Ep. 233 - The Pope's Trip To Ireland Was A Bust

Published: Aug. 31, 2018, 4:43 p.m.

b'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'