 500th episode party in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday, October 7. Details are here! t — Christian hate-preacher Greg Locke has a massive bill coming his way. (1:30) — Even the Mormon Churc...
Sep 22, 2023•2 hr 55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Hemant is speaking in Denver on Saturday, Sep. 30. Details are here ! — We're having a 500th episode party in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday, October 7. Details are here ! t — Christian hate-preacher Greg Locke has a massive bill coming his way . (1:30) — Even the Mormon C...
Sep 22, 2023•2 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis owes $100,000 to a gay couple she discriminated against. (1:28) — A Baptist pastor falsely claimed autism is demonic: "My God doesn't make junk." (12:45) — A misleading survey suggests Christians are more tolerant of free speech than...
Sep 15, 2023•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis owes $100,000 to a gay couple she discriminated against. (1:28) — A Baptist pastor falsely claimed autism is demonic : "My God doesn't make junk." (12:45) — A misleading survey suggests Christians are more tolerant of free speech th...
Sep 15, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Bremerton's praying football coach got what he wanted, so he quit. (1:25) — A California megachurch took over Chino Valley public schools, creating chaos once again. (32:33) — A dinosaur denier interviewed a dinosaur liar. Now my head hurts. (47:13) — A Christian group is...
Sep 08, 2023•2 hr 36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Bremerton's praying football coach got what he wanted , so he quit . (1:25) — A California megachurch took over Chino Valley public schools, creating chaos once again. (32:33) — A dinosaur denier interviewed a dinosaur liar. Now my head hurts. (47:13) — A Christian group...
Sep 08, 2023•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Religious chaplains are begging Texas schools not to hire religious chaplains. (1:48) — A California public school board leader was condemned over calls for "Christ centered" parents on committees. (21:15) — A Christian boarding school that abused dozens of kids settled i...
Sep 01, 2023•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Religious chaplains are begging Texas schools not to hire religious chaplains. (1:48) — A California public school board leader was condemned over calls for "Christ centered" parents on committees. (21:15) — A Christian boarding school that abused dozens of kids settled ...
Sep 01, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — A Christian mob invaded an Appalachian artists' retreat because of an "Om" symbol in the chapel. (2:55) — Spokane, Washington’s mayor appeared at a prayer event alongside Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht and domestic terrorist Matt Shea. (32:32) — Massachusetts rejected ...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — A Christian mob invaded an Appalachian artists' retreat because of an "Om" symbol in the chapel. (2:55) — Spokane, Washington's mayor appeared at a prayer event alongside Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht and domestic terrorist Matt Shea. (32:32) — Massachusetts rejected...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — The guy who said evangelicals today see Jesus as "weak" is part of the problem. (1:10) — Why is Baylor University getting a federal exemption from protecting LGBTQ students from faith-based harassment? (22:40) — A pastor surrounded by jumbotrons is mad that people treat c...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast . Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — The guy who said evangelicals today see Jesus as "weak" is part of the problem. (1:10) — Why is Baylor University getting a federal exemption from protecting LGBTQ students from faith-based harassment? (22:40) — A pastor surrounded by jumbotrons is mad that people treat ...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
