the Profane Argument, atheist podcast

Announcements: Ohio Action Alert @1:00 Follow-ups: OK Supreme Court tosses Bible lawsuit @3:19 OK Student @4:47 News: Like it, Piggy @7:59 Hegseth @15:37 Alina Habba @26:38 Greene @29:55 GOP tinderbox Another Republican Resigns From Congress as 2026 Midterms Loom Tim Burchett @36:08 TN Special election @39:55 Good news for MoH recipients @41:27 Health/Medicine/Science: RFK admits it was him @48:24 National Academies - Statement on CDC’s Vaccine Guidance @50:20 CDC new Deputy Director @51:31 RFK Jr’s rude poetry @52:48 Religious Nonsense: Wait, what? (Rogan, Jesus, AI) @56:00

Follow-ups: THC Products @1:50 News: COP 30 @6:49 Blowing Bubba @9:22 E-mail database @9:41 What does 15 look like? Teens and former child actors weigh in @20:42 House vote @23:17 Clay Higgins @25:00 Scott Bessant @35:29 Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct @37:45 Eric Swalwell @40:28 Vance on housing @43:15 Health/Medicine/Science: FDAs self-fulfilling prophecy @47:35 Case in point Texas has a four-fold increase in whooping cough cases @49:22 Canada lost its measles elimination status. @50:39 Americans are injecting themselves with unproven peptides @51:38 Consumer Health Digest, Issue 25-45 @53:51 Consumer Health Digest, Issue 25-46 @56:14 Ozempic penis @56:51 Religious Nonsense: The evolution of rationality: How chimps process conflicting evidence @58:56 Somersworth NH @1:01:08 Pseudoscience: PsyPost on Pseudoscience @1:03:16

Announcements: Veteran’s Day @0:38 Follow-ups: Mom’s for liberty results @3:50 Milford update @5:20 In poker, this would be called “overplaying a weak hand.” @6:04 Kansas county to pay $3 million and apologize over a raid on newspaper @8:11 Supreme Court rejects call to overturn decision legalizing same-sex marriage @11:00 News: Democrats vote @13:26 Ghislaine Maxwell info @21:56 Empathy and wealth @32:44 Health/Medicine/Science: Emboldened, Kennedy Allies Embrace a Label They Once Rejected: 'Anti-Vax' @37:37 a recent event in Sarasota County, Florida @41:36 Doctors Muffled in Florida White Washing America @45:32 Reuters' summary of WHouse health misinformation @47:03 Updated AAP lawsuit seeks to replace ACIP members @47:38 Religious Nonsense: Paxton sues Galveston @49:01 A Texas church’s online class trains Christians to run for office @50:58 New Britain teacher placed on leave for refusing to remove crucifix @52:21 Noah and Utnapishtim @57:14 Pseudoscience: Presentation of a Chinese Horoscope Book in Buenos Aires Is Canceled @1:04:56 Pickle Juice @1:07:38 Final Stories: Coin Mover @1:10:28 Kim Kardashian Is Furious @1:13:34

Announcements: Elections update @3:54 Brandi Carlisle @6:16 Follow-ups: RFK Jr. Admits He Can’t Actually Tie Tylenol to Autism @11:14 Federal appeals court will hear combined arguments Ten Commandments cases @18:03 Politics: Trump Has Likened Himself to a King. South Korea Gave Him a Crown. @19:11 Religious Nonsense: 'Offensive' Holocaust imagery on Catholic school's Halloween float @29:57 Texas judges and gay weddings @34:43 Wisconsin DOJ suggests eliminating religious tax exemptions @35:41 Have We Reached Peak None? @38:08 Election update @39:59 Kentucky voters @45:04 Health/Medicine/Science: Bird flu's comeback raises fears about readiness @48:17 And king county MPOX levels on the rise @53:20 Louisiana officials waited to warn of whooping cough outbreak @55:14 This mom has three children with autism. She’s spent thousands on false hope. @56:30 Pseudoscience: Herbal quackery nightmare @58:51 Unhelpful Spirit Guide @1:03:49 Final Stories: Dick Cheney @1:10:08

Republican debates AI @0:31 Announcements: VOTE! @2:18 Follow-ups: Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks @5:23 Politics: White House fires arts commission expected to review construction projects @9:18 Riyadh Comedy Festival @12:19 Health/Medicine/Science: Destruction of health in America @23:36 Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push? @26:58 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to investigate climate and weather control @31:17 Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates a Model for the Country?. @35:20 News: Is there religious revival among Gen Z? @38:27 Nearly 40% of Gen Z women identify as atheist, agnostic or have no faith @40:04 Jesus Prayers in Public Schools: Who’s For It and Who’s Against It @40:57 Religious Nonsense: NY A 9067 @45:39 Federal Government Is Planning Christian Nationalist Revival Meetings @50:35 Binance @52:24 MRI and Hand Bruises @53:45 Conspiracies: Bridgewater triangle @56:13 Final Stories: The Senate just did something @1:00:15 Graham Platner @1:01:35

NoKings @4:15 Announcements: Halloween-themed edition of Skeptical Inquirer Presents @10:30 Follow-ups: Lindel Fields has ‘no plans to distribute Bibles’ in Oklahoma @12:17 Under Walters, OSDE gave federal funds to ineligible religious schools @13:09 University of Arkansas @20:40 Politics: Santos is OUT! @21:25 White house update @23:57 Bolton indicted @27:12 Trump on miller @31:39 Adm Holsey @33:13 SCOTUS poised to ignore voting rights act @36:35 Religious Nonsense: Massachusetts court blocks religious statues on government property @40:56 Colorado's 'first public Christian school' faces state funding warning @42:20 Health/Medicine/Science: Newborn screening @50:34 WV judge dismisses religious vaccination exemption lawsuit @58:02 Whooping cough surges in Florida as vaccine rates plummet @58:36 Aluminum salts @1:00:45 Democratic governors form state public health alliance to counter RFK Jr. @1:04:29 Andrew Wakefield @1:06:11 Believing misinformation @1:08:24 Final Stories: Gloomy Sunday @1:12:26

Follow-ups: Moroccan Court Upholds Jail Term @8:46 SCOTUS rejects Alex Jones' appeal @10:35 Man who burned Koran outside in London wins appeal @11:11 The soaring eagle of voting @12:43 News: Congressional vote and Taylor-Greene @17:10 Only on news outlet signed the Pentagon form @21:20 RFK Jr. wildly claims circumcision linked to autism @22:15 Let's take a look at RFK's points Kennedy’s numerous questionable statements CDC adopts vaccine panel's recommendations @34:19 CDC layoff oopsie @36:19 Trump really fears not going to heaven? @38:32 Indian-origin man- Local Story @41:47 Jared’s kindness story @50:37 Religious Nonsense: 5th circuit to hear arguments on 10 Comm. @51:55 Christian schools, Amazon attract most Georgia voucher school dollars @53:58 Final Stories: Haunted stories @56:15

Announcements: Israel and Hamas Meet in Egypt to Discuss Gaza Peace Plan @1:20 Follow-ups: Rapture is back on after noticing pastor's bizarre mix up with calendar @7:09 News: Local health departments worry about government shutdown @8:50 A bet @10:36 Jordan Peterson Diagnosed With Chronic Condition After Exposure to Mold @12:44 Indian man has US visa revoked, faces deportation @14:40 Former Des Moines superintendent detained by ICE @16:38 Conspiracies: Scam numbers going up @25:29 Deepfakes on Meta Politics: Ansari, Huffman, Raskin Co-Lead Resolution @29:55 Jane Fonda relaunches McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech @41:05 Supreme Court To Hear Elections Case On Mail-In Ballots @42:17 Religious Nonsense: OH House bill 486 @46:20 'Apostle' who claims to be Jesus' best friend arrested in forced labor scheme @50:52 Muslim convert loses bid to renounce Islam @52:16 Final Stories: Ladies and gentlemen, the president of Argentina. @56:03 New coin @58:23 Why Trump? @59:19 17-year-old Cranford, N.J. hit-and-run @1:01:40

Announcements: International Blasphemy Rights Day @1:55 Letter to MA house @2:45 Currently 6 states Follow-ups: TX - second lawsuit @5:42 Betty Lachgar @6:32 Nigeria @7:42 Immediate consequences @12:26 Why autism stats are wrong. @13:44 RFK to move on mifepristone @17:26 Round-Up @18:37 News: Top Military Leaders meet @24:25 Haley Stevens is preparing to introduce articles of impeachment @35:39 Ryan Walters resigns to lead conservative educators' group @36:33 Eric Adams @39:54 QAnon Shaman sues Trump @42:02 LifeWise @46:45 Conspiracies: The Plot Against America @47:57 NSPM-7 @55:35 Politics: Trump falls for AI MedBed @59:07 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch @1:04:32 Pseudoscience: Remote viewer Jeff J. @1:06:31 Final Stories: New F-47 jet 1:09:08

Announcements: We’re still here! Follow-ups: OK schools @4:35 Markwayne Mullin @5:36 Kimmel @6:58 Sinclair and Nexstar TX teachers “complying” @18:17 News: Kirk memorial @20:22 OK Republicans propose colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue @23:044 Pentagon restrictions on media @26:12 Chicago swim @28:05 Politics: Tom Homan’s big bag’o’cash @30:55 RFK Jr. has appointed five new members to (ACIP) @35:50 Autism announcement @36:31 Axios write-up: “a large study concluded there was no connection.” @36:43 RFK Jr. Announces FDA Will Approve Leucovorin sold by iherb @40:11 Health/Medicine/Science: Vaccine meeting @44:18 The national trade association issued a statement American Academy of Pediatrics reiterated its support for existing vaccination schedule. a new “MAHA” report included “128 ideas, but few details” @46:25 Axios notes the initial response “revealed continued divisions within the MAHA” FDA to present data it claims ties Covid shots to child deaths @49:37 Censorship returns to the CDC. At least 22 websites are down. @51:36 EPA orders some scientists to stop publishing research Religious Nonsense: Nigerian court case @53:18 Final Stories: Stuck in Traffic, Emmanuel Macron Calls Trump @55:48 We’re still here! @59:39

Follow-ups: FL vaccines @3:07 Or ban all mRNA Covid vaccines News: Charlie Kirk: “It’s worth to have a cost of some gun deaths” @5:44 Ms. Rachel @11:03 Charlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life @29:55 White House promises crackdown on left-wing ‘terror’ @34:46 Fox News “Just kill them” @44:39 Politics: Lee says US immigration raid on Korean workers could deter investments @49:18 Meet the woman tipster behind Hyundai factory raid President Trump appeared at the Museum of the Bible @53:17 FOX described as a “faith-driven initiative” Josh Hawley introduced a bill @55:34 Banning porn in Michigan, and VPN's @56:04 Religious Nonsense: ChatBot confessionals @56:37 AI can help with scamming @1:01:53 Conspiracies: House UAP hearing @1:08:56 UAP video explained Final Stories: Pastor Chuck @1:12:04

News: ST6 NK mission @3:57 Israel carries out attack in Qatar targeting Hamas leaders @7:33 Russia invades Poland..? @10:07 Russian losses in Ukraine @11:20 Trump’s Epstein letter denial just suffered another huge blow @14:16 SCOTUS allows immigration agents to resume 'roving patrols' in LA @21:21 Howard Lutnick’s Investment Firm Tariff Conflict of Interest @26:53 Politics: Dr. Paul Offit has been blocked from advising FDA @28:36 RFK Jr.’s anti-vax campaign targets science @30:32 Florida AG response @33:33 Trump’s response House Republicans keep NIH funding Trump wanted to cut @37:44 Religious Nonsense: Ken Paxton encourages students to recite Lord’s Prayer @42:30 Moroccan Feminist @44:06 Nigerian blasphemy @45:59 Health/Medicine/Science: Trump administration agrees to restore federal websites @47:02 Tylenol has entered the chat @49:11 West Coast Health Alliance @53:49 Pseudoscience: Severe knee pain @54:47

Follow-ups: Ken Paxton instructed state school districts to put the posters up by next week. @2:19 Approximately 1-in-4 school districts opted to adopt Bluebonnet curriculum @6:19 PragerU reveals questions from Oklahoma's 'America First' teacher test @10:24 Politics: Cabinet meeting @14:12 Vaccine skeptic to lead CDC COVID immunization working group Trump predicts 'bad awakening' for UK, launches conspiracy theory @17:37 Why do people want to have this belief? @20:37 Don't trust the experts @23:08 CDC chaos @26:32 FDA Approves Updated Covid Vaccines With New Restrictions @30:56 Bill Pulte @33:12 White House Window vid @43:39 Gaza Trump plan @45:18 Giuliani Medal of Freedom @48:01 News: Neo-Nazi vanishes after changing gender to serve sentence in women’s prison @51:24 Religious Nonsense: Mormon preacher @53:50 “Women are just a bunch of holes” Far-right pastor says godly women 'shouldn’t speak’ in public @55:38 Conspiracies: Eric Burlison Suggests Smithsonian Hiding Bones of Giants @1:00:51 Final Stories: Child’s Play @1:02:56

Follow-ups: TX Ten @2:44 Letter concerning CDC shooting @4:12 News: James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, dead at 89 @6:35 De minimis tariffs @7:32 Politics: Has MAGA lost Rogan? @11:14 Carlson guest sides with Hitler @ Cracker Barrel @18:32 The ICE brothers @24:25 DC update @26:11 Additional Measures in DC Section 2c @30:08 Flag burning @33:50 Next up? Chicago @35:17 Snoop @36:17 SCOTUS greenlights Trump cuts @37:32 Health/Medicine/Science: Ivermectin, COVID, and Chemtrails @42:04 Vaccine to be stopped?? @45:28 A survey of doctors by the Physicians Foundation @46:29 A potentially “game changing” lawsuit @50:08 Religious Nonsense: Pakistan online chats @52:34 UN on Taliban @54:34 Christian Nationalists want this @55:28 Doug Wilson’s teachings @55:49 Conspiracies: Bad Vaxx @1:00:26 Pseudoscience: Remote Telepathy @1:02:04 AAP releases vaccine schedule @1:05:34

Announcements: CFI’s Office of Public Policy is calling on Massachusetts residents @3:17 If you live in Massachusetts, you can use our convenient Action Alert form Follow-ups: W.Va. Board of Ed to file injunction to state Supreme Court @4:26 Vinay Prasad @5:24 Laura Loomer’s control ICE font @10:23 News: MSNBC becomes MS NOW @14:48 The sandwich heard across DC @17:12 Epstein files @20:37 US judge blocks Trump religious exemption to birth control coverage @22:36 PBS replacement @24:16 Politics: Dems being Dems @31:03 Incompetence @42:41 Zelensky @49:15 Health/Medicine/Science: Vaccine exemption requests in Texas spike in July @54:58 And in SC @55:47 Head of the CDC “warned staffers about the dangers of misinformation” @56:41 Monarez to be part of “childhood vaccine safety task force” AI: Young people more prone @1:01:59 Man directed to an online scammer via Google’s AI Overviews @1:03:15 Salt replacement @1:06:04 First AI kill?? @1:07:42 Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes @1:09:29

Follow-ups: Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark ruling @2:27 Truth Arbiter at CBS @5:33 Vance made it! @8:13 Politics: MAGA still votes for Trump! @12:04 Juno Alaska @15:53 Trump Escalates Crime Rhetoric Ahead Of Washington Crackdown @18:16 Transgender military personnel forced separations @24:40 FBI will help track down Texas Democrats @27:04 US to rewrite its past national climate reports @35:59 Religious Nonsense: Virginia youth pastor trading explicit pics with teen @38:29 Arkansas 10 Commandments @47:13 News: How the New Atheists Joined the MAHA War on Science @49:04 Our new book on ideological threats to science Chris Cuomo trolled for falling for AOC deepfake video about Sydney Sweeney @57:54 Conspiracies: Molly Martinez @1:01:32 Youtube capture Pseudoscience: Sunscreen truthers @1:03:48

Follow-ups: Project 2025 Tracker @4:05 Youtube age verification @5:18 Health/Medicine/Science: RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development @6:03 Smithsonian change @8:42 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) “calls for end to vaccine exemptions” @10:28 Trump calls to RFK @11:35 Centers for Disease Control show vaccination rates declined yet again @12:59 Vinay Prasad @13:27 Risks of drinking raw milk after 21 people sickened @16:31 Politics: Future elections @18:13 TX gerrymandering @23:42 Senate Democrats launching investigation @29:27 Substack piece by Paul Offit Ousted panel members suggestion @33:05 Pseudoscience: Woman who refused chemo and died had coffee enemas @34:15 News: Epstein scandal broadens as trove of letters from famous figures published 37:18 Sydney Sweeney @43:49 Final Stories: Gwenyth (Sorry Ian) @55:57 Unrelated laser product @1:00:07

Follow-ups: Ozzy or Hulk Hogan?? @2:08 OK - Ryan Walters @3:19 Congressional Freethought Caucus wrote IRS Commissioner Billy Long @5:36 News: WSJ and Trump @6:52 Oath Keepers @10:05 Colbert @12:30 South Park @14:34 Health/Medicine/Science: Aluminum and vaccines @18:01 As Paul Offit warns, attacking aluminum salts may be next on RFK Jr.’s agenda Politics: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired his chief of staff and a deputy chief of staff @20:30 Administration halts gain-of-function research studies FDA drain under Makary Kennedy’s plan to overhaul the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by RFK, is now suing Kennedy Peptide injections @24:41 U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) instructs executive branch agencies @29:04 OPM Issues Guidance to Protect Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace Religious Nonsense: Ray’s proselytizing coworker @32:05 an “unlicensed and uninspected childcare facility” is claiming a religious exemption @35:26 A new anti-blasphemy bill passed in India’s Punjab state @37:34 Islamabad to create “commission to investigate misuse of blasphemy law.” @40:10 Oh, wait… Taliban has reportedly sentenced a schoolteacher to death @41:26 On Friday, a federal judge temporarily blocked @44:08

Announcements: No show next week @1:09 News: MAGA Meltdown @2:23 Kristi Noem’s fake news @9:19 One more thing about Bondingo @11:07 Brutally Booed @11:48 Bill’s affect on gamblers @15:20 SCOTUS allows Trump to move forward dismantling Dept of Ed. @19:44 DOJ dismisses charges @21:16 Back to Epstein @27:37 Oklahoma man @29:12 Paxtons @34:02 A MAGA take on epstein @35:52 Too barbaric? @43:34 Woke Superman @51:33 Politics: “Trump wants to close key weather labs nationwide” @55:01 Ice/CBP reel @58:31 Health/Medicine/Science: 6 medical orgs files suit @1:02:09 Pseudoscience: Hijama (Wet Cupping) @1:05:33 Turmeric supplements @1:10:39

Follow-ups: The Crime Fighting Priorities of the Trump Administration @1:04 News: Jeff Epstein @2:42 Client List ‘Fake Weather, Fake Flooding’: & Kandiss Taylor @12:18 FL bans ‘geoengineering’ @20:04 I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates @23:50 A Jan 6th man @25:06 Politics: U.S. judge blocks Trump move to overhaul health agencies @26:37 RFK's most batsh*t moments @29:40 Trump is clearly in massive decline @34:39 60 Minutes/CBS/Trump @39:40 A new lawsuit by OK “teachers, ministers, and parents” @46:54 Religious Nonsense: Satirical magazine employees detained in Turkey @54:32 A “septuagenarian ruler” to “dismantle the constitution”. Why does that sound familiar? @59:27 Health/Medicine/Science: Measles update @1:05:26 Final Stories: Orca dropoffs @1:07:21 Ian’s plan @1:10:12