Episodes

  • Out of Office Notice

    Out of Office Notice
    Nov 27 2025
    Hey folks, just a reminder that we're taking the week off for American Thanksgiving, but we'll be back next week even more blasphemous than before. Happy Holidays.
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    Less than 1 minute
  • 664: Cried Wolf Edition

    664: Cried Wolf Edition
    Nov 20 2025
    In this week’s episode, we’re halfway through our atheist mission, you'll never guess what Jeffrey Epstein and the Catholic League have in common, and Michael Marshall will be here to sound chipper no matter how fucked up the stuff he’s talking about is.
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    Headlines:
    American drop in religiosity is among the largest ever recorded: https://news.gallup.com/poll/697676/drop-religiosity-among-largest-world.aspx
    SCOTUS declines case involving prayers over loud speakers at public school games: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/supreme-court-declines-case-involving
    Conservative radio host freaks out: 'Transgender crowd' will use magnets to suck God from your brain: https://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/conservative-radio-host-freaks-out-transgender-crowd-will-use-magnets-to-suck-god-from-your-brain/
    Bill Donohue writes essay explaining that Epstein was technically not a pedophile: https://www.catholicleague.org/megyn-kelly-is-right-about-epstein/
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    1 hr
  • 663: Formula Zero Edition

    663: Formula Zero Edition
    Nov 13 2025
    In this week’s episode, religion scores an F for Feeding hungry babies, Ne Millin Mms would like to buy a vowel and about 990,000 moms, and Don Ford will be here to help us go through Jesus’s mail some more.
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    Headlines:
    TikTokker goes viral for exposing how much charity churches don’t do: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-tiktoker-is-exposing-churches-that
    Christians in the UK are building a big stupid mobius strip: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wllnlqgldo
    Tucker provides more details on his alleged demonic attack: https://www.christianpost.com/news/tucker-carlson-draws-scorn-for-new-details-over-demon-attack.html
    Christian nationalists are in a full panic about Mamdani victory in NYC: https://baptistnews.com/article/christian-nationalists-and-some-jews-foresee-doom-in-mamdanis-win/
    Texas suing school district for not putting up ten commandments displays: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-sues-school-district-for-following
    One million moms
    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/one-million-moms-wheel-of-fortune-what-the-fun-boycott_n_690e0c21e4b0063dd27d98ab
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    This Week in Misogyny:
    Ross Douthat thinks women ruined the workplace: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/opinion/women-workplace-feminism-conservative.html
    Christian sues after hes fired for following the “Billy Graham rule” https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-hvac-tech-fired-after-invoking
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    1 hr
  • 662: Roast of the Town Edition

    662: Roast of the Town Edition
    Nov 6 2025
    In this week’s episode, JD Vance has a theory dumber than his face, he worries about Hinduism and reincarnation as a couch, and Tom and Cecil will be here to do some bad for good.
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    Headlines:
    Our Vice President thinks UFOs could be fallen angels: https://www.christianpost.com/news/jd-vance-marjorie-taylor-greene-suggest-aliens-could-be-angels.html
    Calls to suicide OK hotline decline sharply after Ryan Walters resigns as education head: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/calls-to-hotline-decline-sharply-after-christian-conservative-resigns-as-education-head/
    Texas Supreme Court says faith-based bigotry by judges doesn't violate ethics rules: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-supreme-court-says-faith-based
    Floridians realize that funding religious schools also means Muslims: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/florida-republicans-are-furious-that
    Church puts Auschwitz gate on their Halloween parade float: https://nypost.com/2025/11/01/us-news/pa-church-apologizes-for-halloween-float-featuring-phrase-from-auschwitz-gates-profoundly-offensive/
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/715414578632190/permalink/3110025155837775/
    JD Vance says he hopes his wife Usha embraces Christianity:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/usha-jd-vance-christianity-religion-hindu.html
    https://substack.com/home/post/p-177493075
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 661: V4C Meets RFR Edition

    661: V4C Meets RFR Edition
    Oct 30 2025
    In this week’s episode, we’ll learn what the hell all those deadly Teslas were swerving out of the way of, Colorado takes the everybody out of PUBLIC schools, and we’ll sell you profanity even more directly than usual.
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    Headlines:
    Ken Paxton to sue Tylenol’s manufacturer for giving kids autism: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9d3n1r08do
    Christian musician, who sang the national anthem for Trump at 2022 rally, is facing felony child pornography charges
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/jon-paul-sheptock-church-musician-arrested-b2849918.html
    Ex-Intel CEO seeks to create Christian AI and hasten the coming of Jesus: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/28/patrick-gelsinger-christian-ai-gloo-silicon-valley
    Tesla detects ghosts!
    https://insideevs.com/news/776769/tesla-ghost-detector/
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    1 hr
  • 660: A Hunter and His Pray Edition

    660: A Hunter and His Pray Edition
    Oct 23 2025
    In this week’s episode, some of us learn that it’s national “slap your irritating coworker day” the hard way, We learn that Ohio is round on the ends and fucking stupid in the middle, and Ross Douthat will go searching for a miracle example and pass right over his career as an intellectual.
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    Headlines:
    Wyoming senator cites American Atheism as proof the No Kings Protests were anti-American: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/sen-john-barrasso-targets-american
    Drummond orders investigative audit of State Department of Education: https://oklahoma.gov/oag/news/newsroom/2025/october/drummond-orders-investigative-audit-of-state-department-of-education.html
    Peruvian bishop accused of having 17 secret lovers: https://www.thetimes.com/world/latin-america/article/pope-leo-bishop-mistresses-x0xxpqv3r
    Candace Owens and Dinesh D’Souza are in an idiot fight: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-completely-bizarre-fight-thats
    Republicans try to sneak religious school release time into Narcan bill: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/ohio-republicans-used-a-life-saving
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    1 hr
  • 659: Burning Question Edition

    659: Burning Question Edition
    Oct 16 2025
    In this week’s episode, we’ll hate on the wrong way to hate wrongness, One Million Moms tells NASCAR their language is a bit too racy, and Don Ford will be here to help take the pi$$ out of an epistle.
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    Headlines:
    In victory for free speech, UK court overturns Qur'an-burning conviction
    https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/in-victory-for-free-speech-uk-court
    Our favorite christofascist white rapper Michigan rep was allegedly looking for an orgy: https://www.wonkette.com/p/our-favorite-christofascist-white
    https://twitter.com/repjoshschriver/status/1742959025434525703
    The pope condemns clickbait: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/10/you-wont-believe-what-degrading-practice-the-pope-just-condemned
    Pastor aims assault rifle at parishioners to make violent point about Christianity: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-christian-pastor-aimed-an-ar-15
    One Million Moms is mad at NASCAR: https://onemillionmoms.com/current-campaigns/urge-nascar-to-cancel-its-offensive-new-brand-spot/
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    This Week in Misogyny:
    South Carolina law would criminalize all abortion and some contraception: https://www.thestate.com/opinion/article312481224.html
    UN tries to do something for women in Afghanistan: https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/06/un-rights-council-creates-afghanistan-accountability-body
    America is helping erode women’s rights worldwide: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/world/europe/athens-democracy-forum-womens-rights.html
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    1 hr
  • 658: Ad Mominem Edition

    658: Ad Mominem Edition
    Oct 9 2025
    In this week’s episode, the nones are emptier than we thought, a Trump video about med beds gets recognized as AI because of complete sentences, and Ross Douthat will ask how we explain all the alien abductions if Jesus isn’t our Lord and Savior.
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    Headlines:
    Nonreligious Americans might not be as spiritual as previously reported: https://religionnews.com/2025/10/02/nonreligious-americans-might-not-be-as-spiritual-as-we-thought/
    Christian group deceived SCOTUS about LGBTQ research, cited scholars say: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/06/alliance-defending-freedom-supreme-court-conversion-therapy
    SCOTUS term opens with docket full of theocracy building: https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/10/supreme-court-term-opens-monday-with.html
    Trump posts AI-generated video about "MedBeds For All":
    https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/politics/trump-ai-medbed-conspiracy-theory
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    1 hr