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

-- Now that abortion will be legal in Ireland, Focus on the Family is lying about what will happen next. (2:54)

-- Donald Trump pardoned Dinesh D'Souza because nothing matters anymore. (19:44)

-- The Mormon Church is way richer than we thought. (24:15)

-- A Republican politician knows why school shootings happen: Kids are buying smut at grocery stores. (33:24)

-- Atheists have filed a lawsuit for the right to solemnize marriages in Michigan. (49:48)

-- An atheist's lawsuit to get "In God We Trust" off the money has failed again. (55:10)

-- An Archdiocese in Minnesota agreed to a $210 million settlement with sex abuse victims. (1:09:45)

-- Homeopathic sound files don't cure Ebola. Or anything else. (1:16:29)

-- A rant on Roseanne and Samantha Bee. (1:23:17)

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

-- Franklin Graham says Donald Trump's affair with Stormy Daniels is "nobody's business." That's not what he said when Bill Clinton was in office. (3:14)

-- The Natural History Museum in Jerusalem is covering up an evolution exhibit so they don't offend ultra-Orthodox Jews. (12:47)

-- The 13-year-old "miracle boy" from Alabama, who survived brain trauma, isn't a miracle at all. (14:52)

-- Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson has apologized... kind of. Not really. (20:40)

-- The Mormon Church says it'll cut all ties with the Boy Scouts. (34:12)

-- Not everyone was happy with the Met Gala theme: "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination." (41:54)

-- The rally for gay conversion drew tens of people. (51:45)

-- Christian schools often censor student journalists, according to a new survey. (56:40)

-- We answer listener mail! (1:03:11)

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

-- Paige Patterson, a leader of the Southern Baptists, has horrible advice for abused wives. (0:42)

-- The problem with Incels. (17:52)

-- A Michigan Catholic school told girls they'd have to wear "Modesty Ponchos" at Prom if they were dressed too sluttily, but they caved after backlash. (31:09)

-- We learned about a new fossil that marks a transition between dinosaurs and modern birds. Creationist Ken Ham isn't buying it. (36:45)

-- A Pulse nightclub massacre survivor says he's no longer gay because of Jesus. (44:44)

-- Mike Pence takes great "joy" in Michelle Wolf's jokes about him. He should've read further on in the Bible. (50:10)

-- Iowa has banned abortions after 6 weeks... because they want to get sued over this. (55:24)

-- The House Chaplain is back on the job after getting booted. (1:02:11)

-- Liberty University is the second largest Christian school in the country. But not by their math. (1:03:41)

-- Survey featuring "Islamophobia Index" finds Nones are largely supportive of Muslims' rights. (1:09:10)

-- Matt Walsh said something dumb on Twitter about man caves. (1:14:03)

-- We answer listener mail! (1:22:00)

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

-- The Ten Commandments monument outside the Arkansas Capitol... again. (3:12)

-- The Congressional Freethought Caucus has finally formed! (13:13)

-- Why did the House chaplain resign? Maybe he deserved to. (24:15)

-- There's an open atheist in the NFL once again: The Arizona Cardinals' Josh Rosen. (37:42)

-- There's no good reason to prevent your kids from learning about sex education. (41:50)

-- A Tennessee school district wants to celebrate Billy Graham Day. No... just no. (59:13)

-- GQ says the Bible isn't an essential read. They're right. (1:04:48)

-- Oklahoma is on the verge of passing a bill allowing taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to discriminate against gay couples and non-Christians. (1:09:47)

-- When FOX News is too tough on you, Donald Trump just goes to Christian television. (1:15:44)

-- Jessica has some thoughts on recent mass shootings. (1:19:14)

-- We answer listener mail! (1:23:40)

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

-- Kent Hovind is advertising his new Creationist theme park using a meme mocking Creationists. (1:41)

-- White evangelical Christian support for Donald Trump is at an all-time high. (7:37)

-- The frighteningly conservative White House Bible studies being run by Capitol Ministries' Ralph Drollinger. (13:40)

-- A Stanford study doesn't really show that the most religious kids do best in school. (17:56)

-- Pope Francis lied to a kid about whether or not his dead atheist father was in Heaven. (26:18)

-- This is a fairly accurate assessment of why people think Christians are "A**holes." (32:36)

-- Liberty University makes bank through its online education program. Too bad it's not good for students. (34:50)

-- Focus on the Family is legally a "church" now, and you should see how they pulled it off... (41:23)

-- Students at "Christian Hogwarts" are doing something called "grave sucking" and trying to walk through walls. (52:06)

-- Was Democratic National Committee vice chairman Keith Ellison right to say, "Women are dying" because his party loses elections? (57:34)

-- We answer listener mail! (1:09:21)

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

-- Why was David Silverman fired from American Atheists? Because of this. (1:05)

-- Attendance at Catholic churches is going down. (33:16)

-- Evangelical Christians can't save their "brand" from Donald Trump since it was a problem to begin with. (35:22)

-- Liberty University doesn't want student reporters to report on a progressive Christian event. (43:37)

-- Oklahoma just named its "Official Inspirational Song" and it's a Christian rock ballad. (51:55)

-- Senator Cory Booker grilled Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo over his anti-gay views. (54:55)

-- Focus on the Family has quietly ended its anti-LGBTQ "Day of Dialogue." (58:34)

-- Creationist Ken Ham is mad that people said he's loosening restrictions in his hiring... even though he is. (1:02:05)

-- Missouri interfaith leaders are speaking out against a bill allowing concealed carry weapons in churches. (1:07:43)

-- We answer listener mail! (1:09:54)

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

-- Whether atheists are indeed "veering dangerously" toward the alt-right. (0:15)

-- Why Creationist Ken Ham has a lot of job openings, but no takers. (30:20)

-- Some incredibly manipulative faith-based backstabbing in Victoria, Australia. (34:57)

-- Why Christians must disavow Donald Trump, according to a Christian. (40:15)

-- Little Free Libraries are becoming havens for religious proselytizing. (45:50)

-- The backlash to a vaccination bill in New Jersey. (50:50)

-- A Christian author says we have to avoid vaccines since the Bible never mentions them. (54:58)

-- After 73 years of marriage, this Canadian couple chose to end their lives together... and some people are furious. (59:13)

-- God's Not Dead 3 tanked at the box office. (1:05:05)

-- This "perfect" way to stop gay couples from renting a wedding venue may backfire. (1:09:15)

-- This is depressing: A third of Americans ages 18-24 aren't sure the Earth is round. (1:13:09)

-- Many people want to kill women who have abortions. (1:16:55)

-- We answer listener mail! (1:26:15)

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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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