{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"The 700 Club Edition","description":"In this week’s episode, Jared Huffman applies for a job on our show, a lack of Christian soda cans leads to the unraveling of the fabric of society, and climbing a mountain in search of an imaginary boat turns out to be an amazing analogy for Christianity.\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:\nJared Huffman has a new book about the dangers of Christian Nationalism: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/us/politics/democrat-huffman-humanist-religion-christianity.html\nArkansas librarians grapple with enforcing book restriction law after court ruling\nhttps://arkansasadvocate.com/2026/08/10/arkansas-librarians-grapple-with-enforcing-book-restriction-law-after-court-ruling/\nAnd\nhttps://bookriot.com/arkansas-act-372/\nMiss NC says she lost her crown for Christianity; turns out to be bigotry: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/miss-north-carolina-usa-said-she\nOklahoma candidate James Taylor has turned his classroom into a Christian campaign studio: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-candidate-james-taylor-has\nChristians are freaking out about custom Coke cans:\nhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/coca-cola-custom-feature-lets-213003539.html\nhttps://nypost.com/2026/08/08/business/coca-colas-personalized-cans-show-inconsistent-enforcement-against-disallowing-controversial-phrases-groups/","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":""}