The Scathing Atheist

670: De-Icing Edition

In this week’s episode, Tucker Carlson is worried the horny woman in the area is his wife so he wants to ban porn, and Ross Douthat totally would’ve won that argument against Christopher Hitchens if he hadn’t been tired. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com [http://Patreon.com], click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist [http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist] To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ [https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/] If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com [scathingnews@gmail.com] To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat [https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat] To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies [https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies] To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ [http://citationpod.com/] To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ [https://danddminus.libsyn.com/] Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ [https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/] --- Guest Links: Check out James’ memes here: https://www.facebook.com/Pligmemes [https://www.facebook.com/Pligmemes] --- Headlines: Court upholds $400,000 fine against lawyer who warned Catholic school about predator on staff: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/court-upholds-400000-fine-against [https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/court-upholds-400000-fine-against] Paxton sues his own transportation department for not putting religious ads in official docs: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-attorney-general-sues-state [https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-attorney-general-sues-state] Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ ordered to close building over safety concerns: https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2026/01/10/riverstone-academy-public-christian-school-ordered-to-close-building/ [https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2026/01/10/riverstone-academy-public-christian-school-ordered-to-close-building/] Tucker Carlson warns that porn addiction is greater threat than Islam, exposes US to conquest: https://www.christianpost.com/news/tucker-carlson-warns-porn-addiction-exposes-us-to-conquest.html [https://www.christianpost.com/news/tucker-carlson-warns-porn-addiction-exposes-us-to-conquest.html]

669: PS FU Edition

In this week’s episode, America picks up an extra president, podcastiverse character Scottish abortion clinic lady gets conjured by the universe to murder satire, and Don Ford will be here because apparently he had no better place to be. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com [http://Patreon.com], click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist [http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist] To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ [https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/] If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com [scathingnews@gmail.com] To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat [https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat] To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies [https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies] To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ [http://citationpod.com/] To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ [https://danddminus.libsyn.com/] Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ [https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/] --- Guest Links: Learn more about the Institute for Secular Leadership: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585261806719 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585261806719] --- Headlines: Christian leaders on Maduro https://www.christianpost.com/news/us-evangelical-leaders-react-to-trumps-capture-of-maduro.html [https://www.christianpost.com/news/us-evangelical-leaders-react-to-trumps-capture-of-maduro.html?utm_source=Weekend&utm_campaign=Weekend&utm_medium=newsletter] Zohran Mamdani's quran oath was perfectly legal and Christian nationalists can't handle it: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/zohran-mamdanis-quran-oath-was-perfectly [https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/zohran-mamdanis-quran-oath-was-perfectly] https://www.christianpost.com/voices/mamdanis-inauguration-speech-rife-with-radical-rhetoric-troubli.html [https://www.christianpost.com/voices/mamdanis-inauguration-speech-rife-with-radical-rhetoric-troubli.html] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFYRkzznsc0&t=30s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFYRkzznsc0&t=30s] Health Authorities Issue Measles Alert at Creationist Museum: https://www.thedailybeast.com/health-authorities-issue-measles-alert-at-creationist-museum/ [https://www.thedailybeast.com/health-authorities-issue-measles-alert-at-creationist-museum/] Trump auctions off Jesus painting for $2.75 million at Mar-a-Lago NYE revival event: https://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-auctions-off-jesus-painting-for-275m-during-nye-party.html [https://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-auctions-off-jesus-painting-for-275m-during-nye-party.html] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/01/trump-nye-mar-a-lago-auction [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/01/trump-nye-mar-a-lago-auction] Trump administration issues changes to vaccine schedule: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/health/childhood-vaccine-schedule-overhaul [https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/health/childhood-vaccine-schedule-overhaul] Grandmother criminally charged for inviting people to chat outside hospital: https://www.christianpost.com/news/grandmother-criminally-charged-for-inviting-people-to-chat.html [https://www.christianpost.com/news/grandmother-criminally-charged-for-inviting-people-to-chat.html?utm_source=Daily&utm_campaign=Daily&utm_medium=newsletter] --- This Week in Misogyny: Turns out the face-eating leopard party is filled with face-eating leopards: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/opinion/republican-women-misogyny-sexism.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/opinion/republican-women-misogyny-sexism.html] Grok being used to make naked pictures of real women (and children): https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/07/grok-deepfake-images-sexualise-women-children-investigated-australia-esafety [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/07/grok-deepfake-images-sexualise-women-children-investigated-australia-esafety] Kentucky woman charged with fetal homicide for abortion: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/02/kentucky-woman-arrest-abortion [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/02/kentucky-woman-arrest-abortion] Wyoming court blocks abortion pill ban: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5674918-wyoming-supreme-court-abortion-ruling/ [https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5674918-wyoming-supreme-court-abortion-ruling/]

668: Uninsured Edition

In this week’s episode, Catholics still haven’t met their kid diddling deductible, we have a jance dance revolution party on the graves of our enemies, and Tom and Cecil will be here to see if we were gonna finish that. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com [http://Patreon.com], click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist [http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist] To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ [https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/] If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com [scathingnews@gmail.com] To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat [https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat] To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies [https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies] To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ [http://citationpod.com/] To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ [https://danddminus.libsyn.com/] Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ [https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/] --- Guest Links: Get your Girl Scout cookies from Clare! https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/clare846069 [https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/clare846069] Hear more from Tom and Cecil on Cognitive Dissonance [https://www.dissonancepod.com/] Learn more about the Creator Accountability Network’s fundraiser here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Fhg1Pd8J5/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Fhg1Pd8J5/] --- Headlines: Insurer to Catholic Archdiocese of New York: We don’t cover cover-ups: https://open.substack.com/pub/friendlyatheist/p/insurer-to-catholic-archdiocese-of [https://open.substack.com/pub/friendlyatheist/p/insurer-to-catholic-archdiocese-of?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web] Columbia offers Flat Earthers the keys to the company in new ad: https://www.creativereview.co.uk/columbia-flat-earthers-campaign/ [https://www.creativereview.co.uk/columbia-flat-earthers-campaign/] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxJOAsTMC6w [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxJOAsTMC6w] Professor at Texas A&M remains fired for acknowledging more than two genders: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/us/texas-am-decline-reinstate-fired-faculty-member.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/us/texas-am-decline-reinstate-fired-faculty-member.html] Oklahoma's Supreme Court overturns Ryan Walters' Bible-heavy Social Studies standards: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahomas-supreme-court-overturns [https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahomas-supreme-court-overturns] 10 notable Christian leaders, influencers who died in 2025: https://www.christianpost.com/news/10-notable-christian-leaders-influencers-who-died-in-2025.html [https://www.christianpost.com/news/10-notable-christian-leaders-influencers-who-died-in-2025.html]

668: Holiday Message

Happy holidays!

667: CAIR-ful Edition

In this week’s episode, Christianity will put the PR in CPR, Kirk Cameron gets eschatological and makes quite a mess, and president of American Atheists Nick Fish will be here to talk about serious stuff. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com [http://Patreon.com], click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist [http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist] To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ [https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/] If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com [scathingnews@gmail.com] To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat [https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat] To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies [https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies] To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ [http://citationpod.com/] To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ [https://danddminus.libsyn.com/] Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ [https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/] --- Guest Links: Learn more about the work Nick Fish is doing with American Atheists here: https://www.atheists.org/about/our-vision/ [https://www.atheists.org/about/our-vision/] Learn more about the fundraiser Noah is doing for the Creator Accountability Network here: Canlivestream.org [http://canlivestream.org] --- Headlines: Despite desperate religious claims, the US is NOT in the midst of a youth revival: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/12/08/religion-holds-steady-in-america/ [https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/12/08/religion-holds-steady-in-america/] Lauren Witzke claims God sent Noah's flood because angels gave humanity pharmaceuticals: https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/lauren-witzke-claims-god-sent-noahs-flood-because-angels-gave-humanity [https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/lauren-witzke-claims-god-sent-noahs-flood-because-angels-gave-humanity] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Witzke [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Witzke] Several major US retailers placed on 'Naughty List' for failure to embrace Christmas this year: https://www.christianpost.com/news/several-major-us-retailers-placed-on-naughty-list.html [https://www.christianpost.com/news/several-major-us-retailers-placed-on-naughty-list.html] Kirk Cameron changes stance on doctrine of Hell: https://www.christianpost.com/news/kirk-cameron-changes-stance-on-doctrine-of-hell.html [https://www.christianpost.com/news/kirk-cameron-changes-stance-on-doctrine-of-hell.html]