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

-- Here's how atheists are helping people in Houston after Hurricane Harvey. (0:38)

-- An Illinois library board member was voted out of his seat after his anti-gay comments. (7:55)

-- Should atheist groups speak out against Donald Trump's DACA decision? (13:06)

-- Alt-Right leader Steve Bannon says Catholic bishops support DACA only because they need people to fill the pews. The bishops disagree. (23:12)

-- Ark Encounter just got its first rebate check, courtesy of Kentucky taxpayers. (26:52)

-- Creationist Ken Ham doesn't know what a light-year is. (31:30)

-- A survey found that atheists are less open-minded than religious people. (33:33)

-- The new Lord Mayor of Belfast skipped a formal prayer and everyone lost their mind. (37:03)

-- The pastor who had to resign from his church after speaking out against racism and white supremacy. (41:30)

-- The head of Focus on the Family thinks only Christians can teach kids character. (44:50)

-- The Australian postal plebiscite and the woman raised by lesbian parents who claims to be forever scarred because of it. (48:45) -- An Illinois megachurch pastor's awful sex sermon. (1:00:09)

-- Texas churches are suing FEMA to get taxpayer-funded rebuilding grants. (1:09:50)

-- Take care of your mental health, everyone. (1:16:45)

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

-- Why Pastor Joel Osteen didn't open his Houston megachurch for people needing shelter during Hurricane Harvey until after he was publicly shamed over it. (0:37)

-- The Nashville Statement, an anti-LGBTQ manifesto written by conservative Christians. (The statement is at 17:28; analysis is at 31:32)

-- A new survey that shows many Protestants and Catholics don't understand the basic principles of their faith. (43:21)

-- A Matt Walsh tweet that was delightfully mocked by everybody. (56:18)

-- People calling it a "miracle" when they see a cross or Virgin Mary statue left standing in the midst of hurricane destruction. (1:01:28)

-- Ark Encounter finally (and inadvertently) shared some attendance figures. (1:05:35)

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Jessica and her brother Kevin sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. (Hemant was out once again dealing with a newborn.)

- Kentuckians for Coal are boycotting the eclipse.

- A Melbourne archbishop says he'd rather go to jail than report child abuse told to him during confessional.

- Donald Trump's lawyer comparing George Washington to Robert E. Lee.

- A New Zealand pastor advocates killing gay couples. - Comedian Tim Allen doesn't understand evolution.

- There's a Chick-fil-A, which is closed on Sundays, in the Atlanta Falcons' new football stadium.

- The Juggalos are coming to D.C.

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Jessica and Anne Bouleanu sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. (Hemant was away this weekend.)

-- Are serial killers more likely to be atheists?

-- An evangelical advisor says Donald Trump has God's authority to take out Kim Jong-un.

-- A waitress was stiffed on her tip because of her rainbow equality tattoo.

-- Christians are more than twice as likely to blame a person's poverty on lack of effort.

-- A lawsuit alleges that a private Christian school told a rape victim to "turn the other cheek."

-- Confessions of a former "it" church pastor.

-- A school board president speaks out against California Healthy Youth act, which teaches kids about sexual orientation and identity.

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

-- BYU-Idaho asked a student why she dropped out... so she told them the truth. (0:42)

-- The Mayor of Knoxville (TN) finally admitted a Bible sign hanging in the police department was illegal. (5:30)

-- The White House Bible Study is bad enough, but the instructor is worse. (13:42)

-- Donald Trump's Religious Right lawyer can't stop lying for him. (17:56)

-- An NFL player thinks dinosaurs aren't real and fossils are fake. (23:23)

-- The Activist Mommy has a lot of advice on how to beat your children properly. (26:33)

-- Bastyr University, a naturopathic school, says a former student is defaming them online. She says she's just sharing what she learned there. (37:24)

-- Atheists are asking the Supreme Court to rule on prayers at school board meetings. (52:11)

-- Rod Dreher is frustrated by Christians who support Trump, but he's part of the problem. (59:50)

-- Ark Encounter has a new silly excuse for why attendance is low. (1:06:17)

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

-- Donald Trump said "We Worship God." All of us. (02:21)

-- Trump's ban on transgender troops. (06:21)

-- The Colorado atheist who gave his invocation slot to a Satanist. (12:04)

-- Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback will become a "Religious Freedom" ambassador... for some reason. (17:45)

-- The Boy Scouts' pathetic apology for Trump's speech. (26:51)

-- Ark Encounter will finally pay the Williamstown safety fee. (36:34)

-- The anti-abortion crowd's interest in reverse abortions. (40:04)

-- Don't get suckered in by a Catholic church's seemingly pro-LGBT comments. (47:00)

-- England's NHS will ban prescriptions for homeopathic remedies. (54:34)

-- A Pakistani village's "reverse" rape. (103:30)

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

-- Ark Encounter lost a tax rebate worth up to $18 million to avoid a 50-cent-per-ticket safety fee.

-- Creationists are mocking Flat Earthers for taking the Bible too literally. Really.

-- The "inspirational" Mormon story that is anything but uplifting.

-- The MN town that shut down a "free speech zone" to prevent Satanists from using it.

-- How Wisconsin is considering a bill that would make it harder to train OB/GYNs.

-- The BYU-Idaho professor who lost her job for supporting LGBT equality.

-- The Boy Scouts may allow girls before they allow atheist boys.

-- The African-American pastor who renounced his ordination with the Southern Baptist Convention.

-- The Muslim Democrat running for Senate who received a surprising message from her Republican opponent.

-- Richard Dawkins getting de-platformed by a radio station in Berkeley, CA.

-- Doctor Who isn't a man. And other things Hemant doesn't understand. (1:26:48)

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

-- The "Activist Mommy" who can't handle an article in Teen Vogue.

-- An Appeals Court decision saying Christian prayers led by elected officials is unconstitutional.

-- Eugene Peterson, the Bible scholar who inched toward support of marriage equality, then ran back to the other side.

-- Pat Robertson's useless interview with Donald Trump.

-- The "gay Muslim" marriage that's more heartbreaking than inspiring.

-- Why Republicans dislike higher education.

-- The worst possible explanation for why God allows suffering.

-- The growth of the Flat Earth movement.

-- How Jesus apparently needs gluten to transubstantiate.

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

-- Hobby Lobby's owners smuggling black market Iraqi artifacts that may have helped ISIS.

-- The Pakistani pizza shop owner who made sure his robot waitress wasn't offending customers.

-- The Muslim woman who thinks ex-Muslims are just trying to cash in on apostasy.

-- The sad rise of female genital mutilation cases in England.

-- How some Hindus believe the Ganges River can't be polluted because it's divine.

-- Ken Ham is still blaming others for the economic failures of Ark Encounter.

-- The demise of Utah's irrational "Zion Curtains" law.

-- An excellent episode of the Sawbones podcast dealing with vaccines.

-- Amelia Earhart's apparent resurrection.

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