Friendly Atheist Podcast

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religious and politics. They included: - The resignation of the atheist State Rep. from New Hampshire who created Reddit’s "Red Pill" forum. - The Virginia atheist who painted an "offensive" Bible verse on his truck. - Why you should be skeptical anytime you hear about an African pastor who drowns while trying to walk on water. - The Christian mother who treated her gay son as if he were dead...

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religious and politics. They included: - Comedian Stephen Fry's blasphemy ordeal and what it says about blasphemy laws. - The Missouri Republican who thinks there's a difference between being gay and just being human. - Whether circumcision should be banned? - If banning a method for animal slaughter is religious discrimination. - The absurd lawsuit claiming discrimination against a Creationist "researcher...

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religious and politics...

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religious and politics...

- Why did Arizona Republicans oppose an atheist invocation delivered by State Rep. Athena Salman? - Is it ethical to tell a dying man that Donald Trump was impeached? - Would you vote for a Democrat who once ran a psychic network? - When your child narrowly averts tragedy, is it reasonable for religious parents to thank God? - Is Christianity a religion or something else? We discuss all these stories and more in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

- Should you protest a Chick-fil-A on campus? - What effect will Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch have on a major church/state separation case? - Should a church be allowed to have a police force? - Why isn’t the media talking about how the San Bernardino shooter was an outspoken Christian? - What do you have to believe in to be a True Christian? - Why do we still have blue laws? - Do atheists need to have more babies? - Is the Bible Bee like the Spelling Bee? - How will Republicans sneak the...

Susan Gerbic is a photographer and skeptical activist from California. She contributes to the Skepticality podcast and Skeptical Inquirer magazine. In addition to co-founding the Monterey County Skeptics, she leads a group called Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia. We've spoken before about her group, but we spoke this time about how to spread our ideas beyond our bubble, how to support other atheist activists, and why updating Wikipedia is so vital. Learn more about your ad choices...

Why does Vice President Mike Pence have to eat alone? Why can't ultra-Orthodox Jews handle looking at a picture of Smurfette? Who fears death more: Atheists or the devoutly religious? We discuss all these stories and more in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anne Bouleanu is a freelance journalist from Chicago. She has worked in digital media and television covering a range of topics including U.S. politics, women's rights, conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, political tensions in South America, and police brutality and race relations in the United States. She covered the primaries during the 2016 U.S. presidential race, focusing on policy issues and increasing divisions among the American electorate...

Bart Campolo is the Humanist Chaplain at the Univ. of Southern California, the host of a fantastic podcast called "Humanize Me," and the author of a new book written with his evangelical father Tony Campolo called Why I Left, Why I Stayed. Bart, if you haven't figured it out already, is the one who left Christianity...