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Friendly Atheist Podcast

Ep. 465 - The "Unholy" Grammys

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Sam Smith’s and Kim Petras’ Satan-themed performance of “Unholy” at the Grammys angered conservative Christians. (0:22) — A Christian school decided to affirm LGBTQ people… and now it will shut down because the donors left. (10:26) — White evangelical parents want their kids to have the same faith. What does that say about their parenting? (16:30) — Get ready for some Jesus-y Super Bowl ads. (28:28) — An atheist Republican (!) is back (!) in the New Hampshire legislature. (30:55) — Kent Hovind’s Dinosaur Adventure Land is a cesspool of chaos and that’s putting it lightly. (43:56) — The Democratic National Committee passed a resolution condemning “white religious nationalism.” (51:50) — Victoria (Australia) officials want guidance from higher-up officials so they can eliminate Christian invocation prayers at meetings. (56:10) — Oklahoma Republicans want to inject Christian Nationalism into history classes. (59:35) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.

0:06.2

This is Hemant.

0:07.2

And Jessica.

0:07.8

And you're listening to the Friendly Atheist Podcast.

0:10.2

Please go to patreon.com slash Friendly Atheist Podcast

0:13.7

to support this show.

0:15.7

And there are so many, there's such a variety of things

0:21.4

I want to talk about today.

0:23.8

Let's start right off the bat with, I think,

0:28.2

the most amusing story I saw all week,

0:30.4

which involved the Grammy Awards.

0:32.8

And this performance of Unholy by Sam Smith and Kim Petras.

0:38.3

Tell us, tell us all about that performance.

0:40.7

Well, you all know me.

0:42.6

I am really down with current pop culture.

0:46.3

I have lots of time and interest in it.

0:48.5

So I have been following this closely

0:51.2

and did not just receive a frantic text at 9.30 this morning

0:54.6

saying find out everything you can about this.

0:56.7

I mean, I know some of it, but I don't know all the details

1:00.2

because I don't always listen to, like,

1:02.7

I Sam Smith made one song years ago that I heard

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