668: Uninsured Edition

The Scathing Atheist

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Comedy, Religion & Spirituality, Other

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Catholics still haven’t met their kid diddling deductible, we have a jance dance revolution party on the graves of our enemies, and Tom and Cecil will be here to see if we were gonna finish that.
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Headlines:
Insurer to Catholic Archdiocese of New York: We don’t cover cover-ups: https://open.substack.com/pub/friendlyatheist/p/insurer-to-catholic-archdiocese-of
Columbia offers Flat Earthers the keys to the company in new ad: https://www.creativereview.co.uk/columbia-flat-earthers-campaign/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxJOAsTMC6w
Professor at Texas A&M remains fired for acknowledging more than two genders:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/us/texas-am-decline-reinstate-fired-faculty-member.html
Oklahoma's Supreme Court overturns Ryan Walters' Bible-heavy Social Studies standards:
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahomas-supreme-court-overturns
10 notable Christian leaders, influencers who died in 2025: https://www.christianpost.com/news/10-notable-christian-leaders-influencers-who-died-in-2025.html

Transcript

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0:00.0	Warning, I'm sure this year is going to need as many cuss words as last year.
0:05.0	This week's episode of The Skating Atheist is brought to you by
0:07.7	The Inexplicable fact that America has managed to keep its lights on through the end of the year.
0:13.1	And now, The Scaving Atheist.
0:15.8	Hi, my name is Clay and I'm so a Girl Scout cookies.
0:19.6	Just a reminder that the Girl Scouts are secular, feminist, queer, and trans-affirming.
0:24.6	Ship cookies to all 50 states and know that we did, in fact, evolve from filthy monkey men.
0:32.7	And women.
0:34.6	And women.
0:35.3	And women.
0:53.3	Thank you. Women. And women. And women. It's Thursday.
1:00.6	It's January 1st.
1:02.4	And our New Year's resolution is to stop swearing on the podcast.
1:06.6	Fuck yeah, it is.
1:07.5	I'm no illusions.
1:09.1	I'm Eli Bosnick.
1:10.1	I'm Heath Enright. And from Zoran, I'm Donnie's, New Jersey. How dare you? I'm no illusions. I'm Eli Bosnick. I'm Heath Enright.
1:11.2	And from Zoran, Mamdani's, New Jersey. How dare you?...way across Georgia. This is the skating atheist. Oh, this week's episode. Catholics still haven't met their kid-diddling deductible. We have a Janstance Revolution Party on the graves of our enemies. and Tom and Cecil will be here to see if we were going to finish that.
1:29.8	But first, the Diatrine. stance revolution party on the graves of our enemies. And Tom and Cecil will be here to see if we were going to finish that.
1:29.7	But first, the diatribe.
1:42.5	So instead of my normal diatribe, I wanted to use this section of the show this week to respond to the Christian who surreptitiously paid my tab at a local restaurant this week and wrote a cheeky little Jesus loves you, Noah, with a little smiley face on it on the receipt.
1:56.8	I just, I wanted to let you know that I'd love to return the favor sometimes.
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