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Ep#416: RFK Jr and Master Slappy

12/17/2024
News: Idaho ruling @2:18 SCOTUS to review WI ruling @5:10 Politics: 75 Nobel Laureates @7:10 You can too @9:25 Here’s why @11:20 McConnel warning @12:05 Groceries @16:39 Indigenous Knowledge @216: Pseudoscience: Telepathic transmitter tested…the results may surprise you! @24:54 Religious Nonsense: Kern County CA @30:14 Health/Medicine/Science: Master of the SLAP @32:02 Tejocote @34:57 UK expands block @38:30 Conspiracies: Project Blue Beam @41:35 Final Stories: Webb confirms faster expansion @44:53

Duración:00:51:46

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Ep#415: Syria, Luigi, and deportation

12/10/2024
Follow-ups: Markwayne Mullins is Cherokee @2:15 South Korea @3:41 News: Syria @6:30 Luigi Mangione @12:32 Would you have turned him in? @20:57 Scam for gold @25:56 UK Blasphemy @28:30 UK assisted suicide @30:10 Religious v public response Kenya decision @36:17 Politics: RFK Jr’s test for health dept employees @39:04 Chad Chronister withdraws @40:58 Bahamas...? @44:57 Mexico Deportation MO GOP @48:58 Judge to consider @52:25 Also in AZ @53:04 Pseudoscience: Lung Float Test @53:46 Religious Nonsense: Hellion Academy for Independent Learning @56:56 Health/Medicine/Science: Science is cool @58:08 Conspiracies: Dover Demon @59:59 NJ Drones @1:05:14

Duración:01:13:27

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Ep#414: Appointments and the Blitz

12/3/2024
Ian’s question for everyone @3:26 Follow-ups: Russ Vought @9:21 Pete Hegseth @10:39 Jay Bhattacharya @16:52 Kash Patel @20:54 Politics: HR 9495 @22:59 Jared’s take on humanity @24:19 Markwayne @28:56 WV Vaccine exemptions @33:39 “Bluebonnet” K-5 curriculum approved in Texas @38:37 Mid-show follow-up on Markwayne’s heritage @41:16 ID Bible readings @42:59 TX - drugs @44:25 Hunter Biden @44:41 Social Security Ballot @53:44 News: The economy is so bad… @59:04 Meta update @1:01:29 Final Stories: South Korea @1:05:21

Duración:01:09:27

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Ep#413: We need a Liberal Joe Rogan

11/19/2024
Follow-ups: LA schools @2:59 TX Schools @5:04 Ryan Walters @5:13 CNN article @8:22 OK Bibles WY abortion @12:52 Politics: Trump’s staff @14:42 Liberal Joe Rogan @30:01 Unprayerful Reflections @43:27 Markwayne Mullin @46:00 General Disorder @51:06 Rand Paul promising to investigate what he calls the “Covid coverup” @52:10 Heritage Foundation “Project Esther.” @53:12 Not really about antisemitism Health/Medicine/Science: WHO and CDC, measles cases hit 10.3M @56:10 Consumer Health Digest @57:22 News: InfoWars now under the management of the The Onion @59:21 Elon Musk's X Corp. files notice in Alex Jones' Infowars bankruptcy case Conspiracies: UAP hearing @1:01:12 Pentagon report

Duración:01:14:44

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Ep#412: Where do we go from here?

11/12/2024
Follow-ups: CFI statement @3:33 Down ballot measures @4:21 AOC question @4:56 More info? @7:18 10 Commandments @7:33 Politics: What happened? @10:49 What now? *Risk assessment @34:57 News: Taliban congratulate Americans @52:21 Iraq age of consent @52:55 Religious Nonsense: Church of England head Justin Welby resigns @54:35 Pseudoscience: Final Stories: Overall reaction @55:38 Ian’s summary @1:03:44 Joe Rogan @1:08:10 One final thing; Saudi or Israel? @1:09:41

Duración:01:13:21

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Ep#411: Election night

11/5/2024
Election update @2:21 Politics: Fayette County @6:14 Local news @7:52 Ronald Lindsay @9:17 Trump claim “Hellscape” @15:24 Peanut @20:54 RFK Jr denial @23:07 Election update @26:38 Abortion on the ballot @27:39 News: Idaho vaccines @32:37 OH Sheriff @34:00 Starts looking bad @36:43 Religious Nonsense: Bangladesh @38:53 Pakistanis in NY @40:13 Pseudoscience: King Wackadoodle @41:14 Being a psychic is exhausting @47:14 Hulk Hogan @50:01 Final thoughts, not looking good @55:25 SNL talk @58:07

Duración:01:04:49

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Ep#410: Constitutional Sheriffs and Mitch McDickery

10/29/2024
Follow-ups: Wash Post - House vote @1:22 Politics: RFK Jr’s running mate @6:53 Fascism at the Garden @7:51 Giuliani @18:31 Another Tapper plus @21:23 Feds warning @23:14 Sheriffs @23:48 CSPOA @26:33 Stop immigrants voting May assert control if Trump loses SPLC thoughts and history @36:15 News: Ballot fires @37:07 Policies: More Harris or Trump? @37:52 She’s hearing from more survivors than not. @45:39 CFI filed a new lawsuit in Texas @48:39 Religious Nonsense: Pakistan to be suspended? @49:19 Afghan women @50:33 Final Stories: Steve Bannon @52:52

Duración:00:55:27

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Ep#409: DING: Fries are done

10/23/2024
Listener question: Spin Jim followup @1:10 Follow-ups: TN GOP update @2:06 GA election update @4:33 More Update OK lawsuit @7:44 Religious Nonsense: Joel Webbon @9:11 Michael Flynn @10:58 LA archdiocese @12:37 IL ballot initiative @17:00 FL abortion ad @27:39 NC posters stopped by school board @30:41 GA ADF suit @33:50 History of Blasphemy laws in the US @36:16 Politics: Giulianni @40:19 Ian’s sign question @42:41 DING; fries are done @45:58 Bronx barbershop and Trump @52:02 Arnold Palmer @52:48 Tapper and Lewinsky Musk Petition @59:24 More fascism @1:02:42 Aileen Cannon @1:04:23 News: Deep fake problems @1:05:42 Pseudoscience: A new acupuncture study @1:09:02

Duración:01:17:19

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Ep#408: Everyone needs Jesus?

10/16/2024
Listener question: Spin Jim’s question @2:51 Politics: Trump's town hall @17:02 Ian’s Vance story @25:37 Coachella rally @30:19 Explanation?? Meanwhile, at Kamala’s rally @37:08 GA Elections @39:58 Abortion measures @41:45 News: FEMA threats @43:19 The effect of this hurricane season on meteorologists Congress FinCen access @47:32 SCOTUS on AL @50:47 SCOTUS and OK charter school @52:17 Religious Nonsense: Pakistan @53:15 Why so many stories? Conspiracies: Raw milk @57:54 Not just bird flu Pseudoscience: Nakul Shenoy, India’s latest mentalist/magician @59:20

Duración:01:03:19

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Ep#407: Republican takeover and the Quaker Comet

10/9/2024
Follow-ups: Bibles in OK @3:41 What's it missing? Jack smith evidence file @10:15 Conspiracies: Election next month? @12:52 WV - Kayla Young 12th amendment win Politics: Tina Peters @25:07 Idaho forum @26:35 News: TX/Paxton @28:39 Supreme Court lets a Texas emergency abortion ban stand | AP News Religious Nonsense: Maulana Tariq Masood @30:11 Brain damage linked to religious fundamentalism @31:50 Final Stories: Quaker Comet @36:07 Mormons visited us @44:28

Duración:00:50:42

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Ep#406: VPDebate: “I was told I would not be fact checked”

10/2/2024
Vance Known in Senate for blocking aid to Ukraine Vance: if you believe X, that means you think Y. Handshake @7:58 Vance did not grow up poor @8:12 Mid East @9:21 Climate Change @10:12 Deporting/Immigration @13:05 “I was told I would not be fact checked” Lies on economy, controlled by President @16:59 MN first in health @18:22 Gun legislation @19:33 Housing @20:53 Health care @25:20 Trump’s gorgeous bod @28:30 Jan 6 - Would you have certified the election? @30:25 “Did Trump lose the election?”

Duración:00:36:13

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Ep#405: Are you a good person??

9/25/2024
Follow-ups: FL pediatricians exhausted @19:28 Surgeon Gen. problem Pakistan @26:12 Family not so forgiving Family forgiveness Lick hot egyptian metal @29:09 Politics: Tom Walz @31:27 MO voting @32:21 Mark Robinson @33:29 Staffers Nebraska Rep @39:35 Trump Train @42:23 Swedish MP @45:15 News: Inevitable outcome @49:32 Snore Stop @50:59 Dooom @58:32 Religious Nonsense: PRRI data @1:07:44 Pseudoscience: Spells for sale @1:09:14 Vitamin C overdosing @1:12:04 Final Stories: Melania @1:14:10

Duración:01:17:58

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Ep#404: Hezbollah, Trump, and Loomer

9/18/2024
Follow-ups: Debate @1:11 RFK being investigated @9:34 News: Some great evolution webinars next week @13:52 Pakistan Protest @16:23 Man killed while in custody Hezbollah: Beep, BEEP, BOOM! @18:07 Trump attack! @26:22 Politics: Who is Laura Loomer? @31:53 Shutdown in 3..2.. @46:57 Tim Sheehy @47:43 Ken Paxton…again @51:02 Portage County Sheriff @53:27 OK Senator @56:10 TX and OK teachers, schools, and superintendents push back @58:50 SC vouchers @1:01:01 MO ballet @1:02:06 ND ruling @1:02:38 NE ruling @1:03:25 Final Stories: Starliner @1:04:53 Time, got the time, time tick tick ticking in my head @1:06:20

Duración:01:13:23

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Ep#403: Competing with the Debate

9/11/2024
Follow-ups: Michael Sparks @4:12 Fulton county PA still in the news. @5:52 Politics: Texas election @7:33 And it is HARD to vote in TX Do the republicans shut down the govt before the election? @13:55 Debate interjection @17:58 Trump at Arlington @18:24 Full story Meanwhile, Harris and Walz must defend @24:54 Debate feedback @26:501 News: AA newsletter Troubling Gallup poll @27:11 More debate info @31:03 CDC vax percent @31:22 RFK danger @33:24 RFK’s vow Religious Nonsense: Erdogan has vowed to “purge” those responsible @35:54 Hindu was “brutally assaulted” inside a police station @37:38 Jared’s story @39:40 Evangelical Broadcasters Sue IRS @44:09 Indiana dismissed a lawsuit @45:07 Debate close @47:25

Duración:00:50:05

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Ep#402: Science, Trump, and Texas hellscape

8/28/2024
Follow-ups: Science in school @2:05 Science and Secularism on the brink @3:14 GA fighting back @8:25 Pakistani Supreme Court @9:53 FDA has approved two updated COVID vaccines. @12:00 Politics: Bannon being TORTURED in prison @13:25 RFK endorses Trump @16:18 WHALE! J6 Gala @22:05 NEW! Trump NFTs @23:54 Trump’s Gish Gallop @30:49 Debate? @34:44 News: FOXNews update @36:31 Bush, McCain, Romney alumni @38:02 Republicans at DNC @40:21 TX v LGBTQ @42:55 Paxton. @46:57 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Latest @49:07 Glyphosate @50:46 Pseudoscience: A life shattered by Pseudoscience @57:09 Religious Nonsense: New Taliban vice and virtue laws @1:01:06 Conspiracies: Climate words @1:04:30

Duración:01:09:58

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Ep#401: How is this not illegal?

8/21/2024
Follow-ups: Santos @1:33 Politics: Secret Vought video @2:58 Cost of 2025 GA election @8:23 GOP response to Kamala @11:51 RFK Jr @14:50 News: Add MO and AZ to the abortion ballet list @16:51 TX education @21:28 DNC talk @24:13 Swifties @26:54 JDVance’s fake jizz @30:53 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch MPox @34:56 COVID @36:38 Should you get the jab? KP.2 soon Final Stories: Astrology study @39:25 AWOW signal study @42:02 Grafton monster @45:02

Duración:00:54:32

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Ep#400: Anything but the real thing

8/14/2024
Follow-ups: Pakistan @4:28 Tina Peters @6:45 Lack of abortion fallout @8:24 Satanic Temple @14:22 Imane Khelif cyberbullying @15:12 Religious Nonsense: Kenneth Copeland @22:16 Politics: Epstein jet @25:05 Trump’s meltdown @26:44 Willie Brown @37:00 Trump and Musk @38:32 Laura Inghram @44:10 News: Louisiana misrepresentation At a press conference on Monday @48:22 Utah Supreme Court @50:10 Massachusetts H. 377 “crisis pregnancy centers” @51:14 Nassau NY @51:48 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Clay Jones reports measles cases are still (needlessly) on the rise @53:49 Republicans @54:42 Oil Pulling @55:25 Conspiracies: Biden @59:37 Final Stories: The Ukrainians have invaded Russia @1:02:55

Duración:01:08:29

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Ep#399: BJ and the Bear

8/7/2024
Follow-ups: KS police chief @2:16 OK school districts rebelling @4:26 CN ban on religious exemptions upheld @5:56 Slapping therapist convicted…again @6:59 Religious Nonsense: Pakistan arrest @8:48 Politics: Kamala VP @10:45 Why not Shapiro? @21:33 Why Kamabla? Trumps new nickname. @28:10 NABJ @32:56 RFK Jr and the Bear @37:42 News: Boxing @45:01 Pole Vaulting @51:00 Final Stories: NASA @53:55

Duración:00:58:19

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Ep#398: The miracle ear

7/31/2024
Follow-ups: Kim Davis @1:57 Biden’s SCOTUS changes? @6:34 Trump’s ear @10:15 Rev 13:3 Laura Ingram interview @13:17 Trump rally gives it away Photographer banned? @17:46 Ian’s sunglasses @23:31 Politics: Trump and Xtian nationalism @26:06 AZ Primary @30:55 Trump judge @ 35:46 News: Israelis storm prison @38:16 Religious Nonsense: Gratuitous blasphemy @44:19 Dionysus-Jesus Religious v secular upbringing @51:40 LifeWise Academy @53:54 Sues Parents against LifeWise Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Catholic hospitals @57:04 Final Stories: Harris VP @1:02:44

Duración:01:09:03

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Ep#397: Oldman v the Giggler

7/24/2024
Follow-ups: Thanks to Dr Kate Common @KateCommon @1:56 LA delayed @4:09 AZ vouchers expense @5:00 Menendez @7:16 Politics: Kamala @8:36 God spared Trump @16:20 Another bible check Conspiracies abound @20:53 Harris VP pick? @24:20 Religious Nonsense: LDS class action lawsuit @50:39 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch COVID numbers this year @54:11 At home allergy tests @56:36 Conspiracies: Magnesium Oil @1:00:40 Final Stories: Meteor @1:02:24

Duración:01:06:45