the Profane Argument, atheist podcast

Announcements: Latest Quackwatch @1:29 Follow-ups: CDC officially changes vaccines @4:04 Bill Cassidy’s response @5:41 The Big Plan @6:59 News: Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' creator and conservative commentator, dies at 68 @8:47 CBD rescheduling retraction @12:14 Renee Nicole Good @14:12 LegalEagle Summary @19:27 3 Prosecutors Quit @21:31 Death Toll In Protests In Iran Spikes To At Least 538 @24:27 About 2,000 killed in Iran protests, official says Politics: Appeals Court Upholds Prohibition on Medical Research Cuts @31:50 McBride / Halligan @33:17 LegalEagle Summary Wyoming Supreme Court protects abortion access @37:24 Health/Medicine/Science: This Texas Family @39:54 Iowa Doesn't Have Enough OB-GYNs. @43:19 Religious Nonsense: Deepfake AI Pastors Are Scamming Churchgoers @44:05 Pseudoscience: Florida's Surgeon General Is Now Peddling Fake Water @46:24 Psychic Medium Dean @48:27 Final Stories: Erich von Däniken, Who Claimed Aliens Visited Earth, Dies at 90 @51:43 Karen’s theory @54:45

Politics: Jan. 6 Plaque Still Not On Display @2:10 News: The ‘Donroe doctrine’ sows new division across the Americas @7:12 Trump Ramps Up Threats Against Colombia And Mexico @17:28 Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland @22:13 President Orders Cannabis Rules Relaxed, Easing Research @29:21 Health/Medicine/Science: Summary of RFK Jr’s actions @32:17 The MAHA Pipe Dream Is Going to Hurt MAGA the Most @33:25 Pharmaceutical companies or RFK? @34:16 Trump admin drops childhood vaccination reporting requirement @36:16 Religious Nonsense: As if one needed any more reason to avoid the Ark Encounter… @37:49 Bangladesh saw 71 blasphemy-linked attacks on Hindus in 6 months @39:19 Pseudoscience: 2025 psychic forecasts @41:40 Jurassic Park talk @46:18

Follow-ups: Nicki Minaj at risk of losing $20M Los Angeles home @1:22 Oklahoma removes instructor @3:35 Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks new social studies standards @6:44 News: Epstein files…what we expected @8:58 Venezuela assets @22:25 Hegseth overhauling chaplain corps @27:23 Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado @28:32 Health/Medicine/Science: Texas measles outbreak hardened Mennonites against vaccines @30:47 AAP hearing @32:51 American Academy of Pediatrics loses funding @37:40 CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study @41:30 Consumer Health Digest - Nutrition influencer @37:39 Religious Nonsense: Flag linked to Christian nationalism, Jan. 6 hung at Education Dept. @41:29 Lynching in Bangledesh @43:38 Politics: Trump battleship @45:07 Kennedy Center @47:39 Is he offering to resign? @50:17

Follow-ups:    Catholic hamster wheel of reform               @1:28 Grand Jury Again Resists Trump’s Push to Reindict Letitia James               @10:16 News: Trump Reiner               @11:50 Indiana districts             @23:06 “Things can happen”               @28:02 Vipers               @29:39 Scott Bessent            @32:31 Coin flip               @34:22 War with Venezuela               @39:03 Epstein distraction?            @42:16 Health/Medicine/Science:     World Health Organization has released a new analysis               @46:19 Florida plows ahead with push to roll back certain vaccine mandates               @47:11 SCOTUS vaccine hit                     @47:25 Calls to pull COVID vaccines get louder                    @48:19 FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies               @49:24 FDA Vinay Prasad numbers               @50:17 Adult numbers               @52:57 SC measles                      @1:00:12 NJ stepping away form CDC               @1:01:18 Online wellness influencers               @1:01:56 Child dies, siblings hospitalized after 'alkaline diet,' parents charged               @1:02:39 Haley Stevens filed articles of impeachment                @1:05:36 Religious Nonsense: Arizona lawmaker wants schools to teach creationism                   @1:06:45 Tennessee religious charter schools               @1:15:55 Current mayor is Glenn Jacobs, aka “the demon” Kane

Announcements: Urge Members of Congress to Support Res. on Church-State Separation @2:20 Follow-ups: Alina Habba @4:09 Donald Trump pardons Henry Cuellar @6:51 News: ICE for the Holidays @8:51 China experiencing mystery flu @12:01 Politics: FIFA @15:17 F/A-18 Super Hornets over Gulf Of Venezuela @29:30 Health/Medicine/Science: HHS names pediatric cardiologist Milhoan as chair of vaccine panel @34:03 RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet @38:41 What to know on hepatitis B vaccine Vitamin K Shot Given at Birth Prevents Lethal Brain Bleeds @43:32 New director of drug evaluation center Tracy Hoeg @45:25 More FDA drama @45:59 WV Supreme Court @47:42 Religious Nonsense: N.Y. Archdiocese Will Negotiate Sex-Abuse Settlement @50:12 Text with Jesus @53:55 Conspiracies: Oregon Columbia Sportswear pledges to give ‘the company’ @57:47 Final Stories: Will Trump’s Arch and Ballroom Disrupt the Sacred Geometry? @1:01:39 National Park changes @1:05:29

Announcements: Ohio Action Alert @1:00 Follow-ups: OK Supreme Court tosses Bible lawsuit @3:19 OK Student @4:47 News: Like it, Piggy @7:59 Hegseth @15:37 Alina Habba @26:38 Greene @29:55 GOP tinderbox Another Republican Resigns From Congress as 2026 Midterms Loom Tim Burchett @36:08 TN Special election @39:55 Good news for MoH recipients @41:27 Health/Medicine/Science: RFK admits it was him @48:24 National Academies - Statement on CDC’s Vaccine Guidance @50:20 CDC new Deputy Director @51:31 RFK Jr’s rude poetry @52:48 Religious Nonsense: Wait, what? (Rogan, Jesus, AI) @56:00

Follow-ups: THC Products @1:50 News: COP 30 @6:49 Blowing Bubba @9:22 E-mail database @9:41 What does 15 look like? Teens and former child actors weigh in @20:42 House vote @23:17 Clay Higgins @25:00 Scott Bessant @35:29 Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct @37:45 Eric Swalwell @40:28 Vance on housing @43:15 Health/Medicine/Science: FDAs self-fulfilling prophecy @47:35 Case in point Texas has a four-fold increase in whooping cough cases @49:22 Canada lost its measles elimination status. @50:39 Americans are injecting themselves with unproven peptides @51:38 Consumer Health Digest, Issue 25-45 @53:51 Consumer Health Digest, Issue 25-46 @56:14 Ozempic penis @56:51 Religious Nonsense: The evolution of rationality: How chimps process conflicting evidence @58:56 Somersworth NH @1:01:08 Pseudoscience: PsyPost on Pseudoscience @1:03:16

Announcements: Veteran’s Day @0:38 Follow-ups: Mom’s for liberty results @3:50 Milford update @5:20 In poker, this would be called “overplaying a weak hand.” @6:04 Kansas county to pay $3 million and apologize over a raid on newspaper @8:11 Supreme Court rejects call to overturn decision legalizing same-sex marriage @11:00 News: Democrats vote @13:26 Ghislaine Maxwell info @21:56 Empathy and wealth @32:44 Health/Medicine/Science: Emboldened, Kennedy Allies Embrace a Label They Once Rejected: 'Anti-Vax' @37:37 a recent event in Sarasota County, Florida @41:36 Doctors Muffled in Florida White Washing America @45:32 Reuters' summary of WHouse health misinformation @47:03 Updated AAP lawsuit seeks to replace ACIP members @47:38 Religious Nonsense: Paxton sues Galveston @49:01 A Texas church’s online class trains Christians to run for office @50:58 New Britain teacher placed on leave for refusing to remove crucifix @52:21 Noah and Utnapishtim @57:14 Pseudoscience: Presentation of a Chinese Horoscope Book in Buenos Aires Is Canceled @1:04:56 Pickle Juice @1:07:38 Final Stories: Coin Mover @1:10:28 Kim Kardashian Is Furious @1:13:34

Announcements: Elections update @3:54 Brandi Carlisle @6:16 Follow-ups: RFK Jr. Admits He Can’t Actually Tie Tylenol to Autism @11:14 Federal appeals court will hear combined arguments Ten Commandments cases @18:03 Politics: Trump Has Likened Himself to a King. South Korea Gave Him a Crown. @19:11 Religious Nonsense: 'Offensive' Holocaust imagery on Catholic school's Halloween float @29:57 Texas judges and gay weddings @34:43 Wisconsin DOJ suggests eliminating religious tax exemptions @35:41 Have We Reached Peak None? @38:08 Election update @39:59 Kentucky voters @45:04 Health/Medicine/Science: Bird flu's comeback raises fears about readiness @48:17 And king county MPOX levels on the rise @53:20 Louisiana officials waited to warn of whooping cough outbreak @55:14 This mom has three children with autism. She’s spent thousands on false hope. @56:30 Pseudoscience: Herbal quackery nightmare @58:51 Unhelpful Spirit Guide @1:03:49 Final Stories: Dick Cheney @1:10:08

Republican debates AI           @0:31 Announcements: VOTE!              @2:18 Follow-ups:    Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks           @5:23 Politics:  White House fires arts commission expected to review construction projects           @9:18 Riyadh Comedy Festival           @12:19 Health/Medicine/Science:     Destruction of health in America           @23:36 Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push?           @26:58 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to investigate climate and weather control           @31:17 Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates a Model for the Country?.           @35:20 News: Is there religious revival among Gen Z?                @38:27 Nearly 40% of Gen Z women identify as atheist, agnostic or have no faith                  @40:04 Jesus Prayers in Public Schools: Who’s For It and Who’s Against It           @40:57 Religious Nonsense: NY A 9067                   @45:39 Federal Government Is Planning Christian Nationalist Revival Meetings           @50:35 Binance           @52:24 MRI and Hand Bruises          @53:45 Conspiracies: Bridgewater triangle                  @56:13 Final Stories: The Senate just did something          @1:00:15 Graham Platner           @1:01:35

NoKings @4:15 Announcements: Halloween-themed edition of Skeptical Inquirer Presents @10:30 Follow-ups: Lindel Fields has ‘no plans to distribute Bibles’ in Oklahoma @12:17 Under Walters, OSDE gave federal funds to ineligible religious schools @13:09 University of Arkansas @20:40 Politics: Santos is OUT! @21:25 White house update @23:57 Bolton indicted @27:12 Trump on miller @31:39 Adm Holsey @33:13 SCOTUS poised to ignore voting rights act @36:35 Religious Nonsense: Massachusetts court blocks religious statues on government property @40:56 Colorado's 'first public Christian school' faces state funding warning @42:20 Health/Medicine/Science: Newborn screening @50:34 WV judge dismisses religious vaccination exemption lawsuit @58:02 Whooping cough surges in Florida as vaccine rates plummet @58:36 Aluminum salts @1:00:45 Democratic governors form state public health alliance to counter RFK Jr. @1:04:29 Andrew Wakefield @1:06:11 Believing misinformation @1:08:24 Final Stories: Gloomy Sunday @1:12:26

Follow-ups: Moroccan Court Upholds Jail Term @8:46 SCOTUS rejects Alex Jones' appeal @10:35 Man who burned Koran outside in London wins appeal @11:11 The soaring eagle of voting @12:43 News: Congressional vote and Taylor-Greene @17:10 Only on news outlet signed the Pentagon form @21:20 RFK Jr. wildly claims circumcision linked to autism @22:15 Let's take a look at RFK's points Kennedy’s numerous questionable statements CDC adopts vaccine panel's recommendations @34:19 CDC layoff oopsie @36:19 Trump really fears not going to heaven? @38:32 Indian-origin man- Local Story @41:47 Jared’s kindness story @50:37 Religious Nonsense: 5th circuit to hear arguments on 10 Comm. @51:55 Christian schools, Amazon attract most Georgia voucher school dollars @53:58 Final Stories: Haunted stories @56:15

Announcements: Israel and Hamas Meet in Egypt to Discuss Gaza Peace Plan @1:20 Follow-ups: Rapture is back on after noticing pastor's bizarre mix up with calendar @7:09 News: Local health departments worry about government shutdown @8:50 A bet @10:36 Jordan Peterson Diagnosed With Chronic Condition After Exposure to Mold @12:44 Indian man has US visa revoked, faces deportation @14:40 Former Des Moines superintendent detained by ICE @16:38 Conspiracies: Scam numbers going up @25:29 Deepfakes on Meta Politics: Ansari, Huffman, Raskin Co-Lead Resolution @29:55 Jane Fonda relaunches McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech @41:05 Supreme Court To Hear Elections Case On Mail-In Ballots @42:17 Religious Nonsense: OH House bill 486 @46:20 'Apostle' who claims to be Jesus' best friend arrested in forced labor scheme @50:52 Muslim convert loses bid to renounce Islam @52:16 Final Stories: Ladies and gentlemen, the president of Argentina. @56:03 New coin @58:23 Why Trump? @59:19 17-year-old Cranford, N.J. hit-and-run @1:01:40

Announcements: International Blasphemy Rights Day @1:55 Letter to MA house @2:45 Currently 6 states Follow-ups: TX - second lawsuit @5:42 Betty Lachgar @6:32 Nigeria @7:42 Immediate consequences @12:26 Why autism stats are wrong. @13:44 RFK to move on mifepristone @17:26 Round-Up @18:37 News: Top Military Leaders meet @24:25 Haley Stevens is preparing to introduce articles of impeachment @35:39 Ryan Walters resigns to lead conservative educators' group @36:33 Eric Adams @39:54 QAnon Shaman sues Trump @42:02 LifeWise @46:45 Conspiracies: The Plot Against America @47:57 NSPM-7 @55:35 Politics: Trump falls for AI MedBed @59:07 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch @1:04:32 Pseudoscience: Remote viewer Jeff J. @1:06:31 Final Stories: New F-47 jet 1:09:08

Announcements: We’re still here! Follow-ups: OK schools @4:35 Markwayne Mullin @5:36 Kimmel @6:58 Sinclair and Nexstar TX teachers “complying” @18:17 News: Kirk memorial @20:22 OK Republicans propose colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue @23:044 Pentagon restrictions on media @26:12 Chicago swim @28:05 Politics: Tom Homan’s big bag’o’cash @30:55 RFK Jr. has appointed five new members to (ACIP) @35:50 Autism announcement @36:31 Axios write-up: “a large study concluded there was no connection.” @36:43 RFK Jr. Announces FDA Will Approve Leucovorin sold by iherb @40:11 Health/Medicine/Science: Vaccine meeting @44:18 The national trade association issued a statement American Academy of Pediatrics reiterated its support for existing vaccination schedule. a new “MAHA” report included “128 ideas, but few details” @46:25 Axios notes the initial response “revealed continued divisions within the MAHA” FDA to present data it claims ties Covid shots to child deaths @49:37 Censorship returns to the CDC. At least 22 websites are down. @51:36 EPA orders some scientists to stop publishing research Religious Nonsense: Nigerian court case @53:18 Final Stories: Stuck in Traffic, Emmanuel Macron Calls Trump @55:48 We’re still here! @59:39

Follow-ups: FL vaccines @3:07 Or ban all mRNA Covid vaccines News: Charlie Kirk: “It’s worth to have a cost of some gun deaths” @5:44 Ms. Rachel @11:03 Charlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life @29:55 White House promises crackdown on left-wing ‘terror’ @34:46 Fox News “Just kill them” @44:39 Politics: Lee says US immigration raid on Korean workers could deter investments @49:18 Meet the woman tipster behind Hyundai factory raid President Trump appeared at the Museum of the Bible @53:17 FOX described as a “faith-driven initiative” Josh Hawley introduced a bill @55:34 Banning porn in Michigan, and VPN's @56:04 Religious Nonsense: ChatBot confessionals @56:37 AI can help with scamming @1:01:53 Conspiracies: House UAP hearing @1:08:56 UAP video explained Final Stories: Pastor Chuck @1:12:04

News: ST6 NK mission @3:57 Israel carries out attack in Qatar targeting Hamas leaders @7:33 Russia invades Poland..? @10:07 Russian losses in Ukraine @11:20 Trump’s Epstein letter denial just suffered another huge blow @14:16 SCOTUS allows immigration agents to resume 'roving patrols' in LA @21:21 Howard Lutnick’s Investment Firm Tariff Conflict of Interest @26:53 Politics: Dr. Paul Offit has been blocked from advising FDA @28:36 RFK Jr.’s anti-vax campaign targets science @30:32 Florida AG response @33:33 Trump’s response House Republicans keep NIH funding Trump wanted to cut @37:44 Religious Nonsense: Ken Paxton encourages students to recite Lord’s Prayer @42:30 Moroccan Feminist @44:06 Nigerian blasphemy @45:59 Health/Medicine/Science: Trump administration agrees to restore federal websites @47:02 Tylenol has entered the chat @49:11 West Coast Health Alliance @53:49 Pseudoscience: Severe knee pain @54:47

Follow-ups: Ken Paxton instructed state school districts to put the posters up by next week. @2:19 Approximately 1-in-4 school districts opted to adopt Bluebonnet curriculum @6:19 PragerU reveals questions from Oklahoma's 'America First' teacher test @10:24 Politics: Cabinet meeting @14:12 Vaccine skeptic to lead CDC COVID immunization working group Trump predicts 'bad awakening' for UK, launches conspiracy theory @17:37 Why do people want to have this belief? @20:37 Don't trust the experts @23:08 CDC chaos @26:32 FDA Approves Updated Covid Vaccines With New Restrictions @30:56 Bill Pulte @33:12 White House Window vid @43:39 Gaza Trump plan @45:18 Giuliani Medal of Freedom @48:01 News: Neo-Nazi vanishes after changing gender to serve sentence in women’s prison @51:24 Religious Nonsense: Mormon preacher @53:50 “Women are just a bunch of holes” Far-right pastor says godly women 'shouldn’t speak’ in public @55:38 Conspiracies: Eric Burlison Suggests Smithsonian Hiding Bones of Giants @1:00:51 Final Stories: Child’s Play @1:02:56

Follow-ups:    TX Ten         @2:44 Letter concerning CDC shooting          @4:12 News: James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, dead at 89          @6:35 De minimis tariffs           @7:32 Politics:  Has MAGA lost Rogan?          @11:14 Carlson guest sides with Hitler          @ Cracker Barrel          @18:32 The ICE brothers          @24:25 DC update          @26:11 Additional Measures in DC  Section 2c          @30:08 Flag burning          @33:50 Next up? Chicago          @35:17 Snoop          @36:17 SCOTUS greenlights Trump cuts          @37:32 Health/Medicine/Science:     Ivermectin, COVID, and Chemtrails          @42:04 Vaccine to be stopped??          @45:28 A survey of doctors by the Physicians Foundation          @46:29 A potentially “game changing” lawsuit           @50:08 Religious Nonsense: Pakistan online chats               @52:34 UN on Taliban               @54:34 Christian Nationalists want this          @55:28 Doug Wilson’s teachings          @55:49 Conspiracies: Bad Vaxx          @1:00:26 Pseudoscience: Remote Telepathy          @1:02:04 AAP releases vaccine schedule          @1:05:34

Announcements: CFI’s Office of Public Policy is calling on Massachusetts residents @3:17 If you live in Massachusetts, you can use our convenient Action Alert form Follow-ups: W.Va. Board of Ed to file injunction to state Supreme Court @4:26 Vinay Prasad @5:24 Laura Loomer’s control ICE font @10:23 News: MSNBC becomes MS NOW @14:48 The sandwich heard across DC @17:12 Epstein files @20:37 US judge blocks Trump religious exemption to birth control coverage @22:36 PBS replacement @24:16 Politics: Dems being Dems @31:03 Incompetence @42:41 Zelensky @49:15 Health/Medicine/Science: Vaccine exemption requests in Texas spike in July @54:58 And in SC @55:47 Head of the CDC “warned staffers about the dangers of misinformation” @56:41 Monarez to be part of “childhood vaccine safety task force” AI: Young people more prone @1:01:59 Man directed to an online scammer via Google’s AI Overviews @1:03:15 Salt replacement @1:06:04 First AI kill?? @1:07:42 Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes @1:09:29