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We are four ordinary Americans who happen to be atheists. In this podcast we discuss topics that are relevant to non-believers. New episodes may not be available on Spotify.

  1. Ep#485: Knicks, Trump, and Campylobacteriosis

    12h ago

    Ep#485: Knicks, Trump, and Campylobacteriosis

    Announcements: NDT new book review @1:40 Follow-ups: News: Critics Hammer Trump For Jinxing Knicks @5:06 John Bolton Reaches Deal to Plead Guilty @21:50 U.S. Is Investigating George Santos Over Kalshi Betting @25:40 Out of Many, Some @29:45 Hundreds of Math Professors Ask UC to Bring Back SAT/ACT Requirements @33:50 Health/Medicine/Science: Recent quackwatch - aluminium adjuvants @38:16 Another - campylobacteriosis @40:28 MI school waivers @42:07 Trump calling for narrower childhood vaccine recommendations @44:50 Courts may deliver the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest win @51:23 RFK Jr. Appears Disengaged @52:38 Pseudoscience: Do Probiotic Supplements Work To Improve Gut Health? @54:43 Religious Nonsense: Why Listen to the Pope, Speaking as the Pope, on AI? @59:06 Washington archbishop removes exorcist @1:07:31 Internet Searches for Vitamin A During US Measles Outbreak @1:09:37 Final Stories: Another debunking of the history books story. @1:16:03

    1h 23m
  2. Ep#484: Trump setbacks and follies

    Jun 3

    Ep#484: Trump setbacks and follies

    Gay pride at the White House? @0:54 Rogan @2:52 Announcements: CFI and Secular Humanism articles @4:26 “The U.S.: Where It's Been, Where It Is, Where It Should Go.” American history was built on a foundation of Enlightenment. A disturbing call, popular among some on the Right, for a medieval-style authoritarian government “How Rock and Sex Affected the Increase in Nones,” “Secular Approaches to Moral Education: Building Character without Commandments.” Follow-ups: The Failure of Facilitated Communication @6:25 $1.776B fund paused? @8:17 Judge Orders President’s Name Off Kennedy Center @14:13 Freedom 250th @15:49 News: Hegseth misogynist and racist move @23:12 Trump appoints housing official as acting director of national intelligence @29:32 In U.F.O. Files, Some Christians See Vexing Questions — and Demons @31:24 Politics: South Carolina Senate Does Not Act on New Midterm Map, Defying Trump @34:22 Meanwhile in Alabama @35:04 Trump’s Two-Track Process to Establish Christian Nationalism @36:15 Americans want to rebuild the wall between church and state Health/Medicine/Science: Hanta Virus misinformation @39:24 The Ebola outbreak now third-largest on record and “spreading rapidly.” @40:48 US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak Trump HHS Chaos Is The Health Crisis: Public Health Project Newsletter @44:41 Pseudoscience: British wellness coach dies ‘after detox ceremony using Amazon frog poison’ @54:01 Right, Let’s Talk about AG1 @56:43 Freshpet Chews on Astrology @1:00:48

    1h 5m
  3. Ep#483: The future and brains in jars?

    May 27

    Ep#483: The future and brains in jars?

    Announcements: Louisiana: Help Defeat These Two Theocratic Bills @1:59 Follow-ups: Judge Dismisses Criminal Case Against Abrego Garcia @3:52 News: The future of News @7:15 The future of Truth @12:33 Another shooter @15:28 Politics: Court Rejects Alabama House Map @21:31 SC Senate rejects Trump’s call to redraw map @22:15 Iran again! @23:06 Tulsi Gabbard @25:13 $1.776B for loyalty @27:38 Jan. 6 police officers sue to block Trump’s fund Republicans cancel votes @29:45 GOP pulls vote on Iran @35:36 Texas Runoff 2026: Live Primary Election Results @36:20 Health/Medicine/Science: RFK Jr continues his anti-vax agenda @39:01 ‘Why is RFK Jr. attacking vaccines?’ @41:48 The pushback is working @44:12 Ebola: Keep Americans out! @45:14 Not alive, but not dead @48:00 Religious Nonsense: Filipino faith healers @55:21 And then in PA… @59:11 Gay Cure ministry leader arrested @1:03:15 Final Stories: Scamvangelist Has Teen Eat Page From Bible @1:05:21

    1h 11m
  4. Ep#482: All the corruption and hypocrisy you desire

    May 20

    Ep#482: All the corruption and hypocrisy you desire

    Follow-ups: Remember this guy? @2:35 Get your guns in the mail @5:03 Donald Trump's Gold T1 Phone Facing Fury Over Major US Flag Error @6:35 News: One-third say at least one Trump assassination attempt was faked @13:10 A Fake Conspiracy Theory About Armed Raccoons @14:15 Politics: “The end of the road for Dr. Disgrace” @16:13 Cassidy defeat may complicate filling health vacancies Senate Votes to Take Up Measure to Force Trump to End Iran War FDA leadership shake-up continues @23:57 $1.776B for Trump supporters @29:42 White House to host 9-hour prayer festival @38:16 Administration officials address Christian gathering on National Mall How Washington at Prayer Became a Touchstone for the Right @42:49 Federal employees accuse USDA of illegal Christian proselytizing @48:02 How Americans Feel About Religion’s Influence @49:45 Kash Patel's Hawaii trip @51:05 Are you sufficiently frightened? @57:16 Health/Medicine/Science: Ebola outbreak, a number of Americans have had exposure @1:02:21 Penile implant specialist with history of far-right comments led hantavirus presser Religious Nonsense: Scientology speedrunning @1:06:25 Final Stories: Eating biblically @1:08:39 Jared’s religious experience @1:11:33 Massie Primary update @1:15:28

    1h 19m
  5. Ep#481: Get your Trump Phone yet?

    May 13

    Ep#481: Get your Trump Phone yet?

    News: Device Preorder Deposit Terms and Disclosures @1:23 Inflation @3:48 'I don't think about Americans' financial situation' @4:15 Politics: Americans Think That Maybe These Two Shouldn’t Be Talking About God @6:08 Pastor defends Golden Trump statue from biblical backlash @7:31 F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary Resigns @12:47 Supreme Court Clears Path for Alabama to Use New Voting Map @17:10 Cameron Hamilton @19:11 GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans faces backlash @22:43 Two Florida men @27:07 Health/Medicine/Science: “Save NASA Science” campaign @30:48 Character.AI sued over chatbot that claims to be a real doctor with a license @32:08 Maryland Measles @34:15 Hantavirus @36:14 RFK Jr. clears path for minors' use of tanning beds @39:10 RFK Jr.’s New Podcast Is as Weird as You’d Expect FDA Blocked Publications @43:07 Babies Are Bleeding to Death @45:44 Spanish government v homeopathy @48:07 Conspiracies: Pentagon releases trove of new UFO files @50:31

    57 min
  6. Ep#480: Nikki Sapphire, NICE

    May 6

    Ep#480: Nikki Sapphire, NICE

    Follow-ups: Tennessee passes optional Ten Commandments school bill @2:42 FDA Blocked Publication @3:47 News: Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized in Florida in ‘Critical Condition’ @5:11 Justices Further Weaken Voting Rights Act @8:23 Louisiana Will Delay Its House Primaries Politics: Trump pulls Casey Means' nomination. New pick is Nicole Saphier @12:16 Trump’s surgeon general pick called out RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine work How Trump Ended the E.P.A. @17:00 White House East Wing debris dumped at golf course has toxic metals @19:04 Trump Closes Watchdog Office @19:56 $1B for ball room @21:55 Religious Nonsense: Trump administration report accuses Biden of anti-Christian bias @22:37 Jenna Ellis Says Religious Freedom Only Applies To Christians @24:07 Health/Medicine/Science: Court restricts abortion access across the US @28:22 SCOTUS Restores Access to Abortion Pill by Mail Scientists Esteemed by Public @32:23 Takeaways from AP's report on the push for raw milk intensifying @34:19 Carbon pollution making food less nutritious @37:09 And the sinking planet.. @38:46 Conspiracies: Is There a Link Between McDonald’s and the Church of Satan? @41:13 Final Stories: VA investigations @54:12 NICE @54:40 Vivek Ramaswami @55:33

    1 hr
  7. Ep#479: WHCD, "8647", and SPLC

    Apr 29

    Ep#479: WHCD, "8647", and SPLC

    Follow-ups: Trump vs. the Pope: Not Much to Choose From @3:26 Center for Inquiry Blasts Fifth Circuit Decision @6:37 News: WHCD Shooting Suspect Charged @8:37 Trump Adviser Tries — And Fails — To Hype Up Crowd @21:26 WHCD evacuation @24:28 Trump Snaps At CBS Reporter @32:13 F.C.C. Orders a Review of ABC’s Broadcast Licenses @35:21 Southern Poverty Law Center @37:53 Grand jury re-indicts James Comey @40:17 Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool @41:46 New 250th Passports @43:40 Redistricting War @45:11 Youth Suicides Declined After Creation of National Hotline @47:54 Health/Medicine/Science: C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study @51:35 Kennedy denies being sidelined by the White House @53:16 RFK on Germ Theory @54:09 Hegseth scraps mandatory flu shots for U.S. service members @58:51 Hegseth and Kid Rock go for a ride in Army helicopters @1:01:05 Conspiracies: Scientists and researchers have died or disappeared in recent years @1:03:50 Conspiracy theory over missing scientists, from web to White House What’s Really Underpinning the ‘Missing Scientists’ Conspiracy Theory

    1h 13m
  8. Ep#478: Atheist podcast sides with Pope

    Apr 22

    Ep#478: Atheist podcast sides with Pope

    JD talk off the rip @0:01 Tucker and Buckley @3:27 Announcements: CFI AZ call to action @5:00 Follow-ups: Penn interview @6:44 John Oliver and Kalshi @8:25 CFIIG posted “An Open Letter to Gregg Phillips at FEMA” @9:08 News: Caitlyn Jenner @11:43 Info Wars @18:02 Politics: Great Vengeance @19:35 Red Cow myth @27:09 Religious Liberty Commission @32:20 Kash Patel @35:43 Health/Medicine/Science: RFK’s anti-vax campaign—according to new Politico poll—appears to be working. @44:45 Kennedy announces policy changes and faces criticism at House hearings @46:08 Trump to Nominate Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC Director @51:27 LA surprising committee decision @56:43 Religious Nonsense: Alabama governor signs bill @58:17 Texas can enforce Ten Commandments school law, appeals court rules @58:51 Ian’s win @59:55 Jehovah's Witnesses eases rules on blood transfusions @1:02:05 Pseudoscience: Artemis II Fails to Find Moon Cities @1:06:04 Anti-Artemis rhetoric @1:08:37 Final Stories: The Giwoggle @1:10:31

    1h 17m
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