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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\n\u2014 Donald Trump held a dinner party for conservative Christian leaders, screwed up a quotation, and urged pastors to tell their congregations how to vote. (6:22)\n\u2014 The Pope\u2019s visit to Ireland was not nearly as popular as organizers expected. (13:51)\n\u2014 A critic of the Pope says he knew about the abuse and did nothing\u2026 but the messenger has problems of his own. (18:02)\n\u2014 Louis CK is performing again\u2026 what does that say about #MeToo? (27:35)\n\u2014 A critic of Mormon \u201cmasturbation interviews\u201d is being threatened with excommunication. 32:34)\n\u2014 Who installed a Scientology kiosk in a Hollywood police station? (40:45)\n\u2014 A girl was stabbed at a high school after rejecting a boy\u2019s advances. (44:25)\n\u2014 A 9-year-old boy killed himself after being bullied for being gay. (46:49)\n\u2014 97-year-old televangelist Ernest Angley is being sued for all kinds of creepy abuse. (48:57)\n\u2014 Russian bots wanted to increase hostilities on both sides of the vaccine \u201cdebate.\u201d (56:09)\n\u2014 A preacher who went viral for speaking in tongues now says we weren\u2019t meant to see that. (57:44)\n\u2014 Forget the \u201cNones.\u201d Say hello to the \u201cSolidly Seculars.\u201d (1:02:24)\n\u2014 How many victims of the Catholic Church do we not know about? (1:12:50)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices