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

— How seriously should we take the allegations against Neil deGrasse Tyson? (1:14)

— Was a pastor who gave cash back to his congregation being generous? (28:45)

— A Lutheran pastor wants to melt down purity rings and turn them into a golden vagina. (36:45)

— How does a doctorate in End Times theology even work? (42:30)

— A psychic was arrested for scamming a woman out of $12,000.(48:30)

— Was a substitute teacher wrong to tell children Santa isn't real? (53:28)

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