(2010/04/22) Don't believe in any form of sorcery (Religion) (MP3)

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🗓️ 22 April 2010

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Edition #356

Don't believe in any form of sorcery

Act 1: Man faces execution for sorcery - Young Turks

Act 2: Passover seder half-assed - The Onion

Act 3: Jesus, Reconsidered - NPR

Act 4: Student forced out of school over gay parents - Young Turks

Act 5: Corruption in the Catholic Church - Bill Maher

Act 6: Indian rationalist battles swamis and babas - Young Turks

Act 7: Desire to ejaculate motivates local Christian to wed - The Onion

Act 8: Study narrows gap between mind and brain - NPR

Act 9: Liberals and atheists smarter than conservatives and the religious - Young Turks

Act 10: The need for more warm, cuddly atheists - Citizen Radio

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

The Word - Forgive and Forget Church scandal

Music:

Porcelain - Moby

I've gotta be me - Sammy Davis, Jr.

Ebudae - Enya

Early in the morning - Peter, Paul And Mary

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths

Shattered faith - Bad Religion

Like a virgin - Madonna

New soul - Yael Naïm

Halo - Beyoncé

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0:00.0	This program is made possible not just in part but entirely by the support of listeners
0:07.8	just like you.
0:08.8	Now, welcome to the award-winning Bestable F podcast with Clips Today from the Young Turks,
0:13.1	The Onion Radio News, NPR, Real Time with Bill Mar, and Citizen Radio.
0:18.1	This episode includes strong language including one word that your young children will almost
0:22.1	certainly ask you about that you will definitely not want to have to explain.
0:26.5	Enjoy!
0:30.0	We have a Sorcerer.
0:32.0	We have a Sorcerer in Saudi Arabia.
0:37.0	Saudi Arabia.
0:38.0	Of course.
0:39.0	Well, he's been caught in Saudi Arabia.
0:41.2	He started his sorcery in Lebanon and can't have it.
0:46.1	So he was doing a TV show.
0:47.4	Yeah, actually it was a radio show.
0:48.9	He had a radio show where he supposedly practiced black magic.
0:53.0	He could see into the future and callers would call in and he would give them advice about
0:57.3	their lives, right?
0:59.3	Well, officials in Saudi Arabia, but Saudi Arabia didn't like that.
1:02.9	So as soon as they could, they arrested him and they put him on trial and they decided
1:07.8	that the proper sentence for sorcery is execution.
1:12.8	This is where the story gets unbelievable.
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