615 - Pete Hegseth's War on Military Chaplains

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🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 103 minutes

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

— Univ. of Oklahoma punishes instructor for failing Christian student who didn't do the assignment. (0:55)

— Pete Hegseth is waging a pointless and damaging war on military chaplains. (19:30)

— Mayor criticized for preaching bigotry during secretly recorded speech to high school club. (45:30)

— Texas city blocks Christian pastor's invocation after his open support for a Pride event. (1:18:40)

— Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders turned a holiday email to state employees into a Christian sermon. (1:32:20)

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0:58.8	It'll be our annual year in review.
1:01.1	Garbage year in review.
1:02.5	Friendly atheist staple for almost a decade now.
1:07.1	And where Jessica reminds me of all the things I've tried to forget over the past year.
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1:28.0	Yeah, exactly. Okay. I got an update for you from Oklahoma.
1:33.0	Yep. And it involves that conservative student who received a zero percent on her religious essay.
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