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Friendly Atheist Podcast

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  • Hemant Mehta and Jessica 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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  • Ep. 528 - Corporal Punishment and Christianity

    Ep. 528 - Corporal Punishment and Christianity
    Apr 25 2024
    Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our private Facebook group and Discord server! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — What I'll remember about Daniel Dennett. (0:28) — Catholic priest resigns after backlash involving his criticism of a gay author. (8:43) — Christian lawmaker says teachers should be allowed to hit special needs students. (24:38) — A Christian ministry urged the Supreme Court to criminalize homelessness. (46:03) — Māori atheists say Christian colonization helped push them away from the faith. (1:01:59) SPONSOR: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly to choose your free offer and get $20 off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Ep. 527 - Christian Men's Conference Descends Into Chaos

    Ep. 527 - Christian Men's Conference Descends Into Chaos
    Apr 18 2024
    Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our private Facebook group and Discord server! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Christian Men's Conference descends into chaos over sword-swallowing acrobat. (1:02) — Wisconsin official blames homelessness on "sin," then votes against aid for the poor. (25:15) — Christian Nationalist falsely claims Satanist chaplains "don't qualify" to work in schools. (39:27) — Tennessee declares Aitken Bible one of its "official state books." (53:37) — North Dakota GOP endorses Christian theocrat to run the state's public schools. (1:07:06) — Louisiana High Court: Priests have a "right" not to be sued over decades-old abuse. (1:20:15) SPONSOR: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly to choose your free offer and get $20 off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Ep. 526 - Pastor Calls Autism Awareness Week "Demonic"

    Ep. 526 - Pastor Calls Autism Awareness Week "Demonic"
    Apr 12 2024
    Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our private Facebook group and Discord server! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Arizona GOP lawmaker lashes out at "god-haters" who criticized abortion ban prayer. (4:21) — Christian school's pastor cancels Autism Awareness Week, calling it "demonic." (19:40) — New Testament scholar Richard Hays now says God's cool with gay people. (35:53) — The Vatican, a threat to human dignity, calls gender-affirming surgery a threat to human dignity. (45:57) — Wisconsin public school district seeks new leader with "conservative, christian values." (1:01:09) — Christian woman admits she was fired from Starbucks for being an anti-LGBTQ bigot. (1:11:24) SPONSOR: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly to choose your free offer and get $20 off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 25 mins
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Ahead of the curve on atheist news

As far as atheist pod casts go, the Friendly Atheist is one that ‘truly you guys’ delivers some of the most well researched and context rich perspectives. Hemant, in contrast to many of his contemporaries, approaches topics like a reporter, regularly seeking comments from parties involved. As someone who listens to several atheist podcasters, I often hear them crediting Hemants research. But the podcast would not be what it is without Jessica. She’s quick to get excited and jump to conclusions, sometimes blundering into the conversation in ways that could come off as ignorant. But I’ve come to see her approach as a sort of brutal honesty and vulnerability. If Jessica were not present to help us digest Hemant’s stories, the podcast might just be another sober, maybe even depressing podcast (most of Hemant’s stories are bad news). Jessica gives the listener space to ‘feel’ the news, whether it be worry, loss, rage, or delightful schadenfreude.
Jessica also offers a sharp feminist perspective that this mostly straight male reviewer often misses. If you care about the latest news from the world of atheism and religiosity, the Friendly Atheist delivers. Highly recommend.

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Laugh instead of crying

Hement (sp?) and Jessica chat about news stories from an atheist point of view. As an Apatheist (I just don’t GAF), I often find myself laughing out loud while I listen, which is much better than crying. Hement & Jessica’s intelligent and irreverent commentary on current events is timely, informative and much appreciated. Week after week there they are, having done the hard work of sifting through the all the madness to bring attention to stories of the hypocrisy, greed and corruption of so called morally upright leaders and followers of religion — and feel good stories, too!! My only complaint is Jessica says “Oh my God” far too often. FFS you would think listening to an atheist podcast would be one place I wouldn’t have to hear that annoying phrase.

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Great Episode

Jessica's anger in this episode truly resonated with me and I actually found it comforting not feeling alone with my own anger.

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Fantastic podcast

I've enjoyed this podcast. The presenter is truly graceful and very sensitive towards believer's feelings.

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