Ep. 262 - Don't Handle Chickenpox Like Gov. Matt Bevin

Published: March 23, 2019, 3:55 a.m.

b'Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\u2014 Hemant is speaking at the Freethought Festival in Madison, Wisconsin next week! Come watch! (0:30)\\n\\u2014 Hemant\\u2019s working on two new projects! Here\\u2019s what they are and how you can support him! (0:59)\\n\\u2014 The Nones are #1\\u2026 what does that mean? (5:21)\\n\\u2014 A university in Calgary canceled a talk by an ex-Muslim atheist out of sensitivity to victims of the New Zealand terror attack. But when\\u2019s the right time to criticize religion? (10:55)\\n\\u2014 LifeWay, the largest Christian retailer, is shutting down all stores. You\\u2019ll have to buy your Christians elsewhere. (18:31)\\n\\u2014 FOX News\\u2019 Todd Starnes thinks we need \\u201cheterosexual history classes.\\u201d (24:28)\\n\\u2014 Chick-fil-A is back in the news for its anti-LGBTQ ways. (31:26)\\n\\u2014 If you want to help your kids deal with chickenpox, don\\u2019t do what Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin did. (40:58)\\n\\u2014 An Italian politician who fought against mandatory vaccination contracted chickenpox. (47:33)\\n\\u2014 A kid is suing his local Department of Health in Kentucky after getting banned from his high school\\u2019s events for being unvaccinated. (49:12)\\n\\u2014 Christian moms are furious over a new supposedly sexualized Kit Kat commercial. (51:15)\\n\\u2014 Georgia is on the verge of banning abortions after six weeks. (57:00)\\n\\u2014 A physicist got $1.4 million for saying science and religion might be compatible. (1:00:18)\\n\\u2014 The Neil deGrasse Tyson investigation is over. What did we learn? (1:03:50)\\n\\u2014 The Irish prime minister and his same-sex partner had some words for Mike Pence. (1:13:28)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'