Sam aims to avoid existential dread, and fails to do so when he, Josh, and Dave talk about giant bees, white supremacists embedded in police and military, the Deep State, and whataboutism. They also talk a bit of pop culture in a way that relates to atheism, and respond to lots of listener feedback.
News
- Huge bee with awesome name discovered not to be extinct
- White supremacist would-be terrorist coast guardsman held on weapons, drug charges
- Portland officer suspended after sharing friendly texts with Patriot Prayer founder
- Vatican holds conference to address clerical sex abuse, does very little
- Trump institutes anti-abortion gag rule
- Christian tax preparer denies service to lesbian couple
Feedback
The electoral college may soon be on the ropes with more states agreeing to a national popular vote to decide their electoral votes. -Skeptic Bret
The Pope compared pedophile priests to human sacrifice. Apparently Catholicism is against that now? -Dean from The Internet
Sam got way too heavy a couple weeks ago. Here’s a topic for discussion: The movie Watchmen is really a story about what happens when a god abandons his people. Dr Manhattan was seen as a god by the Vietnamese in the movie (and book, IIRC). But the book had a stupid ending to unite humanity, while the movie made all-powerful Dr Manhattan the enemy. Discuss. –Steven from The Internet
Congratulations on successful unprotected space travel, Sam! -Urethramancer from Twitter
Congratulations Sam. Here’s to the next 365.24 planetary rotations! -Endigo from the Netherlands
Is it worth getting into Ham Radio in the internet age? -Meghann from Texas
Despite being atheist, do you guys use expressions like “oh my God”, “Holy Mother…”, etc…? I do and I think it’s more about how language naturally works, that one will understand expressions and use them just because s/he understands it says what is to be said in a given circumstance. -Leandro from Helskinki
Should we start firing rockets full of bacteria and fungus at Mars, hoping some of it will take and give us a head-start on terraforming? Why or why not? -Sam from Australia
What’s Sam’s favorite stout? -Mike from Lakewood
