Friendly Atheist Podcast

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. -- Gwyneth Paltrow's pseudoscience repository Goop is now worth a quarter-billion dollars because America is an embarrassment. (0:50) -- One of the most liberal federal judges in the nation has died. He was so liberal, he agreed "Under God" in the Pledge was unconstitutional. (7:17) -- Evangelical Christians still, by and large, support Donald Trump. (15:10) -- A Houston pastor who delivered benediction at President George W. Bush's inauguration has been charged with wire fraud (and more!). (23:34) -- Liberty University now has a gun range. Just like Jesus wanted. (31:22) -- The Pope doesn't believe in Hell, according to an atheist journalist who didn't take notes and has way too much access to the Catholic leader. (37:14) -- A survey says even religious people don't take the Ten Commandments seriously. (41:16) -- The Mormon Church finally says women shouldn't stay in abusive relationships. (46:54) -- Who needs more representation on TV? Not atheists, according to this survey. (54:34) -- We answer listener mail! (59:45)

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