{"podcast":{"title":"Friendly Atheist Podcast","slug":"friendly-atheist-podcast-391490","podcast_index_feed_id":391490,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/friendly-atheist-podcast","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/friendly-atheist-podcast","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/6f/bc/38/93/6fbc3893-5ebb-4777-8d79-627ea511313e/b2eef90138a15298387c852d42adad7644e0908393b244e68888f3675a36f126429c803d214c7425d9e3dd1ccc4777acbd4028bbf851d9f934a131a1002b3552.jpeg","author":"Friendly Atheist Podcast","episode_count":671,"summary":"Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke Greiff cover the latest news, politics, and pop culture with a focus on atheism and religion. This is the official podcast for FriendlyAtheist.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T10:19:44.619638+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490"},"episode":{"title":"627 - Christian Candidate Too Extreme for Australia","slug":"627-christian-candidate-too-extreme-for-australia","published_at":"2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490/627-christian-candidate-too-extreme-for-australia","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/3ba736d8-279c-4606-82ef-b594dc4567ca.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/3ba736d8-279c-4606-82ef-b594dc4567ca.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Patreon supporters who give&nbsp; $5 a month &nbsp;will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our&nbsp; private Facebook group &nbsp;and&nbsp; Discord server ! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Federal judge blocks Arkansas law forcing Ten Commandments displays in public schools. (0:37) — South Australia political party dumps Christian candidate over anti-gay, anti-feminist rants. (14:47) — Nebraska \"prophet\" says God needs him to have access to a private jet . (26:28) — Indiana judge says state's abortion ban violates religious freedom of those seeking abortions. (40:08) — A Utah lawmaker didn’t try to codify the Mormon \" Word of Wisdom .\" He was just making a point. (51:30) — Extremist pastor plots comeback campaign in deep-red Oklahoma district. (1:06:55) — Alabama House passes bill forcing public schools to begin day with student-led prayer. (1:17:50) This content is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at &nbsp;creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free AND VIDEO version of the show! Join our private Facebook group and …","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5513,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490/episodes/627-christian-candidate-too-extreme-for-australia/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friendly-atheist-podcast-391490/627-christian-candidate-too-extreme-for-australia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}