Ep. 482 - Shiny Happy People: The Duggar Docuseries
Friendly Atheist Podcast
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ποΈ 8 June 2023
β±οΈ 109 minutes
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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
β What we learned from watching "Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets." (1:57)
β Christians are furious over a tiny Pride flag on the set of "The Chosen," a show about Jesus. (29:12)
β Oklahoma just approved a taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school. (41:03)
β The L.A. Dodgers never should've caved after honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. (51:38)
β Richard Dawkins has a new analogy to describe people who are transgender. (1:03:17)
β If Louisiana forces every classroom to display "In God We Trust" signs, atheist Chaz Stevens is preparing to send them Arabic ones. (1:10:00)
β What does it mean that "non-churchgoers now rule the GOP"? (1:16:35)
β To comply with Utah's book banning law, a school district removed the KJV Bible. (1:28:00)
β Two Christian schools sue Minnesota for cutting them out of a taxpayer-funded program. (1:33:00)
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Glassbox Media Podcast. |
| 0:06.4 | This is Hemant. |
| 0:07.2 | And Jessica. |
| 0:07.8 | And you're listening to the Friendly Atheist Podcast. |
| 0:10.4 | Please go to patreon.com slash Friendly Atheist Podcast |
| 0:14.2 | to support the show. |
| 0:15.7 | Let me give a quick shout out to some of our recent supporters. |
| 0:19.0 | They include Hannah J. |
| 0:21.2 | Adakunle F. |
| 0:22.8 | Anani Talani L. Nathan and Jeff R. |
| 0:26.9 | Thank you so much to all of you. |
| 0:28.9 | And Jessica just came back from out of town. |
| 0:31.6 | How was your trip? |
| 0:32.3 | Oh, it was wonderful. |
| 0:33.4 | We spent a couple nights in Fargo on the way back. |
| 0:35.6 | We stopped off in Minnesota where we had a lovely meetup |
| 0:40.4 | at an indoor dog park slash bar. |
| 0:43.2 | Go ahead. |
| 0:44.2 | What's the thing you've ever heard? |
| 0:45.4 | That sounds like not my place. |
| 0:47.3 | Oh, it was so much fun. |
| 0:49.5 | It was great. |
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