What happens when faith and bigotry collide? A Texas preacher made headlines after telling white Christian parents they need to give their kids "the talk” about the supposed dangers of Black people.

This week on Thank God I’m Atheist:

• Trump’s “patriotic education” plan turns the nation’s 250th birthday into Christian nationalist indoctrination.
• Kash Patel sends Charlie Kirk to Valhalla (yes, really).
• The Taliban bans books by women and cuts more subjects from universities.
• A Colorado pastor’s crypto scam crashes and burns.
• A Texas pastor goes full racist with his so-called “talk.”
• U.S. military academies start accepting the Christian nationalist CLT exam.

And for the big topic: Frank and Dan debate the promise (and horror) of human immortality—would we even want to live forever?

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The Vatican has officially canonized Carlo Acutis (the first millennial saint) sparking headlines and debates worldwide. In this week’s episode of Thank God I’m Atheist, Frank and Dan unpack how the Catholic Church fast-tracked a “patron saint of the internet” and why it matters for modern Catholicism.

Along the way, they dive into the historic first female preacher at the National Baptist Convention USA, the LDS Church’s 101-year-old president Russell M. Nelson and his record-setting tenure, and the Department of Defense’s controversial Bible-verse-laden videos under Pete Hegseth. They also explore why your Zodiac sign may be 2,000 years out of date and answer a listener’s question about Christian-heavy choir music in an Utah public school. Finally, they close with their candid reaction to the shocking political assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah and what it signals about America’s religious and political landscape.

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This week, Frank and Dan dig into the shocking story of a Florida pastor who ran a $50 million call center cult, complete with forced labor, starvation, and abuse in the name of God.

They also cover: Kristi Noem funneling Homeland Security funds to churches, the Taliban refusing to let men rescue women after an earthquake, a chaplain abusing detainees in ICE custody, and a Mormon columnist caught in a predator sting. Listener emails tackle everything from schizophrenia stigma to Dobson’s “strong-willed child” legacy.

And in the final segment: the Wall Street Journal’s profile of ex-Mormon TikTok influencers—and why Utah Senator Mike Lee is losing his mind over it.

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