In this episode, we discuss the concept of Hyper Objects. Don't worry we fall down a rabbit hole or two along the way.   Links:   Hyper Objects: https://warzel.substack.com/p/we-are-not-ready   Covid: His: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/07/15/man-undergoes-double-lung-transplant-covid/7975676002/ Hers: https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/coronavirus/article_8a4b8208-e1cb-11eb-ba04-37f42eb02e90.html   Rich Eisen: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2021/07/15/covid-nfl-networks-rich-eisen-battling-virus/7977940002/     Recommendations:   Don's Recommendation: Succession: https://www.hbo.com/succession   Jeff's Recommendations: God & Green: https://religionlab.virginia.edu/godgreen/ The Second: https://www.amazon.com/Second-Race-Fatally-Unequal-America/dp/1635574250   Jerry's Recommendation: Day of Rage: https://youtu.be/jWJVMoe7OY0   Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated

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097 - Hyper Objects

On this episode we discuss the The Church of Universal Suffrage, why the Council of Catholic Bishops wants to deny Joe Biden Communion, and the discovery of mass graves at Catholic Residential Schools in Canada.   Links:   Church of Universal Suffrage: https://www.universalsuffragechurch.org/   SWAJ: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-bishops-vs-joe-biden/id1441649707?i=1000527167996   Canadian Residential Schools: https://nationalpost.com/news/catholics-question-relationship-with-church-after-residential-school-grave-discovery https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dnyk/more-churches-torched-in-canada-as-outrage-against-catholics-grows   Recommendations:   Don's Recommendation's: God Chat: https://godchatpodcast.podbean.com/ It Could Happen Here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-it-could-happen-here-30717896/   Jeff's Recommendation: Day X: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/podcasts/far-right-german-extremism.html   Jerry's Recommendation: WITH: https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/tracking-ufos-gideon-lewis-kraus-podcast-transcript-n1272712   Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated

096 - New Church For The Heathens

On this episode, we discuss the Southern Baptist Convention holding their annual conference in Nashville this year, and the election of their new President. We also Discuss Critical Race Theory because everybody is. Lastly we dig into a recent survey and give Australia another golf clap.   Links:   SBC: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/us/southern-baptist-convention-evangelicalism.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/06/critical-race-theory-divides-the-southern-baptist-convention.html   Ron DeSantis: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-desantis-moment-silence-schools-20210614-zvguf6lnkfbuzduj27hpiriz6y-story.html   Australia Survey: https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/do-australians-trust-religious-leaders/ar-AAKZ0c3   Recommendations: Jeff's (really Don's) Recommendation: https://www.amazon.com/Bible-Told-Them-Evangelicals-Supremacy/dp/0197571069   Jerry's (really Don's ) Recommendation: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/podcasts/far-right-german-extremism.html   Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated

095 - Baby Steps

On this episode, in what started as a group chat discussion/argument among the Heathens about living in what we think is a historical time,  history in general, and are the winners really the ones who get to write it. We decided to have a talk about it with Historian and friend of Jerry's,  Dr. Mark Fleszar PhD.     Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated

094 - Historically Speaking

On this episode we discuss the recent CDC guideline that fully vaccinated people can go mask less indoors and just how comfortable we would feel doing that in a local store. We also look at how the Democrats can be inclusive and sensitive yet retain power and win future elections.    Recommendations:   Don's Recommendation: Zachrilege: https://zachrilege.podbean.com/   Jeff's Recommendation: Racial Realignment: https://www.amazon.com/Racial-Realignment-Transformation-International-Perspectives/dp/0691153884   Jerry's recommendations: The Premonition: https://www.amazon.com/Premonition-Pandemic-Story-Michael-Lewis-ebook/dp/B08V91YY8R   Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated  

093 - Trust The Science

On this episode, Jeff is back and we have plenty of recent craziness in the news to talk about. Mark Samsel, Mitt Romney, Dotard & Facebook to name a few.   Links: Mark Samsel: https://www.thepitchkc.com/kansas-rep-mark-samsel-arrested-for-battery-of-a-child-during-unhinged-substitute-teacher-gig/   Mitt Romney: https://news.yahoo.com/really-happy-mitt-romney-got-175223706.html   Dotard & Facebook: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/06/oversight-board-members-defend-punting-decision-on-trumps-ban-back-to-facebook.html   Lockdown: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/liberals-covid-19-science-denial-lockdown/618780/   Recommendations:   Jeff's Recommendation: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691153872/racial-realignment   Jerry's Recommendation: https://annehelen.substack.com/p/thats-what-the-money-is-for   Don's Recommendation: https://www.intheredclaypodcast.com/   Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated  

092 - Reunited & It Feels So Good

Unfortunately, Jeff couldn't make it this week so Jerry and Don discussed the recent actions of Richard Dawkins that resulted in The American Humanist Association rescinding it's 1996 Humanist of the Year award. They also looked at a Georgia church that sent an awful letter to a lesbian member, threatening disfellowship if she didn't mend her wicked ways.    Links:   Dawkins: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/richard-dawkins-trans-humanist-aha-b1835017.html   Woodstock CoC: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/04/19/in-nasty-letter-ga-church-threatens-to-kick-out-member-in-same-sex-relationship/     Recommendations:   Don's Recommendation:   Resident Alien: https://www.syfy.com/resident-alien   Jerry's Recommendaions:   Dan Pfeiffer: https://messagebox.substack.com/p/memo-to-the-media-and-moderates-the-908   The Crown: https://www.netflix.com/title/80025678   Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated  

091 - Don't Be Sad, Cuz Two Outta Three Ain't Bad

On this episode we talk about the lying liars and the lies they tell and have we now become a society that simply accepts lying as normal.   Links:   Recommendations:   Don's Recommendations: Nobody: https://www.nobody.movie/   Jeff's Recommendation: Adam Jentleson - Kill Switch https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Switch-Crippling-American-Democracy/dp/1631497774   Jerry's Recommendations: Dehli Crime: https://www.netflix.com/title/81076756   Why is this Happening? - Chris Hayes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-gets-to-say-with-john-mcwhorter/id1382983397?i=1000514986883   Recode Media: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-maybe-fall-youtube-star-david-dobrik-inside-facebook/id1080467174?i=1000514312676   Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated

090 - The Big Lie

On this episode we sit down (virtually) with Dr. Susan Conradsen PhD an Associate Professor of Psychology as well as the Director of the Women’s Studies Program at Berry College in Rome, Ga. She joins us to help separate fact from conventional wisdom on topics like sex addiction and purity culture.    Links: Pod Save America:     Recommendations:   Susan's Recommendations: Nadia Boles Weber - Shamless https://www.amazon.com/Shameless-Sexual-Reformation-Nadia-Bolz-Weber/dp/1601427581 Jesssica Valenti - The Purity Myth: https://www.amazon.com/Purity-Myth-Americas-Obsession-Virginity/dp/1580053149   Jeff's Recommendation: Adam Jentleson - Kill Switch https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Switch-Crippling-American-Democracy/dp/1631497774   Jerry's Recommendations: Chris Hayes - Why is this Happening: Adam Jentleson https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filibusters-sordid-past-present-adam-jentleson/id1382983397?i=1000507416571 Alec MacGillis https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-is-this-happening-with-chris-hayes/id1382983397 Don's Recommendation: https://www.netflix.com/title/80204890   Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated

089 - Conversation with Dr Susan Conradsen

On this episode we discuss a recent article in The Atlantic "America Without God" about the decline of religion in America and what we have replaced it with. Next, we look at Beth Moore's departure from the Southern Baptist Convention. Lastly, we attempt to talk Jerry off the ledge after he was recently triggered watching MSNBC.    Links:   America Without God: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/america-politics-religion/618072/   Beth Moore: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/10/us/beth-moore-leaves-southern-baptist-convention-trnd/index.html   Recommendations:   Jeff's Recommendation: https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-According-Klan-Protestant-CultureAmerica/dp/0700624473   Jerry's Recommendation: https://lyz.substack.com/p/the-trial-of-andrea-sahouri-and-defending   https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/03/pandemic-parents-children-quarantine-relationships-conversations.html   Don's Recommendation: https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/show/hamiltons-pharmacopeia   Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated  

088 - America Without God

On this episode, we start off talking about a new School Prayer Bill proposed in Georgia. We then shift our attention to the recent storms in Texas and the outrageous utility bills residents are being hit with. We wrap up with our least favorite atheist group, Atheist for Liberty and their attendance at C-PAC.   Links: Prayer Bill: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/02/19/a-georgia-democrat-filed-a-bill-to-inject-christian-prayers-into-public-schools/   Recommendations:   Jerry's Recommendations: Buzzfeed: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/mark-zuckerberg-joel-kaplan-facebook-alex-jones To the Lake: https://www.netflix.com/title/81302258 Equinox: https://www.netflix.com/title/81075958   Jeff's Recommendation: Fault Lines: https://www.amazon.com/Fault-Lines-History-United-States/dp/0393088669   Don's Recommendations: Nobody: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobody_(2021_film) Crime Scene, The vanishing at the Cecil Hotel: https://www.netflix.com/title/81183727   Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated    

087 - Bills, Both Prayer and Utility

On this Episode we have a very special guest. Bradley Onishi, Professor at Skidmore College and co-host of The Straight White American Jesus Podcast joins the Godless Heathens. We discuss The Capitol Insurrection, Marjorie Taylor Greene, White Christian Nationalism, and Q-anon, among many other topics.     Recommendation: Straight White American Jesus: https://straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/     Links:   Atlantic Article: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/the-capitol-rioters-arent-like-other-extremists/617895/   Brad's NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/opinion/trump-lost-cause.html   Specific episodes of SWAJ mentioned: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/episodes/I-Would-Have-Been-at-the-Capitol-Insurrection-with-author-Monica-Rodden-epq60q   https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/episodes/A-White-Christian-Nationalist-Coup-Long-in-the-Making---with-Dr--Kelly-J--Baker-eorbgc     Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated

086 - Straight White American Jesus

On this episode, after being called out on twitter we deal with Jerry's cynicism, or as Jerry put's it "take a trip across the River Cynicism to Realityville". Also, we talk about the DHS alert on Domestic Terrorism and the high level of religiosity is Joe Biden's Inaugural Address.    Links:   Geatz Ralley: https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/photos-anti-cheney-protest-at-wyoming-capitol/collection_a0b1beb7-d14e-50f1-af75-5c97bcb839ae.html#1   Vice Qanon Doc: https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8ww7/where-did-qanon-come-from   DHS: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dhs-federal-alert-system-1st-time-year-warn/story?id=75517886   Recommendations:   Jeff's Recommendation: https://twitter.com/kevinmkruse?lang=en https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DP7TNZ6/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0   Don's Recommendation: https://thedissident.com/   Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated

085 - Hope Kills

On this episode, we look at the recent assault on the U.S. Capitol Building and the White Christian Nationalist symbolism found displayed throughout the insurgent crowd. We also examine how the incoming Biden administration needs to deal with a recent coup attempt moving forward. lastly, we discuss their recent decision to waffle on the promise of $2k checks.     Recommendations:   Jeff's Recommendation: https://straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/   Jerry's Recommendations: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/12/uighur-xinjiang-re-education-camp-china-gulbahar-haitiwaji   Don's Recommendation: https://thedissident.com/     Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated

084 - Jesus 2020

Every year every podcast does a lame "Year End Review" episode. We would never stoop so low, wink wink.   Recommendations:   Jeff's Recommendation: https://www.netflix.com/title/81332175   Email - Godlessheathens@yahoo.com Twitter - @godlesspodcast Facebook Discussion Group - https://www.facebook.com/228801104333716 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GodlessHeathens - Any help is greatly appreciated    

083 - Definitely Not Another Year End Review

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