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Friendly Atheist Podcast

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke Greiff cover the latest news, politics, and pop culture with a focus on atheism and religion. This is the official podcast for FriendlyAtheist.com.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Friendly Atheist Podcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Friendly Atheist Podcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Friendly Atheist Podcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Friendly Atheist Podcast - Ep. 417 - Not All Outreach is Good Outreach
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03/11/22 • 76 min

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Please join our Discord server!
— Why is a newspaper printing anti-atheist slander? (1:15)
— Creationist Ken Ham has a new list of societal ills. (4:08)
— A woman who killed three siblings at a school bus stop got out of jail early after taking a Bible study class. (9:12)
— A Christian hate group found a way to blame "wokeism" and Black Lives Matter for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (19:15)
Dave Silverman, the former American Atheists leader who's now advising a right-wing atheist group, is going after a new audience... on InfoWars. (24:01)
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— It was the 100th anniversary of the first anti-evolution bill getting defeated by lawmakers in Kentucky. (1:00:42)
— Missouri lawmaker Mary Elizabeth Coleman wants to make it a crime to help women travel to neighboring Illinois to have an abortion. (1:04:21)
— Convicted felon and MAGA cultist Michael Flynn says the word "Creator" appears four times in the U.S. Constitution. He's off by four. (1:08:29)
Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church and a Putin ally, says Russia invaded Ukraine because some nations like to hold gay pride parades. (1:11:49)

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Friendly Atheist Podcast - Ep. 429 - Richard Dawkins and the Atheist "Schism"
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06/02/22 • 84 min

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Please join our Discord server!
— An Oklahoma candidate for U.S. Senate claims his church was "shut down." (1:13)
— Atheists don't have to defend Richard Dawkins if he says ignorant things. (12:50)
— The Johnny Depp/Amber Heard non-story involving atheism. (55:13)
— Students are protesting a Christian school's homophobic hiring policies. (58:30)
— A superintendent in Georgia used a graduation ceremony to win converts for Christianity. (1:10:43)
— Another graduation speaker in Ohio told kids to avoid gay marriage. (1:14:25)

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Friendly Atheist Podcast - Ep. 430 - The Worst Pride Month Sermon Ever
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06/09/22 • 73 min

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Please join our Discord server!
— A Christian hate-preacher delivered an anti-gay sermon that's even worse than you imagine. (2:20)
— A conservative school board candidate checked out all the LGBTQ books in a local library's Pride display so kids couldn't get to them first. (16:28)
— A popular Ontario preacher was arrested on charges of sex abuse. (24:03)
— What should we make of Amy Coney Barrett's bizarre religious cult? (36:35)
— An army chaplain earned his Ph.D. saying the military is an ideal place to win over Christian converts. (52:15)
— Poland (!) just made God optional in their boy scout oath. (1:05:26)

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Friendly Atheist Podcast - Ep. 381 - YouTube Banned (Then Unbanned) Right Wing Watch
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07/02/21 • 66 min

***UPDATE: We're aware of the audio quality with this episode and it'll be fixed next week!***
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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— TLC cancelled the Duggar family's latest show "Counting On" after Josh Duggar‚Äòs latest criminal allegations. (0:33)
— Right Wing Watch was banned, then reinstated, from YouTube. (8:57)
— A new partnership would fix a broken relationship between the University of California and Catholic hospitals. (24:27)
Pope Francis is not an ally to LGBTQ people. (37:28)
— A Christian business owner doesn't want to rent tuxes to a lesbian couple. (44:39)
— The New Jersey Supreme Court will hear a case involving an unmarried pregnant woman fired from a Catholic school. (50:10)
— A new analysis finds that an even greater percentage of white evangelicals voted for Trump in 2020 than 2016. (55:45)

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Friendly Atheist Podcast - Ep. 550 - Denver Churches Battle Free Pre-K Program
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09/26/24 • 73 min

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Denver churches, prioritizing bigotry, continue lawsuit over free pre-K program. (1:15)

— Iowa taxpayers challenged a pastor's unfair tax exemptions. A new law got in their way. (18:45)

— After Satanic event at Iowa courthouse, local leaders want to change the rules (again). (37:03)

— Christian pastor, a former reality TV contestant, found guilty of child cruelty. (50:32)

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Friendly Atheist Podcast - Ep. 413 - The Invalid Baptisms

Ep. 413 - The Invalid Baptisms

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02/11/22 • 72 min

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Please join our Discord server!
— A Catholic priest resigned for the dumbest (but strangely consequential) reason. (2:17)
— LDS leader Brad Wilcox's racist comments have caused chaos among Mormons. (8:13)
— A public school Bible teacher in TN told students "how to torture a Jew." (18:52)
— WV teachers told kids to attend a religious revival during the school day. (31:41)
— The evangelical ‚Äòdissenters' trying to ‚Äòsave' the faith have their own problems. (42:26)
— Missouri's governor said he only nominates people with "Christian values" to positions of power. (57:36)
— A Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate urged rape victims to be "heroic" and give birth. (1:01:19)
— A nun was sentenced to prison after stealing $835,000 from Catholic school to go gambling. (1:05:21)

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Friendly Atheist Podcast - Ep. 490 - Richard Dawkins Spreads More Transphobia
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08/03/23 • 90 min

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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 retaliate against his outspoken mother. (59:31)

— A lawsuit could block Oklahoma's taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school. (1:11:06)

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Friendly Atheist Podcast - Ep. 484 - The Disgraceful Life of Pat Robertson
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06/20/23 • 80 min

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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 Christian pastors use armed church members to thwart a possible mass shooting. (18:25)

— Utah Republicans are furious schools banned the Bible to comply with their book-banning law. (27:05)

— The Catholic Church in Kansas City used the wrong wine... and broke the religion. (34:35)

— A California restaurant chain had employees confess their work-related sins to a fake priest. (43:26)

— U.S. bishops are about to block trans-affirming care at Catholic hospitals. (53:17)

— After complaints from Christians, Poland's 666 bus to Hel will cease to exist. (1:05:45)

— Survey: In the U.K., belief in God has finally dipped below 50%. (1:09:35)

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Friendly Atheist Podcast - Ep. 531 - Harrison Butker's Commencement Address
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05/16/24 • 98 min

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

Harrison Butker's commencement address was a disgrace to Catholics everywhere. (1:55)

— Texas megachurch caught manipulating traffic data to get new stoplight. (26:10)

— A statue of disgraced evangelist Billy Graham got unveiled in the U.S. Capitol. (39:31)

— MN lawmaker: Public schools engage in "censorship" by not teaching Creationism. (45:55)

— Christian college fires professor for challenging right-wing talking points. (56:08)

— A Louisiana school gave kids a biblical advice book comparing sex to slavery. (1:16:28)

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Friendly Atheist Podcast - Ep. 386 - Kent Hovind Was Arrested

Ep. 386 - Kent Hovind Was Arrested

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08/06/21 • 69 min

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I talked about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Come to our in-person meetup in Chicago this August!
— An Oregon official who's gay was threatened by a Christian with a rock. (0:45)
— Donors are suing the ministry of the late Christian apologist and predator Ravi Zacharias for deceiving them. (5:50)
— This Catholic priest is furious that kids sang "Imagine" at the Olympics opening ceremonies. (14:09)
— Louisiana's attorney general wrote a letter to help Christians, and only Christians, get mask exemptions. (20:19)
— Creationist Kent Hovind was arrested for domestic violence. (34:45)
— This is a bad reason to not ban child marriage. (47:48)
— For women growing up in Purity Culture, even married sex isn't fun. (56:23)
Sarah Palin might run for Senate if God wants her to. (1:05:23)

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How many episodes does Friendly Atheist Podcast have?

Friendly Atheist Podcast currently has 688 episodes available.

What topics does Friendly Atheist Podcast cover?

The podcast is about News, Religion & Spirituality, Podcasts and Politics.

What is the most popular episode on Friendly Atheist Podcast?

The episode title 'Ep. 417 - Not All Outreach is Good Outreach' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Friendly Atheist Podcast?

The average episode length on Friendly Atheist Podcast is 67 minutes.

How often are episodes of Friendly Atheist Podcast released?

Episodes of Friendly Atheist Podcast are typically released every 6 days, 21 hours.

When was the first episode of Friendly Atheist Podcast?

The first episode of Friendly Atheist Podcast was released on Dec 7, 2014.

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