631 - Congressman Eric Swalwell Resigns
Friendly Atheist Podcast
Friendly Atheist Podcast
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Eric Swalwell’s resignation caps an up-and-down history with secular humanism. (0:45)
— A barista says she was fired for her Christian faith. The facts are far more nuanced. (17:06)
— National puppetry group faces backlash for platforming anti-LGBTQ Christian puppetry group. (32:46)
— In final meeting, Trump’s "Religious Liberty" chair calls church/state separation a “lie.” (54:46)
— Pastor faces manslaughter charge after man dies in baptism gone wrong. (1:06:21)
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| 0:29.8 | This is Emmett and Jessica. And you're listening to the Friendly Atheist Podcast. Go to patreon.com |
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| 0:45.2 | I'm doing really well. I rode a really tall horse this morning. He's 18.1 hands, which means at the shoulder. |
| 0:51.4 | And I nodded. Which means at the shoulder, he's six feet point one, or six one tall. He's one, six one at the shoulder. I feel like I can touch the ceiling. To which I also say, uh-huh. It's so tall. I have to like bring oxygen with me up there when I, especially when I'm going over jumps. Oh, you wouldn't believe it. Anyway, I've been up for six hours already. Excellent. So this is a new energy I'm going to bring to the podcast. |
| 1:11.2 | Let's start. when I'm going over jumps. Oh, you wouldn't believe it. Anyway, I've been up for six hours already. |
| 1:11.7 | Excellent. So this is a new energy I'm going to bring to the podcast. |
| 1:14.5 | Let's start by talking about news about Eric Swalwell. |
| 1:19.1 | Oh. Have you heard? What did you hear this week about the congressman, the Democrat, |
| 1:23.7 | who stood a good chance of being California's next governor. Yeah, he can go absolutely fuck himself. |
| 1:29.1 | That is correct. |
| 1:30.2 | You want to harass people, then you don't get to be governor. |
| 1:35.5 | Sorry, bud. |
| 1:36.3 | Or in Congress. |
| 1:37.1 | He resigned from Congress and suspended his gubernatorial campaign, |
| 1:40.3 | and that happened after credible allegations of sexual assault, |
| 1:43.8 | not just harassment |
| 1:44.7 | against multiple women published by the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN. And by the way, |
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