Ep. 540 - The Problems with J.D. Vance

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our private Facebook group and Discord server! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Vice presidential pick J.D. Vance is just Trumpism rebranded. (0:30) — Televangelist Kenneth Copeland's family prayed for Donald Trump's ear. (15:44) — "The left is godless": Why a MAGA spokeswoman's attack makes no sense. (21:25) — Former Southern Baptist leader accused of sexual assault: At least it wasn't "adultery." (28:02) — Democrats to IRS: Investigate right-wing groups that pretend to be "churches." (1:01:15) — Oklahoma superintendent rejects Bibles in schools despite Ryan Walters' demands. (1:13:59) — Kentucky church shuts down after pastor charged with child sex abuse. (1:20:01) SPONSOR: Go to Butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly at checkout and enjoy your choice of bone-in chicken thighs, top sirloins, or salmon in every box for an entire year, plus $30 off! SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/atheist and get on your way to being your best self. Plus, get 10% off your first month with that link. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Hemmant and Jessica and you're listening to the friendly atheist podcast please go to patreon.com
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0:16.9	ad-free episodes and bonus episodes and we have so much to discuss.
0:23.0	Yeah, wild weak, huh?
0:25.0	Feels like all the dynamics of everything have changed
0:28.0	since the last time we talked.
0:29.0	And the funny thing is, in my list of things I wanted to talk about,
0:32.0	none of them really involved Donald Trump because
0:36.8	it's not necessarily religious but I figured yeah there is some stuff we should talk about.
0:40.8	I would love to tell the story about how I found out. I would love to tell the story about how I found out.
0:44.7	How did you find out about the shooting?
0:47.1	If you're finding you're breaking news here, first of all.
0:49.8	It's been a week, what are you doing?
0:51.8	Yeah, dog.
0:52.4	But Donald Trump was shot at and kind of hit, I don't know. I was at the
0:59.9	Renaissance Fair with my friends and we were sitting and watching a joust and my friend
1:07.2	Katie who is from Owensboro Kentucky said a dude next to her answers the phone and goes, what's up, boss?
1:16.0	Who is shot?
1:18.0	And she said, she said, I thought to myself, oh great, I'm going to hear some real good family gossip because somebody's like fucking cousin got shot.
1:26.0	But then they were, then she just like pulled up her phone and then just, she just passed it to us one at a time.
1:32.0	Uh-huh. And we all just like we all just like
1:35.0	Oh shit just I think we all just like were motionless for like 30 so it was just so
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