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.

Religion & Spirituality
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Ep. 477 - The Ten Commandments Don't Belong in ...
This week, we talked about bad ways to test the Equal Access Act, bad jokes from sitting politicians, bad ways to catch a predator, and more!
100 min
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Ep. 476 - The Tragedy of the Kenyan Starvation ...
This week, we talked about dress codes at Prom, religious exemptions for vaccines, whether you can be good without God, and more!
89 min
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Ep. 475 - A Christian Mailman Wants to Ruin You...
This week, we talked about the Supreme Court’s Groff case, Purity Culture problems, the most disgraced Catholic leader in recent history, and more!
81 min
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Ep. 474 - The Dalai Lama's Creepy Tongue
This week, we talked about the Dalai Lama, child marriage, the best books to swear an oath on, and more!
93 min
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Ep. 473 - Prayers Will Never Stop Gun Violence
This week, we talked about Gen Z ditching religion, the Baltimore Archdiocese report, forced tithes at work, and more!
90 min
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Ep. 472 - Interview with Religion and Sexuality...
We spoke about the Falwells, the Bakkers, the Haggards, why the wives often stand by their scandal-plagued pastor-husbands, and what these scandals reveal about evangelical Christianity.
42 min
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Ep. 471 - She Says God Regrew Her Tippy Toes
This week, we talked about regrowing limbs, Michelangelo’s David, the problems with Catholic hospitals, and more!
89 min
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Ep. 470 - Do Americans Like Atheists?
This week, we talked about NFL legend Deion Sanders, a race-based Pledge lawsuit, trans athletes, and more!
92 min
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Ep. 469 - Jesus Wants to do WHAT to the Church?!
This week, we talked about the disastrous article about Jesus making love, a Supreme Court reprieve, Christian student teachers, and more!
105 min
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Ep. 468 - What exactly did Asbury revive?
This week, we talked about the Eric Adams debacle, After School Satan clubs, Montana Republicans, and more!
80 min
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Ep. 467 - Nikki Haley's First Presidential Blunder
This week, we talked about the Mormon Church’s finances, the Satanic Panic, bad reasons to cancel a concert, and more!
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Ep. 466 - Interview with Historian Kellie Carte...
Jess and Dr. Carter Jackson discussed how Christianity informed opinions on slavery and abolition, why the church was (and still is) entwined with Black American culture, and the first lady of talk, Oprah.
56 min
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Ep. 465 - The "Unholy" Grammys
This week, we talked about a Creationist hellscape, raising kids with your religious beliefs, the strange reason a Christian school is shutting down, and more!
69 min
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Ep. 464 - Montana vs. Scientific Theories
This week, we talked about a virtual Satanic abortion clinic, banning Bible camps to make a point, the pope's digital dilemma, and more!
60 min
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Ep. 463 - Jim Breuer Has Given Up on Comedy
This week, we talked about kitty litter boxes, blessing gay couples, a religious push to protect abortion rights, and more!
73 min
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Ep. 462 - Can Idaho's "Faith-Healing" Laws Be F...
This week, we talked about prison baptisms, a megachurch that keeps digging its own grave, giant phallic energy in Fort Lauderdale, and more!
81 min
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Ep. 461 - The Pandemic Ruined Church Attendance
This week, we talked about the Christian “Eye of the Tiger” cover, shocking revelations from the Catholic Church in Kansas, when it’s okay to show Islamic art, and more!
71 min
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Ep. 460 - The Religious Response to Damar Hamli...
This week, we talked about Kirk Cameron's latest lie, a stunning veto from Gov. Kathy Hochul, why "He Gets Us" still doesn't get it, and more!
102 min
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Ep. 459 - 2022 Garbage Year in Review
Jump around as we summarize the year!
167 min
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Ep. 458 - A Christian Hate-Preacher Can’t Get a...
This week, we talked about singer Amy Grant, censoring human rights, what it takes to get kicked out of the priesthood, and more!
55 min
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Ep. 457 - Backlash After Challenging Christian ...
This week, we talked about religious discrimination against Muslim students, a Christian mom losing her "smudging" lawsuit, GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler’s gay nephew, and more!
68 min
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Ep. 456 - Why do Uber and Lyft let drivers pros...
This week, we talked about the power of Secular American voters, a disgraced pastor’s return to the pulpit, Kirk Cameron, and more!
85 min
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Ep. 455 - Club Q and the Christian aftermath
This week, we talked about the Club Q shooting, Christians turning into a minority in England and Wales, the inflexibility at BYU-Idaho, and more!
88 min
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Ep. 454 - Interview with Rachel Laser, Presiden...
We spoke about her work with religious organizations, whether the Johnson Amendment will ever be enforced, what people still don't get about church/state separation, and more.
39 min
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Ep. 453 - YouTube Finally Banned Greg Locke
This week, we talked about Candace Cameron Bure’s new “traditional marriage” movies, a Buddhist pilot who won’t have to attend AA meetings, how Christian Nationalism may lead to corporal punishment, and more!
63 min