The Scathing Atheist

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

A weekly look at religion and the stupidity that breeds it. Hosts Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Eli Bosnick delve into theistic attempts to intrude on the secular world in an unflinching expose on just how juvenile the whole god thing is.

  1. 3D AGO

    Uninsured Edition

    In this week’s episode, Catholics still haven’t met their kid diddling deductible, we have a jance dance revolution party on the graves of our enemies, and Tom and Cecil will be here to see if we were gonna finish that. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ --- Guest Links: Get your Girl Scout cookies from Clare! https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/clare846069 Hear more from Tom and Cecil on Cognitive Dissonance Learn more about the Creator Accountability Network’s fundraiser here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Fhg1Pd8J5/ --- Headlines: Insurer to Catholic Archdiocese of New York: We don’t cover cover-ups: https://open.substack.com/pub/friendlyatheist/p/insurer-to-catholic-archdiocese-of Columbia offers Flat Earthers the keys to the company in new ad: https://www.creativereview.co.uk/columbia-flat-earthers-campaign/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxJOAsTMC6w Professor at Texas A&M remains fired for acknowledging more than two genders: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/us/texas-am-decline-reinstate-fired-faculty-member.html Oklahoma's Supreme Court overturns Ryan Walters' Bible-heavy Social Studies standards: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahomas-supreme-court-overturns 10 notable Christian leaders, influencers who died in 2025: https://www.christianpost.com/news/10-notable-christian-leaders-influencers-who-died-in-2025.html

    1h 15m

  2. 2025-12-18

    CAIR-ful Edition

    In this week’s episode, Christianity will put the PR in CPR, Kirk Cameron gets eschatological and makes quite a mess, and president of American Atheists Nick Fish will be here to talk about serious stuff. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ --- Guest Links: Learn more about the work Nick Fish is doing with American Atheists here: https://www.atheists.org/about/our-vision/ Learn more about the fundraiser Noah is doing for the Creator Accountability Network here: Canlivestream.org --- Headlines: Despite desperate religious claims, the US is NOT in the midst of a youth revival: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/12/08/religion-holds-steady-in-america/ Lauren Witzke claims God sent Noah's flood because angels gave humanity pharmaceuticals: https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/lauren-witzke-claims-god-sent-noahs-flood-because-angels-gave-humanity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Witzke Several major US retailers placed on 'Naughty List' for failure to embrace Christmas this year: https://www.christianpost.com/news/several-major-us-retailers-placed-on-naughty-list.html Kirk Cameron changes stance on doctrine of Hell: https://www.christianpost.com/news/kirk-cameron-changes-stance-on-doctrine-of-hell.html

    1 hr

  3. 2025-12-11

    Full Blown Devil Edition

    In this week’s episode, the Maine Supreme Court considers the right to hide under your kid’s bed dressed like Satan, Joe Rogan thinks the ultimate AI god is gonna want his brain uploaded to the server, and we’ll warn you about the dangers of fantasy role playing adventures. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ --- Guest Links: Check out Sacrifusion (of Farnsworth Quoting fame) on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sacrifusion.bsky.social --- Headlines: Maine Supreme Court to decide if religious rights allow you to psychologically torture your kids: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/will-the-maine-supreme-court-allow Majority of pastors now using AI to prepare sermons amid rapid embrace of technology: https://www.christianpost.com/news/majority-of-pastors-using-ai-to-prepare-sermons-study.html Mike Lindell is running for Minnesota governor: https://www.axios.com/2025/12/04/trump-mike-lindell-minnesota-ceo-governor-mypillow BC Humanists helped end anti-abortion billboards in Kelowna: https://www.bchumanist.ca/we_helped_end_anti_abortion_billboards_in_kelowna Joe Rogan says Jesus could come back as a robot:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15350107/Joe-Rogan-predicts-spark-Second-Coming-Jesus.html --- The God Awful Mini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5CgSLC7smM

    1h 6m

  4. 2025-12-04

    Serious Vulgarities Only Edition

    Now with 33% more vulgarity! --- In this week’s episode, running our hospitals through a group of bigot virgins will yield less than stellar results, Quebec does obnoxious honky stuff in both their French accent and their politics, and Lydia and Thomas Smith will be here to hook us up with some West Coast vulgarity. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ --- Guest Links: Hear more from Thomas and Lydia on Where There’s Woke and Gavel Gavel If you wanna check out Kranot’s stuff (as mentioned in the Farnsworth Quote, here are a couple links he sent me (some of the stuff is NSFW) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xfbrxb7ssemijmxadqfkqidd/post/3m5cxpij5js2g Learn more about BAHACon here: https://bahacon.com/ --- Headlines: US Catholic Bishops codify rules against gender affirming surgery:  https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/us-catholic-bishops-double-down-on Vatican warns against the rising danger of polyamory: https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/world/vatican-warning-rise-polyamory-monogamy-intl She turned in a bible sermon instead of an essay and failed; now conservatives say she’s the victim: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/she-turned-in-a-bible-sermon-instead Pastor fixes spirits by farting on your face: https://boingboing.net/2025/11/27/farting-pastor-fixes-spirits-by-breaking-wind.html?fk_bb https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/south-african-pastor-farts-on-peoples-faces-to-heal-them/739636 New secularism bill to ban prayer in schools, restrict offering of religion-based meals: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-21-expansion-quebec-9.6990951

    1h 20m

  5. 2025-11-27

    Out of Office Notice

    Hey folks, just a reminder that we're taking the week off for American Thanksgiving, but we'll be back next week even more blasphemous than before. Happy Holidays.

    11 sec

  6. 2025-11-20

    Cried Wolf Edition

    In this week’s episode, we’re halfway through our atheist mission, you'll never guess what Jeffrey Epstein and the Catholic League have in common, and Michael Marshall will be here to sound chipper no matter how fucked up the stuff he’s talking about is. --- To learn more about Vulgarity for Charity, click here: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/vulgarity-fo --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ --- Guest Links: Check out more from Marsh on Skeptics with a K and the Know Rogan Experience --- Headlines: American drop in religiosity is among the largest ever recorded: https://news.gallup.com/poll/697676/drop-religiosity-among-largest-world.aspx SCOTUS declines case involving prayers over loud speakers at public school games: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/supreme-court-declines-case-involving Conservative radio host freaks out: 'Transgender crowd' will use magnets to suck God from your brain: https://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/conservative-radio-host-freaks-out-transgender-crowd-will-use-magnets-to-suck-god-from-your-brain/ Bill Donohue writes essay explaining that Epstein was technically not a pedophile: https://www.catholicleague.org/megyn-kelly-is-right-about-epstein/

    1 hr

  7. 2025-11-13

    Formula Zero Edition

    In this week’s episode, religion scores an F for Feeding hungry babies, Ne Millin Mms would like to buy a vowel and about 990,000 moms, and Don Ford will be here to help us go through Jesus’s mail some more. --- To learn more about Vulgarity for Charity, click here: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/vulgarity-for-charity --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ --- Headlines: TikTokker goes viral for exposing how much charity churches don’t do: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-tiktoker-is-exposing-churches-that Christians in the UK are building a big stupid mobius strip: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wllnlqgldo Tucker provides more details on his alleged demonic attack: https://www.christianpost.com/news/tucker-carlson-draws-scorn-for-new-details-over-demon-attack.html Christian nationalists are in a full panic about Mamdani victory in NYC: https://baptistnews.com/article/christian-nationalists-and-some-jews-foresee-doom-in-mamdanis-win/ Texas suing school district for not putting up ten commandments displays: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-sues-school-district-for-following One million moms https://www.huffpost.com/entry/one-million-moms-wheel-of-fortune-what-the-fun-boycott_n_690e0c21e4b0063dd27d98ab --- This Week in Misogyny: Ross Douthat thinks women ruined the workplace: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/opinion/women-workplace-feminism-conservative.html Christian sues after hes fired for following the “Billy Graham rule” https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-hvac-tech-fired-after-invoking

    1 hr

  8. 2025-11-06

    Roast of the Town Edition

    In this week’s episode, JD Vance has a theory dumber than his face, he worries about Hinduism and reincarnation as a couch, and Tom and Cecil will be here to do some bad for good. --- To learn more about Vulgarity for Charity, click here: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/vulgarity-for-charity --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ --- Guest Links: Hear more from Tom and Cecil on Cognitive Dissonance: https://www.dissonancepod.com/ --- Headlines: Our Vice President thinks UFOs could be fallen angels: https://www.christianpost.com/news/jd-vance-marjorie-taylor-greene-suggest-aliens-could-be-angels.html Calls to suicide OK hotline decline sharply after Ryan Walters resigns as education head: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/calls-to-hotline-decline-sharply-after-christian-conservative-resigns-as-education-head/ Texas Supreme Court says faith-based bigotry by judges doesn't violate ethics rules: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-supreme-court-says-faith-based Floridians realize that funding religious schools also means Muslims: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/florida-republicans-are-furious-that Church puts Auschwitz gate on their Halloween parade float: https://nypost.com/2025/11/01/us-news/pa-church-apologizes-for-halloween-float-featuring-phrase-from-auschwitz-gates-profoundly-offensive/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/715414578632190/permalink/3110025155837775/ JD Vance says he hopes his wife Usha embraces Christianity: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/usha-jd-vance-christianity-religion-hindu.html https://substack.com/home/post/p-177493075

    1h 15m
See All (500)

Trailer

Hosts & Guests

4.9
out of 5
314 Ratings

About

A weekly look at religion and the stupidity that breeds it. Hosts Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Eli Bosnick delve into theistic attempts to intrude on the secular world in an unflinching expose on just how juvenile the whole god thing is.

Information

  • Creator
    Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2026
  • Episodes
    500
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    The Scathing Atheist

You Might Also Like