Ep. 189 - Canada Appreciates Science

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. -- Some critics are angry that Canada's Governor General Julie Payette mocked pseudoscience. (1:05) -- Pat Robertson tried comforting a grieving mother by trashing atheists. (13:00) -- The GOP's tax plan would let pastors endorse candidates from the pulpit without punishment. (18:58) -- A Christian pastor (wrongly) claimed there are no atheist relief groups. (27:06) -- A Christian activist offered a disturbing rewrite of a Disney show with a gay main character. (35:11) -- A Christian college is forcing freshmen to take a class in patriotism. (45:20) -- There's no single "atheist movement" and we have to acknowledge that. (51:59) -- Harvey Weinstein has a Bible verse on his hat. (1:13:54)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.