Friendly Atheist Podcast

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke Greiff cover the latest news, politics, and pop culture with a focus on atheism and religion. This is the official podcast for FriendlyAtheist.com.

Episodes

October 30, 2025 101 mins

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Donor pulls scholarships after University of Arkansas Fayetteville posts Ten Commandments. (1:05)

— Christian HVAC tech fired after invoking the "Billy Graham Rule" su...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Pastor publicly shames woman for donating “only” $1,235 to his church. (2:40)

— How megachurches twist the Bible to defend billionaires and wealth inequality. (19:04)

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Hemant will be speaking near Orlando, Florida this weekend!

— A Christian pastor aimed an AR-15 at the congregation to "run out the unbelief." (1:57)

— In victory for f...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— An appeals court has vacated a ruling saying Ten Commandments posters in Louisiana schools are unconstitutional. (1:26)

— Oklahoma has already started erasing Ryan Walters’ disa...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Ryan Walters is resigning, ending his disastrous reign over Oklahoma's public schools. (1:20)

— A Minnesota youth hockey league wanted to clear the ice after games. Christians f...

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September 25, 2025 90 mins

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— The Rapture didn’t happen (again). Why do some people keep falling for it? (1:20)

— Jesus Jerseys spark uproar in Virginia youth soccer league. (29:16)

— Hawai’i Supreme Court de...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— TN high school football coach suspended after pushing religion on kids during game. (4:13)

— Appeals Court says Vermont public league must reinstate anti-trans Christian school....

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September 11, 2025 118 mins

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— We’re having an in-person celebration in Naperville, IL to mark our 600th episode (and other pleasant things)! Details are here. Hope you can join us on September 13! &nbs...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— We’re having an in-person celebration in Naperville, IL to mark our 600th episode (and other pleasant things)! Details are here. Hope you can join us on September 13! &nbs...

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August 28, 2025 95 mins

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— We’re having an in-person celebration in Naperville, IL to mark our 600th episode (and other pleasant things)! Details are here. Hope you can join us on September 13! &nbs...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— We’re having an in-person celebration in Naperville, IL to mark our 600th episode (and other pleasant things)! Details are here. Hope you can join us on September 13! &nbs...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

-– We’re having an in-person celebration in Naperville, IL to mark our 600th episode (and other pleasant things)! Details are here. Hope you can join us on September 13! &nb...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Ryan Walters may not have watched nude women at work. But he still slandered his colleagues. (0:40)

— Southern Baptist ethics leader resigns, likely due to pressure from MAGA ex...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Ryan Walters' TV displayed "nude women" during a meeting. Now he's blaming the media. (0:49)

— An Alabama church secretly sent kids to evangelize in a homeless encampment. (30:0...

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July 23, 2025 85 mins

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Mehdi Hasan's Jubilee debate got a Catholic fascist fired. (0:28)

— Textbook publishers are largely rejecting Ryan Walters' MAGA curriculum in Oklahoma. (23:52)

— Louisiana pasto...

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July 17, 2025 101 mins

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Woman sues John MacArthur’s church for publicly shaming her for wanting to leave an abusive marriage. (0:23)

— Speaking of which, John MacArthur is dead. (21:20)

— Evangelicals l...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Is the Johnson Amendment dead? IRS says churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit. (1:35)

— Hate-fueled, anti-gay sermons from Indiana New IFB church spark outrage. (3...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— ACLU sues Michigan school after Palestinian teen bullied by teacher over Pledge protest. (2:20)

— Catholic school fires widowed teacher over same-sex marriage. (14:42)

— Oklahoma...

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Vance Boelter and the deadly cost of religious extremism. (0:40)

— Christian music icon Michael Tait's fall from grace. (17:50)

— Sean Duffy turns military graduation into blatan...

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Kate Shellnutt is editorial director of news for Christianity Today. She has been a religion reporter and editor for more than 15 years, previously at the Houston Chronicle. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, The New York Times, and Vox and has been recognized...

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