On this week’s episode: Virginia gives a whole new meaning to periodic investigation ... The religious zealots of the Taliban will find they’re not cut out for clerical work ... And Gwyneth Paltrow experiments with putting noxious gas INTO her butthole. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Headlines: Virginia governor blocks bill banning police from seeking menstrual histories: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/16/virginia-governor-glenn-youngkin-extreme-bill-police-menstrual-histories Mike Pence targets Pete Buttigieg with homophobic insults: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/03/mike-pence-targets-pete-buttigieg-with-homophobic-insults/ Daycare owner calls couple at 3 am and speaks in tongues while encouraging them to break up: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/03/moms-receive-disturbing-message-from-daycare-director-telling-them-to-break-up/ Christian version of ChatGPT based on the Bible has some bad news for Republicans: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-christian-chatbot-has-some-bad-news-for-republicans Vivek Ramaswamy reveals the 'dirty little secret' of climate religion: https://www.foxnews.com/media/vivek-ramaswamy-reveals-dirty-little-secret-climate-religion-power-control Petition asks Canada to grant asylum to trans people from the US: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/this-petition-asks-canada-to-grant-asylum-to-transgender-people-from-the-us-could-it-work/ar-AA18LHBJ Gwyneth Paltrow reveals that she's doing "rectal ozone therapy": https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/gwyneth-paltrows-ozone-therapy-fad-reckless-rcna75799

In this week’s episode, we head to Seattle, so we leave you with a whole bunch of headlines we recorded over the last six weeks so you wouldn’t miss us. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Learn more about Secular Recovery here: https://secularrecoverygroup.org/ Hear more from Tom and Cecil here: https://www.dissonancepod.com/

In this week’s episode, Florida challenges the rest of the country to a “Taken-off”, Texas gets mad about all the outside data that's misceginating THEIR internet, and we’ll learn the difference between ignoring you and paying attention to you in mysterious ways. --- Come see us live in Seattle: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-seattle-tickets-477540836497 To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Come see Noah at Freeflo: https://www.freeflo.org/ --- Headlines: CPAC Speaker calls for the eradication of trans people: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cpac-speaker-calls-transgender-people-213112725.html Florida courts could allow 'emergency' custody of kids with trans parents or siblings: https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-anti-trans-bill-court-custody-kids-gender-affirming-care-2023-3 Texas is trying to scrub the concept of abortion from its internet: https://gizmodo.com/texas-abortion-websites-bill-internet-service-providers-1850178991 SCOTUS won’t hear city-sponsored prayer vigil case: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/breaking-the-supreme-court-wont-weigh A pastor compared honeymoon sex to how "Christ penetrates his church": https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/a-christian-pastor-compared-honeymoon TX lawmaker proposes bill to lower property taxes for people with a fuckton of kids: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/be-fruitful-and-multiply-tx-bill

In this week’s episode, a book cover will have legally injurable feelings, we'll teach you to find inner peace with the soothing dulcet tones of Marky Mark to guide you, and we’ll take a look back at 2022 just so we can be glad we don’t live there anymore. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Find out more about FreeFlo here: https://www.freeflo.org/ --- Headlines: Christians could sue people who call them homophobic if this GOP bill passes: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/christians-could-sue-people-who-call-them-homophobic-if-this-gop-bill-passes/ Those accused of discrimination would have new protections under Florida bill: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/02/23/defamation-andrade-sexuality-race-gender-desantis-libel/ Four Wakefield pupils suspended after Quran damaged at school: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-64757799 OK AG withdraws support for Catholic charter school for fear of Muslim schools: https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-ag-gentner-drummond-catholic-charter-school/43051882 and Education leader wants to know just how much Jesus he can get away with: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/oklahoma-education-leader-takes-steps Mark Wahlberg says Hollywood hates religion but he will NOT deny his faith: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/mark-wahlberg-hollywood-hates-religion-deny-faith-1235533272/amp/

In this week’s episode, billionaire JK Rowling dictates who’s a woman from deep within the leathery carapace she uses as a face, Ron DeSantis finally speaks up about the atheist bias of the number system, and we’ll escape the winter blues with some tropical bullshit. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Find out more about Camp Quest Texas for Grown Ups here: https://campquesttexas.org/announcements/xrt5zp8jdk64r8t1pnvsd5bovhhw5l-s4wez --- Headlines: 24 hour revival at Asbury University goes viral: https://religionnews.com/2023/02/20/citing-disruptions-to-school-and-town-asbury-authorities-move-to-end-11-days-of-revival/ Florida education officials discuss SAT alternative focused on Christian western tradition: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article272526392.html Anti-abortion group to pay Planned Parenthood nearly $1m over protest at clinic: https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/06/anti-abortion-group-pay-planned-parenthood-nearly-1m Hogwarts Legacy release prompts antisemitism allegations on top of Rowling's transphobia: https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/10/hogwarts-legacy-antisemitism-goblin-artefact/  https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/09/hogwarts-legacy-sirona-ryan-included-to-shut-trans-people-up/ https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/lgbtq-activist-forced-to-apologize-for-calling-jk-rowling-a-nazi-after-she-threatens-him-with-legal-action/ Democrats pick up House seat because GOP nominates Warlock binding, demon fighting, election denying, religious lunatic: https://www.vpm.org/news/2023-02-20/virginia-4th-district-election-jennifer-mcclellan-leon-benjamin-richmond A guy says he had a heart attack and went to hell where he heard Rihanna singing "Umbrella": https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a42593462/near-death-experience-story-priest-went-to-hell-tiktok/

In this week’s episode, a little known religion called “Christianity” finally gets some national exposure, we’ll do the math on Bigfoot, and Heath will finally earn enough punches on the card to get a free penis reattachment next time. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Check out the Louisville Atheists here: https://www.louisvilleatheists.com/wordpress/ Learn more about Freeflo here: https://www.freeflo.org/ --- Headlines: More on the He Gets Us campaign’s ties to hate groups: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/loving-christian-super-bowl-ads-connected-to-anti-lgbtq-hate-group/ Mormon investment arm under investigation by the SEC: https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/02/11/money-questions-mount-lds-church/ Coach Dave declares spiritual warfare on the superbowl  https://newswithviews.com/lets-storm-the-gates-of-hell Christian school cancels concert hours before start because singer is gay: https://www.classicfm.com/artists/kings-singers/florida-college-cancels-concert-sexuality-concerns/ School board member buys sign opposing litter boxes https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/transphobic-school-board-member-posts-bizarre-sign-denouncing-school-litter-boxes/ Newsmax CEO dubs being dropped by DirecTV an “attack on Jesus” https://www.christianpost.com/news/newsmax-ceo-calls-removal-from-directv-blatant-act-of-censorship.html Bigfoot mathematically are probably bears  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bigfoot-sightings-math_n_63d8d43ae4b04d4d18e80619 Christians “betrayed” by new Chick-Fil-A veggie sandwich: https://gizmodo.com/conservative-controversy-chick-fil-a-cauliflower-sandwi-1850100961 --- This Week in Misogyny: WY GOP defends child marriage, claims trans rights are a threat to kids: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/wyoming-gop-defends-child-marriage-while-claiming-its-trans-rights-that-harm-children/ Germany inches toward better abortion laws: https://cne.news/artikel/2564-germanys-paragraph-218-on-abortion-risks-permanent-deletion (context) https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-abolishes-nazi-era-abortion-law-2022-06-24/

In this week’s episode, breakfast sullies its good name with national prayer, we learn about a fake treatment for autism that's dumber than ass bleach, and we’ll explore yet another of the abundance of dark recesses in David Icke’s brain. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Headlines: First rebranded version of the National Prayer Breakfast takes place: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/02/1153705297/congress-takes-reins-of-prayer-breakfast-from-secretive-christian-evangelical-gr AOC ripped into MTG on Twitter about hypocrisy regarding antisemitic remarks: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/aoc-ripped-into-marjorie-taylor-greene-on-twitter-she-ended-it-with-a-laughing-emoji/ Satanists are opening an abortion clinic named after Samuel Alito's mom: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/satanists-are-opening-an-abortion Less than 10% of anti-LGBTQ+ bills proposed in 2022 actually passed: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/less-than-10-of-anti-lgbtq-bills-proposed-in-2022-actually-passed/ Naturopaths 'not bound by science,' lawyer argues in hearing on fecal transplants for autism: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-naturopath-fecal-transplants-jason-klop-court-hearing-1.6504615 https://www.hopestandard.com/news/fraser-valley-naturopath-still-banned-from-selling-fecal-transplants-to-treat-autism/

In this week’s episode, North Dakota bans Heffalumps AND Woozles, long-winded priests are about to get the hook like Showtime at the Apollo, and we’ll learn that Jehovah’s Witnesses come pre-shunned. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Headlines: Diatribe story: https://religionnews.com/2023/01/26/he-gets-us-organizers-hope-to-spend-1-billion-to-promote-jesus-will-anyone-care/ Idiot Bill in Montana would ban everything in science class except “scientific fact”: https://ncse.ngo/draft-antiscience-bill-montana Nebraska Democrat trolls anti-drag bill by filing an amended version to ban church camps: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/democrat-files-bill-to-ban-church-youth-camps-as-hotbeds-of-child-abuse-religious-indoctrination/ ND bill aims to ban accommodations for students who identify as trans or 'animal species': https://www.christianpost.com/news/north-dakota-bill-seeks-to-ban-accommodations-for-trans-animal-students.html Mike Lindell will run “election crime unit” for RNC in 2024: https://www.rawstory.com/mike-lindell-election-crime-unit/ Pope says long homilies are terrible and priests need to keep it under 10 minutes: https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/long-homilies-are-disaster-keep-it-under-10-minutes-pope-says

In this week’s episode, the church created by a king he could fuck other women opines on the sanctity of marriage, Texas considers a heartbean bill to regulate its chili, and Marsh will introduce us to his magical slipper connection. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Check out Dear Old Dads here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-old-dads/id1627427933 --- Headlines: 50th Annual March for Life takes place in DC: https://religionnews.com/2023/01/19/after-roe-50th-march-for-life-a-turning-point-for-national-state-abortion-protests/ Groff v.DeJoy SCOTUS case could turn every workplace into a religious battleground: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23559038/supreme-court-groff-dejoy-religion-twa-hardison-workplace Church of England bishops refuse to back gay marriage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64313367  Texas state senator calls for food made from aborted fetuses to be labeled: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/texas-republican-aborted-fetuses-food-b2265342.html

In this week’s episode, we’ll give George Pell the musical send off he deserves, a 6-foot tall spray painted dick in Fort Lauderdale gives Mar-a-Lago some competition, and Tom and Cecil will be here because they initially thought ‘vitriol’ was a kind of lube. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Check out Tom and Cecil on Cognitive Dissonance: https://www.dissonancepod.com/ Check out Skeptics in the Pub Online here: https://sitp.online/ --- Headlines: Cardinal Pell dies: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/world/australia/cardinal-george-pell-dead.html Lil Nas X posed with The Wiggles & conservative parents cannot handle it: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/lil-nas-x-posed-wiggles-conservative-parents-cannot-handle/ One Million Moms protesting Disney for same-sex couple existence in Firebuds cartoon: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/christians-protesting-disney-time-dont-like-cartoon/ The pandemic hurt church attendance, especially among younger Americans: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/the-pandemic-hurt-church-attendance-especially-among-younger-americans/ UK censors Demi Lovato posters for causing "serious offense to Christians": https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/uk-censors-demi-lovato-posters-causing-serious-offense-christians/ Shady NZ church stiffs investigator they hired to investigate them: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/new-zealand-arise-church-charlotte-cummings-punish-investigator/ A giant pink phallus may come to Florida, thanks to Jesus and an atheist: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/a-giant-pink-phallus-may-come-to-florida-thanks-to-jesus-and-an-atheist/

In this week’s episode, we’ll find out which congresspeople weigh the same amount as a duck, Donald Trump Jr. is selling another ghost written book, and I’ll add in the Norwegian story that I forgot we teased in the intro last week. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Learn more about Recovering From Religion here: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/ --- Headlines: Donald Trump Jr. selling the ‘We The People Bible’: https://onlysky.media/ahall/donald-trump-jr-is-selling-the-we-the-people-bible/-people-bible/ Art History professor fired for using ancient paintings of Muhammad in class https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/art-history-professor-fired-for-using-ancient-paintings-of-muhammad-in-class/ Jehovah’s Witnesses lose religious status in Norway: https://cne.news/artikel/2289-jehovah-s-witnesses-norway-lose-registration-religious-community ADF lawyer David French Joins The Times as an Opinion Columnist https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/new-york-times-newest-columnist-ugly-past-demonizing-lgbtq-people/ Pastor jailed for using homeless people for unpaid labor: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/pastor-victor-gonzalez-sentenced-jail-homeless-forced-labor/ --- This Week in Misogyny: Family Research Council dubs Walgreens and CVS “Centers of Death” for carrying mifepristone: https://www.joemygod.com/2023/01/frc-walgreens-and-cvs-to-become-centers-of-death/ Multiple hate preachers warn about that beer will make men feminine: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/hate-pastors-now-speaking-beer-say-makes-men-feminine/

In this week’s episode, there’s Norway Forward for Witnesses of Jehovah, the death of the ex-pope sets off a Rube Goldberg device of slapstick magic rituals, and Heath will end another day tied with Kevin McCarthy in terms of being the Speaker of the House. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Headlines: Pew story on religious makeup of 118th congress discussed in the diatribe: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/01/03/faith-on-the-hill-2023/ Nazi pope is dead and the Catholic papal death rituals are ABSURD: https://www.reuters.com/world/rituals-benedicts-passing-could-be-template-future-ex-popes-2022-12-30/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hammer-time/ https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/3515/ancient-tradition-for-confirming-popes-death https://weirdcatholic.com/2019/02/14/are-dead-popes-still-hit-on-the-head-with-a-hammer/ New York Times opinion piece is stupid and I hate it: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/opinion/soul-resolutions-new-year.html Greg Locke claims Andrew Tate was arrested for denying climate change: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/greg-locke-andrew-tate-arrested-climate-change-greta-thunberg/ Kirk Cameron is still telling lies to boost sales of his new Christian book: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/kirk-cameron-is-still-telling-lies-to-boost-sales-of-his-new-christian-book/

In this week’s episode, Sterling North Stonewall and Sterling West Pembina are schools for homophobic bigots, Dennis Prager sheds a single tear and blows out a menorah by himself in a dark room because his entire family hates him, and we’ll watch what happens when a story forgets to have a plot. Twice. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Headlines: Jan 6 Committee leaves Christian nationalism out of their report (diatribe story) https://religionnews.com/2022/12/23/christian-nationalism-mostly-absent-from-final-jan-6-report/ Conservatives are upset their kids don’t want to spend Christmas with them: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/dennis-prager-christmas-conservative-parents-kids/ A high school coach joked about preaching Satanism and then he got fired: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/ethan-gabel-high-school-coach-satanism-fired/ NY Gov vetoes bill for secular addiction alternatives: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/kathy-hochul-vetoes-bill-bolstering-secular-addiction-treatment-programs/ An evangelical cult leader assassinated Santa Claus in front of a bunch of kids: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/12/evangelical-groomer-assassinated-santa-claus/ Schools lose fight for anonymity after censored tours at human rights museum: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/canadian-museum-for-human-rights-lgbtq-secrecy-lawsuit-christian-schools/ Christians freak out over Amy Grant not hating her gay niece: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/christian-bigots-condemn-singer-amy-grant-for-saying-jesus-is-all-about-love/ --- This Week in Misogyny: Afghanistan gets worse and worse for women: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/28/afghan-women-on-ngo-work-ban-my-heart-will-burst-from-the-pain Indiana Judge sides with religious right to abort: https://religionnews.com/2022/12/07/indiana-judge-backs-a-religious-right-to-abort/

In this week’s episode, we’ll regift you some headlines that time forgot, we learn from the Goop Gift Guide that this is NOT your mom's old-timey vaginal steam laser, and we cram in a bunch of insults that didn’t fit in last week. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Check out more from Tom and Cecil here: https://www.dissonancepod.com/ Check out more from Thomas and Andrew here: https://openargs.com/

In this week’s episode, Christians get a taste of their ow “let-us-in” medicine, we'll talk about the literature of AUTHOR Kirk Cameron, and we’ll fill Morgan’s editing screen the fuck up with all the Vulgarity for Charity guests tonight. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist Get tickets to see Noah at Freeflo here: https://www.freeflo.org/ To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Check out more from Tom and Cecil here: https://www.dissonancepod.com/ Check out more from Thomas and Andrew here: https://openargs.com/ --- Headlines: Citing staff safety & dignity, restaurant refuses to serve Christian hate group: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/metzger-bar-and-butchery-safety-dignity-refuses-to-serve-christian-hate-group/ Stanford Marching Band mocks BYU with gay wedding skit during football game: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/12/stanford-marching-band-mocks-byu-gay-wedding-skit-football-game/ Montreal archdiocese hires independent investigator to look into abuse claims, stymies said investigator: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-catholic-church-ombudsman-complaints-1.6680142 Public libraries aren't censoring Kirk Cameron; he just wants attention: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/public-libraries-arent-censoring-kirk-cameron-he-just-wants-attention/ US Leaders gather to discuss annual freedom of thought report: https://religionnews.com/2022/12/09/u-s-leaders-gather-in-dc-to-discuss-rights-of-nonreligious-people-across-the-world/ https://fot.humanists.international/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/FOTR-2022-webview.pdf

In this week’s episode, the Supreme Court dusts of their "NO DOGS, NO IRISH" signs, the Christian counterintelligence team goes on a hunt for atheist witches in their ranks, and we’ll learn what a perfect backup career Uber driver is for Herschel Walker. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Check out Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers here: https://www.iowaatheists.org/ --- Headlines: Non-religious voters gave Democrats crucial wins: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pennsylvania-reproductive-rights-e5eb366a76995619a2c9bae200f414e6 Supreme Court indicates it could side with anti-LGBTQ+ web designer in key civil rights case: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/12/supreme-court-indicates-side-anti-lgbtq-web-designer-key-civil-rights-case/ https://twitter.com/AndrewLSeidel/status/1599748470818033666 Lying pastor: Bible College students become atheists and infiltrate churches: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/lying-pastor-bible-college-students-become-atheists-and-infiltrate-churches/ Indonesia passes terrifying new laws against apostasy, premarital sex, etc.: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/asia/indonesia-new-code-passed-sex-cohabitation-intl-hnk/index.html Anti-LGBTQ org launches alert system to protest drag shows: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/12/anti-lgbtq-org-launches-alert-system-protest-drag-shows/ Census reveals Christians are finally in the minority in England and Wales https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/census-reveals-christians-are-finally-in-the-minority-in-england-and-wales/ Why are Lyft and Uber letting Christian drivers preach at passengers?: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/why-are-lyft-and-uber-letting-christian-drivers-preach-at-passengers/

In this week’s episode, Christians once again put the mass in mass shooting, Marjorie Taylor Greene commits a war crime on a Thanksgiving turkey, and a creationist gets sentenced to more years in prison than he thinks there are in history. --- Come see God Awful Movies live in Seattle! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-seattle-tickets-477540836497 To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Get tickets to see Noah at FreeFlo in Orlando here: https://www.freeflo.org/ Check out Joe Mudak’s books here (NSFW): https://www.amazon.com/Joe-Mudak/e/B00BXMK8DI --- Headlines: Christians react despicably (and predictably) to Club Q shooting: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/christian-lawyer-jenna-ellis-the-club-q-victims-are-probably-burning-in-hell/ and https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/christian-hate-preacher-aaron-thompson-club-q-shooting-good-thing/ and https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/vandals-sprayed-graffiti-at-focus-on-the-family-headquarters/ Survey: ‘Highly religious Americans’ are the biggest climate deniers: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/survey-highly-religious-americans-climate-change-deniers/ Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to talk to trans kids and failed miserably: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/11/marjorie-taylor-greene-tried-talk-trans-kids-failed-miserably Marjorie Taylor Greene makes the WORST TURKEY EVER: https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-jokes-sharing-photo-meal-twitter-1762531 Turkish creationist sentenced to 8000+ years in prison: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/turkish-creationist-adnan-oktar-sentenced-to-8658-years-in-prison/ Anti-grooming candidate lost teaching job after accusations of inappropriate relationship: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/11/anti-grooming-candidate-lost-teaching-job-accusations-inappropriate-relationship-kids/ Catholic-owned gelato shop in AL bans phones, cursing, and bare shoulders: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/catholic-villaggio-colafrancesco-gelato-bans-phones-cursing-and-bare-shoulders/

In this week’s episode, you’ll hear the headlines we missed because theocratic bullshit never goes bad, we're recorded this early so Twitter was both alive AND dead like a cat in box of uranium, and Tom and Cecil will be back because all the insults couldn’t fit into a single segment. --- Vulgarity for Charity Info: To participate in Vulgarity For Charity 2022: Donate $50+ to ModestNeeds.org Screenshot a copy of the receipt as proof. Email it to vulgarityFORcharity@gmail.com Tell us who or what you want roasted - be sure to give us some details to work with and a photo if they aren't a famous or well-known person. Give us your name as you want it to be read out, i.e. Greg J. or "Happy Bear" You may request a specific host. 100 random roasts and the top 100 dollar value roasts will be read on-air on Scathing Atheist and Cognitive Dissonance in the coming weeks. The earlier you send in the roast the better chance it has of being selected. Deadline MIDNIGHT ET on November 24, 2022. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Check out more from Tom and Cecil here: https://www.dissonancepod.com/ Check out Universe 25 here: https://www.universe25pod.com/subscribe

In this week’s episode, Britain gets so filled with assholes that we get Marsh for a headlines segment, a Florida man tells the UK to hold his prolapsed asshole beer, and Tom and Cecil will be here to dip their toes in those charitably vulgar waters yet again. --- Vulgarity for Charity Info: To participate in Vulgarity For Charity 2022: Donate $50+ to ModestNeeds.org Screenshot a copy of the receipt as proof. Email it to vulgarityFORcharity@gmail.com Tell us who or what you want roasted - be sure to give us some details to work with and a photo if they aren't a famous or well-known person. Give us your name as you want it to be read out, i.e. Greg J. or "Happy Bear" You may request a specific host. 100 random roasts and the top 100 dollar value roasts will be read on-air on Scathing Atheist and Cognitive Dissonance in the coming weeks. The earlier you send in the roast the better chance it has of being selected. Deadline MIDNIGHT ET on November 24, 2022. --- Our Stuff: To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Check out more from Marsh on Be Reasonable and Skeptics with a K You can hear more from Tom and Cecil on Cognitive Dissonance Check out Plastered Gore’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7HiVBsHhmSZtrwF4am7byQ --- Headlines: Gov. Kevin Stitt "claims Oklahoma" for the Christian God: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/gov-kevin-stitt-i-claim-oklahoma-for-the-christian-god/ MPs back abortion clinic buffer zone law: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63302710  Women’s minister says protesters who harass women near abortion clinics may be attempting to ‘comfort’ them: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/maria-caulfield-abortion-women-minister-b2214613.html   Jesus-loving FL school board member wants to bring back corporal punishment: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/jerry-rutherford-collier-county-school-board-corporal-punishment/ Here’s how atheist candidates fared in the 2022 elections https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/heres-how-atheist-candidates-fared-in-the-2022-elections/ Christian college ends discriminatory policy, outrage ensues: https://religionnews.com/2022/11/14/eastern-university-drops-ban-on-lgbtq-faculty/

In this week’s episode, we’ll wave goodbye to the red wave that wasn’t , we'll abort so many babies in Michigan, California, and Vermont, and Michael Marshall will skate the edge of UK libel laws once again. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Vulgarity for Charity Info: To participate in Vulgarity For Charity 2022: Donate $50+ to ModestNeeds.org Screenshot a copy of the receipt as proof. Email it to vulgarityFORcharity@gmail.com Tell us who or what you want roasted - be sure to give us some details to work with and a photo if they aren't a famous or well-known person. Give us your name as you want it to be read out, i.e. Greg J. or "Happy Bear" You may request a specific host. 100 random roasts and the top 100 dollar value roasts will be read on-air on Scathing Atheist and Cognitive Dissonance in the coming weeks. The earlier you send in the roast the better chance it has of being selected. Deadline MIDNIGHT ET on November 24, 2022. --- Headlines: Red wave fails to materialize in midterms: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/briefing/midterm-election-results-2022.html https://www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1134831808/pennsylvania-governor-results-midterms-shapiro-mastriano https://coloradosun.com/2022/11/08/lauren-boebert-adam-frisch-3rd-district/ Kroger to pay $180K for firing Christians who wouldn’t wear heart symbol: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/kroger-to-pay-180k-for-firing-christians-heart-symbol/ Most faith groups agree US has gone astray but they don’t agree on the way forward: https://religionnews.com/2022/10/27/most-americans-including-majorities-of-religious-groups-say-us-headed-wrong-way/ Federal court says beauty pageant has First Amendment right to exclude trans people: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/11/federal-court-says-beauty-pageant-first-amendment-right-exclude-trans-people/ Judge blocks SPU suit that would have halted investigation into discriminatory hiring: https://religionnews.com/2022/10/27/judge-dismisses-spu-lawsuit-aimed-at-halting-probe-into-the-universitys-hiring-practices/ Cringeworthy ad claims God created Ron DeSantis because He needed a ‘fighter’: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/cringeworthy-ad-god-created-ron-desantis-because-he-needed-a-fighter/ --- This Week in Misogyny: Abortion referendums all go the right way: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/us/abortion-rights-ballot-proposals.html