676: "Paddy, Did He?" Edition
The Scathing Atheist
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
4.9 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode, American Christians wonder if they can be Nazis with an S this time, a new reality competition show looks a lot like game night with Eli and his magic troupe, and we’ll put the “ain’t” back in “saint.”
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Headlines:
PRRI Analysis shows just how much Christian Nationalism has taken over the Republican party: https://prri.org/research/mapping-christian-nationalism-across-the-50-states-insights-from-prris-2025-american-values-atlas/
Church ‘prophetess’ indicted in $50M money laundering, forced labor scheme: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/church-prophetess-indicted-50m-money-174500311.html
Display of St. Francis of Assisi's bones: https://www.ncronline.org/news/display-st-francis-assisis-bones-confirms-enduring-appeal-relics-christians
Former atheist neurosurgeon gives ‘case for existence of the soul’ in talk at Cornell: https://www.thecollegefix.com/former-atheist-neurosurgeon-gives-case-for-existence-of-the-soul-in-talk-at-cornell/
South Korea's "top 49 fate readers" battle for soothsaying supremacy on new Disney+ show: https://www.herworld.com/life/battle-of-fates-contestants-disney-plus
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmc7LYUaho0&t=3s
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This Week in Misogyny:
TN lawmakers introduce bill to allow death penalty for women who have abortions: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/pro-life-tennessee-gop-pushes-amendment
Scottish government runs ad campaign urging boys not to share sexist content: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9mxgldmp0o
Women’s Hockey team turns down White House invite: https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/sport/hilary-knight-president-trump-distasteful-joke
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Warning, this podcast has fucks in it and shits. |
| 0:03.9 | This week's episode of The Skathing Atheist is brought to you by Modern Dentistry. |
| 0:08.9 | Modern Dentistry, the thing that immediately kills all long-term time travel fantasies. |
| 0:14.5 | And now, the Scaving Atheist. |
| 0:16.7 | Hi, this is Chris from Newman Lake, Washington. |
| 0:20.0 | And as somebody who lives on the border of Washington and Idaho, |
| 0:24.2 | I can tell you that some of us more than others did in fact evolve from filthy monkey men. It's Thursday. |
| 0:53.3 | It's February 26th. |
| 0:55.0 | And it's tell a fairy tale day. |
| 0:57.6 | Is it? |
| 0:58.3 | Explains a lot about the state of the Union. |
| 1:00.8 | I'm no illusions. |
| 1:02.4 | I'm Mila Bosnick. |
| 1:03.5 | I'm Keith Henwright. |
| 1:04.5 | And from Jack Hughes's, New Jersey, |
| 1:06.8 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Waycross, Georgia. |
| 1:08.4 | This is the skating atheist. |
| 1:10.6 | On this week's episode. |
| 1:12.3 | American Christians wonder if they can be Nazis with an S this time. |
| 1:16.3 | A new reality competition show looks a lot like Game Night with Eli and his magic troupe. |
| 1:21.3 | And we'll put the eight back in Saint. |
| 1:24.7 | But first, the diatri. |
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