{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Communion Edition","description":"In this week’s episode, Trump's religious committee tries to DEI so they don't DIE, a preacher gets kicked off a flight after a complaint from a baby with kidney stones, and we’ll crack open a book that can’t be trusted around the couch enough to sit on the coffee table.\n---\nCome see us live in Washington, DC on August 14th!: https://www.atlasarts.org/events/god-awful-movies/\nCome see Noah in Ontario at BAHACon: https://bahacon.com/\n---\nTo make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist\nTo buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/\nIf you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com (mailto:scathingnews@gmail.com)\nTo check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat\nTo check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies\nTo check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/\nTo check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/\nReport instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/\n---\nHeadlines:\nTrump judge redefines “diversity” to justify his bullshit religious panel: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-trump-judge-redefined-diversity\nKim Davis still owes $565,000 and a new lawsuit says she hid her inheritance to avoid paying it: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/kim-davis-still-owes-565000-a-new\nRoss Douthat and Ben Shapiro try to spin religious conservative message from The Odyssey:\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/opinion/the-odyssey-culture-war.html\nhttps://www.wonkette.com/p/elon-musks-war-on-the-odyssey-going\nFlorida AG threatens to defund Catholic schools for being too vaccinated: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/florida-ag-threatens-to-defund-catholic\nAnnoying \"Sky Evangelist\" kicked off airline after scaring everyone with her preaching: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/annoying-sky-evangelist-kicked-off","author_name":"The Scathing Atheist","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4829847-the-scathing-atheist","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/24317238/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}