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The Scathing Atheist

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Religion & Spirituality, Other, Comedy

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Pete Hegseth whittles down America’s list of real religions, we lament the shutdown of the storied Riverstone Christian Academy in the strip mall behind the Staples, and we’ll get to know Don Ford biblically. Again.
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Headlines:
Pete Hegseth shrinks military's recognized religions list, erasing atheists and Humanists: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/pete-hegseth-shrinks-militarys-recognized
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https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2026/06/06/lds-church-left-off-defense/ and https://atheists.org/news/federal-policy/american-atheists-demands-answers-from-pentagon-following-removal-of-faith-belief-codes/
Under guise of fighting anti-Catholic bias, Kash Patel fires FBI analysts who kept us safe: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/under-guise-of-fighting-anti-catholic
Priest Who Said Aliens Were Demons Removed as Exorcist for Washington: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/catholic-exorcist-demon-ufo.html
MyPillow site gets hacked, Lindell lies, and he loses GOP endorsement for MN governor:
https://www.wonkette.com/p/mypillow-guys-gubernatorial-dreams
Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ closes permanently: https://www.denverpost.com/2026/06/03/colorado-public-christian-school-closed/
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This Week in Misogyny:
TPUSA tradwife-con claims feminism is anti-woman: https://religionnews.com/2026/06/08/at-tpusas-womens-summit-christian-influencers-say-feminism-threatens-motherhood/
SBC amends constitution to be more explicitly sexist: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/religion/article/sbc-female-pastors-vote-22299028.php
Catholics challenge Illinois employment law on religious grounds: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/illinois-diocese-asks-court-to-block-law-requiring-it-to-hire-nonbelievers

Transcript

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0:00.0	warning this podcast has more profanity than a barefooted Lego factory this week's episode of
0:05.8	the scathing atheist is brought to you by the fact that trump hasn't fucked up bad enough to take
0:10.3	out the power grid yet and now the scathing atheist hello this is bill patterson a k alex
0:17.5	skepticke host of skepity a quiz show that will be featured at this year's Skeptical Conference in July,
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0:27.1	Please join us for this online conference on science and skepticism,
0:31.1	brought to you by Northern California Skeptics Organizations,
0:34.2	and presenting many thoughtful and interesting speakers,
0:36.8	all of whom did, in fact, evolve from filthy monkey men and women. I'm At...
1:01.0	It's Thursday.
1:05.3	It's June 11th.
1:06.8	And it's Pride Month.
1:08.3	Yeah, just in time for Trump's gay birthday.
1:11.2	I'm no illusions.
1:12.9	I'm Mila Bosnick.
1:14.0	I'm Ethan Wright.
1:15.2	And from Andy Kim's, New Jersey, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Waycross, Georgia.
1:18.8	This is the scavenous.
1:21.3	On this week's episode, Pete Heggzeth whittles down America's list of real religions.
1:26.5	We lament the shutdown of the storied Riverstone Christian Academy in the strip mall behind the Staples in Colorado.
1:34.7	And we'll get to know Don Ford Bibliquith again.
1:38.6	But first, the Diet Trow.
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