They Saved a Buffalo Because It Looked Like Trump

Thank God I'm Atheist

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Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

A rare albino buffalo in Bangladesh was headed for ritual sacrifice during a Muslim holiday (until people noticed it looked remarkably like Donald Trump). After the buffalo went viral, government officials stepped in, canceled the sacrifice, and gave the animal a new home at a zoo.

Also this week: a Muslim principal loses her job after a backlash campaign in Texas, a Christian job applicant demands protection from Pride flags and pronouns, Oklahoma lawmakers debate whether children should be allowed to marry, Congress considers spending $1 billion on security for houses of worship, and Rome's famous "hot priest" calendar turns out to feature models instead of clergy. Plus, Frank and Dan discuss why atheists are surprisingly expensive targets for political campaigns.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, Frank and Dan here.
0:01.3	We're diving in really quick right before the show because we have an announcement to make.
0:06.8	Indeed, we do, Dan.
0:08.4	We're going to be doing a live recording of the show.
0:12.2	Yeah.
0:12.5	Just while we're doing our normal thing, we're going to be streaming live.
0:17.5	We thought this might be kind of fun to try out.
0:20.8	June 13th. Yeah. That's a Saturday. 11 a.m. Mountain time.
0:26.7	Tune in on YouTube. Our YouTube channel will have a link in the in the in the show notes.
0:30.9	Yeah. And and we'll we'll talk about it again. Hopefully next week. We'll just remind you.
0:37.3	But yes, June 13th, put it in your calendar. we'll we'll talk about it again hopefully next week uh we'll just remind you uh but yes
0:38.3	june 13th put it in your calendar think about it we're gonna try and do we're we're we're
0:44.3	a little nervous it's new for us but we're going to record the whole show live so it's exciting
0:50.9	you'll hear it before anybody else and uh and we'll have that Q&A afterwards so you can ask us questions.
0:58.3	And hopefully it'll be fun for everybody.
1:01.0	So please think about joining us.
1:03.3	See you then. Hey everybody.
1:23.0	Hi, friends, well from beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah.
1:26.5	It's thank God I'm atheist, where we a couple of
1:29.6	very handsome gentlemen decide to look at the world through the lens of secular living.
1:39.1	Secular living, that's, there is a magazine, right? I don't know. There should be. Anyway, I'm Frank Feldman.
1:45.9	And I'm Dan Beecher.
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