630: Mercola Tapes Edition

The Scathing Atheist

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Religion & Spirituality, Comedy, Other

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Republicans solidify their position on HARM, Pete Hegseth teaches us about the butt dialing group chat section from The Art of War, and Jonathan Jarry will be here to convince you that Joseph Mercola actually is nuttier than you thought.
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Find more of Jonathan Jarry’s work here: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/articles-by-author/Jonathan%20Jarry%20M.Sc.
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Headlines:
Dems reintroduce “Do No Harm” Bill to remind us that Republicans insist on doing harm: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/democrats-re-introduce-the-do-no
BC Court of Appeal says privacy law does not infringe religious freedom: https://www.bchumanist.ca/bcca_privacy_release
White House is selling corporate sponsorships for the Easter Egg Roll: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/trump-easter-egg-roll-sponsors.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Religious leaders lose shit over Satanic Black Mass: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/lawmakers-and-catholic-leaders-flip
Columbus school district bans candy bribes used to lure kids to Bible classes: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/columbus-school-district-bans-candy
Pete Hegseth sent secret war plans for attacking Houthis to journalist by accident:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-secret-houthi-war-plans-goldberg-hegseth-2049762

Transcript

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0:00.0	Warning, the following podcast contains profanity like we were getting paid by the expletive.
0:05.0	This week's episode of The Skathing Atheist is brought to you by Factor, BetterHelp,
0:10.1	the American Atheist's Annual Convention, and by the new cardiac accessory for post-heart attack Baptists,
0:16.9	the Protestant. Just like a real stent, except it's made a prayer.
0:21.6	The Protestant.
0:22.7	What's the matter, Baptists?
0:24.4	You don't want to, you don't, I thought through Christ, all things were possible.
0:27.3	You want a regular one?
0:28.4	Huh?
0:29.1	Why?
0:29.9	And now, the scathing atheist.
0:32.8	Hi, this is Quinn from Eli Bosnix, New Jersey, and I operate a wastewater treatment facility outside
0:38.5	of Philadelphia. You wouldn't believe the amount of corn I see all day, but that's neither here
0:43.0	nor there. Anyway, judging by my union coworkers to support your local union, a lot of whom voted
0:49.2	against their own interests, I can say with certainty that we did, in fact, evolve from filthy monkey
0:57.5	men. It's Thursday.
1:21.8	It's March 27th.
1:23.7	And it's opening day.
1:25.5	Yeah, not nearly as sexual as it might sound.
1:28.8	Well, for you, maybe.
1:30.8	I'm no illusions.
1:32.2	I'm Ilabaznik.
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