A weekly look at religion and the stupidity that breeds it. Hosts Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Eli Bosnick delve into theistic attempts to intrude on the secular world in an unflinching expose on just how juvenile the whole god thing is.

<div>In this week’s episode, the SCOTUS huffily leaves a clause established, RFK Jr's top medical scientists are gonna see if Trump Derangement Syndrome can be cured with ivermectin, and we consider the complicated questions of duck-dynastic succession. 
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Headlines: 
SCOTUS passively barely maintains establishment clause for now with Barrett recused: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/split-us-supreme-court-blocks-religious-charter-school-2025-05-22/">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/split-us-supreme-court-blocks-religious-charter-school-2025-05-22/</a> 
Big beautiful bill gives more than $5 billion a year to private (mostly religious) schools: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/religious-charter-school-movement.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/religious-charter-school-movement.html</a> 
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/nx-s1-5397175/trump-federal-voucher-private-school">https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/nx-s1-5397175/trump-federal-voucher-private-school</a> 
Hegseth hosts meeting of what he says will be a monthly Christian prayer service at Pentagon: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/hegseth-pentagon-christian-prayer-service">https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/hegseth-pentagon-christian-prayer-service</a> 
MTG argues with Grok about whether or not she’s Christian: <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-fights-grok-elon-musk-ai-1235347313/">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-fights-grok-elon-musk-ai-1235347313/</a> 
GOP congressmen propose bill to have the NIH study the disease called "Trump Derangement Syndrome: 
<a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/house-republicans-seek-scientific">https://www.wonkette.com/p/house-republicans-seek-scientific</a> 
 
 

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The Scathing Atheist

Duck Off Edition

<div>In this week’s episode, Gen Z thinks this Jesus fella is pretty skibidi Ohio, the new pope takes a long look at the story of Cain and Abel, and we’ll turn to Dennis Prager for some very questionable answers. 
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Headlines: 
Young, red-pilled men are becoming more religious: <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/gen-z-men-becoming-more-100000474.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/gen-z-men-becoming-more-100000474.html</a> 
Jehovah’s Witnesses are suing a reporter for "wiretapping"—after inviting him on the call: <a href="https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/jehovahs-witnesses-are-suing-a-reporter?r=pallj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false">https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/jehovahs-witnesses-are-suing-a-reporter</a> 
Utah Senator Mike Lee proposes bill that would ban porn nationwide: <a href="https://slate.com/life/2025/05/porn-ban-videos-republican-project-2025.html">https://slate.com/life/2025/05/porn-ban-videos-republican-project-2025.html</a> 
Appeals court rules that Southwest's lawyers don't have to do "religious freedom" training: <a href="https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/appeals-court-southwests-lawyers">https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/appeals-court-southwests-lawyers</a> 
Pope Leo’s ‘MAGA-Type’ Brother Goes To Confession About His Trolling For Trump: <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pope-leo-xiv-brother-online_n_682432c1e4b0993b52bf9d29">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pope-leo-xiv-brother-online_n_682432c1e4b0993b52bf9d29</a> 
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/louis-prevost-pope-leo-xiv-brother.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/louis-prevost-pope-leo-xiv-brother.html</a> 
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This Week in Misogyny: 
Brain-dead Georgia woman turned into flesh incubator by state: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-forced-keep-brain-dead-pregnant-woman-alive-rcna207002">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-forced-keep-brain-dead-pregnant-woman-alive-rcna207002</a> 
Fertility Clinic in California bombed: <a href="https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/05/bomb-explosion-fertility-clinic-in-palm-springs-california/">https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/05/bomb-explosion-fertility-clinic-in-palm-springs-california/</a> 
Women’s March on June 14th: <a href="https://www.womensmarch.com/">https://www.womensmarch.com/</a>
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Livin' on a Prager Edition

<div>In this week’s episode, our surgeon gets a lot more general, Celine Dion's heart will go QAnon, and we’ll get started with all new papal nicknames. 
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Headlines: 
Vatican goes with a white guy again: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/who-is-robert-francis-prevost-pope-leo-xiv.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/who-is-robert-francis-prevost-pope-leo-xiv.html</a> and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/world/sexual-abuse-mishandling-allegations-pope-leo-xiv">https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/world/sexual-abuse-mishandling-allegations-pope-leo-xiv</a> 
Catholic Bishops Defy New US State Law To Report Child Abuse: <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/catholic-bishops-defy-new-us-state-law-report-child-abuse-2070038">https://www.newsweek.com/catholic-bishops-defy-new-us-state-law-report-child-abuse-2070038</a> 
Trump nominates pseudoscience NOT A DOCTOR to be surgeon general:  
<a href="https://ground.news/article/everything-trumps-surgeon-general-nominee-casey-means-said-about-vaccines">https://ground.news/article/everything-trumps-surgeon-general-nominee-casey-means-said-about-vaccines</a> 
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/science/casey-means-trump-surgeon-general.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/science/casey-means-trump-surgeon-general.html</a> 
<a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/what-nonsense-does-trumps-wellness">https://www.wonkette.com/p/what-nonsense-does-trumps-wellness</a> 
Jim Bakker claims he needs a million bucks to stave off homelessness: <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/televangelist-jim-bakker-says-needs-044513388.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/televangelist-jim-bakker-says-needs-044513388.html</a> 
Kentucky police agencies paid for proselytizing canine training at Ark Encounter: <a href="https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/investigations/2025/05/12/ark-encounter-kentucky-holds-canine-training-for-police-with-sermons/83331517007/">https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/investigations/2025/05/12/ark-encounter-kentucky-holds-canine-training-for-police-with-sermons/83331517007/</a> 
Celine Dion might be a baby-eating illuminati demon queen: <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/is-celine-dion-a-baby-eating-illuminati">https://www.wonkette.com/p/is-celine-dion-a-baby-eating-illuminati</a> 
 
 

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Saul Good Edition

<div>In this week’s episode, Christian bigots put themSELVES on a list for a change, Donald Trump gets down with the sithness, and Tom and Cecil will be here to explain how Eli’s spreadsheet got lost in the mail. 
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Headlines: 
Website for Christian Right MAGA-friendly businesses backfires as people use it for boycotts: <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/publicsquare-trump-critics-boycott-businesses_n_680900d2e4b00850c6839b0b">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/publicsquare-trump-critics-boycott-businesses_n_680900d2e4b00850c6839b0b</a> 
Turkish Cypriots protest over what they say is Turkey's introduction of Islam into education system: <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/turkish-cypriots-protest-over-what-they-say-is-turkeys-introduction-of-islam-into-education-system/ar-AA1E6PVp">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/turkish-cypriots-protest-over-what-they-say-is-turkeys-introduction-of-islam-into-education-system/ar-AA1E6PVp</a> 
White House press briefing welcomes influencer who thought the Moon disappeared one time: <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/white-house-press-briefing-welcomes">https://www.wonkette.com/p/white-house-press-briefing-welcomes</a> 
New York May Weaken Its Oversight Over Religious Schools: <a href="https://archive.is/X7oIB#selection-507.0-511.112">https://archive.is/X7oIB#selection-507.0-511.112</a> 
Trump posts AI image of himself as Pope: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/world/trump-ai-image-pope-intl-hnk">https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/world/trump-ai-image-pope-intl-hnk</a> 
And as a f***-jedi with a sith lightsaber: <a href="https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/trump-may-4th-post-star-wars-lightsaber-b2744850.html">https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/trump-may-4th-post-star-wars-lightsaber-b2744850.html</a>
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