Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\n\u2014 Tucker Carlson says the Brett Kavanaugh backlash is due to an atheist \u201ctheocracy.\u201d (4:40)\n\u2014 Does Purity Culture explain why evangelical women still support Brett Kavanaugh? (11:06)\n\u2014 Former Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson is teaching a class on ethics for some reason. (14:58)\n\u2014 Even Catholics are getting sick of Pope Francis. (19:52)\n\u2014 In a letter, Albert Einstein called God a \u201cproduct of human weakness.\u201d (24:41)\n\u2014 Ark Encounter does not make for an educational (or legal) field trip. (26:40)\n\u2014 The \u201cNones\u201d believe a lot of New Age nonsense. (30:02)\n\u2014 The Jenga approach to religion. (34:17)\n\u2014 Irish schools have an awful track record when it comes to religion. (37:55)\n\u2014 The Trump administration will end visas for unmarried gay partners of diplomats. (41:48)\n\u2014 Is \u201cfreethought\u201d a good word for atheists to use? (47:30)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices