the Profane Argument, atheist podcast

Follow-ups: OK Ryan Walters @2:05 And pushing conspiracies Mike Lee @7:46 Politics: SCOTUS pushes back on Trump @12:32 $5 billion federal school voucher proposal @15:22 RFK Senate hearing takeaway @18:43 Hallow App @21:47 Casey Means causing rift…but not for the right reasons @25:25 The war Vinay Prasad @32:49 New requirements for COVID vaccines @34:37 NEJM article Biden's health @39:45 8647 @49:09 News: FBI warning @56:19 AI and online fraud Flat earth nonsense @1:01:33 Final Stories: Stories of the polls @1:08:31

Announcements: AZ SB1269 @1:16 Follow-ups: Listener comment @1:54 Papa Nuevo @6:48 WA - Gov signed bill @11:49 WA - No reporting allowed Politics: Trump stuff @15:53 Middle East trip …to pick up bribes Medicaid cuts @23:16 Trump's religious crusade @35:06 Anti-Christian Bias Fluoride @39:01 FDA moves to take prescription fluoride drops and tablets for kids off the market Notes on Fluoride use RFK and “aborted fetus debris @43:58 New Influencer General @45:01 We're not Sith, you're the Sith! @47:30 News: SCOTUS on charter schools @51:00 Separation is anti-catholic bigotry @51:40 Souter dies at 85 @52:16 Ashley Babbit @53:24 TX - power bill @54:07 MT - pregnancy centers @56:35 Ark encounters K9s @58:19 Health/Medicine/Science: Shingle Vax reduces heart disease? @1:00:21 Conspiracies: Truth Social @1:02:12 Mike Lee on porn @1:03:31 PA state legalize Mary Jane @1:03:59

Announcements: Washington residents please speak out @2:36 Politics: Sethuraman Panchanathan @5:42 New Police State @9:23 Border base News: Judge arrested @13:55 Plastic Surgery pardon @14:40 Santos sentenced @17:48 Student Visa Cancellations @21:13 Health/Medicine/Science: Overview of RFK claims @24:02 WP: Absurd statistics But it won't matter to true believers Trump to have bleach speaker @40:57 Global race to entice US researchers @43:27 Religious Nonsense: Cult leader dies @45:07 The Prophecy of the Popes @49:39 Who said this? Quiz @53:36 Pakistan: 5 arrested in sticker situation @57:15 Increased use of Blasphemy law @58:50 Pseudoscience: Religious=Good / Atheist=Bad @ Final Stories: Aircraft Carrier @1:08:39

Follow-ups: Abbott's latest push @1:28 Politics: Trump on Garcia @7:27 Easter Trading Card @14:57 Noem's purse @20:27 How Trumpers feel @22:48 The new White House Correspondents @31:09 RFK's views on the autistic @33:30 Inside an anti-vax autism summit @40:33 A near-doubling in the number of requests for measles vaccine @42:35 Autism rate @43:50 Health/Medicine/Science: COVID is over…yay? @45:39 International News: The Pope @48:59 Greene's take @50:23 SCOTUK - Trans women @57:38 TX schools v VA @1:01:51 Religious Nonsense: Oklahoma House passed a resolution @1:06:33 Ahmadi prayers @1:07:33 Christian man to appeal @1:09:30 Pseudoscience: Ivermectin @1:12:03 Final Stories: Bunny busters @1:16:48 K2-18b @1:20:40

Announcements: CFI joined American Atheists to submit an amicus brief to SCOTUS @1:32 KWTV reports that “faith leaders” filed a separate brief on Monday @2:25 Scopes trial in TN this July @3:28 Scientific paper on evolution @4:09 Follow-ups: WV won't stop @5:31 SCOTUS says, return him @7:13 White House: No Quick aside on Maher @14:23 Politics: Overdraft Fees @15:03 Deport citizens @22:10 Anti-Xtian bias @24:11 What caused MAGA heads to leave? @27:58 Murdoch paper floats impeachment @34:40 Health/Medicine/Science: US measles @40:34 RFK nonsense taking hold @42:23 Vaccine research claim @44:51 What to expect News: AP is back…? @46:53 Cult leader @48:40 PA Governor's Mansion @52:00 WI assassin @55:15 Religious Nonsense: Bangladesh @57:24 Poland/India Sanal Edamaruku @58:34 Final Stories: Musk gaming session @1:00:41

Politics: Open letter on changes @1:32 Letter Trump's birthday present @3:40 Trump/Dover info @8:06 Possible reason? @14:36 Trump not happy with RFK? @20:37 RFK speaks after funeral @22:39 Health industry alarms @25:07 Vaccine funding cut @28:12 Federal judge temporarily blocked those cuts Wrong people fired…that's the plan @29:52 The list @35:43 News: First arrest https://www.reddit.com/r/news/s/JB1jLBMTVY @45:56 SCOTUS skeptical @49:54 GA law @53:25 AL vaccine bill @54:45 Religious Nonsense: Val Kilmer's beliefs @54:59 Conspiracies: Top 10 music conspiracy theories @1:00:55

Announcements: Science under siege, Thu Apr 3rd. @1:17 Political economist @2:48 Follow-ups: Catholic Charities @4:11 OK charter schools @ Ray Holmberg sentenced @5:30 West Virginia House of Delegates rejected SB 460 @9:26 Politics: David Geier to conduct study @10:55 Changes to SS @12:17 3rd term @24:44 News: Ozturk kidnapping @28:47 Religious liberty struggling all over @32:17 Religious Nonsense: Pew numbers @34:48 Faith healing parents convicted @36:30 WI election results @39:32 Black Mass in KS @40:40 Health/Medicine/Science: West Texas Vit A @49:03 Kevin Griffis CDC @56:16 RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA's top vaccine scientist @56:56 Vaccine funding dropped @57:20 Shingles vaccine study @58:11 HHS to drop 10k jobs @59:02 Scientists leaving? @59:41 Can you move elsewhere?? @1:00:38 UTAH! @1:04:28 Final Stories: Virginia Giuffre @1:11:59

Announcements:   “We are currently clean on OPSEC.” Jon Stewart        @1:50 Follow-ups:   Louis DeJoy        @3:14 Politics:  Houthi war plans       @7:10 To Russia with Love       @9:46 China war plans        @22:30 News: TX - TTRPG        @32:13 FL - Child labor laws         @42:18 French Scientist denied entry         @44:04 Confidential information? Religious Nonsense: Moonies in JP         @48:34 Catholic charities        @52:11 Health/Medicine/Science:     Story of the dead child       @55:03 RFK and CHD           @59:36 Measles in MY          @1:02:38 Pseudoscience: Joseph Mercola         @1:03:26 RFK's idea          @1:05:37 Final Stories:  WH Easter egg roll           @1:10:54 Trump painting         @1:12:47 AOC and Bernie in Vegas       @1:16:24

News: Vox article, not news, but good starter info @1:43 Schumer shutdown avoidance @2:37 The pushback Golf Win! @11:15 Second judge rules on probationary workers @12:49 USAID dismantling unconstitutional @15:51 Gitmo pullback @17:34 But deportations continue Lebanese professor detained @20:08 Rubio on Khalil's arrest @23:1 Trump to declare fentanyl WMD @25:38 Trump to undo pardons?? @27:06 Politics: OK update @33:39 Dave Weldon @34:33 Minneapolis Iftar @36:29 Minn SF2589 @40:04 Justin Eichorn @43:14 Nothing new in NE @47:02 Child Genital Exams @48:17 Religious Nonsense: Robert Morris @51:30 Health/Medicine/Science: RFK's tepid first month @52:27 How he's making things worse in TX @54:31 KS measles @56:36 NIH to remove MRNA vaccine grant application info @59:06 Final Stories: Astronauts @1:00:55

Follow-ups: Where is Kim Davis now? @2:32 CDC intends study @5:15 News: Let's unite the country! @8:11 Trump's new Tesla @11:19 AL expands allowance of religious exemptions @16:21 Second Measles death @16:51 NJ vaccines @17:12 WV bill @18:37 Palestinian protester @20:01 Politics: Where are Trump's changes? @24:25 TX 10 commandments @33:26 TX - New felony @34:24 OK Superintendent @37:30 Religious Nonsense: Pakistan Blasphemy summary @40:22 UK BLasphemy: Protects speech until it becomes violent @41:39 Final Stories: Schuylkill Notes @44:15

Follow-ups: ND scraps ID proposal @1:11 News: Ukraine @3:15 Tariff return @10:31 Politics: One Word Describes Trump: patrimonialism @15:01 Elon on NATO and UN @24:35 Medicaid cuts @27:22 Trump speech update @37:41 Ian's predictions for the future @40:44 Religious Nonsense: SCOTUS and OK Charter schools @43:03 Growth of ‘nones' levels off @44:23 Health/Medicine/Science: Measles claims first victim @46:19 Worst likely still to come RFK's misinformation @47:48 Race and Vaccines @50:50 JAMA on COVID vaccines @52:31 Healing the Gila monsters @56:52 Final Stories: BFRO Report 78276 @1:00:19

Follow-ups: sTicKy cApS, SpoNgEcAsE @3:58 News: SCOTUS no protest zones @6:37 Judge smacks the DOGE @9:41 HUD video @12:41 AI Gibberlink @14:44 Religious Nonsense: A flurry of religious bills (MO, SD, TX, GA, ID, AL, OH) @17:33 North Dakota bill (SB 2355) KY 10C monument @18:41 OK killed it's monument @19:34 Beheadings in DRC @20:27 Jared derails North Sentinel Island @23:19 Health/Medicine/Science: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may not have been completely truthful @25:02 In the middle of the worst flu season in over a decade, CDC learns its public campaign promoting the flu vaccine had been pulled. @27:10 Quackwatch @28:18 Where does the story come from? Wakefield @38:03 Meanwhile, TX outbreak @40:47 Politics: Chris Murphy @42:02 Final Stories: CA state cryptid @49:46 UN vote @52:00

Announcements: NH - Marriage age CFI letter @2:26 MO - 10 Commandments CFI letter @7:05 Follow-ups: SD - 10 Commandments @7:37 ND - 10 Commandments TX - going the other way @11:25 Pakistan arrests @14:35 News: McConnell @20:04 One last thing on RFK @24:10 RFK's problems with SRRIs @30:08 Sen. Cassidy and LA @33:03 Politics: NATO @39:39 Who determines what the law is @42:57 Social Security and COBOL @47:08 AOC v Homan @55:16 Trump effect on Federal Union @58:56 Pseudoscience: Aphrodisiacs @1:00:01 Final Stories: The Bleeding Statue @1:03:01

News: DOGE employee @1:37 Trump's stupidity @3:29 Anti-Christian Bias @6:18 Politics: Red White and Blueland @7:14 Not to Bragg @17:49 Budget Director - Russel Vought @22:53 White House Faith Office @31:27 Something something false idols @37:52 Pennies @40:31 Eric Adams @42:23 Judge v Musk @44:12 White House fails to comply @51:21 Religious Nonsense: Anti-Islam Solidarity @53:38 Religious thinking and conspiratorial thinking @56:11 Pseudoscience: Holistic Quantum Activation @58:59 Final Stories: New bar in State College @1:03:46

Follow-ups: Texas Tribune Follow-up @2:20 Senator Cassidy “Struggling” @3:40 AP story @5:23 AAP fighting back @6:21 News: Musk's engineers @9:53 CDC @12:48 FBI Politics: "State Issue" @20:51 Future GITMO residents @22:42 First flight has already landed Trump says Palestinians should leave Gaza @25:23 SD - 10C @34:12 TN - New Bill preventing sanctuary policies @38:40 TX - Vaccinations @40:28 Abbott's future WY - charter schools @49:45 VA - homeschooling @51:24 Jody Toor, not just the US @54:03 Religious Nonsense: Salwan Momika @57:51 “Honor” Killing @59:10 zFinal Stories: Kenny Biddle ghost stories @1:05:18

Announcements: Scopes Trial Centennial @3:09 CFI trans articles @4:28 Ronald Lindsay Gary Francione Tilda Storey-Law Robert Pokoski Nathan Lents Follow-ups: Louisiana 10 Comm review @10:59 RFK Confirmation hearing starts @12:38 Reminder: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. formally petitioned the FDA to revoke its authorization of the Covid vaccine in May 2021 Also, How RFK Jr. drove mistrust of a cancer prevention vaccine. CFI Action Alert You can also submit a for-the-record statement directly to the Finance Committee (details at the link). If you're looking for something to get you started, you're welcome to download CFI's lobbying one-pager, which you'll find right at the top of Quackwatch's “RFK Jr. Watch” resource page. News: KS - Tuberculosis Outbreak @20:48 Indiana man @22:22 Proud Boys pardons @26:51 Pastor's message @33:02 NIH reports freeze @36:33 It's not just NIH Quakers fight back @43:10 MO - SB72 @44:14 Greenland @48:15 SCOTUS @52:14 Final Stories: Walkout song for Kristi Noem.. One hot mama? @53:07 Ray's annoyance @55:18

Follow-ups: January 23, Skeptical Inquirer Presents. @1:57 Public Health officials oppose RFK Jr @5:06 Atheists United @2:45 News: Elon @6:11 Trump's executive orders list @12:19 The real question @26:28 Crypto conversation @28:27 Politics: Blumenthal's thoughts @34:58 Biden's outgoing plan @38:02 TX - Lawmakers @42:54 WV - Patrick Morrisey @44:25 Conspiracies: LA fires @45:08

Follow-ups: Mubarak Bala @1:17 His interview News: The lesbian problem @3:35 Ricki Lake @10:55 Politics: RFK's meetings @13:39 Snopes on RFK @15:36 Not a skeptic @17:25 Vaccines @19:04 The new congress @23:06 TX house prayer meeting @25:42 TN lawmaker @28:00 What will Trump do in 30 days? @32:40 Health/Medicine/Science: Ken Paxton's lawsuit dropped @47:17 Religious Nonsense: FFRF and Free Inquiry disagreement @48:00 Pseudoscience: Raw Water @59:49 Holy Water @1:07:27 Final Stories: Jimmy Carter @1:13:20

Follow-ups: Feedspot rank @1:16 News: Trump explosion @5:13 Trump's take on New Years attacker @9:01 Trump Jr. is/was in Greenland! @12:53 Jared's hypothetical @19:33 Gulf of… @27:11 M.A.G.A. @30:02 Johnson's prayer @41:28 Charlie Hebdo anniversary @43:15 Pseudoscience: Flat Earther Jaren Campanella @45:16 Article Mt Rushmore of Wellness Bullsh*t @47:21 Health/Medicine/Science: What's increasing Autism? @52:46 Surgeon General and alcohol @58:10

Why do atheists celebrate Christmas? Do you? @10:13 Karen: pagan origins Santa Clause: Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle. @11:07 ‘Twas the night before Xmas @13:29 My favorite is Pancho Claus @14:57 Winter Solstice is the basis for many Christmas traditions @16:05 December 25th Mithra Sol invictus @17:08 Side Note: paganism @17:53 Presents @18:36 Saturnalia Christmas Adam @19:26 Yule @19:59 Singing, or Wassailing Christmas Tree @21:59 Quick Quiz: When was the first Christmas tree in the Vatican? @23:39 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_religions Ray: Biblical fallacies @32:38 The "inn" and lack of space: @33:50 No Room at the Inn? The "three wise men": @37:31 The guiding star: @38:17 Discrepancies between Matthew and Luke: @39:04 Shepherds and Magi Lineage The census: @43:36 Caesar Augustus Census? Publius Sulpicius Quirinius Appointed 6CE Judea province added to Syria Herod's decree @53:30 Herod ruled from about 37BCE until his death in 4BCE Kenneth Copeland @57:51

News: Idaho ruling @2:18 SCOTUS to review WI ruling @5:10 Politics: 75 Nobel Laureates @7:10 You can too @9:25 Here's why @11:20 McConnel warning @12:05 Groceries @16:39 Indigenous Knowledge @216: Pseudoscience: Telepathic transmitter tested…the results may surprise you! @24:54 Religious Nonsense: Kern County CA @30:14 Health/Medicine/Science: Master of the SLAP @32:02 Tejocote @34:57 UK expands block @38:30 Conspiracies: Project Blue Beam @41:35 Final Stories: Webb confirms faster expansion @44:53

Follow-ups: Markwayne Mullins is Cherokee @2:15 South Korea @3:41 News: Syria @6:30 Luigi Mangione @12:32 Would you have turned him in? @20:57 Scam for gold @25:56 UK Blasphemy @28:30 UK assisted suicide @30:10 Religious v public response Kenya decision @36:17 Politics: RFK Jr's test for health dept employees @39:04 Chad Chronister withdraws @40:58 Bahamas...? @44:57 Mexico Deportation MO GOP @48:58 Judge to consider @52:25 Also in AZ @53:04 Pseudoscience: Lung Float Test @53:46 Religious Nonsense: Hellion Academy for Independent Learning @56:56 Health/Medicine/Science: Science is cool @58:08 Conspiracies: Dover Demon @59:59 NJ Drones @1:05:14

Ian's question for everyone @3:26 Follow-ups: Russ Vought @9:21 Pete Hegseth @10:39 Jay Bhattacharya @16:52 Kash Patel @20:54 Politics: HR 9495 @22:59 Jared's take on humanity @24:19 Markwayne @28:56 WV Vaccine exemptions @33:39 “Bluebonnet” K-5 curriculum approved in Texas @38:37 Mid-show follow-up on Markwayne's heritage @41:16 ID Bible readings @42:59 TX - drugs @44:25 Hunter Biden @44:41 Social Security Ballot @53:44 News: The economy is so bad… @59:04 Meta update @1:01:29 Final Stories: South Korea @1:05:21

Follow-ups: LA schools @2:59 TX Schools @5:04 Ryan Walters @5:13 CNN article @8:22 OK Bibles WY abortion @12:52 Politics: Trump's staff @14:42 Liberal Joe Rogan @30:01 Unprayerful Reflections @43:27 Markwayne Mullin @46:00 General Disorder @51:06 Rand Paul promising to investigate what he calls the “Covid coverup” @52:10 Heritage Foundation “Project Esther.” @53:12 Not really about antisemitism Health/Medicine/Science: WHO and CDC, measles cases hit 10.3M @56:10 Consumer Health Digest @57:22 News: InfoWars now under the management of the The Onion @59:21 Elon Musk's X Corp. files notice in Alex Jones' Infowars bankruptcy case Conspiracies: UAP hearing @1:01:12 Pentagon report

Follow-ups: CFI statement @3:33 Down ballot measures @4:21 AOC question @4:56 More info? @7:18 10 Commandments @7:33 Politics: What happened? @10:49 What now? *Risk assessment @34:57 News: Taliban congratulate Americans @52:21 Iraq age of consent @52:55 Religious Nonsense: Church of England head Justin Welby resigns @54:35 Pseudoscience: Final Stories: Overall reaction @55:38 Ian's summary @1:03:44 Joe Rogan @1:08:10 One final thing; Saudi or Israel? @1:09:41

Election update @2:21 Politics: Fayette County @6:14 Local news @7:52 Ronald Lindsay @9:17 Trump claim “Hellscape” @15:24 Peanut @20:54 RFK Jr denial @23:07 Election update @26:38 Abortion on the ballot @27:39 News: Idaho vaccines @32:37 OH Sheriff @34:00 Starts looking bad @36:43 Religious Nonsense: Bangladesh @38:53 Pakistanis in NY @40:13 Pseudoscience: King Wackadoodle @41:14 Being a psychic is exhausting @47:14 Hulk Hogan @50:01 Final thoughts, not looking good @55:25 SNL talk @58:07

Follow-ups: Wash Post - House vote @1:22 Politics: RFK Jr's running mate @6:53 Fascism at the Garden @7:51 Giuliani @18:31 Another Tapper plus @21:23 Feds warning @23:14 Sheriffs @23:48 CSPOA @26:33 Stop immigrants voting May assert control if Trump loses SPLC thoughts and history @36:15 News: Ballot fires @37:07 Policies: More Harris or Trump? @37:52 She's hearing from more survivors than not. @45:39 CFI filed a new lawsuit in Texas @48:39 Religious Nonsense: Pakistan to be suspended? @49:19 Afghan women @50:33 Final Stories: Steve Bannon @52:52

Listener question: Spin Jim followup @1:10 Follow-ups: TN GOP update @2:06 GA election update @4:33 More Update OK lawsuit @7:44 Religious Nonsense: Joel Webbon @9:11 Michael Flynn @10:58 LA archdiocese @12:37 IL ballot initiative @17:00 FL abortion ad @27:39 NC posters stopped by school board @30:41 GA ADF suit @33:50 History of Blasphemy laws in the US @36:16 Politics: Giulianni @40:19 Ian's sign question @42:41 DING; fries are done @45:58 Bronx barbershop and Trump @52:02 Arnold Palmer @52:48 Tapper and Lewinsky Musk Petition @59:24 More fascism @1:02:42 Aileen Cannon @1:04:23 News: Deep fake problems @1:05:42 Pseudoscience: A new acupuncture study @1:09:02

Listener question: Spin Jim's question @2:51 Politics: Trump's town hall @17:02 Ian's Vance story @25:37 Coachella rally @30:19 Explanation?? Meanwhile, at Kamala's rally @37:08 GA Elections @39:58 Abortion measures @41:45 News: FEMA threats @43:19 The effect of this hurricane season on meteorologists Congress FinCen access @47:32 SCOTUS on AL @50:47 SCOTUS and OK charter school @52:17 Religious Nonsense: Pakistan @53:15 Why so many stories? Conspiracies: Raw milk @57:54 Not just bird flu Pseudoscience: Nakul Shenoy, India's latest mentalist/magician @59:20

Follow-ups: Bibles in OK @3:41 What's it missing? Jack smith evidence file @10:15 Conspiracies: Election next month? @12:52 WV - Kayla Young 12th amendment win Politics: Tina Peters @25:07 Idaho forum @26:35 News: TX/Paxton @28:39 Supreme Court lets a Texas emergency abortion ban stand | AP News Religious Nonsense: Maulana Tariq Masood @30:11 Brain damage linked to religious fundamentalism @31:50 Final Stories: Quaker Comet @36:07 Mormons visited us @44:28

Vance Known in Senate for blocking aid to Ukraine Vance: if you believe X, that means you think Y. Handshake @7:58 Vance did not grow up poor @8:12 Mid East @9:21 Climate Change @10:12 Deporting/Immigration @13:05 “I was told I would not be fact checked” Lies on economy, controlled by President @16:59 MN first in health @18:22 Gun legislation @19:33 Housing @20:53 Health care @25:20 Trump's gorgeous bod @28:30 Jan 6 - Would you have certified the election? @30:25 “Did Trump lose the election?”

Follow-ups: FL pediatricians exhausted @19:28 Surgeon Gen. problem Pakistan @26:12 Family not so forgiving Family forgiveness Lick hot egyptian metal @29:09 Politics: Tom Walz @31:27 MO voting @32:21 Mark Robinson @33:29 Staffers Nebraska Rep @39:35 Trump Train @42:23 Swedish MP @45:15 News: Inevitable outcome @49:32 Snore Stop @50:59 Dooom @58:32 Religious Nonsense: PRRI data @1:07:44 Pseudoscience: Spells for sale @1:09:14 Vitamin C overdosing @1:12:04 Final Stories: Melania @1:14:10

Follow-ups: Debate @1:11 RFK being investigated @9:34 News: Some great evolution webinars next week @13:52 Pakistan Protest @16:23 Man killed while in custody Hezbollah: Beep, BEEP, BOOM! @18:07 Trump attack! @26:22 Politics: Who is Laura Loomer? @31:53 Shutdown in 3..2.. @46:57 Tim Sheehy @47:43 Ken Paxton…again @51:02 Portage County Sheriff @53:27 OK Senator @56:10 TX and OK teachers, schools, and superintendents push back @58:50 SC vouchers @1:01:01 MO ballet @1:02:06 ND ruling @1:02:38 NE ruling @1:03:25 Final Stories: Starliner @1:04:53 Time, got the time, time tick tick ticking in my head @1:06:20

Follow-ups: Michael Sparks @4:12 Fulton county PA still in the news. @5:52 Politics: Texas election @7:33 And it is HARD to vote in TX Do the republicans shut down the govt before the election? @13:55 Debate interjection @17:58 Trump at Arlington @18:24 Full story Meanwhile, Harris and Walz must defend @24:54 Debate feedback @26:501 News: AA newsletter Troubling Gallup poll @27:11 More debate info @31:03 CDC vax percent @31:22 RFK danger @33:24 RFK's vow Religious Nonsense: Erdogan has vowed to “purge” those responsible @35:54 Hindu was “brutally assaulted” inside a police station @37:38 Jared's story @39:40 Evangelical Broadcasters Sue IRS @44:09 Indiana dismissed a lawsuit @45:07 Debate close @47:25

Follow-ups: Science in school @2:05 Science and Secularism on the brink @3:14 GA fighting back @8:25 Pakistani Supreme Court @9:53 FDA has approved two updated COVID vaccines. @12:00 Politics: Bannon being TORTURED in prison @13:25 RFK endorses Trump @16:18 WHALE! J6 Gala @22:05 NEW! Trump NFTs @23:54 Trump's Gish Gallop @30:49 Debate? @34:44 News: FOXNews update @36:31 Bush, McCain, Romney alumni @38:02 Republicans at DNC @40:21 TX v LGBTQ @42:55 Paxton. @46:57 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Latest @49:07 Glyphosate @50:46 Pseudoscience: A life shattered by Pseudoscience @57:09 Religious Nonsense: New Taliban vice and virtue laws @1:01:06 Conspiracies: Climate words @1:04:30

Follow-ups: Santos @1:33 Politics: Secret Vought video @2:58 Cost of 2025 GA election @8:23 GOP response to Kamala @11:51 RFK Jr @14:50 News: Add MO and AZ to the abortion ballet list @16:51 TX education @21:28 DNC talk @24:13 Swifties @26:54 JDVance's fake jizz @30:53 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch MPox @34:56 COVID @36:38 Should you get the jab? KP.2 soon Final Stories: Astrology study @39:25 AWOW signal study @42:02 Grafton monster @45:02

Follow-ups:   Pakistan       @4:28 Tina Peters        @6:45 Lack of abortion fallout       @8:24 Satanic Temple        @14:22 Imane Khelif cyberbullying       @15:12 Religious Nonsense: Kenneth Copeland       @22:16 Politics:  Epstein jet         @25:05 Trump's meltdown         @26:44 Willie Brown        @37:00 Trump and Musk        @38:32 Laura Inghram       @44:10 News: Louisiana misrepresentation At a press conference on Monday     @48:22 Utah Supreme Court         @50:10 Massachusetts H. 377 “crisis pregnancy centers”      @51:14 Nassau NY      @51:48 Health/Medicine/Science:     Quackwatch  Clay Jones reports measles cases are still (needlessly) on the rise   @53:49 Republicans      @54:42 Oil Pulling        @55:25 Conspiracies: Biden       @59:37 Final Stories:  The Ukrainians have invaded Russia     @1:02:55

Follow-ups: KS police chief @2:16 OK school districts rebelling @4:26 CN ban on religious exemptions upheld @5:56 Slapping therapist convicted…again @6:59 Religious Nonsense: Pakistan arrest @8:48 Politics: Kamala VP @10:45 Why not Shapiro? @21:33 Why Kamabla? Trumps new nickname. @28:10 NABJ @32:56 RFK Jr and the Bear @37:42 News: Boxing @45:01 Pole Vaulting @51:00 Final Stories: NASA @53:55

Follow-ups: Kim Davis @1:57 Biden's SCOTUS changes? @6:34 Trump's ear @10:15 Rev 13:3 Laura Ingram interview @13:17 Trump rally gives it away Photographer banned? @17:46 Ian's sunglasses @23:31 Politics: Trump and Xtian nationalism @26:06 AZ Primary @30:55 Trump judge @ 35:46 News: Israelis storm prison @38:16 Religious Nonsense: Gratuitous blasphemy @44:19 Dionysus-Jesus Religious v secular upbringing @51:40 LifeWise Academy @53:54 Sues Parents against LifeWise Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Catholic hospitals @57:04 Final Stories: Harris VP @1:02:44

Follow-ups: Thanks to Dr Kate Common @KateCommon @1:56 LA delayed @4:09 AZ vouchers expense @5:00 Menendez @7:16 Politics: Kamala @8:36 God spared Trump @16:20 Another bible check Conspiracies abound @20:53 Harris VP pick? @24:20 Religious Nonsense: LDS class action lawsuit @50:39 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch COVID numbers this year @54:11 At home allergy tests @56:36 Conspiracies: Magnesium Oil @1:00:40 Final Stories: Meteor @1:02:24

Follow-ups: Ohio Action Alert @1:34 LA Clergy @7:23 Bob Menendez @8:24 Guo Wengui @14:13 Jim Inhofe @16:41 News: Trump rally @17:48 Case dismissed @33:20 Appeal Fact-free conspiracy theories from both the right and left. @38:11 RNC JD Vance @46:08 Vince Fusca @50:35 Corey Comperatore @57:46 Josh Hawley @1:01:19 Sean Feucht Politics: Olena Zelinsky @1:05:25 Final Stories: Fly me to the Moon @1:11:28 ISS Astronauts @1:14:02

Follow-ups: OK continues @1:07 Religious Nonsense: Scopes trial to Project 2025 @5:38 70 years ago @11:10 Trey Crowder @13:19 Pakistani breast milk bank closes @14:34 Politics: French vote @21:03 Biden explains @24:23 JD Vance @28:45 Biden's replacement @35:20 Kevin Roberts @50:16 Trump's claim @52:55 Rubio's response @54:49 20 points @58:52 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch This week's issue @1:02:08 Final Stories: Alaska @1:06:29 UK election @1:07:07

Follow-ups: LA Governor Jeff Landry, who boasted he “can't wait to be sued”, has now been sued @2:13 OK Supreme Court put the kibosh on the nation's first religious-run charter school @3:49 Pakistan @5:53 News: Atheist Parolee @9:32 Debate @12:41 SCOTUS @34:38 On CT vaccines Corner Post Chevron POTUS Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch This Week @48:41 Hemorrhoid cream @52:43 Final Stories: Slapping Therapy @56:32

Follow-ups: Jared's colonoscopy @1:05 Window to hell @5:41 LA 10 Commandments @12:14 Signed Alaska schools @16:51 Trump's follow-up @20:28 Debate question @30:31 News: NH Marriage @36:05 Shauna Rae question @42:24 Religious Nonsense: Not just religious schools @49:26 “How Christian nationalism is going under the radar in this election.” @52:23 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch FDA in question @54:41 Final Stories: New Gameshow @1:00:13

Conspiracies: Philippine conspiracy        @1:50 News: Indonesia       @8:02 Pope Frank       @11:01 The Hajj          @15:00 SCOTUS unanimously rejected challenge        @22:34 Bump stocks       @ A new study on disinformation        @33:26 Politics:  Project 2025       @37:35 John Oliver True Texas Project        @47:53 Charlie Kirk        @53:29 Religious Nonsense: Doug Wilson        @54:18 Women leaving religion      @57:54 The Boyz talk        @1:04:49 Health/Medicine/Science:     Quackwatch  Sunscreen        @1:07:39 Final Stories:  Knickerbocker Hotel       @1:12:34

Follow-ups: Slow week? @2:39 AL update @3:33 Politics: Trump teleprompter rant @4:32 Bannon @13:36 Appeal is filed this evening Hunter found guilty @15:52 Carlson @27:42 Federal mask mandate @31:59 South Dakota Nazis @37:02 PA State House @40:52 News: NewsBreak @42:29 Scott Roder @45:49 Two “inter-dimensional beings” ‘2000 Mules' @49:30 Southern Baptist Convention @55:07 Religious Nonsense: Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch New Pseudo-science term @57:38 Terrance Howard @59:40 FDA tanks MDMA therapy @1:03:28 Final Stories: Nature be scary @1:07:49

Follow-ups: TX runoff election update @2:33 Politics: Trump @4:49 Hunter Biden! @11:31 Swift conspiracy!! @14:48 Trump Witnesses @15:55 On the TikTok @20:22 Jeff Yass Bill Burr & Bill Maher @21:59 House Dem, “Pardon Trump” @23:59 Joe Manchin @27:16 McCarthy and Gaetz @29:10 Tiffany @35:04 Fauci's testimony @35:52 News: TX Professors @49:10 Also, TX SBOE @52:10 Religious Nonsense: Another one from Pakistan @59:48 US response Update Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch House mold! @1:06:53 Final Stories: PSA to Dr Fauci @1:12:41

Follow-ups: Not a follow-up, Do you believe in God? @2:03 News: MyChurchFinder @4:55 Politics: Ashli Babbitt stone @9:25 Cohen censure @18:33 John Banuelos @19:39 Libertarian Trump @25:22 Trump threats @31:30 Grifting the Rich @37:03 Trial wrapping up @40:24 Trump's Memorial Day rant @45:22 More classified Docs @48:39 Nikki Haley @53:41 Biden Judge picks @55:08 Fewer Trump signs?? @1:00:13 Alito's flag problem @1:06:42 SCOTUS on SC @1:12:00 Rick Scott @1:17:17 Religious Nonsense: Haiti Missionaries @1:19:08 The poop the Pope says @1:22:44

Follow-ups: Mubarak Bala @2:04 News: Iran President @4:52 Pakistan PECA law @8:09 Tithy Sarkar @9:46 John Wiley & Sons @12:05 Politics: Trump talk @13:44 A Unified Reich! @22:37 Old Vanity Fair @29:31 Abbott pardons Perry @35:25 Giulianni served @44:24 Pic or it didn't happen False Eyelashes @49:03 OH school release @52:31 Courtney Gore @57:11 NC Masks @59:37 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Measles @1:03:38 Public Health Ontario Residencies @1:04:55 Technology Google Android @1:07:59

News: Thursday (May 16): Skeptical Inquirer Presents @1:21 Call to action: MO child marriage @5:28 Stonewall Jackson High Psychic Enablers @13:01 Politics: AL lawsuit can move forward @18:25 LA abortion pills @21:52 WA GOP @22:19 Nikki Haley @29:25 RFK Jr @38:42 Stop the Coup @43:29 Religious Nonsense: Deacon charged @45:21 Modern Mormon Missionaries @47:53 Trump Sycophants @51:41 Ann Coulter v India @53:40 Openly gay Lebanese comedian Shaden Fakih @57:36 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch Tenpenny and MEAT @1:01:07 Meat @1:05:05 Final Stories: Have you seen Charles? @1:14:33

Follow-ups:   May the 4th    @1:22 Darth Trump       @2:39 Hope Hicks testimony        @5:48 “You remind me of my daughter”        @12:56 IT firm doing work for Cohen       @15:29 OK Chaplains       @18:28 Pre  show conversation about bears       @20:14 Politics:  MO HB2446        @33:17 FL abortion ban in place     @34:55 CNN Poll        @35:19 Upcoming voting        @35:50 Religious Nonsense: OR Followers of Christ        @39:14 Dawkins v Ali      @40:00 Health/Medicine/Science:     Quackwatch  Fallout from COVID Vaccine misinformation       @47:53 Final Stories:  What's bad about Sucking balls?     @53:47