the Profane Argument, atheist podcast

News: Some No Kings photos @3:16 Meanwhile at CPAC @4:37 Army investigates after two helicopters hovered by Kid Rock’s pool as he saluted @6:45 Penn & Teller File Brief in Junk Science Death Row Case @12:17 Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on LGBTQ+ ‘conversion therapy’ @16:58 Politics: Hegseth investments @20:19 Hegseth prays for 'overwhelming violence of action' at Pentagon service @21:56 New Israel law @24:57 Trump's Spiritual Advisor Says Donate 10% of Your Income to Help Israel @27:35 Trump wants to end war? @29:02 Trump shares renderings of his presidential library @31:36 Pens @35:23 Health/Medicine/Science: Trump's MAHA pick for surgeon general flounders amid GOP doubts @37:52 Raccoon dick??? @39:41 Group report prepared for the ACIP vaccine panel. @42:19 RFK Jr. ally says vaccines now a ‘losing issue’ with White House @44:59 Head of CDC is still a ways off…? @46:02 AI: G-mail user info @48:05 Religious Nonsense: Think of the puppies! @52:19 Final Stories: JD Vance says he's 'obsessed' with UFO files @54:37 Bryon Noem @56:55 To the moon, Alpha! @1:04:45

Charlie Kirk/Robert Mueller   @1:48 Announcements: Florida call to action               @4:20 Follow-ups:    Jerome Powell                @5:51 News: Was Trump’s Big Iran Announcement Just a Ploy at Market Manipulation?               @8:54 Joe Kent, a Top Counterterrorism Official, Resigns, Citing Iran War               @14:28 Trump Offers Donors Access to “National Security Briefings”               @17:21 TikTok Investors Set to Pay $10 Billion Fee to Trump               @19:14 Trump Seeks to Remove Cuba’s President From Power               @20:24 ICE agents deploy to major US airports               @25:37 Trump against veterans               @30:31 DHS contractors were asked to pay Corey Lewandowski               @32:38 Apparently I’m an idiot           @33:56 Politics:  Josh Howley                @35:26 Judge sets $1 bail for Georgia woman               @36:41 Indiana abortion/health rights               @37:01 Health/Medicine/Science: Quackwatch - another stem cell story               @38:12 Judge Strikes Down RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policies               @40:04 RFK Jr. Plots Vaccine Panel Shakeup After Humiliating Ruling RFK Jr. has destroyed over a quarter of health dept's expert panels               @41:44 COVID mRNA vaccines               @42:46 Good news, FDA still has at least a little spine               @43:46 But hesitancy still exists               @44:51 Religious Nonsense: Kacem El Ghazzali delivered a sharp rebuke of the OIC.               @45:46 Oklahoma board rejects Jewish charter school               @48:20 AK law requiring Ten Commandments be displayed struck down               @50:32 Tennessee bills stir debate on the separation of church and state               @51:29 Leaving atheism               @52:34 Djinn causing deaths               @55:35 AI: ChatGPT driving rise in reports of ‘satanic’ organised and ritual abuse               @58:19 The Emerging Problem of "AI Psychosis"               @1:00:19 Final Stories: Belief in the UK               @1:04:50 Bigfoot and Cryptid knowledge               @1:06:32 AZ UAPPD               @1:14:02

Follow-ups: Members of Congress Request Investigation into Reports @4:38 News: Kurdish Dissident Groups Preparing To Join The Fight @8:23 U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School @10:36 Iran activating sleeper cells outside the country, alert says @14:59 Lindsay Graham horny for war @15:58 Marine Veteran Brian McGinnis Removed From Senate Hearing @17:06 Trumps Confusing Baseball Cap And Suit Combo, Explained @28:19 VA plans to scan a million veterans claims for signs of fraud @35:34 Trump Fires Kristi Noem As Homeland Security Secretary @42:28 New Air Force Academy Board member @48:03 SCOTUS out of time to redraw districts @49:48 Politics: Iowa bill @52:26 Health/Medicine/Science: FDA’s controversial vaccine chief will exit agency next month @52:47 Wellness pseudoscience activists are rewriting U.S. health policy. @54:04 South Carolina in full-blown measles crisis. @55:14 But didn’t stop legislators from killing a bill RFK Jr. vowed to restore public trust in health. It's not working @55:52 Times report on growing dissatisfaction in MAHA @57:22 Kennedy “unreviewable” @1:03:38 They say if you want a job done right… @1:06:03 Religious Nonsense: The Moral Reasoning Gap in American Christianity @1:06:42

Politics:  Texas Senate Primary Election 2026 Live Results               @1:17 Follow-ups:    AZ Intelligent Design bill               @6:07 Religious Nonsense: CPS loses High Court bid to overturn Quran-burner's acquittal               @7:59 Man spared jail over attacking Quran-burning protester Idaho bill                  @12:34 People stuck in the Middle East              @15:36 News: How to Think About Trump’s War With Iran               @19:40 Marjorie Taylor Greene               @26:59 U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus               @29:53 Trump’s neck rash is because of ‘preventative skin treatment,’               @32:30 Who’s in charge now?               @37:15 Health/Medicine/Science: Cassidy Asks Surgeon General Nom to Say Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism               @44:47 Jerome Adams on Means               @47:01 Who is Means               @48:29 Doesn’t get the vote??                  @51:25 As Trump urges GOP to retreat from anti-vax rhetoric, DeSantis doubles down                @53:38 Measles hoax and AI article               @55:55 Could a vaccine prevent dementia? Shingles shot data only getting stronger               @1:00:12 Pseudoscience: META Reels and AI slop               @1:01:33

Announcements: SOTU @5:47 Follow-ups: FDA does a 180, decides it will review Moderna’s mRNA vaccine @8:51 Fetterman at SOTU @9:40 Religious Nonsense: Tennessee bill would require public schools to teach the Bible @9:45 Earlier this week, another big Texas school district said “no, thanks” @11:24 Hegseth invited pastor to lead Pentagon prayer service @12:10 State of the Union update @14:23 PRRI released a new report on Christian Nationalism @15:55 News: Armed Man Is Fatally Shot at Mar-a-Lago @18:15 Trump Considers Targeted Strike Against Iran @22:22 Jared’s take on the Men’s Hockey team @26:19 Ambassador Mike Huckabee suggests Israel has God-given right to Middle East @26:47 Andy Win arrested @29:41 Peter Mandelson, Ex-Ambassador to the U.S. Arrest @33:41 Politics: DoW Christian Service Draws Complaints @35:37 Ohio mayor arrested on voyeurism charges @42:34 Health/Medicine/Science: NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya the new interim director of the CDC @48:56 Uproar in MAHA because glyphosate @49:37 Skeptical Inquirer Experts warn about NIH director @57:14 U.S. Creating a brand-new parallel WHO org @57:43 Final Stories: Flavor Flav invites USA women's hockey team to 'real celebration' @58:25

Follow-ups: Checking in on Polymarket @2:51 News: V-day scams @8:20 El Paso @10:59 James Talerico @16:14 Politics: Epstein file searches @19:58 Pam Bondi Trump Repeals Key Greenhouse Gas Finding @25:24 TN House passes bill @29:19 MAHA: how to navigate elections @31:04 RFK & Kid Rock workout vid @33:34 Health/Medicine/Science: Latest Quackwatch @36:26 The organization Protect Our Care released a new report @42:35 That announcement comes hot on the heels of this revelation: @43:17 Trump official overruled FDA scientists to reject Moderna's flu shot @44:45 AMA and the Vaccine Integrity Project in Minnesota announced partnering @46:07 Final Stories: What percentage of Americans think Noah was married to Joan of Arc? @47:23

News: ‘Made me feel proudly American’: stars react to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show @2:34 ‘Penisgate’ at the Olympics @11:13 Epstein met with 4chan’s founder just as the site’s infamous political thread began @16:45 Health/Medicine/Science: CFI’s OPP issued a nationwide Action Alert @32:29 RFK Jr. putting facilitated communication on HHS autism panel @35:10 “Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim @36:48 Who‘s Really Behind the MAHA Movement? @38:02 Dr. Oz was on CNN attempting to rewrite history in real-time. @39:34 More measle vaccines @42:04 SC senator proposes mandatory measles vaccines for students @43:04 But Iowa learns nothing @43:45 “NIH director says he hasn’t seen evidence that vaccines cause autism.” @45:11 Newborn dies after mother drinks raw milk during pregnancy @45:31 Religious Nonsense: CFI’s (OPP) submitted written testimony opposing SB 1025 @48:07 Missouri Beacon reports on a new bundle of legislative proposals @48:57 Wrapping up, Olympics talk @50:08 Grand jury refuses to indict Democratic lawmakers @57:17

Follow-ups: ICE perspective from a combat vet @2:52 News: Ye @8:45 Don Lemon @14:09 Sneaky SCOTUS @21:03 Kalshi - A weekend feature from Axios @22:46 Health/Medicine/Science: South Carolina measles outbreak @30:31 AAP Releases 2026 Child Vax Schedule @31:38 Dozens of CDC vaccination databases frozen @32:13 Moderna: Company won’t invest in new vaccine trials @33:25 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed twenty-one new members to IACC. @35:31 See if you can guess the common denominator! “Science Is Drowning in AI Slop.” @36:48 Religious Nonsense: New Jersey.com reports new data @44:52 in Connecticut, the numbers are moving in the opposite direction @45:39 Texas Education Agency moves to correct 4200 errors @46:36 “Ten Commandments in schools” bill is moving forward. @48:20 South Carolina legislators are making their way down a similar trail @50:16 WV, the state Senate approved a bill @51:10 Then we have…whatever this is in SD @52:11 “Can Pakistan Contain the Violent Politics of Blasphemy?” @54:23 Final Stories: Turning Point half-time @55:48 Kennedy Center @59:47 Good news for Karen @1:01:22

Announcements: Rob Palmer with a new video interview, talks with SETI astronomer Seth Shostak @5:59 The February/March issue of Free Inquiry is now available to read online, featuring a new set of articles focused on “The Ongoing Controversy: Was Jesus Real?” Don Wharton kicks things off with “A CERN-Level Proof of Mythicism,” making the argument that Jesus is a mythical figure. @9:32 David W. Falls (“Rethinking Jesus: The Morality and the Myth”) Follow-ups: News: Trump says Alex Pretti should not have carried gun that was allowed under Minnesota law @10:22 Right leaning question @18:16 ICE in Ecuadorian Consulate @26:59 Taliban Introduce New Criminal Code in Afghanistan @28:23 United States has completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization. @32:38 Health/Medicine/Science: RFK speed round Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has appointed two new members to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). It appears they’ll fit right in @36:44 Chair of CDC’s vaccine panel questions need for polio vaccines @37:24 No Link Between Acetaminophen in Pregnancy and Autism, a Study Finds @39:05 FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies @40:06 Experts Who Advised on Diet Guidelines Say RFK Jr.'s Version Is Full of Errors @40:32 Medical groups' lawsuit attempts to undo the CDC's childhood vaccine schedule changes @41:19 RFK Jr. Links His Vocal Issues to Flu Shots | MedPage Today @41:32 Federal judge orders HHS to restore $12m in funding to American Academy of Pediatrics @43:25 Google removes some AI health summaries @44:06 U.S. measles cases at a 30-year high, Axios charts the current surge while Unbiased Science debunks the popular social media claim that “wild measles protects you from cancer.” @44:52 Religious Nonsense: The National Center for Science Education flags a proposal in the Oklahoma Senate that, “if enacted, would require any public or charter school teacher who teaches evolution also to ‘provide instruction to students on the concepts of creationism and/or intelligent design.’” @46:37 What is Christian Reconstructionism @47:22 Catholicism shrinks in Latin America while more are religiously unaffiliated @49:12 Final Stories: https://cfiig.org/dowsing-for-disease/ @51:42

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