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We are four ordinary Americans who happen to be atheists. In this podcast we discuss topics that are relevant to non-believers.

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We are four ordinary Americans who happen to be atheists. In this podcast we discuss topics that are relevant to non-believers.

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Episodes

Ep#380: Trump cronies and chemtrails

3/27/2024
Follow-ups: Moses @1:18 Religious Nonsense: Polish Separation @4:14 Pakistan Teacher @6:56 News: Judge reduces bond @11:50 Stormy Daniels date set @19:00 RNC donations @22:30 Buy my Bible! @29:02 Alina Habba @33:06 Peter Navarro @37:34 SCOTUS national abortion ban @42:34 Birth control misinformation @44:45 Politics: TN Chemtrails @48:20 PA Chemtrails @50:23 WV Sexual assault @53:07 WY Education Savings Accounts @54:43 Montana’s Supreme Court has overruled the state’s attorney general @56:59 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Consumer Health Digest: State Medical Boards and Ice Baths @58:31 Final Stories: Raunchy Christians are here @1:02:21 Kimberly Guilfoyle @1:07:36

Duration:01:10:42

Ep#379: We are defined by our misery

3/20/2024
Follow-ups: IN HB1137 @1:35 Denton Cty TX @3:18 News: WV Action Alert @3:58 Politics: Trump Trump can’t get bond @6:02 Six charges quashed in GA @10:35 Judge Cannon makes decision against Trump… finally @13:47 NY sex scandal going to delay @18:45 Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom @20:24 Lord of the Rings analogy @27:13 Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) @29:32 Tuberville @36:28 Trump lighter stuff @46:41 Aaron Rodgers or Jesse Ventura @48:06 TX Board of education @58:49 Was Moses a real person? @1:00:00 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Chicago Measles @1:04:38 Polio Paul dies @1:07:12 Butt lifts @1:11:22 Religious Nonsense: Indian lions @1:14:29 Conspiracies: Tyler Owens @1:16:05 Final Stories: Digital Age Cryptids @1:16:52

Duration:01:27:00

Ep#378: State Law, Boebert, and the KKK

3/6/2024
NO SHOW NEXT WEEK (3/12/2024) Super Tuesday! @1:13 Nihilism/Atheism discussion @3:00 Follow-ups: Let’s thank the AL supreme court…? @14:00 Lawyer for Alex Jones' to abandon bankruptcy case @18:44 News: Catherine Herridge @23:56 Boebert @29:00 Darrell Leon McClanahan III @38:07 Politics: OK bills die @52:35 AZ GOP bill to kill migrants @53:41 WV vaccine exemptions @58:49 FL chaplains @59:19 IN bill call to action @59:41 TX another chaplain denial @1:03:48 SCOTUS in Trump’s pocket corner @1:05:48

Duration:01:15:36

Ep#377: Nazis and the Heritage Foundation

2/28/2024
Follow-ups: FL law group trying out AL ruling @1:20 Pence's IVF kids @6:03 UT copycat bill passes @8:30 News: Also, new OK bill @10:51 Heritage Foundation plans @14:42 SCOTUS to decide fate of internet @20:45 SCOTUS appears skeptical @21:54 Politics: Fulton County PA @24:45 CPAC Nazis @32:37 End of Democracy @39:35 More Trump terror @46:12 Mike Johnson’s speech @46:12 Will Nikki endorse Trump? @57:33 Good article about Xtian Nationalism Possible good news? Religious Nonsense: Religion of Peace @1:00:53 At least it wasn’t children. @1:03:18 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch 6th case of measles @1:06:21 Florida’s response Science: EU study: 2023 hottest year @1:08:55 Climate crisis data Final Stories: USAF member at Israel embassy @1:10:25 Trump: Black people like me now @1:12:53

Duration:01:16:48

Ep#376: Trump grifts, state laws, and Star-Seeds

2/21/2024
Follow-ups: Church shooting update @2:23 House Bill 1206 (aka the “unproved theories” bill) was rejected late last week @3:41 News: Thursday, Greece’s parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage. @5:40 Trump shoes @7:19 Roman Sharf @9:37 Out-of-his-cotton-picking-mind @20:48 Religious Nonsense: Bricklayer @31:20 From Mike: “God is perfect … allows bad things (rape and incest) … @33:48 Politics: A Letter denouncing Speaker’s selection of Jack Hibbs as the Guest Chaplain @38:19 Biden informant charged @40:24 Biden Administration’s “Indigenous knowledge” @45:21 WY Blood label @48:12 TN Beer @49:44 WV v Librarians @53:53 AL supreme court @56:47 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Consumer Health Digest @1:01:04 Thomas and Oliver @1:03:03 Mayo Clinic @1:04:39 Science: Conscious Life Expo @1:14:13

Duration:01:21:19

Ep#375: Super Bowl and Fragile Bro-Flakes

2/14/2024
Follow-ups: Michael Mann @1:11 SB v WC ratings @4:50 News: Super Bowl @6:56 Newsmax rage Foot Washing (Maundy) Biden’s troll @17:24 Joel Olsteen @18:40 False Transgender claim @21:13 A Florida man @24:16 Politics: Trump Rubio backs Trump on NATO @27:12 New RNC Chair @35:10 DA Fani Willis @38:41 Where’s Nikki’s Husband? @44:43 Florida AG asks Court to stop ballot initiative @48:20 No phone? ...criminal @51:52 Vouchers in OH @53:53 Tucker and Putin @56:09 Final Stories: Can clouds be moved with your mind? @1:02:22 George Santos' seat @1:05:48

Duration:01:10:08

Snake Oil and Swift Outrage

2/7/2024
Follow-ups: Iowa bill banning displays @1:33 And AZ @2:54 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Snake Oil Salesman @3:11 Adulteration of Herbal Supplements @6:17 Consumer Health Digest - hydroxychloroquine @9:46 Tesla Biohealing and medbeds @12:01 News: National Prayer Breakfast @16:32 Oklahoma is in the news again @18:33 Iowa chaplains @21:31 Swift outrage @23:17 Tucker @26:38 Religious Nonsense: World Hijab day @29:28 Politics: Profound influence of Xtian Extremists on Mike Johnson @33:48 The republican’s very, very bad day. @40:12 Heritage Foundation seeks to Institutionalize Trumpism @45:21 Conspiracies: New style of scam @51:30 The QAnon fear @53:54 Final Stories: Ian’s crypto/Jesus story @59:38

Duration:01:02:57

Ep#373: Texas, Iran, and a moral imperative

1/31/2024
Follow-ups: NH theory @1:25 NCSE fight to teach evolution @2:23 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch CDC is “putting clinicians on alert @3:31 News: What is going on in Texas? @6:53 Shelby Park Trump calls for mobilized troops MAGA truckers Taylor swift, Foosball, and “beer” @15:05 AZ popular vote @25:40 Ohio House @28:27 OAN-Smartmatic @32:10 Science: Is veganism a moral imperative? @34:22 Religious Nonsense: Pakistani Professor @44:47 Iranian execution @47:20 Executions @49:16 “Fleecing the faithful” @52:31 Politics: Pew on ‘Nones” @55:02 Final Stories: Ancient Evil under the ice @57:39 $83.3M @1:01:02

Duration:01:04:23

Ep#372: Alien Mummies; lying to your kids

1/24/2024
Fun facts @2:29 Follow-ups: Houston Chaplains @9:10 Should we lie to our kids? @10:52 Conspiracies: HiggyPop @19:55 Canadian Governmental conspiracy theorist @22:22 News: OpenAI and the upcoming election @25:06 Chevron Doctrine in SCOTUS @29:14 Midwife falsified vaccine records @32:48 Another one Politics: New Hampshire @36:49 Trump is very cognitive @38:43 12 more years @41:14 CFC on Mike Johnson @47:26 Homeless In Kentucky @50:23 Freedom of the Press in OK @53:05 Terrorists in OK @55:47 Theocracy in WV @57:43 Ten Commandments in UT @58:42 Abortion rights activists in MO @1:00:38 Religious Nonsense: Protestant numbers @1:02:20 Final Stories: Alien mummies @1:05:08

Duration:01:10:31

Ep#371: F... the poor

1/17/2024
Follow-ups: CBS on secular ‘churches’ @2:08 Conspiracies: Aaron Rogers @7:10 News: World Economic Forum outlook @14:08 Republican governors @19:22 Housing the Homeless @28:45 FOX News v Taytay @35:37 Pentagon responds Jackson MS @39:53 Politics: Parliament @43:38 Trump v Haley @46:30 Trump rule gone @58:08 Mike Johnson & the Ark @59:36 More on Johnson @1:01:45 NH bill @1:02:23 Also in NH @1:03:52 Religious Nonsense: Pope Frank @1:05:30 Regrow my toes! @1:07:29 Final Stories: Last Trump story @1:11:02 Mike Lindell @1:11:46

Duration:01:13:59

Ep#370: Epstein, aliens, and RFK

1/10/2024
Follow-ups: Epstein docs unsealed @2:12 Dershowitz’s response @4:56 Dershowitz and Israel @6:14 Conspiracies: 10' tall aliens at Miami Mall @9:26 Ashly Babbit family lawsuit @17:17 OUR psychic Russon @18:24 CO2 level misinformation on FB @30:09 News: Emergency Room abortions @34:04 Ohio miscarriage @36:25 Jan 6 numbers @42:20 New Trump conspiracy @44:39 Fox News resorting to tarot @48:08 Politics: Trump v Biden mentally @54:58 Rogan airports @57:58 Clearly not anti-vax RFK Jr @1:01:18 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch FL Surgeon General @1:04:48 Anti-christ Final Stories: Did you donate your body to science? @1:06:52

Duration:01:14:35

Ep#369: Taters the Cat and Little Santa

1/3/2024
Follow-ups: Masterson update @2:27 OK charter school update @4:18 Test case to challenge supreme court News: U of Wis @6:56 Harvard President Gay resigns @11:31 Putin ally @13:09 Politics: Nikki @15:00 Lindsay Graham and God’s chicken @18:35 Article on Speaker Johnson @21:16 Religious Nonsense: Ever evolving spiritual collective @24:20 Not an Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune Lionel Dahmer @29:12 UT no longer Mormon? @35:29 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Consumer Health Digest @37:00 Vaccinations down @40:52 FDA on homeopathic eye drops @43:48 Science: Valkyrie @53:43 Taters @57:46 Final Stories: Santa is a miniature elf @1:00:33 Gypsy Rose Blanchard @1:02:30

Duration:01:09:06

Ep#368: Anti-VAXers, Liars, and SCOTUS

12/20/2023
Follow-up: Iowa @1:39 MS House candidate charged Meatball Ron @4:14 Novak Djokovic: Villain of the World @8:10 Previous Article RFK Jr.’s vaccine quandary @12:49 Giuliani @17:47 Sued again Politics: Impeachment moving forward @23:08 News: Trump Disqualified @32:17 SCOTUS on abortion…again @34:32 SCOTUS on Jan 6 @38:23 Hate speech on campus @41:52 College Pulse Fire Organization Tucker Carlson is now flirting with Flat Earther-ism @47:29 Religious Nonsense: Pope Frank @49:55 Protest in Turkey @51:37 Final Stories: Neanderthal morning person @54:04 https://you.23andme.com/reports/neanderthal/

Duration:01:02:39

Ep#367: Dictators, Witches, and Witch Doctors

12/13/2023
Follow-up: School Chaplains @3:35 Rhoda Jatau @5:28 Trump trading cards are back, baby! @7:50 Politics: Dictator Trump @16:54 Nick Fuentes would like to kill us. . @20:55 News: Here’s a shift I didn’t expect for the Taliban @23:11 Ken Paxton and Katie Cox @27:43 TX abortion suit Update University Freedom of Speech @37:44 COP28 @48:17 Science: The King’s Doctor @54:09 Nick Tiller’s new “Skeptic’s Guide to Sports Science” @57:00 ESPN ran a fun story on Vikings QB Joshua Dobbs @1:02:12 Cytotron @1:05:13 Religious Nonsense: Nigerian Monarch: “All women are witches’ @1:08:11 Disestablishment of the Church of England @1:09:35 Final Stories: Museum of Natural History @1:12:48

Duration:01:19:43

Ep#366: Trevian Kutti and Dark Brandon

12/6/2023
Follow-up: Thanksgiving feast and food myths @2:18 Paul Fidalgo on Hirsi Ali @8:25 News: Trevian Kutti @12:07 Kissinger @15:58 Some facts Roselyn Carter - Melania @21:02 Santos @23:14 Fetterman asked advice from George Santos @ This Bob Menendez Ohio Marijuana @28:46 Montana has ruled that state law banning TikTok “violates the First Amendment.” @31:49 Science: The Internet and mental health @34:05 Politics: Dark Brandon's back @36:50 Trump’s BS @41:17 AG Paxton Lawsuit @46:10 Religious Nonsense: Nigerian healthcare worker @48:33 EU Court on religious symbols @51:03 KSBY looks at a new California law that should delight our Generation Skeptics @54:43 OK Christian Leaders @56:45 Bill Donahue @58:16 Lifewise Academies @1:05:07 Conspiracies: Karen England @1:08:23 “Bespoke Realities” @1:10:20 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Chiropractic “Wellbeing” @1:12:54

Duration:01:17:46

Ep#365: Religious Nonesense and Kill King 33

11/29/2023
News: NJ Oath @3:20 MO abortion challenge @5:00 James Tosone from the first story @7:26 Catholic Bishops’ guide @9:24 Politics: Louisiana congressional delegation: Johnson’s Misnomer @11:46 Ghost Buses @17:18 Religious Nonsense: Ayaan Hirsi Ali @26:14 Judge sides with Mormon Church @31:15 Saucon Valley pays @36:42 WI x-mas tree @38:36 WV parole @44:55 The Gospel Disharmony @46:47 Alt-Science: Trust in science is WAY down @50:02 Conspiracies: Kill King 33 @1:01:41

Duration:01:10:15

Ep#364: That's not the way poop goes

11/15/2023
Follow-up: Health Share Transparency Act @1:15 To support “More work to be done!” in TX @2:55 Election takeaways @4:28 Ohio issue 1 @8:25 MI abortion law @ details News: What’s going on in MI @16:35 QAnon Shaman @20:10 The first King’s Speech @22:11 Politics: Trump’s plan @28:47 What’s going on in the GOP @35:40 RFK Jr’s back in his comfort zone @46:43 Joe Manchin @49:27 Boebert wants ‘Mercy’ @51:17 Harlan Crow subpoena @53:10 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Fecal pills? @56:07 Final Stories: Chicago Tribune says what? @1:01:17

Duration:01:08:14

Ep#363: Mike Johnson's porn habits and Cupping

11/8/2023
Follow-up: Abbott’s voucher system @1:21 TN vaccine chief wins suit @2:48 Voting @4:14 Legalizing marijuana and Fetterman/Newsome @10:51 Voting machine issues @13:16 News: School boards are important @14:20 Somehow transition to Israel @18:43 Alabama Mayor @23:18 Phenylephrine @29:16 Climate Science Warning @32:53 Kansas law blocked @40:49 Politics: Trump’s court case @42:29 Things about Mike @46:05 Mike Johnson’s porn habits @49:45 Alt-Science: Phelps @58:42 Conspiracies: Matthew Perry @1:03:57 TikTok talk with the dead @1:05:54 Final Stories: Sean Hannity production @1:06:36

Duration:01:12:32

Ep#362: 80s icons and state politics

10/25/2023
Follow-up: McConnell @1:19 News: India’s Supreme Court and LGBTQ+ @3:42 O9A @5:30 Outkick the Morning @11:44 4 defendant plea deals in GA @14:23 Mark Meadows @ Michael Flynn’s song @23:09 Politics: TX San Marcos rejects Chaplain idea @31:07 OK Chairman doesn’t sign off on charter @32:21 NC budget @33:17 Stephanie Borowicz @34:05 Religious Nonsense: We saw one and two columns attempt to blame nones for global antisemitism. @39:43 Catholics studying the ‘nones’ @42:13 Baptists are worried too @44:07 Alt-Science: Mary Lou Retton @46:45 Suzanne Sommers Final Stories: Cryptid conventions @53:59 New business idea @56:19

Duration:01:03:27

Ep#361: ProfArg origins and Speaker talk

10/18/2023
Follow-up: Some podcast origin stories @1:28 Humanist marriages in Northern Ireland @5:40 Rogers v Kelce @7:10 Rushdie to release memoir @14:57 Politics: Steve Scalise @15:59 Gym Jordan @17:51 Tapper interviews @25:04 Dan Crenshaw Nancy Mace Late to a prayer breakfast News: Rod of Iron Festival @31:33 Religious Nonsense: First Liberty sues California @44:44 Footloose IRL @47:36 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Consumer Health Digest @55:30 Final Stories: Fake news season @1:09:20 Galveston ghost tours The Austin American-Statesman reports “Texas ranked most haunted state in America.” @1:10:33 CBS News Pittsburgh told viewers that Gettysburg had been named “one of the spookiest in the United States” @1:11:41 The New York Post details a family’s fight to stay in their home following “paranormal” events… @1:13:06 Luckily for them, there’s this story out of the UK @1:13:30

Duration:01:18:14