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Fake the Nation

498. John Fugelsang's Separation of Church & Hate Bonus (with John Fugelsang and Maryam Banikarim)

Fake the Nation

Headgum & Negin Farsad

News, Comedy, Current Events, Panel, Politics

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

It's a bouncing baby bonus! This week, comedian and host, Negin Farsad, digs into John Fugelsang's best selling new book Separation of Church & Hate. Alongside Maryam Banikarim, the three talk American bigotry, spirituality, and what to say to your racist uncle. 

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0:00.0

Hello, hello, this is Vick the Nation, and it is a bonus. Today, I'm joined by the wonderful

0:06.6

comedian and author of the book, Separation of Church and Hate. It's John Fuglese, hey, John.

0:11.3

Hey, again. I'm also joined by a decorated master of business and host of the podcast, The Messy Parts. It's

0:17.2

Mariam Panicadim. Hey, Mariam. So today today we're going to talk about John's book. So let's

0:24.5

take a quick break and then we'll get right into it. Today's show is sponsored by Mosh. I was home

0:32.2

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0:36.0

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0:43.2

and more about living and eating and taking care of my body more intentionally and getting everyone

0:51.7

and my family to do the same and one of the things that has really helped me

0:56.3

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1:02.5

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1:14.4

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1:56.5

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