{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Snake Juggling Edition","description":"In this week’s episode, JD Vance is MEH on causing the apocalypse, Christians at Burning Man are wildly offended by a celebration of death and rebirth, and Nintendo set the release date for the Ocarina of Time remake for November 5th. Unrelated to the show, but we have to at least acknowledge it.\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:\nJD Vance worries the Antichrist walks among us: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/02/jd-vance-god-podcast-end-times\nPete Hegseth all pissy because MMRF made gate guards stop being all Christian about it: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hegseth-air-force-base-religious-greetings-b3045381.html\nChristian employers may now be protected from trans discrimination claims: https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/09/02/christian-employers-transgender-discrimination/\nChristian missionaries were not kicked out of Burning Man for preaching the Gospel: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-missionaries-were-not-kicked","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":""}