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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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) —...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Nicole Hemmer is a political historian specializing in media, conservatism, and the presidency. Her scholarship and teaching focus on the interplay of social movements, electoral politics, and political culture in order to probe the complexities of political identity and practice in the 20th century United States. In this bonus episode, Jess and Dr. Hemmer discussed the rise of the Evangelical right, why Newt Gingrich was so effective at whipping the GOP into shape, and some fun J. Edgar...

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. — Evangelist Franklin Graham is glad the U.S. women's soccer team lost the World Cup. (1:08) — Desperate to show Democrats are "promoting atheism," Republicans divulged sensitive data. (16:36) — Texas judge: Airline must get religious freedom training from Christian hate...

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. — Longtime atheist activist and mentor Woody Kaplan has died. (0:15) — The #1 Christian album in the country belongs to drag queen Flamy Grant. (4:00) — Richard Dawkins used his new podcast to promote more transphobic lies. (13:20) — A Catholic school expelled a boy to...

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. — For absurd reasons, MAGA cultists think FOX News supports The Satanic Temple. (2:15) — Survey: Belief in God, Heaven, Hell, angels, and the devil is lower than ever before. (14:45) — Does Vivek Ramaswamy's Hinduism really matter to GOP voters? (25:55) — Texas atheists...

For a lot of listeners, I suspect conspiratorial thinking is something you connect with religion or right-wing politics. But of course it's also rampant in the world of New Age spirituality. Think Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Kennedy, Jr. They're not explicitly religious, but their fans are not exactly known for their critical thinking skills. My guests today have been dissecting that kind of BS for years. Julian Walker has written extensively on cults and gurus and New Age nonsense. Derek...

Caroline Mala Corbin is a professor at the University of Miami School of Law. She teaches classes involving the U.S. Constitution, the First Amendment, the Religion Clauses, the Free Speech Clause, Feminism and the First Amendment, and Reproductive Rights. Her scholarship focuses on the First Amendment’s speech and religion clauses, particularly their intersection with equality issues. We spoke about the Supreme Court's recent decisions, the fear of the legal challenges that lie ahead, what...

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. — Pat Robertson is still dead. — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders defends Cross drawing at Governor’s Mansion. (0:52) — Sen. Josh Hawley shared a fake Patrick Henry quotation to promote theocracy on Independence Day. (16:58) — Mormon parents sued a school district after their...

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. — Pat Robertson is still dead.  — What happened to that submersible? (0:20) — Josh Duggar's father-in-law delivered a racist sermon praising Christian slaveowners. (5:15) — Is the Supreme Court case involving a bigoted Christian web designer built on a lie? (32:40) — A...

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. ***CORRECTION***: The "He-Man Woman-Haters Club" is from the Little Rascals, not The Simpsons! Oops! — What we can learn from the disgraceful life of Pat Robertson. (0:22) — Stop overreacting about Jeopardy! players missing a clue about the Lord's Prayer. (10:47) — Most...

You may have already encountered Gloria Beth Amodeo's writing in places like Publishers Weekly, The Literary Review, and American Atheist magazine. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from The New School, and currently works at an advertising agency in New York City.  She recently wrote a book called God's Ex-Girlfriend: A Memoir about Loving and Leaving the Evangelical Jesus (affiliate link), so you know I had to talk to her. We spoke about how Campus Crusade for Christ (now Cru) hurts...

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. — What we learned from watching “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets.” (1:57) — Christians are furious over a tiny Pride flag on the set of “The Chosen,” a show about Jesus. (29:12) — Oklahoma just approved a taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school. (41:03) — The...