Ep. 229 - Broccoli, The Atheists' New Worst Nightmare

Published: Aug. 6, 2018, 3:06 a.m.

b'Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\u2014 Willow Creek megachurch\\u2019s founder Bill Hybels has now been accused of sexually harassing his assistant decades ago, and the lead pastor quit as a result. (2:15)\\n\\u2014 Jeff Sessions\\u2018 \\u201cReligious Freedom Task Force\\u201d is just a government program to help conservative Christians discriminate against groups they hate. (18:09)\\n\\u2014 Child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church would stop if only seminaries required applicants to abstain from lust or masturbation for a year, says priest. (23:55)\\n\\u2014 Cosmologist Lawrence Krauss no longer has his top science job at Arizona State after an investigation found that he groped a woman at a conference. But he\\u2019s still on the school\\u2019s payroll. (28:58)\\n\\u2014 Want to volunteer with Franklin Graham\\u2018s Samaritan\\u2019s Purse group to help with California wildfire relief efforts? You need to be anti-gay first. (36:44)\\n\\u2014 There can be no compromise between LGBTQ Americans and conservative Christians. (41:59)\\n\\u2014 Move over, bananas. Atheists have a new worst nightmare: Broccoli. (50:43)\\n\\u2014 Pope Francis says the death penalty is never okay. Hallelujah! (55:02)\\n\\u2014 A Mormon woman couldn\\u2019t get a Temple Recommend because she breastfed her baby in church. (1:04:27)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'