

The Scathing Atheist
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
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.
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Feb 16, 2023 • 60min
522: Putting the Sus in He Gets Us Edition
In this week’s episode, a little known religion called “Christianity” finally gets some national exposure, we’ll do the math on Bigfoot, and Heath will finally earn enough punches on the card to get a free penis reattachment next time.
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Guest Links:
Check out the Louisville Atheists here: https://www.louisvilleatheists.com/wordpress/
Learn more about Freeflo here: https://www.freeflo.org/
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Headlines:
More on the He Gets Us campaign’s ties to hate groups: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/loving-christian-super-bowl-ads-connected-to-anti-lgbtq-hate-group/
Mormon investment arm under investigation by the SEC: https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/02/11/money-questions-mount-lds-church/
Coach Dave declares spiritual warfare on the superbowl
https://newswithviews.com/lets-storm-the-gates-of-hell
Christian school cancels concert hours before start because singer is gay: https://www.classicfm.com/artists/kings-singers/florida-college-cancels-concert-sexuality-concerns/
School board member buys sign opposing litter boxes
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/transphobic-school-board-member-posts-bizarre-sign-denouncing-school-litter-boxes/
Newsmax CEO dubs being dropped by DirecTV an “attack on Jesus” https://www.christianpost.com/news/newsmax-ceo-calls-removal-from-directv-blatant-act-of-censorship.html
Bigfoot mathematically are probably bears
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bigfoot-sightings-math_n_63d8d43ae4b04d4d18e80619
Christians “betrayed” by new Chick-Fil-A veggie sandwich: https://gizmodo.com/conservative-controversy-chick-fil-a-cauliflower-sandwi-1850100961
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This Week in Misogyny:
WY GOP defends child marriage, claims trans rights are a threat to kids: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/wyoming-gop-defends-child-marriage-while-claiming-its-trans-rights-that-harm-children/
Germany inches toward better abortion laws: https://cne.news/artikel/2564-germanys-paragraph-218-on-abortion-risks-permanent-deletion (context) https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-abolishes-nazi-era-abortion-law-2022-06-24/

Feb 9, 2023 • 60min
521: Accountability Edition
In this week’s episode, breakfast sullies its good name with national prayer, we learn about a fake treatment for autism that's dumber than ass bleach, and we’ll explore yet another of the abundance of dark recesses in David Icke’s brain.
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To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Headlines:
First rebranded version of the National Prayer Breakfast takes place: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/02/1153705297/congress-takes-reins-of-prayer-breakfast-from-secretive-christian-evangelical-gr
AOC ripped into MTG on Twitter about hypocrisy regarding antisemitic remarks: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/aoc-ripped-into-marjorie-taylor-greene-on-twitter-she-ended-it-with-a-laughing-emoji/
Satanists are opening an abortion clinic named after Samuel Alito's mom: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/satanists-are-opening-an-abortion
Less than 10% of anti-LGBTQ+ bills proposed in 2022 actually passed: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/less-than-10-of-anti-lgbtq-bills-proposed-in-2022-actually-passed/
Naturopaths 'not bound by science,' lawyer argues in hearing on fecal transplants for autism: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-naturopath-fecal-transplants-jason-klop-court-hearing-1.6504615
https://www.hopestandard.com/news/fraser-valley-naturopath-still-banned-from-selling-fecal-transplants-to-treat-autism/

Feb 2, 2023 • 60min
520: Just the Facts Ma'am Edition
In this week’s episode, North Dakota bans Heffalumps AND Woozles, long-winded priests are about to get the hook like Showtime at the Apollo, and we’ll learn that Jehovah’s Witnesses come pre-shunned.
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To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Headlines:
Diatribe story: https://religionnews.com/2023/01/26/he-gets-us-organizers-hope-to-spend-1-billion-to-promote-jesus-will-anyone-care/
Idiot Bill in Montana would ban everything in science class except “scientific fact”: https://ncse.ngo/draft-antiscience-bill-montana
Nebraska Democrat trolls anti-drag bill by filing an amended version to ban church camps: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/democrat-files-bill-to-ban-church-youth-camps-as-hotbeds-of-child-abuse-religious-indoctrination/
ND bill aims to ban accommodations for students who identify as trans or 'animal species':
https://www.christianpost.com/news/north-dakota-bill-seeks-to-ban-accommodations-for-trans-animal-students.html
Mike Lindell will run “election crime unit” for RNC in 2024: https://www.rawstory.com/mike-lindell-election-crime-unit/
Pope says long homilies are terrible and priests need to keep it under 10 minutes: https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/long-homilies-are-disaster-keep-it-under-10-minutes-pope-says

Jan 26, 2023 • 60min
519: Decade and Counting Edition
In this week’s episode, the church created by a king he could fuck other women opines on the sanctity of marriage, Texas considers a heartbean bill to regulate its chili, and Marsh will introduce us to his magical slipper connection.
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To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
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To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Guest Links:
Check out Dear Old Dads here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-old-dads/id1627427933
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Headlines:
50th Annual March for Life takes place in DC: https://religionnews.com/2023/01/19/after-roe-50th-march-for-life-a-turning-point-for-national-state-abortion-protests/
Groff v.DeJoy SCOTUS case could turn every workplace into a religious battleground:
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23559038/supreme-court-groff-dejoy-religion-twa-hardison-workplace
Church of England bishops refuse to back gay marriage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64313367
Texas state senator calls for food made from aborted fetuses to be labeled: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/texas-republican-aborted-fetuses-food-b2265342.html

Jan 19, 2023 • 60min
518: Surgeon Popularity Edition
In this week’s episode, we’ll give George Pell the musical send off he deserves, a 6-foot tall spray painted dick in Fort Lauderdale gives Mar-a-Lago some competition, and Tom and Cecil will be here because they initially thought ‘vitriol’ was a kind of lube.
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To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
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To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Guest Links:
Check out Tom and Cecil on Cognitive Dissonance: https://www.dissonancepod.com/
Check out Skeptics in the Pub Online here: https://sitp.online/
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Headlines:
Cardinal Pell dies: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/world/australia/cardinal-george-pell-dead.html
Lil Nas X posed with The Wiggles & conservative parents cannot handle it: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/lil-nas-x-posed-wiggles-conservative-parents-cannot-handle/
One Million Moms protesting Disney for same-sex couple existence in Firebuds cartoon: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/christians-protesting-disney-time-dont-like-cartoon/
The pandemic hurt church attendance, especially among younger Americans: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/the-pandemic-hurt-church-attendance-especially-among-younger-americans/
UK censors Demi Lovato posters for causing "serious offense to Christians": https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/uk-censors-demi-lovato-posters-causing-serious-offense-christians/
Shady NZ church stiffs investigator they hired to investigate them: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/new-zealand-arise-church-charlotte-cummings-punish-investigator/
A giant pink phallus may come to Florida, thanks to Jesus and an atheist: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/a-giant-pink-phallus-may-come-to-florida-thanks-to-jesus-and-an-atheist/

Jan 12, 2023 • 60min
517: Handling a Cockatrice Edition
In this week’s episode, we’ll find out which congresspeople weigh the same amount as a duck, Donald Trump Jr. is selling another ghost written book, and I’ll add in the Norwegian story that I forgot we teased in the intro last week.
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To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
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To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Guest Links:
Learn more about Recovering From Religion here: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/
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Headlines:
Donald Trump Jr. selling the ‘We The People Bible’: https://onlysky.media/ahall/donald-trump-jr-is-selling-the-we-the-people-bible/-people-bible/
Art History professor fired for using ancient paintings of Muhammad in class
https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/art-history-professor-fired-for-using-ancient-paintings-of-muhammad-in-class/
Jehovah’s Witnesses lose religious status in Norway: https://cne.news/artikel/2289-jehovah-s-witnesses-norway-lose-registration-religious-community
ADF lawyer David French Joins The Times as an Opinion Columnist
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/new-york-times-newest-columnist-ugly-past-demonizing-lgbtq-people/
Pastor jailed for using homeless people for unpaid labor: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/pastor-victor-gonzalez-sentenced-jail-homeless-forced-labor/
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This Week in Misogyny:
Family Research Council dubs Walgreens and CVS “Centers of Death” for carrying mifepristone: https://www.joemygod.com/2023/01/frc-walgreens-and-cvs-to-become-centers-of-death/
Multiple hate preachers warn about that beer will make men feminine: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/hate-pastors-now-speaking-beer-say-makes-men-feminine/

Jan 5, 2023 • 60min
516: De-Pope-ulated Edition
In this week’s episode, there’s Norway Forward for Witnesses of Jehovah, the death of the ex-pope sets off a Rube Goldberg device of slapstick magic rituals, and Heath will end another day tied with Kevin McCarthy in terms of being the Speaker of the House.
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To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Headlines:
Pew story on religious makeup of 118th congress discussed in the diatribe: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/01/03/faith-on-the-hill-2023/
Nazi pope is dead and the Catholic papal death rituals are ABSURD:
https://www.reuters.com/world/rituals-benedicts-passing-could-be-template-future-ex-popes-2022-12-30/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hammer-time/
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/3515/ancient-tradition-for-confirming-popes-death
https://weirdcatholic.com/2019/02/14/are-dead-popes-still-hit-on-the-head-with-a-hammer/
New York Times opinion piece is stupid and I hate it: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/opinion/soul-resolutions-new-year.html
Greg Locke claims Andrew Tate was arrested for denying climate change: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/greg-locke-andrew-tate-arrested-climate-change-greta-thunberg/
Kirk Cameron is still telling lies to boost sales of his new Christian book: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/kirk-cameron-is-still-telling-lies-to-boost-sales-of-his-new-christian-book/

Dec 29, 2022 • 60min
515: Omission Accomplished Edition
In this week’s episode, Sterling North Stonewall and Sterling West Pembina are schools for homophobic bigots, Dennis Prager sheds a single tear and blows out a menorah by himself in a dark room because his entire family hates him, and we’ll watch what happens when a story forgets to have a plot. Twice.
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Headlines:
Jan 6 Committee leaves Christian nationalism out of their report (diatribe story) https://religionnews.com/2022/12/23/christian-nationalism-mostly-absent-from-final-jan-6-report/
Conservatives are upset their kids don’t want to spend Christmas with them: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/dennis-prager-christmas-conservative-parents-kids/
A high school coach joked about preaching Satanism and then he got fired:
https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/ethan-gabel-high-school-coach-satanism-fired/
NY Gov vetoes bill for secular addiction alternatives: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/kathy-hochul-vetoes-bill-bolstering-secular-addiction-treatment-programs/
An evangelical cult leader assassinated Santa Claus in front of a bunch of kids: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/12/evangelical-groomer-assassinated-santa-claus/
Schools lose fight for anonymity after censored tours at human rights museum: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/canadian-museum-for-human-rights-lgbtq-secrecy-lawsuit-christian-schools/
Christians freak out over Amy Grant not hating her gay niece: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/christian-bigots-condemn-singer-amy-grant-for-saying-jesus-is-all-about-love/
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This Week in Misogyny:
Afghanistan gets worse and worse for women: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/28/afghan-women-on-ngo-work-ban-my-heart-will-burst-from-the-pain
Indiana Judge sides with religious right to abort: https://religionnews.com/2022/12/07/indiana-judge-backs-a-religious-right-to-abort/

Dec 22, 2022 • 60min
514: Holiday Leftovers Edition
In this week’s episode, we’ll regift you some headlines that time forgot, we learn from the Goop Gift Guide that this is NOT your mom's old-timey vaginal steam laser, and we cram in a bunch of insults that didn’t fit in last week.
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To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Guest Links:
Check out more from Tom and Cecil here: https://www.dissonancepod.com/
Check out more from Thomas and Andrew here: https://openargs.com/

Dec 15, 2022 • 60min
513: Seven Headed Vulgarian Edition
In this week’s episode, Christians get a taste of their ow “let-us-in” medicine, we'll talk about the literature of AUTHOR Kirk Cameron, and we’ll fill Morgan’s editing screen the fuck up with all the Vulgarity for Charity guests tonight.
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Get tickets to see Noah at Freeflo here: https://www.freeflo.org/
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To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/
To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Guest Links:
Check out more from Tom and Cecil here: https://www.dissonancepod.com/
Check out more from Thomas and Andrew here: https://openargs.com/
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Headlines:
Citing staff safety & dignity, restaurant refuses to serve Christian hate group: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/metzger-bar-and-butchery-safety-dignity-refuses-to-serve-christian-hate-group/
Stanford Marching Band mocks BYU with gay wedding skit during football game: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/12/stanford-marching-band-mocks-byu-gay-wedding-skit-football-game/
Montreal archdiocese hires independent investigator to look into abuse claims, stymies said investigator: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-catholic-church-ombudsman-complaints-1.6680142
Public libraries aren't censoring Kirk Cameron; he just wants attention: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/public-libraries-arent-censoring-kirk-cameron-he-just-wants-attention/
US Leaders gather to discuss annual freedom of thought report: https://religionnews.com/2022/12/09/u-s-leaders-gather-in-dc-to-discuss-rights-of-nonreligious-people-across-the-world/
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