692: A Ross to Bear Edition
The Scathing Atheist
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
4.9 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode, the Grand Canyon state creates an Arizona UNTRUTH, we learn that God has an atheist sense of humor with his weather-based smiting, and we’ll finally get the juicy personal Ross Douthat details you’ve been waiting for.
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Headlines:
AZ law goes too far to protect against religious harassment: https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2026/06/10/critics-say-religious-service-protections-could-run-afoul-of-right-to-free-speech/
The country’s largest Protestant adoption agency is dropping LGBTQ couples — again: https://religionnews.com/2026/06/10/the-countrys-largest-protestant-adoption-agency-is-dropping-lgbtq-couples-again/
Muslims feel unwelcome in the bigot party: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/15/texas-republican-party-convention-muslims-sharia-law/
The Hill pretends Jewish services are just hanging out for a pray with your bros: https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5921285-religious-assembly-permit-lawsuit/
This week in Christian history:
https://www.christianpost.com/news/this-week-in-christian-history-touchdown-jesus-destroyed.html
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Warning, the following podcast contains adult language. |
| 0:03.1 | So either turn it off or stop being such a fucking baby. |
| 0:06.7 | This week's episode of The Skating Atheist is brought to you by Mint Mobile |
| 0:10.2 | and by the new earbuds for Christians that don't want to hear secular stuff, |
| 0:14.8 | Pre-cons. |
| 0:16.1 | Pre-cons. |
| 0:17.3 | They're just earplugs. |
| 0:19.2 | And now, the scathing atheist. |
| 0:21.9 | Hey, folks, my name is Alex Joneson. |
| 0:24.3 | Yeah, Johnson. |
| 0:25.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:26.3 | Anyway, I've been around the block a few times, and I've seen some things that you would not believe. |
| 0:30.4 | So trust me when I tell you, that we did indeed evolve from filthy monkey men. |
| 0:34.8 | But not the women. |
| 0:35.6 | That would be woke. |
| 0:55.0 | Yeah. from filthy monkey men, but not the women. That would be woke. Ah! Hey! At... It's Thursday. |
| 0:59.1 | It's June 18th. |
| 1:00.9 | And it's Autistic Pride Day. |
| 1:03.0 | The other days are, too. |
| 1:04.8 | We're amazing every day. |
| 1:05.8 | It's stupid holiday. |
| 1:06.7 | It's done. |
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