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

-- The Texas shooter was allegedly an atheist. Is it true? What would that even mean in this situation? (0:49)

-- Roy Moore, the family values Christian and Senate candidate, allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl several decades ago. (14:41)

-- Congressman Jared Huffman said he doesn't believe in God... and no one seemed to care. (31:50)

-- Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses are making their presence known in Kingdom Hall meetings. Is that a good tactic? (40:31)

-- Donald Trump supposedly wants to revoke the Church of Scientology's tax exemption. (52:24)

-- Does your church have secrets? FaithLeaks wants to know. (1:01:25)

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

-- Some critics are angry that Canada's Governor General Julie Payette mocked pseudoscience. (1:05)

-- Pat Robertson tried comforting a grieving mother by trashing atheists. (13:00)

-- The GOP's tax plan would let pastors endorse candidates from the pulpit without punishment. (18:58)

-- A Christian pastor (wrongly) claimed there are no atheist relief groups. (27:06)

-- A Christian activist offered a disturbing rewrite of a Disney show with a gay main character. (35:11)

-- A Christian college is forcing freshmen to take a class in patriotism. (45:20)

-- There's no single "atheist movement" and we have to acknowledge that. (51:59)

-- Harvey Weinstein has a Bible verse on his hat. (1:13:54)

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

-- Arkansas State Senator Jason Rapert and the Ten Commandments monument going up (again) in Arkansas. (0:30)

-- Alberta Catholic schools want to teach an alternative sex ed curriculum. (13:25)

-- The dad from Duck Dynasty is spreading the lie that crime soars in areas without God. (24:40)

-- A new Satanic billboard says "Our religion doesn't believe in hitting children." (32:10)

-- No one in this TX school district understands the Establishment Clause. (36:40)

-- The Catholic Church won't allow a gravestone marker calling out abusive priests. (43:36)

-- Pastor Robert Jeffress says we've let atheists "seize control of this country." (49:13)

-- An Indiana county ended a life-saving needle exchange program because Jesus said so. (55:49)

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

-- The new Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, is an ex-Mormon who describes herself as Agnostic. (1:41)

-- There's a push for Christian churches to clarify where they stand on issues involving LGBTQ rights. (8:18)

-- An ad campaign for the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter makes no sense at all. (19:40)

-- Most Americans no longer believe you need God to be good. (28:00)

-- Here's how a Religious Right group is misleading Congress about support for the Johnson Amendment repeal. (35:06)

-- The Boy Scouts of America will let girls join! But open atheists are still banned. Don't worry. A Christian alternative still proudly bans everyone who isn't a straight, cisgender boy. (44:04)

-- Young people are shedding their faith long before they go to college, contrary to the plot of movies like God's Not Dead. (56:35)

-- Go watch this incredible (and short) documentary of an atheist who escaped the train to Auschwitz during World War II. (1:11:00)

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

-- Your thoughts and prayers after the shooting in Las Vegas aren't helping. (1:06)

-- The folks at Fox and Friends think the shooter just "didn't believe in God." (14:31)

-- The worst response to the shooting came from a Mormon who blamed the victims. (22:02)

-- What should we make of the survivor who said he found God after surviving the massacre? (24:25)

-- A woman says God protected her... after surviving an awful car accident. (32:53)

-- The 14 Attorneys General who say a Giant Christian Cross in a Florida park is totally secular. (36:27)

-- It's okay to question a judicial nominee's religious history. (43:31)

-- Anti-abortion politician Rep. Tim Murphy is resigning after allegedly texting his mistress to tell her to abort their possible lovechild. (53:27)

-- Flipping the bird in church is constitutionally protected speech! (56:47)

-- Happy stories... about why Olive Garden is ruining Hemant. (1:02:22)

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

-- Conservative Matt Walsh criticized a male actor subbing in for a sick actress as promoting a transgender agenda. (1:39)

-- Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona Democrat who is religiously unaffiliated, will run for Senate in 2018. (10:20)

-- Christian theocrat Roy Moore is a step closer to becoming a senator. (21:34)

-- Mark Wahlberg is telling kids to go to church. (35:46)

-- Christians who are silent about Donald Trump don't get to criticize Hugh Hefner. (38:40)

-- A Colorado student is suing her high school district for promoting religion, over and over and over. (42:19)

-- Women will soon be able to drive in Saudi Arabia... but not before religious leaders say dumb things about it. (53:08)

-- A Florida pastor bragged about destroying a Satanic monument due to go up this winter. (1:04:49)

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

-- Hemant and fellow writer Camille Beredjick have been working on a new book about the intersection of LGBTQ rights and atheism. (0:09)

-- BYU is finally selling caffeinated soda on campus. This is the most exciting thing EVER, said Mormons... and nobody else. (7:12)

-- Journalist Sally Quinn trashed atheists (again) while talking about her new book on spirituality. (13:52)

-- Five football players at evangelical Wheaton College face felony charges after allegedly raping another students. (25:44)

-- A peewee football team learning how and why to kneel during the National Anthem. (45:17)

-- The world is ending on September 23, according to one "Christian numerologist." (49:01)

-- Got money to waste? You can buy Bigfoot Juice or Psychic Vampire Repellent. (52:55)

-- Doctors and a judge intervened to save the life of a young Jehovah's Witness. (58:59)

-- Two Christian Right activists think homosexuality is unnatural since kids find it icky. (1:06:28)

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

-- An Australian minister refused to perform a straight wedding because the couple supported marriage equality. (0:58)

-- Evangelical Christians suddenly don't care about a president's private morality. I wonder what changed their minds... (8:13)

-- It's harder for some men to get vasectomies because of Catholic hospitals. (24:37)

-- Josh Duggar's sisters say they'd be traumatized if they had to sit next to him in court even though they're on the same side of a privacy lawsuit. (30:15)

-- This is how conservatives think school prayer works. (37:04)

-- Sen. Ted Cruz loves the ladies on Twitter. Spoiler: This segment involves bad dad jokes. (39:43)

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